The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. 1 (of 3) / Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl of Powis

Chapter 21: Transcriber's Note

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The biography traces its subject's rise from boyhood and early service on the Coromandel coast through decisive military and political roles in mid‑eighteenth‑century India. It narrates campaigns in the Carnatic including the siege of Arcot, his returns to England and redeployment, operations in Bengal such as the recapture of Calcutta and the surrender of Chandernagore, the events surrounding the battle that deposed a regional ruler and the elevation of a successor, and his later acceptance of Bengal's government. Drawing on family correspondence, council minutes, and parliamentary reports, the work embeds these episodes in a wider introduction to Indian political conditions, European rivalry, and the administrative intrigues that reshaped regional power.

Transcriber's Note

Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics were corrected.

There are at least two unpaired double quotation marks which the transcriber felt unable to correct with confidence.

Inconsistent hyphenation was made consistent.

The footnotes themselves have footnotes and have been included in the consecutive numbering; therefore, there appear to be missing numbers in the text itself.

P. 7: embassador at the court -> ambassador at the court.

P. 9: want of of personal courage -> want of personal courage.

Pp. 19, 21, 22fn, 25fn, 26, 27: Pondichery -> Pondicherry.

P. 86: informed of these prepaparations -> informed of these preparations.

P. 137: Footnote anchor was missing and placed at a conjectured location.

P. 150fn: can be no justication -> can be no justification.

P. 173: the absolute recal -> the absolute recall.

P. 375: accessary to the disgrace -> accessory to the disgrace.