Stephen Law (Governor of Bombay) explained

Stephen Law (1699 – 25 December 1787) was the Governor of Bombay from 7 April 1739 to 15 November 1742.

Law was born into a merchant family and became an East India Company writer in Bombay in 1715, graduating in 1720 to become a factor.

In 1739, he was appointed Governor. He was recalled in 1742 following accusations of excessive expenditure in protecting the settlement from the Marathas. He retired to Broxbourne Manor, Broxbourne, England and became a Director of the Company for 1746–49, 1751–54, and 1756.^[1]

After his wife died in January 1785,^[2] he moved to Goudhurst in Kent.^{[3] [4]}

Death

He died in 1787 at Bedgbury House, Kent, the home of his son-in-law. His daughter Stephana had married John Cartier, the ex-Governor of Bengal. His son, John Law, became the Archdeacon of Rochester.

References

• Web site: Previous Governors List . 2008-12-23 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm . 6 February 2009 .
• Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) .
• Book: The India List and India Office List. Great Britain India Office. I. 1819. Harrison. 125–7. 2008-10-09. in.
• Book: Greater Bombay District Gazetteer. Maharashtra State Gazetteers. I. 1986. 2008-08-13. Government of Maharashtra. bom.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Directors of the East India Company, 1754-1790. James Gordon Parker. 9 December 2017.
2. Arthur Jones, ed., Hertfordshire 1731-1800 as recorded in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1993, p. 207
3. Octavius Francis Christie, ed., The Diary of the Rev. William Jones, 1777-1821: Curate and Vicar of Broxbourne and the Hamlet of Hoddesdon, 1781-1821, 1929.
4. http://blars.adlibsoft.com/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=catalo%3Eitems&LANGUAGE=0&DEBUG=0&BRIEFADAPL=../web/adapls/wwwreq&DETAILADAPL=../web/adapls/wwwreq&%250=400145741&LIMIT=50 Will of Stephen Law