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- As governor-general in India, Wellesley used military force and diplomacy to strengthen and expand British authority.
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On the voyage out, he formed the design of curbing French influence in the Deccan. Soon after his arrival, in April 1798, he learned that an alliance was being negotiated between Tipu Sultan and France. He soon after was appointed Governor-General of India on May 12, replacing the Lord Cornwallis.
Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842) became one of the most controversial politicians of his generation during his time as Governor-General of Bengal (1798–1805). Although this period saw him achieve territorial gains and military victories in India - including the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore - the financial cost was ...
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Robert Montgomery Martin
- 2009
Sep 22, 2024 · Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
From 1798 until 1805, the Marquess Wellesley presided over a great extension of British influence, deliberately seeking to make the King’s Government in Whitehall the real paramount power in the sub-continent. A.S. Bennell begins the first of three studies of British Governors-General in India.
The result of these wars and of the treaties which followed them was that French influence in India was reduced to Pondicherry, and that Britain acquired increased influence in the heartlands of central India.
Wellesley retorted by taking control of Mysore, the Carnatic, Hyderabad, and Oudh, bringing native princes under British influence. He served as foreign secretary in Perceval's cabinet. Wellesley championed the rights of catholics in Ireland and in 1821–8 and 1833–4 acted as lord‐lieutenant of Ireland.
Jan 11, 2007 · The Wellesley papers : the life and correspondence of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, 1760-1842, Governor-General of India, 1797-1805, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1809-1812, and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1821-1827, 1833-1834.
