Historedia
Person

Lord Hastings

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1818–1823

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lord Hastings, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Stamford Raffles sets out to seek approval for a trading station at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula

    1818

    Role: Governor-General of India

    1. 1818 · Unspecified; correspondence with CalcuttaApproval for Trading Station

      Raffles secured permission from Lord Hastings to establish a settlement, despite prior financial controversies and negative opinions.

    2. 1818 · Malay PeninsulaVoyage to Malacca

      Raffles sailed to Malacca in late 1818 to personally secure a British presence in the Riau area.

  2. William Pitt Amherst arrives in Calcutta as Governor-General

    1823

    Role: Predecessor as Governor-General

    1. August 1823 · CalcuttaArrival in Calcutta

      William Pitt Amherst arrived in Calcutta in August 1823 to assume the role of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William.

    2. 24 September 1823 · Anglo-Burmese border on the Naaf RiverInheritance of Territorial Dispute

      Amherst inherited a border dispute from the acting Governor-General John Adam, which resulted in violence in September 1823.

Sources

  1. Stamford Raffles Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
  2. William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04