Portrait of Lord Moira

{{Short description|Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds}}

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| title= Portrait of Lord Moira

| artist= Joshua Reynolds

| year= 1789–1790

| type=Oil on canvas, portrait

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| width_imperial= 58.3

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| museum=Hillsborough Castle, Royal Collection

| city=County Down

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Portrait of Lord Moira is a portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Irish soldier and politician Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, then known as the Earl of Moira.Blunt p.104

A member of the Protestant Ascendancy, Moira served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. He subsequently became known as a friend of the young George, Prince of Wales. In 1806, he served in the Ministry of All the Talents as Master General of the Ordnance, the senior military position in the cabinet. In 1812, during the Regency era Moira was considered a prospective Prime Minister by George, now Prince Regent, but was unable to form a compromise cabinet between Whigs and Tories. Instead in 1813, he accepted the lesser but lucrative position of Governor-General of India which he held for a decade.Hutchinson p.138-39

Begun in 1789 and finished by the next year, it was one of the last times Reynolds directly depicted a sitter due to his failing eyesight.https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/-/collection/407508A full-length portrait, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1790 at Somerset House.Hudson p.211 It was commissioned by the sitter as a gift for Frederick, Duke of York. On York's death in 1827 it was acquired by his brother George IV. Today it is in the Royal Collection and hangs in the Red Room of Hillsborough Castle in County Down, Moira's native county.https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/-/collection/407508