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Sir Philip Francis was born in Dublin, Ireland on October 22, 1740. He was the only son of Dr. Philip Francis.
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Proceedings in the House of Commons on the Slave Trade, and State of the Negroes in the West India Islands: With an Appendix (Classic Reprint)
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Philip Francis
Edit ProfileEducation
Philip received the rudiments of an excellent education at a free school in Dublin. In March 1753, he entered St Paul's school, London, where he remained for three and a half years, becoming a proficient classical scholar.
Career
In 1756 he was appointed to a junior clerkship in the office of the secretary of state and in 1762 was transferred to the war office as principal clerk. In the controversy begun by the political reformer John Wilkes, who in 1763 accused George III of falsehood, Francis wrote letters to the papers supporting the popular point of view; this he did under various pseudonyms because he feared for his position as a civil servant, and it has been strongly contended that he was the author of the famous Letters of Junius, a series that appeared from January 1769 to January 1772.
In 1773 Francis was appointed to a very lucrative position as a member of the supreme council of Bengal, and he at once engaged in a long and bitter controversy with Warren Hastings whom he accused of corruption; a duel followed and Francis was wounded. He returned to England in 1781, entered Parliament as a Whig in 1784, and did all he could to secure Hastings' impeachment.
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Proceedings in the House of Commons on the Slave Trade, and State of the Negroes in the West India Islands: With an Appendix (Classic Reprint)
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Reflections On The Abundance Of Paper In Circulation, And The Scarcity Of Specie
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Proceedings in the House of Commons on the Slave Trade, and State of the Negroes in the West India Islands: With an Appendix (Classic Reprint)
Personality
Able and industrious, Francis was vindictive, unscrupulous, and often self-seeking.
Connections
On 27 February in 1762 Philip married to Elizabeth Macrabie, the daughter of a retired London merchant.
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