John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II
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John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II the Second (1777 – 6 June 1840, Crawley, Sussex) was the chairman of the British East India Company
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. His parents, who married in January of 1772, had already given birth to two sons (Reverend Edward and Colonel Thomas William Ravenshaw) when John was born, and gave birth to two more sons after the birth of John (Captains George and William Ravenshaw).
Some sources claim that Ravenshaw was educated at his father's college, Trinity College, Cambridge
, but there is no documentary evidence of this. In 1801 he married Hannah Bond, a daughter of Commodore Charles John Bond, of the British East India Company
's Bombay Marine. They gave birth to six sons; John Hurdis, Edward Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Holden Shepard, Charles Alexander, and Reverend Thomas FitzArthur Torrin Ravenshaw. They also had six daughters. The John Goldsborough Ravenshaws lived on Harley Street in London, England. Ravenshaw became first one of the directors
of the British East India Company
in 1819, Deputy Chairman from 1829–1831, and chairman in 1832. He remained as director until his death in 1840.
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
.
Life
John Goldsborough Ravenshaw was the son of John Goldsborough Ravenshaw (died 1824) and Elizabeth Withers, and the great-grandson of William WithersWilliam Withers
Sir William Withers was Lord Mayor of London from 1707 to 1708.-Family background:He was born in 1657, a descendant of Sir Thomas Wyther. Sir William Withers' father was believed to be the first family member to spell the name Wyther as Withers.Withers married Margaret Hayes, daughter of Thomas...
. His parents, who married in January of 1772, had already given birth to two sons (Reverend Edward and Colonel Thomas William Ravenshaw) when John was born, and gave birth to two more sons after the birth of John (Captains George and William Ravenshaw).
Some sources claim that Ravenshaw was educated at his father's college, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, but there is no documentary evidence of this. In 1801 he married Hannah Bond, a daughter of Commodore Charles John Bond, of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
's Bombay Marine. They gave birth to six sons; John Hurdis, Edward Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Holden Shepard, Charles Alexander, and Reverend Thomas FitzArthur Torrin Ravenshaw. They also had six daughters. The John Goldsborough Ravenshaws lived on Harley Street in London, England. Ravenshaw became first one of the directors
British East India Company directors
The following list of East India Company directors is taken from the “Alphabetical List of Directors of the East India Company from 1758 to 1858”, compiled by C.H. & D...
of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
in 1819, Deputy Chairman from 1829–1831, and chairman in 1832. He remained as director until his death in 1840.