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He had been created a Peer of Great Britain in 1797 as Baron Wellesley, and in 1799 became Marquess Wellesley in the Peerage of Ireland. He formed an enormous collection of over 2,500 painted miniatures in the Company style of Indian natural history.
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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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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.
11 de jan. de 2007 · The Wellesley papers : the life and correspondence of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, 1760-1842, Governor-General of India, 1797-1805, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1809-1812, and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1821-1827, 1833-1834. Evidence reported by lajolla for item wellesleypapersl02welluoft on January 11, 2007: no ...
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Wellesley, Richard Colley. views 3,761,665 updated. 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.
17 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
Educação e primeiros anos na política. Nativo do Castelo de Dangan, no Condado de Meath ( Irlanda) foi educado em Eton College e em Christ Church da Universidade de Oxford. Na morte de seu pai em 1781 tornou-se o 2.º Conde de Mornington, ocupando seu assento na Câmara dos Lordes da Irlanda.
