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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC, FRS, FSA (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.
In 1808 he succeeded his mother in the baronies of Hastings, Botreaux, Hungerford and de Moleyns. In 1816 he was created Viscount Loudoun, Earl of Rawdon and Marquess of Hastings in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [2] Lord Hastings married Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Marquess.
Manticore badge of William, Lord Hastings, c.1470.. William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings KG (c. 1431 – June 1483) was an English nobleman. A loyal follower of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses, he became a close friend and one of the most important courtiers of King Edward IV, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain.
Portrait of Lord Moira is a portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Irish soldier and politician Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, then known as the Earl of Moira. [1] A member of the Protestant Ascendancy, Moira served in the British Army during the American War of Independence.
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Lord Minto (1751–1814) 31 July 1807 4 October 1813 Treaty of Amritsar (1809) with Ranjit Singh; Treaty of Eternal Friendship (1809) with Talpur Rulers of Sindh; Charter Act 1813; Francis Rawdon-Hastings [nb 4] (1754–1826) 4 October 1813 9 January 1823 Ended the policy of Non-intervention
History of the Political and Military Transactions in India During the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813–1823. Vol. 1. London: Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen. OCLC 152785969. Smith, Thomas (1852). Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepal. Vol. 1. London: Colburn and Co. OCLC 16835962. Thorn, William (1816).
First Lord of the Admiralty 1766–1771; promoted Admiral of the Fleet in 1768 February 1757 [11] Thomas Griffin: 1692 1771 February 1757 [12] Henry Osborn: 1694 1771 February 1757 [13] Thomas Smith: 1707 1762 "retired from active service" October 1758 February 1758: John Forbes: 1714 1796 Senior Naval Lord 1761–1763; promoted to Admiral of ...
For the good part of four months, the couple remained devastated. The year would be eventful with the suicide of Castlereagh, and the appointment of Lord Amherst as the governor-general of India, replacing Hastings. As Raffles grew restless and depressed, he decided to visit Singapore before retiring and heading home to England.