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- Born
- 1732
- Died
- 1818
- Works
- 19
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- The genuine speech of Mr. Sheridan, delivered in the House of Commons
- The speech of Warren Hastings, Esq
- Trial of Joseph Fowke, Francis Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundocomar, and Roy Rada Churn
- Appendix to the second article of charge
- On the trial by ordeal among the Hindus
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Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) 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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1732 births1818 deathsBritish East India Company peopleBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish duellistsFounders of Indian schools and collegesGovernors-general of IndiaImpeached British officialsMembers of the Privy Council of the United KingdomPeople educated at Westminster School, LondonPeople from Cotswold DistrictPeople from West Oxfordshire District