Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cowley, Henry Wellesley, first Baron
COWLEY, HENRY WELLESLEY, FIRST BARON (1773–1847)
Born Jan. 20, 1773 : youngest son of the first Earl of Mornington : brother of Marquess Wellesley (q.v.), and Duke of Wellington (q.v.) : served in the Army, before going as Secretary of legation to Stockholm, 1792 : Private Secretary to his brother. Marquess Wellesley, when Governor-General, 1798–1801 : a Commissioner for the settlement of Mysore after its capture, 1799 : sent to England to explain the war with Tippoo in 1799–1800 : sent on a mission to Oudh, negotiated treaty for cession of certain districts by the Nawab : Lieutenant-Governor of the ceded districts of Oudh, 1801–3 : left India, 1803 : M.P. for Eye, 1807–9 : Secretary to the Treasury, 1808–9 : P.C., 1809 : Secretary to Embassy to Spain, 1809, and Ambassador, 1811–22 : knighted 1812 : G.C.B., 1815 : Ambassador to Vienna, 1823–31 : to Paris, 1841–6 : made Baron Cowley, 1828 : died April 27, 1847.