Bombay in the days of George IV

Frederic Dawtrey Drewitt, Bombay in the days of George IV, memoirs of Sir Edward West, Chief Justice of the King’s Court, during his conflict with the East India Company, with hitherto unpublished documents by F. Dawtrey Drewitt, M.A., M.D. (fellow of the Royal College of Physicians), London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935

xviii + 342 pages including a photogravure of a portrait frontispiece, 3 black and white plates, and 3 double-page facsimile letters; blue cloth with gilt text and dust wrapper.
8.75 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm)

BOMBAY IN THE DAYS OF GEORGE IV: MEMOIRS OF SIR EDWARD WEST, 1935

An important modern historical work examining Bombay in the 1820s through the lens of Sir Edward West, Chief Justice of the King’s Court at Bombay. West, a reform-minded jurist, clashed with the East India Company’s interests, particularly over legal administration and the rights of local inhabitants.

Dawtrey Drewitt, himself a physician and historian, assembled West’s memoirs together with previously unpublished documents, personal correspondence, and facsimile letters. The result is a rich reconstruction of early nineteenth-century Bombay—its civic struggles, judicial reforms, and the tensions between Company authority and the Crown’s judiciary.

The inclusion of rare facsimile letters and a photogravure frontispiece gives this work an archival depth that goes beyond narrative history, making it valuable for both collectors of Bombay history and scholars of British imperial legal institutions.

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