He went out to India to see whether they were equally strict there, and to try a little active service.

In the matter of bravery (to give him his due), he was a mixture of bull-dog and game-cock, with a dash of the savage.

He was at the taking of Seringapatam.

Soon afterwards he changed into another regiment, and, in course of time, changed into a third.

In the third he got his last step as lieutenant-colonel, and, getting that, got also a sunstroke, and came home to England.
He came back with a character that closed the doors of all his family against him, my lady (then just married) taking the lead, and declaring (with Sir John's approval, of course) that her brother should never enter any house of hers.