John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth ( September 5, 1751 - February 14, 1834 ) was a British politician and from 1793 to 1798 Governor General of Fort William .
Life
Shore attended Harrow School . In 1769 he became a civil servant in British India . From 1787 to 1789 he was a member of the Supreme Council. In 1793 he succeeded Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis , as Governor General of Fort William. Shore held the post until 1798. During his tenure, he intervened in Avadh and replaced Nawab Wazir Ali Shah with Saadat Ali Khan . He met a mutiny among officers of the Indian Army with concessions.
In 1792 he was raised to Baronet , of Heathcote, in 1798 in the Peerage of Ireland to Baron Teignmouth . Shore was the first President of the British and Foreign Bible Society .
Shore was a friend of the Indologist William Jones and became the second president of the Asiatic Society after his death in 1794 . He published Jones' biography in 1804.
The botanist William Roxburgh named the tropical tree genus Shorea after him .
literature
- Teignmouth, John Shore, 1st Baron . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 26 : Submarine Mines - Tom-Tom . London 1911, p. 508 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shorea . In: Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Retrieved July 9, 2011
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Baron Teignmouth 1798-1834 |
Charles Shore |
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SURNAME | Shore, John, 1st Baron Teignmouth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shore, John; Shore, Sir John, 1st Baronet |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Governor General of Fort William (1793–1798) |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1751 |
DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1834 |