Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "France" to "Francis Joseph I.": Volume 10, Slice 8Various
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "France" to "Francis Joseph I.": Volume 10, Slice 8
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Among the later productions of his pen were, besides the _Plan of a
Reform in the Election of the House of Commons_, pamphlets entitled
_Proceedings in the House of Commons on the Slave Trade_ (1796),
_Reflections on the Abundance of Paper in Circulation and the Scarcity
of Specie_ (1810), _Historical Questions Exhibited_ (1818), and a
_Letter to Earl Grey on the Policy of Great Britain and the Allies
towards Norway_ (1814). His first wife, by whom he had six children,
died in 1806, and in 1814 he married his second wife, Emma Watkins, who
long survived him, and who left voluminous manuscripts relating to his
biography. Francis died on the 23rd of December 1818. In his domestic
relations he was exemplary, and he lived on terms of mutual affection
with a wide circle of friends. He was, however, full of vindictiveness,
dissimulation and treachery, and there can be little doubt that in his
historic conflict with Warren Hastings unworthy personal motives played
a leading part.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--For the evidence identifying Francis with Junius see
the article Junius, and the authorities there cited. See also _Memoirs
of Sir Philip Francis, with Correspondence and Journals_, by Joseph
Parkes and Herman Merivale (2 vols., London, 1867); _The Francis
Letters_, edited by Beata Francis and Eliza Keary (2 vols., London,
1901); Sir J.F. Stephen, _The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of
Sir E. Impey_ (2 vols., London, 1885); Lord Macaulay's _Essay_ on
"Warren Hastings"; G.B. Malleson, _Life of Warren Hastings_ (London,
1894); G.W. Forrest, _The Administration of Warren Hastings,
1772-1785_ (Calcutta, 1892); Sir Leslie Stephen's article on Francis
in _Dict. of Nat. Biog._ vol. xx.
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