THE

LIFE

OF

ROBERT, LORD CLIVE:

COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY PAPERS

COMMUNICATED BY

THE EARL OF POWIS.

BY

MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B. F.R.S. &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

WITH A PORTRAIT AND MAP.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXVI.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER IX.

Success of the Expedition sent to the Northern Circars under Colonel Forde, 1758. Transactions at Madras.. Siege of that Place by Lally

CHAP. X.

Page 1

Dutch Armament against Bengal, 1759, destroyed by Clive. -Proceedings in Englan regarding the Government of Bengal. Clive's Letter to Pitt. Clive returns to England, 1760

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CHAP. XI.

Clive in England. - His private Life and Character 144

CHAP. XII.

Clive in England. His Politics. His Quarrel with Mr. Sulivan. His Right to the Jaghire disputed. Parties at the India-House.- Disasters in India. Clive called upon to resume the Government of Bengal - Consents Sets out for India, 1764

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