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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. "
CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE - Page 286
1901
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The Life of the Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes, 1853-1902, Volume 1

Sir Lewis Michell - 1910 - 394 pages
...money while Commander-in-chief, but unanimously added a rider to the effect, ' That Robert, Lord Clive, did, at the same time, render great and meritorious services to his country.' In the case of Rhodes,-the Committee held, ' That the Raid had involved him in grave breaches of duty...
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The English People Overseas: A History, Volume 2

A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 304 pages
...and while his excesses were not glossed over, it was resolved unanimously ' that Kobert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country.' The verdict was a just one : but it brought no peace to Clive. He rusted in inactivity ; he, whose...
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Stories of the English

1912 - 558 pages
...his conduct in this particular, and then unanimously passed a declaration that " Eobert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." Clive had cleared his character from stain; the Commons of England had declared him to be a benefactor...
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Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race ..., Volume 7

1914 - 594 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...
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How India Wrought for Freedom: The Story of the National Congress Told from ...

Annie Besant - 1915 - 794 pages
...return to England (1767), and a vote of censure was shelved by the previous question, and the words that "he did, at the same time, render great and meritorious services to his country ". He committed suicide in 1774. Macaulay says of the enquiry : " It was clear that Clive had been...
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The Oxford Student's History of India

Vincent Arthur Smith - 1916 - 394 pages
...the House of Commons, while unable to approve of all his acts, resolved that ' Robert, Lord Olive, did, at the same time, render great and meritorious services to his country '. The attacks on him then ceased, but his health had suffered, and he was afflicted by sleeplessness....
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Heroes of Modern India: Stirring Records of the Bravery, Tact, and ...

Edward Gilliat - 1919 - 410 pages
...that, " admitting all to be true which was stated in regard to the moneys acquired, Robert Lord Clive did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country." If we may consider that Clive was not treated with generosity, after his life of strenuous endeavour...
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The Oxford History of India: From the Earliest Times to the End of 1911

Vincent Arthur Smith - 1920 - 868 pages
...formulating a personal condemnation of Clive and wisely recorded their judgement that ' Robert, Lord Clive, did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country '. Clive's proceedings respecting the Society for trade in salt, betel-leaf, and tobacco formed by...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 3

David Patrick, William Geddie - 1923 - 856 pages
...treatment so unmerited found vent at last in the exclamation : ' By heaven, Mr Chairman, at this moment 1 stand astonished at my own moderation.' The censure...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 Moreton...
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History of Bengal, Bihar & Orissa Under Britis Rule

Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley - 1925 - 816 pages
...Commons, so far from accepting the motion, unanimously resolved that Clive had taken £234,000 but did at the same time render great and meritorious services to his country. The financial embarrassment of the Company gave Parliament the opportunity it wanted to intervene effectually...
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