Editing Job Charnock (section)

==Early life and career==
Charnock came from a [[Lancashire]] family and was the second son of Richard Charnock of London. [[Stephen Charnock]] (1628–1680) was probably his elder brother. He was part of a private trading enterprise in the employ of the merchant [[Maurice Thomson]] between 1650 and 1653, but in January 1658 he joined the East India Company's service in [[Bengal]], where he was stationed at Hoogly.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Charnock was described as a silent, morose man, not popular among his contemporaries, but as "always a faithful man to the Company",<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Charnock, Job|volume=5|page=947}}</ref> which rated his services very highly.<ref>3 January 1694, ''Diary of William Hedges'', 2.293.</ref> In addition to his business acumen, he won the Company's esteem by stamping out smuggling among his less scrupulous colleagues. His zeal in this regard made him enemies who throughout his life spread malicious gossip to discredit him.<ref name=OD>I. B. Watson, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5169 Charnock, Job (c. 1630–1693)], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, January 2008, accessed 29 August 2008.</ref>