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Lord Wellesley was an excellent administrator who came to India in 1798 at a time when the British were locked in a life and death struggle with France all over the world. Lord Wellesley remained Governor General of Fort Williams from 1798 to 1805. During his tenure of seven years, Lord Wellesley became successful in defeating the adversaries ...
He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley. He was also Lord Wellesley in the Peerage of Great Britain. Richard Wellesley first made his name as fifth Governor-General of Bengal between 1798 and 1805.
Lord Richard Wellesley (Q75383466) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search (born 1949) Lord Richard Gerald Wellesley; Richard Wellesley; Richard Gerald ...
In London Wellesley was consulted on Indian and military affairs by the prime minister, William Pitt, and by Lord Castlereagh (qv), and he established a lasting friendship with the latter. After an abortive posting to Hanover in early 1806, he accepted Lord Grenville's suggestion that he take a seat in parliament to defend his brother Richard's record in India, and was elected MP for Rye.
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, KP, PC, PC 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. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley. He was also Lord Wellesley in the Peerage of Great Britain.
WELLESLEY, Richard (1787-1831). Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 , ed. R. Thorne, 1986 Available from Boydell and Brewer
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.
