UGOLINO See Dante’s Inferno, xxxii., xxxiii.,
VANSITTART, was governor of Bengal in the interval between Clive’s first and second administrations.
Vattel, the great jurist whose Droit des Gens, a work on Natural Law and its relation to International Law, appeared in 1758.
Vellore, west of Arcot.
Verres, the Roman governor of Sicily (73-77 B.C.), for plundering which island he was brought to trial and prosecuted by Cicero.
Virgil’s foot race. In Aeneid v. 325 ff it is told how Nisus, who was leading, tripped Salius, his second, that his, friend Euryalus might gain the prize.
WALDEGRAVE, Lord, Governor to George III. before the latter’s accession; married Walpole’s niece.
Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, the ablest commander on the Catholic side in the Thirty Years’ War.
Warburg, like Minden 1759, a victory gained by Ferdinand of Brunswick over the French (1760).
Watson, Admiral, made no protest against his name being signed, and claimed his share of the profits.