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Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857).Artist: G Adcock
Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857). The elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842) served as Governor-General of India from 1797 until 1805. He oversaw the defeat of Tippoo Sultan and the ending of French influence in India. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1809-1812 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1821-1828 and 1833-1834. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume VI, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857.
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19th century
Adcock
Administrator
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B&W
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Black & White
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Britain
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BRITISH EMPIRE
Colonialism
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G Adcock
Governor-General
Governor-General of India
IMPERIALISM
Ireland
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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MEDALS
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Richard Colley
Richard Colley Wellesley
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Thomas Lawrence;Lawrence
Thomas;Sir Thomas Lawrence
Wellesley
William Freke
William Freke Williams
William Williams
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