CHAPTER XII.

LORD EXMOUTH'S RETIREMENT AND DEATH.

Honours paid him--His exertions for his officers--Thanks of
Parliament--Activity of his mind--Command at Plymouth--Trial of the
Queen--His unpopularity, and remarks on it--His independence in
politics--Catholic question--His religious principles and
conduct--Peace of his declining years--Anxiety for the safety of
the country--Death of his daughter--Death of his grandchild; his
reflection on the occasion--Made Vice-Admiral of England--Death of
Sir Israel Pellew--Lord Exmouth's attachment to the Church, and
confidence in God's protection of it--His last illness and death.
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THE LIFE

OF

ADMIRAL VISCOUNT EXMOUTH




CHAPTER I.

FAMILY HISTORY.