Josiah Child

Sir Josiah Child
Sir Josiah Child
	Portrait, oil on canvas attributed to John Riley (1646–1691), National Gallery Collections.

Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet, MP (c. 1630/31 – 22 June 1699) was an English economist, merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company.^[1] He led the company in the Anglo-Mughal War.

^ Ingram, Thomas Allan (1911). "Child, Sir Josiah" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 135.

[EB1911-1] Ingram, Thomas Allan (1911). "Child, Sir Josiah" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 135.

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