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William Wake (governor)
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William Wake (died 1750) was Governor of Bombay for the English East India Company from 26 November 1742 to 17 November 1750.
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He married Elizabeth Elwin (d.1759), a daughter of Fountain Elwin of Thurning, Norfolk, where she is buried. Two mural monuments, one to Wake the other to his wife, survive in St Andrew's Church, Thurning.[1] He had issue an only daughter:[2]
- Margaret Wake (c.1732-1819), wife of Col. William Tryon (1729-1788), Governor of the Province of North Carolina (1765–1771) and of the Province of New York (1771–1780).
Wake died in 1750 in South Africa during his return voyage to England.