Remarks:
EVENT: [Ireland]
EVENT: [I., 1760]
EVENT: [Great Britain]
EVENT: [I., 1746]
INVEST: Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.)
OFFICE: M.P. for Trim
GRADUATION: Glasgow University||honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
, he declined the star and badge of the Order of St. Patrick, made from
the jewels of Tipoo Sahib, offered to him by the army (he was afraid it
might diminsh the prize money he was due)
OFFICE: M.P. for Beeralston
OFFICE: M.P. for Saltash
OFFICE: M.P. for Windsor
OFFICE: M.P. for Old Sarum
OFFICE: Custos Rotulorum for County Meath
INVEST: Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland]
INVEST: Privy Counsellor (P.C.)
OFFICE: a Lord of the Treasury
OFFICE: a Commissioner for Indian Affairs
OFFICE: Governor of Madras
OFFICE: Governor-General of Bengal|| ||During this period, he effected the
capture of Seringaputam and the complete destruction of Mysore
OFFICE: Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer [Ireland]
INVEST: Knight of the Crescent of Turkey
OFFICE: Ambassador to the Centra Junta of Spain
OFFICE: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
INVEST: Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.)
INVEST: Knight of the Lion and Sun of Persia
OFFICE: Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland||Viceroy
OFFICE: Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland||Viceroy
OFFICE: Lord Steward of the Household
OFFICE: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In May 1799 he wrote privately to Lord Grenville: "To talk
like Lord Abercorn-you will gain much credit by conferring some high and
brilliant honour upon me immediately. The Garter would be much more
acceptable to me than any additional title, nor would any title be an
object, which should not raise me to the same rank which was given to
Lord Cornwallis." He was greatly vexed at not obtaining a Marquessate of
Great Britain like his predecessor, Lord Cornwallis, but it was explained
to him that the latter was promoted from an Earldom of Great Britain,
while in his case the Earldom was of Ireland. On his retirement from
public life he sought further promotion. Lord Broughton records him
saying to him: "you got 20,000 for me from the Court of Directors; you
ought now to get a dukedom for me from the Queen"
Farington writes "Laurence spoke of Lord Wellesley as having ruined His
fortune by His excessive expenses on Women. With all his abilities He has
so great a share of vanity that at the age of about 53 Laurence has
noticed, when His Lordship sat to him for His Portrait, that his
Lips were painted"
In late life he used to wear his garter, star and ribbon over his
dressing gown
Lord Macauley writes of him in June 1813, "he has made a great and
splendid figure in history, and his weaknesses, though they make his
character less worthy of respect, make it more interesting as a study"
P.E. Roberts writes in 1929 that while no doubt his dispatches from India
were pompous and inflated, but "they were massivley impressive in their
power, their logical force, and their tone of decision... He was an
administrator and ruler of wonderful achievement, and glorious capacity"