Victoria, H.R.H. the Princess,
at a child’s ball, i. 209;
first appearance of, at a drawing-room, ii. [119];
at Burghley iii. 315;
health of, proposed by the King, 364;
at Windsor, 367;
letter from the King, 400;
seclusion of, 403;
first Council of, 406;
proclaimed Queen, 408;
impression produced on all, 409
Villiers, Hon. Hyde, appointed to the Board of Control, ii. [145]
Villiers, Hon. George, at the Grove, ii. [105];
conversation with the Duke of Wellington, [105];
mission to Paris for a commercial treaty, [219];
Minister at Madrid, iii. 14, 20, 21;
on prospects in Spain, 69, 79;
letters of, from Madrid, 321, 360, 365
Warsaw, affair at, ii. [95];
taken by the Russians, [192]
Warwickshire Election, iii. 353, 354
Wellesley, Marquis of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 31;
correspondence with Mr. Littleton, 103, 110;
resigns the White Wand, 258
Wellesley, Long, Esq., committed for contempt of court, ii. [166]
Wellington, Duke of,
account of the battle of Waterloo, i. 39;
in Paris with Blücher, 41;
dispute with the King, 51;
on affairs of France and Spain, 67;
opinion of Bonaparte, 71;
mission to Russia, 78;
visit to the Royal Lodge, 102;
opinion of Mr. Canning, 107;
forms a Government, 1828, 124;
resolves to carry the Catholic Relief Bill, 143;
correspondence with Dr. Curtis, 148;
ascendency of, in the Cabinet, and over the King, 176;
hardness of character of, 191;
duel with Lord Winchelsea, 192;
conversation with, on King George IV. and the Duke of Cumberland, 216, 218;
prosecution of the press, 233, 258, 260;
business habits of, 262;
conversation with on the French Revolution, ii. [21];
qualities of, [41];
confidence in, [45];
declaration against Reform, [53];
Administration of, defeated, [61];
resignation of, [62];
suppresses disturbance in Hampshire, [75];
political character of, [81];
reported letter of advice to the King of France, [94];
correspondence with Mr. Canning, [103];
conduct towards the Government, [159];
objections to Mr. Canning, [170];
dinner at Apsley House, [188];
anti-Reform dinner at Apsley House, [197];
remarks upon, [204];
memorial to the King, [211];
correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe, [221];
obstinacy of, [234];
letter to Lord Wharncliffe, [248];
unbecoming letter laid before the King, [252];
reply to Lord Wharncliffe, [253];
speech on Irish Education, [272];
sent for by the King, [294];
efforts of, to form an Administration, [299];
inability of, to form an Administration, [300];
statement of his case, [302];
conduct of the Tory party, [302];
ill-feeling towards Peel, [325];
view of affairs, 1833, [363];
government of French provinces, [363];
respect evinced towards, [372];
defence of policy, [379];
Speech on the Coronation Oath, iii. 9, 10;
policy on the Irish Church Bill, 10;
on Portuguese affairs, 11, 26;
and the Bonaparte family, 26;
subsequent account of attempt to form a Government, 48;
compared with Lord Grey, 73;
speech on the admission of Dissenters to the University, 73;
presents the Oxford petition, 79;
and the Whigs, 82;
installed as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 95;
First Lord of the Treasury, and Secretary of State for the Home Office, 149;
arrangement for a provisional Government, 149;
at the public offices, 1834, 154;
account of crisis of 1834, 162;
inconsistencies of, 172;
on the division on the Speakership, 216;
on Lord Londonderry’s appointment, 227;
anecdote of Lord Brougham, 232;
on Spain, 270;
on the Walcheren expedition, 271;
policy of, on the Corporation Bill, 283;
letter to the Duke of Cumberland, 320;
speech in answer to Lord Lyndhurst, 362;
meeting of Tory Peers, 397;
crowned by the Duchess of Cannizzaro, 406;
quarrel with the Duke of Clarence, 406
Western, Lord, evidence of, iii. 112
West India Body, consternation of the, ii. [350];
deputation of the, [350]
West India Bill, prospects of the, iii. 13.
For debates on the, see[Commons, House of]
West Indies, Lord Chandos’s motion on the state of the, ii. [116];
project of emancipation, [347];
alarm in the, [352];
difficulties attending emancipation, [360];
committee on affairs of the, iii. 266;
decision on the office of Secretary of the Island of Jamaica, 279
Westmeath, Marchioness of, pension, i. 157, 160
Westmeath v. Westmeath, appeal before the Judicial Committee,
iii. 119, 124;
decision in, 140
Westminster election, 1818, contest, i. 3;
in 1819, 17, 19;
in 1833, ii. [370];
in 1837, iii. 398
Wetherell, Sir Charles, account of, i. 194;
speech on the Reform Bill, ii. [123];
supports Sir E. Sugden’s motion, [314]
Wharncliffe, Lord,
interview with Radical Jones, ii. [200];
overtures for a compromise on the Reform Bill, [211];
character of, [213];
draws up a declaration for signature in the City, [214];
disappointment of, [218];
final interview of, with Lord Grey, [220];
correspondence of, with the Duke of Wellington, [221];
interview of, with the King on the proposed new Peers, [231], [233];
memorandum laid before the King, [252];
as chief of a party, [289];
in communication with Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ellenborough, [290];
defends his policy, [292];
paper on the Tory party, [343];
on the prospects of the country, iii. 54;
joins the Peel Government, 175;
on the prospects of the session, 341
Whately, Richard, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 280
Whig party, state of the, iii. 159;
tactics of the, 216;
union with O’Connell, 219;
symptoms of disunion in the, 221;
meeting at Lichfield House, 224;
prospects of the, 235
Wicklow, Earl of, attack on the Government, iii. 110
Wilberforce, William, speech of, i. 16;
negotiation with Mr. Canning, ii. [125]
William IV., King, accession of, ii. [1];
dislike of, to the Duke of Cumberland, [5];
behaviour of, [6], [9];
at the House of Lords, [11];
personal anecdotes of, [11], [12], [13], [14];
dinner at Apsley House, [14];
at Windsor, [25];
pays the racing debts of the Duke of York, [50];
speech on the change of Government, [72];
levee, [74];
health of, [106], [108];
mobbed on returning from the theatre, [117];
in mourning for his son-in-law, [133];
in the House of Lords, [136];
dissolves Parliament, [136];
conduct to his Ministers, [138];
at Ascot, [147];
opens Parliament, [153];
at Windsor, [179];
and the Bishops, [185];
divides the old Great Seal, [188];
crowned at Westminster, [190];
levee, [192];
toasts at dinner at St. James’s, [193];
interview with Lord Wharncliffe on creation of new Peers, [233];
health of, [282];
reluctance of, to make Peers, [283];
adverse sentiments towards the Whigs, [298];
dinner to the Jockey Club, [301];
levity of, [302];
letter to the Peers, [303];
character of, [307];
struck by a stone, [307];
country dance, [341];
anecdotes of, [342];
state of mind of, [364];
letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, [382], [383];
letter-writing, iii. 2;
animosity to the French, 33;
irritability of, 81;
conduct of, 84;
personal feelings towards the members of Lord
Melbourne’s Administration, 137;
dismissal of Lord Melbourne, 144;
speech to the Tory Lords, 148;
provisional appointments, 148;
account of difference with Lord Melbourne, 150;
resolution of, to support the Tory Government, 161;
address to the new Ministers, 175;
on the state of Persia, 184;
whims of, 203;
Island of St. Bartholomew, 203;
indignation of, at the affair of Lord Londonderry, 231;
distress of, 245;
and the Ministers, 251;
personal habits of, 264;
speech to Sir Charles Grey, 272;
audience to Lord Durham, 272;
hostility towards Lord Glenelg and the Ministers, 276;
conduct to the Speaker, 279;
scene with Lord Torrington, 285;
speech to the Bishops, 303;
speech on the Militia, 311;
and the Duchess of Kent, 313;
speech at dinner to the Jockey Club, 351;
Toryism of, 358;
joke, 361;
speech to the Bishop of Ely, 363;
proposes the health of the Princess Victoria, 364;
aversion to his Ministers, 364, 366;
speech to Lord Minto, 364, 366;
rudeness to the Duchess of Kent, 366;
scene at birthday party, 367;
reception of King Leopold, 370;
speech, 1837, 385;
address to Lord Aylmer, 394;
illness of, 399, 400;
letter to the Princess Victoria, 399;
dangerous illness of, 401;
prayers offered up for, 403;
death of, 406;
kindness of heart of, 410
Williams, Sir John, Justice of the Common Pleas, iii. 71
Winchelsea, Earl of,
duel of, with the Duke of Wellington, i. 192;
incident of the handkerchief, 198
Winchester Cathedral, iii. 283
Windham, Right Hon. William, diary of, i. 231;
conversation with Doctor Johnson, 232
Windsor Castle, dinner in St. George’s Hall, ii. [34], [42];
dinner during the Ascot week, [147]
Wood, Matthew, returned to Parliament for the City of London, iii. 188
Worcester, Marchioness of, death of the, i. 47
Worcester Cathedral, iii. 327;
monument of Bishop Hough, 327
Wordsworth, William, characteristics of, ii. [120]
Wortley, Right Hon. John, Secretary to the Board of Control, i. 271.
See[Wharncliffe]
Wrottesley, Sir John, motion of, for a call of the House, iii. 8, 13
Wynford, Lord,
raised to the Peerage, i. 210;
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, 210
Wynn, Right Hon. Charles,
President of the Board of Control, i. 95;
resignation of, ii. [124]
York, H.R.H. the Duke of, character of, i. 5;
management of racing establishment, 44;
dislike to the Duke of Wellington, 48, 62;
duel with the Duke of Richmond, 62;
anecdotes of King George IV., 73;
illness of, 83, 85;
death of, 84;
funeral of, 89;
letter to Lord Liverpool on the Catholic question, ii. [104]
York, H.R.H. the Duchess of, character of, i. 5;
portrait of, 8;
illness of, 27;
death of, 34
Young, Thomas, private secretary to Lord Melbourne, iii. 126