A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.11

v2.c51.11

thus described by Mountstuart Elphinstone in his diary: ‘A strong and hardy frame, a clear head, and vigorous understanding, fixed principles, unshaken courage, contempt for pomp and pleasure, entire devotion to the public service, joined to the utmost modesty and simplicity, formed the character of Sir Barry Close—a character such as one would rather think imagined in ancient Rome than met with in our own age and nation.’ (Colebrooke, Life of M. Elphinstone (1884), vol. i, p. 270.)]