Lord Ellenborough

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Lord Ellenborough was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India and played a prominent role in the later stages of the First Anglo-Afghan War.

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Lord Ellenborough canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Ellenborough family vault, Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1790-09-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1871-12-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Law ⓘ
father Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough ⓘ
fullName Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
knownFor Aggressive imperial policy in Afghanistan and India ⓘ
Controversial policies in India ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Anne Towry ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Ellenborough ⓘ
Earl of Ellenborough ⓘ
notableEvent First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Gwalior Campaign ⓘ
notableWork Proclamation on the Gates of Somnath (1842) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Great Britain ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Longdon Hall, Staffordshire ⓘ
politicalAlignment Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General

Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Hedon ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Rochester ⓘ
Member of Parliament for St Michael ⓘ
President of the Board of Control ⓘ
precededBy Lord Auckland as Governor-General of India ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
roleInEvent Directed the final stages of the First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
spouse Jane Digby ⓘ
Lady Anne Towry ⓘ
Lady Octavia Stewart ⓘ
succeededBy Lord Hardinge as Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Lord Hardinge
termEnd Governor-General of India, 1844 ⓘ
termStart Governor-General of India, 1842 ⓘ

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Anglo-Afghan Wars → significantPerson → Lord Ellenborough ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal → officeHolder → Lord Ellenborough ⓘ
First Derby ministry → hasCabinetMember → Lord Ellenborough ⓘ
Lord Auckland → successor → Lord Ellenborough ⓘ