Career
Like Sir George Oxenden (governor), Aungier too most probably came out to India in the service of the company at an early age and rose in rank step by step. Historian Phirozshah Malabari quotes in his book "Bombay in the making" (in the chapter dedicated to Gerald Aungier) that in 1663, Aungier occupied the post of warehouse keeper at Surat. He was deputed by the Surat factory to accompany the Earl of Marlborough when the latter claimed the town and island of Bombay in 1662 on behalf of the King of Great Britain.
In the seven years that elapsed between this visit and the death of Sir George Oxenden on July 14, 1669, Aungier must have passed in the warehouse at Surat, ably discharging his duties as its keeper for he became the President of the Surat factory, a post which then carried with it the governorship of the port and island of Bombay.
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