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Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet

English colonial administrator (1645–1709) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet (1645 1709) was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bombay from 1677 to 1681.

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Portrait of Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Bt. by John Riley

He was the only British person present at the coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Raigad Fort on 6 June 1674, and is depicted in a later painting of the event.[citation needed]

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Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Coronation Durbar by M V Dhurandhar

He was the second son of the M.P. of Sandwich Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet, and his second wife Elizabeth Meredith, and the nephew of Sir George Oxenden.

He was Colonel of a regiment of the Kent Militia in 1697.[1]

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