Lieut-General Sir John Clavering, KB (1722-77)

Appointed Commander-in-Chief and Member of Council at Calcutta, under the regulating act of 1773. He united with Francis and Monsoon in opposing Warren Hastings, and claimed in 1777 to supersede the latter, whose resignation had been handed in by his London Agent without proper authority;

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artefact

Date

1760 CE