Samuel Burniston
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Samuel Burniston served as the Deputy Governor of Bombay Presidency from the year 1690 to 1704. He was preceded by Sir George Weldon.
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Samuel Burniston served as the Deputy Governor of Bombay Presidency from the year 1690 to 1704. He was also one of the renowned colonial administrators in British India. He acted as a gubernatorial official under the subordination of the governor of Bombay Presidency. Burniston succeeded Sir George Weldon, who retired as the Deputy Governor of Bombay in 1690. After the authority of the British East India Company was transferred to the province of Bombay, the requirement for the Deputy Governor was generally decimated. Despite the alteration, the title was assumed by the second official of the Executive Council of the Governor of the presidency. But the title was disused from the year 1720 and 1758.
Bombay Presidency was one of the 3 major Presidencies and provinces of British India, including 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. The former British province was under the direct rule of the British administration.
The Province of Bombay did not incorporate any of the Princely States of India as the internal administration of these native states was duty of the native princes. However, Bombay Presidency supervised the defence of several native states and also managed the relationship of the rulers of the princely states with the British authorities. Samuel Burniston held the position till the year 1704. He was not succeeded by any other British administrator as the position was dissolved.
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