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Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington.
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15 de abr. de 2024 · Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted.
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Richard Colley Wesley (posteriormente Wellesley), Marquês Wellesley KG KP PC (20 de junho de 1760 - 26 de setembro de 1842), foi o primeiro filho de Garret Wesley, 1.º Conde de Mornington, da Nobreza da Irlanda, e irmão de Arthur Wellesley, 1.º Duque de Wellington.
Biografia. Educação e primeiros anos na política. Nativo do Castelo de Dangan, no Condado de Meath ( Irlanda) foi educado em Eton College e em Christ Church da Universidade de Oxford. Na morte de seu pai em 1781 tornou-se o 2.º Conde de Mornington, ocupando seu assento na Câmara dos Lordes da Irlanda.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Wellesley championed the rights of catholics in Ireland and in 1821–8 and 1833–4 acted as lord‐lieutenant of Ireland. In 1835 he became lord chamberlain. From: Wellesley, Richard, 1st Marquis Wellesley in A Dictionary of British History ». Subjects: History — Regional and National History.
23 de mai. de 2018 · Richard Colley Wellesley was a British colonial administrator who served as governor general of India from 1798 to 1805. He expanded British power by annexing and allieding with native states, such as Mysore and Hyderabad, against the French and the East India Company. He also suppressed Catholic and Protestant secret societies in Ireland.
Description. 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.
