The Marquess of Hastings | |
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 Portrait by Martin Archer Shee | |
| Governor-General of India | |
| In office 4 October 1813 – 9 January 1823 | |
| Monarchs | George III George IV |
| Preceded by | The Lord Minto |
| Succeeded by | John Adam As Acting Governor-General |
| Governor of Malta | |
| In office 22 March 1824 – 28 November 1826 | |
| Monarch | George IV |
| Preceded by | Hon. Thomas Maitland |
| Succeeded by | Alexander George Woodford As Acting Governor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1754 County Down, Ireland |
| Died | 28 November 1826 (aged 71) At sea off Naples |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Flora Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780–1840) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira Elizabeth Hastings, 13th Baroness Hastings |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of India |
| Battles/wars | American War of Independence War of the First Coalition Anglo-Nepalese War Third Anglo-Maratha War |
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, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish 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 War of the First Coalition. In Ireland, he was critical of the policy of coercion used to break the United Irish movement for representative government and national independence. He took the additional surname "Hastings" in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon.[1]
- ^ Beevor, p. 58.