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Warren Hastings

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Gender Male
Death205 years ago
Date of birth December 6,1732
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Churchill
United Kingdom
Date of died August 22,1818
DiedDaylesford
United Kingdom
Spouse Mary Hastings
Previous officesGovernor-General of India (1774–1785), Governor-General of India (1773–1785)
Job Politician
NationalityEnglish
Education Westminster School
Previous positionGovernor-General of India (1774–1785)
Edited worksSpeeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings; Volume 2
FoundedGeneral Bank Of Bengal And Bihar
Parents Penystone Hastings
Hester Hastings
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID482097

Strange Destiny: A Biography of Warren Hastings
The Trial of Warren Hastings
A Letter from Warren Hastings, Esq. , Dated 21st of February 1784
Selections from the State Papers of the Governors-General of India;
A Letter to the Court of Directors of the East-India Company
Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Against Warren Hastings, Esq. , Late Governor Gen - Scholar's Choice Edition
An Appeal to the People of England and Scotland
A Narrative of the Late Transactions at Benares
Minutes of Warren Hastings and Philip Francis, Esquires
A Letter to the Court of Directors of the East-India Company from Warren Hastings, Esq. Governor-General of Bengal. Dated, Fort-William, March 20, 1783
India Tracts, 1772-1782
A Narrative of the Insurrection which Happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District: With an Appendix of Authentic Papers and Affidavits
An Authentic Copy of the Correspondence in India: Between the Country Powers and the Honourable the East India Company's Servants; Containing Amongst Many Others the Letters of Governor Hastings, J. Macpherson, Esq. , J. Stables, Esq. . . . &c. , Together with the Minutes of the Supreme Council at Calcutta. The Whole Forming a Collection of the Most Interesting India-papers, which Were Laid Before Parliament in the Session of 1786 . . .
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Warren Hastings FRS was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India.

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