Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings

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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings was a British soldier and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India and played a key role in expanding British control in the subcontinent in the early 19th century.

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1st Marquess of Hastings ⓘ
Earl of Moira ⓘ
Francis Rawdon ⓘ
Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
birthDate 1754-12-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Moira, County Down ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Third Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1826-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
at sea ⓘ
familyName Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
father John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
honour Knight of the Garter ⓘ
Privy Counsellor ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Hastings, 16th Baroness Hastings ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Rawdon ⓘ
Earl of Moira ⓘ
Earl of Rawdon ⓘ
Marquess of Hastings ⓘ
notableAchievement British victory in the Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ
defeat of the Maratha Confederacy ⓘ
notableWork expansion of British control in India in the early 19th century ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parliamentaryRole Irish representative peer ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
Governor of Malta ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
spouse Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun ⓘ

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Anglo-Nepalese War → commander → Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill → commander → Francis Rawdon ⓘ
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Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill → commander → Lord Rawdon ⓘ
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Siege of Ninety Six → commander → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Siege of Ninety Six → reliefForceCommander → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings → alsoKnownAs → Francis Rawdon ⓘ
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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings → alsoKnownAs → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Governors of East India Company presidencies → officeHeldBy → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Lord Hastings → fullName → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Lord Hastings → alsoKnownAs → Francis Rawdon ⓘ
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Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) → name → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
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Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) → alsoKnownAs → Francis Rawdon ⓘ
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Earl of Rawdon → associatedWith → Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
Earl of Rawdon → hasTitleHolder → Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Earl of Rawdon ⓘ
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Marquess of Hastings → associatedWith → Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Rawdon
Governor-General of the Presidency Towns of India → officeHolder → Francis Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
linked to: Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings