Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . of Plassey (an Irish Peerage);Lord Powis, of Powis; Lord Herbert, of Chirburyj ViscountClive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis. Creations. Baron Clive, of Plassey, the county of Clare, 15thMarch, 1/62; Baron Clive, of Walcot, in Shropshire, August1794; Baron Powis, of Powis; Baron Herbert, of Chirbury; Vis-count Clive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis, May 12th, 1804. Arms. Argent, a fess Sable, charged with three mullets. Or. Crest. On a wreath, a griffin with wings expanded. Argent,ducally gorged, Gules. Supporters. Dexter, a
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . of Plassey (an Irish Peerage);Lord Powis, of Powis; Lord Herbert, of Chirburyj ViscountClive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis. Creations. Baron Clive, of Plassey, the county of Clare, 15thMarch, 1/62; Baron Clive, of Walcot, in Shropshire, August1794; Baron Powis, of Powis; Baron Herbert, of Chirbury; Vis-count Clive, of Ludlow; and Earl of Powis, May 12th, 1804. Arms. Argent, a fess Sable, charged with three mullets. Or. Crest. On a wreath, a griffin with wings expanded. Argent,ducally gorged, Gules. Supporters. Dexter, an elephant. Argent; sinister, a griffinwith wings expanded. Argent, powdered with mullets, and du-cally gorged. Gules. Motto. AUDACTER ET SINCERE. Chief Seats. Powis-Castle, co, Montgomery; Walcot, andOakley-Park, Shropshire. rletta, only daughter of James, Earl of Waldegiave, by whom he left a posthumouschild, Barbara, married, 1751, to Henry-Arthur-Herbert, thtn Lord Herbert, ofChirbury, and Earl of P<nvls, by a new creation, as before mentioned. EARL NKLSONT. Oj/. NELSON, EARL NELSON. One of the greatest names which vill hereafter occur in theannals of British history, or perhaps in the annals of the world,at least as far as the operations of war are concerned, will be thatof Nelson. No one certainly has yet shewn himself entitled tobe placed as his rival in naval glory. His heroic deeds are so nu-merous, so splendid, and so incalculably important, that in himtlie Biographer is confounded with excess of light. Of somemen, the great deeds require to be told, because they deserve ce-lebration. The celebrity of Nelson is already so universal, thathe who endeavours to add to it, incurs the hazard of effecting noother purpose than the taedium of a tale a thousand times told. Itwould not be uniform with the plan of this work, were the com-piler to pass over briefly the life of such a man. Yet, perhaps, thethree words, Nile——Trafalgar, would say morethan an hundre
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