Editing South Sea Company (section)

== Officers of the South Sea Company ==
The South Sea Company had a governor (generally an honorary position), a subgovernor, a deputy governor and 30 directors (reduced in 1753 to 21).<ref>See, for 1711–21, J Carswell, ''South Sea Bubble'' (1960) 274–279; and for 1721–1840, see British Library, Add. MSS, 25544-9.</ref>

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!Year!!Governor!!Subgovernor!!Deputy governor
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|July 1711||rowspan="3" |[[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford]]||rowspan="5" | Sir James Bateman || [[Samuel Ongley (died 1726)|Samuel Ongley]]
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|August 1712 ||[[Ambrose Crowley|Sir Ambrose Crowley]]
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|October 1713 ||rowspan="4" |[[Samuel Shepheard (died 1719)|Samuel Shepheard]]
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|February 1715 ||[[George II of Great Britain|George, Prince of Wales]]
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|February 1718 ||rowspan="4" |[[George I of Great Britain|King George I]]
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|November 1718 ||rowspan="2" | John Fellows
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|February 1719 ||[[Charles Joye]]
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|February 1721 ||rowspan="3" |[[Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Eyles, Bt]]||rowspan="2" | John Rudge
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|July 1727 ||rowspan="6"|[[George II of Great Britain|King George II]]
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|February 1730 ||[[John Hanbury (1664–1734)|John Hanbury]]
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|February 1733 ||[[Richard Hopkins (died 1736)|Sir Richard Hopkins]] ||rowspan="2" |[[John Bristow]]
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|February 1735 ||[[Peter Burrell (1692–1756)|Peter Burrell]] <!-- Not verified which of persons on this dab page (if any) -->
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|March 1756 ||rowspan="3" |[[John Bristow]] ||[[John Philipson]]
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|February 1756 ||rowspan="2" |Lewis Way
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|January 1760 ||rowspan="9" |[[King George III]]
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||February 1763 ||rowspan="2" |Lewis Way ||Richard Jackson
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|March 1768|| [[Thomas Coventry (died 1797)|Thomas Coventry]]
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|January 1771 ||rowspan="3" | [[Thomas Coventry (politician)|Thomas Coventry]]|| vacant (?)
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|January 1772 ||John Warde
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|March 1775 ||[[Samuel Salt]]
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|January 1793 ||rowspan="2" |[[Benjamin Way]] ||[[Robert Dorrell]]
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|February 1802 ||[[Peter Pierson]]
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|February 1808 ||rowspan="5" |[[Charles Bosanquet]]<!-- Correctness of link not verified --> ||rowspan="2" |Benjamin Harrison
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|1820 ||rowspan="2" | [[King George IV]]
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|January 1826||rowspan="3" |Sir Robert Baker
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|1830 || [[King William IV]]
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|July 1837 ||rowspan="2" |[[Queen Victoria]]
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|January 1838 ||Charles Franks || [[Thomas Vigne]]<!-- Correctness of link not verified -->
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