Chapter 12

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. page 221

THE LIFE

OF

ADMIRAL VISCOUNT EXMOUTH