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The British colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), served as governor general of India. He was one of the most vigorous expansionists to hold that office. Richard Wellesley was born June 20, 1760, at Dangan Castle, Ireland, the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Mornington.
31 de mar. de 2024 · Richard Colley Wellesley was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was Viscount Wellesley until 1781 when he succeeded his father as the 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was elevated to the Irish peerage as Marquess Wellesley. Between 1798 and 1805, he was the fifth Governor-General of India, and he later served as Foreign ...
On 31 Dec. he was gazetted, as the Hon. Richard Wellesley. His sister wrote, 9 Jan. 1812: ‘He seems to think of nothing but politics, and studies and occupies himself very much all day long’. 3. Avoiding re-election at Queenborough, he came in for East Grinstead, a safer seat available to friends of the government.
Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator. He first made his name as Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805 and later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Robert Clive won and Warren Hastings consolidated the British ...
Imitating the style of ancient classical marble busts, Richard, Marquess of Wellesley, is depicted looking left and wearing a cloak loosely arranged over his shoulders and with fashionable brushed forward hair. An Anglo-Irish politician and controversial figure of his time, Richard, Marquess of Wellesley, gained recognition for his leading role ...
Richard Wellesley. Richard Colley Wesley, posteriormente Wellesley, I marqués de Wellesley (20 de junio de 1760-26 de septiembre de 1842), fue un político y diplomático británico, el hijo mayor de Garret Wesley, I conde de Mornington en la Nobleza de Irlanda, y hermano de Arthur Wellesley, I duque de Wellington.
Wellesley, Richard Colley, Earl of Mornington, Marquis Wellesley, son of the preceding, was born in Grafton-street, Dublin, 20th June 1760. He was educated at Eton, and afterwards passed on to Oxford, where he stood high in classical attainments, especially on account of his facility in Latin verse composition.
