哈斯丁斯(1732～1818年)
Hastings, Warren
英国驻印度殖民官员。1750年起在英国东印度公司当职员，1761～1764年升任孟加拉的理事会理事，1769年为马德拉斯（今清奈）的理事会理事。1772～1774年任英国驻孟加拉首长，他把中央政府迁到加尔各答，由英国人直接控制，并改造其司法制度。1777年哈斯丁斯升为总督，负责监督所有在印度其他地方的英国殖民地。他与一个四人理事会分别握有实权，理事中有人试图抨击他滥用英国人职权。1777～1783年他努力稳定摇摇欲坠的蒙兀尔帝国，并试图维持与邻邦的和平关系，但还是卷入马拉塔战争。此事件瓦解了公司的贸易，并在英国招致舆论的不满，也对他从事几桩可疑的冒险生意而得额外募集资金感到不满。1785年他在平和的气氛下离开印度，回到英国过着退休生活。1786年柏克指控他涉及贪污而弹劾他，经过长达八年的审判（1788～1795），哈斯丁斯获判无罪。
English version：
1732～1818年
Hastings, Warren
British colonial administrator in India. He worked for the English East India Co. from 1750, rising to membership in its council in Bengal (1761-64) and Madras (now Chennai; 1769). As governor of Bengal (1772-74), he moved the central government to Calcutta (now Kolkata) under direct British control and remodeled the justice system. In 1774 he acquired the new title of governor-general, with responsibilities for supervising other British settlements in India. His powers were shared with a council of four, several of whom tried to blame Hastings for the continuing abuses of power by Englishmen. From 1777 to 1783 he sought to counter the instability created by the fall of the Mughal empire and tried to maintain peaceful relations with neighboring states but was drawn into the Maratha Wars. This disrupted the company's trade and antagonized opinion in England, as did several dubious ventures Hastings entered into to raise extra funds. In 1785, leaving an India at peace, he retired to England. In 1786 Edmund Burke introduced an impeachment process against him on charges of corruption; after a trial that lasted from 1788 to 1795, Hastings was acquitted.