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Warren Hastings

1732 - 1818

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Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Warren Hastings is the 6,931st most popular politician (down from 5,713th in 2019), the 1,557th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,141st in 2019) and the 272nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Warren Hastings ranks 6,931 out of 19,576. Before him are José Antonio Aguirre, Jean-Antoine Marbot, Sergius I of Constantinople, Ramón Grau, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, and Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Željko Komšić, Estrid of the Obotrites, Felipe Calderón, and Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin.

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Among people born in 1732, Warren Hastings ranks 19. Before him are Abbas III, Richard Arkwright, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, and Hieronymus von Colloredo. After him are Nevil Maskelyne, František Brixi, John Blair Jr., Joseph Gaertner, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, and Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1818, Warren Hastings ranks 19. Before him are Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Alexandre Pétion, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Leopold Koželuch. After him are Paul Revere, Marcello Bacciarelli, Caspar Wessel, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Olof Swartz, and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 1,557 out of 8,785. Before him are Havelock Ellis (1859), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Robert Stephenson (1803), Jack Bruce (1943), George Cayley (1773), and Guy Pearce (1967). After him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Edward Lear (1812), Emily Watson (1967), Thomas Cole (1801), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), and William McDougall (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Warren Hastings ranks 272. Before him are Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Sid Watkins (1928), Constantine II of Scotland (801), and Jeremy Hunt (1966). After him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), and Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673).

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