Category: Nabobs
Categories: British East India Company
In England nabob was used to describe men who had returned from the Orient spectacularly wealthy and used their wealth to buy large estates, influence and power, particularly seats in Parliament. It was also used particularly to mean employees of the East India Company who had obtained their wealth corruptly.
Person Profiles (5)
Richard Barwell
abt 08 Oct 1741 Calcutta, Bengal, India - 02 Sep 1804
John Call
30 Jun 1731 Fenny Park, Tiverton, Devon, England - 01 Mar 1801
Lionel Darell
25 Sep 1742 Lisbon, Portugal - 30 Oct 1803
Robert Gregory
1727 County Galway, Ireland - 01 Sep 1810
Peter Moore
12 Feb 1753 Cheshire, England - May 1828
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