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  1. 16 de mai. de 2024 · Label. Description. Also known as. English. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. British politician (1760-1842) Richard Colley Wellesley. Richard Cowley, Marquis of Wellesley.

  2. Search for: 'Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley' in Oxford Reference ». (1760–1842).Eldest brother of the duke of Wellington, Wellesley entered Parliament in 1784 as MP for Beeralston. In 1793 he became a member of the India Board and from 1797 to 1805 acted as governor‐general of Bengal. British rule was threatened by the French in ...

  3. Wellesley (Wesley), Richard Colley (1760–1842), Marquis Wellesley , governor-general of Bengal and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 20 June 1760 at Dangan Castle, Co. Meath, eldest child of Garret Wesley (qv), 1st Viscount Wellesley and earl of Mornington, and Anne, eldest daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Duncannon.

  4. 4th EIC voyage (1806–1808) Captain Le Blanc sailed from Portsmouth on 14 May 1806, bound for Madras and Bengal. Marquis Wellesley reached Simons Bay on 6 August and Penang on 13 October. She arrived at Kedgeree on 11 December. She was at Madras on 13 January 1807 and returned to Saugor on 11 February. She was at Madras on 13 April.

  5. Shee did also paint Queen Victoria in 1842 (Royal Academy). Richard Colley Wellesley was born in Ireland in 1760 and was the elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, later 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). A politician who held positions in the House of Commons in both Ireland and Britain, Lord Wellesley served as Governor-General of India and Lord ...

  6. Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington Brother of the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley played a vital role in the consolidation of British rule in India during the Regency. In 1793 he became a commissioner of the Board of Control for India, and in 1797 was appointed Governor-General. Wellesley pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, partly in order to ...

  7. Richard Wellesley was born June 20, 1760, at Dangan Castle, Ireland, the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Mornington. He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. On his father's death in 1781, he inherited the title and seat in the Irish House of Lords. Three years later he entered the English House of Commons, and in 1786 he was made a ...