To the venerable statesman the thought that any one with British blood in his veins should stand by rebels of British blood, or by their French allies, was a cause of rage.

On April 7, 1778, the great Chatham appeared in the House of Lords and spoke for Imperialism and against the Americans and French.

There was a sudden stop in his speaking, and a moment later, confusion, as he fell in a fit.

He never spoke there again, and though he was hurried home and cared for by the doctors as best they could, he died on the eleventh of May.

At the end he reverted to the dominant ideal of his life--the supremacy of England.