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Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, [1] 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 Wesley, posteriormente Wellesley, I marqués de Wellesley (20 de junio de 1760-26 de septiembre de 1842), fue un político y diplomático británico, el hijo mayor de Garret Wesley, I conde de Mornington en la Nobleza de Irlanda, y hermano de Arthur Wellesley, I duque de Wellington.
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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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Richard Colley Wellesley, primer marqués de Wellesley, KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 de junio de 1760 - 26 de septiembre de 1842) fue un político y administrador colonial angloirlandés. Fue nombrado vizconde de Wellesley hasta 1781, cuando sucedió a su padre como segundo conde de Mornington.
Overview. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley. (1760—1842) governor-general of Bengal. Quick 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.
Wellesley was a member of the Board of Control for India from 1793, and in 1797 was appointed as Governor-General of Bengal. In 1799 he was created Marquess Wellesley in the Irish peerage. He remained in India until 1805, and extended British control through various wars against Indian rulers.
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, (born June 20, 1760, Dangan, County Meath, Ire.—died Sept. 26, 1842, London, Eng.), British statesman. He inherited his father’s Irish title as earl of Mornington and sat in the Irish House of Lords from 1781. He served in the British House of Commons (1784–97).
