MOIRA, FRANCIS RAWDON-HASTINGS, EARL OF
- MOIRA, FRANCIS RAWDON-HASTINGS, EARL OF
son of the Earl of Moira; entered the army 1771, and served against the Americans in the War of Independence; created Baron Rawdon in 1783; succeeded to his father's title 1793; entered political life under Fox, and was Governor-General of India 1813-23, in which period fell the Goorkha War, for the successful negotiations subsequent on which he was created Marquis of Hastings; his administration encouraged native education and freedom of the press; from 1824 he was Governor of Malta till his death at Naples (1754-1826).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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