Francis (1st Marquess) Rawdon-Hastings, K.G.,^[1]

1754 - 1826  (71 years)

• Name	Francis (1st Marquess) Rawdon-Hastings  [2]
  Suffix	K.G.,
  Birth	9 Dec 1754  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Nov 1826	Naples, Italy   [2]
  	He died on 28 November 1826 aboard HMS Revenge off Naples,and, following his directions, his right hand was cut off to be buried with his wife when she died. This wish was complied with, and it now rests clasped with hers in the family vault at Loudoun Kirk
  Person ID	I108734	First tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John (1st Earl of Moira) Rawdon,   b. 17 Mar 1720   d. 20 Jun 1793 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth (Baroness of Hastings Etc) Hastings,   b. 23 Mar 1730   d. 11 Apr 1808 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1752  [2]
  Family ID	F3631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Flora Muir (Countess of Loudoun) Campbell,   b. Aug 1780   d. 8 Jan 1840 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1804  [2]
  Children	1. Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 11 Feb 1806   d. 5 Jul 1839, Unmarried (Age 33 years)   2. George Augustus (2nd Marquess) Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 4 Feb 1808, St Jame's Palace, London d. 13 Jan 1844, Southampton (Age 35 years)   3. Sophia Frederika Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 1 Feb 1809   d. 28 Dec 1859 (Age 50 years)   4. Francis George (Lord Mauchline) Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 13 Feb 1809   d. 14 Feb 1809 (Age 0 years)   5. Selina Constance Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 15 Apr 1810   d. 8 Nov 1867 (Age 57 years)   6. Adelaide Augusta Lavinia Rawdon-Hastings,   b. 25 Feb 1812   d. 6 Dec 1860, Dsp (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F3629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, K.G., G.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A., M.R.I.A.., 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.

  
  

• Sources

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