Therefore, as he has unfortunately fallen a sacrifice to his great zed for the King's service, I judged it right to consent to his wish, intimated to me in his letter of the 29th Sept., of which I have the honor to enclose j'our lordship a copy, that his company which he purchased should be sold for the benefit of his mother aud sisters. But I trust, my lord, that your lordship will think Major Andre's misfortune still calls for some further support to his family ; and I beg leave to make it my humble request that you will have the goodness to recommend them in the strongest manner to the King, for some beneficial and distinguishing mark of His Majesty's favor."0

a MSS. Sir H. Clinton to Lord O. Gsrmaki, (Ssparate,) New York, 12th Oct. 1TS0, S. P. O.

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What was asked, was granted The King is said to have instantly ordered a thousand guineas from the privy purse, to be sent to Mrs. Andre, and an annual pension of ^300 to be settled on her for life, with reversion to her children or the survivor of them; and after knighthood was proffered on the 24th of March, 1781, in memory of his brother's services, the dignity of a baronetcy of Great Britain, was conferred upon Capt. William Lewis Andre, of the 26th Foot, and his heirs, male, forever.* A stately cenotaph in Westminster Abbey also preserved the remembrance of the life and death of Major Andre. To this Arnold was once observed to lead his wife, and to peruse with her the inscriptions that referred to the most important scenes in his own careeer.''