Mary Boyle, her book

by Mary Louisa Boyle

INDEX

• Aachen, lake of, [191]
• Abercorn, Duke of, [90]n, [282]n
• Adelaide, Queen, [29];
  • appoints Caroline Boyle maid of honour, [101]
• Albano, [133]
• Alderney, island of, [171], [174]
• Alexander, Captain, Lieutenant-Governor of Alderney, [4]n, [174];
• —— his anecdote, [175]
• —— Elizabeth Charlotte, [176], [265]n
• —— James, [265]n
• —— Rose, [4]n, [174];
  • her marriage, [175]
• Alford, Lady Marian, [184], [204], [266], [267], [280]
• —— Lord, [184]
• Althorp, [253];
  • library, [253];
  • staircase, [254];
  • heronry, [254];
  • Portrait Gallery, [254]
• Alvanley, Lord, [180]
• Amalfi, [136]
• Ampthill, Lady, [270]n
• Anderson, Miss Mary, [106]
• Anglesey, Earl of, [272]n;
  • skipper of his craft, [144]
• “Annie Winnie,” [44]
• Asberry, Mr, [53]
• Ashburton, Louisa, Lady, [267]
• Ashby, Castle, [184]
• —— Farmer, [87]
• Ashridge, [279]
• Astley’s theatre, [35]
• Ausberg, review at, [190]
• Aumale, Duc and Duchesse d’, at Ossington, [278]
• Autolycus, lines from, [2]
• Bachelor Philosopher, The [89]
• Baiæ, [138]
• Baker, Eric, [205]
• Bal Costumé, [165]-[167]
• Balbi, [104]
• Ballets d’action, [107]
• Balls, Park, [3], [55]
• Bath, Marquis of, [53]n
• Bavaria, King Louis of, [188];
  • stories of, [189]
• Bedford, Duke of, [90]
• Beer, Mr [45]
• —— Mrs, Under-Housekeeper at Hampton Court, [45]
• Belgiojoto, Countess, [140]
• Bentinck, Lady Charlotte, [278]
• Beppa, the florist, [222]
• Berri, Duchesse de, [127]
• Bessborough, Earl of, [271]n
• Bidwell, Mr George, [271]
• “Billy,” [98]
• “Black Taffy,” [16]
• “Boch Dhu,” [96], [125], [137]
• Boddingtons, the, [117]
• Bognor, bathing fatality at, [59]
• Bomba, King, [140]
• Bonaparte, Caroline, [152];
  • her appearance, [153]
• Boucicault, [35]
• Boulogne-sur-Mer, [236];
  • outbreak of diphtheria, [237]
• Bourbon, Charles de, [119]
• Bowood, [250]
• Boxall, Sir William, his portrait of Sir William Napier, [171]
• Boyl, Cavaliere Pietro de, [105], [225];
  • Governor of Sardinia, [105]
• Boyle, Mrs Carolina Amelia, her appearance, [10];
  • appointed bed-chamber woman to Queen Charlotte, [30]
• —— Caroline, [3], [4]n;
  • her appearance, [11];
  • appointed maid of honour to Queen Adelaide, [101]
• —— Cavendish Spencer, his birth, [4];
  • at Charterhouse, [36];
  • his engagement, [175];
  • in the West Indies, [178];
  • death, [241];
  • appointed Governor of the Militia Prison at Weedon, [256];
  • at Ashridge, [280]
• —— Charles John, [3], [4]n;
  • his appearance, [11];
  • sketches of him, [12];
  • attaché at the English Legation, Turin, [104];
  • at Munich, [187];
  • engagement, [205];
  • marriage, [206];
  • appointment at the Cape of Good Hope, [225]
• —— Charlotte, [3];
  • her death, [12];
  • burial-place, [13];
  • epitaph, [13]
• —— Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Courtenay, [4];
  • enters the Navy, [5];
  • letter from Lord Nelson, [6];
  • shipwrecked in Egypt, [7];
  • taken prisoner by the French, [7];
  • letter to his wife, [8];
  • return, [9];
  • Commissioner at Sheerness Dockyard, [15];
  • appointment at the Navy Board, [30];
  • punctuality, [37];
  • illness, [101];
  • decorated with the Guelphic and Hanoverian Order, [106];
  • death, [170]
• —— Sir Courtenay Edmund, [36]n
• —— Courtenay Edmund William, [3], [4]n;
  • his first cruise, [10];
  • character, [10];
  • marriage, [11], [158]
• —— Courtenay, [213], [257]
• —— Lady Lucy, [56]n
• —— Mary Louisa, her birth, [1], [3], [4]n;
  • appearance and height, [2];
  • light-heartedness, [2];
  • brothers and sisters, [3], [10]-[13];
  • parents, [4];
  • love of heraldry, [4];
  • ancestry, [5];
  • life at Sheerness, [15]-[30];
  • feats of horsemanship, [16], [61], [95], [182];
  • retainers, [16]-[19];
  • juvenile flirtations, [19]-[22];
  • fondness for Shakespeare’s plays, [22];
  • on the one-legged race, [23];
  • her first Play, [25]-[28];
  • at Somerset House, [30]-[39];
  • early dramatic recollections, [33]-[35];
  • visits to the Royal Academy, [35];
  • to the Charterhouse, [36];
  • on the coronation of George IV., [37]-[39];
  • fondness for Sir W. Scott’s books, [38], [78];
  • life at Hampton Court, [39]-[50];
  • on the officials, [44]-[46];
  • heroic butcher boy, [46]-[48];
  • the thrush, [48]-[50];
  • at Marston Bigot, [51];
  • Balls Park, [55];
  • number of cousins, [56];
  • Wigan Rectory, [56];
  • taming a wolf-dog, [56];
  • Cowdray Park, [57];
  • the bathing fatality, [59];
  • “ghost story,” [60];
  • walk with “Courage,” [61];
  • political views, [62];
  • Midgham House, [64];
  • Cottage, [65];
  • on the eccentricities of Illidge, [66], [70]-[72];
  • on Mrs Garrick [67]-[70];
  • members of the household, [73]-[79];
  • at Brighton, [80];
  • tableaux, [82], [256];
  • at school, [84];
  • music and dancing lessons, [85];
  • dances at Dr Everard’s school, [87];
  • début, [88];
  • dramatic representation, [89];
  • leaves school, [91];
  • at Greystoke Castle, [92]-[96];
  • theatricals, [95], [147]-[152], [212], [227], [232], [251], [256], [271];
  • at Corby Castle, [96];
  • the haunted chamber, [96];
  • visit to Lord Southampton, [97];
  • on the conspiracy to see Fanny Kemble, [98];
  • accession of William IV., [99];
  • illness of her father, [101];
  • arrangements for travelling, [103];
  • at Turin, [104];
  • Genoa, [104]-[114];
  • riding parties, [105];
  • the Masquerade, [107]-[112];
  • at the Baths of Lucca, [114]-[124];
  • the Boddingtons, [117];
  • the servants’ ball, [118];
  • the Duke and Duchess of Lucca, [119];
  • on the religious festival at Lucca, [120];
  • lines on the Duchess, [121];
  • at Florence, [125]-[129], [146], [201], [209]-[224];
  • on the de Fauveaus, [126];
  • first impression of Rome, [130];
  • painters and sculptors, [131];
  • at Naples, [133];
  • Moonlight rides, [135];
  • excursions, [136];
  • at the castle of Sant’ Elmo, [138];
  • the feast of the Madonna dell’ Arco, [140];
  • haunted apartments, [141]-[143];
  • at Pisa, [145];
  • her acting, [148];
  • on the office of prompter, [148];
  • friendship for G. P. R. James, [152];
  • on Caroline Bonaparte, [153]-[156];
  • Geppina, the flower-girl, [156];
  • lines on, [156];
  • visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, [158];
  • mistaken for Princess Victoria, [160];
  • on her coronation, [161];
  • at Millard’s Hill, [163];
  • Tenby, [164];
  • bal costumé, [165];
  • on Charles Young, [166]-[169];
  • death of her father, [170];
  • at Havilland Hall, [170];
  • lines on Sir William Napier, [172];
  • on Mr and Mrs Kean, [173];
  • at the Island of Sark, [174];
  • Alderney, [174];
  • Whittlebury Lodge, [179]-[186];
  • on Colonel Leigh, [180];
  • sporting ecclesiastics, [182], [183];
  • musical evenings, [185];
  • at Munich, [187]-[191];
  • on the dramatic performances, [187];
  • King Louis of Bavaria, [188]-[190];
  • at Ravenna, [191]-[193];
  • Rome, [194]-[200], [242];
  • on Pope Pius IX., [195];
  • the “Possesso,” [197]-[199];
  • life at Villa Careggi, [201]-[207];
  • at the Baths of Casciano, [207];
  • legend of the falcon, [208];
  • on Charles Lever, [210]-[214];
  • the French Revolution, [214];
  • the Tuscan Revolution, [216];
  • on the Brownings, [217]-[220];
  • the disturbances in Italy, [221];
  • Beppa, the florist, [222];
  • farewells at Florence, [224];
  • in London, [225];
  • visit to Adelaide Sartoris, [225]-[227];
  • fondness for Charles Dickens’ books, [229];
  • first meeting with him, [231];
  • letter from Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, [232];
  • from Charles Dickens, [234];
  • death of her friend Fanny, [234];
  • at Boulogne, [237];
  • Gad’s Hill, [238]-[241];
  • death of her brother Cavendish, [241];
  • of Charles Dickens and Lord Clarendon, [242];
  • at Burghley House, [244];
  • on Lord Derby, [247];
  • Disraeli, [248];
  • at Bowood, [250];
  • Althorp, [253];
  • members of the household, [257]-[260];
  • death of Frederic, Lord Spencer, [261];
  • on Landor, [262]-[265];
  • Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, [265]-[267];
  • Carlyle, [267];
  • The Grove, [269];
  • on Lord Clarendon, [269]-[272];
  • Hinchingbrooke, [272];
  • Earls of Sandwich, [273]-[278];
  • Duchess of Cambridge, [277];
  • Ossington, [278];
  • Ashridge, [279]-[281];
  • Wrest Park, [281];
  • on Lady Cowper, [282]
• —— Richard, [51]
• —— The Rev. the Hon. Richard, [170];
  • his marriage, [176]
• —— Robert, “Divine Philosopher of the World,” [5], [51]
• —— Roger, [51]
• Bridgeman, Rev. George, [56]
• Bridgwater, Duke of, [279]
• Brighton, [80]
• Brignole, Marchesa, [105]
• Broadwood, Mary, [85], [89]
• Broghill, Baron, [51]
• Brooks, [73]
• Browne, Elizabeth, [57]
• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, lines on a procession, [217];
  • appearance, [219]
• —— Robert, [219];
  • his death, [220]
• Brownlow, Lord, [267];
  • his death, [268]
• Bruce, Lady Charles, [256]n
• Buller, James, [93]n
• —— Sir Redvers, [93]n
• Bunsen, Madame de, [130]
• Burdett, Major, [58]
• Burghley House, [244]
• Burlington, Countess of, her predilection for Mdlle. Violette, [68]
• —— Lord, his connection with Mdlle. Violette, [68];
  • dowry on her marriage, [69]
• Butler, Frances Anne, [225]n
• Byng, Hon. George, [227]
• Cadogan, Lady Charlotte, [272]n
• Calabritti, Palazzo, [133];
  • the ghost of, [141]-[143]
• Call, W. M. W., lines on “Eleanor’s Well,” [177]
• Cambridge, Duchess of, at Hinchingbrooke, [276]
• Camille, Count de, [109], [113]
• Canning, Hon. Catharine, [266]n
• Capri, island of, [143]
• Capua, Prince of, [143]
• Cardigan, Lord, at the bal costumé, [167]
• Careggi, Villa, [201];
  • frescoes, [201];
  • servants, [203]
• Carlisle, Lord, [56]
• Carlyle, [267];
  • at Mentone, [267];
  • character, [268]
• Carnarvon, Henry, Earl of, [93]n
• Caroline, Queen, [64]
• Carteret, Lord, [40]
• Casciano, Baths of, [207];
  • legend of the discovery, [208]
• Cassiobury Park, [272]
• Cawdor, Earl of, [165]
• “Chaillach,” [164]
• Chambord, Comte de, [122]
• Channel Islands, trip to the, [170]-[176]
• Charles III. of Parma, assumes the title, [123];
  • assassinated, [123]
• Charlotte, Queen, [30]
• Charterhouse, [36]
• Chatham, [29]
• Chetwynd, Sir George, [280]n;
  • his marriage, [242]
• Cholmondeley, Hugh, [135]
• Chouler, Mr, [259]
• —— Mrs, [258]
• Ciabatti, [226]
• Clarence, Duchess of, [29], [31]
• Clarence, Duke of, [29];
  • his daughters, [100]
• Clarendon, Lord, [269];
  • his death, [242];
  • character and gifts, [269];
  • laugh, [270]
• Clifden, Lady, [82], [256]n
• Clifford, Sir Augustus, [87]
• —— Rosamund, [5]
• —— Admiral Sir William, [87]
• Clinton, Frances, Lady, [11]n, [154]
• Collins, Mrs Charles, [240]
• —— Wilkie, [237]
• Compton, Lady Katrine, [226]n
• Condé, Prince de, at Ossington, [279]
• Consort, Prince, [166];
  • at the bal costumé, [166]
• Convicts, [17]
• Corby Castle, haunted chamber, [96]
• Cork and Orrery, Earl of, [4], [51], [163];
  • letter from Lord Nelson, [6]
• Corn Laws, [247]
• Cornelius, [188]
• Cornish Miners, [34]
• “Courage,” the St Bernard, [61]
• Courcy, General de, [150]
• Covent Garden, [36]
• Coventry, Lady Mary, [105]n
• Cowdray Park, [57];
  • destroyed by fire, [58]
• Cowper, Francis, Earl, [226]n, [281]
• —— Lady, her leading attributes, [282]
• Cowper’s Oak, [183]
• Crackenthorpe, Mr, [92]n
• Crawford, Countess of, [152]
• Cromartie, Lord, under sentence of death, [65]
• Cromwell, Oliver, [51]
• Cumberland, William, Duke of, [65];
  • at Midgham, [65]
• Cunningham, Mr Peter, [237]
• Cure for the Heartache, [147]
• Damer, Mrs Dawson, [82]
• “Danny Man,” [31]
• Dante, tomb of, [191]
• Day, Rachel, [74]
• Delamere, Lord, [135]
• Demidoff, Prince Anatole, [206];
  • anecdote of, [206]
• Denison, Evelyn, [278]
• Denmark, Queen Anne of, her visit to Althorp, [254]
• Derby, Countess of, [270]n, [272]
• —— Lord, [247]
• Devonshire, Duke of, [33]
• Devrient, Emil, his acting, [167]
• Dickens, Charles, [13], [56], [229];
  • first meeting with Mary Boyle, [231];
  • on her acting, [233];
  • letter from, [234];
  • his social evenings, [235];
  • children, [236];
  • at Boulogne, [236];
  • extensive walks, [237];
  • at Gad’s Hill, [238];
  • his châlet, [239];
  • drives and walks, [239];
  • visitors, [240];
  • letters of sympathy, [242];
  • stroke of paralysis, [243];
  • death, [243]
• —— Charles, his children, [241]
• —— Harry, [236]
• —— Katie, [240]
• —— Mary, [240]
• —— Mayne, [5]
• —— “Micketty,” [241]
• Dinon, Duc de, [150]
• Diphtheria, outbreak of, [237]
• Disraeli, Benjamin, [248]
• —— Mrs, [249]
• Donkin, Sir Rufane, [81]
• Doria, [104]
• D’Orsay, Count, [180]
• Drumlanrig Castle, [66]
• Dufferin and Ava, Marquis of, [42], [226]
• Durazzo, [104]
• Earle, Mrs, [270]n
• Edgcumbe, Hon. George, [147];
  • his acting, [147]
• Egerton, Lady Alice, [282]
• Egerton, Lady Blanche, [278]
• Egg, Augustus, [233]
• Ellesmere, Earl of, [278]n
• Elliot, Lady Anna Maria, [81];
  • her acting, [82]
• —— Captain, [212]
• Elmo, Sant’, Castle of, [138]
• Elves, Emily, [90]
• Elwes, Mr, [180]
• Erroll, Eliza, Countess of, [100]
• Erskine, Augusta Kennedy, [100]
• Everard, Dr, his school, [86];
  • dances at, [87]
• Exeter, Isabella, Lady, [11]n, [244]n;
  • at the bal costumé, [167];
  • appearance and number of suitors, [245]
• —— Lord, [35];
  • his hospitality, [244]n;
  • marriages, [246]n;
  • children, [246]n
• Falcon, legend of the, [208]
• Falkland, Lady, [100]
• Fane, Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby, [271]
• Fauveau, Madame, de, [126]
• —— Félicie, de, [127], [153], [201], [207], [215];
  • banished from France, [128];
  • her works, [129]
• Fechter, [239], [240]
• Ferrai, Madame, [105]
• First Night, The, [227]
• Fitzclarence, Amelia, [100]
• Fitzherbert, Mrs, her parties, [81];
  • appearance, [83]
• Fitzroy, Lord Charles, [182]
• Florence, [125], [201]
• “Flush,” [219]
• Fordwich, Lord, [226]
• Forster, John, [233]
• Foster, Sir Augustus and Lady Albinia, [104]
• Fox, Lady Mary, [100]
• France, revolution in, [214]
• Freischütz, Der, [34]
• Gad’s Hill, [238]
• Galliera, Marchesa, [105]
• Garrick, David, his marriage, [69]
• —— Mrs, her début, [68];
  • connection with Lord Burlington, [69];
  • marriage, [69];
  • death, [70]
• Genoa, [104];
  • masquerade in, [107]-[112];
  • fashion of head-dresses, [112]
• George III., his death, [30]
• George IV., his coronation, [37]
• Geppina, the flower-girl of Florence, [156];
  • lines on, [156]
• Giardano, Michael, [137]
• Glastonbury Thorn, [54]
• Glenesk, Lady, [270]n
• Gloucester, Princess Mary, Duchess of, [153], [158]
• Gobarrow, wild park of, [94]
• Gordon, Alexander, [170]n
• —— Eleanor Vere, [170]n, her marriage, [176];
  • talent for drawing, [176];
  • result of her works, [177]
• —— Lady Frederick, [100]
• —— Sir James, [23]
• “Gourley Ailsie,” [44]
• Gower, Hon. Frederick Leveson, [87]
• Grafton, Duke of, [179]
• Gray, Lady Mary de, [280]n
• Gregory XVI., Pope, his death, [191]
• Greville, Mr Charles and Lady Charlotte, [282]n
• —— Mr Henry, [227], [282];
  • his reunions, [228]
• Grey, Countess de, [281]
• —— Earl de, [281]
• Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, [92]
• Grimston, Mrs Edward, [83]
• Grove, The, [269]
• Guernsey, island of, [170]
• Guidi, Casa, [217]
• Hackman, Captain, [275]
• Halifax, William, Marquis of, [68]n
• Hallé, Charles, [226]
• Hamilton, Elizabeth, Dow.-Duchess of, [246]n
• —— Lord, [282]
• Hampton Court, [31], [39];
  • gardens, [42];
  • number of visitors, [43];
  • maze, [44];
  • pictures, [45]
• Hanover, H.R.H. Princess Frederica of, [45]
• Harte, Bret, extract from his parodies, [213]
• Hastings, Florence, Lady, her marriage, [242]
• —— Marq. of, [280]n
• Havilland Hall, [170]
• Hayter, Sir George, [12]
• —— John, his sketch of Charles Boyle, [12]
• Higham Ferrers, [184]
• Hinchingbrooke, [272]
• Hogarth, Georgina, [231], [234]
• Hoggins, Sarah, [246]n
• —— Mr Thomas, [246]n
• Holland, Lady, [105]
• —— Henry Edward, Lord, [105], [201]
• Home, Sir Abraham, [280]
• Horner, John, [36]
• “Hotspur,” [150];
  • his appearance on the stage, [151]
• Houghton, Lord, [242];
  • at the bal costumé, [167]
• Howard, Charlotte, [93]n
• —— Henrietta Anna, [93]n
• —— Lady Henry, [93]
• —— Lord Henry, [92]n
• —— Isabella Catharine, [92]n, [93]n
• —— Juliene, [93]n
• —— Miss, [34]
• —— Lady Rachel, [92]n
• —— Mr Stafford, [92]n
• —— Lord Thomas, the ghost of, [96]
• Hutin, Henri, [103]
• Illidge, her eccentricities, [66];
  • appearance and dress, [66];
  • story of Mrs Garrick, [67]-[70];
  • adventure with a burglar, [70]-[72]
• Ippisley, Sir John, [51]
• Irving, Sir Henry, [35]
• Ischia, island of, [136]
• Italy, disturbances in, [221]
• Ives, John, his act of heroism, [46]-[48]
• Jakeman, Mr, [260]
• James, G. P. R., friendship for Mary Boyle, [152];
  • for Landor, [262];
  • character, [262]
• Jerrold, Douglas, [233], [237]
• Jones, Mr, [185]
• Jordan, Mrs, [100], [159]
• Joseph, of Arimathæa, legend of, [54]
• Kaulbach, [188]
• Kean, Mr and Mrs, their love story, [173]
• Keeley, Mr and Mrs, [34], [236]
• Kemble, Adelaide, [282]n
• —— Charles, [225]n
• —— Fanny, [98], [200]
• Kléber, Marshal, Governor of Cairo, [7];
  • his treatment of Captain C. Boyle, [7];
  • assassinated, [8]
• Lagerschwerd, Casa, [210]
• Lake, Sir Willoughby, [170]
• Landor, Walter Savage, [262];
  • friendship with G. P. R. James, [262];
  • his character, [262], [264];
  • fondness for dogs, [263];
  • inscription on the rescue of Caroline Boyle, [264];
  • tone of his voice, [265]
• Lansdowne, Lord, [250];
  • his collection of art treasures, [251]
• —— Henry, Marq. of, [252]
• Lathom, Countess of, [270]n, [272]n
• —— Earl of, [270]n
• Lawrence, Sir Thomas, [246]
• Leech, John, [233]
• Lehmann, Mr, [239]
• Leigh, Colonel, [180]
• Leighton, Frederick, [226]
• Lemon, Mark, [233]
• Lennox, Lady Sophia, [246]n
• Leopold II., Grand Duke of Tuscany, his Civic grant, [216]
• Leslie, Lady Constance, [282]n
• —— Sir John, [282]n
• Lever, Charles, [35], [210];
  • his entry into Florence, [211];
  • tenant of Casa Standish, [211];
  • his acting, [212]
• Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, [269]
• —— Lady Theresa, [270]
• Lima, River, [115]
• Limerick, Edmund Henry, Earl of, [146]n
• Lipona, Countess, [153]
• Lisle, Lady de, [100]
• Lister, Lady Theresa, [269]n
• —— Thomas Henry, [269]n
• —— Sir Villiers, [271]
• Loch, Lord, [270]n
• —— Lady, [270]n
• Long, Elizabeth, [93]n
• “Long George,” [17]
• Longleat, [53], [55]
• Lowe, [17]
• Lucca, baths of, [114];
  • ball at, [118];
  • religious festival, [120]
• —— Duchy of, [123]
• —— Duchess of, [119];
  • lines on, [121]
• —— Duke of, [119]
• Lupus, taming of, [57]
• Lytton, Countess of, [270]n
• —— Sir E. Bulwer, letter to Mary Boyle, [232]
• Lyveden, Lord, [251]n
• Macdonald, Marshal, [153]
• MacDougall, Colonel, [176]
• Manny, Madame de, [220]
• Mansell, Henry, [76];
  • peculiarities, [76];
  • fondness for travelling, [76];
  • talents, [77];
  • death, [78]
• Manvers, Earl, [279]
• Maria Theresa, Empress, [68]
• Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, [255]
• Marston Bigot, [51]
• Masquerade, [107]-[112]
• Mayoress, Lady, anecdote of, [32]
• Mazzini, [112]
• McKenzie, Anne Hay, [65]n
• Meander, [10]
• Mells Park, [55]
• Melville, Whyte, [254]
• Merry Monarch, The, [227]
• Metastasio, lines from, [113]
• Michau, Madame, [85]
• —— M., anecdote of, [86]
• Midgham Cottage, [66];
  • burglary at, [70]-[72]
• —— House, Berkshire, [4], [64]
• Milan, [224]
• Millard’s Hill, [163]
• Minto, Lord, [81]
• Mitchell, Dr, [102]
• Montagu, Sir Sydney, [273]
• Montague, Viscount, [57];
  • drowned, [58]
• Montgomery, Alfred, [37], [41]
• Moore, General Sir Lorenzo, [4]n, [205]
• —— Miss Zacyntha, [4]n, [205];
  • her marriage, [206]
• Mordaunt, Anna Maria, maid of honour to Queen Caroline, [64];
  • her marriage, [64];
  • appointed Governess to the Duke of Cumberland, [65]
• Morier, Miss, [83]
• Moulineaux, Villa des, [236]
• Mount Edgcumbe, Richard, Earl of, [147]n
• Munich, [187];
  • dramatic performances at, [187]
• Murat, Joachim, [152];
  • his portrait, [155];
  • military weapons, [155]
• Napier, Sir William, [170];
  • appearance and characteristics, [171];
  • lines on, [172]
• Naples, [133];
  • feast of Madonna dell’ Arco, [140]
• Napoleon I., [152];
  • his portrait, [155]
• “Narcissus,” [164]
• Nelson, Lord, his letters, [6]
• Norfolk, Bernard, Duke of, [93]n
• —— Charles, Duke of, [92]n
• Normanby, Lord, [169]
• Northampton, Charles, 3rd Marq. of, [87];
  • his marriage, [280]
• —— William, Marq. of, [87], [226]n
• O’Brien, Mr Stafford, [245]
• Oetting, Count Karl von, [191]
• Ogilvay, Sir John, [93]n
• Ogle, Miss Mary, [4]n;
  • her marriage, [158]
• Ogle, W. Wallace, [4]n
• Orleans dynasty, downfall, [214]
• Orper, [19]
• Orrery, Earl of, [51]
• Ossington, [278]
• Overbeck, [132]
• Oxford, Wilberforce, Bishop of, [278]
• “Pacolet,” [94]
• Paestum, [136]
• Paget, Lady Florence, [280]
• —— Lady Mary, [272]n
• Pallavicini, Marchese Fabio, [104], [190]
• Parma, Duchy of, [123]
• Pearl, The, [144]
• Pell, Sir Watkin, [23]
• Perry, Lady Lucy, [146]n
• Perugini, Kate, [236]
• Peterborough, Earl of, [64]
• Petty, Lord Henry, [250]
• Pierrepont, Rt. Hon. Henry, [246]n
• Pinelli, [132]
• Pipa, Comtesse, [204]
• Pisa, [145];
  • festival of St Ranieri, [145]
• Pius IX., Pope, his accession, [191]
  • popularity, [196];
  • witty sayings, [196];
  • the “Possesso,” [197]-[199]
• Play, the first, [25]-[29]
• Poggi, Miss, [84]
• Pompeii, [136]
• Ponsonby, Frederic, [256]
• —— Sir Henry, [256]n
• Portarlington, Earl of, [282]n
• Portland, Duke of, [278]n
• Posillippo, [135]
• Powder-Monkey Bay, [17]
• Power, [35]
• Poyntz, Carolina Amelia, [4]
• —— Charlotte Louisa, [56]n
• —— Elizabeth, [255]
• —— Georgiana Anne, [55]
• —— Isabella, [59]
• —— Stephen, [64]
• —— Mrs Stephen, appointed governess to the Duke of Cumberland, [65];
  • intercedes for Lord Cromartie’s life, [65]
• —— William, [4], [55]n, [56]n, [245];
  • loss of his sons, [59];
  • character, [61];
  • political views, [62];
  • death, [163]
• Quarto, Villa, [204]
• Queensberry, Duchess of, [66]
• Quin, Captain, [259]
• —— Lord George, [229]n, [230]
• Quorn Hounds, Master of the, [97]
• Race, one-legged, [23]
• Ravenna, [191];
  • pine-forest, [192]
• Ray, Miss, her romantic story, [275];
  • tragic death, [276]
• Reinhardt, [132]
• Reynolds, Samuel, his painting of Charles Boyle, [12]
• Richardson, Joseph, [78]
• —— Miss, [36], [78], [90]
• Roche-Jacquelin, Madame de la, [128]
• Rochester, Earl of, [273]
• Rockingham Castle, [230]
• Rolle, Lord, at the coronation of Queen Victoria, [161]
• Rome, [129], [194];
  • first impression of, [130]
• Rosetta, [7]
• Rothesay, Lord Stuart de, [278]n
• Rough Diamond, The, [256]
• Royal Academy, [35]
• Ruberti, General, Commandant of Sant’ Elmo, [138]
• Ruffini, Giovanni, “Lorenzo Benoni,” [113]
• Russell, Lady Louisa, [90]
• Salcey Forest, [184]
• Salt-Hill, [170]
• Saltarello, dance, [195]
• Salviati, Villa, [205]
• Sandwich, Edward, 1st Earl of, [273];
  • his character, [274]
• —— 3rd Earl of, [273]
• —— John, 4th Earl of, [274];
  • anecdote of, [274];
  • nickname, [275]
• —— George, 6th Earl of, [272]
• —— 7th Earl of, [272]n;
  • his second marriage, [278]
• —— Edward, 8th Earl of, [278]n
• —— Lady, her death, [278]
• Santley, Charles, [226]
• Sark, Island of, [174]
• Sartoris, Adelaide, [200], [225], [282]
• Sartoris, Mr Edward, [227], [282]
• Saville, Dorothy, [68]n
• Schaffhausen, Falls of, [58]
• Sefton, Lord, [271]
• Sevastopol, news of the taking, [276]
• Seymour, Frederick, [82]
• —— Sir Horace, [154]
• Seymour, Horace, [257]
• Sheerness, Dockyard, [15];
  • members of the boats’ crew, [16];
  • convicts, [17]-[19]
• Shelburne, Lord, [251]
• Shelley, Miss Fanny Lucy, [147]
• —— Sir John, [147]n
• —— lines from, [192]
• Sheridan, Charlie, [41]
• —— Frank, [37], [41]
• —— Thomas, [42]n
• Sherwood Forest, [278]
• Simons, Louisa, [243]
• Skelmersdale, Lord, [270]
• Smith, Rev. Loraine, [183]
• —— Admiral Sir Sidney, [9]
• —— Rev. William, [182]
• Smugglers, encounter with, [91]
• Somerset, Edward, Duke of, [42]n
• —— Georgina, Duchess of, [42]
• —— House, [30]
• Sondes, Lord, [229]n, [230]
• Sorrento, [136]
• Southampton, Charles, Lord, [92]n, [98], [179]
• Spencer, Earl, [213]
• —— Elizabeth, Countess, [11]n
• —— Hon. Frederic, [255];
  • character, [255];
  • death, [261]
• —— Lady Georgiana, [229]n
• —— John, [255]
• —— Lady, [82], [256], [257]
• —— Hon. Robert, [259]
• —— Sarah, [261]
• Stackpole, [165]
• Standish, Lady Lucy, [146];
  • her theatre, [146];
  • actors and actresses, [147]-[151]
• —— Mr Rowland, [146]
• Stanfield, Clarkson, his chef-d’œuvres, [251]
• Stanhope, Hon. Fitzroy, [92]n
• —— Harriet, [92]n, [179]n
• —— Hon. Henry Fitzroy, [179]n
• —— Captain Robert, [92]n
• Stanley, Lord, [279]
• Stephenson, Rowland, [146]n
• Stewart-Mackenzie, Rt. Hon. James A [267]n
• Stone, Frank, [233]
• —— Marcus, [240]
• Stourhead, [54]
• Strafford, Alice, Countess of, [282]n
• —— Earl of, [227]n
• Stranger, The, [35]
• Stratford, Lady, [266]
• Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, [265];
  • appearance, [266];
  • anecdote of, [266];
  • lines on Mary Boyle, [266]
• Suffolk, Lady, [93]
• —— Lord, [92]n, [93]n
• Sunderland, 3rd Earl of, [255]
• Sutherland, Duchess of, [65]
• Tableaux Vivants, [82], [256]
• Talbot, Countess of, [68]
• Talleyrand de Perigord, Marq., [150]
• Talmont, Princesse de, [128]
• Tavistock House, [235]
• Taylor, Tom, [251]
• Teck, Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of, at Hinchingbrooke, [276]
• Tegern, lake of, [191]
• Templeton, Viscountess of, [272]
• Tenby, [164]
• Tennyson, Lord, [140]
• Thackeray, W. M., “Onet y Oneth,” [213]n
• Thistle, [115]
• Thorpe, house-steward at Althorp, [257]
• Thorwaldsen, [131]
• Thrush, anecdote of a, [48]-[50]
• Thynne, Lord John, [40]
• “Tidy Dick,” [18]
• Tivoli, [133]
• Townshend, Lady John, [80]
• —— Lord John, [3], [55];
  • his epitaph on Charlotte Boyle, [13];
  • eccentricities, [80]
• Tree, Ellen, [173]
• Turin, [104]
• Tuscan revolution, [216]
• Ungher, Madame, [106]
• Urvins, his picture, [141]
• Vansittart, Mrs, [203], [205]
• Vernet, Horace, [131]
• Vernon, Hon. Gowran, [251]
• Vestris, Madame, [34]
• Vesuvius, eruptions of, [136]
• Victoria, Queen, [40], [160];
  • reception at the Opera House, [161];
  • coronation, [161];
  • at the bal costumé, [166]
• Villiers, Rt. Hon. Charles Pelham, [269]
• —— Hon. Francis, [271]n
• —— Lieut.-Col. the Hon. George, [271]n
• —— Lady Theresa, [271]n
• Violette, Mdlle., her début at Drury Lane, [68]
• Vyner, Henry, [280]n
• —— Theodosia, her marriage, [280]
• Walpole, Horace, on Mdlle. Violette, [68]
• Ward, Baron, [123], [214]
• —— Miss, [92]n
• Waterford, Lady, [278]
• Watson, Mrs, [229], [231]
• —— Hon. Richard, [229]n
• Watts, George, his drawing of Charles Boyle, [12];
  • painting of Sir William
• Napier, [171];
  • at the Villa Careggi, [202]
• Weedon, [78]
• Wellington, Duke of, [37], [161], [246]n
• Westbrook Hayes, [265]
• Westminster Abbey, [31]
• Whittlebury Lodge, [179]
• Wigan, Alfred, [227]
• Wigan Rectory, [56]
• William IV., his accession, [99];
  • failing health, [158];
  • attempt on his life, [159]
• Williams, Sir Thomas, [21]
• Willis, Annie, [168]
• Wolf-dog, taming a, [56]
• Wrest Park, [281]
• Yates, Edmund, [240]
• Young, Charles, [35], [166];
  • his romantic story, [167]
• —— Giulia, [168]
• —— Julian, Chaplain to Hampton Court Palace, [168]

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