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Warren Hastings

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Warren Hastings 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. Finally, the well-organized British side held its own, while France lost influence in India. In 1787, he was accused of corruption and impeached, but after a long trial acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.

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The History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Late Governor-General of Bengal, Before the High Court of Parliament in Westminster-Hall
The History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Late Governor-General of Bengal, Before the High Court of Parliament in Westminster-Hall
Warren Hastings
India Courier Extraordinary
India Courier Extraordinary
Warren Hastings
India Courier Extraordinary
India Courier Extraordinary
Warren Hastings
Dissertations And Miscellaneous Pieces Relating To The History And Antiquities, The Arts, Sciences, And Literature, Of Asia
Dissertations And Miscellaneous Pieces Relating To The History And Antiquities, The Arts, Sciences, And Literature, Of Asia
William Jones, William Chambers, Warren Hastings
India Courier Extraordinary
India Courier Extraordinary
Warren Hastings
The Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Late Governor-General of Bengal, Before the High Court of Parliament in Westminster-Hall, on an Impeachment by the Commons of Great-Britain, for High Crimes and Misdemeanours: Proceedings of thirty-five days, from February 13 to June 14, 1788, inclusive, when the court adjourned; and including the whole of the evidence on the first and second charges, together with the speeches at length of Messrs. Burke, Fox, Grey, Anstruther, Adam, Pelham, and of R.B. Sheridan on summing up the evidence on the above charges
The Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. Late Governor-General of Bengal, Before the High Court of Parliament in Westminster-Hall, on an Impeachment by the Commons of Great-Britain, for High Crimes and Misdemeanours: Proceedings of thirty-five days, from February 13 to June 14, 1788, inclusive, when the court adjourned; and including the whole of the evidence on the first and second charges, together with the speeches at length of Messrs. Burke, Fox, Grey, Anstruther, Adam, Pelham, and of R.B. Sheridan on summing up the evidence on the above charges
Warren Hastings
India Courier Extraordinary
India Courier Extraordinary
Warren Hastings
Report from the Lords Committees Appointed to Examine Precedents Relative to the State of the Impeachment Against Warren Hastings Esquire, Brought Up from the Commons and Proceeded Upon in the Last Parliament
Report from the Lords Committees Appointed to Examine Precedents Relative to the State of the Impeachment Against Warren Hastings Esquire, Brought Up from the Commons and Proceeded Upon in the Last Parliament
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Warren Hastings
Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings
Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
India Courier Extraordinary
India Courier Extraordinary
Warren Hastings

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