1st Marquess of Dalhousie

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British statesman Governor-General of India human

The 1st Marquess of Dalhousie was a 19th-century British statesman best known for serving as Governor-General of India, where he oversaw major territorial expansion and administrative reforms of the British Raj.

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Label Occurrences
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie 3
1st Marquess of Dalhousie canonical 1
Dalhousie, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
human ⓘ
annexed Jhansi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oudh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Satara NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1812-04-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath ill health ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1860-12-19 ⓘ
deathPlace Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Harrow School ⓘ
endTime 1856-02-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Broun-Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ
father George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasHonor Knight of the Thistle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Privy Counsellor of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle The Most Honourable NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedPolicy doctrine of lapse ⓘ
subsidary alliance expansion ⓘ
introduced Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
electric telegraph in India ⓘ
uniform postage in India ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms in British India ⓘ
doctrine of lapse ⓘ
postal reforms in India ⓘ
railway expansion in India ⓘ
telegraph introduction in India ⓘ
territorial expansion of British India ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Christian Broun NERFINISHED ⓘ
name James Andrew Broun-Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Marquess of Dalhousie NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeLocation Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
ordinal 1st ⓘ
positionHeld Governor-General of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Governor-General of India and Governor of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Board of Trade ⓘ
Vice-President of the Board of Trade ⓘ
precededBy The Earl of Ellenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Viscount Hardinge NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
spouse Susan Hay NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1848-01-12 ⓘ
succeededBy The Viscount Canning NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Andrew Broun-Ramsay → nobleTitle → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay → alsoKnownAs → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Marquess of Dalhousie
Christian Broun → hasChild → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Christian Broun → relative → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Christian Broun → notableRelative → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Second Anglo-Sikh War → commander → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dalhousie, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
Second Anglo-Sikh War → governorGeneralDuringWar → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie