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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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Há 4 dias · Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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1 de abr. de 2024 · The Colley family, who later changed their name to Wellesley, were there by this time and within three generations had risen from barons to earls to marquises. Richard, Marquis of...
31 de mar. de 2024 · Richard Colley Wellesley was a politician and colonial administrator of Anglo-Irish origin. He was Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he became the 2nd Earl of Mornington, succeeding his father. He was the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805, and he later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- Question: Who was Bengal's first Governor-General?Answer: Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, serving from 1772 to 1785.
- Question: Who was British India's first Governor-General?Answer: The first Governor-General of British India was William Bentick. The Governor-General of Bengal was appointed Governor-General of British I...
- Question: Who was the first Viceroy of India?Answer: Lord Canning was India's first Viceroy. His tenure lasted four years, from 1858 to 1862.
- Answer: (a) See the ExplanationThe Regulating Act of 1773 named the Governor-General of Bengal and established a four-member Executive Council to assist him. Therefore, option (a...
- Answer: (b) See the ExplanationLord William Bentinck established Persian and a vernacular language for lower court proceedings and English as the official language for Supreme Co...
6 de abr. de 2024 · WELLESLEY, Mass., April 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellesley College today will announce the launch of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership, and Democracy, designed to...
Há 2 dias · Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Richard Ashmore Colley Wellesley CMG Royal Artillery; Major and Brevet Colonel Kenneth Wigram DSO Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army; Australian Force. Major Harry Smalley Evans, Australian Army Pay Corps; New Zealand Force. Lieutenant-Colonel John Alexander MacKenzie, Otago Regiment
