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He accompanied the duke of 

 York durin^- his campaign of 1 793, 

 and the same year was called upon 

 by the Vendeans, and designated 

 by the French pi-inces to their 

 command, but pei-ceiving that the 

 allies were but little disposed to 

 afford efficacious assistance, he re- 

 fused this commission, which ap- 

 peared to him to tend to no useful 

 purpose, and to promise scarce any 

 chance of success. 



He returned soon after to Eng- 

 land, where he was consulted by 

 the administration on the subject of 

 taking the French islands, and was 



employed by it on several occasions, 

 for which services he received dis- 

 tinguished tokens of its esteem, 

 confidence, and liberality. 



The last years of his life were 

 spent in sufferings which tried his 

 courage as much as the dangers 

 which he had so often braved, but 

 he looked death in the face with a 

 firmness conformable to the rest of 

 his actions, and that calmness which 

 the consciousness of an honourable 

 life can alone give. He died, in 

 London, the 14th of November, 

 1800. 



