A History of the Mahrattas v2.c53.25

v2.c53.25

Barlow, has been justly described as ‘the meanest of the Governors-General.’ ‘His narrowness of view was made the more dangerous by the extreme personal dislike which he inspired.’ He was more active than Lord Cornwallis in reversing the Marquess Wellesley’s policy in Upper India, in pursuance of which policy he broke faith with Jaipur, and bound the British Government in India not to make any arrangement with the Rājpūt States for their protection against Marāthā oppression. Lord Lake protested in vain, and finding he could make no impression resigned his political powers and retired to Europe.]