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Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857). Artist: G Adcock

Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857). The elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842) served as Governor-General of India from 1797 until 1805. He oversaw the defeat of Tippoo Sultan and the ending of French influence in India. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1809-1812 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1821-1828 and 1833-1834. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume VI, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857.

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Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857). Artist: G Adcock

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Richard Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, British politician and colonial administrator, 1813 (c1857). The elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842) served as Governor-General of India from 1797 until 1805. He oversaw the defeat of Tippoo Sultan and the ending of French influence in India. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1809-1812 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1821-1828 and 1833-1834. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume VI, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857.

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