Earl of Moira

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The Earl of Moira, Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, was a prominent British soldier and statesman who served as Governor-General of India and played key roles in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic era.

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Earl of Moira canonical 8

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Earl of Moira ⓘ
Lord Rawdon ⓘ
awardReceived Knight of the Garter ⓘ
birthDate 1754-12-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
burialPlace Valletta, Malta ⓘ
linked to: Valletta
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1826-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace at sea, off Naples ⓘ
educatedAt Harrow School ⓘ
University College, Oxford ⓘ
familyName Rawdon-Hastings ⓘ
father John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
honorificSuffix FRS ⓘ
KG ⓘ
PC ⓘ
honorificTitle The Most Honourable ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Hastings, Baroness Hastings ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Hastings ⓘ
2nd Earl of Moira ⓘ
notableEvent led British forces in the American Revolutionary War in the southern colonies ⓘ
oversaw the Gurkha War (Anglo-Nepalese War) ⓘ
oversaw the Third Anglo-Maratha War ⓘ
notableWork expansion of British rule in India ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
Governor of Malta ⓘ
Governor of Portsmouth ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
residence Donington Hall ⓘ
spouse Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun ⓘ

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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings → honorificTitle → Earl of Moira ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Marquess of Hastings
Baron Rawdon → linkedTitle → Earl of Moira ⓘ
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings → alsoKnownAs → Earl of Moira ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Moira