Farmer George, Volume 2

by Lewis Melville

INDEX

• Abercorn, James, Earl of, I, [130]
• Adams, John, II, [13], [170-1]
• Addington, Dr. Anthony, II, [59], [214]
• —, Henry, I, [186];
  • II, [81 note], [30], [261], [265]
• Adelaide, Queen, II, [244]
• Adolphus, Prince (son of George III). [See Cambridge, Duke of]
• —, John, I, [164], [278 note], [289];
  • II, [50 note]
• Albemarle, Lord, II, [42]
• Alfred, Prince (son of George III), II, [237]
• Amelia, Princess (daughter of George III), II, [237 note], [241], [274], [277], [282-3], [287]
• —, Princess (daughter of George II), I, [3], [4], [82], [144];
  • II, [30-1]
• American Colonies, II, [1-10];
  • repeal of the Stamp Act, a great victory, II, [126];
  • popular enthusiasm, [ibid.];
  • unpopularity of the Declaratory Act, [127];
  • The Mutiny Act, [128];
  • want of wisdom and tact of English ministers towards the Colonies, [128];
  • Townshend brings forward fresh taxing measures, [129], [130], [131];
  • seizure of the Liberty, [134];
  • Appointment of Lord Hillsborough as Secretary of State for America, [135];
  • arrival of troops in the Colonies, [136];
  • Grafton suggests repeal of the import duties, [137];
  • North proposes that duty on tea should be retained, [138];
  • tea duty riot at Boston, [138];
  • petition of the Colonies to the King, [139], [140];
  • flinging of the tea into Boston harbour, [141];
  • the Boston Port Bill, [141], [142];
  • no anxiety in England, [143];
  • the Colonies in open rebellion, [144];
  • battle of Lexington, [145];
  • Bunker's Hill, [147];
  • capture of New York by Howe, [147];
  • Burgoyne's success at Philadelphia [147];
  • Battle of Saratoga, [148];
  • mismanagement of the English troops, [152], [153];
  • Lord North's plan of conciliation, [155];
  • general feeling in England as to the impossibility to conquer America, [158];
  • the Duke of Richmond moves the independence of America, [160];
  • Chatham makes a dying speech in protest, [161];
  • victory of Cornwallis, [165];
  • surrender of York town, [165];
  • negotiations of Rockingham and Shelburne with the States, [170];
  • treaty signed, [ibid.]
• Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, II, [66]
• Ancaster, Duchess of, I, [128], [207], [232]
• —, Duke of, I, [291]
• Andrews, Rev. —, I, [169]
• Anne, Princess (daughter of George II), I, [4], [8], [9]
• Anson, Lord, I, [154]
• Anstey, Christopher, II, [13]
• Argyll, Duke of, I, [21 note]
• Astley, Sir Edward, II, [79]
• Auckland, Earl of, II, [264], [279]
• Augusta, Princess (sister of George III), afterwards Duchess of Brunswick, I, [14], [230];
  
  • II, [99], [120-3]
• —, Princess (daughter of George III), I, [51], [56], [74];
  • II, [237 note], [240], [241], [254], [262], [274]
• —, (wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales). [See Wales, Princess Dowager of]
• Augustus, Prince (son of George III). [See Sussex, Duke of] [Pg 304]
• Axford, Isaac, I, [90], [91], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [97], [100]
• Aylesbury, Earl of, I, [21 note,]
• Aylesford, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Ayrton, Dr., II, [209]
• Ayscough, Dr. Francis, I, [35], [36]
• Bach, Madame, I, [223]
• Baillie, Dr. Matthew, II, [277]
• Baker, Sir George, II, [205], [207], [208], [212], [219], [227], [233]
• Baltimore, Lord, I, [12], [18], [33 note]
• Bancroft, George, II, [135], [136]
• Banks, Sir Joseph, I, [82], [191]
• Barclay, Robert, I, [169]
• Barré, Colonel Isaac, I, [277];
  • II, [5], [14], [34]
• Barrymore, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Bartlett, Miss, I, [92]
• Bateman, Lord, I, [181]
• Bathurst, Lord, I, [69]
• Beattie, James, I, [192]
• Beaufort, Duke of, I, [21 note];
  • II, [70]
• Beckford, William (Lord Mayor), I, [150], [152], [266-7], [272];
  • II, [4], [5]
• —, William, junr., I, [187], [190]
• Bedford, John, Duke of, I, [21 note], [148], [162], [276], [277], [282], [283], [285], [291];
  • II, [50 note], [136-7]
• Bentinck, Lady Harriet, I, [134 note]
• Bernard, Sir Francis, II, [16], [135], [136]
• Bertie, Lord Robert, I, [37]
• Bessborough, Earl of, II, [50 note]
• Betterton, Mrs., I, [221]
• Betts, Mr., I, [28]
• Bladen, Colonel, II, [7 note]
• Blake, William, I, [193]
• Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount, I, [21], [36], [207]
• Bolton, Harry, Duke of, II, [95]
• Boswell, James, I, [143], [160]
• Bridgwater, Duke of, I, [21 note]
• Bristol, Lord, II, [60]
• Brougham, Henry, Baron, II, [30-1], [89]
• Brown, Launcelot, I, [202 note]
• Brudenel, Hon. James, I, [69]
• Brunswick, Adolphus, Duke of, I, [127]
• —, Augusta, Duchess of. [See Augusta, Princess]
• —, Charles, Duke of, II, [120-3]
• Buckingham, Lady, I, [177]
• Buckinghamshire, Lord, II, [279]
• Buggins, Lady Cecilia. [see Underwood]
• Bunbury, Lady Sarah, [See Lennox]
• —, Sir Thomas Charles, I, [117]
• Buononcini, I, [9]
• Burgoyne, General John, II, [83], [147]
• Burke, Edmund, I, [8], [285], [286];
  • II, [4], [22], [22 note], [25], [45], [49], [75], [78], [114], [129], [137], [161], [178], [180], [187], [189], [190], [190 note], [191], [196], [197], [226 note]
• Burney, Dr. Charles, I, [213]
• —, Frances, I, [209], [210], [211-16], [222], [223], [227], [230-1], [233];
  • II, [204], [207], [211], [218], [229-30], [246], [252-3], [255]
• Burns, Robert, I, [55-6]
• Bute, Lord, I, [43];
  • first meeting with Frederick Prince of Wales, [44];
  • his ascendency [45];
  • much detested, [46], [47];
  • character according to Walpole, [48];
  • alleged intimacy with the Princess Dowager, [47], [48], [49];
  • his absolutist theories, [49], [50];
  • appointed groom of the stole, [68];
  • prepares the King's first speech, [137-138];
  • introduces a bill to secure the judges in their office for life, [141];
  • advises King to cede prize money, [143];
  • his ascendency, [144];
  • made ranger of Richmond park, [144];
  • suspicion of the City of London, [144], [145];
  • scheme to place at head of affairs, [146];
  • unpopularity of, [150];
  • his henchmen attack Pitt, [150];
  • violently attacked in the city, [152];
  • becomes first Lord of the Treasury, [154];
  • great feeling against him, [156], [157];
  • his inordinate craving for power, [158];
  • his patronage of literature, [159];
  • his employment of bribery, [160];
  • introduces a cyder tax, [163];[Pg 305]
  • resigns, [ibid.];
  • his character and failings, [164], [165];
  • founds the "Auditor" and the "Briton," [235];
  • negotiations with the king over a coalition government, [273], [276];
  • great unpopularity with the Whigs, [289];
  • II, [27], [28], [29]
• Byron, George, Lord, I, [xiii], [172], [268];
  • II, [13], [90], [93], [290]
• Calcraft, John, I, [277]
• Calderwood, Mrs., I, [104]
• Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of, II, [237 note], [243], [287]
• Camden, Charles, Earl of, I, [85], [239], [252], [287];
  • II, [24], [33], [48], [69-70], [143 note], [163]
• Campbell, Lady Archibald, I, [12], [14]
• —, Colonel, I, [183]
• —, Lord Frederick, I, [291]
• Cantalupe, Lord, I, [207 note]
• Cantilo, Miss, I, [223]
• Carhampton, Earl of, II, [109]
• Carlisle, Henry, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• —, Frederick, Earl of, I, [196], [226];
  • II, [53], [146], [155], [204]
• Carlyle, Thomas, I, [2-3]
• Carnarvon, Marquis of, I, [21 note], [35 note], [181]
• Caroline, Queen (Consort of George II), I, [5], [9], [14], [16], [17], [18], [19], [23], [30]
• — Matilda, Princess (sister of George III), Queen of Denmark, II, [99], [112], [123-5]
• Carpenter, Lady Almeria, II, [100 note], [118]
• Carteret, John, I, [21]
• Catherine II, Empress of Russia, I, [195]
• Cave, Edward, I, [22]
• Cavendish, Lord George, I, [273]
• —, Lord John, II, [190]
• Chambers, Sir William, I, [75], [204], [205]
• Charles Edward (Young Pretender), I, [31], [140], [141], [141 note]
• Charlotte, Queen (Consort of George III), letter to King of Prussia, I, [121], [122];
  • extreme simplicity of her training, [126], [127];
  • formal betrothal, [127];
  • leaves Strelitz, [128];
  • arrives at Harwich, [129];
  • progress to London, [130];
  • arrives at the Palace, [131];
  • description of personal appearance, [132], [133], [134];
  • her Puritanism, [198];
  • in her early married life little better than a prisoner, [206];
  • which causes a certain bitterness in her character, [208];
  • influence of Mdlle. Schwellenberg, [209];
  • dislike of Fanny Burney, [211-213];
  • the Queen takes English lessons, [220], [221];
  • fond of the theatre, [222], [223];
  • her anxiety for her children, [226], [227];
  • interests herself in trinkets, [227];
  • not popular with her subjects, [227], [228];
  • her domineering spirit, [229], [230];
  • no endearing qualities, [231];
  • a hard woman, [232];
  • becomes patroness of the Magdalen Hospital, [ibid.];
  • concern at the King's illness, II, [209], [211], [212];
  • opposition to the Prince of Wales, [247];
  • amusing encounter with Colonel Landmann, [255-257];
  • illness and death, [289], [290]
• Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George III). [See Wurtemberg, Queen of]
• — of Brunswick, Princess (afterwards Queen Charlotte, Consort of George IV), II, [123], [264], [268]
• — of Wales, Princess, II, [81 note], [241], [288]
• Chatham, William, Earl of. [See Pitt]
• —, John, Earl of, II, [145]
• Chesterfield, Philip, Fourth Earl of, I, [9], [21], [48], [85], [158], [199], [225-6], [228];
  • II, [39]
• —, Philip, Fifth Earl of, I, [168];
  • II, [254]
• Churchill, Charles, I, [235], [238], [241-3], [244 note], [247-8], [248-9]
• Christian VII, King of Denmark, II, [123-5]
• Christina of Brunswick, Princess, I, [127 note]
• Chudleigh, Elizabeth, I, [90], [91], [157], [157 note] [Pg 306]
• Clarence, Adelaide, Duchess of. [See Adelaide, Queen]
• —, William, Duke of. [See William IV]
• Clarke, Mary Anne, II, [249], [276]
• Clements, Mrs., II, [104]
• Cobham, Richard, Viscount, I, [21]
• Coke, Lady Mary, II, [100-1]
• Colchester, Lord, II, [289]
• Colville, Admiral Lord, II, [16]
• Conway, Henry Seymour, II, [4], [14], [24], [24 note], [33], [37], [48], [79], [169]
• Cooke, George, I, [255]
• Coote, Sir Eyre, II, [174]
• Cornwallis, Charles, Marquis of, II, [165], [184]
• —, Frederick (Archbishop of Canterbury), I, [171-2]
• Costard, George, I, [28]
• Courtoun, Lady, II, [254]
• —, Lord, II, [254]
• Coventry, Earl of, I, [21 note];
  • II, [70]
• Creevey, Thomas, II, [270], [279]
• Cresset, Mr., I, [38], [39]
• Crosdill, John, I, [223]
• Cumberland, Anne, Duchess of, II, [109-11], [113], [117], [243]
• —, Ernest, Duke of, I, [77];
  • II, [237 note], [244-5], [249-250]
• —, Henry, Duke of, I, [22 note], [102 note], [103];
  • II, [99], [103], [106], [107-11], [117], [117 note], [119-20], [121], [244]
• —, William, Duke of, I, [58-61], [82], [282], [284], [288], [290], [292], [293], [294];
  • II, [30], [202-3]
• Dalkeith, Lady, I, [228 note]
• Dance (painter), I, [195-6]
• Darnley, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Dartmouth, Earl of, II, [139], [145]
• Dashwood, Catherine, I, [206], [206 note]
• —, Sir Francis. [See Le Despencer, Lord]
• De Bouille, Marquis, II, [174]
• De Chatelet, M., II, [136]
• De Choiseul, Duc, II, [133], [136]
• De Dieden, M., II, [124]
• De Grabow, Mme., I, [126]
• De Herzfeldt, Madame, II, [123]
• De Kalb, II, [133], [134]
• De Villars, Duc, II, [101]
• Delany, Mrs., I, [201], [213], [234], [259];
  • II, [203 note]
• Dempster, Dr., I, [156]
• Denbigh, Basil, Earl of, I, [21 note], [164];
  • II, [38]
• Derby, Earl of, I, [21 note];
  • II, [186]
• Desbrowe, Colonel, I, [133]
• Desnoyers, I, [27]
• Devonshire, William, Duke of, I, [273]
• —, Fifth Duke of, I, [291]
• Dickinson, II, [128]
• Digby, Lord, I, [69]
• Dodington, George Bubb, I, [7], [41], [71], [72], [74], [145]
• Doran, John, I, [60], [100]
• Dorset, Duke of, II, [173]
• Dowdeswell, William, II, [78]
• Downe, Lord, I, [37]
• Dubourgay, I, [4]
• Duncan, Sir William, I, [277]
• Dundas, Sir Lawrence, II, [37]
• —, Henry, I, [263]
• Dunning, John, II, [70]
• Dyson, Jeremiah, II, [39], [54], [55]
• Eden, William, II, [155]
• Edgcombe, Lord, II, [50]
• Edward, Prince (brother of George III). [See York, Duke of]
• —, Prince (son of George III). [See Kent, Duke of]
• Edwin, Lady Charlotte, I, [33 note]
• Effingham, Countess of, I, [207];
  • II, [207]
• —, Earl of, II, [145]
• Eglington, Alexander, Earl of, II, [54]
• Egremont, Countess of, I, [207]
• —, Earl of, I, [153], [154], [238], [239], [240], [258]
• Eldon, John, Earl of, II, [260]
• Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of George III). [See Hesse-Homburg, Landgravine of]
• Ellenborough, Lord, II, [280]
• Elliott, Sir Gilbert, II, [83], [207-8]
• Ellis, Welbore, II, [179]
• Elliston, Robert, I, [223]
• Ernest, Prince (son of George III). [See Cumberland, Duke of] [Pg 307]
• Erskine, Sir Harry, I, [272]
• Essex, Charlotte, Countess of, II, [99]
• —, William, Earl of, I, [15]
• Euston, Lord, I, [69]
• Evans, Mr., I, [28]
• Fauconberg, Earl of, II, [207]
• Fitzherbert, Mrs., I, [98], [100], [103];
  • II, [115 note]
• Fitzroy, General, II, [241], [274], [283]
• Fitzwilliam, Lord, II, [193]
• Fox, Charles James, I, [xiii], [81], [107], [115];
  • II, [24], [75], [85], [114], [146], [158], [161], [168], [178], [179-90], [191-2], [194], [196], [197], [198], [199], [222], [224-5], [231], [258], [261], [262]
• —, Henry. [See Holland, Baron]
• —, Lady Caroline, I, [106]
• Franklin, Benjamin, II, [11], [23], [132], [133], [146]
• Frederick, Prince of Wales, born at Hanover, I, [1];
  • unpopular with his parents, [2];
  • early project to marry him to Wilhelmina of Prussia, I, [2-4];
  • arrival in England, [5];
  • quarrels with his parents, [ibid.];
  • fault not entirely his, [6];
  • his debts, [6], [7];
  • throws his lot in with the opposition, [8];
  • his jealousy of the Princess Royal, [9];
  • marriage, [10];
  • intrigue with Anne Vane, [11], [12];
  • with Lady Archibald Hamilton, [11], [12];
  • with Lady Middlesex, [12];
  • his debts, [13];
  • birth of the Princess Augusta, [14];
  • subsequent quarrel at Prince's behaviour thereover, [14-20];
  • banished from Court, [20];
  • his attempts to gain popularity, [21];
  • a patron of manufactures and arts, I, [21], [22];
  • popular with the mob, [23], [24];
  • Walpole's attempt to bring about a reconciliation, [24];
  • whose offer is refused, [25];
  • reconciliation with George II, [26];
  • his death, [27];
  • contemporary opinion of him, [28];
  • posthumous opinion, [30-32].
• Frederick I, King of Sweden, I, [33 note]
• —the Great, II, [121-3], [149]
• —, Prince (brother of George III), I, [22 note];
  • II, [98]
• —, Prince (son of George III). [See York, Duke of]
• Freeman, Dr., I, [22]
• Gage, General, II, [142], [145], [158]
• Galt, John, I, [23], [34], [73], [75], [80], [131], [136], [182];
  • II, [2], [31], [201]
• Garrick, David, I, [179-80]
• Garth, Colonel, II, [249], [254]
• —, General, II, [260]
• Gates, General, II, [165]
• George I. I, [1], [139], [140], [257]
• George II. I, [1], [3], [6], [7], [9], [10], [14], [15], [16-18], [19], [20], [24], [39], [40], [55], [56], [57], [58], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [70], [74], [105], [106], [139], [140], [257]
• George III. Character, I, [ix-xv],
  • Birth, I, [33], [34];
  • education begins when scarcely six years old, [35];
  • placed under Dr. Ayscough, who was the wrong man for the place, [35], [36];
  • George Scott appointed, [36];
  • Lord North becomes governor, [36], [37];
  • household of the young prince, [37];
  • dissension in the tutor's camp, [38-40];
  • Dr. Thomas appointed preceptor, [42];
  • Lord Waldegrave appointed governor, [ibid.];
  • influence of Lord Bute, [49], [50], [53];
  • close vigilance of his mother, I, [51];
  • her strictness, [52];
  • titles bestowed on the death of his father, [55];
  • George II takes some interest in the heir-apparent, [56];
  • question of appointing a regent, [58];
  • Duke of Cumberland proposed and unpopularity thereof, [59];
  • alarm of George II at the tameness of his disposition, [62];
  • marriage proposal, [62], [63];
  • indignation of the Princess Dowager, [63];
  • machinations to prevent marriage, [63], [64];
  • fury of George II, [ibid.];
  • attempt of ministers to withdraw Prince from maternal influence, [68];
  • royal[Pg 308] grant given of £40,000, but Prince refuses to leave his mother, [66];
  • ministers nonplussed, [66], [67];
  • desires Lord Bute to be made groom of the stole, [67];
  • dismissal of Lord Waldegrave, [68];
  • reorganisation of the Prince's establishment, [69];
  • succeeds to the throne, [71];
  • poor equipment and education for the high office, and his homely tastes, [71-80];
  • early love for agriculture, [75];
  • very untravelled, [76];
  • ill effects of the isolation of his youth, [77], [78];
  • his good qualities, [80];
  • strong prejudices, [81];
  • astonishing aptitude for King-craft, [ibid.];
  • popular at his accession, [82], [83];
  • alleged connection with Hannah Lightfoot, [86], [87], [88], [89], [90], [91], [92], [94], [96];
  • alleged marriage with her, [97], [98], [99], [100];
  • "Appeal for Royalty" documents a forgery, [101], [102];
  • examination of the Lightfoot claim, [103], [104];
  • infatuation for Lady Sarah Lennox, [105], [106];
  • alarm of the Princess Dowager, [107];
  • connivance of Fox, to whose interest the marriage would be, [108], [109];
  • the King takes Lady Susan Fox Strangways into his confidence, [110];
  • rumour of a Brunswick marriage, [102];
  • alleged proposal at a dance to Lady Sarah Lennox, [112];
  • announcement of marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, [113];
  • discussion as to reason for rejecting Lady Sarah, [114], [115];
  • after marriage the King still has an attachment for Lady Sarah, [117], [118];
  • the royal marriage, selection of Princess Charlotte, I, [121];
  • notifies his intention of marriage to the Privy Council, [124];
  • sends Lord Harcourt to demand formally the hand of Princess Charlotte, [126], [127];
  • treaty of marriage signed, [128];
  • arrival of Princess Charlotte at Harwich, [129];
  • the King disappointed at her appearance, [131];
  • speech to the nation, [136], [137], [138];
  • favourable reception of same, [138];
  • popular because English, [129];
  • on Bute's advice cedes prize money and accepts a settled income, [143];
  • ascendency of Lord Bute, [144], [146];
  • dismissal of Pitt, [148];
  • lampoons on the fall of the Great Commoner, [150];
  • the King and Queen in the city, [151];
  • indifferent reception, [152];
  • resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, [154];
  • appointment of Lord Bute as First Lord of the Treasury, [ibid.];
  • his unpopularity at its zenith, [157], [158];
  • Bute, desirous of peace, compelled to make war, [161];
  • the cyder tax, [163];
  • resignation of Lord Bute, [ibid.];
  • deeply religious, [167], [168], [169];
  • visits Robert Barclay, the Quaker, [169];
  • friendly to Nonconformists but hates Roman Catholics, [170];
  • a high ideal for those in clerical orders, [171];
  • proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, [173], [174], [175];
  • strict observance of the Sabbath, [175];
  • dullness of the Court, [176], [177];
  • not possessed of popular qualities, [178], [179];
  • very affable in the country, [179];
  • meets David Garrick, [180];
  • his tactless remarks, [180];
  • his vein of humour, [181], [182], [183];
  • a great sense of regal dignity, [185];
  • takes himself with great seriousness, [186];
  • a stickler for etiquette, [186], [187], [188];
  • reputation for stupidity, [189], [190];
  • the dispute over the lightning conductor, [191];
  • some liking for art, [191], [192];
  • a patron of literature, [193];
  • founds a library, [193], [194];
  • his patronage, [194], [195];
  • not generous, [196];
  • unpopularity of the Court due to parsimony, [198], [199], [200];
  • seeks a more secluded residence, [202];
  • purchases Buckingham House,[ 203];
  • elaborate preparations, [204];
  • known[Pg 309] henceforth as the Queen's House, [ibid.];
  • his residence at Richmond Lodge and improvements, [204], [205];
  • prison-like seclusion of the Queen, [206], [207];
  • Mdlle. Swellenberg [208-210];
  • Frances Burney, [212], [213];
  • private life of the King and Queen very dull, [216], [222], [223];
  • takes an active interest in the domestic economy of the palaces, [218];
  • abuse of tipping, [219];
  • quaintness of the internal management of the palace, [219], [220];
  • his daily life, [224], [225];
  • stricter rearing of the royal children, [226-227];
  • publications of "The North Briton," No. [xlv], [236];
  • violent attack on the ministers, [237];
  • anger of the King, [ibid.];
  • issues a warrant, and printer and publisher are arrested, [238];
  • arrest of Wilkes, [ibid.];
  • set at liberty, [239];
  • but is dismissed from the Buckinghamshire militia, [240];
  • meeting of Parliament in 1763 and the "Essay on Woman," [248];
  • the House orders No. xlv to be burnt by the common hangman, [249];
  • duel between Wilkes and Martin, [249];
  • Parliament outlaws Wilkes for contumacy, [251];
  • popularity of Wilkes, [252], [253];
  • elected for Middlesex, [255];
  • expelled from Parliament and re-elected, [256];
  • deeply incensed at Wilkes's popularity, [257];
  • his courage in politics, [257];
  • attack on his life by Margaret Nicholson, [258];
  • his bravery, [259];
  • second attempt on his life, [259], [260];
  • third attempt, [263], [264], [265];
  • reconciliation with Wilkes, [268];
  • places Grenville at the Treasury, [269];
  • his regard for him, [270];
  • discovers too late that Grenville is a hard task-master, [270], [271];
  • makes strenuous efforts to free himself, [272];
  • suggests a coalition to Lord Bute, [272];
  • his antipathy to the Whigs, [273];
  • sends for Pitt, [274];
  • forced to ask Grenville to remain in office, [275];
  • endeavours to sow dissension among the Whigs, [276];
  • offends the Duke of Bedford, [277];
  • taken ill, [277];
  • first indications of mental derangement, [278], [279], [280];
  • recovery, [281];
  • Regency Bill, [281], [282];
  • intrigue to omit the name of Princess Dowager from the Regency Council, [283], [284];
  • indignation thereover with Lord Halifax and Lord Sandwich, [284];
  • negotiates through the Duke of Cumberland, for the return of the Whigs, [284], [285];
  • Pitt only man able to form a strong administration, [286];
  • Grenville offers resignation, [287];
  • Pitt approached, [287];
  • failure of negotiations [288];
  • recall of Grenville, [288];
  • the King furious at the minister's terms, [289], [290];
  • fresh overtures to Pitt, [293], [294];
  • as a last resource Lord Rockingham offered office, [295];
  • desires to tax the American colonies, II, [1-4];
  • the Stamp Act, [3-4], [11];
  • mismanagement of American colonies, [4-9];
  • outcry in the colonies at the passing of the Stamp Act, [13];
  • mob destroy the Stamp office, [15];
  • the day the Stamp Act comes into force kept as a day of mourning, [16];
  • the King seriously alarmed at the trouble in America, [18];
  • Pitt attacks Stamp Act, [19-23];
  • repeal of the Stamp Act, [25];
  • Whigs mistrust Bute, [26], [27], [29-32];
  • surprise of the nation at the appointment of Rockingham, [32];
  • a weak administration, [32], [33];
  • his difficulties, [35], [36];
  • intrigues against the ministry, [37], [38];
  • defeat of the government in the House of Lords, [39];
  • Rockingham remonstrates against Court intrigue, [40], [41], [42];
  • Rockingham ministry falls, [44];
  • the King sends for Pitt, II, [46];
  • forms ministry, [47], [48]; [Pg 310]
  • enthusiasm of the people for Pitt, [49];
  • Pitt accepts earldom, [50];
  • unpopularity of the step, [ibid.];
  • his desire to rule, [51];
  • the King's "Friends," [52];
  • the health of Chatham, [56-58];
  • during Chatham's illness leadership devolved on Grafton, [61];
  • character of Grafton, [61];
  • attempt to alienate him from Chatham, [62-64];
  • Grafton becomes Prime Minister, [65];
  • anger of Chatham, [66];
  • the city remonstrance, [67];
  • chancellorship and death of Charles Yorke, [71];
  • resignation of Grafton, [72];
  • North takes office, II, [73], [74];
  • refuses to dissolve Parliament, [76];
  • undertakes management of the House of Commons, [77];
  • reduces bribery to a fine art, [77], [78];
  • regards himself as above criticism, [79];
  • his debts, [79], [80];
  • rebuke of Parliament, [80];
  • North's scandalous loan, [81];
  • no scruples for kingly dignity, [82], [83];
  • his vindictiveness, [84], [85];
  • tenacious of his promises, [86];
  • in his kingly office the slave of deep rooted selfishness, [88];
  • his inability to act wisely, [89], [90];
  • North frequently tenders resignation, [91], [92];
  • the King ever against liberty, [92-93];
  • persecution of Admiral Keppel, [93], [94], [95], [96], [97];
  • family worries, [98-126];
  • his brothers' love of pleasure, [100-103];
  • secret marriage of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, II, [106], [115];
  • dissipation and debts of Henry, Duke of Cumberland, II, [107-109];
  • secret marriage of the Duke, [111];
  • Royal Marriage Act, [111-113];
  • scandal concerning Caroline of Denmark, [112], [123];
  • Dukes' wives not received, [116], [117];
  • reconciliation with Duke of Cumberland, II, [119];
  • marriage of Princess Augusta, [122], [133];
  • endeavours to reassert his dignity in the American colonies, [129];
  • Townshend's Act, [131];
  • petitions from the colonies, [134], [139];
  • in spite of lessons he redoubles his anti-colonial policy, [139];
  • sanctions the Boston Port Bill, [141], [142];
  • open rebellion of the colonies, [145];
  • purchase of Hessian troops, [149];
  • Chatham the hope of the nation, [152];
  • North's plan of conciliation, [155], [156];
  • failure of the Commission, [156];
  • negotiations with Chatham, [156];
  • death of Chatham and his ungenerous conduct, [161];
  • still determined to pursue the war, [163], [164];
  • North makes another effort to retire, [164];
  • increase of his influence in Parliament, [165];
  • surrender of Yorktown, [161];
  • Fox proposes a committee to consider peace, [169];
  • treaty with United States signed, [170];
  • reception of John Adams, [170], [171], [172];
  • resignation of North, [175];
  • unwilling to place himself in the hands of the opposition, [175-178];
  • arranges an administration with Shelburne, [178];
  • rise of Fox, [180], [181];
  • his undying enmity for him, [182], [183];
  • who regards Fox's speech as a declaration of war against himself, [184];
  • attempts to sow the seed of discord in the cabinet, [186], [187];
  • ill-feeling between Shelburne and Fox, [188];
  • death of Lord Rockingham, [189];
  • resignation of Fox, Burke, Portland, and Lord John Cavendish, [190];
  • first speech of William Pitt, [190], [191];
  • opens Parliament, [192];
  • the Coalition, [194];
  • invites Pitt to form a ministry, who refuses, [195];
  • Fox's India Bill, [197], [198];
  • ministry dismissed, [199], [200];
  • sends for Pitt, [200];
  • prorogation of Parliament, election, and overwhelming majority of Pitt, [201];
  • his fear of becoming corpulent, [202];
  • his temperance, [203-205];
  • breakdown of his health, [205], [206]; [Pg 311]
  • goes to Cheltenham, [207];
  • disorder increases, [207];
  • sudden illness, [208], [209];
  • account of Philip Withers, [209], [210], [211];
  • complete madness, [213];
  • removal to Kew, [215], [216];
  • placed under the care of Dr. Willis, [216], [219];
  • his treatment, [220];
  • examination as to the state of his health before the Privy Council, [223];
  • debate on the Regency Bill, [224], [225];
  • improvement of his condition, [227], [228];
  • infatuation for Lady Pembroke, [229];
  • continued improvement of his health, [230];
  • the last bulletin, [233];
  • joy of London at his recovery, [234-236];
  • trouble with his children, [237-250];
  • Princess Royal, [238], [239];
  • Princesses Augusta and Sophia, [241];
  • Princess Elizabeth marries the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, [241-242];
  • all his sons wild, [243];
  • Duke of Sussex and Duke of Cambridge give least cause for anxiety, [243];
  • Dukes of Clarence and Kent, II, [244];
  • not on friendly terms with his sons, [244];
  • conduct of the Prince of Wales, [245], [246];
  • dissipations of the Duke of York, [248], [249];
  • scandalous life of the Duke of Cumberland, [249], [250];
  • his popularity after his illness, [251], [252], [253], [255];
  • visits to Weymouth, [254], [255], [256];
  • Colonel Landmann and the Queen, [256], [257];
  • ascendency of Pitt, [258];
  • dismissal of Thurlow, [259];
  • Catholic Emancipation, [260], [261];
  • resignation of Pitt, [261];
  • death of Pitt, [261];
  • return of Fox to power, [261-262];
  • health again an anxiety, [263], [264], [265];
  • Dr. Willis called in, [265];
  • troubled about the Princess of Wales, [268];
  • illness ages him, [ibid.];
  • at Windsor, [269], [270];
  • recovers [270];
  • increasing deafness and defective sight, [272];
  • daily life at Windsor, [273], [274];
  • sight gives way, [275];
  • the Walcheren expedition, [276];
  • "Duke and Darling" scandal, [276];
  • death of Princess Amelia, [277];
  • again insane, [278-282];
  • will of Princess Amelia, [282];
  • arrangements for comfort, [284], [285];
  • his delusions, [286], [287];
  • illness of Queen Charlotte, [289];
  • her death, [290]; his death, [290-292]
• George IV, I, [x], [98], [100], [103], [104];
  • II, [81 note], [103], [110], [115 note], [119], [186], [195 note], [197], [212], [222], [225], [226], [237 note], [244], [245-8], [264], [269], [283]
• Germaine, Lord George. [See Sackville, George]
• Gibbon, Edward, I, [194];
  • II, [118], [142], [148], [161]
• Gillray, James, II, [251]
• Gisborne, Dr., II, [219], [224], [268]
• Gloucester, Maria, Duchess of, I, [103];
  • II, [104-7], [113], [116], [117], [118], [119]
• — , Mary, Duchess of, II, [116 note], [237 note], [283]
• — , William Frederick, Duke of, II, [116 note], [241]
• — , William Henry, Duke of, I, [22 note];
  • II, [99], [100 note], [103-7], [115-19]
• Glover, Richard, I, [31]
• Goupy, M., I, [196]
• Gower, Lord, II, [55], [167], [177], [194]
• Graeme, Colonel, I, [120-21];
  • II, [37]
• Grafton, Augustus, Duke of, I, [68], [116], [165], [273];
  • II, [33], [44], [48], [57], [58], [61-4], [65], [66], [69], [72], [74], [130], [138]
• Graham, Lord, II, [198 note]
• — , Mr. Baron, I, [181-2]
• Granby, Marquis of, I, [290];
  • II, [68], [70], [87]
• Grantham, Lord, I, [18];
  • II, [190]
• Granville, Miss, I, [12]
• Grenville, George, I, [xi], [65], [65 note], [148], [154], [236], [269], [277], [279], [283], [285], [286-7], [288], [288 note], [289-294];
  • II, [3-4], [6], [7], [11], [18], [22], [26], [29], [40], [42], [59], [73], [78], [86], [129]
• Grenville, George (first Marquis of Buckingham), II, [151] [Pg 312]
• — , Hester, I, [65 note]
• — , James, I, [65], [65 note], [148];
  • II, [33], [59], [70]
• — , Mrs., I, [228 note]
• — , William, Baron, II, [220-221], [258], [261]
• Greville, Lady Louisa, I, [134 note]
• Gronard, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Grosvenor, Henrietta, Lady, II, [107], [109]
• — , Lord, II, [107]
• Gwyn, Colonel, II, [254], [255]
• Haggersdorn, Mrs., I, [208]
• Halford, Sir Henry, II, [277], [280], [281], [282], [287]
• Halifax, George, Earl of, I, [155], [165], [237], [238], [239], [240], [282], [283], [292]
• Hamilton, Lady Anne, I, [131-2], [134 note]
• — , Lady Archibald, I, [11], [13]
• — , Duchess of, I, [128], [131], [207]
• Hancock, John, II, [134]
• Handel, George Friedrich, I, [9];
  • II, [276]
• Hanway, Jonas, I, [218]
• Harcourt, Colonel, II, [254], [270]
• — , Lady Elizabeth, I, [134 note]
• — , Simon, Earl of, I, [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [125], [127], [219]
• Hardinge, George, II, [251]
• Hardwicke, Philip, Earl of, I, [66], [138], [146], [147], [148], [269], [272], [280];
  • II, [29], [39], [44]
• Hartington, Lord, I, [11], [37]
• Harvey, Mary, Lady, I, [83]
• Hastings, Warren, II, [197], [258]
• Hatfield, James, I, [265]
• Hayter, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Norwich, II, [37], [38], [39], [40], [40 note], [41]
• Heberden, Dr., II, [206]
• Henley, Lady, II, [272]
• — , Lord, II, [272]
• Henry, Prince (brother of George III). [See Cumberland, Duke of]
• — , Patrick, II, [13], [14]
• Hervey, John, Lord, I, [5], [6], [8], [11], [12], [13], [14], [19], [29]
• Hertford, Francis, Marquis of, I, [123]
• Hesse-Cassel, Wilhelmina, Princess of, II, [243]
• Hesse-Homberg, Elizabeth, Landgravine of, I, [51], [117];
  • II, [237 note], [240], [241-2], [254], [265] [286], [288]
• — , Landgrave of, II, [241-2]
• Hillsborough, Earl of, II, [139]
• Hinchinbrook, Lord, II, [173]
• Hogarth, William, I, [241-3];
  • II, [241]
• Holdernesse, Lord, I, [145], [146], [147]
• Holland, Henry, Baron, I, [106-7], [108], [111-12], [111 note], [113], [115], [148], [163], [165], [177], [280], [289], [290] [293];
  • II, [180], [195 note]
• Home, John, I, [160], [192 note]
• Hotham, Sir Charles, I, [4]
• Horton, Lady Anne. [See Cumberland, Duchess of]
• Howard, Mrs., I, [12]
• Howe, General, II, [145], [147]
• Huish, Robert, I, [47], [56], [65], [78], [88-9], [121], [144], [159], [205], [218];
  • II, [190]
• Hume, David, II, [68-9]
• Hunt, Leigh, I, [30], [229]
• Huntingdon, Lord, I, [69]
• — , Selina, Countess of, I, [171]
• Huske, General, II, [8]
• Hutchinson, Thomas, II, [15], [142]
• Hyder Ali, II, [167], [174]
• Inchiquin, Earl of, I, [55]
• Inclagreen, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Inverness, Cecilia, Duchess of, [See Underwood]
• Jenkinson, Charles, I, [47];
  • II, [72 note]
• Jerningham, Lady, I, [262-3], [264];
  • II, [275], [286]
• Jersey, Lady, I, [198], [198 note]
• Jesse, J. H., I, [ix. note], [104], [216];
  • II, [61], [117 note]
• Johnson, Dr. James, Bishop of Gloucester, I, [42]
• — , Dr. Samuel, I, [84], [142-3], [160], [160 note], [187-8];
  • II, [22 note]
• Johnstone, George, II, [155]
• "Junius," I, [53], [77], [108], [162], [243 note]; [Pg 313]
  • II, [22], [52], [60], [63], [64], [66], [71], [72], [93], [132-3]
• Jordan, Dora, II, [244]
• Kearsley, I, [252]
• Keats, John, I, [xiii]
• Keith, Rev. Alexander, I, [96], [97]
• Kent, Edward, Duke of, II, [109], [237 note], [244]
• Kenyon, Lord, I, [182]
• Keppel, Admiral, I, [xii];
  • II, [50 note], [93-97], [178], [190]
• —, General, I, [291]
• —, Lady Elizabeth, I, [134 note]
• Kerr, Lady Elizabeth, I, [134 note]
• Kidgell, John, I, [245]
• Kildare, Lady, I, [106]
• —, Duchess of, II, [244]
• Kingsale, Lord, I, [185]
• Knight, Charles, I, [172 note]
• Kuffe, Mr., II, [204]
• Landmann, Colonel, I, [183-4];
  • II, [252], [255-256]
• Launay, Colonel, I, [4]
• Lawrence, Thomas, I, [195]
• Le Despencer, Francis, Baron, I, [154], [154 note], [163], [165], [244], [244 note], [248];
  • II, [54]
• Lecky, W. E. H., I, [255], [270], [276];
  • II, [151-2], [167]
• Leiningen, Princess of. See Kent, Duchess of
• [Lennox, Lady Sarah], I, [105-119], [134 note], [221], [292];
  • II, [6], [96], [97], [101], [104-5], [117], [122], [198 note], [199], [266]
• Lightfoot, Hannah, I, [86-104]
• Litchfield, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Loughborough, Alexander, Baron, I, [160 note];
  • II, [180], [183]
• Louis Philippe, II, [240]
• — XV, King of France, II, [102]
• Louisa Anne, Princess (sister of George III), I, [22 note];
  • II, [98]
• Lowther, Sir James, I, [129]
• Luttrell, Lady Anne. [See Cumberland, Duchess of]
• —, Colonel, II, [256]
• Lyttelton, George, Baron, I, [35], [36], [288], [288 note];
  • II, [33]
• Macaulay, Lord, I, [212], [213];
  • II, [22], [65 note]
• Macclesfield, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Macdonald, Chief Baron, I, [181-2]
• —, Flora, I, [31]
• Mackenzie, Stuart, I, [284 note], [289], [289 note], [290-1], [292]
• Macpherson, James, I, [160]
• Mahon, Lord, II, [150], [160]
• Majendie, Dr., I, [220]
• Mallet, David, I, [160]
• Malmesbury, James, Earl of, II, [269], [289]
• Manchester, Duke of, I, [207];
  • II, [70]
• Manners, Col., I, [181], [216];
  • II, [274]
• Mansfield, William, Earl of, I, [39], [255];
  • II, [22], [27 note], [70], [133]
• Mara, Madame, I, [120]
• March William, Earl of. [See Queensberry, Duke of]
• Marie Amélie, Princess, of Naples, II, [241]
• Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, I, [13]
• Martin, Samuel, I, [249], [250]
• Mary, Princess (daughter of George III). [See Gloucester, Duchess of]
• Masham, Hon. S., I, [69]
• Massey, W. N., I, [230]
• Mayhew, Rev. —, II, [15]
• McCarthy, Justin, I, [23], [28], [104]
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of, I, [199 note]
• —, Prince Charles of, I, [199 note]
• —, Prince George of, I, [119]
• Meredith, Sir William, II, [50 note]
• Middlesex, Lady, I, [12]
• Monaco, Prince of, II, [101-2]
• Monson, Lord, II, [50 note]
• Montagu, Mary Wortley, I, [43]
• Montague Lady Caroline, I, [134 note]
• Montrose, Duke of, II, [198 note]
• Mountstuart, Lord, II, [29-30], [39]
• Munro, Dr., II, [206]
• Murphy, Arthur, I, [160]
• Murray, Lady Augusta, II, [243]
• —, Charles, I, [222]
• —, William. [See Mansfield, Earl of]
• Napier, Henry, I, [113] [Pg 314]
• — Lady Sarah. [See Lennox]
• —, Hon. George, I, [117]
• —, William, I, [117]
• —, Sir Charles, I, [117], [117 note]
• Napoleon, II, [252], [288]
• Nelson, Horatio, Lord, I, [xiii]
• Nepian, Sir Evan, II, [199-200]
• Newbattle, John, Lord, I, [111]
• Newcastle, Thomas, Duke of, I, [xi], [58], [66], [136], [146], [147], [153], [272], [273];
  • II, [6], [33], [50 note], [52], [121]
• Nicholls, John, I, [50], [83], [141-2], [147], [269], [279];
  • II, [2], [36], [61-2], [113], [128], [129], [143], [184], [258]
• Nicholson, Margaret, I, [258]
• Norfolk, Duke of, I, [20]
• North, Frederick, Lord, I, [104], [257];
  • II, [53], [72-6], [78-84], [90], [91], [95], [108], [112], [114], [135], [137], [138], [142], [143], [148], [155], [156], [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [167], [167 note], [170], [173], [175], [178-9], [180], [181], [183], [193-4], [196], [197], [199], [200]
• —, Francis, Baron, I, [36], [37]
• —, Colonel, II, [200]
• Northumberland, Lady. I, [207], [220]
• —, Lord, II, [27 note]
• Nugent Lord, II, [190], [191]
• Nuthall, Thomas, II, [19], [33]
• Octavius, Prince (son of George III), I, [191];
  • II, [237 note]
• Offley, John, II, [41]
• Oliver, Andrew, II, [15]
• Ongley, Mr., I, [263]
• Onslow, George, II, [25]
• —, Lord, I, [259], [260]
• Orange, Prince of, I, [8]
• Otis, James, II, [8], [13], [134-5]
• Owen, Robert, II, [109 note]
• Oxford, Earl of, I, [21]
• Paine, Thomas, I, [172 note]
• Palliser, Sir Hugh, II, [94]
• Papendiek, Mrs., I, [132-3], [195];
  • II, [206], [218], [229], [245-6], [289]
• Parsons, Nancy, II, [62], [63], [64]
• Paton, Richard, I, [194]
• Pembroke, Elizabeth, Lady, II, [280]
• —, Lord, I, [69]
• Pepys, Sir Lucas, II, [213], [214], [219], [233], [234]
• Perceval, Spencer, II, [278], [282]
• Perryn, Mrs., I, [90], [91]
• "Pindar, Peter," I, [81], [82], [187], [189-90], [191], [192], [194-5], [196], [198], [200-1], [210 note];
  • II, [251]
• Pitt, Thomas, I, [110]
• Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, I, [147];
  • Dismissal of, [148];
  • Lampoons on his fall, [150];
  • popularity, [151], [152];
  • goes to the Commons to protest against the treaty, [161];
  • the King sends for him, [274];
  • again approached, [285], [287], [294];
  • opposed to Rockingham, II, [34], [35];
  • forms "mosaic ministry," [47], [50];
  • accepts Earldom of Chatham, [50];
  • ill-health, [56];
  • retires to Bath, [ibid.];
  • returns to London, [57];
  • tarries at Marlborough, [58];
  • complete collapse, [ibid.];
  • willingness to resign, [59];
  • tenders his resignation, [60];
  • war to the knife with Grafton, [66], [69];
  • the hope of the nation on the outbreak of the American war, [151], [156];
  • his opposition to it, [159];
  • dies denouncing it, [160]
• —, William, the Younger, I, [xiii];
  • II, [84], [190-3], [197], [200-1], [218], [223], [224], [225], [226], [226 note], [227], [232-3], [248], [254], [258], [259], [260], [261], [264-5], [271]
• Pollock, Mr., II, [200]
• Pomfret, Lord, I, [164]
• Pope, Alexander, I, [22], [245]
• —, Mrs. (actress), I, [117], [222]
• Portland, Duke of, I, [255];
  • II, [48], [50 note], [92], [104], [189], [190], [194], [199]
• Potter, Thomas, I, [244-255]
• Pownall, Thomas, II, [137], [138]
• Pratt, Sir Charles. [See Camden]
• Pringle, Sir John, I, [191]
• Proctor, Sir William, I, [255]
• Prussia, Frederick, Princess of. [See York, Duchess of]
• Pulteney, Sir William, I, [21]
• Queensberry, Duchess of, I, [228 note] [Pg 315]
• — , William, Duke of, I, [185];
  • II, [54], [185]
• Quick, John, I, [223]
• Quin, James, I, [73], [223]
• Ray, Dr., II, [218], [219]
• Rex, George, I, [95 note]
• — , John, I, [95 note]
• Reynolds, Dr., II, [277]
• — , Sir Joshua, I, [191], [193];
  • II, [118]
• Richmond, Charles, Duke of, I, [283];
  • II, [27], [28-9], [44], [87], [140-1], [160], [176-7], [178], [179]
• — , Duchess of, II, [100]
• Rigby, Richard, I, [165], [274], [274 note];
  • II, [138]
• Robertson, William, I, [159]
• Robinson, Mrs. Mary Ann, I, [104]
• Rockingham, Charles, Marquis of, I, [xi], [xii], [146], [273], [295];
  • II, [2], [23], [24], [32], [34], [35], [39-45], [47], [48], [61], [66], [73], [74], [78], [86], [135-6], [158], [162], [176], [177], [178], [179], [189], [192]
• Rose, George, I, [69]
• Roxburgh, Duke of, I, [21 note], [127 note]
• Russell, Lady Caroline, I, [111 note], [134]
• Ryves, Mrs., I, [102], [102 note];
  • II, [109 note]
• Sackville, George, I, [145];
  • II, [39], [95], [145], [166]
• Sanderson, Robert, I, [169]
• Sandwich, Lord, I, [21 note], [244], [246], [248], [276], [282], [284], [291], [293];
  • II, [138-9]
• Saunders, Sir Charles, II, [48], [50 note]
• Saville, Sir George, II, [153]
• Saxe-Gotha, Duke of, I, [30 note], [80]
• Saxe-Meiningen, Adelaide Princess of. [See Adelaide, Queen]
• Scarborough, Earl of, I, [21 note];
  • II, [30 note]
• Schwellenberg Mddle., I, [208-12], [224]
• Scott, George, I, [36], [37], [38], [42], [69], [80], [104]
• Secker, Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury), I, [25], [25 note]
• Sellis, II, [249]
• Selwyn, George, I, [182];
  • II, [145-6], [168], [185], [186], [214]
• — , Col. John, I, [37]
• Serres, Mrs. Olivia, I, [102], [102 note];
  • II,[109 note]
• Shakespeare, William, I, [193]
• Sheffield, Sir John, I, [203]
• Shelburne, William, Lord, I, [276];
  • II, [34], [48], [177], [178], [178 note], [188], [189], [192], [193], [194]
• Shelley, Sir John, II, [50 note]
• — , P. B., II, [243]
• Sheridan, R. B., I, [81], [265];
  • II, [121], [122]
• Sherlock, Thomas, I, [169]
• Siddons, Mrs., I, [187], [201], [223]
• Smelt, Mr., I, [212]
• Smollett, Tobias, I, [160], [235], [278 note]
• Sophia, Princess (daughter of George III), II, [237 note], [241], [274]
• — , Princess of Brunswick, I, [62], [62 note], [63], [64], [88]
• — , Dorothea of Prussia, I, [2-4]
• Southy, Robert, I, [27-8], [172];
  • II, [205 note]
• Spencer, Lady Diana, I, [7]
• Stanhope, Earl, I, [31]
• — , Lady, II, [100]
• Stanley, John, I, [223]
• Stillingfleet, James, I, [28]
• St. Lourent, Mme., II, [244]
• Storer, Anthony, I, [182], [224 note];
  • II, [157], [163], [169], [191]
• Stone, Andrew, I, [37], [38], [39], [42], [43], [69], [207]
• Stowe, Mr., II, [27 note]
• Strange, Lord, II, [27], [39], [41-3]
• Strangways, Lady Susan Fox, I, [107], [109-10], [113], [134 note]
• Struensee, Count, II, [125]
• Stuart, James Archibald. [See Mackenzie]
• — , Lady Mary, I, [129]
• Sunderland, Lord, I, [31]
• Sussex, Augustus, Duke of, I, [192];
  • II, [237 note], [243], [244]
• Swinton, Mr., I, [28]
• Symonds, Dr., II, [271]
• Talbot, Miss, II, [123-4] [Pg 316]
• — , William, Baron, I, [177], [178], [199];
  • II, [38]
• Taylor, Colonel, II, [275]
• Temple, Lady II, [100]
• — , Lord, I, [65], [65 note], [148], [151], [152], [236], [240], [251], [255], [274], [284], [287], [288 note], [294], [295];
  • II, [46-7], [190], [198], [198 note]
• Thackeray, W. M., I, [xiv-xv], [37], [79-80], [125-6], [193], [225];
  • II, [77], [291-2]
• Thanet, Earl of, I, [21 note]
• Thomas, Dr. John (Bishop of Winchester), II, [42]
• Thompson, James, I, [22]
• Thoms, W. J., I, [87]
• Thurlow, Lord, II, [82], [175], [176], [186], [194], [195], [198], [231], [259]
• Tooke, Horne, I, [255]
• Townshend, Charles, I, [85], [275], [288], [291];
  • II, [5], [32], [33], [34], [43], [48], [74], [129], [131], [135]
• — , Lady, I, [220], [232]
• — , Sir William, I, [21]
• Trench Mrs., II, [241-2]
• Trevelyan, Sir George, II, [37 note], [52], [71], [90], [92], [103], [112], [138-9]
• Tyrconnel, Earl of, II, [100 note]
• — , Countess of, II, [100]
• Underwood, Lady Cecilia, II, [243]
• Uxbridge, Lady, II, [270]
• Vane, Ann, I, [11], [12]
• — , Mr., I, [26]
• Vertue, George, I, [22]
• Von Bülow, Ida, I, [126]
• Waldegrave, James, Earl of, I, [42], [43], [50], [66], [67], [68], [81], [291];
  • II, [85]
• — , Maria, Lady. [See Gloucester, Duchess of]
• Waldo, Sir Timothy, I, [217]
• Wales, Princess Dowager of, I, [x], [10-11], [14], [15], [16], [18], [19], [35], [36], [40], [42], [45], [46], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [56], [57], [57 note], [62], [63], [70], [74], [85], [107-8], [157], [269], [282], [283];
  • II, [28], [31], [36], [120], [237]
• Walpole, Sir Edward, II, [105]
• — , Horace, I, [10], [11], [31], [39], [41], [42], [45], [46], [48], [53-4], [57], [59], [82], [86], [107], [108], [125], [129], [131], [133], [135], [139], [145], [149], [153 note], [156], [162], [167 note], [177], [203-4], [206], [222], [228 note], [246], [254 note], [266-7], [280-1], [283], [287], [288 note], [289];
  • II, [5], [25], [27], [29], [39], [43 note], [44], [50], [58], [59], [65], [68], [68 note], [73], [87], [99-100], [101-2], [103-4], [107], [110-111], [120], [122], [135], [137], [152], [157], [181], [184], [187], [191]
• — , Sir Robert, I, [5], [7], [24], [25], [26], [29-30], [139], [160];
  • II, [1-2]
• Warburton, Bishop, I, [245], [248-9]
• Warkworth, Lord, II, [27 note]
• Warren, Dr., II, [212], [214], [219], [223], [227], [230], [233], [247]
• Watkins, John, I, [209-210]
• Wedderburn, Alexander. [See Loughborough, Baron.]
• Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, I, [xiii]
• West, Benjamin, I, [191-2]
• Westmoreland, Earl of, I, [21 note], [116], [259]
• Weymouth, Lady, I, [207]
• — , Lord, I, [291];
  • II, [124]
• Whitehead, William, I, [10], [34-5], [83-4], [221]
• Wilkes, John, I, [viii], [178], [235-57], [266-68];
  • II, [1], [61], [65], [68 note], [93]
• William IV, I, [1];
  • II, [237 note], [244], [266]
• William Henry, Prince (brother of George III). [See Gloucester, Duke of]
• Williams, George James ("Gilly"), II, [56]
• — , Sir Watkin, II, [83]
• Willis, Dr. Francis, II, [215], [216-21], [224], [227], [228], [230], [233], [265], [267], [277]
• — , Dr. John, II, [219], [265], [284], [285]
• — , Dr. Robert, II, [267], [268], [285]
• Wilmot, Sir Eardley, II, [70]
• — , Olive. [See Serres, Mrs.]
• — , Sir Robert, II, [50]
• Wilson, Dr. Thomas, I, [170-171] [Pg 317]
• Winchelsea, Earl of, I, [21 note];
  • II, [33], [53], [57]
• Withers, Philip, II, [209-211]
• Wolcot, John. [See "Pindar, Peter"]
• Wood, Robert, I, [240]
• Wordsworth, William, I, [xiii]
• Wraxall, Nathaniel, I, [79], [114], [168], [188], [264-5], [279];
  • II, [67-8], [72 note], [86-7], [100], [100 note], [110], [119], [173-4], [180], [190], [191], [159], [200], [203], [218], [234]
• Wriothesley, Miss, II, [62]
• Würtemberg, Charlotte, Queen of, II, [237 note], [238-40], [254]
• — , Crown Prince of, II, [239]
• — , Prince Ferdinand of, II, [240]
• Wyatt (architect), II, [274]
• York, Duchess of, II, [248]
• — , Edward, Duke of, I, [22 note], [41], [51], [54], [74], [80], [99];
  • II, [99-103], [117 note], [120]
• — , Frederick, Duke of, I, [98];
  • II, [225-6], [231], [237 note], [244], [248-9], [276], [281]
• Yorke, Charles, II, [70-2]
• Young, Sir W., II, [226 note]

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