Lord Wellesley

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British statesman Governor-General of India colonial administrator human member of the House of Lords peer of the United Kingdom

Lord Wellesley was a prominent British statesman and colonial administrator best known for expanding British power in India at the turn of the 19th century.

Aliases (7)

Richard Wellesley ×3
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley ×2
1st Marquess Wellesley ×1
Governor-General Richard Wellesley ×1
Marquess Wellesley ×1
Richard Colley Wellesley ×1
Viscount Wellesley ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British statesman → Governor-General of India → colonial administrator → human → member of the House of Lords → peer of the United Kingdom →
burialPlace	Eton College Chapel →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1760-06-20 →
dateOfDeath	1842-09-26 →
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford → Eton College →
endTime	1805 →
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Irish →
father	Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington →
fullName	Richard Colley Wellesley →
honorificPrefix	The Most Honourable →
knownFor	aggressive expansionist policies in India → strengthening British control over the Maratha and Mysore regions → subsidiary alliance system in India →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Privy Council of Great Britain → Privy Council of Ireland →
monarchDuringTerm	George III →
mother	Anne Hill-Trevor →
name	Richard Wellesley →
nobleFamily	Wellesley family →
notableWork	expansion of British rule in India →
occupation	colonial governor → diplomat → politician →
officeHeldDuringPeriod	Governor-General of Bengal, 1798–1805 →
participatedIn	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War → Second Anglo-Maratha War →
placeOfBirth	Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Governor-General of Bengal → Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William → Lord Lieutenant of Ireland → Member of Parliament of Great Britain → Member of Parliament of Ireland →
religion	Anglicanism →
sibling	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington →
spouse	Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland → Marianne Patterson →
startTime	1798 →
title	1st Marquess Wellesley → 2nd Earl of Mornington →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government House, Calcutta ("Marquess Wellesley") → Government House, Calcutta ("Richard Wellesley") →	commissionedBy
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ("Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley") → William Wellesley-Pole ("Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley") →	sibling
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ("Governor-General Richard Wellesley") →	belligerentLeader
Lord Wellesley ("Richard Colley Wellesley") →	fullName
Lord Wellesley ("Richard Wellesley") →	name
William Wellesley-Pole ("Viscount Wellesley") →	nobleTitle
British East India Company →	notableGovernorGeneral
Company rule in India →	notableLeader
Governor-General of Bengal →	officeHolder
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ("Richard Wellesley") →	opposingCommander
Bengal Presidency →	significantPerson
Lord Wellesley ("1st Marquess Wellesley") →	title