Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), governor-general of Bengal

by C. A. Bayly

  • Education and early political career
  • Governor-general of Bengal
  • War with Tipu Sultan
  • Extension of British authority in India
  • War against the Marathas and other conquests
  • Civil government in India
  • The returned proconsul
  • Foreign secretary, 1810–1812
  • Lord lieutenant of Ireland, and second marriage
  • Reassessments of Wellesley
  • Character and death

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See also

Themes

  • Secretaries of state for foreign affairs
  • Lord chamberlains of the royal household in the Oxford DNB
  • Ireland

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Electronic Enlightenment
  • National Register of Archives

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