shelburn

Updated: May 14, 2025

But when Lord Shelburn came into office, he was appointed Under Secretary of State, and subsequently nominated to a Governorship in India: a rapidity of promotion to a man without family or parliamentary interest, that can only be explained by a profound conviction, on the part of his patron, of his superior talents, and perhaps, also, from a strong sense of some peculiar obligation.

John Galt - The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq.: Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself

M'Lean sailed for India in the Aurora frigate, and was lost, in the wreck of that ship, on the coast of Africa. That the letters of Junius were not ascribed to him by any party is not surprising, for his literary talents were unknown to the public; but the general opinion of all men at the time was that they were the production of some person in connection with Lord Shelburn.

John Galt - The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq.: Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself