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fields for exertion in supplying either the rude wants of countries emerging from barbarism, or the artificial and increasing demands of luxury and refinement, in those remote quarters of the globe." On all the charges, except one, he was found guilty and he was dismissed from the service. He lived in retirement until his death at Hall Barn Park,
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presiding over the case, Whitelocke not only failed his objective of "the reduction of the province of Buenos Ayres," but also defeated the
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on 25 June 1799, commanding the garrison during the height of invasion scares in
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