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The Annalist.
connected with the government , and gradually acquired the confidence of his sovereign and the prime minister . At the latter period he was appointed Governor-general of India , and then became at once a conspicuous man . His administration of that empire was splendid and successful ; he adorned its capital and extended its hounds . In 1805 he returned to Europe , apparently rather wearied than satisfied with eastern lendourand it was some time before either the Court of
sp ; Directors , or the public at large ( both of which justly dreaded the consequence of the Indian empire having become too unwieldy ) were reconciled to his policy . The course into which he had been impelled by his predecessors has been continued by his successors ; and the extension of the boundaries to the Indus , and the attempt to subdue Affghahistan , throw into the shade all former aggrandisements . As he advanced in years he grew more peaceful ; and before he died he was
probably fully sensible that there are far better means for increasing the glory of a nation than wars of aggression . The noble Marquis , after his return to Europe , took an active part in opposing Buonaparte , —in the cabinet , where as a minister he recommended large but concentrated military exertions ; in parliament , where he ever spoke the language of confidence ; and in Spain , as ambassador , where he contributed to organise the government , and make the Spaniards work ovtt their own salvation . He contributed as a statesman to his
brothers success , and shared his honours . . After the conclusion of peace , he did all in his power to promote Catholic Emancipation ; and being sent to Ireland as lord-lieutenant , he introduced into that country the conciliatory policy which has since been acted on with so much success . Since 1835 the noble Marquis has retired from political life , and has lived in peace in the enjoyment of his great reputation . He died at Kingston House , Brompton , oh the 26 th September , at the
advanced age of eighty-two . The body was consigned to its last resting-place on the Sth of October , in the chapel of Eton College , after lying in state in the council-chamber of that noble institution , where the deceased was educated . The funeral was attended by his brothers , the Duke of AVellington , Lord Cowley , Di * ; AVellesley , and other members of the family . The history of his political lifewhich embraces tbe long period of
, fifty-one years , will include all the remarkable events between the American Revolution and the Reform of the British Parliament , and in the most important of them this veteran statesman took an active parti The title of Marquis AVellesley dies with him . His next brother , Lord Maryborough , becomes Earl of Morningtoh , whose son , the well knowii Mr . William Pole Tilney Long Wellesley , becomes by courtesy Viscount Wellesley .
The late Marquis . was a member of Lodge 494 on the registry . of Ireland , aind held office under his father the late Earl of Mornington , at the time his younger brother , the Duke of AVellington , was passed and raised . *
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The Annalist.
connected with the government , and gradually acquired the confidence of his sovereign and the prime minister . At the latter period he was appointed Governor-general of India , and then became at once a conspicuous man . His administration of that empire was splendid and successful ; he adorned its capital and extended its hounds . In 1805 he returned to Europe , apparently rather wearied than satisfied with eastern lendourand it was some time before either the Court of
sp ; Directors , or the public at large ( both of which justly dreaded the consequence of the Indian empire having become too unwieldy ) were reconciled to his policy . The course into which he had been impelled by his predecessors has been continued by his successors ; and the extension of the boundaries to the Indus , and the attempt to subdue Affghahistan , throw into the shade all former aggrandisements . As he advanced in years he grew more peaceful ; and before he died he was
probably fully sensible that there are far better means for increasing the glory of a nation than wars of aggression . The noble Marquis , after his return to Europe , took an active part in opposing Buonaparte , —in the cabinet , where as a minister he recommended large but concentrated military exertions ; in parliament , where he ever spoke the language of confidence ; and in Spain , as ambassador , where he contributed to organise the government , and make the Spaniards work ovtt their own salvation . He contributed as a statesman to his
brothers success , and shared his honours . . After the conclusion of peace , he did all in his power to promote Catholic Emancipation ; and being sent to Ireland as lord-lieutenant , he introduced into that country the conciliatory policy which has since been acted on with so much success . Since 1835 the noble Marquis has retired from political life , and has lived in peace in the enjoyment of his great reputation . He died at Kingston House , Brompton , oh the 26 th September , at the
advanced age of eighty-two . The body was consigned to its last resting-place on the Sth of October , in the chapel of Eton College , after lying in state in the council-chamber of that noble institution , where the deceased was educated . The funeral was attended by his brothers , the Duke of AVellington , Lord Cowley , Di * ; AVellesley , and other members of the family . The history of his political lifewhich embraces tbe long period of
, fifty-one years , will include all the remarkable events between the American Revolution and the Reform of the British Parliament , and in the most important of them this veteran statesman took an active parti The title of Marquis AVellesley dies with him . His next brother , Lord Maryborough , becomes Earl of Morningtoh , whose son , the well knowii Mr . William Pole Tilney Long Wellesley , becomes by courtesy Viscount Wellesley .
The late Marquis . was a member of Lodge 494 on the registry . of Ireland , aind held office under his father the late Earl of Mornington , at the time his younger brother , the Duke of AVellington , was passed and raised . *