Sir Josiah Child: Mercantilist Governor of the EIC

Sir Josiah Child was an influential English merchant, politician, and economic theorist who served as Governor of the East India Company in the 1680s. A staunch advocate of mercantilism and trade monopolies, he aggressively expanded the company's military and political authority in Asia, leading the Anglo-Mughal War of 1686–1690. Child authored key texts on trade, interest rates, and colonial management, shaping early British imperial and corporate policies.

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