Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was appointed the Governor of Bengal by the British East India Company (EIC) in 1772 and became its first Governor-General in India from 1774 to 1785. Under his tenure, the EIC ruthlessly expanded its territory both in terms of conquest and through treaties of alliance with Indian princely states.
More about: Warren HastingsServer Costs Fundraiser 2024
Help our mission to provide free history education to the world! Please donate and contribute to covering our server costs in 2024. With your support, millions of people learn about history entirely for free every month.
$3926 / $18000
Definition
Timeline
-
1732 - 1818Life of the colonial administrator and first Governor-General of the East India Company Warren Hastings.
-
6 Dec 1732Warren Hastings is born in Churchill, Oxfordshire.
-
1750Warren Hastings joins the East India Company as a clerk or ‘writer’.
-
1758 - 1761Warren Hastings serves as the East India Company's representative at the court of the Nawab of Bengal.
-
1761Warren Hastings is appointed to the East India Company's Council of Bengal.
-
1772Warren Hastings is appointed the East India Company Governor of Bengal.
-
1774 - 1785Warren Hastings serves as the first Governor-General of the East India Company.
-
1787Warren Hastings is impeached by Parliament on charges of corruption. He is ultimately acquitted.
-
1818Warren Hastings dies in Daylesford in Gloucestershire, England.
