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Sir Philip Francis 1740-1818, British statesman and pamphleteer. He may have been the author known as Junius . He held several minor posts in government offices before being appointed to the council of Bengal in 1773. While in India he conducted a long, bitter feud with Warren Hastings , which culminated in a duel in 1780 in which Francis was wounded. He returned to England the following year, became a member of Parliament in 1784, and took an active part in the impeachment proceedings against Hastings. An advocate of various political reforms and the advancement of individual liberty, he contributed articles to periodicals and wrote numerous pamphlets.

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Francis, Sir Philip (1740–1818). From 1762 to 1772 he was a clerk in the War Office, and became one of the four newly appointed councillors of the governor-general of India in 1774. He left India in 1780 and assisted Burke in preparing the charges against Warren Hastings. Recent research confirms the long-standing identification of Francis as Junius.

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