FOOTNOTES:
[110] The same person who, when Governor of Minorca, was forced to surrender it to the Spaniards in 1782.
[111] Jeffery Amherst, afterwards made Knight of the Bath, a Baron of England, and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of Great Britain, from which post he was removed in 1782, was one of those men who, in particular circumstances, in one period of their life have performed not only great actions, but have conducted them with consummate sense and address, and who in the rest of their lives have been able to display no symptoms of genius. Amherst, who terminated the war in America with so much ability, being afterwards raised to the command of the Army at home, was discovered and universally allowed to be a man of incapacity, or neglectful of the most common details of his office. Whether conscious of his own defects, and of being incompetent to converse with men whom he knew enlightened, he seemed determined to bury his deficiency in obstinate silence; or else his pride and vanity, of which he had a tolerable share, made him disdain to communicate his paucity of ideas. No satisfaction could be extorted from him on whatever business he was consulted; nor was it much easier to obtain from him the necessary orders in his department. In 1779, when the French Fleet arrived off Plymouth, he could not have given more absurd directions had he meant to betray the place; and, when every part of the coast was open to expected invasion, he was nowhere prepared with the common necessaries for taking the field. When reproached in Parliament with his negligence and insufficiency, he confirmed them by the sullen and inadequate brevity of his reply. When at last he was removed by the preponderance of the Opposition in 1782, he fell as unregretted as he had remained in place despised.
General Monk had been another of those temporary brilliants. All the depths of refined policy had seemed to have conducted and ensured his success. After the Restoration, not a gleam of genius appeared, though he proved just the reverse of Amherst. Monk had observed the most profound secrecy and dissimulation in conducting the re-establishment of the King. He seems to have thrown off all disguise in the rest of his life; though his activity remained, whenever called out. Amherst assumed reserve when he had nothing to conceal, and laid aside industry when it would have sufficed to communicate vigour to others. When men shine but once, it is probable that fortune has the chief merit in their success; and that others impute to their foresight the lucky combinations of chance in their favour.
In different parts of these Memoirs I am well aware that I have given very different characters of some of the principal actors. The reason is, that, having observed them well for a long series of years, I have seen cause to change my opinions—perhaps the persons themselves altered, for who is consistent? I choose to leave the portraits with their variations; I think they were just at each period in which they were drawn—the reader must judge from the conduct of the persons; for he will observe, that, if I vary my accounts, I produce the instances in which the actors appear different from themselves. Lord Chatham I have described in all the lights in which he appeared—sometimes a capital statesman, and sometimes an empiric. The Duke of Cumberland I have shown to have become a most wise, philosophic, and respectable, from a haughty and insolent Prince. Lord George Sackville I have spoken of with admiration of his parts, with great indecision on his spirit, with scorn of his want of judgment, and of his want of abilities in the latter part of his time. Lord Amherst was allowed for many years to have deserved the encomiums I have given to his conduct in America. The contempt conceived for him afterwards was so general, that, even while he retained his power, he had not an advocate.—A.
The author’s notes were generally written many years after the text. The above unfavourable portrait of Lord Amherst was probably annexed to the MS. at the close of the American war, when political animosities obscured every impartial view of living characters. The panegyric in text was composed in 1763, Horace Walpole being then more than ever disposed to magnify the events and extol the tactics of the seven-years’ war. Allowance must be made for these circumstances. We may abate something of the warmth of encomium in the text, but we must also mitigate the bitterness which forms so large an ingredient in the note.—E.
[112] Henry Pleydell Dawney, Viscount Downe of Ireland.
[113] Dr. Stephen Hales, parson of Teddington, Chaplain to Augusta, Princess of Wales, author of several most humane and philosophic works.
[114] The Minister for Hanover in England.
[115] Then ambassador in France.
[116] It was believed that George the First had bequeathed a large sum to his daughter, the Queen of Prussia, and another to his mistress, or rather left-handed wife, the Duchess of Kendal. Frederic the Second, King of Prussia, was said to have often claimed his mother’s legacy; and the Earl of Chesterfield, who married the Countess of Walsingham, niece and heiress of the Duchess of Kendal, commenced or threatened a suit for the Duchess’s legacy, and was supposed to be quieted by a sum of twenty thousand pounds. Lady Walsingham was believed to be the King’s daughter by the Duchess of Kendal.
[117] (Vide [Appendix].)
[APPENDIX.]
APPENDIX.
(Vide [page 309].)
I learned from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, mistress to George the Second, the fact mentioned in text, of George the First burning his wife’s testament. That Princess, the Electress of Hanover, liked the famous Count Konigsmark, while her husband was at the Army. The old Elector, father of George the First, ordered him away. The Electress, then Hereditary Princess, was persuaded to let him kiss her hand before his departure. She saw him in bed—he retired, and was never heard of more. When George the Second went first to Hanover after his father’s death, and made some alterations in the palace, the body of Konigsmark was found under the floor of the chamber next to the Electress’s chamber. He had been strangled immediately on leaving her, by the old Elector’s order, and buried under the floor. This fact Queen Caroline related to my father, Sir Robert Walpole. George the Second told it to his wife, but never to his mistress, Lady Suffolk, who had never heard it till I told it to her many years after. The Electress was separated from George I. on that amour, and was called Duchess of Halle; and he married the Duchess of Kendal with his left hand. When the French threatened Hanover in Queen Anne’s war, the Duchess of Halle was sent to her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Zelle, who doted on her their only child, and she stayed a year with them; but though they were most earnest to retain her, she was forced to return to her confinement, in which she died the year before her husband. Some French prophetess, as supposed hired by the Duke of Zelle, warned George I. to take care of his wife, for he would not long outlive her. As the Germans are very superstitious, he believed the prophecy; and when he took leave of his son and the Princess of Wales, Caroline, he told them he should never see them more. George II., who hated his father and was very fond of his mother, meant, if she had survived her husband, to bring her over, and declare her Queen Dowager. Lady Suffolk told me, that the morning after the news of the death of George I. arrived, when she went, as Woman of the Bed-chamber, to the new Queen, she found a whole and half-length portraits of the Electress hung up in the apartment; George II. had had them locked up, but had not dared to produce them. Princess Amelie has the half-length at her house in Cavendish-square. George I. told the Duchess of Kendal, that if he could, he would appear to her after his death. Soon after that event, a large bird, I forget of what sort, flew into her window. She believed it was the King’s soul, and took the utmost care of it. George II. was not less credulous; he believed in vampires. His son Frederic affected the same contradictory fondness for his grandfather, and erected the statue of George I. in Leicester-fields; and intended, if he had come to the crown, to place a monument to his memory in St. Paul’s.
George I., besides the Duchess of Kendal, had several other mistresses, particularly one whom he brought over and created Countess of Darlington; by whom he was father of Charlotte, Viscountess Howe, though she was not publicly avowed. In the last year or two of his life he had another mistress, Miss Anne Brett, daughter, by her second husband, Colonel Brett, of the famous divorced Countess of Macclesfield, mother of Savage, the poet. Miss Brett had an apartment given to her in the palace at St. James’s, and was to have been created a Countess, if the King had returned.
[INDEX.]
INDEX
OF THE
NAMES OF PERSONS MENTIONED IN THESE MEMOIRS.
Abercrombie, General, iii. [91], [134].
Adams, Judge, iii. [118].
Ailesbury, Earl of, ii. [272].
Albemarle, W. A. Van Keppel, Earl of, i. [82], [194], [422], [423]; ii. [18]; iii. [44], [155], [169], [267], [271].
Albemarle, Lady, i. [82]; iii. [268].
Aldworth, Mr., i. [193].
Allen, Mr., iii. [5].
Amelie, Princess, i. [401], [451]; ii. [39], [371]; iii. [269], [303], [305], [307], [315].
Amherst, General, iii. [91], [133], [211], [218], [235], [285], [287], [288], [289].
Andrews, Dr., i. [367].
Andrié, M., i. [455].
Anhalt-Dessau, Prince of, ii. [411].
Anhalt, Prince of, iii. [195].
Ankram, Lord, i. [60].
Anson, Lord, i. [38], [68], [115], [187], [192], [194], [256], [304], [331], [345], [380]; ii. [2], [33], [69], [184], [195], [228], [270], [305], [310], [317], [343], [356], [371]; iii. [22], [32], [34], [46], [62], [105], [124].
Anspach, Margrave of, i. [288]; ii. [393].
Anstis, Mr., ii. [393].
Anstruther, General, i. [42], [43], [44], [57], [58], [59], [61], [63], [64], [68], [81], [95], [106], [107], [108], [111], [112].
Apraxin, iii. [122].
Archer, Lord, i. [8].
Argyle, John, Duke of, i. [43], [164], [178], [209]; ii. [191], [303].
Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, i. [41], [81], [251], [257], [273], [274], [275], [277], [278], [331], [363], [380], [390]; ii. [187], [300], [301]; iii. [157], [281].
Armitage, Sir John, iii. [124], [136].
Arran, Lord, iii. [157], [166].
Arundel, Mr., ii. [143]; iii. [6].
Ashburnham, Lord, iii. [21].
Ashton, iii. [98].
Asturias, Prince of, iii. [208], [209].
Atcheson, Sir Archibald, iii. [73].
Augusta, the Lady, i. [73], [83], [289]; ii. [206].
Austria, Empress of, ii. [219], [232], [238], [239], [240], [241], [313]; iii. [12], [122], [247], [248], [289].
Ayscough, Dr., i. [79], [201].
Baker, Alderman, i. [71]; ii. [304].
Balfour, General, iii. [257], [266], [267].
Baltimore, Lord, i. [87].
Bareil, M. de, iii. [167].
Barnard, Lord, i. [388], [389].
Barnard, Sir John, i. [8], [45], [46], [54], [133], [211], [218], [255], [357], [365], [369]; ii. [177]; iii. [5].
Barri, Madame du, iii. [245].
Barrington, General, iii. [170].
Barrington, William Barrington Shute, Viscount, i, [12], [31], [211], [220], [388], [410]; ii. [45], [86], [89], [106], [118], [141], [142], [144], [157], [158], [159], [162], [163], [188], [251], [320]; iii. [88], [212], [213], [234], [265], [280].
Bateman, Lord, ii. [140], [274]; iii. [32].
Bath, Earl of, i. [25], [36], [46], [90], [93], [116], [117], [118], [119], [120], [141], [147], [171], [173], [174], [191], [205], [206], [222], [262], [272], [275], [330], [337], [348]; ii. [202]; iii. [105], [233], [250], [270].
Bathurst, Henry, i. [8], [31], [96].
Bathurst, Lord, i. [433]; ii. [49], [258].
Bathurst, Judge, iii. [119], [269].
Bavaria, Electress of, ii. [397].
Beck, General, iii. [295].
Beaufort, Duke of, i. [275].
Beckford, Mr., i. [153], [213], [218], [243], [254], [255], [257], [307], [345], [404], [411], [412]; ii. [13], [52], [67], [82], [95], [96], [118], [129], [144], [152], [155], [191], [302], [322], [375]; iii. [88], [150], [177], [178], [183], [224], [225], [279].
Beckford, Mr., Jun., i. [410].
Bedford, John, Duke of, i. [1], [2], [3], [22], [34], [47], [55], [61], [62], [68], [69], [79], [81], [99], [122], [147], [153], [161], [165], [167], [171], [182], [185], [186], [187], [189], [190], [191], [192], [194], [199], [226], [233], [239], [240], [241], [242], [244], [247], [250], [252], [254], [256], [263], [264], [268], [271], [272], [274], [277], [295], [309], [310], [311], [313], [316], [325], [329], [332], [336], [345], [347], [350], [360], [369], [414], [415]; ii. [19], [45], [46], [47], [49], [91], [97], [104], [124], [139], [140], [186], [187], [201], [254], [255], [261], [265], [268], [269], [271], [284], [315], [326], [332], [354], [357], [373], [378], [379]; iii. [11], [16], [20], [29], [34], [65], [68], [71], [91], [92], [93], [94], [157], [181], [224], [240], [242], [243], [245], [254], [264], [300], [301].
Bedford, Duchess of, i. [3], [186], [242], [352], [414], [416]; ii. [46]; iii. [66], [95], [233], [254].
Behan, Mrs., i. [439].
Belchier, Mr., i. [63].
Belleisle, Marshal, iii. [127], [184], [223], [244].
Benedict XIV., Pope, ii. [279], [280]; iii. [131], [143].
Bentinck, Monsieur, i. [207].
Bentley, Captain John, ii. [290], [364].
Berkeley, Earl, i. [98]; ii. [274].
Bernis, Cardinal de, iii. [157], [158].
Bertie, Lord Robert, i. [94]; ii. [292]; iii. [272].
Bertie, Norris, i. [133], [213].
Berwick, Duke of, i. [4], [5].
Besborough, Earl of, i. [196], [282], [391]; ii. [19], [25], [183].
Bestucheff, Chancellor, iii. [122].
Bettesworth, Dr. John, i. [91].
Bevern, Prince of, iii. [80].
Blackbourn, Dr., Archbishop of York, i. [87], [446].
Blacket, Sir Walter, i. [243], [254].
Blair, Mr., iii. [76].
Blakeney, General, ii. [190], [212], [225], [275], [297].
Blakiston, a grocer, i. [36].
Bland, Dr. Henry, i. [65].
Blighe, General, iii. [126], [133], [135], [137], [150], [154].
Bloodworth, Mr., i. [96].
Bollan, Mr., ii. [170], [172], [173], [174].
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, i. [73], [80], [140], [209], [220], [222], [224], [225], [284], [288], [445], [462], [464]; iii. [106].
Bolton, Harry, Duke of, iii. [237].
Bolton, Charles, Duke of, iii. [237].
Boscawen, Admiral, i. [101], [194]; ii. [13], [27], [286], [287], [294]; iii. [2], [133], [134], [150], [211].
Bonville, M., iii. [52].
Boone, Mr., i. [96].
Bothmar, Baron, ii. [123].
Bower, Arch., iii. [97], [180], [250].
Bowes, Mr., i. [145].
Bowes, Lord Chancellor, iii. [241].
Boyle, Bellingham, i. [368].
Boyle, Lady Charlotte, i. [195].
Boyle, Mr., i. [279], [280], [282], [356], [367]; ii. [183], [184].
Boyce, Captain, ii. [364].
Boys, Captain William, ii. [290].
Braddock, General, i. [400]; ii. [29], [30], [31], [46], [86], [95], [195], [341].
Bradstreet, Colonel, iii. [134].
Brereton, Major, iii. [289].
Brett, Miss Anne, iii. [315].
Bristol, Earl of, i. [67]; iii. [83].
Broderick, Rear-Admiral, ii. [290], [341], [362]; iii. [51], [77].
Broglio, Duc de, iii. [128], [199], [248], [297].
Brown, Marshal, ii. [242], [243]; iii. [13].
Brown, Lady, iii. [186].
Bruce, Mr., i. [266].
Bruce, Lady Mary, ii. [317].
Brudenel, Mr., ii. [258].
Brudenel, Colonel Robert, iii. [154].
Bruhl, Count, ii. [233], [234], [235], [236], [238], [239], [242], [395], [397], [398], [404], [405], &c.; iii. [248].
Brunswick, Duke of, i. [149].
Brunswick, Duchess of, i. [73].
Brunswick, Princess of, ii. [35].
Buckinghamshire, John, Earl of, i. [177]; iii. [227].
Buckingham, Duchess of, i. [119].
Burdett, Sir Robert, i. [95].
Burgundy, Duchess of, ii. [210].
Burlington, Richard, Earl of, i. [195].
Bury, Lord, i. [82].
Bussy, Abbé de, ii. [28].
Butcher, Mr., i. [193].
Bute, Earl of, i. [47], [136], [438]; ii. [204], [205], [206], [221], [222], [223], [256], [257], [258], [259], [265]; iii. [25], [28], [29], [39], [40], [99], [100], [121], [157], [183], [237], [251], [260], [274].
Butler, Dr., Bishop of Durham, i. [148].
Byng, Admiral, i. [4]; ii. [190], [212], [214], [216], [225], [227], [228], [245], [247], [249], [275], [284], [285], [286], [287], [288], [290], [305], [307]; iii. [118].
Cadogan, Lord, ii. [191].
Cadogan, Mr., ii. [258].
Calabria, Duke of, iii. [206].
Calcraft, Mr., ii. [42]; iii. [29].
Calhoen, Mr., ii. [415].
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, i. [333], [353].
Campbell, General, i. [258].
Campbell, Alexander Hume, i. [19]; ii. [107], [108], [112], [114], [116], [118], [125], [126], [142], [143], [146], [149], [179], [322], [323], [330]; iii. [6], [7], [9], [23].
Campbell, John, of Calder, ii. [14]; iii. [182].
Campbell, Lord Frederic, iii. [257].
Canterbury, Archbishop of, i. [74].
Cardigan, Earl of, i. [255], [260], [278].
Carlisle, Lord, i. [174]; ii. [274].
Carmarthen, Francis Osborne, Marquis of, iii. [276].
Caroline, her Majesty Queen, i. [65], [74], [76], [164], [177], [178], [179], [181], [182], [198], [207], [208], [221], [223], [276]; ii. [207], [374]; iii. [82], [83], [268], [313], [314].
Caroline, Princess, iii. [82], [100], [269].
Carneguy, Mr., i. [60].
Carpenter, Lord, i. [26], [27], [32], [200].
Carter, Mr., i. [281], [368]; ii. [183].
Carteret, Lord, i. [163].
Carysfort, Lord, iii. [3].
Cathcart, Lord, i. [78]; ii. [105].
Cavalchini, Cardinal, iii. [131], [132].
Cavendish, Lord John, i. [195].
Cavendish, Lord George, iii. [10].
Chapman, Dr., i. [304].
Charles, Prince of Austria, ii. [131]; iii. [14], [80].
Chateauroux, Duchesse de, i. [335]; ii. [211].
Cheselden, John, i. [177].
Chesterfield, Philip, Earl of, i. [46], [47], [50], [51], [52], [53], [73], [165], [167], [171], [177], [204], [209], [275], [450]; ii. [21], [45], [103], [149], [416]; iii. [30], [55], [167], [199].
Chevert, M., iii. [128], [129].
Child, Sir Josiah, iii. [178].
Choiseul, Duc de, iii. [244].
Cholmondeley, George, Earl of, i. [173], [363]; ii. [141], [143], [363].
Cholmondeley, Mr., i. [330].
Cholmondeley, General, ii. [284]; iii. [78], [79], [271], [272].
Churchill, General, i. [24].
Cibber, Colley, iii. [81].
Clair, St., General, i. [44], [56].
Clanrickard, Earl of, iii. [300], [301].
Clarges, Sir Thomas, i. [32].
Clarke, Dr., i. [65].
Clarke, Mr., iii. [43], [51], [77], [96], [137].
Clayton, Dr., Bishop of Clogher, iii. [96], [97].
Cleland, Mr., ii. [295].
Clavering, Colonel, iii. [170].
Clement, Jacques, i. [184].
Clermont, Comte de, iii. [104], [127].
Clive, General, iii. [57], [89], [90].
Clive, Judge, iii. [269].
Cobham, Richard Grenville, Lord, i. [79], [92], [134], [135], [158], [241], [243]; ii. [99], [160]; iii. [167], [179], [213].
Coke, Lord, i. [16], [20], [28], [208], [210], [211], [212], [259].
Cologne, Elector of, i. [81].
Colville, Lord, iii. [284].
Coloredo, M., iii. [35].
Compagni, Don Juan, i. [58].
Conflans, Admiral, iii. [231], [232], [262].
Contades, General, iii. [128], [191], [199], [216].
Conway, Lord, i. [41].
Conway, Henry Seymour, i. [13], [41], [57], [60], [341], [390], [403], [404], [414], [415]; ii. [2], [3], [20], [23], [24], [25], [144], [147], [183], [268], [269], [302], [317], [318], [331], [335]; iii. [3], [19], [29], [43], [45], [46], [47], [49], [51], [53], [54], [55], [56], [63], [65], [68], [70], [74], [77], [79], [91], [93], [94], [107], [154], [156], [167], [172], [214], [246], [252], [253], [271].
Cooke, Mr., i. [13], [14], [15], [16], [30], [32], [84], [218], [254]; iii. [184].
Coote, Colonel, iii. [289].
Cope, Sir John, i. [172].
Cornbury, Lord, i. [233].
Cornwall, Velters, ii. [346].
Cornwallis, Colonel, i. [63], [69], [307]; ii. [86], [284]; iii. [49], [53], [56], [91], [155].
Cotton, Sir John Hinde, i. [8], [14], [22], [27], [28], [31], [32], [33], [34], [124], [136], [142], [144], [208], [213], [219], [255]; ii. [103].
Courtney, Mr., i. [407].
Coventry, Lord, i. [208].
Coventry, Mr., iii. [183].
Cowper, Dr., Dean of Durham, i. [304], [314], [318].
Cox, Sir Richard, i. [281]; iii. [96], [246].
Craggs, James, Esq., i. [34], [232].
Crawley, Sir Ambrose, Knt., i. [34].
Cresset, Mr., i. [92], [226], [284], [290]; ii. [205].
Crooke, Mrs., i. [176].
Crowle, Mr., i. [17], [19], [20], [21].
Cunningham, Captain, ii. [226]; iii. [71], [137], [274].
Cumberland, H. R. H. William, Duke of, i. [2], [39], [40], [47], [69], [78], [79], [90], [98], [99], [103], [104], [105], [132], [157], [189], [212], [213], [227], [251], [260], [262], [275], [302], [384], [403], [419], [436]; ii. [11], [15], [19], [22], [29], [32], [38], [42], [105], [140], [156], [157], [176], [203], [204], [219], [257], [276], [306], [347], [373], [374], [376], [377], [379], [389]; iii. [13], [23], [31], [35], [36], [45], [46], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62], [64], [65], [66], [70], [71], [74], [77], [83], [85], [86], [105], [108], [111], [137], [156], [161], [172], [233], [234], [253], [260], [267], [268], [287], [300], [305], [307].
Cummings, Mr., i. [266], [270], [275].
Cust, Sir John, i. [96].
Czernichew, Count, iii. [295].
D’Abreu, M., ii. [215], [262]; iii. [59], [131].
Dacre, Lord, ii. [175].
D’Affry, M., iii. [236].
D’Aiguillon, Duc, iii. [126], [135], [136].
Dalkeith, Countess Dowager of, ii. [224].
Dalrymple, Sir Hugh, i. [48].
Damiens, ii. [282].
Darcy, Sir Conyers, ii. [143].
D’Argenson, M., ii. [176].
Darlington, Earl of, i. [389]; ii. [140], [274].
Dartmouth, Earl of, i. [190].
Dashwood, Sir Francis, i. [10], [27], [122]; ii. [3], [14], [61], [144], [146], [181], [312], [318], [323], [328], [330], [336], [380]; iii. [266].
Dashwood, Sir James, i. [364].
Daun, Marshal, iii. [12], [35], [80], [122], [123], [147], [148], [149], [200], [202], [203], [204], [289], [291], [292], [293], [296].
Davidson, Mr., i. [266].
Davison, Major, i. [314].
D’Ayen, Le Duc, ii. [282].
Delaval, Mr., i. [61], [124], [254]; ii. [120].
Delaval, Mr., jun., i. [408].
Denbigh, Lord, ii. [351], [357]; iii. [20], [106], [111], [179], [180], [183].
Dennis, Captain Peter, ii. [290], [318], [329], [365].
Denmark, King of, i. [227]; iii. [13].
Denmark, her Majesty the Queen of, i. [227], [228].
D’Etrées, Marshal, ii. [373]; iii. [37], [127], [216].
Devonshire, William, Duke of, i. [114], [195], [196], [286], [303], [321], [327], [378], [381]; ii. [22], [39], [49], [85], [109], [183], [222], [258], [263], [265], [267], [268], [269], [270], [271], [274], [275], [284], [302], [357], [372], [378], [379], [386]; iii. [2], [11], [15], [19], [20], [43], [62], [81], [84], [93], [114], [157], [161], [228].
Dickinson, Alderman, ii. [368].
Dieskau, Baron de, ii. [46].
Digby, Mr., i. [94].
Digby, Lord, ii. [203], [251], [258]; iii. [88].
Digby, Captain, iii. [232].
Diggs, the actor, i. [389].
Dilks, Mr., i. [368].
Doddington, George Bubb, i. [8], [11], [47], [73], [74], [77], [87], [88], [89], [345], [437], [439]; ii. [19], [51], [61], [140], [144], [146], [182], [186], [261], [274], [320], [339]; iii. [2], [3], [150], [265], [266].
Dohna, General, iii. [138], [139], [200].
D’Ollone, M., ii. [411], [412].
Doneraile, Arthur St. Leger, Viscount, i. [74].
Dorset, Lionel Cranfield, Duke of, i. [5], [81], [97], [98]; iii. [191].
Dorset, Charles Sackville, Duke of, i. [96], [97], [193], [279], [280], [283], [328], [354], [356], [368], [390], [391]; ii. [3], [10], [19]; iii. [23], [28], [33], [41], [254], [265].
Dorset, J. F. Sackville, Duke of, i. [97].
Douglas, Mr., i. [96].
Douglas, Capt. James, ii. [290], [364].
Douglas, Dr., iii. [180], [250].
Dowdeswell, Mr., i. [28], [144], [145].
Downe, Lord, i. [94], [208]; ii. [202]; iii. [124], [233], [234], [299].
Drax, Mr. Secretary, i. [87].
Drummond, Dr. Hay, Bishop of St. Asaph, i. [308], [328], [359]; iii. [107].
Dubacq, Monsr., i. [207].
Dumfries, Earl of, i. [260].
Dunbar, Titular Earl of, i. [150], [286].
Dunbar, Colonel, ii. [31], [32].
Duncannon, Lord, i. [196]; ii. [19].
Dundas, Lord Advocate, ii. [79], [144].
Dunk, Miss Anne, i. [200].
Duplin, Lord, i. [16], [27], [58], [63], [209], [307], [328], [383], [388], [391]; ii. [106], [140], [144], [146], [261]; iii. [6], [183].
Durell, Admiral, iii. [218].
Durham, Bishop of, ii. [171].
Durini, Cardinal, iii. [132], [133].
Dury, General, iii. [136].
Earle, Giles, Esq., i. [91], [439].
Edgecumbe, Mr., ii. [140], [274].
Edgecumbe, Captain, ii. [225].
Edgecumbe, Lord, iii. [23].
Edward, Prince, i. [73], [80], [117], [228], [260], [289]; ii. [207], [258], [259]; iii. [62], [126], [133].
Effingham, Lord, ii. [284].
Egerton, Lady Sophia, ii. [371].
Eglinton, Lord, ii. [300].
Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, i. [8], [11], [12], [14], [15], [16], [20], [27], [28], [31], [35], [37], [40], [47], [49], [50], [57], [60], [61], [64], [80], [156], [158], [209], [213], [216], [219], [223], [294], [342], [345], [357], [363], [404], [405], [418], [420], [421]; ii. [7], [9], [40], [54], [134], [144], [172], [173], [261], [387], [388], [389]; iii. [2], [19], [23], [279].
Egremont, Earl of, i. [80]; ii. [105]; iii. [2].
Elibank, Lord, i. [17].
Elliot, Mr., ii. [4], [15], [79], [80], [134], [144], [274], [311]; iii. [3].
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, iii. [264].
Ellis, Mr., i. [254]; ii. [44], [67], [79], [141], [144], [153], [329]; iii. [7], [26], [27].
Elizabeth, The Lady, ii. [206]; iii. [211].
Emily, Princess, i. [73], [76], [78], [160], [182], [226], [309], [401], [445]; ii. [220], [221], [306], [376]; iii. [61], [83], [100].
Erskine, Sir Henry, i. [41], [42], [43], [44], [54], [56], [57], [63], [64], [68], [106], [107], [108], [111], [112], [113], [220], [243], [254], [295]; ii. [150], [159], [160], [161], [163]; iii. [99], [280].
Eugene, Prince, ii. [138].
Euston, Lord, ii. [258].
Evans, Mr., ii. [270].
Fagel, Greffier, i. [198], [207].
Falconberg, Lady, i. [432].
Fane, Lord, i. [407], [409]; ii. [47], [94].
Farnham, Lord, iii. [242].
Fawcett, Mr. Attorney, i. [304], [305], [306], [307], [308], [314], [316], [319], [322], [324], [326].
Fazakerley, Mr., i. [111], [126], [144], [146], [152], [159], [254], [257], [342]; ii. [12].
Ferdinand, Prince, of Brunswick, iii. [81], [104], [126], [127], [128], [129], [147], [150], [174], [188], [189], [190], [192], [193], [196], [197], [213], [214], [216], [238], [253], [254], [256], [257], [268-9], [271], [273], [297], [298], [299].
Ferrers, Earl, iii. [257], [258], [261], [274], [5], [6].
Fielding, Henry, i. [14], [44].
Finch, Edward, ii. [120].
Finkenstein, Count, i. [448], [454], [455].
Firebrace, Sir Cordel, i. [307].
Fitz-morrice, Lord, iii. [137].
Fitzroy, Charles, iii. [54].
Fitzroy, Colonel, iii. [191], [194], [195], [214].
Fitzwalter, Earl of, i. [198], [421].
Fitzwalter, Lady, i. [198].
Fitzwilliam, Colonel, i. [40]; ii. [347].
Fitzwilliam, General, iii. [264].
Fleming, Count, ii. [235].
Fleury, Cardinal, i. [336].
Folkestone, Lord, i. [122].
Foley, Lord, i. [116].
Forbes, Admiral, ii. [274], [311].
Forbes, Colonel, ii. [373].
Forbes, General, iii. [134].
Fortescue, Lord, ii. [364].
Foster, Judge, iii. [119].
Fowke, General, ii. [214], [216], [229], [230], [284].
Fox, Henry, i. [8], [12], [15], [16], [20], [21], [27], [29], [30], [31], [35], [37], [40], [44], [47], [48], [55], [57], [58], [59], [61], [62], [64], [68], [69], [70], [76], [92], [93], [94], [95], [104], [110], [112], [129], [132], [137], [138], [139], [143], [147], [149], [151], [152], [157], [158], [185], [197], [205], [212], [213], [243], [254], [304], [342], [343], [346], [349], [352], [379], [380], [381], [383], [384], [386], [387], [392], [407], [410], [411], [414], [417], [418], [419], [420]; ii. [3], [9], [11], [12], [13], [16], [17], [21], [25], [35], [38], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [47], [48], [61], [62], [64], [66], [67], [69], [71], [72], [73], [75], [78], [83], [84], [90], [91], [105], [106], [107], [116], [126], [132], [139], [141], [143], [148], [152], [154], [155], [159], [160], [161], [163], [169], [171], [172], [174], [179], [182], [184], [187], [191], [195], [205], [214], [221], [223], [228], [245], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253], [254], [256], [257], [260], [261], [262], [263], [265], [266], [267], [268], [269], [270], [271], [273], [275], [276], [284], [301], [302], [304], [305], [309], [312], [314], [325], [326], [328], [332], [333], [334], [335], [339], [340], [341], [342], [345], [346], [347], [348], [349], [372], [375], [376], [379], [380], [385], [389], [393]; iii. [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [15], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [34], [40], [55], [61], [63], [68], [72], [76], [88], [92], [105], [108], [109], [114], [125], [157], [160], [172], [174], [175], [181], [234], [243], [253].
Fox, Lady Caroline, ii. [316], [317]; iii. [3].
Francis, Rev. Mr., ii. [276].
Francis, Prince, of Brunswick, iii. [148].
Frederick, H. R. H., Prince of Wales, i. [432], [434], [436], [438]. Vide [Wales].
Fredersdorff, M., i. [449], [456].
French, Jeffery, ii. [125].
Furnese, Harry, i. [118]; ii. [141].
Fynte, Sir Charles, i. [22].
Gage, Lord, ii. [141].
Galissoniere, M., ii. [215], [225], [312].
Gally, Dr., i. [49].
Gardiner, Luke, i. [356].
Gardiner, Captain, ii. [292].
Gascoyne, Mr., i. [26].
Gates, General, i. [400].
Geary, Captain Francis, ii. [290], [340], [342], [343], [344], [363], [364], [365].
George I., King, i. [92], [221], [223], [402]; iii. [153], [167], [261], [307], [308], [309], [313], [314].
George II., King, i. [1], [3], [4], [5], [6], [8], [12], [21], [61], [62], [64], [71], [74], [77], [78], [80], [82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [88], [92], [96], [98], [99], [104], [114], [121], [157], [158], [164], [172], [173], [174], [175], [177], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184], [186], [187], [188], [193], [198], [199], [200], [201], [207], [212], [220], [223], [240], [241], [242], [244], [256], [257], [271], [275], [278], [288], [289], [291], [302], [309], [311], [321], [349], [352], [356], [378], [380], [381], [385], [389], [398], [400], [402], [403], [417], [419], [420]; ii. [18], [19], [20], [22], [28], [33], [37], [40], [150], [158], [169], [170], [186], [188], [194], [206], [207], [208], [217], [219], [221], [222], [223], [228], [230], [238], [249], [250], [253], [254], [256], [257], [259], [262], [263], [266], [267], [269], [270], [272], [274], [283], [306], [309], [311], [313], [317], [319], [323], [331], [332], [334], [337], [341], [354], [362], [365], &c.; iii. [3], [4], [5], [11], [12], [15], [17], [21], [22], [25], [26], [27], [28], [30], [31], [34], [42], [46], [53], [58], [61], [62], [63], [64], [74], [75], [77], [80], [82], [83], [88], [89], [91], [94], [100], [104], [111], [113], [125], [127], [162], [170], [171], [180], [182], [184], [186], [190], [213], [228], [236], [238], [248], [251], [253], [260], [265], [268], [270], [273], [276], [279], [281], [299], [301], [302], [303], [304], [305], [306], [309], [313], [314].
George, H. R. H., Prince of Wales, i. [78], [79], [80], [81], [86], [94], [105], [114], [116], [161], [283], [287], [289], [314]; ii. [35], [104], [204], [221], [222], [251], [258]; iii. [99], [121], [222], [260], [261], [274].
Gibson, i. [17], [22], [27], [32].
Gilbert, Archbishop, ii. [374].
Gisors, Duc de, iii. [127].
Glenorchy, Lord, i. [66].
Glover, Mr., i. [439].
Godolphin, Lord, i. [221].
Golding, Mr., i. [48].
Gooch, Dr., Bishop of Ely, i. [148].
Gore, Sir Arthur, ii. [183].
Gower, Lady Eliz. Leveson, i. [188].
Gower, John, Baron, i. [13], [34], [67], [69], [81], [173], [186], [188], [192], [193], [226], [260], [422]; ii. [2], [139], [202], [203]; iii. [23], [31], [280].
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, Duke of, i. [48], [81], [180], [181], [182], [309], [328]; ii. [186], [187], [259], [260], [268], [274]; iii. [15], [191].
Granville, Earl, i. [5], [7], [9], [44], [46], [47], [53], [67], [74], [80], [88], [90], [93], [105], [121], [165], [167], [168], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173], [174], [175], [179], [184], [194], [197], [222], [233], [252], [253], [277], [304], [328], [349], [361], [362], [382], [388]; ii. [43], [62], [105], [122], [133], [146], [184], [201], [213], [220], [222], [252], [253], [268], [284], [354], [378], [386], [390], [391]; iii. [2], [21], [29], [62], [85], [86], [87], [116], [158].
Graham, Mr., i. [184].
Granby, Lord, ii. [19], [124], [131], [301], [306]; iii. [10], [124], [147], [192], [194], [195], [197], [214], [253], [271].
Gray, Mr., i. [145], [307], [409].
Gray, the Poet, iii. [82].
Grantham, Lord, i. [221].
Greaves, Admiral, iii. [50].
Gregory, Dr., i. [66].
Grammont, Duchesse de, iii. [245].
Grenville, George, i. [13], [18], [60], [134], [136], [387]; ii. [52], [62], [82], [84], [110], [129], [144], [146], [153], [154], [162], [181], [195], [196], [257], [274], [327], [330], [335], [341], [380]; iii. [2], [15], [25], [105], [183], [230].
Grenville, James, i. [136]; ii. [62], [161], [257], [274]; iii. [15], [279].
Grenville, Richard, i. [437].
Grenville, Thomas, iii. [230].
Grey, Lady Mary, i. [66].
Grey, Marchioness de, i. [66].
Grierson, Mr., ii. [155].
Griffith, Colonel Edward, i. [7].
Grosvenor, Sir Richard, iii. [150].
Guildford, Earl of, iii. [184].
Guerini, Father, ii. [397], [399], [405], [408].
Gybbon, Mr., i. [118], [143], [178].
Haldane, Colonel, i. [57], [59], [81], [243]; ii. [128], [341].
Hale, Colonel, iii. [234].
Hales, Dr., ii. [63]; iii. [304].
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, i. [62], [63], [68], [186], [199], [200], [220], [251], [295], [340], [397]; ii. [48], [86], [94], [105], [155], [175], [176], [201], [317], [353], [355], [359], [360], &c.; iii. [34].
Halley, Dr., ii. [63].
Halsen, Count, iii. [295].
Hamilton, Lord Archibald, i. [75].
Hamilton, Lady Archibald, i. [74], [75], [76].
Hamilton, Sir James, i. [368].
Hamilton, William Gerard, ii. [44], [51], [140]; iii. [3].
Hampden, Mr., i. [18], [254], [342].
Hanbury, i. [401].
Handasyde, General, i. [10].
Hanmer, Lady Catherine, i. [432].
Harcourt, Simon, Earl of, i. [86], [94], [283], [289], [290], [305], [316], [319], [323], [325], [332], [361].
Harding, Mr., i. [29], [30], [58], [134], [226], [418], [420].
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, ii. [104], [202], [206], [218], [221], [249], [254], [257], [273], [277], [307], [310], [317], [343], [352], [354], [355], [356], [357], [359], [360], [363], [366], [378], [387]; iii. [11], [14], [15], [20], [21], [22], [23], [31], [32], [33], [38], [59], [60], [62], [80], [103], [105], [106], [107], [110], [114], [116], [121], [161], [179], [280].
Harley, Lord, i. [144], [218], [254], [364].
Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, i. [3], [4], [5], [75], [165], [170], [173], [175], [279], [280], [282]; iii. [34].
Harris, Mr., ii. [375].
Hartington, Marquis of, i. [12], [19], [20], [87], [184], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197], [209], [328], [381], [382], [384], [385]; ii. [3], [18], [20], [23], [24], [26], [39], [41], [385], [387], [389].
Haviland, Colonel, iii. [287].
Hawke, Sir Edward, ii. [32], [215], [227]; iii. [50], [51], [53], [54], [56], [77], [78], [124], [231], [237].
Hawkins, Mr. Surgeon, i. [71].
Hawley, General, i. [103], [302], [303], [327].
Hay, Dr., ii. [17], [54], [85], [134], [144], [146], [182], [271], [274], [311], [372].
Hay, Lord Charles, iii. [269].
Hayter, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, i. [87], [283], [284], [301], [305], [325], [332].
Hedges, Charles, i. [77].
Heinnech, Monsieur, ii. [408], [409].
Henley, Mr., i. [8], [96], [108], [124], [143], [345], [421]; ii. [273], [339]; iii. [9].
Henley, Sir Robert, iii. [33], [34], [267], [274].
Henry, Prince, of Prussia, i. [447]; iii. [138], [204], [290], [291], [293], [294].
Hensey, Dr., iii. [130].
Herbert, Nich., i. [226].
Hereford, Viscount, i. [116].
Herring, Archbishop, i. [91], [148]; ii. [374].
Hertford, Earl of, i. [41], [94], [390]; ii. [2], [265], [268], [274]; iii. [58], [114], [155], [228].
Hervey, John, Lord, i. [67], [75], [119], [170], [205], [455]; iii. [83].
Hervey, Felton, i. [260].
Hesse, Landgrave of, i. [288], [405], [406]; ii. [106], [120], [128]; iii. [150].
Hesse, Mary, Princess of, iii. [100], [305].
Hesse Cassel, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of, i. [405].
Hill, Mr., i. [390]; iii. [94].
Hilsborough, Earl of, i. [80], [145], [243], [259], [342], [388]; ii. [49], [140], [143], [144], [274]; iii. [94], [239], [280].
Hinchinbroke, Viscount, i. [200].
Hoadley, Dr., Bishop of Winchester, i. [148].
Hobart, Sir Henry, i. [177].
Hobart, Lord, ii. [141].
Hobson, iii. [155].
Hogarth, iii. [99].
Holbourn, Rear-Admiral, ii. [290], [341], [360]; iii. [40], [80].
Holderness, Robert Darcy, Earl of, i. [198], [199], [207], [239], [289], [331], [354], [388], [400]; ii. [34], [38], [62], [96], [105], [124], [249], [266], [270], [387]; iii. [1], [11], [27], [31], [34], [62], [212], [236], [251], [252], [253].
Holmes, Captain Charles, ii. [290], [340], [341], [342], [362].
Holmes, Mr., ii. [344], [345].
Home, Lord, i. [19].
Hopson, General, iii. [169], [170], [171].
Hoskins, John, Esq., i. [195].
Houblon, Jacob, Esq., i. [34].
Howard, General, iii. [50], [51], [56].
Howard, Sir Charles, iii. [270].
Howe, Captain, ii. [27]; iii. [50], [51], [55], [56].
Howe, Commodore, iii. [124], [125], [133].
Howe, Lord, iii. [134], [135], [232].
Hugo, iii. [274].
Hunter, Mr., ii. [274], [312], [325].
Huntingdon, Lord, ii. [258].
Huske, General, ii. [284].
Hussey, Mr., i. [206]; ii. [11].
Hutchinson, Hely, iii. [245], [246].
Hutton, Archbishop, i. [148]; ii. [374]; iii. [107].
Hyndford, Lord, i. [450]; iii. [111].
Ilchester, Lord, i. [93], [205]; ii. [105], [203], [253], [416].
Imhoff, Baron, iii. [128], [129].
Inchiquin, Lord, iii. [241].
Ingram, Mr., ii. [258].
Inverness, Titular Count of, i. [286].
Irby, Sir William, i. [87].
Islay, Lord, i. [164].
Issarts, Mons. des, ii. [401].
Jansen, Alderman, i. [30], [212].
Jefferies, Lieutenant Colonel, ii. [226], [230].
Jekyll, Sir Joseph, i. [67]; ii. [134].
Jenyns, Soame, ii. [140]; iii. [179].
Jennings, Lieutenant-Colonel, iii. [263], [4].
Joddrell, Mr. Solicitor, i. [71], [96].
Johnson, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, i. [291], [303], [304], [314], [315], [318], [319], [325], [327]; iii. [215].
Johnson, Colonel Sir William, ii. [46], [154]; iii. [211], [212], [287].
Johnson, Governor, iii. [275].
Jones, Neville, i. [280], [282], [363], [367], [368].
Jones, Mr., ii. [272].
Joseph, Archduke, of Austria, i. [8], [204], [240], [244]; ii. [394].
Kaunitz, Count, i. [99]; ii. [234].
Keene, Sir Benjamin, i. [191], [398]; ii. [33], [77], [78].
Keith, i. [339].
Keith, Marshal, i. [204]; ii. [242]; iii. [148].
Kendal, Duchess of, i. [53], [220], [223]; iii. [308], [314], [315].
Kent, Henry, Duke of, i. [66], [115].
Keppel, Hon. Augustus, ii. [290], [317], [318], [327], [328], [329], [330], [331], [333], [334], [337], [339], [340], [342], [346], [349], [364], [365], [367]; iii. [169], [232].
Kildare, Earl of, i. [75], [354], [355], [364]; ii. [25], [26], [40], [183], [184], [316]; iii. [68], [69], [71], [72], [92], [95], [96].
Killala, Bishop of, iii. [241].
Kilmansegge, Count, ii. [248].
King, Dr., ii. [374].
Kingsley, General, iii. [191].
Kingston, Duke of, i. [275].
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, i. [70].
Knight, Mrs., i. [46].
Kniphausen, iii. [110], [127], [236].
Knollys, Admiral, iii. [259].
Knowles, Admiral, i. [100]; ii. [152]; iii. [50], [51], [77].
Konigsmark, iii. [313].
Lally, General, iii. [217], [289].
Lambert, Mr., i. [367].
Lanti, Cardinal, iii. [131], [132].
Lauder, iii. [250].
Laudohn, General, iii. [201], [202], [290], [291], [293], [294], [296].
Laurence, Dr. Thomas, i. [7].
Lechmere, Lord, ii. [108].
Lee, Sir George, D. C. L., i. [8], [31], [77], [90], [91], [124], [143], [213], [214], [216], [223], [297], [403]; ii. [39], [53], [118], [144], [205], [390]; iii. [2], [22], [28], [157].
Lee, Chief Justice, i. [115], [378], [391].
Leeds, Duke of, iii. [27].
Legge, Mr., i. [190], [192], [243], [258], [381], [387], [391], [392], [404], [408]; ii. [37], [39], [41], [47], [48], [50], [54], [62], [85], [118], [127], [144], [146], [155], [177], [179], [180], [181], [205], [206], [207], [257], [265], [268], [270], [273], [274], [284], [301], [302], [340], [375], [379]; iii. [1], [5], [15], [31], [59], [111], [112], [118], [176], [177], [179], [182], [183], [184], [237].
Legge, Judge, iii. [118].
Legonier, General Sir John, i. [103], [292], [396]; ii. [139], [140], [284]; iii. [46], [52], [81], [91], [108], [155], [190], [212].
Lehwald, General, iii. [57].
Leicester, Thomas, Earl of, i. [208].
Leigh, Dr., i. [71].
Leveson, Mr., i. [193], [226].
Levi, a Jew, i. [330].
Levi, M. de, iii. [284], [285].
Lewis, Mr., i. [330].
Lewis, Prince, of Brunswick, iii. [236].
Lewisham, Lord, iii. [184].
Ligonier, Colonel, iii. [190], [194], [196].
Limerick, James Hamilton, Visc., i. [25], [123], [124], [142].
Linard, Count, ii. [407].
Lincoln, Henry Clinton, Earl of, i. [78], [84], [85], [192], [260], [283]; ii. [11], [272], [390], [392]; iii. [6], [21], [27], [111].
Linzendorffe, iii. [97].
Litchfield, Earl of, i. [116], [188], [275]; iii. [166].
Lobkowitz, Prince, i. [432].
Lochiel, i. [353].
Locke, Mr., ii. [180].
London, Dr. Sherlock, Bishop of, i. [122], [148], [361], [362].
Lonsdale, Henry, Viscount, i. [20].
Lothian, Lord, ii. [142], [143].
Loudun, Lord, ii. [157]; iii. [40], [88], [89], [269].
Louis, Monsieur, i. [177].
Louis XV., i. [216], [335]; ii. [280]; iii. [139], [224].
Loyd, Sir Richard, i. [108], [152], [344], [364], [391].
Lowendahl, Marshal, iii. [43].
Lowther, Sir James, iii. [124].
Lucchesi, iii. [14].
Luynes, Cardinal de, iii. [132].
Lynar, Count, iii. [58].
Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, i. [201], [202].
Lyttelton, Col. Sir Richard, i. [10], [27], [28], [38]; ii. [81], [83], [84], [85], [163], [274], [307], [329], [342], [367].
Lyttelton, Sir George, afterwards Lord Lyttleton, i. [11], [13], [18], [48], [73], [79], [85], [134], [201], [233], [382], [387], [409], [414], [416], [435], [438], [439]; ii. [3], [52], [63], [102], [106], [126], [144], [146], [153], [176], [177], [181], [191], [192], [195], [196], [197], [261], [272], [307], [360]; iii. [105], [111], [119], [120], [259].
Lyttelton, William, i. [213].
Lyttelton, Governor, ii. [33], [171].
M’Cleod, Mr., i. [60].
Machault, M., ii. [215].
Macklyn, the player, iii. [250].
Macclesfield, Lord, i. [51], [275].
Madox, Dr., Bishop of Worcester, i. [120], [331], [332]; iii. [215].
Mailly, Madame de, i. [335].
Malagrida, iii. [145].
Malone, Mr., i. [281], [282]; ii. [10], [25], [183]; iii. [68], [69], [71], [72], [92], [94], [241], [245].
Maillebois, M., iii. [127].
Mallet, Mr., i. [46].
Manchester, Duchess of, i. [206]; ii. [287].
Mansfield, Lord, ii. [351], [352], [353], [358], [359], [361], [363], [364], [365]; iii. [11], [29], [30], [79], [80], [85], [86], [87], [98], [102], [103], [116], [214].
Manteuffel, General, iii. [138].
Marchmont, Earl of, i. [19], [51], [293]; ii. [48], [104], [366]; iii. [105], [106].
Marlborough, John Churchill, first Duke of, i. [94]; ii. [139], [303]; iii. [238].
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, i. [92].
Marlborough, Chas. Spencer, Duke of, i. [10], [69], [81], [199], [328], [406], [419]; ii. [2], [47], [48], [139], [248], [261], [416], [301], [303]; iii. [76], [77], [108], [124], [125], [126], [128], [147], [150], [196].
Martin, Mr., i. [8], [25], [48], [136], [364]; ii. [50], [144], [274], [340].
Martyn, Mr., i. [216].
Mary, Princess, i. [288], [405].
Mary, Princess, of Hesse, iii. [305].
Masham, Mr., ii. [258].
Mason, Rev. Wm., iii. [82].
Matthews, Admiral, ii. [370].
Maynard, Lord, i. [116], [275].
Mazzoni, M., ii. [215].
Mechell, M., ii. [151].
Mecklenburg, Princess Anne of, ii. [279].
Meredith, Sir William, iii. [257].
Methuen, Sir Paul, i. [87], [164], [330].
Michell, Monsieur, i. [295].
Middlesex, Earl of, i. [96], [216], [442].
Middlesex, Jane, Countess of, i. [47], [76], [432]; ii. [205].
Middleton, Mr., Sheriff of Denbigh, i. [28].
Middleton, Dr. Conyers, i. [147], [224].
Milton, Lord, i. [266]; iii. [265].
Mirepoix, Duke de, i. [203], [423]; ii. [28].
Mitchell, Mr., i. [95], [254]; iii. [111].
Modena, Duchess of, ii. [210].
Molesworth, Sir John, i. [95].
Molesworth, Lord, iii. [81].
Monk, General, iii. [286].
Monckton, Colonel, ii. [29].
Monckton, General, iii. [221], [222].
Moncrief, Mr., i. [68].
Monroe, Sir Harry, i. [271].
Monson, Mr., ii. [258].
Monson, General, iii. [289].
Montagu, Duke of, ii. [91], [97], [303].
Montagu, Sir Edward, ii. [287].
Montcalm, General, iii. [218], [220], [284].
Moody, a player, iii. [251].
Moore, Captain John, ii. [290], [318], [327], [340], [344], [347], [361], [364], [365]; iii. [169], [170].
Mordaunt, Sir John, i. [31], [110], [257], [258]; ii. [3], [14]; iii. [45], [46], [49], [51], [54], [55], [56], [74], [75], [77], [78], [79], [91], [154], [271].
Morton, Lord, ii. [105], [285], [359].
Moyenska, Countess, ii. [405], [410].
Moyston, General, iii. [3], [155], [168], [170].
Moyston, Sir Roger, iii. [170].
Munchausen, Baron, iii. [60], [63], [64], [156], [306], [307].
Murphy, Arthur, ii. [276].
Murphy, Miss, i. [334].
Murray, Lord John, i. [44].
Murray, General, iii. [283], [284], [5], [6].
Murray, Alexander, i. [17], [22], [26], [27], [28], [29], [31], [32], [34], [35], [48], [50], [57], [84], [85], [114], [115], [201], [208], [209], [210], [211], [212], [219], [430].
Murray, Lord Chief Justice, afterwards Earl of Mansfield, i. [48], [123], [130], [142], [143], [150], [151], [165], [243], [251], [254], [255], [284], [287], [290], [297], [303], [305], [308], [309], [315], [318], [322], [342], [345], [351], [369], [379], [380], [387], [390], [391], [404], [408], [418]; ii. [5], [6], [7], [8], [13], [15], [52], [60], [62], [74], [85], [107], [111], [114], [115], [134], [135], [143], [148], [149], [161], [178], [182], [198], [220], [221], [227], [249], [260], [273]; iii. [6], [33], [114]. Vide [Mansfield].
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of, i. [1], [2], [3], [7], [9], [21], [47], [61], [62], [68], [70], [81], [85], [86], [90], [99], [114], [116], [119], [120], [156], [159], [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [170], [171], [179], [181], [182], [183], [184], [189], [192], [193], [198], [199], [213], [236], [239], [246], [247], [249], [251], [256], [274], [278], [284], [295], [297], [302], [314], [327], [329], [344], [350], [352], [359], [373], [379], [381], [383], [384], [385], [388], [390], [396], [398], [400], [401], [406], [407], [412], [415], [417], [420], [448]; ii. [10], [11], [14], [19], [22], [24], [25], [35], [37], [39], [40], [41], [42], [44], [45], [49], [62], [63], [92], [93], [105], [107], [123], [139], [140], [141], [143], [151], [154], [176], [182], [187], [193], [201], [206], [213], [218], [221], [223], [227], [228], [230], [249], [250], [251], [253], [254], [257], [259], [260], [261], [262], [265], [266], [267], [270], [271], [272], [273], [275], [300], [305], [307], [343], [353], [354], [374], [377], [380], [385], [386], [387], [389], [390]; iii. [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [14], [15], [20], [21], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [31], [32], [33], [38], [62], [95], [100], [105], [106], [108], [111], [113], [114], [116], [140], [141], [150], [153], [155], [156], [160], [162], [174], [177], [181], [183], [215], [222], [236], [250], [254], [269], [279], [305], [307].
Newcastle, Duchess of, ii. [371].
Newdigate, Sir Roger, i. [125], [254], [365].
Ninervois, Duc de, ii. [152].
Noel, Judge, iii. [118], [119].
Norris, Rear-Admiral, ii. [290], [327], [340], [344], [347], [362], [363], [367].
North, Lord, i. [77], [86], [171], [187]; iii. [184], [230].
Northampton, Earl of, ii. [272].
Northey, Mr., i. [213], [243], [254], [257], [260], [363]; ii. [144], [145], [191].
Northumberland, Earl of, i. [8], [256], [330]; ii. [202], [274]; iii. [27].
Nugent, Robert, i. [12], [20], [31], [42], [44], [45], [46], [47], [54], [88], [108], [123], [134], [147], [197], [243], [254], [340], [341], [345], [355], [364], [412], [465]; ii. [9], [11], [17], [36], [52], [81], [92], [93], [128], [144], [193], [252], [261], [304], [336], [338], [346]; iii. [11], [16], [238], [280].
Nugent, Mrs., i. [46].
O’Brien, Mr., ii. [141], [272].
O’Donnel, Count, iii. [297].
Ofarel, Brigadier, i. [106], [108], [116].
Oglethorpe, General, i. [8], [113], [123], [139], [218].
Oldfield, Mrs., i. [24].
Onslow, Lord, i. [260].
Onslow, Mr. Speaker, i. [21], [28], [29], [31], [50], [126], [128], [129], [130], [132], [216], [280], [282], [309], [342], [349], [390]; ii. [3], [6], [15], [16], [61], [102], [126], [154], [159], [162], [175], [273], [312], [325], [328], [334], [350]; iii. [41], [103], [109], [265], [281], [306], [307].
Onslow, General, iii. [257], [269].
Orange, Prince of, i. [206], [260]; ii. [161].
Orange, Princess of, i. [206], [207]; ii. [156]; iii. [140], [127], [168].
Orange, Princess Caroline of, iii. [168].
Orford, Robert Walpole, Earl of, i. [84], [171], [400], [402].
Orford, George, Earl of, iii. [185].
Orleans, Duke of, i. [77].
Orme, Captain, ii. [31].
Ormond, Duke of, i. [52].
Osborn, Sir Danvers, i. [397], [422]; ii. [173].
Osborn, Mrs., ii. [287], [326].
Osborn, Admiral, iii. [151].
Oswald, Mr., i. [59], [226], [257], [421]; ii. [144], [146]; iii. [183], [239].
Oxenden, Sir George, i. [30].
Oxford, Earl of, i. [47], [84], [98], [116], [119], [160], [275], [276], [385].
Oxford, Bishop of; see [Secker].
Palisser, Sir Hugh, iii. [169].
Palmer, Deputy Serjeant at Arms, i. [85].
Panmure, Lord, ii. [216].
Paris, Archbishop of, i. [217].
Paul, Dr., i. [297].
Pavonarius, i. [71].
Peachy, Mr., i. [94].
Pelham, Henry, i. [3], [8], [11], [12], [13], [17], [18], [28], [30], [31], [32], [34], [37], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [54], [56], [58], [60], [62], [63], [67], [69], [71], [79], [81], [84], [85], [95], [104], [105], [106], [111], [115], [118], [119], [122], [124], [128], [132], [133], [136], [153], [156], [157], [166], [167], [169], [170], [173], [174], [175], [179], [180], [183], [184], [191], [193], [194], [197], [202], [209], [210], [213], [215], [216], [218], [219], [226], [229], [230], [231], [232], [233], [234], [235], [236], [239], [241], [242], [243], [246], [252], [254], [255], [257], [263], [275], [294], [303], [304], [307], [315], [342], [344], [346], [350], [351], [355], [364], [366], [369], [378], [379], [381], [388], [392], [407]; ii. [8], [37], [69], [150], [195], [213], [252].
Pelham, T., ii. [272].
Pelham, Lady Catherine, iii. [21].
Pembroke, Lord, ii. [258].
Pendergrass, Sir Thomas, iii. [242].
Penlez, Bosavern, i. [13].
Philipps, Sir John, i. [114], [402]; ii. [19], [329]; iii. [88], [109], [150], [179], [233], [234], [238], [279].
Piccolomini, General, ii. [243].
Pinfold, Colonel, i. [68].
Pitt, William, afterwards Earl of Chatham, i. [7], [8], [11], [12], [13], [17], [18], [27], [30], [42], [47], [53], [57], [58], [59], [60], [62], [63], [64], [70], [75], [76], [79], [85], [92], [94], [95], [109], [110], [111], [130], [135], [137], [138], [152], [153], [165], [170], [171], [191], [203], [226], [231], [233], [239], [240], [241], [364], [366], [379], [380], [387], [392], [407], [409], [410], [412], [414], [415], [416], [417], [418], [419], [421], [440]; ii. [9], [12], [17], [35], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [47], [55], [61], [62], [63], [64], [67], [70], [73], [75], [79], [84], [86], [90], [91], [92], [93], [97], [98], [102], [107], [112], [117], [125], [132], [135], [142], [143], [144], [148], [149], [153], [154], [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162], [168], [169], [170], [174], [179], [185], [187], [190], [191], [193], [196], [197], [200], [205], [224], [250], [251], [253], [254], [257], [259], [260], [261], [262], [263], [264], [265], [266], [267], [268], [269], [270], [271], [273], [274], [275], [276], [283], [284], [300], [301], [302], [306], [307], [310], [312], [313], [314], [316], [322], [325], [329], [331], [332], [333], [334], [335], [336], [338], [341], [342], [343], [348], [349], [350], [353], [368], [372], [376], [377], [378]; iii. [1], [2], [3], [4], [6], [7], [9], [10], [14], [15], [16], [18], [19], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [32], [34], [42], [44], [46], [49], [60], [70], [74], [75], [76], [77], [78], [79], [84], [85], [87], [88], [91], [95], [100], [103], [105], [114], [123], [125], [126], [136], [140], [141], [149], [150], [154], [155], [156], [160], [168], [171], [173], [174], [176], [177], [178], [179], [180], [181], [184], [191], [193], [214], [222], [224], [227], [228], [229], [230], [235], [236], [238], [239], [243], [245], [250], [254], [261], [266], [279], [280], [281], [287].
Pitt, Thomas, i. [27], [63], [92], [124], [139], [142], [145].
Pitt, John, ii. [274].
Pococke, Admiral Sir George, iii. [89], [217], [289].
Poland, Augustus, King of, i. [204], [244], [245]; ii. [241], [394], [395], [406], [410], [411], [412].
Poland, Queen of, iii. [81].
Pombal, Marquis of, iii. [143].
Pomfret, Lord, ii. [105].
Pompadour, Madame de, i. [217], [236]; ii. [176], [211]; iii. [37], [127], [133], [157], [217], [245].
Ponsonby, Mr. Speaker, i. [282]; ii. [25], [183], [184]; iii. [68], [69], [73], [92], [96], [240].
Ponsonby, Lady Eliz., ii. [25].
Pope, Mr., i. [150], [224]; iii. [81].
Porteous, Captain, i. [43], [59].
Portugal, King of, iii. [141].
Potter, Thomas, i. [8], [12], [31], [66], [69], [70], [92], [243], [403]; ii. [11], [54], [106], [144], [274], [340], [341]; iii. [15], [32], [75], [79], [238].
Poulet, Earl, i. [65]; ii. [18], [20], [21].
Pratt, Mr. Attorney-General, iii. [32], [102], [103], [115], [118], [119].
Pretender, The, i. [52], [170], [172], [225], [285], [286], [304], [306], [353]; ii. [108].
Prideaux, General, iii. [212].
Prior, Mr., i. [96].
Probyn, Mr., i. [8].
Proctor, Sir W. B., i. [208].
Prowse, Mr., i. [124], [139], [213], [254], [257], [363]; ii. [19].
Prussia, Frederick III., King of, i. [170], [191], [204], [205], [215], [241], [294], [295], [406]; ii. [35], [50], [127], [132], [151], [219], [232], [235], [238], [240], [241], [242], [243], [264], [313], [394], [403]; iii. [12], [14], [17], [18], [35], [36], [37], [57], [59], [75], [79], [80], [90], [110], [121], [122], [123], [127], [138], [147], [148], [149], [174], [184], [189], [200], [216], [224], [236], [248], [289], [290], [291], [292], [295], [296]; i. [448], et seq.
Prussia, Queen of, i. [175]; iii. [201], [203].
Prussia, Queen Dowager of, iii. [68].
Pulteney, Lord, ii. [78], [79], [119], [120]; iii. [233].
Pulteney, General, iii. [270].
Ralph, James, i. [345], [346].
Ramsay, Allan, iii. [260].
Randan, Duc de, iii. [104].
Rantzau, Count, iii. [11].
Ravensworth, Lord, i. [302], [303], [304], [305], [306], [307], [309], [310], [312], [316], [318], [321], [324], [326], [332]; ii. [104], [155].
Raymond, Lord, ii. [105].
Rezzonico, Cardinal, iii. [133].
Rich, Sir Robert, iii. [81].
Richelieu, Marshal, le Duc de, ii. [189], [210], [225], [311]; iii. [37], [58], [104].
Richmond, Duke of, i. [3]; ii. [317]; iii. [191], [268], [280].
Rider, Sir Dudley, Attorney-General, i. [10], [107], [123], [130], [143], [146], [147], [257], [297], [342], [391]; ii. [202], [223].
Rigby, Mr., ii. [45], [47], [140], [187], [255], [266], [315], [332]; iii. [67], [68], [70], [94], [95], [240], [242], [243], [245], [301].
Robinson, Sir Thomas, i. [142], [213], [218], [243], [388], [409], [417], [420]; ii. [18], [44], [45], [53], [93], [94], [143], [266], [267], [392]; iii. [3], [22].
Robyns, Mr., i. [65].
Rochford, Earl of, ii. [18].
Rochefoucault, Cardinal de la, ii. [176].
Rockingham, Marquis of, i. [272], [331]; ii. [202]; iii. [27], [275].
Rodney, Admiral, iii. [186].
Romney, Lord, i. [116].
Roolt, Cardinal, iii. [132].
Rothes, Lord, ii. [20].
Rotosha, Count, ii. [410].
Rouillé, Monsieur, ii. [150].
Rowley, Admiral, i. [194]; iii. [2].
Rowley, Mr., iii. [241].
Royston, Lord, iii. [7], [21].
Rushout, Sir John, i. [118], [145], [178]; iii. [266].
Russell, Sir William, i. [177].
Russia, Elizabeth, Czarina of, ii. [120], [232], [236], [237], [239], [279], [394]; iii. [13], [122], [289].
Russia, John, Czar of, ii. [232], [237].
Rutland, Duke of, ii. [2].
Sacheverell, Dr., i. [233].
Sackville, Lord George, i. [30], [31], [41], [107], [108], [279], [282], [295], [368], [390], [421]; ii. [6], [94], [102], [130], [144], [147], [158], [174], [184], [186], [190], [248], [284], [301], [302], [313], [314], [315], [316], [330], [331], [340], [379]; iii. [10], [19], [22], [23], [26], [28], [29], [31], [45], [68], [69], [76], [81], [88], [89], [92], [107], [108], [109], [124], [147], [165], [191], [192], [194], [195], [198], [212], [213], [214], [237], [245], [251], [252], [255], [256], [261], [265], [266], [267], [268], [269], [270], [272], [273], [287].
Sackville, Lord John, iii. [254].
Sackville, Lady Caroline, iii. [265].
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, i. [2], [3], [7], [69], [78], [81], [99], [116], [122], [161], [165], [185], [186], [187], [188], [190], [192], [193], [195], [199], [239], [250], [251], [254], [263], [275], [407], [408]; ii. [10], [11], [13], [14], [47], [141], [277], [355], [358]; iii. [111].
Sandys, Samuel, i. [67], [118], [178]; iii. [3].
Sandys, Lord, i. [332], [347]; ii. [141], [201], [274]; iii. [33].
Sardinia, King of, ii. [200]; iii. [132].
Sassy, M., ii. [176].
Saunders, Captain, i. [345].
Saunders, Admiral, ii. [215]; iii. [230], [231], [238].
Saxe, the Chevalier de, ii. [410].
Saxe, Marshal, i. [103]; ii. [46].
Saxe-Gotha, Duke of, i. [288].
Saxony, Augustus, King of, ii. [235], [241], [242], [243]; iii. [248].
Scarborough, Earl of, i. [191].
Schutz, Mr., i. [94].
Schomberg, Duke, i. [198]; ii. [303].
Schwerin, Marshal, iii. [14].
Scott, Mr., i. [80], [92], [283], [290]; ii. [258], [259]; iii. [100].
Secker, Thomas, Bishop of Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, i. [64], [347], [362]; iii. [107], [180].
Selwyn, George, ii. [44], [141], [184].
Selwyn, John, i. [94], [171], [226].
Serras, iii. [206].
Seymour, Lady Elizabeth, i. [8].
Sheridan, i. [389].
Shaftesbury, Earl of, i. [50], [116].
Shannon, Viscount, i. [76]; iii. [96].
Sharpe, Mr., Governor of Virginia, i. [401].
Shaw, Dr., i. [185].
Shebbear, Dr., iii. [152], [153], [154].
Shelburne, Lord, iii. [227].
Shelley, Mr., ii. [272].
Shelvocke, Mr., i. [202].
Simcoe, Captain John, ii. [290], [364].
Sloper, Mr., ii. [44].
Sloper, Colonel, iii. [196], [271], [272].
Smith, Vice-Admiral, ii. [290], [307], [329], [330], [358], [359], [360], [367], [372].
Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. [292].
Smith, John, iii. [274].
Smithson, Sir Hugh, i. [8].
Smollett, Dr., iii. [259], [261].
Smyth, Baron, ii. [273]; iii. [119].
Sobieski, Princess, i. [286].
Soissons, Fitz-James, Bishop of, i. [335].
Soltikoff, General, iii. [202].
Somerset, Algernon, Duke of, i. [8], [80], [255].
Soubise, Prince de, iii. [128].
Southwell, Mr., i. [145].
Spain, Ferdinand, King of, iii. [202].
Spain, Elizabeth, Queen Dowager of, iii. [204], [205].
Spain, Barbara, Queen of, iii. [205].
Spain, Charles III., King of, iii. [205], [210].
Spence, Mr., i. [96].
Spenser, Mr., i. [92].
St. Simon, Marquis, ii. [108].
Stamford, Lord, ii. [363].
Stanley, Mr., ii. [81], [300].
Stanhope, Sir William, i. [75].
Stanhope, Earl, i. [116], [232]; ii. [201]; iii. [55].
Stanhope, George, iii. [55].
Stephens, Mr., ii. [416].
Stevens, Mr., i. [65].
Stewart, Colonel, ii. [284].
Stewart, Sir Simeon, iii. [237].
St. John, Lady, i. [223].
Stone, Andrew, i. [48], [49], [86], [116], [280], [283], [289], [290], [303], [304], [305], [306], [308], [310], [315], [318], [322], [325], [327], [369], [380], [418]; ii. [10], [43], [45], [258], [260], [392].
Stone, Dr. George, Primate of Ireland, i. [279], [354], [390], [391]; ii. [10], [19], [23], [24], [25], [284]; iii. [14], [68], [71], [72], [73], [91], [92], [94], [95], [96].
Stormont, Viscount, i. [150], [286]; ii. [227].
Strange, Sir John, i. [10].
Strange, Lord, i. [108], [111], [112], [113], [125], [130], [139], [143], [152], [153], [219], [243]; ii. [144], [145], [154], [162], [178], [312], [320], [326], [330], [334], [341]; iii. [279], [281].
Strange, Mr., iii. [260].
Strawbridge, Mrs., i. [439], [440].
Sturt, Mr., i. [167].
Suffolk, Henrietta, Countess of, i. [45], [176], [177], [223], [277], [445], [447].
Sulkowsky, M., ii. [404].
Sunderland, Lord, i. [77], [164], [232].
Sundon, Lord, i. [21], [36], [439].
Sussex, Lord, i. [94].
Sutton, Lord Robert, i. [40]; iii. [41].
Sydenham, Mr., i. [50], [54], [124], [141], [209], [211], [218], [219], [243], [254], [257].
Talbot, Judge, ii. [140].
Talbot, William, Lord, i. [116], [120], [121], [324]; ii. [176], [359].
Talbot, Charles, Lord Chancellor, i. [121], [159], [164].
Talbot, Bishop of Durham, i. [65].
Tavistock, Lord, iii. [95], [224], [243], [244].
Tavora, Marchioness of, iii. [144].
Taylor, Dr., i. [71].
Temple, Earl, i. [360], [361], [362], [363], [366], [387], [414]; ii. [48], [62], [63], [103], [104], [105], [175], [176], [201], [254], [257], [261], [265], [267], [274], [275], [307], [310], [311], [318], [327], [343], [353], [355], [357], [359], [365], [372], [378], [379]; iii. [11], [15], [16], [31], [111], [116], [119], [120], [121], [183], [228], [243], [280].
Temple, Lady Hesther, ii. [63].
Tennison, iii. [34].
Tessin, Count, i. [229].
Thanet, Earl of, i. [116].
Thierri, M., iii. [51], [78], [79].
Thomas, Bishop, i. [292]; ii. [374].
Thomond, Lord, iii. [32].
Thompson, Dr., i. [174].
Thompson, Sir William, ii. [108].
Thornbagh, Mr., ii. [330].
Thornton, Mr., i. [213], [218].
Thurot, M., iii. [187], [224], [244], [261], [262], [264-5], [270].
Torrington, Lord, ii. [216], [309].
Townshend, Charles, Viscount, i. [39], [52], [95], [116], [122], [163], [164], [220], [232], [332]; ii. [109], [132], [224].
Townshend, Lady Elizabeth, ii. [224].
Townshend, Lady Ethelreda, i. [39], [174]; iii. [186].
Townshend, George, Lord, iii. [186].
Townshend, George, i. [10], [27], [39], [40], [56], [58], [64], [95], [144]; ii. [19], [54], [64], [65], [67], [97], [99], [124], [131], [154], [178], [228], [245], [246], [303], [305], [306], [329], [379], [380]; iii. [4], [7], [9], [26], [34], [42], [124], [171], [172], [218], [222], [227], [230], [234], [281].
Townshend, Charles, i. [89], [243], [340], [341], [346], [348], [421]; ii. [5], [6], [47], [62], [64], [80], [94], [96], [121], [132], [139], [144], [147], [154], [162], [163], [170], [172], [174], [175], [176], [218], [224], [258], [264], [274], [301], [302], [348], [349], [384]; iii. [2], [4], [19], [34], [183], [227].
Townshend, Admiral, ii. [246], [373].
Townshend, Thomas, iii. [280].
Tracy, Mr., i. [254].
Trefusis. Samuel, Esq., i. [34].
Trentham, Lord, i. [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [22], [27], [37], [95], [192], [194], [260].
Trevor, Dr., Bishop of Durham, iii. [166].
Turner, Sir Edward, ii. [67].
Tweedale, Lord, i. [274], [276]; iii. [269].
Tyrawley, Lord, i. [256]; ii. [190], [216]; iii. [78], [108], [109], [252].
Tyrconnel, Lord, i. [204].
Tyrrel, Sir John, i. [26], [27].
Upton, Mr., iii. [70].
Vandeput, Sir George, i. [14], [17], [32], [200], [293].
Vane, Harry, i. [117], [304], [305], [309], [313], [314], [315], [327].
Vaudreuil, M. de, iii. [222], [284], [285], [288].
Vernon, Admiral, i. [30], [100], [102], [218], [364]; ii. [61].
Villiers, Mr., i. [450]; ii. [202]; iii. [111].
Vintimille, Madame de, i. [335].
Voltaire, M., i. [451]; ii. [311]; iii. [207], [249].
Vyner, Mr., i. [8], [30], [63], [124], [145], [211], [218], [243], [257]; ii. [110], [124], [178]; iii. [184].
Wager, Sir Charles, i. [21], [36].
Waldegrave, James, Earl of, i. [91], [291], [328], [417], [418], [420]; ii. [41], [207], [222], [258], [259]; iii. [16], [26], [28], [30], [34], [307].
Waldegrave, Colonel, i. [188].
Waldegrave, General, iii. [76], [77], [170], [171], [191], [198], [214].
Waldegrave, Lady Elizabeth, i. [242]; iii. [68], [69].
Waldo, General, ii. [170].
Wales, H. R. H. Frederick, Prince of, i. [12], [39], [47], [48], [68], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76], [78], [80], [81], [88], [89], [96], [201], [223], [226], [227], [432], [434], [438]; ii. [205].
Wales, H. R. H. the Princess Dowager of, i. [69], [72], [74], [75], [76], [77], [78], [80], [83], [86], [87], [89], [96], [99], [104], [114], [153], [182], [201], [434], [284], [288], [289], [379], [380], [418], [421], [433], [434]; ii. [36], [38], [39], [40], [53], [204], [205], [206], [223], [257], [258], [276], [374], [389]; iii. [6], [28], [38], [59], [121], [137], [266], [269], [274], [304].
Wall, General, i. [204], [398]; ii. [1].
Walmoden, Baron of, i. [177].
Walpole, Sir Robert, i. [7], [9], [10], [13], [14], [21], [23], [32], [33], [36], [49], [52], [60], [67], [70], [74], [87], [88], [89], [90], [92], [93], [95], [105], [118], [119], [129], [140], [142], [159], [160], [163], [167], [169], [170], [173], [174], [179], [181], [182], [184], [191], [196], [205], [220], [221], [222], [225], [226], [228], [229], [230], [231], [232], [233], [234], [235], [236], [276], [345], [350], [338], [398], [401]; ii. [82], [83], [109], [131], [145], [213], [272]; iii. [85], [86], [106].
Walpole, Horace, senior, i. [8], [11], [45], [70], [139], [140], [141], [153], [196], [220], [236], [241], [242], [254], [342], [364], [437]; ii. [22], [37], [49], [54], [107], [169], [175], [202].
Walpole, Horace, junior, i. [8], [196], [298], [384], [414], [415]; ii. [163], [254], [255], [268], [327]; iii. [28], [29], [159], [160].
Walpole, Mary, i. [173], [191].
Walsingham, Melusina Schulemburgh, Countess of, i. [53].
Walsingham, Lady, iii. [308].
Walter, Mr., ii. [409].
Warburton, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, iii. [239].
Warren, Sir Peter, i. [243], [293].
Warton, Dr. Joseph, i. [438].
Washington, Major, i. [399].
Watson, Admiral, iii. [57], [89], [90].
Wedel, General, iii. [200].
Weir, Mr. Hope, i. [60].
Wells, Paul, i. [175].
Wentworth, General, i. [100].
Wentworth, Lord, i. [275].
Werner, General, iii. [296].
Wesley, iii. [98].
West, Admiral, ii. [228], [274], [296], [297], [306].
West, Mr., ii. [272].
Westmoreland, Earl of, i. [10]; ii. [99], [160]; iii. [87], [166], [167].
Whitehead, Paul, i. [201]; iii. [81].
Whitfield, iii. [97], [98], [278].
Wilbraham, Mr., i. [343].
Willes, Lord Chief Justice, i. [70], [89], [169], [172], [176]; ii. [273]; iii. [33], [117].
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, i. [21], [67], [94], [168], [194], [204], [205], [230], [385], [442], [448]; ii. [393], [416]; iii. [111].
Williams, Sir William, iii. [230], [233].
Willoughby, Lord, i. [208]; ii. [285].
Wilmington, Spencer Compton, Earl of, i. [74], [102], [141], [163], [178], [179].
Wilmot, Dr., i. [71].
Wilmot, Judge, ii. [273]; iii. [119].
Winchelsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, i. [47], [173], [191], [255], [260]; ii. [186]; iii. [2], [20], [22], [25], [31], [32], [105].
Windham, Sir William, i. [80], [222]; iii. [106].
Winnington, Thomas, i. [33], [93], [173], [174], [183], [205], [439]; iii. [67].
Winton, Lord, i. [288].
Wintzenrode, General, iii. [270].
Wolfe, General, iii. [50], [55], [56], [75], [91], [134], [171], [172], [217], [218], [219], [227], [229], [285].
Wolfenbuttle, Duke of, iii. [64], [308], [309].
Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke, i. [438], [441].
Wynne, Sir John, ii. [44].
Xavier, Prince of Saxony, ii. [401].
Yarmouth, Amelia Sophia, Countess of, i. [42], [77], [82], [171], [177], [380]; ii. [21], [252], [253], [256], [259]; iii. [12], [58], [61], [305], [306], [307].
Yonge, Sir William, i. [22], [23], [30], [31], [32], [34], [50], [54], [106], [112], [141], [143], [153], [243], [254], [257], [342], [364], [369]; ii. [141].
York, Cardinal of, i. [285]; iii. [131].
Yorke, Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, i. [115], [116], [120], [121], [128], [156], [157], [158], [159], [161], [162], [268], [273], [309], [316], [321], [337], [339], [343], [346], [348], [350], [352], [360], [363], [379], [380], [382], [384], [389], [392], [409]; ii. [10], [11], [16], [41], [49], [62], [140], [184].
Yorke, Philip, i. [115].
Yorke, Charles, i. [125], [130], [145], [343]; iii. [115], [183].
Yorke, Colonel, ii. [150]; iii. [110], [111].
Yorke, General, iii. [190], [235], [236].
Young, Rev. Dr., i. [439].
Ysenberg, Prince of, iii. [128].
Zelle, George William, Duke of, i. [92]; iii. [309], [314].
Zelle, Eleonora D’Esmurs, Duchess of, i. [92]; iii. [314].
Zelle, Sophia Dorothea, Princess of, i. [92].
[INDEX OF MATTERS.]
Act of Grace, curious reasoning on, i. [106].
Addresses from counties, numerous, on the loss of Minorca, ii. [230].
Admiralty. First appointment of the Earl of Sandwich, i. [2];
diminished number of seamen voted, [13], [17];
Lord Anson proposes a severe naval code, but fails, [38];
refusal to send ships to Nova Scotia, avoiding offence to France, [62];
dismissal of Lord Sandwich, and the re-appointment of Lord Anson, [190], [192];
proposition of hard labour in the dock-yards, to commute transportation, [255];
war with France, ii. [1];
careful selection of officers by Lord Anson, [33];
debates on prize bill, [78];
defended in the Commons by George Granville, [195];
circumstances connected with Byng’s sentence, [306];
affair of the navy bill, iii. [105].
Albemarle, Lord, his diplomatic character, and anecdotes of, i. [82];
death and political character, [422].
Amelia, Princess, her conduct towards Frederick Prince of Wales, i. [73];
political character and anecdotes, [182];
her law-suit as ranger of Richmond Park, [401], [402];
most extraordinary anecdote respecting Byng’s execution, ii. [371].
America, North, state of, and politics respecting, previous to the war of 1756, i. [394], et seq.;
commencement of the war and first services of General (then major) Washington, [399], et seq.;
first naval operations of the war, ii. [27];
military operations commence in Nova Scotia, [30];
Braddock’s unfortunate expedition, [30], et seq.;
Sir William Johnson’s victory in Canada, [46];
grant of money to colonies and to individuals, [153], [154];
review of military affairs in the House of Commons, [157], [158];
debates on the raising of Swiss regiments for service there, ibid., [170], et seq.;
affairs in 1757, iii. [39];
campaign of 1758, [91], [134];
attack on Quebec, and invasion of Canada, [171], [217], et seq.;
the French driven thence, [283], [289].
Amherst, General, biographical notice of, iii. [285], et seq., notes;
takes command in America, [91];
takes Ticonderoga and Crown Point, [211];
proceeds towards Quebec to assist Wolfe, [212];
takes Montreal, [288].
Andrews, Dr., parliamentary anecdote of, in Ireland, i. [367].
Anecdotes—
of Lord Sandwich, i. [3];
of Lord Harrington, [4];
of French players, [13];
of Lord Nugent, [20];
of Crowle, the well-known punster, [21];
of Sir William Yonge, [23];
of Sir Robert Walpole, [23];
of Speaker Onslow and Lord Coke, [28];
of Mr. Murray, before the House on the Westminster petition, [29];
of Sir John Cotton, [33];
of Lord Gower and Sir John Cotton, [34];
of Lord Egmont, [35];
of Colonel Lyttelton and family, [39];
of Lady Townshend, ibid.;
of Colonel Conway, [41];
of Sir H. Erskine, ibid.;
of Lord Granville in the council, [44];
of Lord Bute, [47];
of Lord Mansfield, [49];
of Lord Chesterfield, [51];
of Queen Caroline and Lady Suffolk, [52];
of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, [53];
of Commissioner Oswald, [59], [60];
of Mr. Fox’s candour in parliament, [62];
of George II. and his ministers, ibid.;
of Archbishop Secker, [65];
of Sir Godfrey Kneller, [70];
of Frederick, Prince of Wales, [71], [73], [74], [77];
of Lord Doneraile, [75];
of Lady Archibald Hamilton, ibid.;
of Lady Middlesex, [76];
of Sir William Stanhope, [75];
of the Princess of Wales, [76];
of Doddington, [77], [87], [88];
of George II., [78];
of the Duke of Cumberland, [79];
of Dr. Ayscough, [79];
of Lord Albemarle, [82];
of Archbishop Blackburne, [87];
of Lord Chief Justice Willes, [89];
of Sir George Lee, [90];
of Pitt, [92];
of Fox, [93], [94];
of Old John Selwyn, [95];
of Lord Berkeley and the Duke of Dorset, [98];
of Admiral Vernon, [100], [101];
military one of the French and Duke of Cumberland, [103];
of the Duke and Prince George, [105], [106];
of Pulteney, Earl of Bath, [118];
of Sir Francis Dashwood, [123];
political, of the Regency Bill, [129], et seq.;
of George II., and the Regency Bill, [157], [158];
of the first Lord Hardwick, [159];
of the Duke of Newcastle, [163];
of Pelham, [167];
of Lord Granville, [168];
of the dismissed cabinet in 1745, [170];
amatory and avaricious one of George II., [176];
of Lady Suffolk, [177];
of Lady Yarmouth, ibid.;
of Cheselden, the surgeon, ibid.;
of Lord Chesterfield, [177];
of Queen Caroline, [179], [182];
of the Duke of Grafton, [182];
of Mr. Legge, [191];
of the Duke of Devonshire, [195];
of Paul Whitehead, [201];
of the Princess of Orange, [206], [207];
of the King and Mr. Fox, [212];
of Lord Stair and Queen Caroline, [221];
of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke, [224];
political, of the Duchess of Bedford, [242];
parliamentary, of Fox and Pelham, [254];
of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, [276];
of the education of the young princes, [284], [289];
of General Ligonier and the King, [292];
of Lewis XV. and Miss Murphy, [334];
of the marriage Bill, [339];
of Charles Townshend, [340];
parliamentary one, [341];
punning one of Jones, the Irish architect, [364];
of Newcastle’s geographical ignorance, [396];
of General Washington and George II., [400];
of Pitt and Murray, [412], [413];
of the quarrel between Pitt and Lyttelton, [414];
of Sir Thomas Robinson, ii. [44];
of old Horace Walpole and the Speaker, ii. [175];
of Madame Pompadour, [176];
of Doddington, [186];
of Lord Bute and Leicester-house, [205], et seq.;
of Queen Caroline, Princess Amelia, and Richmond Park, [220], [221];
of Charles Townshend respecting the squabbles of party, [224];
of caricatures and libels during Byng’s affair, [228], [229];
of Counts Bruhl and Kaunizt, [234];
of Fox’s rupture with Newcastle, [251], et seq.;
of Damiens’ tortures for stabbing the King of France, [283];
of Admiral Byng on his trial and condemnation, [286], [287];
most extraordinary one, [371];
of Archbishop Gilbert, [374];
of Dr. King, ib.;
of Lord Temple and the King, [378];
of Harry Conway, iii. [54];
of the Princess Caroline, [82];
of the King and Archbishop Secker, [180];
of Pitt and Lord Shelburne, [227];
of Macklyn, Lord Bute, and Love à la Mode, [250], [251];
of Dr. Smollett, [259].
Anne, Princess Dowager, of Orange, death and politics, iii. [168].
Anson, Lord, proposes several articles of war, but fails, i. [38];
appointed to the Admiralty, in room of Lord Sandwich, [194];
character, [194], [195];
careful selection of officers, and pledge to the king on that subject, ii. [33];
his feelings in regard to Byng’s execution, [317];
observations on him in regard to Byng’s sentence and execution, [343];
restored to the admiralty under Pitt and Newcastle, in 1757, iii. [32];
his restoration to the admiralty, highly unpleasing to the city, [84].
Anspach, Margrave of, opposes English politics in Germany, i. [288].
Anstruther, General, parliamentary charges against, i. [42], [56], [64], [68];
further proceedings on his case, and motion of Lord Strange, [95], [106], et seq.
Archer, Lord, seconds address in the House of Lords, in 1751, i. [8].
Argyle, John, second Duke of, his political connexion with Sir Robert Walpole, i. [164].
—— Archibald, third Duke of, inefficient and disappointing speech on the Scottish Colonization Bill, i. [273];
character, [275-278].
ARMY, British. Votes in 1751, i. [25];
debate on the staff, [31];
military reformation and improvement by the Duke of Cumberland, [38];
new Mutiny Bill, ibid.;
half-pay officers first subjected to military law, ibid.;
estimates proposed by Mr. Fox, [213];
proposed reduction, founded on the colonization of Scottish forfeited estates, [264];
estimates in 1754, debate on, [410];
inefficient state of in England at the commencement of the war, ii. [19];
estimates on the opening of the war, [67], [86];
affairs of the Militia Bill, of new-raised troops, of foreign troops employed, [156-204];
camps formed and disturbances with the foreign troops, [248];
remarkable court of inquiry connected with General Fowke and Byng’s affair, [285];
war in Germany, iii. [147];
extraordinary commissions granted, and debated on in Parliament, [233].
Army, Saxon, account of, ii. [410].
Articles of War, Naval, debates on the 12th, in the House of Commons, in Byng’s case, ii. [318], et seq.
Ascendency, Protestant, in Ireland, in 1752, and before, i. [278], et seq.
Ashton, Rev. Mr., a quaint preacher, anecdotes of, iii. [98], [99].
Atcheson, Sir Archibald, political insignificance in the Irish House of Commons, iii. [73].
Austrians, defeat of, in the campaign of 1760, iii. [294], et seq.
Avarice, whimsical anecdote of, in George II., i. [176].
Ayscough, Dr., anecdotes of his tutorship of Prince George, i. [80].
Bacon, Lord, observations on, i. [374].
Baker, Alderman, a contractor, affair of, ii. [304].
Barnard, Sir John, political and civic character, i. [45], [46];
proposes a sinking fund, [218], [255];
moves a repeal of the Bribery Oath, [369].
Barri, Madame du, anecdotes and intrigues, iii. [245].
Barrington, Lord, moves a diminished number of seamen, i. [12];
proposes an increased vote of seamen, [211];
his political character, and parallel with Ellis, ii. [141], [142];
justifies the application of the 12th article of war to Byng’s case, in the House of Commons, [320].
Bath, Lord, his political apostasy vindicated by Lord Egmont, i. [36];
parliamentary conduct on the committal of the Regency Bill, [116], [117], et seq.;
joins the Bedford Opposition on the Scottish Colonization Bill, [272];
originates the Marriage Bill in the House of Lords, and why, [337];
publishes his celebrated letter to two great men, iii. [250].
Bathurst, Henry, character of, i. [96].
Bavaria, treaty with, for securing the peace of Germany, i. [8];
subsidy to, [48], [49].
Beckford, Alderman, opposes the Regency Bill, i. [153];
extraordinary declaration, caused by his jealousy of the army, [307];
attends at the first meeting of the Tories, at the Horn Tavern, as a political party, ii. [13];
absurd boasting, [95];
opposite opinions of the Commons, and of Pitt, upon his merits, iii. [177], [178].
BEDFORD, Duke of, disagreement with the Duke of Newcastle, i. [1];
political and sporting connexion with Lord Sandwich, [3];
political duplicity on the Naturalization Bill, [55];
increase of popularity, [61];
fails of support in the Nova Scotia affair, [69];
interferes with the establishment of the young princes, on the death of the Prince of Wales, [79];
conduct on the Regency question, on the demise of the Prince of Wales, [99];
proposed opposition to the Bill prevented by the gout, [122];
political neglect of, by his coadjutors in the Cabinet, [161];
party intrigues of the Pelhams after the Prince’s demise, [183], [184], [185];
his political character, [186];
change of ministry and resignation of office, [194];
spirited and judicious conduct towards the Duke of Newcastle, [193];
conduct in opposition to Walpole, [241];
his intended quiescent politics on the meeting of Parliament after the recess, [242];
but is led into Opposition on the Saxon Treaty, ibid.;
speaks against it in the Lords, [244];
political connexion formed with the Duke of Cumberland, [263];
opposes the Bill for the colonization of the Scottish forfeited estates, [264];
interferes in the charges against the Prince’s tutors, [309], et seq., [313];
opposition to the Marriage Bill, [347];
projects of re-union with the Court party, [414];
receives proposals from the Lyttelton party on the part of Ministers, but rejects them, and sends for Pitt, [416];
declining power of the Duke of Newcastle, and overtures from Fox, ii. [45];
coalesces, approves of the German Treaties, but refuses office, [47];
defends himself in the Lords, [49];
objects to the proposed New road, out of jealousy to the Duke of Grafton, but afterwards sees his error, [186], [187];
courageous conduct on the change of ministry, and Pitt’s accession to power, [266];
but accepts the Lieutenancy of Ireland, [271];
applies to the King in favour of Admiral Byng, but without success, [326];
objects to the coalition of Pitt and Fox, iii. [34];
attacked by the rioters on the Militia Bill, [41];
difficulties in his Irish government, [66-73];
new connexion formed with the Duke of Newcastle, [181];
policy during the tumults in Dublin, in opposition to a suspected union, [243], et seq.;
conduct towards Lord G. Sackville, [254].
Bedford, Duchess of, her political ascendency over the Duke, i. [186];
her ingenious ruse to draw the Duke again into politics, [242];
her vice-regal state in Ireland, during the Duke’s government, iii. [66].
Berkeley, Earl of, political anecdote, i. [98].
Berlin captured by the Austrians and Russians, iii. [295].
Bernis, Cardinal de, political disgrace, iii. [158].
Besborough, Lord, his share in Irish politics, ii. [19].
Bishops, Bench of, their inactivity on the marriage clause of the Regency Bill, i. [146];
their characters, [148], [149].
Blackbourn, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, i. [87].
Blackiston, a spurious patriot and Jacobite, and why, i. [36].
Blakeney, General, defence of Minorca, ii. [226];
gets a red riband, [275].
Board of Trade, attempt of Lord Halifax to subject the West Indian Colonies to that Board, i. [199].
Bolingbroke, Lord, tortuous politics of, at the Prince of Wales’s court, i. [73];
his death, character, and anecdotes of him, [220];
ingratitude towards Sir Robert Walpole, [220];
political ingenuity and infamy, [222], [223];
courtly anecdote, [223];
contrasted with Walpole, [225].
Boscawen, Admiral, character and political rise, i. [194];
extraordinary conduct during Byng’s trial, ii. [286];
defeats the French fleet under De la Clue, off Lagos, iii. [211].
Boscawen family, their contest with the Sandwich interests in Cornwall first led to the formation of a Tory party, for general purposes, ii. [13].
Boyle, Mr. (Speaker of the Irish House of Commons), his character and politics, i. [279].
Braddock, General, his unfortunate expedition, ii. [31].
Bribery Oath, motion for its repeal, i. [369].
Brick Tax proposed, but dropped, ii. [178].
Bristol, extraordinary surrender of election liberties to the King, i. [355].
Broglio, Marshal, affair of Minden, iii. [199].
Brown, Marshal, the Austrian General, defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. [14].
Bruhl, Count, his politics and magnificence, ii. [234];
his political character, [404-407].
Brunswick, Duchess of, anecdote of her birth, i. [73].
Burdett, Sir Robert, a Tory member; extreme kindness of the Whigs to, on a breach of privilege, i. [95].
Burgundy, Duke of: born, an important event to France, i. [203].
Bute, Lord, his political debut, i. [47];
anecdotes of his favouritism at Leicester House, ii. [221-3], et seq.;
vide [Wales].
Butler, Bishop, political and ecclesiastical character, i. [148].
Byng, Admiral, sent to relieve Minorca, ii. [190], [212], [214];
public clamour, [217], [228];
trial of, [229], [246], et seq. [284], [291];
unfair political trick, [285];
is sentenced, [287];
representation of the Court, [292];
observations, [295];
extraordinary circumstances connected with the sentence of execution, [306], et seq.;
debates in the Commons, [312], et seq.;
mercy refused by the King, [326];
solicitation of the court martial refused, [327];
case before Parliament, [328], [351-366];
dies, [369].
Calcraft, Mr., his political connexion with Lord Holland, ii. [42].
Calcutta, affair of the Black Hole at, iii. [57].
Camden, Lord, vide [Pratt].
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, romantic story of his capture as a rebel, i. [333];
executed, [353].
Campbell, A. H., parliamentary conduct and anecdotes, i. [19].
Campbell, Mr. Hume, is brought forward again by the Duke of Newcastle in support of the German treaties, ii. [107], [108];
quarrel with Pitt, [112];
pensioned, [143];
anecdote of his political modesty on a change of ministers, iii. [23].
Canada, conquest of, iii. [169], [219].
Candour, political and paternal, of Horace Walpole, and why, i. [237], et seq.
Cape Breton taken, iii. [133].
Caprice, public, various instances of, i. [358].
Cardigan, Lord, appointed governor of Windsor Castle, i. [255].
Cards and Dice taxed, ii. [177].
Caricatures on cards invented by George Townsend, on Byng’s affair, ii. [228].
Caroline, Queen, anecdote of, and Lord Chesterfield, i. [52];
her influence over the King, and politic juggling with Sir Robert Walpole, [65].
Caroline, Princess, death, and anecdotes, iii. [82], [83].
Carpenter, Lord, disgraceful conduct of, on the Westminster petition, i. [26].
Carrickfergus taken by Thurot’s squadron, iii. [264].
Carter, Mr. (Master of the Rolls in Ireland), his character and factious politics, i. [281], [282].
Chairmen and footmen of the metropolis, Colonel Hale offers to lead them against the best troops of France, iii. [234].
Charles III., King of Spain, observations on, and character, iii. [205], [210].
Chatham, Lord, vide [Pitt].
Cherbourg, capture of, iii. [133].
Cheselden, the surgeon, anecdote of, i. [177].
Chesterfield, Lord, brings in a bill for the reformation of the calendar, i. [50], [51];
anecdotes and political intrigues, [51], et seq.;
whimsical and courtly anecdote of, [177], [178];
engages to negotiate between Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle, at the Princess Dowager’s instigation, iii. [30].
Cholmondeley, Earl of, character and anecdotes, i. [173].
Circular letters to members of parliament, censured in the House, ii. [63].
Clandestine marriages, inactivity of the bench of Bishops on a proposed bill to restrain, i. [146].
Clarke, Mr., a military adventurer, plans the siege of Rochfort, iii. [43].
Cleland, Mr., secretary to the Admiralty, his shameful conduct on Byng’s affair, ii. [295].
Clive, Lord, early military services in India, iii. [57], [90].
Closter Seven, convention of, iii. [59].
Cobham, Lord, speech and party interest on the Regency Bill, i. [134], [135];
political character, [136].
Cobham party described, i. [136].
Coke, Lord, parliamentary conduct on the Westminster petition, i. [16], [20];
clears the gallery, and quarrels with Speaker Onslow, [27], [28];
his political character, [208];
moves the re-committal of Murray for contempt to the House, ibid.;
hated by the Scotch, and why, [209], [259];
opposes the bill for purchasing the forfeited estates, ibid.
Colchester petition, proceedings on, alarm the Newcastle party in the House, i. [409].
Colley Cibber, death and character, iii. [81], [82].
Cologne, Elector of, joins France in opposition to British interests, i. [81].
Colonies totally neglected by the Duke of Newcastle, when Secretary of State, i. [396].
Comines, character of, as an historian, i. [375].
COMMONS, House of, session of 1751, i. [8], et seq.;
affair of the Westminster petition against Lord Trentham, [14], et seq.;
contumacy of Mr. Murray, [29], [30];
libels against the House, [31];
inefficient opposition to the three shilling land-tax, [32];
opposition to the Mutiny Bill, [39];
attack on General Anstruther, [42];
committee for the suppression of vice and reform of the police, [44];
proposed subsidy to Bavaria, [48];
debate on Murray’s close confinement, [49], [50];
debates on the Naturalization Bill, [54];
debate on Anstruther’s business, [56];
the House adjourns to see Othello at Drury Lane, [61];
proceedings on the Gin Bill, [66], [67];
relaxation in proceedings against Murray, [84];
Naturalization Bill thrown out, [92];
proceedings on a breach of privilege, [95];
further proceedings on Anstruther’s case, [106];
Habeas Corpus granted by the King’s Bench for Murray, [114];
he is remanded, and the committal of the House acknowledged to be valid, [115];
question of privilege, as to members on the Prince’s establishment, negatived, [116];
the Regency Bill returned from the Lords, and proceedings thereon, [122], et seq.;
Regency Bill passes the House, [153];
close of the session, release and petty triumph of Murray, [200], [201];
a new session, [208];
Murray remanded to Newgate by the House, ibid.;
debate on the same, [209];
reward voted for the apprehension of Murray, who had absconded, [212];
army estimates proposed by Mr. Fox, [213];
land-tax proposed by Pelham, accompanied by an extraordinary system of national policy, [218];
adjournment, and cessation of opposition, [228];
Walpole’s rise and fall by that House, and why, [232], [233];
House meets in 1752, [241];
takes up the affair of the Saxon treaty, [242], et seq.;
motion against subsidiary treaties in time of peace, by Lord Harley, [254];
debate thereon, ibid.;
state of parties in the House, [263];
bill for colonizing the Scottish forfeited estates, [264], et seq.;
prorogation and extraordinary speech of the Speaker to the King, against the management of Scotland, [275];
session of 1753 opens, [293];
engaged in the affairs of Nova Scotia, [295];
affair of the Marriage Bill, [336], et seq.;
affair of the Jew Naturalization Bill, [357], [362];
proposed repeal of the Plantation Act, [364];
motion for repeal of the Bribery Oath, [369];
people look towards it on the ministerial difficulties arising from Pelham’s demise, [383];
debates on the opening war of 1756, [403];
alarm of the ministerial majority at Pitt’s spirited attack on election bribery, [408], [409];
debate on the army estimates, [410];
debate on the Mutiny Bill, [420];
debate respecting adjournment on anniversary of King Charles’s martyrdom, ii. [3];
debate on the Scottish Sheriffs-Depute Bill, [4];
a division of the House falsified by Mr. Potter, [11];
first appearance of the modern application of the distinctions of Whig and Tory, [12], et seq.;
tempestuous opposition of Pitt to the Fox and Bedford coalition, the German treaties, &c., [55];
sit till five in the morning, the longest debate then on record, [49], [133];
complaint respecting circular letters, [63];
debates on the votes for seamen, [67];
debates on a Prize Bill, [78];
charges of bribery by France, [82];
debates on the army estimates, [86];
committee moved on the militia question, [97];
taking of notes by strangers noticed by Hume Campbell, [108];
close of a long debate on the German treaties, [133];
repeal of all the old militia acts to prepare for a new bill, [152];
debates on Prevot’s regiment, [156];
Ways and Means brought forward by Sir George Lyttelton, [176];
debates on employing foreign troops, [184], et seq.;
Militia Bill voted without a division, [191];
vote of credit of one million opposed, ibid.;
debates on the Prussian treaty, [197];
Pitt’s first Parliament, [276];
ordnance estimates and Militia Bill, [301], et seq.;
Byng’s sentence announced to the House by a messenger from the Admiralty, [312], et seq.;
Pitt’s first appearance in the House as minister, and to demand money for Hanover, [313];
further debates on Byng’s sentence, [320], et seq.;
royal message, bill for absolving the court-martial from their oaths of secrecy; passes, but lost in the Lords, [350-366];
inquiry into the loss of Minorca, iii. [7], et seq.;
debates upon the vote of a million, [16];
debates upon the Habeas Corpus, [103], [112];
estimates of the year 1759, [176];
debates respecting officers commissioned vacating seats, [233];
debates on army estimates, [234];
affair of Sackville’s arrest and court-martial, as matter of privilege, [265], [266].
Compton, Sir Spencer, vide [Wilmington].
Conflans, Monsieur, defeated by Sir Edward Hawke, iii. [231], [232].
Constitution of Britain, political view of, iii. [112-115].
Contades, Marshal, loses the battle of Minden, iii. [191], [199].
Contest, a weekly political satire on Pitt’s coming into administration, ii. [276].
Conway, Colonel H. S., his political debut and martial bravery, i. [41];
his parliamentary quickness and character compared with Charles Townshend, [341];
is appointed secretary in Ireland solely from his private merits, ii. [3];
military promptitude in the affair of the Rochfort expedition, iii. [54];
as general, employed in the expedition to Rochfort, [45].
Cooke, Mr., presents a Westminster petition against Lord Trentham, i. [13];
transactions thereon, [15], et seq.
Cornwall, county of, anecdotes of tin parliaments, i. [142];
election petitions and county politics, [407], [408];
first led to a Tory party in general politics, ii. [11], [12].
Corruption, political, by Sir Robert Walpole, and by Mr. Pelham, its extent and difference, i. [231].
Cotton, Sir J., opposes the three shilling land-tax, but fails, i. [32];
his wit and politics, [33];
the last active jacobite, dies, i. [255].
County Addresses, vide [Addresses].
Court of Inquiry, a remarkable one, connected with Byng’s affair, ii. [285].
Court Martial on Admiral Byng, (vide [Admiralty]—[Navy]—[Byng]) desire to be absolved from their oaths of secrecy, ii. [327];
vide [Keppel]—bill in parliament, [328], [351], [366].
Cowper, Dr., Dean of Durham, affair of the charges against the prince’s tutors, i. [318].
Cox, Sir Richard, his character, and factious politics in Ireland, i. [281], et seq.
Cresset, Mr., engaged in the education of Prince George, i. [284];
dissensions in that establishment, [289], et seq.
Crevelt, victory of, gained by Prince Ferdinand, iii. [127].
Critical Review, a libel in, punished at law, iii. [259].
Crowle, Mr., affair of the Westminster petition against Lord Trentham, i. [17], [19];
parliamentary witticism, [21];
puns, ibid.
Cumberland, H. R. H. William duke of, political connexion with Lord Sandwich, i. [2];
affairs in Flanders, [2];
political and treasonable attacks on, [9];
restoration of military discipline, [38];
jealousy of the Prince of Wales, [72];
behaviour on his demise, [78];
popular suspicions, [98];
affair of the regency, and rupture with the Duke of Newcastle, [99];
his character, [100], et seq.;
quarrels with the Pelhams on the regency business, [104], [105];
the king’s feelings towards him expressed in conversation with Fox, [157];
accident in hunting, [212];
judicious conduct in regard to parties, [240];
gives his private encouragement to the opposition to the Saxon treaty, [250];
takes offence at the bill for colonizing the forfeited estates, [262];
forms connexion with the Duke of Bedford, [263];
his advice to Fox on the ministerial arrangements after Pelham’s death, [384];
injudicious conduct of the ministry towards him in the war in America, [401];
his sentiments on a projected change of ministry in 1754, [419];
placed at the head of the regency, on the king’s visit to Hanover, ii. [22];
error in ordering enlistment in Germany without the concurrence of ministers, [156], [185];
unfair conduct towards regiments raised for home service, [203];
instance of moderation in command, [373];
becomes a favourite with the king, [376];
joins in the intrigues against Pitt, [377];
is appointed to command the army in Germany, [377], [379];
checks the confederacy against the King of Prussia, iii. [35];
but is forced to retire from Hanover, and defeated, though not disgraced, at Hastenbecke, [36];
convention of Closter Seven, [58];
returns to England, [60];
offers to resign, [61];
repartee when his return to command is talked of, [233].
Cummins, John, an active jacobite, yet patronized, i. [266].
Cunnersdorf, battle of, and Prussians, defeated, iii. [203].
Cunningham, Captain, patriotic and spirited conduct of, at Minorca, ii. [226].
Custrin, battle of, Russians defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. [138].
Dacre, Lord, opposes the bill for Swiss troops, on constitutional grounds, ii. [176].
Damiens, attempts to murder the King of France, but fails, and suffers horrid tortures, ii. [281].
Dashwood, Sir Francis, disclaims Jacobitism in parliament, i. [10];
opposes the Regency Bill on the first reading, [122], [123];
anecdotes of, [123];
his exertions in the House of Commons in Byng’s case, ii. [318], [323], et seq., [336].
Daun, Marshal, defeated at Lissa, iii. [80];
outmanœuvred by the King of Prussia, [292];
compelled to raise the siege of Schweidnitz, [295];
defeated at Torgau, [297].
Dauphin of France, father of Louis XVI., anecdotes and character of, ii. [280]; iii. [244].
Debt, national, iii. [151].
Delaval, Mr., makes a very absurd speech on the Regency Bill, i. [124].
Denbigh, Lord, attacks Lord Marchmont in the House, upon his jacobitical principles, iii. [106].
Denmark, King of, takes offence at the preamble of an English mutiny bill, i. [253].
Denmark, Queen of, daughter of George II., her death and character, i. [227];
extraordinary policy of her husband, ibid.
Dennis, Captain, one of Byng’s court-martial, makes application to the throne for mercy, ii. [318].
Devonshire, Fourth Duke of, character and anecdotes of, i. [195];
consulted on choice of a premier on the death of Pelham, [378];
death, and conscientious qualification of his younger sons for the House of Commons, ii. [86].
Devonshire, Fifth Duke of, (Lord Hartington), receives the king’s commands to form a new ministry, ii. [263];
accepts the treasury, [268].
Dice and Cards taxed, ii. [177].
Dickinson, Lord Mayor, his cold and unfeeling conduct on proposed petition in favour of Byng, ii. [368].
Digby, Captain (Admiral), gallantry of, in Hawke’s action, iii. [232].
Diggs, the actor, in Dublin, produces a riot by political allusions, i. [389].
Divisions of the Commons, falsified by Potter, ii. [11];
extraordinary arrangement on the question of the German treaties, [61], et seq.
Doddington, his versatile politics, i. [87], [88];
G. B., Lord Melcombe, biographical notice of, [437];
gaming anecdote, [77];
further anecdotes, [88], [89];
impugns the justice of Byng’s sentence, in the House of Commons, ii. [320];
supports the question of mercy towards Byng, in the House, [321], [339].
Doneraile, Lord, anecdote of, i. [75].
Dorset, Charles, Duke of, appointed viceroy of Ireland, i. [5];
anecdotes of, [96], [97];
his character and political government of Ireland, [279], et seq.;
his extreme moderation during the factious disputes in Ireland, [354], [368];
transactions respecting his removal from the viceroyship of Ireland, ii. [10];
appointed master of the horse, [19];
attacked by the rioters on the Militia Bill, iii. [41].
Douglas, Dr., the opponent of Lander, assists the Earl of Bath in a political letter, iii. [250].
Drury Lane Theatre, representation of Othello at, produces an adjournment of the House of Commons, i. [61].
Dublin, tumults at, in consequence of a projected Irish union, in 1759, iii. [240].
Duke, the; see [Cumberland].
Dukedoms refused by the Earls of Northampton and Aylesbury, and why, ii. [272].
Duncannon, Lord, his share in Irish politics, ii. [19].
Dunkirk man-of-war, extraordinary chance in Hawke’s action, iii. [232].
Duplin, Lord, his share in the Newcastle administration, i. [388].
East Indies, affairs in 1757, iii. [57];
1758, [90], [217].
Edgecombe family, their opposition to the Sandwich interests in Cornwall, ii. [11];
and first forms a Tory party, [12].
Edward, Prince, engages in the naval service, iii. [126], [133].
Egerton, Lady Sophia, most extraordinary anecdote of, respecting Byng’s execution, ii. [371].
Egmont, Lord, opposes Address in 1751, i. [8];
suspicion of treason, [9];
parliamentary discussion, [11];
political intrigues in Westminster, [14];
opposes the Mutiny Bill, [35], [40];
anecdote of him, [35];
curious opposition manœuvre on death of the Prince of Wales, [80], [81];
proposes to Lord Bolingbroke the renewal of feudal tenures as a popular act, [209];
ingenious speech on army estimates, [213];
speech against the Address, and opposition to the Mutiny Bill of 1753, [294], [295];
makes a ridiculous mistake in opposing the Mutiny Bill, [421];
is attacked by Charles Townshend, ib.;
copy of the constitutional queries ascribed to him, i. [9], [427].
Egremont, Earl of, moves address of condolence on the death of the Prince of Wales, i. [80];
declines to accept the seals on Pitt’s dismissal, iii. [2].
Epigram on Admiral Vernon, i. [100], [101].
Election Committees in the new parliament of 1754, i. [407].
Elections, general, policy of France respecting, in regard to the Pretender’s cause, i. [122];
purity of, infringed by the people themselves, [355].
Elijah’s Mantle, a political allusion, borrowed by Walpole from a poem by Sir C. H. Williams, i. [230].
Elliot, Commodore, engages and takes Thurot and squadron off the Isle of Man, iii. [265].
Ellis, Welbore, political character, and parallel with Lord Barrington, ii. [141], [142];
parliamentary tactics, by which Fox loses an important question, iii. [27].
Eloquence, parliamentary, review of it, ii. [144], et seq.
Embden, political differences respecting the impressment of English sailors out of, i. [261].
Empress-Queen, her politics in regard to Hungary and Austria, i. [241];
her inveteracy against Prussia, iii. [247].
Epitaph on a Swedish nobleman, i. [443], [444].
Erskine, Sir Henry, military and political debut, i. [41];
military and political attack on General Anstruther, [56], [63], [68];
is dismissed from the army for joining Mr. Pitt, and becomes an oppositionist, ii. [150].
Exchequer, chancellorship, not to remain unoccupied, i. [378].
Excise, praised by Sir George Lyttelton, ii. [181].
Exotic plants principally introduced into England, by the Duke of Argyle, i. [278].
Fane, Lord, prevails on the Duke of Bedford to coalesce with Fox, and support the German treaties, ii. [47].
Fawcett, Mr., accuses the prince’s tutors of drinking the Pretender’s health, i. [304].
Fazakerley, Mr., his activity in the first formation of the Tories as a distinct party for general political purposes, ii. [12].
Ferdinand, Prince, drives the French out of Hanover, iii. [104];
victory of Crevelt, [127];
campaign of 1759, [188];
battle of Minden, [190];
pecuniary rewards from England, [238];
detaches a force in aid of Frederick, [248].
Ferrers, Earl of, his unhappy history and fate, iii. [257];
his trial, and execution for murder, [277], [278].
Feudal tenures, their restoration proposed by Lord Egmont as a popular act, i. [209].
Fielding, H., dramatic attack on the king, i. [14];
writes on the police, [44].
Finch, Mr. Edward, character, anecdotes, and absurd reply to Lord Pulteney, respecting the Czarina of Russia, ii. [120].
Fitzwilliam, Colonel, witty repartee of Colonel Townshend, i. [40];
indecent and absurd conduct in the House of Commons, in Byng’s case, ii. [347].
Fleet weddings, their history, i. [338], [339].
Footmen and chairmen of London, Colonel Hale offers to lead them against the best troops of France, iii. [234].
Forbes, Colonel, military anecdote of, ii. [373].
Forfeited estates in Scotland, proposed colonization by foreigners, i. [62];
bill for the purchase from the crown, for national purposes, [256], et seq.
Forgery, extraordinary instance of, relative to royal mercy, i. [175].
Fowke, General, tried and suspended, but broke by the king, for his conduct at Gibraltar in Byng’s affair, ii. [229], vide [Byng].
Fox, Mr., (Lord Holland,) conduct in the parliament of 1751, i. [8];
on the Westminster petition, display of wit and abilities, [15], [20];
decided conduct in Murray’s case, [27], [35];
ingratitude of Lord Egmont, [37];
his political consistency on the Naturalization Bill, [55];
parliamentary exertions in Anstruther’s case, [58];
increase of popularity in union with the Duke of Bedford, [61];
his opinion of Pitt, expressed in parliament, [62];
biographical anecdotes and character, [93], [94];
supports the Regency Bill, [132], [139];
contest with Solicitor-General Murray on that Bill, [149], [150];
conversation with the king on the Regency Bill, [157], [158];
political interference to save the Duke of Bedford from the plots of the Pelhams, [185];
is solicited by Lord Granville to join the new ministry, after the Duke of Bedford’s resignation, but refuses, [197];
conversations with the king and duke on the regency, [212];
proposes the army estimates, [213];
political feeling of Pelham, [254];
strenuous opposition to the Marriage Bill, [342];
his quarrel with the Lord Chancellor and the Yorke party, on the Marriage Bill, [343];
his conversation with Pelham on that subject, [344];
conversation with the king respecting the same, [352];
looked to as a candidate for the premiership, [379];
becomes secretary of war, and manager of the House of Commons, [381];
new regulation of the secret service money, [382];
hurt by Newcastle’s breach of faith, declines office, [384], [385];
subsequent interview with the king, [386];
explanation with Pitt, [392];
joins Pitt in attacking the ministry, [410];
but softens on a conversation with the king, [417];
consents to abjure Pitt, and becomes a cabinet counsellor, [420];
excites a debate in the House, by proposing to sit on the anniversary of Charles’ martyrdom, ii. [3];
supports Lord Sandwich’s borough interests in the House, [11];
opposed by the Tories, who now first appear as a political party distinct from jacobitism, [12];
separates from Pitt on the Hanoverian question, [37];
agrees to support the German treaties and the Duke of Newcastle, [41], et seq.;
his political history, [42];
vindicated, ib.;
becomes secretary of state, [43];
insincerity of coalition, [45];
brings in the Bedford party, [47];
meets the Commons, [61];
censured in the House for circular letters to members, [63];
contest with Pitt on the naval estimates, [67], et seq.;
ditto on the army estimates, [90], [91];
defends Hume Campbell against Pitt’s attack, [116];
his friends objected to by the Duke of Newcastle, [141];
repeated sparring with Pitt, [152], et seq.;
debate respecting the Swiss battalions, [156], et seq.;
parliamentary squabble with Charles Townshend, [173];
conduct on the calling in of foreign troops, [184];
animadversion on, [214];
his political conduct respecting the Prince of Wales and Leicester House, [221], et seq.;
rupture with the Duke of Newcastle, [251];
resigns, [252];
proposed coalition with Pitt, [254], et seq.;
extraordinary conversation with Pitt, [262];
various arrangements for his friends, and a peerage asked for his wife and son, marks his intended politics in the Commons, [273], [274];
but refused by the king, ib.;
disappointed in his political plans in regard to the Duke of Devonshire, [276];
further political intrigues, [305], et seq.;
his conduct in Byng’s affair, [309], [312], [325];
speeches on the same in the House, [336], [344];
intrigues to dismiss Pitt from power, [377];
events leading to a change of ministry, [379];
supports the liberty of the press, [380];
gets the clerkship of the Pells in Ireland for himself and sons, iii. [3];
political difference with Newcastle,[5];
intrigues of parties,[10],[11];
advice of Horace Walpole,[28];
accepts the pay-office, under Pitt and Newcastle,[31];
political intrigues between the latter and the Duke of Bedford,[181].
France, political duplicity and evasion in fulfilling treaties, i. [81];
extraordinary political proceedings on the birth of the Duke of Burgundy, [203], [216], [217];
general view of her politics, policy, and power, in 1752, illustrated in parliament, in regard to the Saxon treaty, [251], et seq.;
origin of the war that followed the death of Mr. Pelham, [393];
haughty reply to British remonstrances, ii. [2];
unfolds the mystery of her moderation, [150];
commences retaliation at sea, [155];
unpopularity of the war there, [176];
their financiers copying English plans, [182];
state of politics in 1757, and attempt upon the king’s life, [280], [281];
an army sent to the Rhine, [373];
ministerial revolutions, iii. [157];
affairs in North America, [169];
again threatens invasion, [184];
her perfidy, [222];
her bankruptcy, [223];
alarmed at her own reverses, proposes peace, [236].
Frederick, King of Prussia, political jealousy of, on the part of George II., i. [104];
his junction with French policy in the affairs of Germany, and attack upon British interests, [204], vide [Prussia];
his successes in Bohemia, iii. [12];
defeats Marshal Brown in the battle of Prague, [14];
defeated by Count Daun, [36];
defeats the Russians, [57];
further victories, [80];
takes Breslau, [90];
opens a glorious campaign, [121], et seq.;
invades Bohemia, [138];
battle of Custrin, [138];
defeated at Hochkerchen, [148];
takes advantage of English liberality, [174];
campaign of 1759, [200];
saves Berlin, after defeat, [204].
French players, dislike of the populace to, i. [13].
—— driven from Quebec, iii. [283], [289].
Furnese, Harry, made a Lord of the Treasury, and why, ii. [141].
Galissoniere, the French Admiral, affair of, at Minorca, ii. [215], [225].
Gardiner, Luke, interferes in the party politics of Ireland, i. [356].
Garter, order of, honours granted on Pitt’s coming into administration, ii. [274]; iii. [34].
Gates (afterwards General), military and political anecdote, i. [400].
Geary, Capt. Francis, extraordinary conduct in regard to Byng’s trial, ii. [343].
GEORGE I., anecdote of the cancelling of his will, iii. [308];
burnt his own queen’s will, [313];
notice of his mistresses, [315].
GEORGE II. Return from Hanover in 1751, i. [3];
harshness towards the South Sea Company, [6];
approves of the young Whigs in parliament, [21];
his patronage of General Anstruther, [61];
candid opinion respecting his ministers, [62];
refuses to hear Bishop Secker preach at the Royal Chapel, [65];
behaviour on the demise of the Prince of Wales, [78];
marked condescension and tenderness to the prince’s family, [83];
conduct on the regency settlement, [99];
anecdote of his love of money, [105];
observations on the Commons’ amendments to the Regency Bill, [157], [158];
extraordinary self-command under political differences, [174];
his character, [175];
curious anecdote of his love of money, [176];
dislike to Lord Sandwich, and why, [187];
change of ministry and triumph of the Pelhams, [194];
gives advice to the new minister, and a reprimand to the Pelhams, [198], [199];
conversation with Mr. Fox, on the Duke of Cumberland’s dangerous accident, [212];
paternal feelings on the loss of his children, [227];
political interference with the election of the Romans, [240], [241];
visits Hanover in 1752, attended by the Duke of Newcastle, [278];
unlucky in his German alliances, [288];
returns to England, [289];
curbed by ministers in church preferments, [292];
his conduct respecting the charges against the prince’s tutors, [283], [309];
judicious conduct in the cabinet respecting the accusations against Fox, on occasion of the Marriage Bill, [352];
haughty reply to Lord Kildare’s memorial on the affairs of Ireland, [355];
his political character and influence in the state towards the close of his life, [376];
his feelings on the death of Pelham, [378];
his objections to Legge as a cabinet minister, [381];
conversation with Fox, on his declining the seals, [386];
also in regard to his partial opposition, [417];
informs the Commons of the French preparations for war, ii. [18];
determines to revisit Hanover, [20];
is alarmed for the safety of that electorate, [33], [34];
returns, just as opposition begins to the German treaties, [41];
comes to an accommodation with the King of Prussia respecting Germany, [152];
his feelings towards Hanover, [170];
bon mot of Doddington on his avarice, [186];
proposes taking the prince from his mother’s tuition, [207], et seq.;
his feelings on the change of ministry and Pitt’s accession to power, [254], [266];
refuses to read Pitt’s long speech, and sends it back to be shortened, [276];
sends a complimentary gratulation to the French king on his escape from assassination, which is well received, [283];
deceived by the Newcastle administration in regard to Byng, [294], [306];
refuses Pitt’s solicitation for mercy, [331];
but consents to a temporary reprieve, ib.;
his dislike to long speeches in the cabinet, [378];
left without a ministry in 1757, iii. [11];
Hanover occupied by the French, [12];
refuses their offer of neutrality for that electorate, ib.;
demands support from parliament during the contests of parties for power, [16];
his personal feelings strongly expressed, [30];
loses Hanover for a time, [36];
conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, [59];
anecdotes of munificence, [100];
prohibits Sackville’s appearance at court, [273];
death, [302];
character of, [303], [304], [305].
GEORGE III., vide [Prince George].
German Treaties, and their consequences, ii. [34], et seq., [103].
Germany, political state of, in 1751, i. [7];
unfortunate turn of politics there, [81];
our politics in regard to the election of the Archduke Joseph of Austria, as king of the Romans, [204];
affairs arranged with the King of Prussia, ii. [152];
Empress-Queen joins with France, [219], [220];
origin and causes of the war, [231], [232];
a French army sent to the Rhine, [373];
Hanover occupied by the French, its neutrality offered by them, but rejected, iii. [12];
successes of the King of Prussia in Bohemia, [13];
campaign of 1757, [57];
convention of Closter Seven, [58];
campaign of 1758, [90];
successes of the King of Prussia and Prince Ferdinand, [123], [127], et seq.;
state of the English army, [147];
advantages taken of English liberality, [174];
campaign of 1759, [188];
Pitt labours to increase our army there, [226];
objects of the war, [247];
campaign of 1760 in, [289-297].
Gibraltar, vide [Byng], [Minorca], and [Galissoniere].
Gibson, the upholsterer, contumacy on the Westminster petition, i. [22];
committed to Newgate, ib.;
petitions, is reprimanded and released, [32].
Gilbert, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, at York, ii. [374].
Gin Bill, proceedings on, i. [44], [66], [106].
Gooch, Bishop of Ely, political and ecclesiastical character, i. [148].
Goree, captured, iii. [169].
Gower, Lord, his political character, i. [188];
death and political influence, [422].
Gower family, connexion with the Bedfords, i. [3];
resentment of the Jacobites, [13];
Westminster politics, [17], et seq.;
connexion with the Pelham faction, in opposition to the Bedfords, [188];
resignation of Lord Trentham from the Admiralty, in opposition to his father’s wishes, [192];
the young Lord Gower receives the privy seal, ii. [139].
Grafton, Duke of, political repartee, i. [48];
character of, and anecdotes, [180], [181].
Granby, Marquis of, observations on the affair of the Highland regiments, ii. [301];
appointed Colonel of the Blues, and serves at St. Maloes, iii. [124];
second in command in Germany, [147];
battle of Minden, [194], et seq.
Granville, Lord, political retrospect in 1746, i. [6], [9];
further, [105];
in a speech on committal of the Regency Bill, developes the insidious policy of the French court, [121], [122];
character and anecdotes of, [168], [197];
political administration, [170];
suspected of jacobitism, ibid.;
dislike to Pitt, [170];
his conduct during the rebellion, [171], et seq.;
becomes president of the council, [194];
judicious and well-timed speech on the Saxon treaty, [252], [253];
refuses the premiership, when offered to him by the Duke of Newcastle, ii. [43].
Gray, Mr., his election petition from Colchester, i. [409].
Gray, the poet, declines the laureateship, iii. [82].
Great Seal put in commission, ii. [273].
Grenville interest, parliamentary conduct in 1751, i. [13].
Grenville, George, opens charges in the House of Commons of bribery on the part of France, ii. [82].
Grierson, Mr., a minister, convicted of illegal marriages, and 1400 dissolved thereby, ii. [155].
Guadaloupe, capture of, iii. [170].
Guerini, Father, character of, ii. [408].
Habeas Corpus, affair of, in Parliament, iii. [101], [103], [112].
Hale, Colonel, offers to lead the footmen and chairmen of London against the best troops of France, iii. [234].
Half-pay officers in the army, first subjected to military law, i. [38].
Halifax, Lord, attempts to bring the West Indian Colonies under the Board of Trade, i. [199], [220];
character, [397];
supports the Saxon treaty in the House of Lords, [251];
his exertions at the Board of Trade, to save the colonies from the ignorance of his colleagues, [397];
supports Byng’s cause in the House of Lords, ii. [353].
Hamilton, Lady Archibald, anecdote of, i. [74].
Hamilton, Sir James, an Irish patriot, his honesty, i. [368].
Hamilton, William Gerard, his extraordinary introduction into political life, ii. [44];
first speech, [51];
in office, [140].
Hampden, Mr., parliamentary attack upon Pitt and Lyttelton, i. [18].
Hampshire, an election there betrays Lord Bute’s secret politics, under the auspices of the Prince’s influence, iii. [237].
Hanover, the King’s return from, in 1751, i. [1], [3];
political pamphlets respecting, [11];
political regulations and jealousies respecting, on the regency question, [104];
its dangers from French invasion, and the king’s consequent alarm, ii. [33], [34];
occupied by the French, its neutrality offered by them, but rejected by the king, iii. [12];
occupied by the French in 1758, [104].
Hanoverian troops sent for, to guard against invasion, ii. [186].
Harcourt, Lord, appointed governor of Prince George, i. [86];
punctilious nicety in the education of Prince George, [284];
his loss of royal favour, [289], et seq.;
his speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, [323].
Hard labour in the dock-yards proposed, to commute transportation, i. [255].
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, draws up the Regency Bill; its despotic character, i. [115];
his speech, [120];
political character and anecdotes, [158], [159];
reasons for his conduct on the affair of the regency, [160];
political intimacy with the Duke of Newcastle, [161];
his speech in reply to the Duke of Bedford, on the Scottish Colonization Bill, [268];
his conduct in the affair of Fawcett’s accusation against the Solicitor-General, for drinking the Pretender’s health, [309];
speech on the affair of the charges against the prince’s tutors, [321];
his speech on passing the Marriage Bill, [348];
resigns the seals on Pitt’s coming into administration in 1756, ii. [273];
his conduct in regard to Admiral Byng’s trial, [317];
refuses the seals on Pitt’s coalition with Fox, iii. [33];
opposes the Militia Bill, [40].
Harley, Lord, speech on the Regency Bill, i. [144];
moves for declaring against subsidiary treaties in time of peace, [254].
HARRINGTON, Earl of, (William) political and biographical notice of, i. [3], et seq., notes.
Harris, commissioner of wine licences, violent speech in the Commons on the abolition of his office, ii. [375].
Hartington, Lord, political manœuvre between Pitt and the Whigs, i. [13];
Westminster petition, [19], [20];
his share in the ministerial negotiations on the death of Pelham, [381];
succeeds the Duke of Dorset as Irish Viceroy, ii. [3], [18], [20], [23].
—Vide [Devonshire].
Hastenbecke, battle of, and defeat of the Duke of Cumberland, iii. [36].
Havre-de-Grace bombarded, iii. [186].
Hawke, Sir Edward, his naval operations, ii. [32];
sent to supersede Byng in the Mediterranean, [215];
takes the naval command in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. [50];
attacks the French fleet under Conflans, and destroys them, [231].
Hawley, General, his military severity, i. [103];
selected as the propagator of a pretended memorial on the prince’s education, and why, [302].
Hayter, Dr., vide [Norwich] (Bp. of).
Heinnech, Monsieur, notice of, ii. [408], [409].
Henley, afterwards Lord Northington, character of, i. [96];
impartial exercise of his office as a member of parliament, [108];
appointed lord keeper in the Pitt and Newcastle administration, in 1757, iii. [33].
Hensey, Dr., convicted of treason, iii. [130].
Herring, Archbishop, political and ecclesiastical character, i. [148];
interference in, and intrigues respecting, the education of the princes, [283], [290], et seq.;
death and character, ii. [374].
Hertford, Earl of, appointed ambassador to Paris, in 1755, and why, ii. [2].
Hesse-Cassel, Prince of, turns papist, i. [405].
Hessian troops, sent for to assist against invasion, ii. [155], [185].
Highland regiments raised for American service, ii. [300].
Highlands of Scotland, defended from the charge of jacobitism in the House of Commons, as early as 1754, ii. [15].
Hillsborough, Lord, parliamentary character, i. [80];
speech on the Regency Bill, [145];
supports the Bill for the purchase and colonization of the Scottish forfeited estates, [259];
political error and delay in the debate on the German treaties, ii. [49];
projects a union of Ireland with Great Britain as early as 1757, iii. [239].
History, observations on, i. [373], et seq.
Hoadley, Bishop, political excellence, i. [148].
Hochkerchen, battle of, iii. [148].
Holbourn, Admiral, commands on the American station, iii. [40].
Holderness, Earl of, character and accession to power, i. [198];
disgrace at court for playing at blindman’s buff, [289];
becomes secretary of state in Pitt’s administration in 1757, iii. [31];
extraordinary notification to Lord G. Sackville, on his demand of a court martial, [251];
further proceedings, [252].
Holland, Lord, vide [Fox].
——, extraordinary change of politics there, on the death of the Prince of Orange, i. [207];
disputes with, in 1758, iii. [139], [169].
Holmes, Captain Charles, unhappy misunderstandings on the question of Byng’s court-martial, ii. [340], [342].
Home, Lord, parliamentary quarrel with A. H. Campbell, i. [19].
Home, the author of Douglas, pensioned by the Princess dowager, iii. [39].
Horn Tavern, the, remarkable as the first place of meeting of the Tories, as a distinct political party for general purposes, ii. [12].
Howe, Captain, commences the naval war with France by the capture of three ships of war, ii. [27];
naval and political character, expedition to Rochfort, iii. [50], [51].
Howe, Lord, succeeds to the title, on the fall of his brother, iii. [135];
gallantry in Hawke’s action, [232].
Hume of Munderson, Mr., a furious jacobite in Scotland, yet patronized, i. [266].
Hutchinson, Hely, his Irish politics, iii. [245], [246].
Hutton, Archbishop, i. [148];
promoted to Canterbury, ii. [374].
Invasion of England threatened by a French armament in the Isle of Rhée, ii. [20];
threats of, by France, in 1759, iii. [186];
general plan of, defeated by Hawke’s victory, [232];
French measures pursued in Ireland in aid of it, [239], [244].
Ireland, removal of Lord Harrington from viceroyship, i. [5];
appointment thereto of the Duke of Dorset, [5];
judicious observations of Lord Hillsborough on the Protestant settling of mountain districts, [260];
affairs in 1752, and history of the factions there, [278], et seq.;
further troubles, [354];
intrigues in parliament, [356];
factious disputes, [362], [363];
successes of opposition, [367], et seq.;
theatrical and political riots, [389];
results of the Newcastle administration, [390];
Lord Hartington succeeds the Duke of Dorset, ii. [3], [18];
its state in 1755, [23];
general politics on the arrival of Lord Hartington, [23], et seq.;
division of the vice-treasurership, [153];
state of, in 1756, [183];
a change of ministry gives the viceroyship to the Duke of Bedford, [271];
affairs in 1757, iii. [14], [68], [69];
violence of parties in 1758, [91];
proposed union in 1759, [239];
Thurot’s piratical expedition, [262], et seq.
Irish parliament, experiments tried on it by Hely Hutchinson, and anecdote of Sir Richard Cox, iii. [245], [246].
Isle of Aix, expedition to, iii. [48], et seq.
Jacobites, supposed political attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. [9];
dislike to the Gowers, [13];
their activity and caution on the Westminster election, [17];
their ingenuity in saving their consciences under oaths and salaries, [33];
death of the last active one, Sir John Cotton, [255];
anecdotes of their conduct in the rebellion in Scotland, and subsequent patronage, [266].
Jacobitism silenced towards the year 1752, i. [239];
receives its death blow by the Tories uniting for party politics distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. [12], et seq.
Jamaica, charges of tyranny at, against admiral Knowles, but they fail, ii. [152].
Jansen, Alderman, defends the conduct of the sheriffs in releasing Murray from Newgate, i. [212].
Jenyns, Soames, comes into office, ii. [140].
Jesuits, their state and opinions in France and the attempted murder of Louis XV., ii. [279], et seq.;
their influence in Portugal, and its consequences to their Order, iii. [142], et seq.
Jew Bill of Naturalization, warm opposition to, i. [357], et seq.
Jews exempted in the Marriage Bill, i. [340].
Johnson, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, proposed as preceptor to the princes, i. [291], [314].
Johnson, Sir William, gains a victory in Canada, ii. [46].
Jones, Neville, his prosecution in Ireland, through party principles, i. [280], [364].
Justice, instance of political, in Pitt’s conduct on Byng’s affair, ii. [349].
Kaunitz, Count, politics and foppish effeminacy, ii. [234].
Keene, Sir Benjamin, diplomatic services at the court of Spain, previous to the war of 1756, i. [398]; ii. [33].
Keith, the Mayfair parson, anecdotes of his marriages and burials, i. [339].
Keppel, Captain, afterwards admiral, one of Byng’s court-martial, his feelings on the approaching execution, ii. [339], [348];
requests to be absolved from his oath, [334], [349], [364];
gallantry in Hawke’s action, iii. [232].
Kildare, Earl of, presents a memorial to the King against the Duke of Dorset, i. [354];
party politics during the Bedford administration, in Ireland, iii. [72], et seq., [95], et seq.
King, Dr., anecdote of, ii. [374].
Knowles, Admiral, charged by Beckford with tyranny in Jamaica, but cleared triumphantly in the House, ii. [152].
Lancaster, duchy of, regulations of that office, and political demands for it, iii. [23].
Land Tax of three shillings opposed, but carried, i. [32];
moved by Pelham, accompanied by a pitiful system of national policy, [218], et seq.
Laudohn, Marshal, defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. [294].
Lawyers, parliamentary character of, in politics, i. [149].
Lee, Sir George, anecdotes of, i. [90], [91];
biographical notice of, ib.;
political errors, in the debate on army estimates, [214];
as lord chief justice appointed chancellor of the exchequer pro tempore, on the death of Pelham, [378];
quits Leicester-house politics, disgusted by Pitt’s influence with the princess dowager, iii. [28].
Legge, H. B., Lord Stawell, character and anecdotes, i. [190], [191];
becomes chancellor of the exchequer under the Duke of Newcastle, [381];
refuses to sign the German subsidiary treaties, in opposition to the Duke of Newcastle, ii. [35];
his share in the changes of administration on the Duke of Newcastle’s resignation, [265];
humane observations in the House of Commons pending the question of Byng’s trial, [340];
offers the House of Commons to serve in office without salary, provided others would, [375].
Leicester-House politics, influence and interference in ministerial arrangements, on the rupture of Pitt and Fox, ii. [39].
Leveson, William, political independence and loss of patronage, i. [226].
Louis XV., extraordinary change of feeling in France towards him in old age, i. [216], et seq.;
some notices of his amours, and their whimsical results, [334], [335];
his contests with the parliament of Paris; loss of popularity, and attempted assassination, ii. [280], et seq.
Libels, extraordinary conduct of Lord Mansfield, respecting one on the Princess Amelia, ii. [221].
Ligonier, General, obliges the king with a church-living, i. [292];
loses the ordnance to make room for the Duke of Marlborough, ii. [139];
his character and services, ib.
Limerick, James, Viscount, political character, i. [25];
political censure and animadversions on the Regency Bill, [142], [143].
Lincoln, Lord, political character of, i. [85].
Lisbon destroyed by an earthquake, ii. [77];
assisted by the parliament, [78].
Litchfield, Lord, his political character, iii. [166].
Lochiel, Laird of, his share in the rebellion, i. [353].
London, Bishop of, objects to the despotic powers granted by the Regency Bill, i. [115].
London, City of, invidious remarks of Lord Nugent on the question of the Gin Bill, i. [44];
conduct of the sheriffs in releasing Murray from Newgate impugned in the House and defended by Jansen, [211], [212];
absurdity of its politics during the contest for power between Pitt, Fox, and Newcastle, ii. [264];
a petition in favour of Admiral Byng proposed by four Tory aldermen, and fails, [368].
Lonsdale, Henry, Viscount, death and character, i. [20].
LORDS, House of, session of 1751, i. [8];
affair of the constitutional queries, [10];
bill brought in to reform the old style, [50];
address of condolence on demise of the Princess of Wales, [80];
alterations in the Regency Bill, [115];
go into committee on the bill, [116];
third reading of the bill, [122];
amendments from the Commons to the Regency Bill, explained and agreed to, [156];
close of the session, [200];
a new session opens, [208];
adjournment and remarkable cessation of opposition, [228];
House meets in 1752, [241];
Saxon treaty debated, [244];
opposition by the Duke of Bedford, ib.;
state of parties in the House, [263];
bill for colonizing the Scottish forfeited estates, opposed by the Duke of Bedford, [264];
prorogation, [275];
session of 1753, [293];
affair of the prince’s education brought forward by the Duke of Bedford, [310], [329];
affair of the Marriage Bill, [336], et seq.;
bill for naturalizing the Jews, [359];
absurd motion of Lord Powlet on the King’s going to Hanover, ii. [20];
proceedings on the coalition of Fox and Bedford, the German treaties, French war, &c., [48], [103], et seq.;
debates on the Swiss regiments for American service, [175];
Militia Bill rejected, [202];
a speaker chosen, on the resignation of the lord chancellor, [274];
punish the author of a spurious royal speech, [277];
affairs of Byng’s court-martial, and bill from the Commons to absolve the court from oath of secrecy, [351];
debates, ib. et seq.;
bill dropped, [366];
engaged on the Militia Bill, iii. [11];
affair of the Navy Bill, [105];
Habeas Corpus, [112].
Lottery, a guinea one, proposed for the supplies, in Pitt’s administration, ii. [301].
Loudun, Earl of; comments on America, iii. [39], [40].
Lovat, Lord, erroneous declaration before the peers, as to his Scottish estates, i. [257].
Love-à-la-mode, its performance opposed by Lord Bute, but in vain, iii. [250];
its copy sent for by the king, and read to him, ib.
Loyd, Sir Richard, judicious observations on Anstruther’s case, and on the Act of Grace, i. [108].
Lucas, Mr. or Dr., at the head of the discontented in Ireland, i. [279].
Lyttelton, Col. R., disclaims jacobitism in parliament, i. [10];
opposes the Mutiny Bill, [38];
political anecdotes of himself and family, ii. [307].
Lyttelton, George, Lord, character of, i. [39];
political intrigues discovered by the opening of a letter, [201], [202];
his character, ib.;
joins the Newcastle administration, and manages for his friends, [387];
breach with Pitt, its history and anecdotes, [414], [416];
becomes chancellor of the exchequer, over the ruins of his old friends, ii. [63];
again courts Pitt, [102];
awkwardness at first moving the supplies as chancellor, and squabble with Pitt, [153];
made a peer, [272];
introduced by Smollett, in very abusive terms, in Roderick Random, iii. [259].
Macklyn, ludicrous anecdote of his Love-à-la-mode, iii. [250].
Madox, Dr. (Bishop of Worcester), speech on the charges against the Prince’s tutors, i. [331];
death and eminent clerical character, iii. [215].
Malagrida, the Jesuit, his conduct and fate, iii. [145];
vide [Portugal].
Malone, Mr., his character and factious politics in Ireland, i. [282].
Mansfield, Earl of, vide [Murray].
Marchmont, Earl of, difference as a speaker in court-favour and in opposition, i. [293];
unprecedented severity of conduct in the Lords upon Byng’s affair, ii. [366].
Marlborough, Charles, Duke of, takes parliamentary notice of the Jacobite attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. [10];
his speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, [328];
interferes in county election in Oxfordshire, [406];
in projected ministerial changes, [419];
commands in the expedition to St. Maloes, iii. [124];
its effects upon the German campaign, [127].
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, her political feelings in death, i. [53].
Marriage Bill sent down from the Lords; further and final proceedings thereon, i. [340], et seq.;
its history, ib.
Marriages dissolved in a most unfeeling manner, to an immense amount, by virtue of the new Act, ii. [155].
Marriages, royal, first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. [146].
Martin, Mr., his political inconsistency on the Regency Bill, &c., i. [136].
Martin, Mr., (the West Indian), his speech against standing armies, i. [26];
opposes the repeal of the Plantation Act, [364].
Martinico, miscarriage at, iii. [170].
Mason, the poet, declines the laureateship, iii. [82].
Masquerades, abolished on account of the Lisbon earthquake, iii. [98].
Mayfair weddings, their history, i. [338].
Meat, proposed excise on it, ii. [181].
Methodism, its effects on society, iii. [97], et seq.
Memoirs, contemporary, their value; Voltaire’s opinion on, iii. [249].
Middlesex, county of, accused of jacobitism in the House of Commons, ii. [15].
Middlesex, Lord, character and appointment in the princess’s household, i. [96].
Middlesex, Lady, anecdotes of, i. [76].
Middleton, Dr. Conyers, his controversial writings attacking Christianity, i. [147].
Militia recommended by Fox on the opening of the war, ii. [97], et seq.;
riots throughout the kingdom, in the apprehension of the regiments being sent abroad, iii. [41];
plan first proposed to march them out of their counties in case of invasion, [184].
Militia Bill for Scotland, parliamentary proceedings on, iii. [280].
Minden, battle of, iii. [191], et seq.;
vide [Sackville].
Ministry, expected changes in 1751, i. [1], et seq.;
whimsical candour of George II., [62];
differences between the Bedford and Newcastle parties, [81];
affair of the regency on the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales, [104], et seq.;
political neglect of the Duke of Bedford in the cabinet by the Pelhams, [161], [162];
further intrigues of the Pelhams to displace the Duke of Bedford, [184], et seq.;
dismissal of Lord Sandwich, through the Pelham interest, [190];
change of ministry, and resignation of the Duke of Bedford, [194];
conduct and character of the Pelhams in regard to foreign affairs and to national insults, [204];
state of politics at the opening of 1752, [239];
opposition of the Pelhams by the Duke of Bedford, [242];
proposed policy for tranquillizing Scotland, [268], et seq.;
manœuvres of opposition in 1753, [298], et seq.;
difference of opinion in the cabinet on the pretended memorial respecting the prince’s education, [304];
differences of Fox and the chancellor on the Marriage Bill, [342];
forced to repeal the Jew Naturalization Bill, [359], et seq.;
death of Mr. Pelham, and its consequences, [370], et seq., [378];
difficulties in appointing his successor, ib.;
new one formed, [387];
pacific character of the Pelham and Newcastle administrations, leads to insults and encroachments on the part of France, [392];
extraordinary conduct of the Newcastle administration when the French began the war in America, [400];
appearances of opposition in parliament, [407];
alarm at Pitt’s opposition, [417];
projected changes in, [418];
approaching war with France; changes in consequence of the death of Lord Gower, ii. [2];
the Newcastle administration first supported by the Tories, on their uniting as a political party, distinct from jacobitism, [12];
political manœuvre to silence Fox, [21];
divisions in the cabinet against the Duke of Newcastle on the German subsidiary treaties, [35];
disunion of Fox and Pitt, [37];
refusal of Pitt, and consent of Fox, to support the German treaties, [41], et seq.;
decline of Newcastle’s power, and coalition of Fox with the Bedford party, [45], [46], et seq.;
further changes in favour of the Bedford party, [139], [140];
heavy charges of pensions in consequence, [143];
state of, at the breaking out of the war, [154];
divisions on the calling in of foreign troops, [184];
conduct in the affair of Byng, [190], [194], et seq., [208];
Fox’s resignation, and its consequences, [252], et seq.;
resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, and Pitt’s accession to power, [272], et seq.;
changes settled, [274];
state of the cabinet, [284];
events leading to the dismissal of Pitt and his friends, [376], [377];
new administration, iii. [2];
difficulties in its formation, [11], [24], [26];
Pitt and Newcastle again come in, [31];
political review of Pitt’s administration, [84];
and cabinet, [85];
jealousies of Newcastle, [181];
resignation of Lord Temple, [228].
Minorca, affairs of courts-martial under Gen. Anstruther brought before parliament, i. [42], [56], et seq.;
debates respecting its defence, ii. [70];
attacked by the French, [190], [209], et seq., [217], vide [Byng];
parliamentary inquiry into its loss, iii. [7], et seq.
Mirepoix, Mons. de, French ambassador, returns without taking leave, ii. [28];
his character, i. [203];
disliked by the Pelhams, [204].
Mobs in Ireland; their rejoicings on the success of the Castle opposition in 1753, i. [367].
Monks of Portugal, their ingenuity in smuggling money on board of English ships of war, i. [256].
Montcalm, General, vide [Quebec].
Montreal taken from the French, iii. [288].
Moore, Captain, one of Byng’s judges, joins in an application to the throne for mercy, ii. [318].
Mordaunt, Sir John, his character, i. [110];
opposes the parliamentary purchase of the forfeited estates, [258];
entrusted with the attack on Rochfort, iii. [45], et seq.;
inquiry, [75].
Moyenska, Countess, notice of, ii. [410].
Munchausen, Baron, the Hanoverian minister in England, his conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, iii. [60].
Murphy, Miss, supplants Madame Pompadour in the heart of Louis XV., and produces a whimsical alarm, i. [334].
Murray, Mr. A., conduct on the Westminster election, i. [17], et seq., [22];
refuses to kneel, [29];
further proceedings in the House upon his case, [34], [35];
further insolence towards the House of Commons, [85];
Habeas Corpus granted by the Court of King’s Bench, [114];
but is remanded, [115];
released from Newgate on the prorogation of the House of Commons, [201];
but is remanded in the ensuing session, [208];
absconds, [211].
Murray, James (nominal Earl of Dunbar), his character and politics in service of the Pretender, i. [286].
Murray, Lord John, his prudence in regard to political attack, i. [44].
Murray, Solicitor-General (Lord Mansfield), supports the Bavarian subsidy, i. [48];
speech on second reading of the Regency Bill, [131];
parliamentary contest with Fox on the Regency Bill, [150];
affair of the dissensions on the education of the young princes, [284], [290], et seq.;
drinking the Pretender’s health, [305];
his elaborate and well-written confutation of the French memorial on the Silesian loan, [297];
looked to as a candidate for the premiership on Pelham’s death, [379];
becomes lord chief justice, and is made a peer, anecdotes, &c., ii. [223], [227];
his conduct on the bill for absolving Byng’s court-martial; severe conduct towards Byng, with observations, [351], [352].
Murray, General, defeated at Quebec, iii. [284].
Mutiny Bill, modern opposition to, i. [35], et seq.;
curious question of the King of Denmark in regard to its preamble, [253].
Names of princes, taken from English history, curious anecdote of, i. [201].
Naples, affairs of, on the death of the King of Spain, iii. [205].
National debt, observations on, in 1758, iii. [151].
Naturalization Bill brought forward, i. [44], [54];
thrown out, [92].
Navy, diminished number of seamen voted, i. [17];
Lord Anson proposes a severe naval code, but fails, [38];
an increased vote of seamen proposed by Lord Barrington, [211];
approaching war with France, ii. [1];
a fleet ordered to watch the French motions in America, [22];
vote for seamen, [67];
debates on a Prize Bill, [78];
state of naval force at the opening of the war, [195];
consequences of Byng’s trial, [295];
affair of the Navy Bill, iii. [105].
Newcastle, Duke of, disagreement with the Duke of Bedford, i. [1];
betrays the interests of the South Sea Company in the treaty with Spain, [7];
political adoption of intrepidity, [9];
political and family differences, [47];
conduct on regency question after demise of the Prince of Wales, [99];
speech on the committal of the Regency Bill, [120];
political anecdote in forming the bill, [128];
explains the Commons’ amendments to the Lords, and carries the bill, [156];
his power secured, [161];
his character and anecdotes, [162], [163];
political ingratitude to Sir Robert Walpole, [164];
further anecdotes, [183];
fear of the sea, and whimsical expedition to Hanover, [184];
dismisses Lord Sandwich from office, [190];
produces the resignation of the Duke of Bedford, [193];
jealousy of Mr. Fox, on an illness of the Duke of Cumberland, [213];
his inferiority as a politician, [239];
political influence at opening of 1752, and why, [239], [240];
inefficient reply to the opposition of the Duke of Bedford on the Saxon treaty, [247];
debate on the Scottish Colonization Bill, and inefficient answer to the Duke of Bedford, [274];
whimsical mode of guarding against the dangers of the sea, on a visit to Hanover, [278];
his alarm at the pretended memorial respecting the education of the Prince of Wales, [302];
his long and very extraordinary speech in the House on that affair, [327];
parliamentary sparring with the Duke of Bedford, [329];
moves the repeal of the Jew Naturalization Bill, [359];
Walpolian sarcasms, [373];
becomes first minister on the death of his brother, [381];
reserves the management of the secret-service money in his own hands, [382];
perfidy and breach of promise to Fox, [384];
his political inefficiency, [388];
striking inattention to colonial affairs while secretary of state, [396];
geographical and political ignorance, [396];
professes to remove abuses, yet encourages them, [399];
secret instigator of the law-suit respecting Richmond Park, [401];
alarmed by the conduct of Pitt, [415];
receives the support of the Tories, who now first unite as a political party, distinct from jacobitism, ii. [12], et seq.;
interference in the appointment of the temporary regency, on the king’s visit to Hanover, [22];
conduct on Irish politics, [25], et seq.;
first decline of his power on the subsidiary German treaties, [35], [43], [45];
tampers with Pitt for their support, but fails, [40], [41];
applies to Fox, and succeeds, [41];
offers to resign in a fright, [43];
objects to Fox’s friends, [141];
heavy charges of pensions brought on the nation by his caprices, [143];
conduct on the calling in of foreign troops, [184];
his plan of separating the prince from his mother, &c., [221];
political fears of quarrelling with Leicester-house, [249];
affair of Fox’s resignation, [252];
resolves to resign, [262];
resigns, [272];
extraordinary story in regard to Byng’s affair, [285];
another most extraordinary anecdote respecting the duchess in that affair, [371];
political difference with Fox, iii. [3];
approaches of Pitt towards conciliation, [4];
further negotiations, [11], [15];
political character and irresolution, [21];
comes again into power with Pitt, [31];
differences and anecdotes, [95];
influence of office under Pitt, [174];
grows jealous of him, [181];
conduct towards Lord G. Sackville, [254].
Newcastle, Duchess of, most extraordinary anecdote respecting Byng’s execution, ii. [371].
Newdigate, Sir Roger, his speech for the repeal of the Plantation Act, i. [365].
Newmarket, its sports set in the balance against the affairs of the nation, ii. [380].
New Road first proposed, but objected to, ii. [186];
carried, and afterwards extended by its opponents, [187].
Niagara taken by Sir William Johnson, iii. [211].
Norris, Admiral, strange incompetency when examined before the Lords, in Byng’s case, ii. [362].
North, Lord, his character, and removal from governorship of Prince George, i. [86].
Northumberland, Earl of, moves address in the House of Lords, in 1751, i. [8];
gives a pointed refusal of resignation to the Duke of Newcastle, iii. [27].
Norwich, Bishop of, engaged in the education of the Prince of Wales, i. [87], [283];
dissensions in that establishment, [289];
speech in Parliament, [325].
Notes of parliamentary debates first mentioned in the House of Commons, ii. [108].
Nova Scotia, affairs of, i. [62], [68], [81].
Nugent, Lord, absurd parliamentary conduct, i. [20];
his character, and anecdotes, [45], [46];
refused by the people of Bristol as the king’s nominee, under most unprecedented circumstances, [355];
his absurd speech, defending ministers against the attacks of Pitt, ii. [92];
his parliamentary conduct on Byng’s affair, [336], [338].
Oleron, attack on, iii. [54].
Onslow, Mr. Speaker, witty remark on his official conduct, i. [21];
reprimands Mr. Crowle on the Westminster election, ib.;
quarrels with Lord Coke, [28];
contemptuous treatment of him by Mr. Murray, [29], [30];
impressive speech on the Regency Bill, [126];
his character, [129];
spiritedly rebuked by Pitt in the debate on Byng’s affair, ii. [350];
attacked by the rioters on the Militia Bill, iii. [41];
speech on the Scottish Sheriff Depute Bill, ii. [15].
Opposition, remarkable cessation of, i. [228], [239];
a systematic one now commences, ii. [151];
junction of Pitt’s friends and the Tories against the new Fox administration, iii. [3].
Orange, Prince of, his death, and anecdotes of his marriage, i. [206];
political consequences in Holland, [207].
Orange, Princess of, her extraordinary marriage, i. [206];
ambition, character, and politics, [207], [208].
Oratorical Club, a school for rhetoric, i. [42].
Oratory, parliamentary, its difference under court-favour, or in opposition, i. [293].
Ordnance, master-general of, pay first raised to 10s. per day by the Duke of Marlborough, in 1757, ii. [303].
Orford, second Earl of, his death, i. [84].
Orford, Lord, anecdote of, and the Duke of Newcastle, iii. [30].
Orleans, Père d’, his book causes dissensions at Leicester-house, i. [289].
Oswald, Mr. Commissioner, parliamentary debut and progress, i. [59].
Oxfordshire, a little kingdom of jacobitism, i. [406];
election, political manœuvres relating to it in the House of Commons, first bring into play the modern party designation of Whigs and Tories, distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. [12], [20].
Oxford University, attacked by Pitt in the House of Commons with charges of jacobitism, i. [413];
contest for the chancellorship on the death of the Earl of Arran, iii. [166].
Parliament, meets in 1751, i. [8];
proceedings respecting the treasonable papers attacking the Duke of Cumberland, [10];
debate on diminished vote of seamen, [12], [17];
transactions on the Westminster petition against Lord Trentham, [13], et seq.;
witty observation of Mr. Crowle at the bar of the Commons, [21];
Murray brought to the bar, [22];
refuses to kneel, and is re-committed to Newgate, [29];
debate on the staff, [31];
—see further [Lords] and [Commons]—
regency business arranged, [115], et seq.;
political character of lawyers in the legislature, [149], [150];
the session ended, and the political consequence, [200];
a new session opens, in 1751, [208];
adjournment, and remarkable cessation of opposition, [228], [239];
opens after the recess, in 1752, [241];
consideration of the treaty with Saxony, [242];
colonization of the Scottish forfeited estates, [256], et seq.;
bill passes the Lords, [275];
prorogation, ib.;
session of 1753, [293], et seq.;
affair of the charges against the prince’s tutors, [303], et seq.;
proceedings on the Marriage Bill, [336], et seq.;
opens again with the Jew Bill, [357];
adjourns on Pelham’s death, [378];
dissolved under the Newcastle administration, and an accommodating new one chosen, [391];
session of 1754 opens, [403];
first union of the Tories as a party for general political purposes, and thereby forming the leading distinctions of Whig and Tory in the state, without reference to the Stuart succession, ii. [12];
first meeting after the coalition of Fox and Bedford, [48];
first notice of reporters and taking of notes in the Commons, [108];
eloquence reviewed, [144], et seq.;
session of 1756 opens, [150];
meeting after Pitt’s coming into power, [276];
its support demanded by the king during the contests of parties, iii. [16];
session of 1758, [87], [149];
session of 1759, [224].
Parliamentary orators of 1755, characters of, ii. [145], [148].
Party feeling, extraordinary instance of, i. [183].
Parties, state of, in the year 1752, i. [262], [263].
Patriots, spurious, how made, and why, i. [33].
Peerages, refusal of one in Ireland, and why, i. [282].
Pelham, Right Hon. Henry, his political suavity, i. [3];
parliamentary discussion on the constitutional queries, [11];
political inconsistency, [18];
financial expertness, [32];
political and family differences, [47];
proposes the subsidy to Bavaria, [48];
excites surprise by supporting the Naturalization Bill, [54];
conduct in regard to the auditorship of the exchequer, [84], [85];
conduct on the regency affair, in regard to the Princess of Wales, [104];
carries the bill on a first reading, [122];
his feelings on the opposition of Speaker Onslow, [128];
speech on third reading of the Regency Bill, [153], [154], [155];
power secured by the passing of that bill, [161];
political character and anecdotes, [166], [183];
intrigues against Lord Sandwich, [188];
his political and private character exposed to the king by the Duke of Bedford, [193];
hurt by Lord Trentham’s resignation and reproaches, [194];
unhandsome conduct in regard to private correspondence, [202];
jealousy of Mr. Fox during the illness of the Duke of Cumberland, [213];
dull speech in reply to Lord Egmont opposing the army estimates, [216];
proposes the land tax, and proposes a most extraordinary system of national policy, [218];
his power confirmed by a cessation of opposition, [229];
parallel between him and Sir R. Walpole, [231], et seq.;
political influence at opening of 1752, [239];
supports the Saxon treaty, [243];
in 1753 replies to Lord Egmont in defence of the address, [294];
rebukes Alderman Beckford for opposition, [307];
parliamentary sparring with Fox on the Marriage Bill, [343], [344];
interesting conversation with Fox on the debates on the Marriage Bill, and his difference with the Chancellor Hardwicke, [350];
opposes the repeal of the Plantation Act, [366];
his death and character, [370], et seq.
Pelham interest, accused of supporting Vandeput in Westminster, i. [14];
regency, [99];
their power in parliament and in the cabinet secured by the Regency Bill, [161];
intrigues, [171], [184].
Pelham, Lady Catharine, interference in party politics, iii. [21].
Pensions, heavy ones brought on the nation by the capricious change of ministry in 1755, ii. [143];
heavy charges entailed on the public by the coalition of Pitt, Fox, and Newcastle, iii. [31].
Philipps, Sir John, his character, i. [114];
moves the King’s Bench for a Habeas Corpus for Murray, ib.
Pitt, Right Hon. William, political inconsistency, i. [7];
parliamentary recantation, [8], [9];
renews his connexion with the Prince of Wales, [12];
differs with Pelham on the vote for seamen, [17];
his parliamentary oratory, [42];
parliamentary politics, [61];
offends the Whigs, ib.;
Fox’s opinion of him, [62];
politics at the prince’s court, [76];
his friends suffer from the king’s displeasure, [85];
anecdotes biographical, [92], [93];
mortification at the royal silence and neglect, [110];
levels an attack at Fox upon Anstruther’s affair, [110];
change of politics upon the Regency Bill, [137], [141];
he and his party dissatisfied at the triumph of the Pelhams over the Bedford interest, [240];
incites Lord Cobham to traverse the king’s politics in favour of the Archduke Joseph of Austria, [241];
opposes the repeal of the Plantation Act, [366];
looked to as a candidate for the premiership, [379];
is persuaded to join the Newcastle administration, [387];
his disgust at the new arrangements leads to an explanation with Fox, [392];
differences with the Duke of Newcastle, [407];
alarms the House with his spirited remarks on the charges of bribery, [408];
attacks the Solicitor-General Murray as secretary at war, [413];
breach with Sir George (Lord) Lyttelton, [414], et seq.;
his conduct during a projected change of ministry, [418];
is disclaimed by Fox, [420];
makes one of his best speeches on the Scottish Sheriffs-Depute Bill, ii. [7];
objected to by the Tories, who now first unite to form a distinct political party in the state, on points unconnected with jacobitism, [12];
separates from Fox, [37];
refuses to support the German treaties, [41];
his interference guarded against during the coalition of Fox and Bedford, [47];
commences a tempestuous opposition in the House, [49];
most eloquent speech on that occasion, [55];
is dismissed from office, [62];
but accepts a pension, [63];
speech on the naval estimates, [67], [70];
florid speech in favour of the war in America, in preference to German campaigns, [86];
supports the militia question, [98];
parliamentary quarrel with Hume Campbell, [107];
admirable and witty speech in reply on the committee report, [135];
character of, as a parliamentary orator, [148], [149];
contemptuous treatment of Lyttelton as chancellor, [153];
ridicules the affair of the Swiss battalions for American service, [162];
opposition to the Hessian troops, [187];
and to the Hanoverians, [188];
violent philippic against ministers in the debate upon vote of credit, [193];
sarcastic attack of Lyttelton, [197];
anecdotes of his connexion with Lord Bute, [205];
proceedings on Fox’s resignation, political and courtly intrigues, [254], et seq.;
visits Lady Yarmouth, [259];
declines acting with Fox, [262];
gradual relaxation in his demands and politics, [264];
comes into power, [270];
arrangements for his friends, [274];
his conduct as first minister, [275];
his long speech for the opening of parliament sent back by the king unread, to be shortened, [276];
affairs connected with Byng’s trial, [310], [312], [322];
first appearance in the House as minister, and to demand money for Hanover, [313];
declares in favour of mercy to Admiral Byng in the House, [322], [329];
asks mercy of the king, but refused, [326];
exertions in the House on the royal message of reprieve, [333];
intrigues to dismiss him from power, [377];
events leading to a change of ministry, [378], [379];
chooses to be turned out in preference to resignation, iii. [1];
his power and popularity, [5];
tendency towards the Duke of Newcastle, [6];
extraordinary finesse in attending the House on the Minorca inquiry, [8];
further negotiations, [14], [15];
comes again into power with the Duke of Newcastle, [31];
commences a vigorous system of government, [42];
political honesty in the affair of Closter Seven, [60];
of Rochfort also, [74];
patronizes Wolfe, [75];
political influence in 1758, [84];
objects to German campaigns, [88];
supports the Habeas Corpus, [103];
his conduct of the war, [123];
opens the session of 1758, personal and ministerial conduct, [149];
character of his military administration, [160];
successes of 1759, [169], et seq.;
character and ministry, [173], [174];
offends the House by taxes and excise, [178];
speech in parliament, after the glorious successes of the war, 1759, [225];
loses Lord Temple, [228];
but who returns to office, ib.;
declines offers of peace from France from a determination to humble her, [236];
rupture with Lord Bute, [237];
writes a warm letter to the Duke of Bedford on the affairs of Ireland, [245].
Plantation Act, its repeal proposed in the House of Commons, i. [364].
Planting in England, first encouraged by Archibald, Duke of Argyle, i. [278].
Plate, wrought, taxed, ii. [176];
ignorance of leading members, [182].
Pococke, Admiral, successes in the East Indies, iii. [217].
Police, national, observations on, in commutation of capital punishments, i. [256].
Policy, national, a most extraordinary system of, proposed by Pelham, i. [218].
Pompadour, Madame, affair of Miss Murphy’s rivalship with, i. [334].
Ponsonby, Speaker, in Ireland, party politics during the Bedford administration, iii. [68], et seq.
Pope, Alexander, anecdote of his duplicity towards Lord Bolingbroke, i. [224].
Popedom, consequences of election to, upon general politics, iii. [131].
Porteous, Captain, affair of, at Edinburgh, curious facts relating to, i. [43], [59].
Portugal, complaints about money smuggled by English ships of war, i. [256].
Portugal, King of, assassinated, iii. [141], et seq.
Post-office, breach of confidence in opening letters, i. [202].
Potter, Thomas, parliamentary exertions on the Gin Bill, i. [70].
Potter, Mr., shameful conduct in falsifying votes as a teller in the House, ii. [11].
Poulet, Earl of, his political character and conduct, ii. [18];
absurd motion by, [21].
Prague, battle of, and Prussian victory, iii. [13].
Pratt, Mr. (Lord Camden), becomes attorney-general at the express desire of Mr. Pitt, iii. [32];
brings in a bill to explain and support the Habeas Corpus, [103].
Prerogative, royal, observations on, i. [403].
Press, public, first notice of reports in the House of Commons, ii. [108].
Pretender, the, account of his family and court, i. [284], et seq.
Prevot’s regiment, long debates respecting, ii. [156], et seq.
Prince Edward, vide [Edward].
Prince George (George III.), conduct on demise of his father, i. [78];
changes in his establishment, [80], [86], [94];
extraordinary suspicion of the Duke of Cumberland, [105], [106];
created Prince of Wales, [114];
new appointments in his household, [226];
divisions in his tutorship, and connected with affairs in Ireland, [289], et seq., [292];
affair of the pretended memorial, written by Horace Walpole, [298], [305];
marriage proposed with a princess of Brunswick, ii. [36];
opposition to the coalition of Fox and Bedford, [47];
attains the age of majority, [204];
proposed separation from his mother, [207], [221], et seq.;
new household established, [258];
enters on political life by interfering in the formation of a ministry, iii. [25];
animadversions on his education, [39];
influence of Lord Bute, [121];
secret politics of his court discovered, [237].
Prince of Wales, Frederick, vide [Wales].
Princess of Wales, vide [Wales].
Prize Bill, debates on, ii. [78].
Protestant ascendency, vide [Ascendency].
Protester, a new anti-ministerial paper, its history and first appearance, i. [345].
Prussia, Frederick, King of, account of his successes and reverses in the campaign in Germany, of 1760, iii. [289-297].
See also [Frederick].
Prussia, accommodation with that state, ii. [152];
new treaty, [197];
its politics previous to the German war, [219], [238], et seq.;
pacific politics of Frederick, [240];
his political and military character, [244];
successes of Frederick in Bohemia, iii. [12], et seq.;
new treaty with, [110].
Publications, licentious, prohibited by the police in 1758, iii. [98].
Pulteney, Lord, political character and connexions, ii. [78], [79];
speech on the treaties, [119].
Pulteney, William, see [Bath].
Purity of elections, infringed by the people, i. [335].
Quackery, medical, anecdotes of, i. [174], [225].
Qualifications for the House of Commons, conscientious arrangement of the Duke of Devonshire, ii. [86].
Qualification Bill, proceedings on, iii. [279].
Quakers exempted in the Marriage Bill, i. [340].
Quebec, expedition against, iii. [171], et seq.;
General Murray defeated at, [284];
the French driven thence, ib.
Queries, constitutional, so called, an attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. [9], et seq.
Ralph, a dull political author, bought off by mistake, i. [345], [346].
Randan, Duc de, the French governor of Hanover, his praiseworthy humanity, iii. [104].
Ranelagh masquerades, curious denouncement of, by drunken mobs, iii. [98].
Ravensworth, Lord, his character as a warm and honest Whig, i. [303];
affair of the pretended memorial, ib., et seq.
Reduction of duties proved to be beneficial, ii. [177].
Regency, political views respecting, if during the minority of Prince George, i. [98], [104], [146].
Reporters in Parliament, first taken notice of in the House of Commons, ii. [108].
Republicanism, observations on, i. [376], [377].
Rewards to military and naval officers, iii. [237], [238].
Richelieu, Duc de, character of, and affair of Minorca, ii. [210], [225], [226];
writes to Voltaire in vindication of Admiral Byng, [311].
Richmond, second Duke of, his death, i. [3].
Richmond Park, remarkable law-suit respecting, i. [401], [402];
further contests with the Princess Amelia about the right of way, ii. [220].
Rider, Sir Dudley, parliamentary character, i. [123], [124];
dies just as made a peer, ii. [202];
the patent withheld, and why, ib.
Rigby, Mr., becomes an agent between Fox and the Duke of Bedford, ii. [45];
further political intrigues in Ireland, [315];
political character and conduct in Ireland, iii. [66], [70], [73].
Robinhood Society, its meetings and rules, i. [42].
Robinson, Sir Thomas, appointed secretary at war, i. [388];
his character, ib.;
resigns the seals to make way for Fox; his gratitude and paternal feelings on receiving place and pension, ii. [44], [45];
absurd reply to Pitt, [93].
Rochefoucault, Cardinal, works on the superstition of Louis XV., ii. [176].
Rochester, election to supply Byng’s vacancy; singular circumstances connected with it, ii. [372].
Rochfort, attack on, first proposed, iii. [44];
expedition to, [45], et seq.;
inquiry on, [74], [75].
Rockingham, Marquis of, his inefficient speech on the Scottish Colonization Bill, i. [272];
on the prince’s tutors, [331].
Roman Catholics in Ireland, their state in 1752, and before, i. [278], et seq.
Rosbach, battle of, Imperial and French armies defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. [80].
Rouillé, Mons., the French Minister, sends an extraordinary memorial respecting hostilities, ii. [150].
Royal marriages first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. [146].
Royal speech, a spurious one published in Pitt’s first parliament, and the author punished by the House of Lords, ii. [277].
Royal wills, anecdote of burning, i. [175]; iii. [308], [313].
Royalty in England, its influence little felt in politics, i. [375], [376];
the author’s observations on, as contrasted with republicanism, i. [376].
Russia, alliance with, and its consequences, ii. [151], [236].
Rutland, Duke of, returns to court after long retirement, ii. [2];
is appointed lord steward, but independent of party, ib.
Sabbath-day, comparative rigidness of the Jews and Quakers, ii. [167];
police regulations on, iii. [98].
Sackville, Lord G., opposes the Duke of Cumberland’s Mutiny Bill, i. [41];
his character and political influence in Ireland, [279];
declares himself for Pitt in the House of Commons; political anecdotes and observations on the same, ii. [314], [315];
acquires great weight in government, iii. [107] (vide [Ireland], passim);
commands in Germany, [147];
battle of Minden, [190], et seq., [212], et seq.;
court-martial, and opinion on, after dismissal from the service, [252];
personal consequences of the imputation of cowardice, [256];
arrest and court-martial brought before the House of Commons as matter of privilege, [265];
sentence, [273];
remarks, [274].
Salt tax proposed by Alderman Beckford, ii. [302].
Sandwich, Earl of, political rise to the Admiralty, through the Bedford interest, i. [2];
sporting practices and diplomatic services, [3];
political manœuvre in regard to the German war, [99], et seq.;
political versatility and clinging to power, [161];
political hostility of the Pelham faction, [185];
interferes to save the Duke of Bedford from that party, [186];
his political character, [187];
is dismissed from office by the Pelham faction, [190];
differs in Parliament with the Duke of Bedford, on the Saxon treaty, [250];
ruins his credit for abilities by an unfortunate speech, [251];
election differences with the Duke of Newcastle, in Cornwall, [407]; ii. [10], [11].
Sandys, Lord, parliamentary juggling on the Marriage Bill, i. [347];
becomes Speaker to the House of Lords, ii. [274].
Saunders, Captain, compelled by the first lord of the Admiralty to vote for the Marriage Bill, i. [345].
Saunders, Admiral, his character, political and naval, iii. [230], [231];
judicious exercise of discretion, ib.
Saxony, a subsidiary treaty with, in favour of the Archduke Joseph, i. [240];
comes before Parliament, [242], et seq.;
invaded by Prussia, and Dresden taken, ii. [241];
its sufferings from the German war, iii. [247];
character and anecdotes of the court of, ii. [396], ad finem.
Scarborough, extraordinary surrender of the liberty of election to Pelham, as the minister, i. [355].
Schweidnitz, siege and capture by the King of Prussia, iii. [122].
Scotland, proposed colonization of the forfeited estates in, i. [256], et seq.;
anecdotes of the rebellion, [262], [263];
policy of the Pelham ministry for the tranquillity of Scotland, [269];
political anecdotes of the Scottish Whigs, [271], [272];
influence and conduct of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, [273];
predominant influence of that duke under the Newcastle administration, [390];
motion respecting the sheriffs-depute, ii. [4], [14];
piratical affair of Thurot’s squadron, iii. [262].
Seamen seized on board of Embden ships; proceedings on, and a bill brought in, i. [261];
their marriages prevented by the Marriage Bill, [345];
bill for regulating their wages brought in by George Grenville, but lost, iii. [19], [20].
Secker, Archbishop, disliked by George II., i. [65];
as Bishop of Oxford, extraordinary instance of sophistry in regard to the Marriage Bill, [347];
becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, on the death of Hutton, iii. [107].
Secretaryship of State, a third office first suggested for the colonies by Lord Halifax, i. [199], [220].
Secretaryship in Ireland, its lucrative influence, iii. [93].
Secret-service money, arrangement respecting, under the Newcastle administration, i. [382];
its baneful influence, [383].
Selwyn, old John, anecdotes of, i. [94], [95].
Sharpe, Governor of Virginia, chosen as a general by the Duke of Newcastle, i. [401].
Shebbear, Dr., affair of, iii. [152], et seq.
Sheridan, Mr., as manager, produces a theatrical riot by political allusions, i. [389].
Sheriffs-depute of Scotland, motion respecting the tenure of their offices, ii. [4], [14], et seq.
Sherlock, Bishop, political and ecclesiastical character of, i. [148].
Silesian loan, its stoppage, and further transactions thereon, i. [296], et seq.
Sinking fund, proposed by Sir John Barnard, i. [218], [255].
Smith, Admiral, president of Byng’s court-martial, examination before the House of Lords, ii. [360];
anecdote, [372].
Smollett, Dr., punished for a libel on Admiral Knollys in the Critical Review, iii. [259];
anecdotes of him, [260], [261].
Smuggling of money in foreign ports, i. [256].
Somersetshire, troops raised in, for home service, forced to Gibraltar, ii. [203].
Sophistry, extraordinary instance of, from the Bishop of Oxford, i. [347].
South Sea Company receive indemnification from Spain at the peace of 1751, i. [6];
their concerns betrayed by the Duke of Newcastle, [7];
propose to lower their interest, but demur to giving up their demand against Spain, [63].
Spain, close of the war in 1751, and indemnification to the South Sea Company, i. [6];
political animadversions, ib.;
political state previous to the war of 1756, [398];
ministerial assertions respecting her love of peace, [403];
promises not to engage in the war, ii. [33];
death of the king, contest for the crown, affairs of Naples, iii. [204].
St. Cas, attack on, iii. [135].
St. Maloes, expedition to, iii. [124].
St. Simon, Marquis de, a Frenchman, offends the House of Commons by taking notes in the gallery, i. [108].
Stage, act for licensing passed, i. [14].
Stair, Lord, courtly anecdote of, and Queen Caroline, i. [221].
Stanhope, Earl of, his republican principles, and steady party conduct, i. [116].
Stanhope, Sir William, anecdote of, i. [75], Note.
Statesmen, their faults more productive of events than their good intentions, i. [374].
Style, new, proposed in the peers by Lord Chesterfield, i. [51].
Stocks fall on Pitt’s resignation in 1757, iii. [5].
Stone, Dr. George, primate of Ireland, his character and political influence, i. [279];
eager participation in Irish politics, ii. [19], et seq.;
vide [Ireland] passim.
Stone, Mr., engaged in the education of Prince George, i. [283];
dissensions in that establishment, [289], et seq.;
his influence in the ministerial changes leading to the fall of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. [43], [45];
vide further under the head of [Princess of Wales].
Strange, Lord, parliamentary character, and motion on General Anstruther’s affair, i. [108], [113];
speech on the second reading of the Regency Bill, [125], [139], [143].
Stuart, House of, the author’s observations on the three anniversary holidays in honour of it, ii. [3];
decline of their cause, [12], [23].
Subsidy, vide [Bavaria], [Prussia], [Germany], [Saxony].
Suffolk, Henrietta Howard, Countess of, anecdotes of, i. [52];
character and political anecdote of, [176], [445], [446].
Sunderland, Lord, betrayed by the Duke of Newcastle, i. [164].
Suppression of vice, parliamentary committee for, appointed, i. [44].
Sweetmeats, a love of, considered as a qualification for a throne, iii. [206].
Sweden, want of patriotism and disregard of liberty, i. [229];
revolution in, ii. [231].
Swiss regiments, for American service, debates on, ii. [156], [167], et seq.
Sydenham, Mr., extraordinary speech in favour of Murray the jacobite, i. [211].
Talbot, Lord, political character, and speech on committal of the Regency Bill, i. [120], [121];
speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, [324].
Tea tax proposed by Alderman Beckford, ii. [302].
Temple, Lord, opposes the repeal of the Jew Naturalization Bill, i. [360], et seq.;
solicits mercy of the king for Admiral Byng, at the request of seven members of the court-martial, but is refused, ii. [326];
his tiresomeness in council, [378];
comes in with Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle, as lord privy seal, iii. [31];
parliamentary squabble with Lord Lyttelton, [119];
resigns the privy seal on being refused the garter, [228];
but returns, ib.
Tessin, Count, the Swedish minister, his despotic policy, in imitation of the Pelhams, i. [229].
Test, a weekly paper begun by Charles Townshend; only one number published, ii. [218].
Thomas, Dr., Bishop of Peterborough, appointed preceptor to the Prince of Wales, i. [292].
Thurot, Mons., invades Ireland with a small squadron, but is defeated, and falls, iii. [224], [262], et seq.
Ticonderoga taken, iii. [211].
Times and manners, view of, in 1757, ii. [278]; iii. [297], et seq.
Tories, first noticed as a political body distinct from jacobitism, ii. [12];
acquire importance in the House by uniting to bold a balance between Fox and Newcastle, ib.;
further manœuvres in opposition to Fox, [13], et seq.;
opinions on the calling in of foreign troops, [184], [185];
their feeling towards Pitt on his becoming first minister, [276], [305];
Tory aldermen attempt to promote a petition in favour of Byng, but fail, [368];
join with Pitt’s friends to form an opposition, iii. [3];
election of a chancellor at Oxford, [166];
weaned from their opposition to Pitt by militia commissions, [185].
Torrington, Lord, exerts himself in the cause of his uncle Byng, ii. [309].
Townshend, Charles, opposes the Marriage Bill, i. [340];
attacks Lord Egmont on his absurd conduct respecting the Mutiny Bill, [421];
his long speech on the German treaties, in opposition to Newcastle, ii. [121];
parliamentary squabble with Fox on the question of foreign troops in America, [173];
extraordinary conduct and political shuffling on Byng’s affair, [349];
witticism on Fox’s sinecure grant of the pells in Ireland, iii. [4].
Townshend, Colonel George (afterwards brigadier-general), character of, i. [39];
attack on General Anstruther, [56];
complains to the House against Mr. Fox’s circulars, ii. [64];
procures the repeal of all the old militia acts preparatory to a new one, [152];
next in command to Wolfe at Quebec, iii. [171];
succeeds Wolfe in the command in Canada, but treats his memory unhandsomely, [222].
Townshend, Lord, political anecdotes of, i. [163], [164].
Townshend, Lady, political anecdotes of, i. [39].
Transportation, commutation to hard labour in the dock-yards, proposed as a substitute for, i. [255].
Trentham, Lord, gives offence to his Westminster constituents, i. [13];
judicious conduct, [14], [15].
Troops raised by peers to guard against invasion, ii. [202], [203].
Truth necessary for history, and why, i. [237], et seq.
Turner, Sir Edward, his extraordinary disavowal of Mr. Fox, ii. [67].
Tyrawley, Lord, sent to Portugal to settle complaints about smuggling money, i. [256];
parliamentary affair with Lord George Sackville, iii. [109].
Tyrrel, Sir John, shameful conduct of, on the Westminster petition, i. [26].
Upton, Mr. (Lord Templetown), party affairs in Ireland, iii. [69], [70].
Vandeput, Sir George, first brought forward in Westminster, by Lord Egmont, i. [14].
Vane, Henry (afterwards Earl of Darlington), his political character, drunk or sober, i. [117].
Vaudreuil, Mons. de, his perfidious conduct in Canada, iii. [223].
Vernon, Admiral, outrageous speech on Murray’s affair, and the Westminster petition, i. [30], [31];
anecdotes of, parliamentary and naval, i. [100], [101];
biographical notice of, [101], [102].
Viceroyship of Ireland, its lucrative advantages, iii. [93].
Voltaire, character of, as an historian, i. [375];
sends to England a letter from the Duc de Richelieu exculpating Byng, ii. [311].
Waldegrave, Earl of, appointed warden of the stannaries, i. [91];
appointed governor to the Prince of Wales, [291];
character and anecdotes, ib.;
speech, [328];
entrusted with negotiations for a projected change of ministry, [418];
attempts to form a ministry, iii. [26];
but is forced to abandon it, [30].
Waldegrave, General, by a well-timed manœuvre, gains the battle of Minden, iii. [198].
Wales, Frederick, Prince of, renewed intercourse with the Pitt party, i. [12];
conduct of his party on the Westminster petition, [28];
party politics, [39], [47];
death, and its political consequences, [72], [86];
his character, ib., et seq.;
his debts, [87];
songs by, [432], [433], [434].
Wales, Princess of, character and anecdotes, i. [76];
behaviour on death of the Prince, [77];
education of her children, [79];
kindness of the king, [83];
changes in her household, [92];
the regency affair, [99], et seq., [139], [146], et seq.;
the Princess Matilda, a posthumous child, born, [201];
differences in the tutorship of the Prince of Wales, [284];
appears in public with the same honours as the late queen, [289];
interference in the politics of the day, [418];
her projects for governing her son, ii. [36];
conduct in regard to his proposed marriage, ib.;
interference in politics, [39];
opposition to the coalition of Fox and Bedford, [47];
her conduct on the prince attaining majority, [204], [205];
anecdotes of Lord Bute, [205];
proposed plan of removing the prince, [221];
Leicester-house politics and change of ministry, [249], et seq.;
total rejection of Fox’s overtures, in 1757, at Leicester-house, iii. [6];
further manœuvres, [25], [30], [121].
Wall, General, political anecdote of, i. [398].
Walpole, Horace, moves the address in the Commons in 1751, i. [8];
his sarcasms against the Devonshires accounted for, [196];
praiseworthy candour, [233], [234], et seq.;
the pretended memorial on the education of the Prince of Wales, [298];
his part in the breach between Pitt and Lyttelton, [414];
and of a union between Pitt and Fox, [415];
speech on the Swiss regiments, ii. [163];
applied to by Fox on his rupture with the Duke of Newcastle, but declines interference, [254], [255];
urges Keppel to apply to be absolved from his oath, [327];
extraordinary fact relative to Byng’s affair, [370];
advice to Fox, to save him from the precipice of political ruin, iii. [28];
observations on, and apologies for, his work, [158];
draws his own character, [159].
Walpole, old Horace, political character, with anecdotes, i. [140], et seq.;
his remarkable speech on the Saxon treaty, [242];
speech and vote different, [254].
Walpole, Lord, his replies to Lord Bolingbroke’s letters and principles, i. [222].
Walpole, Sir Robert, inconsistency of his political opponents at close of the Spanish war, i. [7];
witticism on Sir W. Yonge, [23];
financial expertness, [32];
politic advice to the Duke of Cumberland, [105];
his reasons for supporting the Duke of Newcastle, [163];
contrasted with Bolingbroke, [225];
parallel between him and Pelham, [229], et seq.
War of 1756, as so called, first announced to the House of Commons by order of the King, ii. [18].
Warburton, Dr., promoted to the see of Gloucester, iii. [239].
Washington, General, his first action, whilst a major in British service, in the war of 1756, i. [399];
his curious despatch, and the king’s remark, [400].
Watson, Admiral, retakes Calcutta, iii. [57];
his successes and death, [89], [90].
Ways and Means, vide [Commons].
Weobly, election of Lord Perceval, i. [37].
West, Admiral, his conduct in Byng’s affair, ii. [295], [296], [306].
West Indian Colonies, attempt of Lord Halifax to bring them under the control of the Board of Trade, i. [199];
further ministerial negotiations, [220];
naval and military operations in 1759, iii. [169], [170].
Westminster petition to the Commons against Lord Trentham, i. [13], [19];
spurious patriotism and jacobitism united, and why, [33], [34];
attempted opposition to the court, in favour of Sir George Vandeput, fails, [293].
Westmorland, Earl of, his political character, and election to the chancellorship of Oxford, iii. [167].
Whig Interest, alluded to in parliament, in regard to the Duke of Cumberland, in 1751, i. [10];
young Whigs gain a parliamentary victory on the Westminster petition, [16];
their conduct in support of party, [21];
defeat the Tories in bringing Murray on his knees at the bar, [29];
in favour of general naturalization, [45];
change of politics on that bill, [55];
take offence at Pitt, [60];
proceedings on a breach of privilege, [95];
their feelings on the dismissal of the Bedford party from power, through the Pelham intrigues, [196];
political anecdotes of Scottish Whigs, [276];
interference in the education of the prince of Wales, [291];
affair of the pretended memorial respecting the education of the Prince of Wales, written by Horace Walpole, [298];
political difficulties on the death of the premier Pelham, [379];
first opposed by the Tories, as a party, in a political point of view distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. [12].
Whitehead, Paul, anecdote and character of, i. [201].
Whitefield, the methodist, iii. [97].
Willes, Lord Chief Justice, character and anecdotes of, i. [89].
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, witticism on Speaker Onslow, i. [21];
witticism upon Lord Anson, [194];
his foreign diplomacy, [205];
persuades Fox to refuse the seals, but is never forgiven by him for it, [385];
epigram by, on the Sackville family, [442];
biographical notice of, ii. [393], [394], [395];
character of the court, politics, and military force of the Elector of Saxony, [396], et seq.
Wills, royal, anecdote of burning, i. [175]; iii. [308], [309], [313], vide [Appendix to vol. iii.]
Wilmington, Lord, his bon-mot on the Duke of Newcastle, i. [163];
character and anecdotes, [178].
Wilmot, Judge, his character, and appointment as a commissioner of the great seal, ii. [273].
Winchelsea, Earl of, excellent political character, i. [173];
brings forward a bill to commute transportation to working in the dock-yards, i. [255];
behaves with true spirit, iii. [32].
Window tax in Scotland, its inefficiency, i. [262].
Wine licence office abolished, ii. [375].
Winnington, Thomas, character and anecdotes, i. [174].
Wolfe, General, first employed in the war, in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. [50];
patronized by Pitt, [75];
goes to America second in command, [91];
expedition to Quebec, [171];
difficulties of the siege, [217];
takes Quebec, but falls in the moment of victory, [219];
monument voted by parliament, [229].
Worcester, Bishop of (Dr. Maddox), speech on the Regency Bill, i. [120].
Words, parliamentary meaning of, whimsically misinterpreted by Henley and Murray, both state lawyers, i. [345].
Yarmouth, Countess of, anecdotes and character, i. [177];
prudent refusal to interfere in foreign politics, iii. [12].
Yonge, Sir W., anecdotes and character of, i. [22], [23], [24];
proposes that offices on the prince’s establishment shall vacate seats in the House, [116];
seconds a motion for repeal of the Bribery Oath, i. [369].
Yorke, Charles, speech on the Regency Bill, i. [125];
parliamentary sparring with Fox on the Marriage Bill, [343].
Yorke, Colonel (Lord Dover), resident at the Hague, receives an extraordinary memorial from the French court, ii. [150].
Yorkshire, riots on the Militia Bill, from fears of foreign service, iii. [41].
Yvory, House of, bibliographical anecdote of, i. [37]. Note.
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[Egmont]: ‘387, 8, 9;’ replaced by ‘387, 388, 389;’.
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[Moore]: ‘361, 364, 5;’ replaced by ‘361, 364, 365;’.
[Newcastle]: ‘386, 7, 9, 390;’ replaced by ‘386, 387, 389, 390;’.
[Poland], Augustus: ‘410, 11, 12.’ replaced by ‘410, 411, 412.’.
[Sackville] (Lord George): ‘6, 7, 8, 9,’ replaced by ‘266, 267, 268, 269,’.
[Tyrconnel]: ‘l. 204.’ replaced by ‘i. 204.’.
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[Bishops]: ‘148, 9.’ replaced by ‘148, 149.’.
[Bolingbroke]: ‘222, 3;’ replaced by ‘222, 223;’.
[Chesterfield]: ‘177, 8;’ replaced by ‘177, 178;’.
[Cobham]: ‘134, 5;’ replaced by ‘134, 135;’.
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[Orleans]: ‘289.’ replaced by ‘i. 289.’.
[Oxford University]: ‘413;’ replaced by ‘i. 413;’.
[Pitt] (of Rochefort also): ‘Rochefort’ replaced by ‘Rochfort’.
[Quakers]: ‘the Marriag Bill’ replaced by ‘the Marriage Bill’.
[Sackville] (arrest): ‘iii. 265;’ replaced by ‘265;’.
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