Shepherd,John

b. 1792

d. 1859-01-12

John Shepherd had a storied career in which he occupied several positions of broad power. He became chairman of the East India Company in 1844, 1850, and 1851.1 He was nominated to the Committee of the HBC on 27 November 1850, took the position of deputy governor of the HBC on 24 November 1852 and became governor on 26 November 1856.2 Shepherd died in London on 12 January 1859.3

1. C. E. Buckland, Dictionary of Indian Biography (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1906), 370.
2. Shepherd, John, Hudson's Bay Company Archives.
3. Ibid.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

Shepherd,John to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 3 August 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6789, 249.
Shepherd,John to Russell, Lord John 4 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5305, 254.
Mundy, Colonel Godfrey Charles to Merivale, Herman 12 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5422, 292.
Shepherd,John to Molesworth, Sir William 24 July 1855, CO 305:6, no. 7023, 272.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 7 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1227, 238.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 19 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1679, 254.
Smith, William G. to Labouchere, Henry 22 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1775, 269.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 25 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1852, 271.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 29 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1962, 273.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 1 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 3969, 5.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 3 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2015, 170.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 12 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2399, 320.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 13 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2400, 324.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 15 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2435, 179.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2623, 183.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 20 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 2646, 325.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 31 March 1856, CO 305:7, no. 3010, 328.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 15 April 1856, CO 305:7, no. 3481, 330.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 8 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4155, 342.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 8 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4154, 333.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 9 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4164, 352.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 20 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4591, 356.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 22 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4645, 357.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 22 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 7191, 50.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 5 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5017, 358.
Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 30 June 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5837, 146.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 14 July 1856, CO 305:7, no. 6281, 363.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 22 July 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9300, 59.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 14 August 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9707, 73.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 29 August 1856, CO 305:7, no. 7901, 370.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 6 September 1856, CO 305:7, no. 10152, 94.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 16 September 1856, CO 305:7, no. 8707, 371.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 9 October 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9179, 384.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 10 October 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9185, 390.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 24 October 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9680, 405.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 8 November 1856, CO 305:7, no. 10191, 407.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 13 November 1856, CO 305:7, no. 10270, 411.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 3 December 1856, CO 305:7, no. 10962, 413.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 2 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6083, 325.
Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 14 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6382, 290.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 15 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 8657, 108.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 16 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6450, 330.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 28 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 8557, 117.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 29 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6891, 331.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 13 August 1857, CO 305:8, no. 7502, 333.
Gordon, Adam to Labouchere, Henry 3 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11197, 377.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 24 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11656, 346.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 28 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 11679, 348.
Dawson, G. P. to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 8 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 328, 563.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 12 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 507, 356.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 21 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 750, 420.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 21 January 1858, CO 6:26, no. 748, 405.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 23 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 873, 423.
Leonard, H. B. to Labouchere, Henry 15 February 1858, CO 305:9, no. 1657, 626.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 24 February 1858, CO 305:9, no. 1987, 440.
Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 11 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2396, 460.
Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 18 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2717, 461.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 6 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5179, 57.
Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 10 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3505, 464.
Smith, William G. to Merivale, Herman 17 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3663, 466.
[Sender not known.] to Merivale, Herman 19 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3854, 318.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 8 May 1858, CO 60:1, no. 6113, 10.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 19 May 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6667, 87.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6305, 443.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5419, 469.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5420, 472.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 17 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5875, 477.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6090, 436.
Le Marchant, D. to [Recipient not known.] 24 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6160, 479.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 28 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6213, 482.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 30 October 1858, CO 398:1, 137.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 22 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12037, 189.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 January 1859, CO 6:30, no. 1395, 471.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 21 February 1859, CO 305:13, no. 2059, 69.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 March 1859, CO 305:13, no. 2452, 93.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes February 1862, CO 305:19, no. 1585, 465.

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