John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
- John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
Infobox Governor-General
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name =John Shore
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1st Baron Teignmouth
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order =4th
office =Governor-General of India
term_start =1793
term_end =1797
predecessor =The Earl Cornwallis
successor =Sir Alured Clarke, "acting"
birth_date =October 5, 1751
birth_place =
death_date =February 14, 1834
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alma_mater =Harrow
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (5 October 1751 - 14 February 1834) was a British politician who served as Governor-General of India from 1793 to 1797. He was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland in 1798. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. [cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025452/|title=Oxford Biography Index entry John Shore|accessdate=2008-08-26|author=Ainslie T. Embree|publisher=Oxford |date=Sept 2004]
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.
References
Further reading
*"Memoir of the life and correspondence of John, Lord Teignmouth", by his son, Lord Teignmouth. 2v. London: Hatchard, 1843
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