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Richard Colley Wellesley, I marchese Wellesley (Dangan Castle, 20 giugno 1760 – Knightsbridge, 26 settembre 1842), è stato un nobile, militare e politico britannico. Era il fratello di Arthur Wellesley, I duca di Wellington e, tramite la figlia Anne, è un antenato dell'attuale famiglia reale britannica.
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. First elected to the British House of Commons in 1784, his introduction to Indian affairs came with his appointment in 1793 to the Board of Control, the link between the government and the East ...
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. Wellesley pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, partly in order to reduce the ...
Hace 5 días · Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), 2nd Earl of Mornington (succeeded 1781), 1st Marquess Wellesley (created 1799). Brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, Tory M.P. 1784-97. Lord of Treasury, 1786-97, member of Board of Control for affairs of ...
29 de ene. de 2020 · Richard Wellesley, who served as governor general in India from 1798 to 1805 was instrumental in extending the rule of the company in India. He ordered the invasion and acquisition of Mysore in 1799. And the first decades of the 19th century became an era of military successes and territorial acquisitions for the company.
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Richard Colley Wellesley, 1e Marquess ( markies) Wellesley en 2e Earl ( graaf) van Mornington ( 20 juni 1760 - Knightsbridge, 26 september 1842) was een Iers en Brits koloniaal bestuurder en politicus. Hij was gouverneur-generaal van Brits-Indië (het huidige India) tussen 1798 en 1805. In die positie voerde hij een agressief-kolonialistische ...
