Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Hastings KG, PC
Portrait by Martin Archer Shee
Governor-General of India
In office 4 October 1813 – 9 January 1823
Monarchs	George III George IV
Preceded by	The Lord Minto
Succeeded by	John Adam As Acting Governor-General
Governor of Malta
In office 22 March 1824 – 28 November 1826
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	Hon. Thomas Maitland
Succeeded by	Alexander George Woodford As Acting Governor
Personal details
Born	(1754-12-09)9 December 1754 County Down, Ireland
Died	28 November 1826(1826-11-28) (aged 71) At sea off Naples
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Flora Campbell, 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780–1840)
Children	6
Parent(s)	John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira Elizabeth Hastings, 13th Baroness Hastings
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	General
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of India
Battles/wars	American War of Independence War of the First Coalition Anglo-Nepalese War Third Anglo-Maratha War

Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823. He had also served with British forces for years during the American Revolutionary War and in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. In Ireland, he was critical of the policy of coercion used to break the United Irish movement for representative government and national independence. He took the additional surname "Hastings" in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon.^[1]