Warren Hastings
✓ Source-basedfallingGovernor-General of Bengal, 1773-1785
Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772-1785.
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c. 1784 painting of Hastings with Marian in their garden at Alipore by Johan Zoffany
Portrait of Hastings by Tilly Kettle
The trial of Warren Hastings in Westminster Hall, 1788
Hastings painted by Johann Zoffany, 1783-1784
Hastings in the late 18th century, as painted by Lemuel Francis Abbott
His memorial in Daylesford churchyardPoliticians from United Kingdom 6
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Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 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. He was an energetic organizer and reformer. In 1779-1784, he led forces of the East India Company against a coalition of native states and the French. In the end, the well-organised British side held its own, while France lost influence in India. In 1787, he was accused of corruption and impeached, but he was eventually acquitted in 1795 after a long trial. He was made a privy councillor in 1814.
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