1st Marquess of Hastings

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The 1st Marquess of Hastings, Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, was a prominent British soldier and statesman who served as Governor-General of India and played a key role in expanding British rule on the subcontinent in the early 19th century.

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instanceOf British Army officer
Governor-General of India
human
peer of the United Kingdom
politician
allegiance British Army
burialPlace at sea in the Bay of Naples
conflict American Revolutionary War
Anglo-Nepalese War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Third Anglo-Maratha War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1754-12-09
dateOfDeath 1826-11-28
education Harrow School
University College, Oxford
familyName Rawdon-Hastings
father John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira
givenName Francis
honorificTitle 1st Marquess of Hastings
Baron Rawdon
Earl of Moira
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank general
mother Elizabeth Hastings, Baroness Hastings
nobleFamily Rawdon-Hastings family
linked to: Hastings family
notableAchievement consolidation of British paramountcy in India
defeat of the Maratha Confederacy
notableWork expansion of British rule in India
placeOfBirth Moira, County Down, Ireland
linked to: Moira, County Down
placeOfDeath at sea, off Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, India
Constable of the Tower of London
Governor of Malta
Governor-General of Bengal
Governor-General of India
linked to: Governor-General

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
religion Church of England
serviceEnd 1826
serviceStart 1771
spouse Flora Mure-Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun
titleCreated Marquess of Hastings
titleCreationDate 1816

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Lord Moira (Marquess of Hastings) alsoKnownAs 1st Marquess of Hastings
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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Hastings
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