India - Warren Hastings As Governor General Fort William Etc. East India Company Commission 1778 - A manuscript Commission “appoint you Christopher Robinson to be a Lieutenant of Infantry in the Service of the Honble United East India Company on the Bengal Establishment” etc etc., Signed by Warren Hastings and 4 others. size 14½” ´ 9½”. Warren Hastings (1732 – 1818) In 1773 appointed the First Governor General of Bengal. He was also the governor of all India and did much to consolidate British rule there.