Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings KG

Order of the Garter

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 PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783 and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Irish

Kingdom of Ireland

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-British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India

Governor-General of India

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 from 1813 to 1823. He took the additional surname 'Hastings' in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon

Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon PC was a British peer and politician.He was the son of the 9th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, Selina. Hastings succeeded as Earl of Huntingdon and Baron Botreaux on his father's demise in 1746...

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Hastings was born at Moira, County Down

Moira, County Down

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, the son of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira

John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira

John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira , known as Sir John Rawdon, Bt, between 1724 and 1750 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1750 and 1762, was an Irish peer.-Background:...

 and Elizabeth Rawdon, 13th Baroness Hastings.