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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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