EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON / FIRST.EARL.OF.LYTTON. VISCOUNT.KNEBWORTH.P.C..G.C.B.. G.C.S.I.. C.I.E. / BORN NOVEMBER.VIII.MDCCCXXXI / FROM.MDCCCL.TO.MDCCCLXXVI. IN.THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE / OF HIS COUNTRY.FROM. MDCCCLXXVI.TO.MDCCCLXXX.VICEROY / OF INDIA. FROM.MDCCCLXXXVII.TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH AMBASS- / ADOR AT PARIS WHERE HE DIED NOVEMBER.XXVI.MDCCCXCI. / HE WAS A DIPLOMATIST RICH IN THE QUALITIES OFFICIAL & SOC- / IAL, BY WHICH AMITY WITH FOREIGN NATIONS IS MAINTAIN- / ED. A VICEROY INDEPENDENT IN HIS VIEWS, RESOLUTE IN / ACTION, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. A POET OF MANY / STYLES EACH THE EXPRESSION OF HIS HABITUAL THOUGHTS. / A MAN OF SUPERIOR FACULTIES HIGHLY CULTIVATED BY LITER- / ATURE, ARDENT IN HIS AFFECTIONS, TENDER & GENEROUS IN / ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE, LAVISH IN HIS COMMENDA- / TIONS OF OTHERS & HUMBLE IN HIS ESTIMATE OF HIMSELF
