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Thomas Greenhill (colonial administrator)

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Greenhill's tenure as Agent of Madras was marked by a scandal. A certain Mr. Thomas and Elizabeth Bland laid a charge against Greenhill, that the Agent had fathered an illegitimate child on Elizabeth, whom he had compelled to undergo an abortion in the fifth month of her pregnancy. The charge caused
153:, Greenhill was sent on a mission to the Raja of Chandragiri which resulted in the issue of a new grant in October/November 1645. By this grant, the Raja confirmed an older grant and ceded the village of Narikamedu to the company. 177:
damage to Greenhill's reputation. Later, however, during the course of a trial, Elizabeth admitted that the accusation was false, and made in order to profit by the criminal case against Greenhill.
165:(the first famine since the start of British rule in Madras) when Greenhill became Agent in 1648. In September 1648, Greenhill arranged for rice to shipped aboard the ship 226:
By Tercentenary Madras Staff, Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee, Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee, Published 1994, Asian Educational Services
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Greenhill died in Madras of excessive drinking on 4 January 1658. His is the oldest English tombstone yet discovered in Madras city.
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Madras Tercenternary Celebration Committee Commemoration Volume
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Greenhill arrived in India in 1632 to serve in the company's
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Thomas Greenhill (surgeon)
Thomas Ivie
Aaron Baker
Aaron Baker
Thomas Chambers
English colonial administrator
East India Company
Madras
Masulipatnam
Thomas Ivie
famine
Persia



Agent on the steps, The Hindu: Metro Plus, March 3, 2008


Thomas Ivie
Agent
Madras
Aaron Baker
President
Aaron Baker
President
Agent
Madras
Thomas Chambers
Categories
1612 births

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