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In Windsor, stop off to see the 18th-century blockhouse at Fort Edward (named after Governor Edward Cornwallis), grim monument to the British military presence that prepared the deportation.
(Cornwallis is unequivocally British to everyone but the French.)
Indians were removed from key positions in the administration because Cornwallis considered them not yet up to the stricter ethical standards that were being introduced.
With a well-paid civil service, Clive’s successors — Warren Hastings and Lord Cornwallis — avoided the collectors by padding their salaries with private deals.
With the new title of Governor-General, Hastings and then Cornwallis were responsible to the British government rather than the Company.