 It was hard on him that his past sins were never allowed to rest.Unfortunately, he was of a quarrelsome nature and owed much of his misfortune to this throughout his life.The statement that he had forged his clerical orders is attested to in a private letter from Henry Hobhouse, under-secretary of state, to Earl Bathurst, and there is ample evidence from his dismissals from clerical office in England that the Anglican authorities there held that he had never been properly ordained.