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Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, governor-general of India, was born at Dangan Castle on 20 June 1760. He was the eldest of the six sons of Garrett Wellesley, first viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle and earl of Mornington in the county of Meath. His mother was Anne, eldest daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, first viscount Dungannon.
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.
初代 ウェルズリー侯爵 リチャード・コリー・ウェルズリー （ 英: Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG PC PC (Ire) 、 1760年 6月20日 - 1842年 9月26日 ）は、 イギリス の政治家、外交官、貴族。. インド総督 （当時の職名はベンガル総督。. 在職 1798年 - 1805年 ...
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 reduce the ...
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) 1812-13. Oil on canvas | 132.2 x 103.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400643.
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 Lieutenant of Ireland.
WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY (1760–1842), governor-general of India (1798–1805). Richard Colley Wellesley, Earl Mornington and Marquess Wellesley, was born into the English "ascendancy" in Ireland. First elected to the British House of Commons in 1784, his introduction to Indian affairs came with his appointment in 1793 to the Board of Control, the link between the government and the East ...
