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Charles Eyre
Sir Charles Eyre (died 1729) was an administrator of the British East India Company and founder of Fort William, Calcutta. He was a President of Bengal.〔(Provinces of British India ), World Statesmen〕
==Career==
While in office, Eyre started work on Fort William, Calcutta in 1696.〔(Fort William ) at Banglapedia〕 On 10 November 1698, Eyre signed the document legalizing the British occupation of three small villages that formed the basis of the Fort William settlement; his signature, and not that of his father-in-law Charnock (who died 1692) appears on the document signed with the original landlords, the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. In December 1699, Eyre was appointed President and Governor of Fort William in Bengal, and Bengal was at the same time constituted a Presidency. He was the first governor appointed by the Company to Bengal since William Hedges (agent and governor) in 1681 and William Gyfford (president and governor) in December 1683 (after which the title of governor had been temporarily dropped in favour of agent and chief of the bay of Bengal, Bengal having again been subordinated to Madras).〔"The Governors Of Bengal", ''The Times'', 9 October 1888, p.3, col.D.〕
As a merchant, Eyre amassed a fortune of 23,000 pagodas, which through the ingenuity of Thomas Pitt he converted into diamonds to take back with him to England in 1702, having first been ensured a sum of £13,800 through a bill of exchange.〔Mentz, Søren. ''The English Gentleman Merchant at Work: Madras and the City of London 1660-1740'' (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2005), p. 134.〕 His will was proved on 23 October 1729.
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