Bengal (India). Governor-General (1774-1785 : Hastings)

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Governor-general. Arrived in India in 1750. Governor of Bengal from 13 April 1772. By the Regulatory Act of 1773, was appointed Governor-General. Impeachment for maladministration began in 1788. Acquittal in 1795.

From the description of Warren Hastings' official correspondence : Fort William, 1775-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565797

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