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APPENDIX.
EPITAPH in Eastbourne fchurch, Süss ex.
Sacred to the Memory of HENRY LUSHINGTON,
Eldefi Son of Henry Lushington, D. D. Vicar of this Parifh, and Mary his Wife;
Whofe fingular Merits and as fingular Sufferings cannot fail of
endearing him to the lateft Pofterity.
At the Age of Sixteen, in the Year 1754, he etnbarqued for Bengal
in the Service of the India Company,
and by attaining a perfekt Knowledge of the (Perßan) Language
made himfelf effentially ufeful.
It is difficult to determine, whether he excelled raore in a Civil or a Military Capacity.
His A£tivity in both recommended him to the Notice and Efteem of Lord Clive: whom,
with equal Credit to himfelf and Satisfadion to his Patron,
he ferved in the different Characlers of Secretary, Interpreter, and Commiflary.
In the Year 1756, by a melancholy Revolution, he was, with otheis, to the Amount of 146,
forced into a Dungeon at Cakutta, fo fmall, that 23 only efcaped SufFocation.
He was one of the Survivors, but referved for greater Mifery; for by a fubfequent Revolution
in the Year 1763, he was, with 200 more, taken Prifoner at Patita.,
and, after a tedious Confinement, being fingled out with
John Ellis and William Hay, Efquires,
was, by the Order of the Nabob CoJJim Jlly Kawn,
and under the Direktion of one Someroo, an Apoftate European^
deliberately and inhumanly murdered :
But while the Sepoys were performing their favage Office on the firft-mentioned Gentleman,
flred with a generous Indignation at the Diftrefs of his Friend,
he rufhed upon his Aflaffins unarmed,
and feizing one of their Scymitars, killed three of them and wounded two others,
tili at length opprefled with Numbers he greatly feil.
His private Characler was perfe&ly confiftent with his public one. The amiable Sweetnefs of
his Difpofition attached Mcn of the worthicft Note to him;. the Integrity
of his Heart fixed thcm ever firm to his Interefts.
As a Son, he was one of the moft kind and dutiful; as a Brother, the moft affectionate:
His Generofity towards his Family was fuch as hardly to be equalled ;
his Circumftances and his Age coniidered, fcarce to be excetded.
In fhort, he lived and died an Honor to his Name, his Frieods, and his Country.
His Rare was fhort (being only 26 Years of Age when he died) but truly glorious.
The rifing Generation muft admire, may they imitate fo bright an Example !
His Parents have ere<Scd this Monument as a lafting Teftimony of their AiHiction and of
bis Virtues.
EPITAPH in Eastbourne fchurch, Süss ex.
Sacred to the Memory of HENRY LUSHINGTON,
Eldefi Son of Henry Lushington, D. D. Vicar of this Parifh, and Mary his Wife;
Whofe fingular Merits and as fingular Sufferings cannot fail of
endearing him to the lateft Pofterity.
At the Age of Sixteen, in the Year 1754, he etnbarqued for Bengal
in the Service of the India Company,
and by attaining a perfekt Knowledge of the (Perßan) Language
made himfelf effentially ufeful.
It is difficult to determine, whether he excelled raore in a Civil or a Military Capacity.
His A£tivity in both recommended him to the Notice and Efteem of Lord Clive: whom,
with equal Credit to himfelf and Satisfadion to his Patron,
he ferved in the different Characlers of Secretary, Interpreter, and Commiflary.
In the Year 1756, by a melancholy Revolution, he was, with otheis, to the Amount of 146,
forced into a Dungeon at Cakutta, fo fmall, that 23 only efcaped SufFocation.
He was one of the Survivors, but referved for greater Mifery; for by a fubfequent Revolution
in the Year 1763, he was, with 200 more, taken Prifoner at Patita.,
and, after a tedious Confinement, being fingled out with
John Ellis and William Hay, Efquires,
was, by the Order of the Nabob CoJJim Jlly Kawn,
and under the Direktion of one Someroo, an Apoftate European^
deliberately and inhumanly murdered :
But while the Sepoys were performing their favage Office on the firft-mentioned Gentleman,
flred with a generous Indignation at the Diftrefs of his Friend,
he rufhed upon his Aflaffins unarmed,
and feizing one of their Scymitars, killed three of them and wounded two others,
tili at length opprefled with Numbers he greatly feil.
His private Characler was perfe&ly confiftent with his public one. The amiable Sweetnefs of
his Difpofition attached Mcn of the worthicft Note to him;. the Integrity
of his Heart fixed thcm ever firm to his Interefts.
As a Son, he was one of the moft kind and dutiful; as a Brother, the moft affectionate:
His Generofity towards his Family was fuch as hardly to be equalled ;
his Circumftances and his Age coniidered, fcarce to be excetded.
In fhort, he lived and died an Honor to his Name, his Frieods, and his Country.
His Rare was fhort (being only 26 Years of Age when he died) but truly glorious.
The rifing Generation muft admire, may they imitate fo bright an Example !
His Parents have ere<Scd this Monument as a lafting Teftimony of their AiHiction and of
bis Virtues.