Event
House of Commons inquiry into Clive, 1772-73
The Commons' examination of Robert Clive's dealings in Bengal, which ended in resolutions on his services.
- Dates
- 1772–1773
Connections 3
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- Robert Clive examined; admitted receiving large sums from Mir Jafar Scholarship & press 1
- House of Commons resolved on the State's gains, and on Clive's services Scholarship & press 1
- Mir Jafar paid the sums the Commons found Clive had obtained Scholarship & press 1
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- 1772–1773 House of Commons inquiry into Clive, 1772-73
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Lord Clive (essay, Edinburgh Review, January 1840), Thomas Babington Macaulay (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1840.
Scholarship & press
He admitted that he had received immense sums from Meer Jaffier; but he denied that, in doing so, he had violated any obligation of morality or honour.
"By God, Mr. Chairman," he exclaimed, "at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation."
The Commons resolved that acquisitions made by the arms of the State belong to the State alone, and that it is illegal in the servants of the State to appropriate such acquisitions to themselves.
They resolved that this wholesome rule appeared to have been systematically violated by the English functionaries in Bengal.
Wedderburne moved that Lord Clive had at the same time rendered great and meritorious services to his country; and this motion passed without a division.
resolved that Clive had, by means of the power which he possessed as commander of the British forces in India, obtained large sums from Meer Jaffier
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