Warren Hastings, first Governor General of British India Finish:Rolled The cephalopod is presented from

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Warren Hastings, first Governor General of British India Finish:Rolled The cephalopod is presented fromWarren Hastings, first Governor General of British India, (c1905). Hastings (1732 1818) served as Governor General from 1773 1786. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814 . Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith (London, c1905). Original painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence.