Philip Francis (politician)
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Sir Philip Francis, GCB was a British Whig politician, pamphleteer and colonial administrator best known for being the possible identity of the anonymous writer Junius. A strong opponent of East India
Portrait by James Lonsdale, c. 1808
Warren Hastings
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Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general o
Philip Francis (politician)
…and colonial administrator best known for being the possible identity of the anonymous writer Junius. A strong opponent of East India Company official Warren Hastings, Francis' accusations against him led to Hastings' impeachment by the Parliament of Great Britain. Born in Dublin, he was the only son of Dr Philip…
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766–1767
c. 1784 painting of Hastings with Marian in their garden at Alipore by Johan Zoffany
Portrait of Hastings by Tilly Kettle
The trial of Warren Hastings in Westminster Hall, 1788