People/CharactersFrancis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Works (3)
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| 1776 by David McCullough | |
| The Unruly Queen by Flora Fraser | |
| Washington's Immortals by Patrick K. O'Donnell |
| Titles | Order |
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| 1776 by David McCullough | |
| The Unruly Queen by Flora Fraser | |
| Washington's Immortals by Patrick K. O'Donnell |
| Description | Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823. He had also served with British forces for years during the American Revolutionary War and in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He took the additional surname 'Hastings' in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon. Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings in Wikipedia |