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.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

October 5th, 1751

Age

274

Birth Place

United Kingdom, England

Date of Death

February 14th, 1834

Died Aged