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About John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. A close friend of the orientalist Sir William Jones (1746–1794), Shore edited a memoir of Jones's life in 1804, containing many of Jones's letters.
Everything about John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth →- Occupation
- politician, engineer
- Position held
- Governor-General of India
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- October 5, 1751
- Died
- February 14, 1834