Drake, Nelson and Napoleon

by Baron Walter Runciman Runciman

INDEX

Aboukir Bay, battle of (see Nile, battle of the)
Addington, Charles, [104]
Alexander of Russia, [310], [321], [322]
Arethusa, The (poem), [352]
Armada, Spanish, [39] et seq., [43], [59]
Asquith, H.H., [297], [303]
Astley, Sir Jacob, [131], [134]
Balfour, A.J., [303]
Ball, Captain, [153], [154], [158], [160]
Barham, Lord, [215]
Bathurst, Lord, [295]
Beatty, Admiral, [64]
Bendero, Don Pedro, [47]
Beresford, Lord Charles, [52]
Bernsdorf, Count, [320]
Berry, Captain. [66]
Bertheur, General, [308]
Blackett, Mr., [262]
Blackwood, Captain, [210], [232], [235], [236], [237]
Blake, Admiral, [134]
Bonaparte, Caroline, [292]
Bonaparte, Elisa, [292]
Bonaparte, Jerome, [292]
Bonaparte, Joseph, [144], [169], [292]
Bonaparte, Louis, [292]
Bonaparte, Napoleon (see Napoleon)
Bonaparte, Pauline, [293]
Boulogne, battle of (sea song), [343]
Brereton, General, [198], [199], [203], [207]
Burleigh, Cecil, Lord (see Cecil)
Byng, Admiral Sir John, [161], [267]
Cadiz, Drake's attacks on, [32], [39], [58]
Cadogan, Mrs., [210]
Calais, Armada at, [41]
Calder, Sir Robert, [206], [208], [222] et seq., [267], [268]
Calvi, siege of, [64]
Campbell, Sir John, [108]
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, [301]
Canning, [180]
Capua, siege of, [139]
Carlile, Christopher, [48], [51], [54]
Carlscrona, Hyde Parker's departure to, [95]
Carlyle, Thomas, [69], [78]
Caroline (see Naples, Queen of)
Carraciolli, Prince, [118] et seq., [161], [279]
Carribean Sea, Drake visits, [54]
Carthagena, Drake's attacks on, [32], [54]
Castlereagh, Lord, [180], [211], [295], [301], [303], [321]
Caulaincourt, [310]
Cecil, Lord, of Burleigh, [27], [32], [44], [58]
Champernowne, Sir Arthur, [32]
Championnet, General, [147]
Cobham, Thomas, [32]
Collingwood, Admiral Lord, [31], [63], [64], [83], [84], [134], [193], [200], [203], [204], [210], [229], [235], [237], [238], [243], [245] et seq., [257] et seq.
Columbus, Christopher, [51], [53]
Columbus, Diego, [51]
Copenhagen, battle of, [89], [91]
Copenhagen, battle of (sea-song), [340]
Copenhagen (poem), [354]
Corday, Charlotte, [141]
Corunna, Drake's attack on, [39]
Croker, J.W., [115]
Cromwell, Oliver, [130], [133], [134], [237]
Danton, [141]
Davis, Sir John, [17]
Death of Nelson (poem), [360]
Denmark, Prince Regent of, [320], [321]
Disraeli, [302]
Domingo, San (see San Domingo)
Dominica, Drake's arrival at, [50]
Doughty, Thomas, [24], [38]
Drake, Sir Francis—
as prototype, [17]
and Panama, [18], [56]
and Elizabeth, [20], [21], [22], [23], [43]
and War Fund, [20]
Portuguese Expedition, [20]
death at Puerto Bello, [21], [60]
on Pelican, [22], [43]
and Doughty, [24], [38]
and discipline, [24], [38]
at Cadiz, [32], [39], [58]
at Carthagena, [32], [54]
at Corunna, [39]
West Indian Expedition, [44]
at Vigo, [47], [48]
and Spanish Gold Fleet, [49]
at Santiago, [49], [50]
at Dominica, [50]
at San Domingo, [51], [53]
at Bahamas, [57]
rescues Roanoke settlers, [57], [58]
connection with East India Company, [59]
Newbolt's poem on, [60]
and Fleet Tradition, [63]
a religious man, [134]
Nelson compared with, [180]
"Drake's Drum" (poem), quotation from, [60]
Dresden, Electress of, [83]
Dropmore manuscript, [179]
Dumanoir, [244], [245], [255]
East India Company, [59]
Edward VII of England, [82]
Electress of Dresden, [83]
Elizabeth of England, [20], [21], [22], [23], [32], [34], [35], [43], [44]
Elliot, Sir George, [122], [123]
Emma, Lady Hamilton, [65], [73] et seq., [95], [97], [98] et seq., [118], [119], [120] et seq., [143], [149], [159], [160], [161], [215], [216], [226], [243]
d'Enghien, Duc, [268], [276] et seq.
Erskine, Sir James, [147]
Featherstonehaugh, Sir Henry, [73]
Fisher, Admiral Lord, [64], [95], [178], [180]
Fitzwilliam, George, [26]
Foote, Captain, [280], [281], [282]
Fortescue's Dropmore MS., [179]
Fox, Charles James, [282], [290], [301], [317], [318], [326], [327], [330]
Francis Joseph of Austria, [312]
Franklin, Benjamin, [329]
Fremantle, Admiral, [208]
Frobisher, Martin, [17], [40], [63], [134]
George III of England, [81], [93], [296], [3]O3, [327], [328], [329], [330], [331]
George, Prince Regent (afterwards George IV), [87], [88], [96]
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [17]
"Give it to him, Charley!" (sea-song), [349]
Gladstone, W.E., [301], [302]
Goethe (on beauty of Lady Hamilton), [76]
Graham, James, [73]
Graves, Rear-Admiral, [92]
Gravina, Admiral, [244]
Greville, Charles, [73], [74], [80], [122]
Grey, Earl, [301]
Grey, Sir Edward, [297]
"Gulliver's Travels," [318]
Hallowell, Captain, [146], [218]
Hamilton, Sir William, [65], [74], [76], [88], [100] et seq., [122]
Hamilton, Lady (see Emma, Lady Hamilton)
Hardy, Captain (of the Victory), [92], [119], [225], [232], [235], [240], [242], [243], [251]
Hart, Emily (afterwards Lady Hamilton), [73]
Hawkins, Sir John, [17], [20], [26], [27], [28], [30], [31], [40], [63], [134]
Heine, Heinrich, anecdote of, [311]
Hood, Admiral, [72]
Horatia (Nelson's daughter), [84], [87], [110] et seq., [219], [227], [243]
Hotham, Admiral, [118]
Howard, Admiral Lord, [17], [40]
Inquisition, Spanish, [17], [22], [23], [34], [37]
Jackson, Mr. (British representative to Denmark), [320], [324]
Jellicoe, Admiral, [64]
Jervis, Admiral (see St. Vincent, Admiral Lord)
Joseph of Austria (see Francis Joseph of Austria)
Joseph Bonaparte (see Bonaparte, Joseph)
Keats, Captain, [210]
Keith, Lord, [139], 158, [160], 162
Kitchener, Lord, [178]
Leslie, General, [130], 134
Louis XVIII of France, [294]
Louis Philippe of France, [314]
Louis, Captain, [146], 147
Lowe, Sir Hudson, [295]
Lyon, Amy (afterwards Emma, Lady Hamilton), [73]
Mack, General, [147]
Malmesbury, Lady, [122]
Malmesbury, Lord, [325]
Marat, [141]
Marengo, battle of, [162]
Maria Carolina (see Naples, Queen of)
Marie Louise of Austria, [107], [170]
Marlborough, Duke of, [104], [105]
Marmont, General, [308]
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, [26]
Mary Tudor, Queen of England, [35]
Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, [19], [40], [41]
Melbourne, Lord, [107]
Meneval, Baron de, [171]
Milas, General, [162]
Minto, Lord, [103], [104], [155], [159], [209], [210], [217]
Moreau, [276]
Mulgrave, Lord, [328]
Müller (Swiss historian), [287]
Murat, [145], [169]
Naples, Ferdinand, King of, [120], [128], [129], [140], [144], [145], [146], [147], [163] et seq.
Naples, Maria Carolina, Queen of, [77], [79], [118], [129], [148], [162], [163] et seq., [260]
Napoleon Bonaparte—
and Prussianism, [69], [298]
aphorisms, [71], [131], [134], [205], [291], [314]
comparison with Nelson, [94]
and Marie Louise, [107], [170]
his opinion of Nelson, [118]
his opinion of Wellington, [117]
Cromwell compared with, [133]
and the French fleet, [191]
and Villeneuve, [199], [264], [265], [266], [267], [268]
and Madame Walewska, [217]
comparison of his love letters with Nelson's, [218]
his "Farewell to France" (poem), [274]
as a statesman, [132], [133], [275]
and plots against his life, [276]
and Pitt, [287] et seq., [304]
Müller's opinion of, [287]
Wieland's opinion of, [288]
and his family, [292]
his return from Elba, [294]
his letter to George III, [296]
his son's death, [308]
and Alexander of Russia, [310]
and Treaty of Tilsit, [310]
compared with William II of Germany, [313]
contemporaneous testimony, [315] et seq.
Neipperg, Count, [170]
Nelson, Rev. Edmund, [64]
Nelson, Horatia (see Horatia)
Nelson, Horatio, Admiral Lord—
and contemporary admiration, [31]
and Fleet Tradition, [63]
joins Raisonable, [64]
joins Triumph, [64]
joins Agamemnon, [64]
loses right eye at siege of Calvi, [64]
loses right arm at Santa Cruz, [65]
created K.C.B., [65]
at the court of Naples, [65], [76] et seq., [141] et seq., [163] et seq.
at the Nile, [66]
created Baron, [72]
and gambling scandal, [80], [150]
returns home after Nile, [81]
and Lady Hamilton, [65], [73], [76] et seq., [95], [97], [98] et seq., [159], [210] et seq., [215], [216], [228], [231]
at battle of Copenhagen, [91],
compared with Napoleon, [94], [218]
joins St. George, [95]
returns home in Kite, [98]
at Merton, [100], [210] et seq.
letter to his niece, [111]
incident of gipsy's prediction, [114]
and Carraciolli, [118] et seq., [279]
hatred of the French, [135], [173]
at Toulon, [136]
at Palermo, [149]
and starvation of Neapolitans, [151]
and "cracking on," [155]
as "Duke of Thunder," [167], [172]
homecoming via Magdeburg and Hamburg, [176]
and Ministers of State, [139], [174], [180] et seq., [210] et seq.
and privateering, [181]
sails to West Indies, [197]
returns to England, [207]
gift of coffin to, [218]
joins Victory, [220]
and Calder, [221] et seq.
at Trafalgar, [225] el seq.
last letters, [226], [228], [231]
last prayer before battle, [231]
death in action, [240], [242] et seq.
the nation's sorrow, [256] et seq.
Collingwood, compared with, [261]
chronological data, [363]
Nelson and Collingwood (sea-song), [347]
Nelson, Lady, [78], [84], [85], [86], [88]
Newbolt, Sir H., [60]
Nile, Battle of the, [66] et seq.
Nile, Battle of the (sea-song), [337]
North, Lord, [329]
Norton, Hon. Mrs., [108]
O'Meara, Dr., [265], [295]
Oquendo, [42]
Orange, William the Silent, Prince of, [34]
Orde, Sir John, [184], [185], [195], [196], [203]
Pahlen, Count, [97]
Parker, Sir Hyde, [89], [90], [91], [92], [184]
Parma, Duke of, [42]
Pasco, Yeoman of Signals, [235]
Paul of Russia, [97]
Philip of Spain, [17], [18], [26], [28], [32], [34], [36], [37], [40], [41], [42]
Pichegru, [276]
Pitt, William, [134], [213], [287], [289], [290], [296], [298], [299], [301], [303], [344], [318], [326], [327]
Poems, [60], [274], [337]
Pole, Sir Charles, [98]
Radstock, Lord, [213], [214], [259]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [57]
Recaldo, [42]
Riou, Captain, [91]
Roanoke, settlers of, rescue by Drake, [57], [58]
Robespierre, [141]
Rome, King of, [308]
Romney, George, [73]
Rosebery, Lord, [301]
Rotherham, Captain, [237], [238]
Ruffo, Cardinal, [286]
Salisbury, Lord, [302]
San Domingo, Drake's attack on, [32], [51], [53]
San Philip, [58]
Santa Cruz, action at, [65]
Santa Cruz, Admiral, [18], [37], [39], [41]
Santiago, Drake's attack on, [49], [50]
Sardanapalus, [141]
Scott, Dr., [243]
Sea Songs, [333]
Seymour, Admiral Lord, [40]
Sidmouth, Lord, [221]
Smith, Sir Sydney, [174]
Southey, Robert, [128], [174]
Strachan, Sir Richard, [245], [255]
St. George, Mrs., [123]
St. Vincent, battle of Cape, [65]
St. Vincent, Earl, [63], [64], [65], [78], [92], [98], [174], [184], [185], [234]
Suckling, Captain Maurice, [64]
Thiers, M., [191], [305]
Thurn, Count, [119]
Tierny, [301]
Touche-Treville, Admiral la, [136], [137]
Trafalgar, battle of, [43], [225] et seq.
Trafalgar, Battle of (sea-song), [345]
Troubridge, Admiral, [80], [98], [140], [141], [142], [143], [146], [151], [158], [159], [233], [234]
Ulloa, San Juan d', catastrophe of, [26]
Valdes, Don Pedro de, [19]
Verde, Cape de, pursuit of Spanish to, [48]
Vigo, Drake's attack on, [47], [48]
Villeneuve, Admiral, [116], [189], [190], [199], [200], [206], [210], [225], [229], [244], [259], [264], [265], [266], [267], [268]
Walewska, Madame, [217]
Washington, George, [329]
Wellington, Duke of, [39], [114], [295]
Wieland (German historian), [287], [288]
William II of Germany, [52], [311], [313]

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