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) ⓘ