Historedia
Person

Richard Wellesley

Events
2
Episodes
8
Years
1799–1810

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Richard Wellesley, 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. Battle of Seringapatam

    1799

    Role: Governor-General of India who planned the opening of a breach in the walls

    1. 5 April 1799 · Fortress of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Siege of Seringapatam Opens

      British columns under General George Harris besieged Tipu Sultan's fortress of Seringapatam on 5 April 1799, the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

    2. 22 April 1799 · North side of the River Cauvery at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Breach Planning and Mysorean Defence

      Governor-General Richard Wellesley planned the opening of a breach; on 22 April the Mysorean defence blocked a battery on the north side of the River Cauvery.

    3. 4 May 1799 · Citadel and fortress walls of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Storming of the Citadel and Death of Tipu Sultan

      On 4 May 1799, after briefing and rations, British troops under David Baird breached the walls and stormed the citadel; Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed.

    4. 4 May 1799 · Battle site at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), including the Water GateAftermath and Commemoration

      Participants received a Governor-General's medal; the Water Gate where Tipu's body was found and other battle features survive, and the looted treasury jewels entered fiction.

  2. Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst at Perleberg, 25 November 1809

    1809–1810

    Role: Foreign Secretary

    1. Post-1809 · German Coffee House, PerlebergWitness Testimony

      Frau Kestern testified that a man named August followed Bathurst from a coffee house and likely murdered him.

    2. 25 November 1809 · PerlebergDisappearance at Perleberg

      Bathurst and his courier stopped at Perleberg under aliases on 25 November 1809, leading to his mysterious disappearance.

    3. 26 November – 16 December 1809 · Perleberg and QuitzowSearch and Discovery

      Searches of the River Stepenitz and woods near Quitzow yielded no body, but Bathurst's pantaloons were found in December.

    4. January 1810 · Berlin and PerlebergPress and Speculation

      Press reports in January 1810 discussed the disappearance, including claims of insanity and suicide, which modern research disputes.

Sources

  1. Siege of Seringapatam (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
  2. Benjamin Bathurst (diplomat) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-11