James Monteath, Governor of Bombay Presidency
James Monteath served as one of the Governors of Bombay Presidency in the year 1903. He was preceded by Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC.
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Sir James Monteath CIE served as one of the Acting Governors of Bombay Presidency in the year 1903, in former undivided India under the rule of the British East India Company. He was also one of the well known British colonial administrators. James Monteath was appointed as the Acting Governor of Bombay Presidency on 5 September 1903 and was preceded by Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC, who served as the Governor of Bombay from 17 February 1900 to 5 September 1903
The Presidency of Bombay in British India was one of the Presidencies and provinces of British India. Bombay was among the 3 presidencies of the former British India along with Bengal Presidency and Madras Presidency. It was first founded in the 17th century at Surat as a trading post for the British East India Company. The Presidency included the territories of modern states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, regions of Konkan, Kandesh and Desh and northwestern Karnataka state. Sir James Monteath CIE served in office till 12 December 1903 and was succeeded by Sir Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, GCMG, GCIE.
Sir James Monteath was knighted with of Companion The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE).
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