John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
(1751-1834), Governor-General of IndiaRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
Teignmouth sailed for India in 1768 as a writer for the East India Company, a trading organisation with effective political control of Britain's Asian territories. He was controversially appointed Governor-General of India in 1792. The statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke protested vainly at the choice. He accused Teignmouth of being 'a principal actor and party in certain offences' for which the corrupt former Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings, had infamously stood trial in 1787. In the event, Teignmouth's time in office was largely successful. His failure to deal with the trouble brewing in Mysore - resulting in the war of 1789-92 - was, however, harshly criticised.
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by Thomas R. Poole
wax medallion, 1818
NPG 4986
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by George Richmond
watercolour, 1832
NPG 5145
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by Thomas Cheesman, published by Robert Cribb & Son, after Michael Keeling
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1816
NPG D40448
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by Henry Edward Dawe, after Henry Perronet Briggs
mezzotint, circa 1823
NPG D40449
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after George Richmond
mezzotint, circa 1836 (1832)
NPG D40450
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
by William Walker, published by John Hatchard, after George Richmond
stipple and line engraving, published 1843 (1832)
NPG D15223
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