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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who ...
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings (County Down (Irlanda), 9 de dezembro de 1754 — Ao largo de Nápoles, 28 de novembro de 1826), 1.º marquês de Hastings, com os títulos de The Honourable Francis Rawdon do nascimento até 1762, Lord Rawdon entre 1762 e 1783, The Lord Rawdon de 1783 a 1793 e The Earl of Moira entre 1793 e 1816, foi ...
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of Hastings (born Dec. 9, 1754, County Down, Ire. [now in Down, N.Ire.]—died Nov. 28, 1826, off Naples [Italy]) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. As governor-general of Bengal, he conquered the Maratha states and greatly strengthened British rule in India.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hastings, Francis Rawdon (1754–1826), 2nd earl of Moira , 1st marquess of Hastings , soldier, whig politician, and viceroy of India, was born 7 December 1754 in Dublin, eldest son of John Rawdon (qv), 1st earl of Moira (1723/4–1793), and his third wife, Elizabeth (qv) (1731–1808), daughter of Theophilus Hastings, 9th earl of Huntingdon.
The Oxford Companion to British History. Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquis, and 4th Baron Moira (1754–1826). Hastings was born in Ireland and educated at Harrow and Oxford. In 1771 he joined the army and served in the American War of Independence 1776–81.
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings (County Down (Irlanda), 9 de dezembro de 1754 — Ao largo de Nápoles, 28 de novembro de 1826), 1.º marquês de Hastings, com os títulos de The Honourable Francis Rawdon do nascimento até 1762, Lord Rawdon entre 1762 e 1783, The Lord Rawdon de 1783 a 1793 e The Earl of Moira entre 1793 e 1816, foi um militar e ...
Description. Hoppner was the son of a German physician working at the court of George II; he was encouraged to become a painter by George III, studying drawings in the Royal Collection as well as attending the RA Schools. In 1793, after the death of Reynolds, Hoppner was appointed Principal Portrait Painter to the Prince of Wales.
