Biographical sketches of the FitzClarence Family

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Burke ^ [[addition]] [[unclear]] regarding the accusation of our [[/addition]] our alleged neglect to [[deletion]] build [[/deletion]] [[addition]] construct [[/addition]] among other things mosques and Hindoo temples. [[deletion]] he [[/deletion]] [[addition]] Colonel FitzClarence [[/addition]] goes on to say, [[addition]] a young man was [[unclear]] [[/addition]] [[note]] [[unclear]] [[/note]] I must state that from all I have seen since I have been in India, the most searching enquiry would only tend to raise the English character higher than ever. Should we lose this empire, it is a happiness to say our name will be revered to the end of time; and though we may not have left piles of buildings as monuments of our dominion, or useless masses of frivolous, conceited expense or gigantic altars to impose upon after ages, our government will be ever remembered as ha [[addition]] v [[/addition] ing overthrown a barbarous and overpowering tyranny, by the introduction of a mild, equitable and paternal legislature; for an upright and impartial administration of justice, a security of personal property previously unknown, a vigour unexampled, an extirpation of robbery and a general diffusion of happiness hitherto untasted. On [[addition]] Colonel [[/addition]] [[deletion]] George [[/deletion]] FitzClarence's arrival in England he found that the aide-de-camp, who had carried the dispatches by sea, had reached home a fortnight earlier. Lord Munster became a Major-general, a Privy Councillor and a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1825 he married Miss Mary Wyndham, illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Egremont, and not long after the marriage Princess Elizabeth. now the wife of the Prince of Hesse Homburg, refers in a letter to the [[addition]] (1) [[/addition]] Countess of Arran [[addition]] , [[/addition]] to a visit she had made to Petworth. Lord Egremont sent George FitzClarence to meet me on the road and was at the door with his two nieces, Mrs. George Herbert, a widow, and Miss Wyndham, his brother's daughter, who resides with him. The rest, his own son and daughter, were in the hall which I must say was delicate good breeding and good taste. Mrs. FitzClarence I know very well and live very much, and I immediately went and kissed her, I hope you think I did right, for I wished Lord Egremont to feel that I loved Williams son's wife, which I really do, and his conduct respecting his family yesterday made me most anxious to mark my partiality for Mrs. FitzClarence who is Lord Egremont's favourite daughter. (1) Formerly [[unclear]] Sudley