Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

Governor-General of India

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1754

Place of Birth: Ireland

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1826

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.
He had also served with British forces for years during the American Revolutionary War and in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
He took the additional surname "Hastings" in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat