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Hereditary Genius
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Charles Martel. Ancestor of the Carlovingian race of kings of France. Victor over
the Saracens in the great and decisive battle between Tours and Poictiers.
F. Pepin le Gros. See paragraph above.
S. Pepin, the first of the Carlovingian kings of France.
P. Charlemagne. See above.
Charles XII. of Sweden. See under GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.
Clive, 1st Lord; Governor-General of India. “A heaven-born general, who, without
experience, surpassed all the officers of his time” (Lord Chatham). Victorious
at Plassy aet. 32. Committed suicide aet. 49.
GB. Sir G. Clive, Judge, Curs. B. Exch. (Geo. II.)
GN. Sir E. Clive, Judge, Just. C. P. (Geo. HI.)
Coligny, Gaspard de; French admiral, general, and statesman. Famous Huguenot
leader. Perished at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
F. Gaspard de Coligny, Marshal of France; distinguished in the Italian wars of
Charles VIII., Louis XI., and Francis I.
u. Due de Montmorency, Marshal and Constable of France. The most illustrious
member of a great French family. He was illiterate, but, owing to his natural
ability and large experience, became a most able counsellor and statesman.
pP. William III. of England. See pedigree under MAURICE.
Cromwell, Oliver; Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.
US. Hampden the patriot, whom Lord Clarendon speaks of as having “a head to
contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief,”—this
word “mischief” meaning, of course, antagonism to the King.
Up. Edmund Waller, the poet, a man of very considerable abilities both in
parliamentary eloquence and in poetry, but he was not over-steadfast in
principle. He was n. to Hampden.
S. Henry; behaved with gallantry in the army, and acted with much distinction in
Ireland as Lord Deputy. He had one other son, and four daughters, who
married able men, but their descendants were not remarkable.
Doria, Andrea; naval commander and illustrious statesman. He drove the French
from Genoa, and was entitled by the Genoese Senate “The father and saviour
of their country.” Famous for his victories over the corsairs of
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