George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

by George Augustus Selwyn

INDEX

A

Abergavenny, Lord
Abingdon, Lord
Adams, John
Ailesbury, Lady
Albemarle, Lady
Almack's Assembly Rooms, King Street, St. James'; masquerade
at; masquerade stopped by bishops; extinct.
Almack's Club, Pall Mall; events at; thriving; Selwyn and Fox at
supper at; Selwyn's "bureau;" Selwyn avoids; house occupied
by.
Alston, Tommy
Althorp, Lord
Amelia, Princess
America—Lord Carlisle, peace commissioner to; Gower, Lord, on
independence of; Fitzpatrick in; colonies, bad news from;
question of; Storer, with Carlisle in; news from; colonies in; His
Majesty's subjects in; Prohibitory Bill; Selwyn on the war in;
letter-writing between England and; Selwyn regarding politics in;
want of interest in society concerning; Fox's motion to conclude
peace with; public interest in; motion as to; President of
Congress.
Amhurst, Lord
Andre, Major
Androche, Marshal
Argyle, fifth Duke of
Arnold, Benedict
Ascough, Mr.
Ashburnham, second Earl of
Ashburton, Lord, see Dunning
Ashton, Thomas
Ashton, Mr.
Assembly of Notables, National
Astley, Mr.
Aston, Sir W.
Auckland, First Lord, see Eden
Aylesford (Ailsford) Lord; Lord of the Bedchamber

B

Baker, Dr.
Balbi, Comtesse de
Balliol College
Baltimore, Lord
Bampton Lectures (Dr. White's)
"Baptist," the, see Henry St. John
Barbot's Lottery
Barker, Mr.
Barrington, Lord
Barry, Mme. Du "Anecdotes of"
Barry, Richard, sixth Earl of Barrymore,
Barry, Richard, seventh Earl of Barrymore
Barry, Mr.
Barrymore, Lady
Barrymore, Lord, see Barry
Barth, Mrs.
Basilico
Bath
Beauchamp, Lord
Beauclerk, Topham; married to Lady Bolingbroke
Beaufort, Duke of
Beckford, Alderman
Beckford, William, son of Alderman Beckford, author and collector
Bedford, fourth Duke of
Bedford, fifth Duke of
Bedford, Duchess of
Bedford faction
Bedford House; parties at
Belgiojoso
Berkeley, Lord
Berry, Agnes
Berry, Mary
Bertie, Lord
Besbborough, Lord
"Betty, Lady," see Howard, Lady Elizabeth
Biron, Duchesse de
Biron, Admiral, see Byron
Biron, Mrs.
Biron, Duc de
Blake, Miss
Blake, Mr.
Blake, Mrs.
Blandford, Lord
Blaquiere, Sir John
Blenheim
Bloomsbury Gang
Bohn, Comte de
Boisgelin, Comte de
Bolingbroke, Lady
Bolingbroke, Lord "Bully,"
Boon, Charles
Boothby, Mrs.
Boothby, Sir Brooke
Boston, Lady
Boston, Frederick, second Baron
Bouverie, Mr.
Bouverie, Mrs.
Boufflers, Comtesse de; Queen of the emigres; at Richmond
Boufflers, Emilie, Comtesse de; at Richmond
Brereton, Col.
Bristol, Earl of
Brodrick (Broderick), Colonel Henry
Brooke, Earl of
Brooks, Mr.
Brooks's Club, politics and gambling at; fortunes lost at;
card-room at; macaronis at; Fox and Fitzpatrick at; gossip at;
Selwyn at; American question discussed at; supper at;
ill attended; political discussion at; in opposition to;
Fox closeted every instant at; a place of amusement,
speculation, and curiosity; Whigs at, in 1781; Fox gives
audiences at
Brudenell, Lord
Buccleugh, Duchess of
Buccleugh, third Duke of

Buckingham, Lady
Buckingham, Lord
Buckingham House Junto
Buckinghamshire, third Earl of
Buffon, Mme.
"Bully," see Bolingbroke
Bunbury, Lady Sarah; charm of; sought after by the king; social
successes in Paris; Carlisle's youthful passion fon; at Lord
March's
Bunbury, Sir Charles
Bunker's Hill, Battle of
Burgoyne, General
Burke, Edmund; bad judgment of in Parliament
Burrows, Mr.
Bute, Lady
Byron, Lord
Byron, Lord (the poet)
Byron (Biron), Admiral, The Hon. John

C

Cadogan, Lady
Calas, Jean
Calonne, M. de
Cambis, Mme. De
Cambridge University; Walpole at
Camelford, Lord
Campbell, Mr. (first Baron Cawdor)
Camden, Earl
Carlisle, third Earl of
Carlisle, fourth Earl of
Carlisle, fifth Earl of, Frederick Howard; in America, letters from
Hare and Selwyn; Selwyn's letters to, commence; sketch of life;'
Order of Thistle; delay of Ribband and Badge; fears for health
at Turin; friendship for Fox; Fox and Carlisle at Eton; anxiety
regarding Fox's prodigality; Viceroy of Ireland; Storer to;
ill; Peace Commissioner to America; recalled from Ireland;
children of; high ideals; thankfulness for Selwyn's friendship.
Carlisle, sixth Earl of, see Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth
Carlisle, Isabella, Countess Dowager of
Carlisle, Lady Caroline Gower, (wife of the fifth Earl)
Carmarthen, Lord
Carpenter, Lady Almeria
Carteret, Harry
Carysfort, Lord
Castle Howard
Castle Inn, Richmond
Catherine, Empress of Russia
Cavendish, Lord Frederick
Cavendish, Lord George
Cavendish, Lord John
Cawdor, first Lord, see Campbell
Chamberlain, Lord
"Charles," see Fox
Charlotte, Queen, wife of George III.
Chartres, Duc de
Chatelet, Duc de
Chatham, first Earl of
Chatham, second Earl of
Cholmondeley, Lord
Chedworth, Lord
Choiseul, Duc de
Choiseul, Duchesse de
Choiseul, Mons. De
Choiseul, Mme. De
Chudleigh, Elizabeth, see Kingston, Duchess of
Churchill, Lord
Clarence, Duke of
Clarendon, Lord
Clavering, Mr.
Clerk of the Irons
Clermont, Lady
Clermont, Lord
Cleveland, Duchess of
Clinton, Sir Henry
Clive, Lord
Club, Young
Comb Compton, Lady
Compton, Lord
Comyns, picture cleaner
Congreve, Mr.
Conolly, Lady Louisa
Conti, Princesse de
Conway, General
Cooper, Sir Grey
Cornwallis, Lady
Cornwallis, Lord
"Corydon," Lord
"Corydon," Captain
Coventry, Earl of
Coventry, Lady
Cowper, Lady
Cowper, Lord
Craddock, Mr.
Craigs, General
Craven, Lord
Crawford, James, "the Fish,"
Crawford, Mrs.
Crewe, Mr.
Crewe, Mrs.
Crewe, Mrs. ("Old")
Croome (Crome)
Cumberland, Duke of
Cunningham, Colonel

D

Damer, Mrs.
Darell, Mr., of Cambridgeshire
Darrels, The, at Richmond
Dashwood, Sir Francis
Deerhurst, Lord
D'Elci, Comte
Delme, Peter ("the Czar")
Denbigh, Lord
D'Eon (the Chevalier)
Derby, Earl of
Derby, Lady
Dering, Sir E.
Devonshire, Duchess of
Devonshire, fifth Duke of
Devonshire House
"Diaboliad, The,"
igby, Dean of Clonfert
igby, Lord
igby, Miss
Digby, Mr.
Dlettanti, Society of
DOyley (Doiley), Mr.
D'Oraison
Dorset, Duke of
Dolben, Sir J.
Douglas, Jack
Draper, Sir W.
Du Deffand, Mme.
Du Deffand, Marquis
Dundas, Sir William
Dunning, John, first Baron Ashburton
Dunmore, Lady

E

Eardley, Sir S.
Eden, William, first Lord Auckland
Eden, Mrs.
Edgcumbe, Dick; one of Strawberry Hill Group
Egremont, Lord
Ekins, Dr. Jeffrey (tutor to Lord Carlisle, afterwards Dean of
Carlisle)
Elliot, Mrs.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert
Ellis, Mr.
Ellis, Welbore
Ellishere, Mrs.
Emigres, the
Emly, Edward (Dean of Derry) "Emily," "the little Parson"
Emperor of Germany, see Joseph II.
Ernham, Lord
Essex, Lady
Essex, Earl of
Eton, Selwyn at; Carlisle at; Crawford at; Carlisle's verses on
friends at; Fitzpatrick at; Walpole at; Storer at; Fitzwilliam
at; Montem at; Lord Morpeth at
Euston, Lord
Eyre, Mr.
Executions, Selwyn and

F

Fagniani, M.
Fagniani, Marchesa, mother of Mie Mie
Fagniani, Maria (and see Mie Mie)
Falkener, Sir Everard
Family compact
Fanshaw, Mr.

Farrington, Gen., of Kent
Faukener, Lady
Faukener, Mr.
Fauquiers
Ferguson, Sir Adam
Ferrers, Washington, fifth Earl; Robert, sixth Earl
Fish, the, see Crawford
Fitzherbert, Mrs.
Fitzpatrick, Richard ("Richard, the Beau Richard"); at Quinze;
friendship with Fox; losses at Newmarket; returns from Jamaica;
in "The Diaboliad;" wins money at Brooks's; Pharo bank; in his
Pharo pulpit; horses taken from his coach; holds a gambling
bank; Fox as security for; the Beau Richard; at Brooks's; loses
at Hazard; at White's; with the King; elated at change of
ministry; provokes Selwyn
Fitzroy, Lady Caroline

Fitzwilliam, Lady
Fitzwilliam, second Earl
Fletcher, Mr.
Flood, Henry
Floyd, Lady Mary
Floyd, Miss
Foley, Thomas, second Baron
Foster, Lady
Fort St. John
Fox, Charles James, "Charles,"; chief of group; great qualities;
coalition with Lord North; friendship with Carlisle; gambling
debts; leader of Whig party; fortune destroyed; Selwyn advises
concerning debts; goes to Bath; suggested sueing of, by
Carlisle; money troubles, Selwyn's opinion of; women's opinion
of; frequent story of debts; friendship for Richard
Fitzpatrick; loses money at Newmarket; on the American
Question; in "The Diaboliad;" Selwyn and; speech on economy;
holds Pharo bank; Fitzpatrick with; Jews seize effects; his
furniture sold; enchanted with Pitt's speech; motion concerning
American war; auction at his house; gaming; and Selwyn; has a
cockpit; flattery of; speech; first figure in all places; loses
heavily at races; agreeableness of; Selwyn's admiration of his
talents; arrogance of; the new administration; as Secretary for
Foreign Affairs; takes a house in Pall Mall; coalition with
North; Selwyn, relations with
Fox, Henry Edward, youngest son of first Lord Holland

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall, third Baron Holland
Fox, Stephen, second Baron Holland, "Ste"
France
Franklin, Benjamin
Fraser, Mr.
Frederick the Great
French Revolution

G

Gainsborough; picture of Mie Mie by
Galloway, Earl of
Garlies, Lord, see Galloway
Garrick, David
Garrick, Mrs.
Gemm, Dr.
"George," see Howard, George, Lord Morpeth
George III.
Germaine, Lord George Sackville
Gibbon (historian)
Gideon, Sir Sampson
Gilbert, Mr. Thomas
Glenbervie, Lord, Sylvester Douglas
Glendower, Lord
Gloucester, Duchess of
Gloucester, Duke of
Gloucester, monastery of St. Peter at; situation of; city of,
Selwyn member for; election at
Godolphin, Lord
Goostree's (Club)
Gore, Mr.
Gordon, fourth Duke of
Gordon, Duchess of
Gordon, Lord George
Gordon, Lord William
Gower, Lady
Gower, Lady Evelyn Leveson
Gower, Lady Louisa Leveson (sister-in-law of fifth Earl of
Carlisle)
Gower, second Earl
Grady Mr.
Grafton, Duke of
Graham, Dr.
Graham, Lady
Grant, General
Grantham, Lord
Gray, Thomas, the poet
Greenville, Mr. (Grenville)
Greenwich's, The
Gregg, Francis, succeeded Delme as M.P. for Morpeth
Grenville, Mr. George
Grenville, G., Lady
Grevil
Grey, Lord
Grieve, Mr.
Grosvenor Place
Guerchy
Guildford, Earl of, see North
Guise, Mr.
Gunning, Elizabeth (afterwards Duchess of Hamilton)
Gunning, Elizabeth

Gunning, Charlotte Margaret
Gunning, maria
Gunning, Miss
Gunning, Sir Robert

H

Hamilton, Duchess of
Hamilton, Duke of

Hanger, Will

Harcourt, Lord
Hare, James; Losses at Newmarket; at Lady Betty's; at Almack's;
letter to; with Fox; at Brooks's; opens Pharo bank; letter on
London society; at White's
Harridans, the
Harrington, Lady
Harrington, Lord
Harris, Alderman

Hart Hall (Oxford)
Hartley, Mr.
Hautefort, Marquis de
Hawke, Sir S.
Hay, Adam, Member for Peebles
Henault, President
Heneage, Mr.
Hertford College, Selwyn at; Charles Fox at
Hertford, Lady
Hertford, Lord
Hervey, second son of Lord
Hervey, Lady
Hillsborough, Lord
Hinchcliff, Dr.
Holderness, Earl of
Holland, Henry Fox, first Lord Holland
Holland, Stephen Fox, second Lord, see Fox
Holland, Henry, third Lord Holland
Holland, Lady, Georgiana Caroline Gordon, wife of first Lord
Holland; death of; funeral of
Holland, Lady Mary
Holland House. fire at
Horton, Mrs.
Houghton, sale of pictures at
Howard, Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle, see Carlisle
Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth, afterwards sixth Earl of
Carlisle, "George"
Howard, Frederick, third son of fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, William, second son of fifth Earl
Howard, Lady Caroline, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle
(afterwards Lady Cawdor); marriage
Howard, Lady Charlotte, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), daughter of the fifth Earl of
Carlisle
Howard, Lady Gertrude (afterwards Lady G. Sloane Stanley), daughter
of the fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Anne, sister of the fifth Earl of Carlisle
Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Betty"), sister of the fifth Earl of
Carlisle (afterwards Lady Delme)
Howard, Lady Frances, sister of the fifth Earl
Howard, Lady Mary
Howard, Lady Julia, sister of the fifth Earl
Howard, George, Lieut.-General
Howard, Mr. (afterwards Duke of Norfolk)
Hughes, Mr.
Hume, David; history
Huntingdon, Lord

I

Ilchester, Stephen Fox, first Earl of
Ilchester, Henry Thomas, second Earl of, see Stavordale
Inchiquin, Lord
Intercourse Bill
Ireland; Lord Carlisle recalled from
Irwin, Sir J.

J

Jay, John
Jersey, Lady
Jersey, fourth Earl of
Jockey Club
Johnson, Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets"
Johnston, George
Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Thomas
Joseph II., Emperor of Germany
Junius
Junto, the blue and buff

K

Kane, Colonel
Keene, Mr.
Keith, Sir R.
Kemble
Keppel, Admiral, First Viscount; First Lord of the Admiralty
Kildare, William Robert, Marquis of
King, The, see George III.
Kingston, Duchess of; trial of
Kingston, Duke of

L

La Fayette, Marquis de

Lamb, Sir M.
Lambert, Sir J.
ansdowne, Lord (see Shelburne)
Langdales, The
Langlois, Mr.
Lascells, The two
Laurens, Henry, President of the American Congress
Lee, Mr.
Leeds, Duke of
Leinster, Duchess of
Leinster, Duke of
Lely, Sir Peter
Lennox, Charles, third Duke of Richmond
L'Espinasse, Mile.
Lewis, Mr.
Lewisham, Lady
Lignonier, Lord
Lincoln, Lord
Lisbourne, Lord
Lothian, Lord
Lotteries, Conty's
Loughborough, Lord
Louis XV.
Louis XVI.
"Louisa, Lady," see Gower
Lucan, Lady
Lucan, Lord
Ludgershall, borough in Wiltshire
Luxembourg, Duc de
Lyttleton, Lord
Lyttleton, Sir George
Lyttleton, Sir Richard

M

Macall
Macaronis
Macartney, Lady
Macartney, Sir George, afterwards Lord Macartney
Macclesfield, Lord
Macdonald, Sir Archibald
Mahon, Lord
Maintenon, Mme. De
Malden, Viscount
Malesherbes, Minister under Louis XVI.
Manchester, Duke of
Mann, Sir Horace
Manners, Jack
Mannin's, a macaroni dinner at
Mansfield, Lord
March, Lord, afterwards fourth Duke of Queensberry, see Queensberry
Marchmont, Lord
Marie Antoinette
Marlborough, Duchess of
Marlborough, fourth Duke of
Marlborough House
Mattesdone, Phillippus de
Matson; village, manor house
Maury, Abbe
Mawbey, Sir Joseph
Maynard, Sir William
Medmenham
Meillor, Mrs.
Melbourne, Lady
Melbourne, Lord
Menil, see Meynell
Metham, Sir G.
Methuen, Mr.
Meynell, Mr.
Middletons, The
Mie Mie; at Campden House; leaves England, relatives negotiated
with for her return; description of; at Richmond; at the
Assembly; sitting to Gainsborough; at the Opera
Minto, Lord
Molyneux, Lord
Monson, Lord
Montagu, Sir C.
Montem
Montgomery, Sir William
More, Mr.
More, Sir J.
Morpeth, Lord, afterwards sixth Earl of Carlisle, see Howard,
George
Morpeth, borough of
Musgrave, Dr.
Musgrave, Sir William, of Hayton Castle

N

Nabobs, Indian
Napier, George
Napier, Lord Francis
Napier, Sir Charles fames
Napier, Sir George Thomas
Napier, Sir William Francis
Naworth
Neasdon, school at
Necker, M.; abuse of
Nevills, The
Newcastle, Duke of
Newmarket
Nicolson, Mr.
Norfolk, Duke of
North, Lord, fourth Earl of Guildford; Selwyn's description of;
fall of his Ministry
North, Frederick, fifth Earl of Guildford
North, Mrs.
Northington, second Earl of
Northumberland, Duchess of
Northumberland, second Duke of
Norton, Sir Fletcher
Nugent, Lord

O

O'Brien (Lord Inchiquin)
Offley, Mr.
Ogilvy, Mr.
Oliver, Mr.
Onslow
Onslows, The
Ord, Maria
Orford, third Lord
Orford, fourth Lord
Oriel College
Orleans, Duke of
Ossory, John, second Earl of
Ossory, Lady
Owen, Mr.
Oxford, University of; corporation of; Lord Morpeth at

P

Palliser, Sir Hugh
Paris; Treaty of
Parker, George Lane
Payne, Jack
Payne, Lady
Payne, Sir R.
Pelham, Henry
Pelham, Lady Frances
Pelham, Miss
Pembroke, Lady
Pembroke, Lord
Pennant, Thomas
Penthurst (Penshurst)
Pepys, Sir Lucas
Percys
Petersham, Lord
Phelippeaux, Jean Frederic, Comte de Maurepas' recognition of the
U.S.
Phillips, General
Pierre, servant of Selwyn's
Pigott, Admiral
Piozzi, Mme, (Mrs. Thrale)
Piquet, La Motte
Pitt, Thomas (uncle of William)
Pitt, William; personal relations with Wilberforce; Duchess of
Gordon confidante of; sudden rise of, first speech; second
speech; Selwyn hears him speak; another speech of; his young
political friends; expected to join the Cabinet; gives Selwyn a
place; remains in office; at Windsor with Lord Thurlow; Selwyn
asked to meet him at dinner
Plympton
Pompadour, Mme. De
Pompeio
Ponsonby, Mr.
Pontcarre, M. de
Porten (Portine), Sir Stanier
Portland, Duke of
Pottinger, Mr.
Powell, Mr.
Powis, Lady
Priestly, Dr.
Proby, Sir John
Public Advertiser

Q

Queen (of England), see Charlotte, wife of George III.
Queensberry, William Douglas, third Earl of March, fourth Duke of
Queensberry, "Old Q"; character and life
Queensberry, fifth Duke of
Queensberry villa

R

Radcliffe, John
Raikes, Mr.
Ramsden, Sir J.
Raton, Selwyn's dog
Ravensworth, Lady
Ravensworth, Lord
Rawdon, Lord
Regency, English, question of
Regency, French
Reynolds, Sir Joshua; Selwyn's joke on
Rich, Sir R.
"Richard," see Fitzpatrick
Richards, Mr.
Richelieu, Marechal de
Richmond, Charles Lennox, second Duke of
Richmond, Duchess of
Richmond, Mr.
Richmond-on-Thames, a fashionable resort; Duke of York at; theatre
Ridley, Sir M.
Rigby, Right Hon. Richard
Robinson, John, Secretary to the Treasury; Selwyn on
Robinson, Mrs.
Rockingham, second Marquis of; party meeting at house of; Cabinet;
Thurloe's negotiations with; and Shelburne; and King; and
Carlisle; first Lord of the Treasury; formation of Ministry
Rohan, Cardinal de
Roncherolles, Mme. De
Rosslyn, Lord
Roxburghe, Duke of
Rutland, Duchess of
Rutland, fourth Duke of

S

Sackville, Viscount, see Lord George Germaine
St. John, Frederick
St. John, John; legacy from Lord Guildford
St. John, Henry; legacy from Lord Guildford
Salisbury, Bishop of
Salisbury, seventh Earl of
Salveyne
Sandwich, John George Montagu, fourth Earl of
"Sarah, Lady," see Bunbury
Sardinia, King of
Sawbridge, Mr.
Scott, General
Scott, Mr.
Seabright, Sir J.
Sefton, Lady
Selwin, Mr., banker in Paris
Selwyn, Albinia (afterwards Lady Sydney), Matson re-entailed on her
descendants
Selwyn family
Selwyn, George Augustus; importance in society, as wit, as beau,
man of fashion, bon mots, jokes fathered on, reputation; a type
of his time, life, ancestry, inheritance of social qualities,
Walpole's "famous George"; possession of Matson, description of
house; to remove gateway of Lantony Priory, schooldays,
sobriquet, holder of sinecure post, illness; recovery, at
Oxford, in Paris, harshly judged at college, no attempt to
renounce pleasure; attends Duchess of Bedford to Paris; member
of Parliament, appointed Paymaster of the Works; life
uneventful, adoption of Mie Mie, anxiety for her; grief at her
departure, at Castle Howard, at Milan; fear of losing Mie Mie,
delight in her companionship, his friends; friend of Fox,
annoyed by his recklessness, lover of the town, journey to
Yorkshire; welcome everywhere; as a politician, Parliamentary
career, personal associations; as a gossip, at executions;
anecdote of George III. and character of, by Mme. du Deffand;
francophile, a favourite in France; secret of charm of; life
comparatively simple, his death a loss to society; commences
corrrespondence with Carlisle; admiration for Mme. de Sevigne,
letters compared with Walpole's, time spent in Paris,
friendship for Carlisle; friendship with Grafton; at Vauxhall;
advises Carlisle regarding Fox's debts; the tie; praise of
Tunbridge; proposed for Royal Society; at Devonshire House;
goes to Lyons; drum at; to Ranelagh; reception in the House of
Commons; six weeks at Streatham; on loss of Minorca and St.
Kitts; deprived of office, appointed Surveyor-General of Crown
Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle
begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
Lectures; last illness; death
Selwyn, Jasper
Selwyn, John, Colonel
Selwyn, John, elder brother of George
Selwyn, Mary, wife of Colonel John, woman of the bedchamber, mother
of George
Sevigne, Mme. De

Shafto, Robert
Shelburne, Lord
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Shirley, Mr.
Siddons, Mrs.
Smith, Dr., Master of Trinity College
Smith, General
Smithson, Sir Hugh
Somerset, Duke of
Sophia, Princess
Southwell, Baron
Spencer, George John, second Earl
Spencer, Lady Diana
Spencer, Lord Charles
Spencer, Lord Robert, "Bob"
Spratt, Bishop
Stael, Mme. De
Stafford, Marquis of; and see Gower
Stanhope, Henry
Stanhope, Lady ("Harriot") Henrietta
Stanhope, Lord
Stanley, Lady Betty
Stanley, Lord
Stapleton, Sir J.
Stavordale, Lord; is a heavy gambler
"Ste," second Lord Holland, see Fox
Stewart, Keith
Stonehewer, Richard
Storer, Anthony Morris, the "Bon ton"; belonging to the Fox group;
opinion of Selwyn; life of; attachment to Lady Payne; kindness
of Carlisle to; description of Pitt's third speech; writes to
Carlisle; on East India affairs; loses at play; Lord North's
friendship for; at Cockpit; grievances; at White's
Stormont, Lord
Strawberry Hill
Stuarts, The
Suffolk, Lord
Suffren, Comte de
Suffren, Comtesse de
Sunderland, Earl of
Surveyor of Meltings in the Mint
Sussex, Duke of
Sutherland, Lady
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount, see Townshend

T

Talbot, Lord
Tankerville, Lord
Tavistock, Lord
Taunton, Lord
Terry, Mrs.
Tessier, Mons. (reader to the Queen)
Thatched House Tavern
Thomas, Sir H.
Thomond, Lord; will of
Thompson
Thornbury Castle
Thrale, Mrs. (Mrs. Piozzi)
Thurlow, Edward, first Baron
Townshend, Charles, Viscount
Townshend, John, first Marquis
Townshend, Lady
Townshend, Thomas, Viscount Sydney
Torrington, Lord
Trentham, Lord
Trinity College
Tuesday Night Club
Tunbridge, Selwyn's opinion of
Turgot
Turner, Charles
Tynte, Sir C.

V

Valiere, Duchesse de la
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Vanheck, Mrs.
Vanheck, Sir Jos.
Varcy
Varey
Vaupaliere, Mme. de la
Vergennes, M. de
Vernon, Lady H.
Vernon, Richard
Viri, Comte de

W

Waldegrave, Captain
Waldegrave, Lady
Waldegrave, Lord
Wales, Prince of (George IV.)
Walker, Mr.
Wallis, Mr.
Walpole, Horace; on illness of Selwyn; his "out-of-town party" at
his villa; opinion of men of letters; his life; arrives at
Matson; at Richmond; Pennant accused of copying style; mourns
death of Selwyn
Walpole, Sir Robert
Walsingham, Lord
Warenzow
Warren, Lady
Warren, Dr. Richard
Warner, Rev. Dr.
Washington, George
Webb, Mrs. (Selwyn's lady housekeeper)
Webster, Mr.
Wedderburn, see Loughborough
Weltzies (Club)
West, Richard
Westmoreland, Lord
Weymouth, Lord
Whately, Mr.
Whistler, Sir Godfrey
White's Club; Lord North at; Selwyn and Sir J. Irwin at; Selwyn in
the card room; Selwyn prefers it to Brooks's; pharo at; Storer
at; Hare and Fitzpatrick at
Wiart (Mme. de Deffand's secretary)
Wilberforce
Wilkes, Mr. John (Willes)
Williams, George James ("Gilly")
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
Williams, William Peere
Willoughby, Sir Ambrose
Wills, Mr.
Winchelsea, Lord
Windham, Percy
Woburn
Woodcock, Mr.
Woodcock, Mrs.
Woodfall, Mr.
Woodhouse, Mrs.
Worcester, Bishop of
Worsley, Lady
Worsley, Sir Richard
Wrottesley, Sir J.

Y

Yarmouth, Earl of, third Marquis of Hertford
York, Duke of
York, Frederick, Duke of
York, Mr.
Young, Sir W.

Z

Zamparini, a dancer