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2 days ago · William, baron Hastings, better known as William, lord Hastings, was the son of Sir Leonard Hastings and his wife Alice. William was an English peer and loyal Yorkist, who served important roles in the government of Edward IV, leading to his rise to the baronage.
5 days ago · Under Lord Hastings (Governor-General from 1813 to 1823) a new policy of “paramountcy” was initiated. Now the Company claimed that its authority was paramount or supreme, so it was justified in annexing or threatening to annex any Indian kingdom. This view continued to guide later British policies.
Sep 24, 2024 · Hastings was born in Churchill, Oxfordshire in 1732 to a poor father, Penystone Hastings, and a mother, Hester Hastings, who died soon after he was born. He attended Westminster School where he was a contemporary of the future Prime Ministers Lord Shelburne and the Duke of Portland as well as the poet William Cowper.
- Churchill, England
- August 22, 1818 (85)
- December 06, 1732
- Daylesford, Gloucestershire, England
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4 days ago · Even Lord Hastings, who had sent word to Richard of Edward IV’s death and who had warned him against the queen’s party, was accused of treachery and was executed.
4 days ago · Richard and Buckingham escorted the new king to London. For a few weeks, the new regime continued unremarkably. Then in June 1483, at a council meeting in the Tower of London to plan young Edward’s coronation, Lord Hastings, hitherto one of Richard and Buckingham’s chief supporters, was arrested and summarily executed with no semblance of ...
4 days ago · Over the past half century, General Lord Ismay, always known as ‘Pug’, has been the forgotten man involved in the higher direction of the British war effort in the Second World War.
4 days ago · Also known as: Bhārat, Bhāratavarsha, Republic of India. Written by. A.L. Srivastava. Professor of History, Āgra College, Āgra University, India. Author of The Mughal Empire and others. A.L. Srivastava, Muzaffar Alam. Carl Darling Buck Professor in South asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.
