John Smith Burges
Chairman of the British East India Company
About John Smith Burges
Lived 1734 – 1803 (aged 68–69). John Smith Burges was an English and British.
Lt. Col. Sir John Smith-Burges, 1st Baronet (c. 173424 April 1803) was Chairman of the East India Company in 1791.
Life
Smith-Burges was a director of the East India Company. He was Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 3rd Regiment, East India Volunteers.
He was the son of John Smith and Mary Ransom. He was born John Smith and changed his name by Royal Licence on 10 June 1790 to John Smith-Burges. He was created 1st Baronet Smith-Burges, of East Ham, in the county of Essex, on 4 May 1793. His father-in-law, Ynyr Burges, was Secretary of the East India Company; he had been offered the baronetcy, and turned it down.
Sir John Smith-Burges left no male heir and the title became extinct on his death.
Margaret married, secondly in 1816, John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett, as his second wife.
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Who was John Smith Burges?
Chairman of the British East India Company
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John Smith Burges was born in 1734.
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John Smith Burges died on 24 April 1803.
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John Smith Burges was English and British.
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