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'''Sir Gervase Lucas, 1st Baronet''' (1611–1667) was an English soldier and governor of [[Bombay]] under [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]].<br />
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He fought as a Royalist in the [[First English Civil War]] and commanded a garrison at [[Belvoir Castle]] which he had seized in January 1643 until the castle surrendered after a siege in February 1646.<br />
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Lucas assumed the office of [[Governor of Bombay]] on 5 November 1666 and died in office on 21 May 1667. He built a garrison on the island having a reinforcement of 60 men under a lieutenant, together with a supply of clothes, ammunition and stores, and a small vessel. Lucas had his predecessor in office [[Humphrey Cooke]] jailed for extortion while in office. After Cooke escaped and went to aid the Portuguese he was charged with treason.<br />
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The [[Lucas baronets|Lucas Baronetcy]], of Fenton in the County of Lincoln, was created in the [[Baronetage of England]] on 20 May 1644 for Gervase Lucas. The title became extinct on his death.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[[John Keay]]. ''The Honorable Company: A History of the English East India Company''. New York: Macmillan, 1991. p.&nbsp;133.<br />
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