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Location within India. The Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. It occurred on 23 September 1803 near Assaye in western India. An outnumbered Indian and British force, under the command of Major General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the ...
views 2,273,012 updated. Wellesley, Richard, 1st Marquis Wellesley (1760–1842). British administrator and the eldest brother of the duke of Wellington. In 1784 Wellesley entered parliament as MP for Beeralston where he sympathized with the free trade movement but opposed parliamentary reform. In 1793 he became a member of the India Board and ...
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15 de mai. de 2024 · Teacher Notes. Pupils could be asked to examine the role of Lord Richard Wellesley in transforming the East India Company’s position in India and laying the foundations for the British empire in ...
In London Wellesley was consulted on Indian and military affairs by the prime minister, William Pitt, and by Lord Castlereagh (qv), and he established a lasting friendship with the latter. After an abortive posting to Hanover in early 1806, he accepted Lord Grenville's suggestion that he take a seat in parliament to defend his brother Richard's record in India, and was elected MP for Rye.
Richard Coley Wellesley, the 1st Marquess Wellesley, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was appointed the fifth Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805. He also served as Foreign Secretary during the Napoleonic Wars and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of ...
23 de set. de 2021 · 74th Highlanders (later amalgamated to become The Highland Light Infantry) and The 78th Highlanders (later The Seaforth Highlanders) were awarded the Assaye Colour by the East India Company after the British army gave a tough fight to the army of Daulatrao Scindia (Shinde) to win under Arthur Wellesley who also happened to be the younger brother of Lord Mornington, the ambitious Governor ...
