William Aislabie (governor) explained

William Aislabie (3 December 1671 – 10 November 1725) was a British governor of the Bombay Presidency during the days of the East India Company.

Life

Aislabie was the fifth son of George Aislabie, of Studley Royal, and brother of John Aislabie.^{[1] [2]} He was deputy Governor from 1704, following the death of John Burniston.^[3] He assumed the post of Governor in September 1708 and left office on 11 October 1715.^[4] He served as Member of Parliament for from the end of 1719 to 1722.^[5]

At the end of his life, his brother John Aislabie bought the Waverley Abbey estate from the Coldham family and set about building a house there for him. Unfortunately William died around the time the house was ready and the Waverley estate was sold.

Family

Aislabie married a daughter of John Burniston.^[5] Their son William married in 1728 Elizabeth Scattergood, daughter of the merchant John Scattergood. The army officer John Aislabie (born 1729) was their son.^{[1] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Walbran, John Richard. Memorials of the Abbey of St. Mary of Fountains. 14 October 2017. 1876. Society. 337.
2. Web site: Aislabie, John (1670–1742), of Studley Royal, nr. Ripon, Yorks.and Red Lion Square, London, History of Parliament Online. 14 October 2017.
3. Book: Cunha, Joseph Gerson Da. The Origin of Bombay. 14 October 2017. 1900. Asian Educational Services. 9788120608153. 331.
4. Great Britain. India Office, The India list and India Office list, p. 126.https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ
5. Web site: Aislabie, William (1671–1725), of Waverley, Surr., History of Parliament Online. 14 October 2017.
6. https://library.leeds.ac.uk/multimedia/imu/18816/YASDD36.pdf 6 Eliz Pine. Thomas Whitley, quer., and Henry Kent, Richard Kent etc (PDF)