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18 de jun. de 2024 · The last surviving East India Company Chaplain. When Edward Godfrey was born in Nettleton, Wiltshire, on 4 September 1820 it could perhaps be foreseen that he would go on to be a priest, following in the footsteps of his father the Reverend Daniel Race Godfrey.
Há 4 dias · The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
24 de jun. de 2024 · East India Company, English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600. Starting as a monopolistic trading body, the company became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the ...
12 de jun. de 2024 · The house called Meridian House at No. 115 Poplar High Street was built in 1801–2 by the East India Company, through its Poplar Fund, to accommodate the chaplain serving the company's newly rebuilt almshouses and the chapel (later the Church of St Matthias).
Há 4 dias · The Company India ruled until 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Government of India Act 1858, the India Office of the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj.
Há 6 dias · Papers relating to the Financial Accounts of The East India Company, Civil, Political and Commercial, and its Trade and Intercourse with the East generally.
Há 5 dias · Samuel Hoole, the East India Company's chaplain, would be appointed as the first rector. The Bill establishing the parish of All Saints was passed on 16 June 1817. Shortly after the Act had been obtained, advertisements were placed for the site of a church, which was limited to eight acres.
