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elder of whom married a Banaji, and the younger a Dady Sett. The son of the former, Jehangir Hirji, married Mirbae, the daughter of the latter, and was made the See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir not only of his grandfather, but of his two See also:

GRAND

grand-uncles. The younger of their two sons was Cowasji Jehangir. His only See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

EDUCATION

education was at the then well-known school kept by See also:

SERJEANT

Serjeant Sykes in the Fort of Bombay. At the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of 15 he entered the See also:

FIRM

firm of See also:

Duncan, Gibb & Co. as " godown keeper," or warehouse clerk. In 1837 he was promoted to the responsible and lucrative See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of " See also:

GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee See also:

BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker " to two of the leading See also:

EUROPEAN

European firms of Bombay. In 1846 he was able to begin trading on his own See also:

account. He was made a J.P. for the See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Bombay, and a member of the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of conservancy; and in 1866 was appointed a See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner of income tax, his tactful management being largely responsible for the fact that this tax, then new to Bombay and unpopular, was levied with unexpected See also:

FINANCIAL

financial success. He was made C.S.I. in 1871; and in 1872 he was created a See also:

Knight See also:

BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

Bachelor of the See also:

UNITED

United See also:

KINGDOM

Kingdom, and his statue, by T. See also:

WOOLNER, THOMAS (1825-1892)

Woolner, R.

A., was erected in the town See also:

hall. His donations to the institutions of Bombay amounted to See also:

close on £200,000. His See also:

HEALTH

health See also:

broke down in 1871, and he died in 1878, being succeeded by his son, Sir J. Cowasji Jehangir [Readymoney], who was created a Knight Bachelor in 1895, and a See also:

BARONET

Baronet in 1908. See J. Cowasji Jehangir, Sir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney (189o). (M. M.

End of Article: READYMONEY, SIR COWASJI JEHANGIR (1812-1878)

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