The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) / A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 - Charles Greville

Abbotsford, visit to, iii. 291
Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. Earl of, Foreign Secretary in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37; and the Spanish quarrels, 73, 74; at the Château d’Eu, 200; communications of, with the ‘Times,’ 200; Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206; handsome behaviour of, to Lord Palmerston, 406; communications of, with the ‘Times’ on the Corn Laws, 311; reluctance of, to distrust M. Guizot, iii. 53; negotiations with, on the formation of a Government (1851), 383
Acland, Sir Thomas, motion of, i. [92]
Adair, Sir Robert, anecdotes, iii. 212
Adelaide, Queen, at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
Afghanistan, expedition to, i. [241]; events in (1842), ii. 85, 89; withdrawal from, 99, 101; recapture of Ghuznee and Cabul and release of the prisoners, 123, 125; indignation in England, 136
Aix-la-Chapelle, visit to, ii. 167
‘Alarm,’ accident to, at the Derby, ii. 284; wins at Newmarket, 302; wins the Emperor’s Cup, 396
Alava, General, i. [241]; conversation with, [241], [242]
Albert, H.R.H. Prince, betrothal of, to the Queen announced, i. [247]; proposed allowance for, [258]; naturalisation of, [259]; precedence of, [259], [263]; refused, [265]; Mr. Greville’s pamphlet on the Precedence Question, [266], [269]; see [Appendix], vol. i.; marriage of, [266], [269], [272]; precedence conceded by the Duke of Cambridge, [270]; name inserted in the Liturgy, [272]; gazetted, [273]; introduction of, [305]; at Oxford, ii. 13; declines an invitation to the Waterloo Dinner, 15; and the King of Hanover, 192; hunting at Belvoir, 216; conversation with the Duke of Bedford, 264; elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, iii. 65; installed, 97; at Balmoral, 296; on Lord Palmerston’s conduct of foreign affairs, 317
Aldborough, Lady, at Baden Baden, ii. 183
Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Emperor Alexander II. of Russia), departure of, i. [215]; munificence of, [215]
Allen, Mr. John, i. [38]; death of, ii. 153; account of, 154
Alliance meeting at Hertford, ii. 415
Althorp, library at, ii. 275
Alvanley, Lord, death of, iii. 304; character of, 305
America, case of McLeod, i. [383]; boundary question settled, ii. 101; discovery of a missing map, 102
Ampthill, visit to, i. [250]
Anglesey, Marquis of, the, speech of, at the Waterloo Dinner, i. [102-104]; wounded at Waterloo, [135]; visit to, in North Wales, ii. 16-17; reception of, at Carnarvon, 18
Anti-Papal Bill, the objections of the Peelites to, iii. 385, 387; objections to, 392, 393; debate on, 400
Antwerp, visit to, ii. 287
Arbuthnot, Mr., death of, iii. 362; character of, 363
Arkwright, Mr., death of, ii. 157
Armstrong, Colonel, ii. 94
Ashburton, Lord, mission of, to the United States, ii. 71; signs the Treaty of Washington, 101
‘Atlantic,’ fête on board the, iii. 409
Auchterarder Case, the, ii. 206, 207
Auckland, Lord, great ability of, ii. 63; First Lord of the Admiralty, 405; death of, iii. 254; career of, 255; character of, 255
Augusta, H.R.H. Princess, Royal consent given for the marriage of the, ii. 118
Austin, Mrs., salon of, in Paris, iii. 38
Austria, revolution in, iii. 155, 158; victories over the Piedmontese, 218; at Novara, 282
Austria, Ferdinand, Emperor of, decision of, iii. 159

Backhouse, Mr., correspondence of, with Mr. Urquhart, i. [158]
Bacourt, M. de, opinion of, of the Treaty of Washington, ii. 101
Baden Baden, arrival at, ii. 176; society at, 177-186; excursions, 178-186; scenery, 179
Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, ii. 117
Baillie, Right Hon. Henry, motion of, for a Committee of Enquiry on Ceylon, British Guiana, and Mauritius, iii. 269
Ball, fancy, at the Palace, ii. 283
Ballot, The (for debates on, see [Lords, House of,] and [Commons, House of]), division on, i. [61]; an open question, [216]
Balmoral, Council at, iii. 295; the Court at, 296
Bangor Cathedral, service at, ii. 17
Bank Charter Act, the, suspended, iii. 101
Barcelona, bombardment of, ii. 201
Baring, Hon. William Bingham (afterwards second Baron Ashburton), returned for North Staffordshire, i. [17]
Baring, Hon. Francis (afterwards third Baron Ashburton), on French politics, iii. 35
Baring, Sir Francis, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 260
Barnes, Mr., i. [123]; death of, ii. 2; anecdote, iii. 75
Bath, visit to, i. [222]; Mr. Harry Greville at, [222]; Abbey Church at, [223]
Battersea Schools, the, i. [131]; lecture at, [151]; visit to the, ii. 86
Battle of the Diamond, the, i. [30], [31]
Bavaria, King of, the, abdication of, iii. 155
Beaudesert, party at, i. [48]
Beaumaris, visit to, ii. 17
Beaumont, M. Gustave de, appointed French Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, iii. 218
Beauvale, Lord, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 120
Bedchamber, ladies of the, affair of the, i. [201], [209]
Bedford, fourth Duke of, diary of, ii. 47
Bedford, sixth Duke of, letter of Lord Brougham to, on education, i. [238]
Bedford, seventh Duke of, Devonshire property of, iii. 206
Bedford, Duchess of, resignation of, ii. 32
Bentinck, Lord George, racing transactions of, ii. 160; speech on the Corn Laws, 373; denounces a supposed job, 413; railway scheme defeated, iii. 57; speech on the Cracow affair, 67; attack on Mr. Labouchere, 71; attacked by Lord J. Russell, 197; death of, 222; character of, 223, 232; career of, 224, 234; ‘Orlando’ trial, 228; political career of, 229; Disraeli’s life of, 417, 423
Bentinck, Lady William, death of, and character, ii. 157; funeral of, 159
Berlin, revolution in, iii. 155
Berry, Miss, ii. 201; anecdote of, 202
Berry, Miss Agnes, ii. 201, 202
Bessborough, Right Hon. Earl of, opinion of, on affairs, ii. 353; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 405; illness of, iii. 77, 80; letter to Lord J. Russell, 81; death of, 82
Beyrout, bombardment of, i. [328]
Birkenhead, visit to, ii. 282
Birthday reflexions, i. [85]
Blanc, Louis M., iii. 152; at dinner, 235
Blessington, the Countess of, society at Gore House, i. [167]; works of, [168]
Bonaparte, Jérôme, Count de Montfort, at Gore House, i. [277]
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, afterwards Emperor of the French, see [Napoleon]
Bordeaux, Duc de, visit to England of the, ii. 211; reception of the, 212, 213
Bourqueney, Baron, letter from M. Guizot to the, i. [348]; misreported conversation with Lord Palmerston, [381]
Bowood, party at, ii. 69
Bradshaw, Mr., disloyal speech of, at Canterbury, i. [244]; duel with Mr. Horsman, [254], [255]
Bresson, Count, instructions to, on the Spanish marriages, iii. 24 (see [Spanish Marriages])
Bridgewater House, private theatricals at, ii. 96
Bridgewater Trust, account of the, ii. 303
British Museum, correspondence with the, about the missing Privy Council Registers, ii. 162
Broadlands, visit to, ii. 104
Brocket, visits to, iii. 119, 375; manuscripts at, 376
Broglie, Duc de, speech of the, iii. 37
Brougham, Lord, scene with Lord Melbourne, i. [32]; ability of, [33]; on the ballot, [59]; anecdote of, [59]; habits of, [60]; and Wakley, [60]; at the Council Office, [65]; qualities of, [66]; in the House of Lords, [69], [71]; anti-slavery speech, [73]; speech on Small v. Attwood, [83]; article on Lady C. Bury’s book, [90]; and Mr. Handley, [99]; contrast to the Duke of Wellington, [111]; attacks Lord Durham’s Ordinance, [123]; pamphlet letter to the Queen, [149]; reconciled to Lord Durham, [150]; denies the pamphlet, [152]; and Lord Melbourne, [152]; and the Serjeants-at-Law, [156]; anecdote of, and Lord Lyndhurst, [160]; on the Bedchamber affair, [211], [212]; attacks the Ministers, [213]; great speech censuring the Irish policy of the Government, [228]; freaks of, at a Greenwich dinner, [229]; proposes the health of the Duke of Wellington at the Dover dinner, [237], [240]; letter on education, [238]; anecdotes of, [240]; pretended death of, [243], [245], [247]; squabbles with M. de Tocqueville and others, ii. 150, 151; intercourse with the Court, 151; endeavours to obtain an affidavit from Mr. Reeve, 207; Judicial Committee Bill, 225, 234; caprices of, 235; makes eleven speeches in the House of Lords, 242; at the Judicial Committee, 242; executor to Lord Melbourne, iii. 252
Brown, Mr., M.P., fête on board the ‘Atlantic,’ iii. 409
Brunnow, Baron, mission of, to England, i. [242]; letter of, complaining of Lord Palmerston’s conduct, iii. 332; on foreign affairs, 345
Buccleuch, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 82; Lord President of the Council, 337
Buccleuch, the Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, ii. 44
Buckingham, the Duke of, Lord Privy Seal in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37; resignation of, 79; First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Derby’s Administration, iii. 451
Buckinghamshire, dispute on the appointment of sheriff, ii. 144
Buckinghamshire magistrates, appointment of the, ii. 66; opinion of the Duke of Wellington on, 77
Buckland, Dr., at the Grange, ii. 264
Bugeaud, Marshal, commands the troops in Paris in 1848, iii. 144
Buller, Charles, Mr., Radical opinions of, i. [32]; appointed by Lord Durham, [109]; author of Lord Durham’s report, [163]; paper of, on Ireland, iii. 221; death of, 241; character of, 249
Bulwer, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Lytton, play of ‘Richelieu,’ i. [173]
Bulwer, Sir Henry, expulsion of, from Spain, iii. 169; arrival of, in London, 180; defence, 181; debate in the House of Commons, 190; intrigues in Spain, 194 (for despatches to, see [Spanish Marriages])
Burge, William, Mr., Q.C., i. [255]
Burghersh, Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), opera by, i. [116]; mistake of, ii. 275
Burghley, party at, i. [37]
Burgoyne, Sir John, letter from the Duke of Wellington to, iii. 107
Burke, Rt. Hon. Edmund, iii. 213
Bury, Lady Charlotte, book by, i. [48]; book reviewed by Lord Brougham, [65], [90]
Butler, Mrs., reading of, at Bowood, ii. 69; in the ‘Hunchback,’ 96