For more on The Irish Diaspora. Gerald Aungier was instrumental in building Bombay (now Mumbai) after it came under English rule in 1668, through the marriage alliance with the House of Braganza, the Portuguese royal family. Born in Dublin in 1640, he was a grandson of Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford, […]
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