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Romer
John
fl 1856
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John Romer was born in 1780 at Ancroft, County Durham, England, the son of Robert Romer and Frances Marshall. He married Margaret Stewart Anderson, daughter of Robert Anderson, on 10 September 1816 at Surat, India. Romer held the office of Magistrate of Surat in 1816 and was Acting Governor of Bombay in 1831.He was vice-president of the British Empire Life Assurance Company Ltd in 1839. He wrote articles on Persian and Zand in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.