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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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Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley 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 to.
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23 de mai. de 2018 · The British colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), served as governor general of India. He was one of the most vigorous expansionists to hold that office. Richard Wellesley was born June 20, 1760, at Dangan Castle, Ireland, the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Mornington.
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.
Richard Colley Wesley, 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.
by. Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842; Melville, Lewis, 1874-1932. Publication date. 1914. Topics. Great Britain -- History George III, 1760-1820, Great Britain -- History 1800-1837, India -- History British occupation, 1765-1947, Ireland -- History 1800-1837, Ireland -- History 1837-1901. Publisher.
Há 6 dias · Governors General of India, Part I: Wellesley | History Today. From 1798 until 1805, the Marquess Wellesley presided over a great extension of British influence, deliberately seeking to make the King’s Government in Whitehall the real paramount power in the sub-continent.