Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings)

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Lord Moira, later created the Marquess of Hastings, was a British soldier and statesman who played a key role in the Napoleonic Wars and oversaw major territorial expansion and administrative reforms in India during the early 19th century.

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instanceOf British soldier
British statesman
Governor of Bombay
Governor-General of Bengal
Governor-General of India
Knight of the Garter
Privy Counsellor
Whig politician
human
peer of the United Kingdom
allegiance British Army
alsoKnownAs 1st Marquess of Hastings
2nd Earl of Moira
Earl of Moira
Francis Rawdon
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight of the Garter
birthDate 1754-12-09
birthPlace Moira, County Down, Ireland
linked to: Moira, County Down
burialPlace Valletta, Malta
linked to: Valletta
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1826-11-28
deathPlace at sea off Naples
education Harrow School
University of Oxford (briefly, without taking a degree)
familyName Rawdon-Hastings
father John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira
givenName Francis
memberOf House of Lords
militaryRank general
mother Elizabeth Hastings, Baroness Hastings
name Francis Rawdon-Hastings
nobleTitle Baron Hastings
Baron Rawdon
Earl of Moira
Marquess of Hastings
notableEvent assumed additional surname Hastings in 1790s
created Marquess of Hastings in 1816
notableFor expansion of British territorial control in India in the early 19th century
key role in British strategy during the Napoleonic era
notableWork implemented administrative and financial reforms in British India
led British forces in the Anglo-Nepalese War
oversaw major territorial expansion of the British East India Company in India
strengthened British control over central and northern India
supported the suppression of the Pindaris
numberOfChildren 6
officeHeld Commander-in-Chief, India
Governor of Bombay
Governor-General of Bengal
Governor-General of India
linked to: Governor-General

Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
War of 1812 (diplomatic and political context)
linked to: War of 1812

War of the First Coalition
politicalParty Whig
linked to: British Whig Party
spouse Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun
termEnd 1823 (as Governor-General of Bengal)
termStart 1813 (as Governor-General of Bengal)

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Governor-General of Bengal officeHolder Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings)