INDEX

Account of a Conversation, [86-95], [150].
Act of Security, introduced in 1703, [71], [72];
debates on, [72-76];
passed, [77];
its chief provisions, [77], [78];
royal assent refused to, [78];
circulated in London, [84];
in 1704, proposal to tack it to a Money Bill, [97], [98];
royal assent given to, [99];
English opinion on, [102].
Addison, Joseph, [150].
Alien Act, passed, [107];
effects on Scotland, [110];
resolution against, in Scottish Parliament, [127];
hostile clauses of, repealed, [129].
Amsterdam, Fletcher joins Monmouth at, [23];
Monmouth sails from, [26].
Annandale, Earl of, [40], [62], [108].
Argyll, Archibald, Earl of, writes to Fletcher, [20];
with Monmouth at Amsterdam, [24];
invades Scotland, [26];
his execution, [109].
---- John, second Duke of, at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in May 1703, [63];
appointed High Commissioner, [108];
arranges for the dismissal of the New Party, [111];
breaks with Annandale, [112], [113];
threatens to resign, [113];
forms a Ministry, [114];
holds a Council, [116];
supports the Act for a Treaty of Union, [116] et seq.;
his refusal to act with the Jacobites in 1703, [67].
Ayloffe, [24], [26].
Baillie of Jerviswoode, [20], [21].
---- ---- (his son), [106], [114], [122].
Ballads, Fletcher’s saying as to, [95].
Belgium, Fletcher in, [21].
Belhaven, Lord, [95], [123], [135], [136], [143], [144].
Bilboa, [26].
Blenheim, battle of, [101].
Bridport, [28], [31].
Bristol, [37].
British Linen Company, [145].
Brougham, Lord, [136].
Bruce, Sir Henry, of Clackmannan, [9].
---- Captain, [33], [35].
Brussels, Argyll at, [20];
Andrew Fletcher at, [23].
Boyer, [119].
Boyle, Lord, [79].
Buchan, David, Earl of, [12], [13], [20], [38], [40].
Burke, Edmund, [136].
Burnet, Bishop, [9], [10], [11], [12], [21], [39], [105], [150].
Buyse, Anthony, [24], [29], [33], [35], [36].
Calderwood, Mrs., of Polton, her anecdote of Fletcher, [21], [22].
Cameron of Lochiel, [142].
Carnegie, Margaret, [144] et seq.
---- Sir David, of Pittarrow, [144].
Chamberlen, Hugh, [110], [121] et seq.
Characters of the Nobility of Scotland, Mackay’s, [152].
Chevalier de St. George, [142].
Clerk, Sir John, of Pennycuik, [35].
---- ---- ---- son of the foregoing, [95], [151], [152].
Club, The, [40], [41].
Cockburn, Adam, of Ormiston, [13], [40], [60], [114].
---- John, younger of Ormiston, [66], [67].
Coltness Collection, story of Fletcher in, [21], [22].
Company of Scotland, Trading, [47], [48].
Cromartie, Earl of, [86] et seq.
Cunningham, Alexander (the Historian), [137].
Dalmahoy, Sir John, [34].
Dalrymple, Sir James (Viscount Stair), [17], [18], [23], [33].
---- Sir John (First Earl of Stair), [47].
---- ---- (the Historian), [17], [24], [47].
Dare of Taunton, at Amsterdam with Monmouth, [24];
lands in England, [26];
killed by Fletcher, [29].
---- (the younger), [30].
Darien, [48], [49], [54].
Defoe, Daniel, [28].
Discorso di Spagna, [49], [59], [60].
Discourses on the Affairs of Scotland, [49], [53] et seq.
Douglas, James, second Marquis of, [34].
---- Archibald, Marquis of, [63].
Doyle, Mr. Conan, [24].
Dumbarton, George, Earl of, [36].
Dundas of Arniston, [95].
Dunkirk, expedition from in 1708, [142].
Edinburgh University, [12].
---- Review, article in, [117].
Edmonstone of Newton, [142].
Errol, Lord, [61], [64].
Erskine, Sir James, [98].
Essex, his connection with the Whig Plot, [20].
Eugene, Prince of Savoy, [13].
Ferguson the Plotter, [24], [26], [27], [39].
Fletcher, Andrew, birth and early days of, [9];
educated by Burnet, [10] et seq., [150];
goes on the Grand Tour, [12];
is in Parliament as member for Haddingtonshire, [13];
opposes Lauderdale, [14], and accused before the Privy Council of obstructing the King’s service, [15], [16], [18];
his return for Haddingtonshire contested in 1681, [16];
opposes the Duke of York, [17];
goes abroad, [19];
his connection with the Whig Plot, [20] et seq., [23], [34];
anecdote of him told by Mrs. Calderwood, [22];
is outlawed, [23];
joins Monmouth at Amsterdam and sails to England, [23-27];
shoots Dare, [29];
Lord Buchan’s erroneous account of his reasons for leaving England, [31] et seq.;
is tried for high treason and attainted, [33] et seq.;
the estate of Saltoun given to the Earl of Dumbarton, [36];
adventures in Spain, [37];
serves in Hungary, [38];
returns to Scotland at the Revolution, [39];
joins the Club, [40];
complains of the delay in restoring Saltoun, [45];
writes to Hamilton, [46];
his connection with Darien, [47], [48];
his political writings, [49] et seq.;
plans for a national militia, [49-53];
his account of the poverty of Scotland, [55];
his opinions on slavery, [56], [57];
on high rents, [58], [59];
on the Partition Treaty, [60];
returned to Parliament in 1703, [60];
speech on the Supplies, [68];
proposes Limitations on the Crown, [69] et seq., [80], [81];
attacks the English Ministers, [72];
supports the Act of Security, [71-77];
denies the power of the Sovereign to refuse the royal assent, [79];
publishes his speeches, [84];
An Account of a Conversation, [86-94];
his saying about ballads, [95];
about an hereditary professor, [95];
speeches in the session of 1704, [97] et seq.;
attacks Johnston, [98];
Sir James Halket, [98];
Hamilton, [100];
duel with Roxburghe, [121], [122];
proposes the Limitations again, [123];
moves an address against the Alien Act, [126];
attacks Hamilton, [128];
his conduct during the sessions of 1706-1707, [133-138];
story of his leaving Scotland, [138];
arrested in 1708, [142];
reasons for not marrying, [144];
conversations with Wodrow, [146-148];
his death, [148];
his place in Scottish literature, [149];
contemporary opinions of his character, [151], [152].
Fletcher, Andrew (Lord Milton), [148], [149].
---- ---- (grand-nephew of the patriot), [149].
---- Henry (brother of the patriot), [14], [33], [144], [145], [149].
---- ---- (Lieutenant-General), [149].
---- Sir Robert, [9], [10].
---- Lady (Catherine Bruce), [9], [10], [11].
Fletcher, Mrs. Henry (Margaret Carnegie), [144], [145].
Ford Abbey, [28].
Forfar, Earl of, [63].
Fountainhall, Lord, [14], [19], [23].
Glasgow, Earl of, [114].
---- Burnet, Professor, at, [12].
Gloucester, Duke of, [11].
Godolphin, writes to Athole as to the Act of Security, [76];
attacked for advising the Queen to give the royal assent, [101], [102];
his views about Scotland, [102];
explains the position to the House of Lords, [105];
letters to him from Glasgow, Seafield, and Annandale, [111], [112].
---- Correspondence, in the British Museum, [117], note.
Gordon, Duke of, [142].
Grand Resolve, The, [69].
---- Marquis de, [20].
Grant, The Laird of, [18].
Grey, Lord, of Wark, [24], [26], [27].
Haarlem, Fletcher at, [21].
Hague, Fletcher at, [39].
Halifax, Lord, [21], [106], [132].
Halket, Sir James, [98].
Hamilton, James, fourth Duke of, leads the Country Party, [65], [66];
supports Fletcher against the Government, [72];
protests against the adjournment of the House, [74];
conduct in the session of 1704, [97] et seq.;
quarrel with Fletcher, [100];
moves that the Queen should appoint the Commissioners on Union, [128].
---- William, Duke of, [14], [45], [46].
Hampden, in the Whig Plot, [20].
Hanover, Elector of, [132].
Haversham, Lord, his speech in Scotland, [104].
Helderenberg, the frigate, [26], [27], [30], [31], [37].
Hepburn of Humbie, [16].
‘Hereditary Professor,’ [95].
Highlanders, Fletchers opinion of, [54], [57].
Historical Account of the Rights and Powers of the Parliament of Scotland, [85].
Holland, Shaftesbury escapes to, [20];
Fletcher visits, [21].
Howard in the Whig Plot, [20].
Hume, Sir David, [98], [133], [134].
---- Sir Patrick (Earl of Marchmont), [40].
Hungary, [38].
Huntly, Marquis of, [142].
James ii., Letter to the Scottish Estates in 1686, [39];
grants a general pardon in 1688, [39].
Johnston, James, of Warriston, [46], [47], [95], [108].
Kerr, Lord Charles, [122].
Kerridge, John, [37].
Lauderdale, [13], [14], [34], [36], [43].
Law, John, of Lauriston, [110], [121] et seq.
Lely, Sir Peter, [11].
Leyden, Andrew Fletcher at, [21];
his nephew at, [148].
Limitations, the, [69], [70], [71], [79], [80], [81], [123].
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath, [82], [115], [152].
---- Sir William, [40].
Lorraine, Duke of, [38].
Loudoun, Lord, [23].
Louis xiv., [60].
Lyme, Monmouth at, [27] et seq.
Mackay, John, [18], [40], [152].
Mackenzie, Sir George, [33], [149].
Madrid, Fletcher at, [37].
Mar, Charles, Earl of, [34].
---- John, Earl of, [63].
Marchmont, Earl of, [114].
Marischal, Earl (tenth), [33], [37], [38].
---- William, (ninth) Earl, [64].
Matthews, Captain, [24], [25].
Melville, Lord, [23], [40], [46].
Micah Clarke, [24].
Militias, Discourse on, [49] et seq.
Monmouth, Duke of, in the Whig Plot, [20];
writes to Fletcher from Amsterdam, [23];
his confidence in Fletcher, [24];
his invasion of England, [25-32];
tried at Edinburgh after his death, [33].
Montgomery, Sir James, [40].
Montrose, fourth Marquis of, [66], [114].
Moray of Abercairney, [142].
Murray, Earl of, Commissioner in 1686, [39].
---- of Blackbarrony, [15].
Musgrave, Sir Christopher, [86] et seq.
New Party, The, formed, [95];
dismissed from office, [111] et seq.
Nottingham, Earl of, [101], [106].
Ochtertyre ms., [136], [148].
Oldmixon, his opinion of Fletcher, [151], [152].
Ormiston, Andrew Cockburn of, [13], [16].
Paris, Fletcher at, in October 1683, [21].
Paris, Fletcher at, in 1716, [148].
Partition Treaty, [60].
Paterson, Bishop, [16].
---- William, [47].
Pitcairn, Dr., [95].
Polton, Mrs. Calderwood of, [21].
Preston, Viscount, [21].
Prideaux, Edmund, [28].
Queensberry, Duke of, [61], [67], [72], [78], [79] et seq.;
adjourns the Parliament, [84], [95] et seq., [114].
Ramsay, General, [62].
Rawlinson, Thomas, MS. at Oxford, [148].
Rochester, Earl of, [106].
Ross, Lord, [40].
Rothes, Earl of, [66], [72], [73], [95], [114].
Roxburghe, Duke of, [75], [95], [106], [114], [122].
---- Earl of, [66].
Rumbold, [24], [26].
Russell, his connection with the Whig Plot, [20].
Rye-House Plot, [21], [24], [34].
Ryswick, Peace of, [49].
Sacheverell, [146].
Saltoun, Living of, presented to Burnet, [9];
library at, [10], [11];
Burnet leaves, [12];
estate of, forfeited, [36];
restored after the Revolution, [46];
Lord Milton succeeds to, [149];
Saltoun Hall, portrait of Lady Fletcher at, [11];
memorial tablet at, [149];
Barley Mill, [145].
Scots Plot, [95], [117].
Seafield, Earl of, Lord Chancellor, [62];
adjourns the House suddenly, [74], [108], [114].
Security, Act of. See Act.
Sedgemoor, battle of, [33].
Seymour, Sir Edward, [88] et seq.
Shaftesbury, [20].
Sidney, Algernon, his connection with the Whig Plot, [20].
Sinclair of Stevenston, [15], [40].
Slavery, Fletcher on, [56], [57], [58].
Somers, opinion of the situation in 1704, [103], [106].
---- proposes legislation, [107].
---- State Tracts, [117].
Somerville of Drum, [35].
Spectator, The, [95], [150].
Speech without-doors concerning Toleration, [85].
Speech on the State of the Nation, [49], [60].
Spittal of Leuchat, [136].
Squadrone Volante, The, [114], [118], [137].
Stair family, The, [113].
Stair, first Earl of, [123], [124], [134].
State of the Controversy betwixt United and Separate Parliaments, [132].
Stewart, Sir James, Lord Advocate, [47], [75], [115].
Stirling of Keir, [142].
Sunderland, [146].
Suttie, Sir George, of Balgonie, [66].
Swift, Dean, his opinion of Fletcher, [151], [152].
Tarbat (first Earl of Cromartie), [62].
Tatler, The, [95].
Taunton, [27], [28], [32].
Texel, The, [26], [27].
Titus Oates, [39].
Tolemache, William, [14].
Torphichen, Lord, [35].
Tullibardine (afterwards Duke of Athole), [62].
---- (Duke of Athole), [76].
Tweeddale, Marquis of, [47], [66], [67], [95] et seq., [108] et seq., [114] et seq.
Union, Act for a Treaty brought into the Scottish Parliament, [119];
passed, [128].
---- Commission on, at Westminster, [129] et seq.;
Treaty of, signed, [131];
approved by Scottish Parliament, [137].
Vulpone, [117].
Wade, [24], [26].
Wedderburn of Gosford, [16].
Westminster, Treaty of Union signed at, [131].
Whig Plot, [21], [23], [34].
Whitehall, [86].
William iii. lands in England, [39];
Fletcher’s distrust of, [60];
refusal of royal assent to Acts of Scottish Parliament, [78].
Williams, William, servant to Monmouth, [23], [35].
Wodrow, his conversations with Fletcher, [146], [147].
Yester, Lord, [16].
York, Duke of (James ii.), [16], [17], [18], [20].