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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 ...
Wellesley, Richard Colley, Earl of Mornington, Marquis Wellesley, son of the preceding [ Viscount Garrett Wellesley ], 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.
"Wellesley, Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842)" published on by Oxford University Press.
The Second Maratha War (1803-1805) Daulat Rao Scindia and Raghoji Bhonsle took the Treaty of Bassein as an insult to the national honour of the Marathas. Soon the forces of both the chieftains were united and they crossed the river Narmada. Wellesley seized this opportunity and declared war in August 1803.
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.
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1. Marquess Wellesley (* 20. Juni 1760 in Dangan Castle, County Meath, Irland; † 26. September 1842 in Kingston House bei Brompton) war ein britischer Staatsmann. Er war zweimal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, von 1797 bis 1805 Generalgouverneur der Ostindien-Kompanie und von 1809 bis 1812 Außenminister ( Secretary of ...
chapter li british empire in india prior to lord wellesley's administration; chapter lii administration of marquis wellesley, and first appearance of wellington in india; chapter liii campaign of abensberg, landshut, and eckmuhl; chapter liv campaign of aspern; chapter lv war in tyrol, northern germany, and poland; chapter lvi campaign of wagram
