 | Robert Browning - 1895 - 218 pages
...the memory of his great deeds won from the House, at last, a unanimous vote " that Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." Broken in health by long residence in India, and in spirit by his trial, he died by his own hand in... | |
 | 1896 - 846 pages
...were in 1772 made the subject of animadversion in parliament, and next year matter for the inquiry or a select committee. He was examined and cross-examined...country' (21st May 1773). Sickness, opium, mental depression — on 22d November 1774 Clive died by his own hand. He is buried in the church of Moretón... | |
 | 1897 - 600 pages
...himself the House of Commons, in memory of his great exploits, unanimously voted "that Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." But although Clive was acquitted of the charge of misrule and oppression, this searching Parliamentary... | |
 | David Patrick, Francis Hindes Groome - 1898 - 1026 pages
...matter for the inquiry of a select committee. He was examined and cross-examined like a sheepstealer. The censure implied in the ultimate resolution was hardly wiped out by its rider, that he ' did at tbe same time render great and meritorious services' (21st May 1773). Sickness, opium, mental depression... | |
 | Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot - 1899 - 360 pages
...defence, 210-212, and Appendix II., 287-296 ; resolution moved by Mr Wcdderburn that ' Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country' carried without a division, 212 ; heavy strain caused by the enquiry, 216 ; his physical sufferings,... | |
 | Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot - 1899 - 364 pages
...morning, it was moved by Wedderburn and carried, also without a division, that ' Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country.' Thus ended this extraordinary inquiry, which, although not technically a trial, was one in reality.... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 446 pages
...memory of his great deeds won from the House of Commons a unanimous vote, " That Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." By the Act of 1773 Warren Hastings was named GovernorGeneral of Bengal, with powers of superintendence... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 702 pages
...the house agreed almost unanimously to some words which Wedderbum moved : " That Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." Such a vote might perhaps be deemed almost a verdict of acquittal. Certainly, at least, it showed a... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1905 - 410 pages
...Parliament his earlier proceedings, and a select body was appointed to investigate. The final resolution that he " did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country " hardly wiped out the accompanying censure. Clive, a victim of melancholia and opium, died by his... | |
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India were in 1772 made the subject of animadversion in parliament, and next year matter for the inquiry of a select committee. He was examined and cross-examined more like a sheepstealer than the Baron of Plassey. 
