Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Rawdon-Hastings, Francis

2478435Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — Rawdon-Hastings, FrancisJoseph Foster


Rawdon-Hastings, Francis, 1s. (John), Earl of Moira. University Coll., matric. 23 Oct., 1771, aged 16; 2nd Earl of Moira in 1793, created Baron Rawdon 5 March, 1783, and Marquis of Hastings, etc., 13 Feb., 1817, K.G. 1812, G.C.B. & G.C.H. 1818. M.P. Randalstown 1780-3, assumed the additional surname and arms of Hastings 1790, general in the army 1803, privy councillor 1806, constable of the Tower 1806, governor-general Bengal and commissioner-in-chief India 1812-23, etc., died 28 Nov., 1826.