Note 83 — Chapter V
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Nevertheless, when this 'Roi en Exil' shortly afterwards died, Walpole erected a tablet in St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, to his memory, with the following inscription:—
'Near this place is interred Theodore, King of Corsica; Who died in this parish, Dec. 11, 1756, Immediately after leaving the King's-Bench-Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency; In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
'The Grave, great teacher, to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and Kings. But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread.'
Theodore's Great Seal, and 'that very curious piece by which he took the benefit of the Act of Insolvency,' and in which he was only styled Theodore Stephen, Baron de Neuhoff, were among the treasures of the Tribune. (See Chapter VIII.)