Cleveland Public Library papers. 1741-1858

Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818

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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...

Nepean, Evan, Sir, 1st Baronet

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Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0001e5 ...

Prinsep, James

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Epithet: Secretary to the Asiatic Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x0000d9 ...

Jenkins, Richard, 1785-1853

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East India Company servant ; 1804 1st assistant to resident Josiah Webbe at the court of Daulat Rao Sindhia, maharaja of Gwalior; 1804-1805 acting resident at the court of the Daulat Rao Sindhia; 1810-1828 resident at Nagpur; 1830 and 1837-1841 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury; 1838 deputy-chairman, East India Company; 1839 chairman, East India Company. Honours: 1838 Knight grand cross in the Order of the Bath. Epithet: East India Company administrator an...

Dundas, Robert Saunders, 2nd Viscount Melville

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Title: 2nd Viscount Melville British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x000380 ...

Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley

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Title: 2nd Earl of Mornington; Marquess Wellesley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00008e ...

Macartney, George, Sir, Subject of Mss Eur D658

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Epithet: Envoy to Russia Title: Earl Macartney (1 796) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000362 Title: Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000355 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D658 British Library Archives and Manuscri...

Tipu Sultan, of Mysore

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Epithet: of Mysore British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000307 ...

Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot Murray, 1751-1814, 1st Earl Minto, colonial governor and politician

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1769 entered Lincoln's Inn; 1774 called to the bar; 1776-1777 Member of Parliament for Morpeth; 1777-1784 Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire; 1781 member of the Commons select committee on the Bengal judiciary; 1786-1790 Member of Parliament, Berwick-Upon-Tweed; 1790-1795 Member of Parliament for Helston; 1793 civil commissioner of Toulon; 1794 British minister to the Italian states; 1794-1796 Viceroy of Corsica; 1797 baronetcy; 1799-1801 envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipo...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

Muhammad Ali, 1749-1795, Nawab of Arcot

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Title: Nawab of Arcot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000023 ...

Moplah Rifles (active 1741-1858)

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Haidar, Ali

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Bolts, William, 1739-1808, merchant and speculator

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c 1755 traded in Lisbon, Portugal; 1759 factor, the East India Company; 1760-1765 developed various private trading interests while working for the East India Company; c 1765 second in council, Benares; 1766 alderman, the mayor's court of Calcutta; 1766 resigned from the East India Company; 1766-1768 delayed return to Britain to develop his regional business interests (against the wishes of the East India Company); 1768 arrested and deported back to Britain; 1769 unsuccessfully appe...

Lambton, William, Lieutenant-Colonel

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000160 ...

Ricketts, Charles Milner

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur D1234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000312 Epithet: Secretary of the Bengal Council 1817; MP for Dartmouth 1819-22 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0003ae ...

Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal

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Title: Nawab of Bengal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000327 ...

East India Company (active 1500-2004)

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Nugent, George

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Corporal George R. Nugent enlisted in Company A, 47th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 16 September 1899 in Baltimore. On 4 Nov 1899, his regiment set sail for the Philippine Islands (PI) on the U.S. Army Transport Thomas of the Philippine Service. His unit was stationed at Donsol, PI until 28 April 1900 when they returned to Manila. From the description of George R. Nugent diary, 16 September 1899-29 April 1900. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 652944204 ...

Clive, Robert Clive, baron, 1725-1774

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Governor of Bengal, 1758-1760; 1764-1767. From the description of Letters , 1757-1758. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86126330 1744-1746 writer, East India Company; 1746 accountant's office, East India Company; 1746 ensign, army of the East India Company; 1749 lieutenant; 1751 captain; 1954-1755 Member of Parliament for the borough of Mitchell; 1756 Govenor of Fort Saint David; 1758-1760 Govenor of Bengal; 1761-1765 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury; 1765-1767...

Malcolm, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 21646 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000197 Epithet: Major-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00028d Epithet: GCB, Governor of Bombay (1827-1830) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00028c ...

Rawdon-Hastings, Francis, formerly Rawdon 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings

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Epithet: formerly Rawdon 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00029f ...

Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry, Lord, 1774-1839, KCB, Governor-General of India

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Epithet: KCB, Governor-General of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000348 ...

Clark, Hezikiah

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Barlow, George Hilaro, 1762-1846

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Governor General of India. From the description of Papers, 1802-1847. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19106260 Provisional Governor General from Cornwallis' death in 1805 until the arrival of Minto in 1807. Went to Madras as governor in 1807 until 1813. From the description of Correspondence , 1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122476214 1778 writer, East India Company, Bengal service; 1776 chief secretary; 1801 member of th...

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

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Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...

Pitt, William, Right Hon

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Epithet: Prime Minister; of Add MS 38192 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x000073 Epithet: Prime Minister; of Add MS 37282 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x000072 Epithet: the younger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ar...

Cleveland Public Library (active 1741-1858)

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