History of Wendover in the county of Buckingham; with illustrations and sketch maps . Marquis of Rockingharn,says: Most assuredly I will never put my feet withinthe doors of St. Stephens Chapel without l)eing as muchmy own master as hitherto I have been, and at libertyto pursue the same course. Rockingham, however, found him a constituency nthe little town of Malton, on the Y^orkshire Derwent,and thither he proceeded and was duly elected afterhaving passed through the experience of being robbedby two highwaymen of ten guineas, and his servant oftis watch, on Finchley Common, on their way North
History of Wendover in the county of Buckingham; with illustrations and sketch maps . Marquis of Rockingharn,says: Most assuredly I will never put my feet withinthe doors of St. Stephens Chapel without l)eing as muchmy own master as hitherto I have been, and at libertyto pursue the same course. Rockingham, however, found him a constituency nthe little town of Malton, on the Y^orkshire Derwent,and thither he proceeded and was duly elected afterhaving passed through the experience of being robbedby two highwaymen of ten guineas, and his servant oftis watch, on Finchley Common, on their way was no sooner elected for Malton than the importanttown of Bristol sought his services, and with Maltons 60, assent he posted off South West and met with the samesuccess. Differences, however, arose with his constitu-ents some six years later, and he returned to Malton,which he continued to represent till the end of hispolitical career. He died at Beaconsfield in 1797. Thefollowing- eloquent lines to his memory were writtenby George Canning-, who, by appropriate coincidence,.. was at the time member for Wendover, Burkes firstconstituency, and, of course, was not, in name, at allevents, a political follower of Burke: — As, in far realms, where Eastern kings are laid,In pomp of death, beneath the cypress perfumed lamp, with unextinguishd light,Flames through the vault, and cheers the gloom ofnight. 61 So, EDMUND BURKE, in thy sepulchral urn, ?To fancys view, the lamp of truth shall burn;Thither late times shall turn their reverent eyes,Led by thy light, and by thy wisdom wise. I think it is Dr. Butler, Master of Trinity College,Cambridge, and one of the chief living- students ofBurke, who says of him: Three great countries arefor ever connected with his name—America, India, andFrance. You cannot study the American War of In-dependence, you cannot trace the early wrongs and thegenerous vindication of India, you cannot scrutinise theFrench Revolution and the face
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