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Richard Colley Wellesley was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was Viscount Wellesley until 1781 when he succeeded his father as the 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was elevated to the Irish peerage as Marquess Wellesley. Between 1798 and 1805, he was the fifth Governor-General of India, and he later served as Foreign ...
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. Ele foi o primeiro nomeado como governador-geral da Índia britânica ...
Richard Colley Wellesley, I marchese Wellesley (Dangan Castle, 20 giugno 1760 – Knightsbridge, 26 settembre 1842), è stato un nobile, militare e politico britannico. Era il fratello di Arthur Wellesley, I duca di Wellington e, tramite la figlia Anne, è un antenato dell'attuale famiglia reale britannica.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator. He first made his name as Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805 and later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Robert Clive won and Warren Hastings consolidated the British ...
