Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)

by Edward Gibbon

his own health, i. 83, 114, 150, 158, 246, 321, 322, 371, 377-379, 399; ii. 12, 108, 129, 141, 166, 248;
his father's accident, i. 26;
Paris and the Parisians, i. 28-32, 315, 320;
Duke of Bedford, i. 30, 32;
M. d'Augny: Madame Bontemps, i. 31;
Dr. Acton at Besançon, i. 36;
his life at Lausanne, i. 39, 42, 49, 50; ii. 76, 88-141 passim, 177;
Mdlle. Curchod, i. 40;
Voltaire, i. 43, 91;
Lady M. W. Montagu's Letters, i. 53;
his tour in Italy, i. 63;
English visitors at Lausanne, i. 65;
Rome to Naples, i. 73;
Venice, i. 75;
Deyverdun and Miss Comarque, i. 83;
the "School of Vice," i. 84;
Ranelagh Gardens, i. 89;
his father's reproaches, i. 98;
his father's illness and death, i. 97, 105, 106, 118;
fall of the ministry, i. 112;
the "Remonstrance" debate, i. 113;
Lenborough, i. 126, 158, 182, 185, 187, 210, 289;
Beriton, i. 128, 153; ii. 175, 206, 248;
"the formal Mr. Bricknall," i. 131-133, 141;
Danish revolution, i. 143;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 154;
house-hunting in London, i. 171, 172, 175, 179;
James Scott's death, i. 177;
the Townshend-Bellamont duel, i. 180, 182;
his "notions" of London life, i. 188;
his friend Deyverdun, i. 188, 210, 262; ii. 89 et seq., 177, 207;
"an approaching daughter-in-law," i. 197;
Johann C. Bach, i. 204;
masquerade at Pantheon, i. 215;
"Mrs. Gibbon of Northamptonshire, not of Bath," i. 216;
Madame de Bavois, i. 220;
offer of a seat in Parliament, i. 230, 231;
M.P. for Liskeard, i. 234;
Godfrey Clarke's illness and death, i. 238, 244;
his Parliamentary life, i. 248, 253, 289, 325, 331, 365, 373;
his History, see Decline and Fall;
story of Essex's ring, i. 276;
the Neckers, i. 283, 306, 320; ii. 122;
Garrick, i. 289;
two answers to his History, i. 295;
Dr. Hunter's Anatomy Lectures, i. 304;
her groundless fears, i. 305, 306;
his Paris friends, i. 315;
Duke of Richmond, i. 316;
Madame de Genlis, i. 326;
at Coxheath Camp, i. 346;
his views on matrimony, i. 351;
a Lord of Trade, i. 366, 378;
Lord Eliot, i. 369, 374, 386, 391;
his Mémoire Justificatif, i. 371;
Mrs. Williams, i. 372, 374;
Irish trade, i. 373;
Lord Sheffield's first speech, i. 380;
a dissolution expected, i. 380;
the Gordon riots, i. 381, 382;
Sheffield and the Northumberland Militia, i. 381;
Sir Henry Clinton, i. 384;
weary of political life, i. 391;
George Scott's death, i. 393;
M.P. for Lymington, ii. 1;
at Brighthelmstone, ii. 3, 7;
Hayley, the poet, ii. 8, 17;
North's resignation, ii. 13;
Board of Trade suppressed, ii. 14;
Lady Elizabeth Foster, ii. 15;
Rockingham's death, ii. 17;
at "Single-Speech" Hamilton's house, ii. 21;
Mrs. Ashby, ii. 22;
Pitt, ii. 28;
Mrs. Siddons, ii. 29;
the Coalition Ministry, ii. 34;
retires from Parliament, ii. 58;
his Lausanne plans, ii. 58, 61, 64, 71;
his propensity for happiness, ii. 88;
society at Lausanne, ii. 89, 90, 122;
climate at Lausanne, ii. 129;
changes in English politics, ii. 131;
a regimen of boiled milk, ii. 142;
his house and garden, ii. 142, 248;
a ministry of respectable boys, ii. 143;
intention to visit England, ii. 155;
the two Mr. Gibbons, ii. 159;
Sheffield Place, ii. 160;
Bath, ii. 161;
his compliment to Lord North, ii. 170;
Cadell's discretion, ii. 176;
Hugonin's neglect, ii. 207;
the French Revolution, ii. 249, 308;
the Sheffields' visit to Lausanne, ii. 309;
her illness and recovery, ii. 348;
his return to England, ii. 381, 384;
at Althorp, ii. 391;
his illness, ii. 394, 398.
Her letters to Gibbon, ii. 385, 399
Gibbon, Edward (father), subjects of his son's letters to:—
First impressions of Lausanne, i. 1;
Voltaire, i. 5;
a stepmother, i. 10;
studies under Pavillard, ibid.;
proposed Swiss tour, i. 13;
Holland, i. 15;
Sir George Elkin's marriage, i. 16;
the Lottery, i. 17;
King's Scholars' play, i. 18;
the Celesias, i. 18, 62;
Dr. Maty: Mdlle. de Vaucluse and M. Celesia, i. 20;
his London friends, i. 21;
hopes of Parliament, i. 23, 45;
paternal doubts and suspicions, i. 34;
Taafe, i. 35;
gambling losses, i. 36, 47;
Dr. Acton and Besançon, i. 37;
the Swiss Militia, i. 38;
financial troubles, i. 45-48, 51, 52, 55, 69, 71, 73, 93-107 passim;
Mont Cenis, i. 55;
Turin, i. 56;
Venice, i. 61;
his friend Guise, i. 62;
Rome, i. 66;
Trajan's Pillar, i. 67;
Barazzi the banker, i. 71;
Sir T. Worsley, i. 78;
a burgess of Newtown, i. 88;
the Putney Writings, i. 93;
Gosling's mortgage, i. 94, 95.
His death, i. 117
Gibbon, Edward—
1753-1772.
Under Pavillard's care at Lausanne, i. 1;
a gambling scrape: his appeal to Aunt Catherine, i. 3, 4;
Voltaire at Geneva, i. 5, 43;
his father's second marriage, i. 7;
his plans and studies, i. 9-11;
his father's silence, i. 13;
returns to England, i. 15;
the Lottery, i. 17;
the Celesias, i. 18, 20;
distressed for money, i. 19;
his quarrel with Dr. Maty, i. 21;
a seat in Parliament—ambitions, hopes, and fears, i. 23, 45;
in the Hants Militia, i. 25, 87;
at Boulogne, i. 27;
friends and acquaintances in Paris, i. 28, 33;
Thomas Bradley's affair, i. 35;
Dr. Acton at Besançon, i. 36;
with his old acquaintance at Lausanne, i. 38 et seq.;
Mdlle. Curchod, i. 40, 81;
the fall of our tyrant, i. 44;
unhappy circumstances of our estate, i. 47;
a mixture of books and good company, i. 49;
Lady M. W. Montagu's Letters, i. 53;
proposed tour in Italy, i. 54;
Turin, i. 55, 58;
Borromean Islands, i. 57;
his snuff box and the King of Sardinia's daughters, i. 58;
Milan, i. 60;
Genoa, i. 61;
Florence, i. 63;
Englishmen at Florence, i. 65;
Rome, i. 67 et seq.;
ways and means, i. 69, 100 et seq., 127, 136, 165-170;
the very worst roads in the universe, i. 73;
least satisfied with Venice, i. 75;
Austrian etiquette, i. 80;
separations increase daily, i. 82;
the "School of Vice," i. 84;
"Monsieur Olroy's" marriage, i. 85;
a burgess of Newtown, i. 88;
Ranelagh Gardens, i. 89;
Voltaire ruined, i. 91;
the Putney Writings, i. 93, 105;
paternal doubts and suspicions, i. 98;
the deed of trust, i. 99, 101;
Wentzel, the oculist, i. 105;
the plain dish of friendship, i. 108;
the "Remonstrance" debate, i. 113;
his father's illness and death, i. 115, 117, 121, 122;
Aunt Hester's kind letter, i. 121;
detained by Ridottos, i. 124;
the Soho masquerade, i. 131;
the eternal Bricknall, i. 133;
"Farmer Gibbon of no use!" i. 138;
"Quis tulerit Gracchos," i. 140;
these Denmark affairs, i. 143, 149;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 146, 151, 154;
the Pantheon, i. 147;
Worthy Champions of the Church, i. 148;
the business of Lord and Lady Grosvenor, i. 149;
Dr. Nowell's sermon, i. 151;
Sir R. Worsley, i. 153;
Lord Sheffield's editorial methods, i. 155;
Deyverdun's arrival, i. 158 (see also Deyverdun, George);
Master Holroyd's death, i. 160;
a sprained ankle, i. 161;
the loud trumpet of advertisements, i. 163;
a tenant for Beriton, i. 165;
Lady Rous' house, i. 171-175;
North's somnolence, i. 173;
James Scott's death, i. 177
1773-1783.
Bellamont-Townshend duel, i. 180;
a due mixture of study and society, i. 183;
the E. I. Co., i. 184, 186, 209, 308; ii. 85;
sale of Lenborough, i. 186; ii. 83;
Hume: W. Robertson, i. 190;
Foote's Bankrupt, i. 192;
the beauties of Cornwall, i. 194;
declines publication of Chesterfield's Letters, i. 195;
an approaching daughter-in-law, i. 197;
Fox's debts, i. 198;
Kelly's School of Wives, i. 199;
a dinner at the "Breetish" Coffee House, i. 201;
Colman's Man of Business, i. 202;
heads of a convention, i. 205;
Boston Port Bill, i. 206;
Mrs. Horneck, i. 207;
great news from India, i. 209;
receiving one friend and comforting another, i. 210;
Johnson and Gibbon—a contrast, i. 213;
Boodle's triumph, i. 215;
all the news of Versailles, i. 218;
Lord Stanley's fête champêtre, i. 219;
Madame de Bavois, i. 220;
Godfrey Clarke's illness and death, i. 223, 238, 244;
a new man for the county, i. 225;
Romanzow's victory, i. 227;
offer of a seat, i. 228;
M.P. for Liskeard, i. 229;
dissolution and election, i. 231;
Wilkes at the Mansion House, i. 231;
a visit to Bath, i. 231;
his anxiety for Mrs. Holroyd, i. 237;
deep in America, i. 243 (see also America);
a party of foxhunters, i. 247;
troops for America, i. 249;
North's conciliatory scheme, i. 251;
a silent member, i. 253;
presentation at Court, i. 255;
the march to Concord, i. 257;
a great historical work, i. 259;
his History going to press, i. 261;
nothing new from America, i. 265;
his dog the comfort of his life, i. 267;
his stepmother's small-pox, i. 268;
difficulty in raising troops, i. 271;
at work on his History, i. 273;
the book almost ready, i. 275;
story of Essex's ring, i. 276;
his History published, i. 279;
the Neckers in London, i. 281, 282;
poor Mallet, i. 283;
Dr. Porteous, i. 285;
an Irish edition of the Decline and Fall, i. 288;
fears of French war, i. 289;
Howe's proclamation, i. 291;
Suard translates his History, i. 293;
two answers to his book, i. 295;
Septehênes' translation of Decline and Fall, i. 297;
a war of posts, i. 299;
"John the Painter," i. 301;
his uniform life, i. 302;
Hunter's Lectures, i. 304;
his stepmother's groundless fears, i. 306;
starts for Paris, i. 309;
pleasures and occupations in Paris, i. 311;
his success in French society, i. 313;
his friends and acquaintances, i. 315;
no risk of war with France, i. 317;
Duc de Choiseul, i. 318;
a martyr to gout, i. 321;
weary of the war, i. 323;
Saratoga, i. 324;
Madame de Genlis, i. 326;
London a dead calm and delicious solitude, i. 327;
conciliation for America, i. 329;
suing for peace, i. 331;
war with France, i. 333;
his private affairs, i. 335;
"in attendance of my Mama," i. 336;
d'Estaing's fleet, i. 337;
Keppel and the French frigates, i. 339, 343;
Coxheath Camp, i. 340, 346;
Brighton unsuitable, i. 345;
Paul Jones, i. 347;
battle of Ushant, i. 349;
an effort of friendship, i. 351;
advice to his stepmother, i. 352, 362;
prospect of a place, i. 355;
Palliser and Keppel, i. 356;
his plans of economy, i. 359;
Parliament and the Roman Empire, i. 361;
a crestfallen ministry, i. 363;
at work on his second volume, i. 365;
a Lord of Trade, i. 366, 373;
disclaims the History of Opposition, i. 369;
his Mémoire Justificatif, i. 371;
Holroyd for Coventry, i. 375;
Rodney's victory, i. 376;
"a mighty unrelenting tyrant, called the Gout," i. 377;
Gordon Riots, i. 380;
his two volumes in the press, i. 382;
his seat uncertain, i. 385;
another seat promised, i. 387;
M.P. for Lymington, i. 387, 400; ii. 1;
defends his conduct in Parliament, i. 389;
weary of political life, i. 391;
the Coventry election, i. 393;
Holroyd created Lord Sheffield, i. 395;
the reception given to his two volumes, i. 397;
his annual Gout-tax, i. 399;
his house at Brighton, ii. 3;
French and Spanish ships in the Channel, ii. 5;
Brighton in November, ii. 7;
William Hayley, ii. 8, 17;
his advice in a quarrel, ii. 9;
noise and nonsense of Parliament, ii. 11;
fall of North's ministry, ii. 13;
his loss of office, ii. 14;
Rockingham's death, ii. 17;
Shelburne's ministry, ii. 19;
immersed in the Roman Empire, ii. 21;
his Hampton Court Villa, ii. 23;
Lord Loughborough's marriage, ii. 24;
relief of Gibraltar, ii. 25;
enthusiasm for Sir George Eliott, ii. 27;
Pitt, ii. 28;
Mrs. Siddons, ii. 29;
the dearth of news, ii. 31;
Shelburne resigns, ii. 33;
Coalition Ministry, ii. 34;
his view of English politics, ii. 37;
proposes to settle abroad, ii. 38;
Deyverdun offers his house, ii. 41;
Lausanne society, ii. 43;
his gratitude to Deyverdun, ii. 45;
his hesitation to accept, ii. 47;
his friend and valet, ii. 49;
hopes of a political place, ii. 51;
social habits at Lausanne, ii. 52;
decides to leave England, ii. 55;
plan of joining Deyverdun, ii. 57;
his departure necessary, ii. 58;
his reasons, ii. 61;
his preparations, ii. 63;
farewell to Sheffield Place, ii. 65;
the Peace of Versailles, ii. 67;
his departure delayed, ii. 69;
the Sheffields' kindness, ii. 71
1783-1794.
His journey through France, ii. 73;
the Abbé Raynal, ii. 75;
the charms of Lausanne, ii. 77;
a pension, for Miss Holroyd, ii. 79;
proud of Fox, ii. 85;
North's insignificance, ii. 87;
his daily life, ii. 89;
the zeal and diligence of Sheffield's pen, ii. 91;
sale of his seat, ii. 93;
a factious opposition, ii. 95;
arrival of his books, ii. 97;
a happy winter, ii. 99;
Parliament dissolved, ii. 101;
a free-spoken counsellor, ii. 103;
English friends, ii. 105;
the reign of sinecures over, ii. 107;
his house and garden, ii. 108;
his hospitalities, ii. 111;
his pecuniary affairs, ii. 112;
a list of his acquaintances, ii. 115;
Prince Henry of Prussia and Mdlle. Necker, ii. 117;
thoughts of marriage, ii. 118, 220;
loses Caplin, ii. 119;
invites the Sheffields, ii. 120;
a temperate diet and an easy mind, ii. 123;
his establishment at Lausanne, ii. 125;
Pitt a favourite abroad, ii. 127;
a young man at fifty, ii. 129;
changes in English politics, ii. 131;
his reported death, ii. 132;
a curious question of philosophy, ii. 133;
his countrymen at Lausanne, ii. 135;
Achilles Pitt and Hector Fox, ii. 136;
his History delayed, ii. 139;
his health improved, ii. 141;
"glories of the landskip," ii. 142;
Aunt Kitty's death, ii. 144;
books longer in making than puddings, ii. 147;
hopes to visit England, ii. 149, 155;
building a great book, ii. 151;
a citizen of the world, ii. 153;
his arrival in London, ii. 157;
the two Mr. Gibbons, ii. 159;
visits his stepmother, ii. 161;
a miserable cripple, ii. 163;
an unlucky check, ii. 165;
an act of duty at Bath, ii. 167;
his work and friends, ii. 169;
the horrors of shopping and packing, ii. 171;
dines with Warren Hastings, ii. 173;
sale of Beriton, ii. 175, 189;
back at Lausanne, ii. 177;
Deyverdun ill, ii. 179, 187;
George III. insane, ii. 181;
Hugonin dead, ii. 183;
Hugonin's deceit, ii. 185;
George III. recovers, ii. 191;
"the Saint ripe for heaven," ii. 193;
Deyverdun's death, ii. 194, 207;
"fierce and erect, a free master," ii. 197;
a defect in Beriton title, ii. 199;
his idea of adopting Charlotte Porten, ii. 201;
a life interest in Deyverdun's house, ii. 203;
the authority of Blackstone, ii. 205;
Deyverdun's loss irreparable, ii. 207;
France's opportunity, ii. 209;
French exiles at Lausanne, ii. 210;
"dirty land and vile money," ii. 213;
legal forms benefit lawyers, ii. 215;
Sheffield M.P. for Bristol. ii. 216;
Aunt Hester's will, ii. 218, 225;
a comfortless state, ii. 221;
his Madeira almost exhausted, ii. 223;
Bruce's Travels, ii. 226;
M. Langer, ii. 227;
history of the Guelphs, ii. 229;
servitude to lawyers, ii. 231;
seriously ill, ii. 233;
an annuity for Newhaven, ii. 235, 240;
Burke's Reflections, ii. 237;
Corn Law and Slave Trade, ii. 239;
a bargain with the Sheffields, ii. 243;
snugness of his affairs, ii. 245;
danger of Russian war, ii. 247;
effects of French Revolution, ii. 249;
Burke a rational madman, ii. 251;
Sheffield an anti-democrat, ii. 253;
flight and arrest of Louis XVI., ii. 255, 286;
the crisis in Paris, ii. 257;
Sheffield at the Jacobins, ii. 259;
safe in the land of liberty, ii. 261;
Switzerland's strange charm, ii. 263;
Coblentz and white cockades, ii. 265;
the sights of Brussels, ii. 267;
military forces on French frontier, ii. 269;
the Pilnitz meeting, ii. 271;
a distressful voyage, ii. 273;
Lally, ii. 274;
the demon of procrastination, ii. 277;
peace or war in Europe? ii. 279;
an amazing push of remorse, ii. 281;
Maria's capacity, ii. 283;
Lally Tollendal, ii. 284;
the hideous plague in France, ii. 287;
Massa King Wilberforce, ii. 289;
a month with the Neckers, ii. 291;
Jacques Necker, ii. 292;
the march of the Marseillais, ii. 293;
an asylum at Berne, 295;
democratic progress in England, ii. 297;
Gallic wolves prowl round Geneva, ii. 299;
the destiny of his library, ii. 301;
his Tabby apprehensions, ii. 303;
Opposition and Government, ii. 305;
the attempted Pitt-Fox union, ii. 306;
taint of democracy, ii. 309;
Brunswick's march on Paris, ii. 311;
every day more sedentary, ii. 313;
French invasion of Savoy, ii. 314;
Geneva threatened, ii. 316;
prepared for flight, ii. 319;
the Irish at their old tricks, ii. 321;
the liberty of murdering defenceless prisoners, ii. 323;
Sheffield's emigrants, ii. 324;
Brunswick's strange retreat, ii. 326, 346;
occupants of the hotel in Downing Street, ii. 329;
the Geneva flea and the Leviathan France, ii. 331;
the Gallic dogs' day, ii. 333;
neither a monster, nor a statue, ii. 335;
Severy's state hopeless, ii. 336;
France's cruel fate, ii. 337;
Archbishop of Arles' murder, ii. 339-342;
common cause against the Disturbers of the World, ii. 343;
Montesquieu's desertion, ii. 345;
Necker's defence of the king, ii. 347;
associations in London, ii. 349, 353;
"Is Fox mad?" ii. 350;
Sheffield's speech, ii. 353;
the Egaliseurs, ii. 355;
the great question of peace and war, ii. 358;
the Memoirs must be postponed, ii. 359;
a word or two of Parliamentary and pecuniary concerns, ii. 362;
Duke of Portland and Fox, ii. 363, 367;
Louis XVI. condemned to death, ii. 365;
a miserable Frenchman, ii. 367;
poor de Severy is no more, ii. 369;
his letter of congratulations to Loughborough, ii. 372;
the Pays de Vaud, ii. 373;
Madame de Staël at Dorking, ii. 375;
a pleasant dinner-party in Downing Street, ii. 377;
Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 379;
the cannon of the siege of Mayence, ii. 382;
safe, well, and happy in London, ii. 384;
intends to visit Bath, ii. 387, 389;
Lord Hervey's Memorial, ii. 388;
a tête-à-tête of eight or nine hours daily, ii. 390;
at Althorpe, ii. 391;
a serious complaint, ii. 393;
hopes of a radical cure, ii. 395;
in darkness about Lord Howe, ii. 397;
reaches St. James's Street half-dead, ii. 400;
account of his last moments, ii. 400, 401
Gibbon, Miss Hester (Gibbon's aunt), "the Northamptonshire Saint," i. 7, 134, 244, 295, 398; ii. 91, 185, 187, 190, 193, 218, 222, 225;
Gibbon's letters to, i. 15, 121
Gibbon, John, Bluemantle Pursuivant at Arms, ii. 162
Gibraltar, relieved by Rodney, i. 276;
by Howe, ii. 19, 25, 27;
defended by Lord Heathfield, ii. 25
Gideon, Sir Sampson (Lord Eardley), i. 225, 332; ii. 216
Gilbert, Mr., of Lewes, i. 244, 248, 295
Gilbert, Bett, i. 7
Gilliers, Baron de, ii. 330, 377
Glenbervie, Lord (Sylvester Douglas), ii. 180
Gloucester, Duchess of, i. 173
*Gloucester, Duke of, i. 131;
his clandestine marriage, i. 146;
on Decline and Fall, i. 396
Glynn, Serjeant, the advocate of Wilkes, i. 90
Godolphin, Lord, i. 172
Goldsmith, Oliver, Gibbon's friendship with, i. 191, 202;
his "Captain-in-Lace," i. 207;
quotation from his Retaliation, i. 210
*Gonchon, M., ii. 352
Gordon, Duchess of, ii. 157, 164, 168
Gordon, Lord George, i. 376;
"No Popery" riots, i. 380;
sent to the Tower, i. 382
Gordon Riots, the, i. 381
Gosling, the banker, i. 94, 126, 166-168, 332; ii. 110. 281
Gosling's mortgage, i. 94, 116, 126, 166, 187
Gould, Colonel. i. 114, 159, 274
Gould, Mrs., i. 114, 159, 272, 274; ii. 386
Gouvernet, Comte de la Tour-du-Pin, ii. 329
Gower, Lord, i. 148; ii. 86, 255, 311, 360
*Grafton, Duchess of, i. 27
Grafton, Duke of, i. 26, 90, 112, 278, 377;
Lord Privy Seal, ii. 13
*Grammont, Duc de (de Guiche), i. 89; ii. 203, 265, 266
*Granby, Marquis of, i. 192
Grand, M., banker at Lausanne, i. 4, 61, 74, 81
Grand, Mdlle. Nanette. See Prevôt, Madame
Grantham, Lord, ii. 19
*Grasse, Comte de, ii. 16
Graves, Admiral Lord, i. 384
Gray, Booth, i. 254, 264
Grenville Act, the, i. 233
*Grenville Correspondence, i. 44
*Grenville, George, i. 45, 85, 233, 243
Grenville, James, ii. 19, 93
Grenville, Lord, ii. 362, 366
*Greville, Hon. Charles, i. 366
Grey, Mr., and the "Friends of the People" resolution, ii. 297, 305, 320
Grey, Sir Charles (afterwards 1st Earl), ii. 396
Grey, Sir W. de. See Walsingham, Lord
*Grey, Thomas de, i. 366
*Grimaldi, Marquis Jeronymo, i. 30
Grimstone, Mrs., ii. 339
Grosvenor, Lady, i. 149
Grosvenor, Lord, i. 82, 149
Guiche, Duc de. See Grammont, Duc de
Guilford, 1st Lord, ii. 86, 164, 238
Guilford, 2nd Lord. See North, Lord
Guines, Duc de, ii. 210
Guise, Sir William (Gibbon's intimate friend), i. 40, 50, 56, 61, 63, 79, 80, 82, 87, 195
Gunning, Sir Robert, British Envoy at Petersburg, i. 270
*Gustavus III., King of Sweden, ii. 279
H
Hague, the, Gibbon at, i. 15
*Hailes, Daniel, ii. 86
*Hales, Sir Philip, i. 250
Hall, James, i. 26
*Hallifax, Sir Thomas, i. 393
*Hamilton, Emma, Lady, i. 74, 214
*Hamilton, Lord Archibald, i. 148
Hamilton, Sir William, British Minister at Naples, i. 74
Hamilton, William Gerard ("Single-Speech"), i. 343; ii. 21, 31, 396
Hammersley's Bank, ii. 303
Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape, R.N., ii. 81, 93
Hampden, Lord, ii. 135
Hampshire Militia, i. 25, 109;
Gibbon major in, i. 51;
colonel, i. 87;
"father" of, i. 346
Hanger, William (Lord Coleraine), i. 146, 148, 310
Hanley, Mrs., ii. 159
Harbord, Hon. Harbord (afterwards Lord Suffield), i. 250, 252
Harcourt, Earl of, i. 9
Harcourt, Mr., i. 232, 233
Hardy, Sir Charles, i. 347; ii. 72
Hare, James, politician and wit ("the Hare and many Friends"), i. 201
Harris, John, Lenborough Estate Agent, i. 95, 127, 165, 167, 170; ii. 104
Harrison, John Butler, Gibbon's opinion of, i. 27
Harrison, Mrs., i. 87
Hartley, David, M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull, i. 240
Harvey, Stephen, i. 95
Hastings, Marquis of. ii. 396
Hastings, Warren, i. 209, 349;
Governor-General of India, ii. 26, 85;
his trial, ii. 172;
Gibbon dines with, ii. 173
*Hawkins, Sir Cæsar, ii. 393
Hayes, Mrs., i. 21
Hayley, Mrs., i. 399; 11, 14
*Hayley, Thomas, ii. 17
Hayley, William, i. 398; ii. 8, 162;
his Essay on Epic Poetry, etc., ii. 17, 21
*Hayti, independence of, ii. 280
*Hazlitt, on Thos. Amory, i. 189
Heathfield, Admiral Lord, his defence of Gibraltar, ii. 25, 27;
his Sussex estate, ii. 240
Heberden, Dr. William, called by Dr. Johnson "Ultimus Romanorum," i. 83
Helvétius, Claude Adrien, author of De L'Esprit, i. 29
*Hénault, President, i. 312
Henley, Lord. See Northington, Lord
*Henry, Robert, ii. 23
Herbert, Lady Charlotte, ii. 106
*Herbert, General the Hon. W., ii. 375
Herefordshire Militia, and the Bristol riots, ii. 390
*Hertford, Lord, i. 190; ii. 32;
interdicts Foote's The Capuchin, i. 265
Hervey, Lady ("Molly Lepel"), i. 21, 29
Hervey, Lady Elizabeth. See Foster, Lady Elizabeth
*Hervey, Bishop (of Derry), ii. 388
*Hervey, Lord, the "Sporus" of Pope's Prologue to the Satires, i. 21
Hervey, John Augustus, Lord, Ambassador at Florence, ii. 388
Hesse, Landgrave of, i. 272, 277
Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg, Prince Charles of, ii. 332
*Hill, Dr. G. B., i. 83, 273
Hill, Sir Roger, i. 139; ii. 4
Hillsborough, Lord (Marquis of Downshire), ii. 5
Hobart, Harry, i. 212
Hobson, Mrs. (Miss Comarque and Madame de Bavois), i. 82, 83, 220
*Holcroft, Thomas, ii. 154
Holland, Lady (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick), i. 247
Holland, Lady (Elizabeth Vassall), ii. 257
Holland, 1st Lord, i. 198
Holland, 2nd Lord (Stephen Fox), i. 198, 247
*Holland, 3rd Lord, ii. 257
Holland, Gibbon in, i. 15;
fears of war with, i. 348, 353;
war with France, ii. 362;
"abject state" of, ii. 376
*Holland's Memoirs of the Whig Party quoted, ii. 388
Holmes, Mayor of Newtown, i. 88
*Holmes, Sir Robert, i. 89
Holmet, i. 89
Holroyd, Hon. Maria (afterwards Lady Stanley of Alderley), her letters to Gibbon, ii. 157, 167, 216, 245, 271, 273, 322, 340, 353;
Gibbon's letters to, ii. 259-266, 337
Holroyd, Isaac, i. 180, 237
Holroyd, J. B. See Sheffield, Lord
Holroyd, John William, i. 160
Holroyd, Miss Sarah M., i. 180, 237, 336, 342, 345
Holroyd, Mrs. (Sheffield's mother). Gibbon's letter to, i. 160
Home, John, author of Douglas, etc., i. 202
*Hood, Lord, ii. 179
Horneck, Captain Charles, i. 207
Horneck, Mrs., i. 207
*Hornsby, William, President of Bombay Council, ii. 85
Horton, Mrs. (Duchess of Cumberland), i. 146, 150, 154
*Hotham, Commodore, i. 349
Howe, Admiral Lord, i. 283, 291, 332;
the relief of Gibraltar, ii. 19, 25, 27;
First Lord of Admiralty, ii. 86;
dock-yards shut to strangers, ii. 173;
his search for the French fleet, ii. 397

Howe, General Sir William, his campaign in America, i. 249, 287, 300, 303;
his American mission, i. 283, 332;
occupies New York, i. 290;
captures Fort William, i. 298;
captures Philadelphia, i. 323
Howe, Thomas, i. 91
Hugonin, Francis, i. 7, 128, 157, 163-165, 196, 199, 213, 246, 277, 344, 348; ii. 138, 183, 185, 234
Hume, David, i. 8, 22;
referred to in Mason's satire, i. 190;
his essay on Polygamy and Divorces, i. 202;
his Philosophical Works quoted, i. 203;
Parisian civilities to, i. 307
Hume, Sir Abraham, i. 201, 255, 261
Hunter, Dr. John, his Lectures on Anatomy attended by Gibbon, i. 302, 304, 307
Huntingtower, Lord, i. 2
*Hutcheson, Archibald, M.P. for Hastings, i. 398
Hutcheson, Mrs., i. 398
Hutchinson, Governor Thomas, History of the Colony of Massachusetts, i. 206, 240, 243, 247, 257, 258
Hyder, Ali, i. 209; ii. 26
*Hylton, Sir R., i. 111
I
*Impey, Sir Elijah, ii. 86
India, i. 349, 350, 357; ii. 280
Ireland, debates on, i. 338, 373; ii. 115, 137;
effects of French Revolution on, ii. 320;
Roman Catholics v. Protestants, ii. 320, 343, 350
Irish Parliament, i. 196
*Irnham, Lord (Earl of Carhampton), i. 146
*Irvine, Lord, i. 247
Italy, Gibbon's tour in, i. 64
J
Jackson, Richard, ii. 19
*Jacobin Club, the, ii. 305
Jamaica, Light Dragoons for, ii. 289
Jenkinson, Charles. See Liverpool, Lord
Jenyns, Soame, i. 366, 391; ii. 94
*Jephson, Robert, author of tragedy of Braganza, i. 252
"John the Painter" (Aitken), i. 301
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, on Lord Bolingbroke, i. 8;
his description of Dr. Maty, i. 18;
on courts and camps, i. 25;
Lady Diana Beauclerk, i. 82;
Dr. Heberden, i. 83;
on Sir John Dalrymple's style, i. 131;
Goldsmith's epitaph, i. 202;
George Colman on, i. 213;
his publishers, i. 222;
Taxation no Tyranny, i. 271;
his friend Lord Eliot, i. 273;
"Single-Speech" Hamilton, i. 343;
and Abbé Raynal, ii. 75
Johnson, Sir William, i. 291
*Johnston, Governor George, i. 308, 332
Jolliffe, William, M.P. for Petersfield, i. 111, 153, 171, 247, 346, 366
Jones, Paul, i. 317, 347
Joseph II., Emperor, i. 158, 313; ii. 137
*Jourdan Coupe-Tête, ii. 293
*Journal, Gibbon's, quoted, i. 27, 35, 40, 50, 57, 84
Junius, Letters of, i. 108, 146; ii. 22, 92
K
Keene, Colonel, i. 302
*Kellerman, F. C. de, ii. 319
*Kelly, Hugh, School of Wives, i. 199
Keppel, Admiral Lord, and the French fleet, i. 339, 340, 343;
Palliser's charges against, i. 349, 356, 357;
M.P. for Surrey, i. 388;
First Lord of Admiralty, ii. 13, 18, 34
Keppel, General, i. 346
Kimber, Captain John, ii. 295
*Kingsbergen, Admiral, ii. 247
*Kingston, Duchess of, i. 265, 281
*Kingston, Duke of, i. 265
*Kippis, Dr., ii. 305
Knight, Gowin, i. 18
*Kolbel, Baron, i. 319
*Korff, Baroness de, ii. 254
L
*Laborde, M. de, ii. 329
La Brunette, Fort, i. 59
Laclos, François C. de, ii. 258
*Lacretelle, ii. 326
*Ladbroke, Sir R., i. 201
La Fayette, Marquis de, i. 305; ii. 311, 324, 329
Lake, Miss, Gibbon's landlady in St. James's Place, i. 82, 83
Lally, Comtesse, ii. 274, 284
Lally-Tollendal, M., ii. 19, 211;
Burke's opinion of, ii. 274;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 284, 337;
his Strafford, ii. 284;
at English Court, ii. 285;
his opinion of Lord North, ii. 287;
his escape to England, ii. 311;
at Sheffield Place, ii. 322, 324;
his Songe d'un Anglois and Plaidoyer pour Louis XVI., ii. 375;
Sheffield's guest in Downing Street, ii. 377
*Lamballe, Prince de, ii. 312
Lamballe, Princesse de, ii. 312, 352
La Motte, i. 34; ii. 283, 293, 328
La Motte Piquet, i. 334
*Langara, Admiral, i. 376
Langer, M., ii. 227
Langlois, Benjamin, M.P. for St. Germains, i. 391
Lansdowne, Lord, ii. 350
Lascelles, Mr., i. 140, 191, 216, 240
Lauderdale, Lord, ii. 297, 320
*Laudohn, Field-Marshal, i. 158
Laurens, Henry, ii. 72
Lausanne, Gibbon at, i. 1-14, 37-55; ii. 74-157, 176-217, 219-223, 227, 241, 246-252, 255, 277-282, 290, 296, 308-319, 322, 325, 331-340, 345-348, 354-361, 369, 377-381
*Lauzun, Duc de (Duc de Biron), ii. 290
Lauzun, Duchesse de (Duchesse de Biron), ii. 289, 324, 333
Lavington, Lady, i. 319, 336
Lavington, Lord, i. 319, 336; ii. 214
Law, Rev. William, author of the Serious Call, i. 7, 398; ii. 218
Lee, Arthur, i. 334
Lee, Captain, i. 89
Lee, General, i. 284, 302
Lee, Mrs., i. 126, 184, 199, 201, 208
Leeds, Duke of, ii. 247, 302, 327
Leigh, Mr., i. 27
*Le Marchant, Sir Denis, i. 91
Lenborough Manor, Gibbon's Bucks estate, i. 69, 186, 384; ii. 64, 81, 83, 93, 96, 112, 124.
See also Lovegrove, Mr.
Lennox, Lord George H., i. 225, 226, 232
Leopold II., Emperor of Austria, at Pilnitz, ii. 271;
his death, ii. 279, 292
*Lepel, General Nicholas, i. 21
Lepel, Molly (Lady Hervey), i. 21, 29
Le Rebours, Postmaster at Pontarlier, ii. 357, 361
Lescure's Correspondence Secrète sur Louis XVI., etc., i. 314;
Vie de la Princesse de Lamballe, ii. 352
Lessart, Antoine de, Minister of Interior and Foreign Affairs, ii. 292
Lessart, M. de, Paris banker, ii. 94, 99
Lethieullier, Benjamin, M.P. for Andover, i. 240, 247
*Lethieullier, Smart, i. 240
Levade, M., ii. 268, 275, 339
*Lévis, Duc de, ii. 266, 290
Lewisham, Lord, ii. 86
*Leycester, Sir Peter, i. 90
Liancourt, Duc de (Rochefoucault), ii. 324
*Library, Gibbon's, its fate, ii. 300, 301
Lichfield, Earl of, Jacobite leader, i. 34
Ligne, Prince de, ii. 83, 137
*Ligonier, Lord, i. 180
Lincoln, Lord, i. 388
Lisburn, Lord, i. 376
Liskeard, Gibbon M.P. for, i. 229, 234
Liverpool, Lord (Charles Jenkinson), i. 264;
Secretary at War, 349; ii. 2;
Gibbon's host, ii. 9
Llandaff, Bishop of, i. 240
Lockwood, Mr., i. 134
*Loftus, Rev. Smyth, i. 328
*London Evening Post, i. 130, 180
*Long, Dudley, i. 391
Lonsdale, Earl of (Sir James Lowther), i. 82
Loughborough, Lord. See Rosslyn, Earl of
*Louis XV., i. 218
Louis XVI., i. 218, 334; ii. 204, 226, 252;
his escape and recapture, ii. 254 et seq., 285, 286, 311, 324;
declares war against Francis Joseph, ii. 279;
defended by Manuel, ii. 341;
his murder, ii. 360, 365, 374;
England's mourning for, ii. 374;
Lally's Plaidoyer, ii. 375
Louis XVIII., ii. 265
*Louis Philippe, i. 326
*Louvois, Marquis de, ii. 211
*Lovat, Lord, i. 264
Lovegrove, Mr., tenant of Lenborough, i. 186, 201, 205, 207, 210, 235, 239, 261, 286; ii. 84
Lowther, Sir James (Lord Lonsdale), i. 82
Lucan, Earl of, ii. 135, 162, 392
Lucan, Lady, ii. 400
Lucca, the Opera at, i. 66
*Luckner, Baron de, ii. 269
Luff, Mr., i. 138, 167
Luna, Miguel de, i. 243
Luttrell, Colonel, i. 91, 146, 247, 249
*Luxembourg, Maréchale de, ii. 289
*Luynes, Madame de, i. 314
Lymington, Gibbon M.P. for, i. 387, 400; ii. 1
Lyons, Gibbon at, i. 77
Lyttelton, Lord, i. 65
Lyttleton, Hon. William, i. 273
M
Macartney, Lord, i. 220;
Governor of Caribbee Islands, i. 369
*Macaulay, Lord, on Sheridan's knowledge of stage-effect, ii. 172
*Mackay, member of Madras Council, i. 362
*Mackenzie, Hon. Stuart, i. 56
Macpherson, James, author of Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands, etc., i. 202;
History of Opposition, i. 369
Madras Council, arrest of Lord Pigot, i. 308, 362
Mahrattas insurrection, the, i. 349, 350;
peace with, ii. 26
Maine, Sir William, i. 240
*Malden, M. de, ii. 256
Mallet, Arabella. See Williams, Mrs.
Mallet (or Malloch), David, author of the ballad William and Margaret,$1, 283;
his tragedy Eurydice, i. 19
Mallet, Dorothea. See Celesia, Madame
*Mallet du Pan, ii. 318, 329
Mallet, Mrs., i. 31, 34, 315
Malmesbury, James. Earl of, ii. 184;
"the audacieux Harris," ii. 300;
on Fox, ii. 306;
his Diaries and Correspondence quoted, ii. 350, 363
*Malmesbury, Lady, on Duke of Portland, ii. 306;
on England's mourning for Louis XVI., ii. 374
Malouet, Victor, ii. 311, 324, 329, 377
Manchester, Duke of, i. 154; ii. 67, 82, 86
Mann, Sir Horace, i. 65
Mansfield, Lord, Royal Marriage Bill, i. 154;
Sayer's alleged plot, i. 272;
on war with France, i. 339;
trial of members of Madras Council, i. 362
Mansfield, 2nd Lord, President of Council under Pitt, i. 333, 383
Manuel, Louis Pierre, ii. 311, 341
Maret, Hugues B. (Duc de Bassano), ii. 367
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, i. 394
*Marie Antoinette, ii. 203, 285;
her letter to Comte de Fersen quoted, ii. 292;
her distrust of La Fayette, ii. 329
Marriage Bill, Royal, i. 146, 151, 154
Marseillais, march of the, ii. 293
Martin, Samuel, his duel with Wilkes, i. 50, 51
Marvell, Andrew, i. 284
*Mason's satire, An Heroic Epistle, etc., i. 190
Masquerade, the Soho (Carlisle House), i. 131
Massachusetts Charter Act, i. 329, 331
Massey, Miss, i. 118, 119
Massey, Mrs., i. 352
*Mathews, Henry, Diary of an Invalid, ii. 40;
on fate of Gibbon's library, ii. 301
Matthews, Mr., i. 200, 207, 235, 269
Maty, Dr., i. 18, 20;
quarrels with Gibbon, i. 21
Mauduit, Isaac, author of Considerations on the Present German War, i. 240, 243, 247
Maury, Abbé, ii. 252, 270
Mayence, siege of, ii. 382
Maynard, Mrs., ii. 271-273
Melmoth, William ("Pliny"), i. 326
Meluner, Captain, ii. 375
Melville, Lord. See Dundas, Hon. Henry
Mémoire Justificatif, Gibbon's, i. 371
*Mémoires Littérraires de la Grande Bretagne pour l'An 1767, by Gibbon and Deyverdun, i. 82
Mentrond, M., ii. 267
Mercier, Sebastien, author of Tableau de Paris, ii. 82, 115
*Meredith, Sir W., i. 147
Mesery, M. de, i. 40
Mesery, Madame de, ii. 83
*Michaud, ii. 326
*Michelet, ii. 75
*Middleton, Dr., i. 83
Midleton, Lord, i. 210, 232, 236
Milan, Gibbon at, i. 60
Milbank, Sir Ralph, i. 344
Militia Bill, New, i. 366
Militia, calling out of the, ii. 348
*Millar, Andrew, i. 222
Miller, Anna, Lady, Letters from Italy by an Englishwoman, ii. 2
Miller, Sir John, i. 159
Miller, Sir John Riggs, ii. 2, 8
Miller, Sir Thomas, M.P. for Lewes, i. 240, 247
Milner, Sir William, i. 19
Milton, Lord (afterwards Earl of Dorchester), i. 139; ii. 350
*Ministerial Club, the, i. 84
*Minto, Earl of, ii. 25
Mirabeau, Marquis de, i. 35;
his La Monarchie Prussienne, ii. 192;
a king's dowry, ii. 203;
his "corps," ii. 269;
and M. de Narbonne, ii. 292;
his description of Lord Malmesbury, ii. 300
*Miscellaneous Works, Gibbon's, referred to, i. 20, 84, 375; ii. 87, 400
Moira, Lord (afterwards Marquis of Hastings), ii. 396
Molesworth, Sir J., i. 273
Molyneux, Lord, ii. 262
Monciel, Terrier de, ii. 329
Monkeith, Mr., i. 168
Mont Cenis, i. 55
Montagny, M. de, i. 61; ii. 195, 203, 229
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, Gibbon's opinions of her Letters, i. 53
*Montagu, Wortley, i. 6
*Montague, Mrs., i. 294
*Montconseil, Marquis de, ii. 211
Montesquieu, his invasion of Savoy, ii. 314, 315-317, 322, 326;
escapes from arrest, ii. 345;
report of the Diplomatic Committee on, ii. 346
*Montgomery, General, i. 275
Montolieu, Madame de, ii. 43, 154
Montolieu, M. de, ii. 43
*Moore, Dr. John, Archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 397
*Moore's Memoirs of Sheridan, ii. 172
*Mordaunt, Hon. and Rev. George, i. 19
*More, Hannah, ii. 75
*Morning Chronicle cited, i. 212; ii. 91, 172, 351
Morning Post, i. 291
*Mortimer-Ternaux, his Histoire de la Terreur quoted, ii. 352
Moss, Mrs., ii. 167, 249, 295, 300, 321, 331, 343
*Mouchy, Maréchal de, ii. 329
*Moultou, Pastor, i. 41
Mounier, J. Joseph, ii. 211, 274
Mountstuart, Lord, i. 56
Mouschkin Pouschkin, i. 227
*Moustier, M. de, ii. 256
Mulgrave, Lord, i. 376
*Munro, Sir Hector, i. 349
*Murphy's Grecian Daughter, ii. 29
Murray, John, Resident at Venice, and Ambassador at Constantinople, i. 76
*Mutiny Bill, the, ii. 95, 101
*Mysore, third war in, ii. 276
N
Naijeiraud, ii. 367
Napier, Sir Gerard, i. 25
Naples, Gibbon at, i. 72
*Napoleon Bonaparte, Essai sur l'Histoire de la Corse, ii. 75
Narbonne-Lara, Comte de, ii. 292, 347, 375
Nassau, Madame de, ii. 43, 266
Nassau-Siegen, Prince of, ii. 265
National Assembly, the, ii. 279, 280;
and English Nonconformists, ii. 305
Necker, Jacques, i. 41, 81;
Directeur Général, i. 304; ii. 115;
Mrs. Mallet's resentment, i. 316;
"no sign of jealousy," i. 320;
his Administration des Finances, ii. 115, 128;
and the States-General, ii. 181;
ordered to quit France, ii. 204;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 237;
his treatise, ii. 251;
North's opinion of, ii. 287;
his defence of the king, ii. 334, 347, 370;
warmly attached to England, ii. 373
Necker, Louis (Germanie, M. de), i. 291
Necker, Madame (Suzanne Curchod), Gibbon engaged to, i. 40, 41;
her description of Gibbon's visit, i. 81;
Gibbon's friendship for, i. 281, 283, 306, 312;
Mrs. Gibbon's suspicions, i. 306;
at Lausanne, ii. 111, 115, 116, 122;
Gibbon at Geneva with, ii. 291;
Montesquieu's surprise visit to, ii. 345
Neville, Mr., i. 28, 30, 370
New Monthly Magazine, ii. 301
New River Share, the, i. 100, 167, 168, 335, 344; ii. 190
*Newcastle, Duke of, i. 50
Newhaven Estate (Meeching Farm), Gibbon's, ii. 218, 235, 240, 242, 244, 250
Newton, Mr., Gibbon's solicitor, i. 127, 132, 169, 205-207, 227, 261, 269; ii. 113, 127, 139, 146
Nicholls, Mr., ii. 169, 171
*Nichols' Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century quoted, i. 7, 263
Nichols, John, ii. 301, 313, 314, 328
Nicol, George, ii. 359, 374
Nivernois, Duc de, i. 31, 314; ii. 375
"No Popery" riots, the, i. 380-382
*Noailles, Comte Charles de, ii. 329
Noailles, Comtesse Charles de, ii. 329
Noailles, Marquis de, French Ambassador, i. 305, 333; ii. 259
Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, The, i. 200, 283
Nonconformists and the American war, i. 271;
relief from Sacramental test demanded, i. 373;
their sympathy with the French Revolution, ii. 305, 320;
and Pitt, ii. 305, 320
*North Briton, the, i. 50, 91
*North, Lady, ii. 4
*North, Lady Anne, ii. 198
North, Lord, Prime Minister, i. 112;
his opponent Barré, i. 145;
his support of Church, i. 148;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151;
his somnolence, i. 173;
proposed reconstitution of E. I. Co., i. 184;
Boston Port Bill, i. 206, 208;
conciliation for America, i. 250, 251, 271, 324, 329, 331;
Gibbon's opinion of, i. 255; ii. 82, 87;
his illness, i. 303;
on Irish trade, i. 338, 373;
on Sussex Militia, i. 341;
his windows broken by mob, i. 356;
Madras Council prosecution, i. 362;
the Militia Bill, i. 366;
on Burke's Establishment Bill speech, i. 376;
a seat for Gibbon, i. 387;
at Bushey, ii. 4;
Sheffield's guest in Downing Street, ii. 11;
resigns office, ii. 12;
"balance of the country in his hands," ii. 21;
Warden of Cinque Ports, ii. 23;
Gibbon's attachment to, ii. 28;
union with Fox and Rockingham, ii. 32;
Secretary of State, ii. 34;
eulogised in preface to Decline and Fall, ii. 170;
succeeds to Earldom of Guilford, ii. 238;
his kindness to Lally, ii. 285, 287;
his death, ii. 311
North, Major Frank, ii. 238, 244
Northington, Lord, i. 142; ii. 34, 60, 135, 136
*Northumberland, Duke of, i. 82
Northumberland Militia and the Gordon Riots, i. 381; ii. 28
Norton, Sir Fletcher (Speaker), i. 238
*Notes and Queries, ii. 301
Nott, Mr., ii. 262
Nottingham, Countess of, and Lord Essex's ring, i. 276
Nowell, Rev. Dr., i. 151
Nugent, Lieut.-Colonel, i. 132
Nuneham, Lord (Earl of Harcourt), i. 9
O
Ochs, M., ii. 262
*Oglander, Sir J., i. 90
*Oliver, Alderman Richard, i. 130
*Oliver, Lieut.-Governor Andrew (Massachusetts), i. 205, 240, 243
Oliver, Mr., i. 177
Onslow, Mr. and Mrs., i. 83
Orford, Lord. See Walpole, Horace
Oriel, Lord (John Foster), i. 200, 261, 269; ii. 136
Origines Guelficæ, ii. 227
Osborne, Sir George, i. 91
Ossory, Earl of, i. 27, 274, 296, 333, 373
Ostervald, Madame, ii. 79
Oude, Sujah Dowlah, Nawab of, i. 187, 209
P
Pache, Jean Nicolas (Mayor of Paris), ii. 368
Palliser, Sir Hugh, his charges against Admiral Keppel, i. 349, 356, 357
Palmer, Mr., arbitrator in Lenborough dispute, i. 205, 207
Palmerston, Lord (father of Prime Minister), i. 50;
member of the Catch Club, i. 283
*Panin, M., Russian Foreign Minister, i. 270
Pantheon, the, The Pantheon Rupture, etc., i. 146;
Boodle's masquerade at, i. 212, 215
Paris, Gibbon in, i. 28-36, 311-320;
Treaty of, i. 28;
Gibbon's opinion of, i. 317
*Parker, George Lane, i. 90
Parsons, Sir William, i. 204
Pascal, a parallel between his and Gibbon's writings, ii. 396
Patton, Miss Dorothea. See Gibbon, Mrs. (stepmother)
Patton, W., i. 30, 51, 169
Pavillard, M., Gibbon's tutor, etc., at Lausanne, i. 1 et seq., 40;
his description of Gibbon, i. 2
*Payba, Abraham, i. 6
Payne, Lady. See Lavington, Lady
Payne, Sir R. See Lavington, Lord
Peachy, Lady, i. 162
Peachy, Sir James, i. 162, 234
Pearson, General Sir Richard, i. 397
Pechell, Master in Chancery, i. 102
Pelham of Stanmer, Lord (Earl of Chichester), i. 200
Pelham, Thomas (2nd Earl of Chichester), ii. 60
*Pembroke, Earl of, ii. 375
Pembroke, Lady, ii. 106, 110
*Penthièvre, Duc de, i. 326
*Percy's Reliques quoted, i. 284
*Peterborough, Earl of, i. 19
Petier, M., ii. 258
*Petit Manin, ii. 351
Philadelphia, capture of, i. 323
Pigot, Admiral, i. 362; ii. 16
Pigot, Lord, Governor of Madras, i. 308, 362
Pigott, Charles, The Jockey Club; or, A Sketch of the Manners of the Age, ii. 297
Pilnitz, meeting of King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria at, ii. 271
Pitman, Mr., i. 197, 267
Pitt, General, i. 247
Pitt, George (Lord Rivers), i. 54, 56
*Pitt, Lady Harriet, ii. 22
Pitt, Mrs., i. 247
*Pitt, Thomas, M.P. for Old Sarum, ii. 32
Pitt, William, i. 45, 50;
and the Stamp Act, i. 84, 85;
Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 19;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 28, 127;
resigns office, ii. 34;
Prime Minister, ii. 86, 97;
suggested union with Fox, ii. 92, 306, 307, 330;
his moderation, ii. 96;
his silence, ii. 97;
waning popularity, ii. 136;
scheme for Irish trade, ii. 137;
"the Hero of the day," ii. 162;
Fox's opinion of, ii. 180;
the Regency Bill, ii. 181;
Ellis' lines in Rolliad on, ii. 184;
a desperate plunge, ii. 226;
Corn Regulation Bill, ii. 239, 245;
on war with Russia, ii. 247, 249;
French view of, ii. 286;
Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 294;
the representative system, ii. 297;
supported by Whigs, ii. 305;
his rumoured Plan of Reform, ii. 330;
meets Gibbon at Eden Farm, ii. 398
Poix, Prince de, ii. 329, 377
*Poix, Princesse de, i. 314; ii. 334
Poland, partition of, i. 158
*Poland, Stanislaus Poniatowski, King of, i. 29, 158
Polier, Colonel, ii. 43, 370
Polignac, Duchesse de, ii. 203
*Polignac, Prince de, ii. 204
*Pompadour, Madame de, i. 313
Ponsonby, William, Lord, i. 65
Porchester, Lord (afterwards Earl of Carnarvon), ii. 375
Porten, James, i. 2, 7, 101, 124
Porten, Lady (Mary Wibault), i. 220, 246, 250
Porten, Miss Catherine (Gibbon's aunt), i. 2, 17, 182, 220, 235, 241, 288, 304; ii. 1, 18, 21, 69, 82, 91, 121, 144;
Gibbon's letters to, i. 2, 5
Porten, Miss Charlotte, ii. 201, 221
Porten, Miss Judith. See Gibbon, Mrs. (mother)
Porten, Sir Stanier (Gibbon's uncle), i. 177, 204, 220, 246, 250, 266; ii. 10, 201
Porteous, Dr. Beilby (Bishop of London), i. 285
*Porter, General, M.P. for Stockbridge, i. 149
Portland, Duke of, i. 231; ii. 18, 34, 305;
Lady Malmesbury's opinion of, ii. 306;
Lord Sheffield's host at Bulstrode, ii. 329;
on Fox's conduct, ii. 351;
supports Alien Bill, ii. 363;
enthralled by Fox, ii. 367, 368
Pouschkin, Mouschkin, Russian Ambassador in London, i. 227
*Powell, Harcourt, M.P. for Newtown, i. 89
Powell, Mr., his offer to pay Fox's debts, i. 198
*Powney, Portlock, M.P. for Windsor, i. 388
*Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, i. 331; ii. 97
Poyntz, Mrs., i. 33
*Poyntz, Stephen, i. 33
*Pratt, Lord Chief Justice, i. 51
Prevôt, Lieut.-Colonel, i. 81
Prevôt, Madame, i. 81
Price, Dr. Richard, ii. 210;
Chairman of the Revolution Society, ii. 305
*Priestley, Dr., ii. 210, 305
Provence, Comte de (Louis XVIII.), ii. 265
Prowse, Mr., i. 33
Prussia, Prince Henry of, ii. 5, 111, 115-117
Prussia, King Frederick William of, his meeting with Emperor of Austria at Pilnitz, ii. 271
*Public Advertiser, Letters of Junius first published in, i. 108;
Woodfall assistant editor of, ii. 91
Pully, Mademoiselle de, ii. 324
Putney Writings, the, i. 93, 106
Q
Quebec Bill, i. 256
R
*Rae, Fraser, ii. 172
Ragobat or Ragonant Ráo, i. 349, 350
Ranelagh Gardens, i. 89
*Ranelagh, Lord, i. 89
Ravaud, Mrs., ii. 2, 8
*Ravensworth, Lord, i. 27
Raynal, Abbé, ii. 75, 82, 111, 115
*Réaux, Taboureau des, i. 304
*Redding, Cyrus, Recollections of the Author of Vathek, ii. 301
*Rees, Dr., ii. 305
*Reeves, Mr., ii. 349
*Regency Bill, ii. 181, 306
Remonstrance Debate, the, i. 113
Rennell, Major James, ii, 212, 226
Revenue Returns (1798), ii. 276, 288
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, Queen of Denmark's portrait, i. 143;
Colonel Barré's, i. 145;
Mrs. Bonfoy's, i. 189;
Gibbon's companion, i. 191; ii. 24, 162;
Goldsmith's epitaph, i. 202;
a friend of Eliot, i. 273;
Gibbon's portrait, i. 364; ii. 114;
Lord Sheffield's, ii. 212, 214, 216;
his death, ii. 311
Rhodes, Mr., ii. 224
Richardson, Mr., and S. Sayer's arrest, i. 272
Richmond, Duke of, his reception of Gibbon at Paris Embassy, i. 30, 32, 35;
his influence in Sussex, i. 225;
at Madame du Deffand's, i. 312;
his popularity in Paris, i. 316;
his slight skirmishes with Gibbon, i. 317;
in Sussex Militia, i. 336, 342;
Master-General of Ordnance, ii. 13, 18, 86, 374;
his house burnt, ii. 275;
on French affairs, ii. 286;
the Pitt-Fox union, ii. 307;
his kindness to Madame de Biron, ii. 334
Ridley, Major, i. 81
*Ridley, Sir Matthew, i. 81
*Ridotto al fresco, i. 114, 124
*Rivarol, ii. 330
Rivers, Lord (George Pitt), i. 54, 56
Roach, Miss, i. 16
Roberts, Mr., i. 201
Robertson, William, author of History of Scotland, etc., ii. 132, 190, 292
*Robespierre, ii. 256, 311
Roche, Captain David, his quarrel with Lieut. Ferguson, i. 209
Rochefoucault-Liancourt, Duc de, ii. 324
Rochford, Lord, i. 272
Rockingham, Lord. ii. 13, 17
Rodney, Admiral Sir George, i. 91;
defeats French at Cape St. Vincent, i. 376;
M.P. for Westminster, i. 388;
defeats French in West Indies, ii. 16
*Rogers, John, i. 69
*Rogers, Thomas, i. 393
*Roland, Madame, ii. 252
Roman Catholic Relief Bill (Ireland), ii. 115, 320
Romans Club, the, i. 89
Romanzov, Count Nicholas, ii. 266, 269
Romanzow, Peter A., 223, 227
Romberg, Messrs., of Ostend, ii. 191
Rome, Gibbon at, i. 66-72, 74
Ross, Sir John, i. 369
Rosset, M., ii. 283, 293, 328
Rosslyn, Earl of (Solicitor-General Wedderburn), i. 173;
his defense of E. I. Co., i. 185;
"artful and able," i. 240;
his speech on America, i. 249;
an agreeable companion, i. 302;
on war with France, i. 339;
Attorney-General, i. 347;
Madras Council prosecution, i. 362;
his kindness to Gibbon, i. 365; ii. 82, 91, 163;
on war with Spain, i. 377;
L. C. J. of Common Pleas, i. 387;
and Mrs. Abington, ii. 4;
"places are cheaper than mackerel," ii. 19;
his second marriage, ii. 24;
his Irish expedition, ii. 30;
Lally a favourite of, ii. 274, 285;
suggested Pitt-Fox coalition, ii. 306, 351;
Lord Chancellor, ii. 344, 351, 367, 368;
Gibbon's letter of congratulations, ii. 372;
Gibbon's last visit to, ii. 397
Rotombeau, ii. 351, 353
Rous, Lady, i. 171, 173-175
*Rous, Sir John, i. 171
Rousseau, J. J., i. 41; ii. 261, 289;
his Lettres de la Montague, ii. 318
*Rowe's Jane Shore, ii. 29
*Royal Foresters, the, i. 87
Royal Marriage Bill, the, i. 146, 151, 154
Royal Society, Gibbon a member of the, ii. 187
*Rumbold, Sir Thomas, President of Madras Council, ii. 85
Rumford, Count of (Sir Benjamin Thompson), ii. 72
Russell, Lady, i. 282
Russell, Sir John, i. 191, 196, 216, 218, 282; ii. 65
Russia, peace signed between Turkey and, i. 223;
probability of war with, ii. 247;
rupture with France, ii. 280
Russian mercenaries, proposed hire of, i. 270, 272
*Rutland, Duke of, ii. 86, 115
S
Sackville, Lord (Lord George Germain), i. 198, 226, 240, 249, 296;
Colonial Secretary, i. 278;
his hope, i. 290;
his wife's death, i. 328;
Fox's censure, i. 333;
his windows broken by mob, i. 356
Sainsbury, Mr., ii. 189, 199, 224, 233
St. Cierge, Madame de, ii. 43
St. Domingo, insurrection in Island of, ii. 280
*St. John, Sir H. Paulet, i. 142
*St. Omer, Bishop of, ii. 266
*St. Pierre, Bernardin de, ii. 75
St. Vincent, Earl, ii. 396
Sainte Croix, Bigot de, ii. 329
Salms, Princesse de, ii. 267
Sandwich, Lord, i. 356, 357;
Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 374
*Sardinia, Charles Emanuel III., King of, i. 58;
Victor Amadeus III., King of, ii. 265, 312, 315, 319
*Saville, Sir George, i. 375
Savoy, French invasion of, ii. 314
*Saxe-Teschen, Duke of, ii. 137
Sayer, Stephen, i. 272
*Scawen, Captain, i. 207
*Scholl, Dr., ii. 301
Schomberg, Count de, ii. 223
*Scindiah, i. 350
Scott, George, i. 130, 372, 393
Scott, James, Gibbon's intimacy with, i. 99-101;
his death, i. 177;
Gibbon's letters to, i. 82, 92, 115-117, 119, 126, 159, 161
*Scott, Sir Walter, his address to George Ellis in Marmion, ii. 184
Seeker, Archbishop, i. 285
*Selwyn, George, his Correspondence quoted, i. 29, 58, 82, 343, 347, 356, 388
Septchênes, Le Clerc de, translates part of Decline and Fall, i. 296
Serle's Coffee-House, i. 218
Servan, Joseph, ii. 315, 332, 368
Severy, Wilhelm de, ii. 162, 163, 165, 172, 176, 199, 206, 242, 287, 303, 316, 336, 358, 366, 369
Severy, Madame de, ii. 43, 178, 222, 335, 369
Sévigné, Madame de, i. 260
Shakespeare, Voltaire protests against French translation of, i. 294;
Boydell's edition of, ii. 276
Sharrock, Captain Robert, i. 26
Sheffield, Lady (Miss Abigail Way), i. 85, 139;
Gibbon's letters to, i. 241, 262, 301, 363, 386, 392; ii. 5, 11, 26, 65, 77, 115, 166, 168, 169, 335;
her death, ii. 377
Sheffield, Lord (J. B. Holroyd), subjects of Gibbon's letters to:—
Borromcan Islands, i. 57;
amusements at Turin, i. 58;
Gibbon's snuff-box, ibid.;
Milan, i. 60;
the Neckers, i. 81, 282, 305, 312; ii. 236, 251, 291, 345;
Sheffield's marriage, i. 85;
Gibbon's father's illness and death, i. 86, 115, 117;
"Farmer Gibbon," i. 138;
Denmark Revolution i. 144, 146, 149;
"Datch," i. 145;
the Pantheon, i. 146, 215;
Parliament and the Thirty-nine Articles, i. 147;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151;
Dr. Nowell's sermon, ibid.;
a sprained ankle, i. 161;
Beriton, i. 164, 167, 196, 247, 344; ii. 6, 182 et seq., 222, 227;
Lenborough, i. 165, 186, 205-207, 269, 296, 332, 335; ii. 64, 81, 83, 96, 112, 124;
the New River Share, i. 167, 168, 335, 344; ii. 190;
Lord North's somnolence, i. 173; ii. 24;
the E. I. Co., i. 184, 186; ii. 85;
Hume: W. Robertson, i. 190;
Deyverdun, i. 191, 255; ii. 74-157 passim, 176, 178, 191, 194;
Lord Holland and Fox's debts, i. 198;
British Coffee-House, i. 201;
Boston Port Bill, i. 206, 208;

Mrs. Horneck, i. 207;
Sujah Dowlah, i. 209;
war with Spain, i. 212, 344;
Boodle's masquerade at Pantheon, i. 215;
Godfrey Clarke's illness, i. 223, 227, 239;
Lord Sheffield and Sussex, i. 225, 232;
Romanzow and Pouschkin, i. 227;
offer of a seat, i. 229;
Sheffield's withdrawal, i. 233;
Gibbon M.P. for Liskeard, i. 234;
Clive's death, i. 238;
debate on Address, i. 240;
troubles with America (see America);
de Luna's book, i. 243;
Decline and Fall, i. 263, 264, 277, 285, 361; ii. 151, 187;
Spain and Barbary, i. 265;
proposed hire of Russian mercenaries, i. 270;
Sayer's arrest, i. 272;
Hon. John Damer, i. 287;
Howe's proclamation, i. 291;
La Fayette in Paris, i. 305;
Lord Pigot, i. 308, 362;
Madame du Deffand, i. 312;
Paris and the Parisians, i. 313, 317;
Duke of Richmond, i. 317;
Princesse de Beauvau, i. 319;
Gibbon's gout, i. 321, 322; ii. 163-165, 215, 221, 233;
Saratoga, i. 324;
France and America, i. 333;
the French fleet, i. 337, 338, 343, 347, 363;
Admiral Keppel, i. 339;
Tickell's Anticipation, i. 348;
troubles in India, i. 349, 350, 357;
Palliser and Keppel, i. 356;
Militia Bill, i. 366;
Macartney captured by French, i. 369;
rumours of Civil War, i. 375;
the Sussex protest, ibid.;
Burke's Establishment Bill, i. 376;
Rodney and the Spanish fleet, i. 376;
the Sussex Dragoons, i. 384; ii. 23;
Gibbon M.P. for Lymington, i. 387;
the Coventry sheriffs, i. 393;
Mrs. Abington, ii. 4;
ships to warn West Indian fleet, ii. 5;
list of new ministry (1782). ii. 19;
Hyder Ali, ii. 19, 26;
Lord Howe and Gibraltar, ii. 19, 20, 25;
Lord Loughborough's marriage, ii. 24;
Fox and American Independence, ii. 25;
Lord Sheffield's Coventry speech, ii. 32;
Gibbon's Lausanne scheme, ii. 56 et seq.;
the custody of Gibbon's books, ii. 60, 62, 63, 149;
an odd peace, ii. 67;
the Triumvirate from Dover to Boulogne, ii. 72;
Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the American States, ii. 73, 82, 148;
Gibbon at Lausanne, ii. 74-157, 176-252, 255, 277-380 passim;
Abbé Raynal, ii. 75, 82;
Lady E. Foster, ii. 81;
Fox and his India Bills, ii. 86;
Gibbon's opinion of North, ii. 87;
Miss Hester Gibbon, "the Northamptonshire Saint," ii. 91, 185, 187, 190, 193;
Loughborough's kindness, ii. 91;
Miss Frith's scissors, ii. 91, 97;
Coalition Cabinet, ii. 92;
"prudence and patriotism," ii. 93;
Gibbon's hopes of compensation, ii. 101;
"Fox's Martyrs," ii. 102;
a free-spoken counsellor, ii. 103;
ways and means, ii. 104, 110, 113, 127, 138, 146, 182-258 passim, 280, 281, 290, 300, 312, 360;
Mrs. Fraser, ii. 105;
society at Lausanne, ii. 111, 124, 135;
Pitt's popularity on Continent, ii. 127;
Sheffield's Observations, etc., on Ireland, ii. 128;
Gibbon's reported death, ii. 132;
Achilles Pitt and Hector Fox, ii. 136;
Joseph II. and Frederick II., ii. 137;
Aunt Kitty's death, ii. 144;
Lord Auckland, ii. 148;
Madame de Crousaz, ii. 154;
the conscious shame of the French, ii. 162;
Sheridan's speech, ii. 172;
twelve hours' talk with Fox, ii. 180;
George III.'s illness and recovery, ii. 181, 191;
Hugonin's death and dishonesty, ii. 183-185;
Gibbon's madeira, ii. 190, 211, 214, 223, 282, 327;
de Montagny and the Swiss transaction, ii. 195, 202;
the Severys, ii. 199, 206;
Sir S. Porten's death, ii. 201;
low spirits, ii. 202;
the French Revolution, ii. 204, 209;
French exiles at Lausanne, ii. 210, 222;
Gibbon's loneliness, ii. 215;
Reynolds' portrait of Sheffield, ii. 216;
happy though unmarried, ii. 220;
Aunt Hester's death, ii. 222;
the Newhaven property, ii. 235, 242;
Burke's French Revolution, ii. 237;
Gibbon's hospitality at Lausanne, ii. 242;
Louis XVI., ii. 255, 360;
the Sheffields' visit to Lausanne, ii. 277;
improvements in house and garden, ii. 278;
peace or war, ii. 279;
the St. Domingo insurrection, ii. 280;
Madame de Staël and her father, ii. 292;
march of the Marseillais, ii. 293;
the "Friends of the People," ii. 295;
Austrian Croats and Gallic cannibals, ii. 296;
fate of the Gibbonian collection, ii. 301;
Brunswick's march on Paris, ii. 311;
Madame de Lamballe's murder, ii. 312;
French invasion of Savoy, ii. 315;
Geneva threatened, ii. 317, 322;
preparations for flight, ii. 319;
fears of siege removed, ii. 326;
Mr. Nichols, ii. 328;
treaty with France delayed, ii. 331, 345;
the Gallic dogs, ii. 333;
Montesquieu and the Neckers, ii. 345;
Brunswick's retreat, ii. 346;
Barthélemy, ii. 355;
Geneva Revolution, ii. 355, 370;
Fox deeply tinged with democracy, ii. 356;
Gibbon's proposed return to England, ii. 357, 371, 379;
plan of work, ii. 359;
de Severy's death, ii. 369;
Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 377;
siege of Mayence, ii. 382;
Lord Hervey's Memorial, ii. 388;
the Althorpe library, ii. 392;
Gibbon's serious illness, ii. 393-395;
at Eden Farm, ii. 398.
His letters to Gibbon, ii. 217, 224, 232, 238, 239, 243, 245, 253, 254, 256-258, 268, 272, 274, 275, 283, 294, 295, 302, 304, 319, 328, 343, 348, 350, 361, 367, 368, 373, 376, 382, 395;
his pamphlets mentioned:
Observations on the Commerce of the American States, ii. 72, 82, 148;
— on the Manufactures, Trade, and Present State of Ireland, ii. 128;
— on the French Treaty and Commerce, ii. 148;
— on the Project for Abolishing the Slave Trade, ii. 217;
— on the Corn Bill now depending in Parliament, ii. 239
Shelburne, Earl, i. 26, 373;
Secretary of State, ii. 14, 17;
Prime Minister, ii. 19, 25;
resigns, ii. 33
Shelley, Sir John, i. 351
Shelley, Lady, ii. 31
Shelly, Mrs., ii. 386
Sheridan, i. 333;
his speech on Begums of Oude, ii. 172;
lines on Lord Glenbervie, ii. 180;
"Friends of the People," ii. 297
Siddons, Mrs., Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 29
Sidney, Mr., i. 40
*Simolin, M., ii. 254
*Simpson, Mrs. J. Bridgman, i. 153
Sivrac, Duchesse de, ii. 111
Skipwith, Mr. (Gibbon's co-executor of Clarke's will), i. 239, 244, 245, 254
Slave Trade, Abolition of, ii. 239, 294
*Sloane, Sir Hans, i. 29, 89
*Smith, General, ii. 85
*Smithson, Sir Hugh (Duke of Northumberland), i. 82
Smyrna Coffee House, i. 19
Soho masquerade, the (Carlisle House), i. 131
*Southerne's tragedy of The Fatal Marriage, ii. 29
Southouse, Mr., Gibbon's solicitor, i. 93, 95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 127
*Southwell, Lord, i. 6
Spain, troubles with, i. 212, 344;
Expedition v. Barbary, i. 265;
Rodney's defeat of Spanish fleet, i. 376;
war with France, i. 362;
convention between England and, ii. 226
Speed, Miss Harriet (Comtesse de Viry), i. 314, 316
Spencer, Lady, i. 33, 370; ii. 300, 310, 312, 400
Spencer, Lady Diana. See Bolingbroke, Lady, and Beauclerk, Lady Diana
Spencer Lady Elizabeth (Lady Pembroke), ii. 106, 110
Spencer, Lord, i. 33; ii. 135, 187, 305
Spencer, Lord Charles, i. 376
*Spencer, Lord R., i. 366
*Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, i. 114
Staël-Holstein, Baron de, ii. 292
Staël-Holstein, Madame de, i. 41, 115, 291, 292;
escapes from Paris, ii. 311;
birth of her sons, ii. 319, 347;
rescues Princesse d'Hénin, ii. 324;
Miss Burney on, at Dorking, ii. 375;
Lord Sheffield's guest, ii. 377
Stafford, Marquis of, ii. 306
Stamford, Lord, i. 254
*Stamp Act, the i. 84
*Standish, Sir Frank, i. 90
*Stanhope, Mrs. Eugenia, i. 195
Stanhope, Philip (Lord Chesterfield's son), i. 188, 191, 195
*Stanislaus Poniatowski, King of Poland, i. 29, 158
Stanley, Lord, his Fête Champêtre, i. 219
Stanley, Rt. Hon. Hans, i. 29, 44, 148
*States-General, meeting of the, ii. 279
Stawell, Lord, ii. 26, 175, 182, 189, 199
*Steward, Colonel, i. 398
Steward, Mr., i. 18
Storer, Anthony Morris, i. 207; ii. 67, 86, 87
Stormont, Lord (2nd Lord Mansfield), i. 314, 333, 371;
President of Council, ii. 34, 305
Strahan, William, printer to His Majesty, i. 222, 263, 279
Strange, Lord, i. 90
Strathmore, Lord, ii. 276
Stratton, member of Madras Council, i. 362
*Strode, William, i. 89, 90
*Struensee, Dr., i. 143
Stuart, Andrew, M.P. for Lanarkshire, i. 366
Stuart, Gilbert, View of Society in Europe, etc., ii. 22
Stuart, Mrs., ii. 11
Stuart, Sir Simeon, i. 84, 92, 105, 112
*Sturm's Religious Meditations, etc., i. 181
Suard, J. B. Antoine, translates Decline and Fall, i. 292
Suess, George, Gibbon's valet, ii. 49
Suffield, Lord, i. 250, 252
Sujah Dowlah, Nawab of Oude, i. 187, 209
Sulens, Mdlle., ii. 43
Sussex Militia, i. 336, 340, 361
Sutton, Sir Richard, i. 260
*Sweden, Gustavus III., King of, ii. 279
Swiss Guard massacred in Paris, ii. 312, 322, 355
Swiss Militia, i. 38
Sylva, Madame de, ii. 388, 400
Sydney, Lord (Tommy Townshend), i. 151, 210; ii. 19, 86
T
Taaffe, i. 6, 35
*Taboureau des Réaux, i. 304
*Talleyrand, ii. 292, 326
*Tandy, Napper, ii. 115
*Tanjore, Rajah of, i. 209, 308
*Tankerville, Earl of, i. 67
Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 27
Temple, Lord, i. 50, 185-187; ii. 19;
the "stormy petrel" of politics, ii. 86
Tessier, M., i. 278
Theodore, Charles, Elector of Bavaria, ii. 265
*Thiars, Comte de, ii. 324
*Thiers, M., ii. 326
Thomas, Dr., i. 223, 224, 241
Thompson, Sir Benjamin (Count of Rumford), ii. 72
Thompson, Sir Charles, i. 261
Thurlow, Lord, Attorney General, i. 173;
Lord Chancellor, i. 341; ii. 13, 86;
dismissed, ii. 306
Tickell, Richard, on Gibbon's snuff-box i. 58;
his pamphlet Anticipation, i. 341;
on Brooks's Club, i. 376
Tippoo (Hyder Ali's son), ii. 19;
defeated by Cornwallis, ii. 276
Tissot, Dr. Simon André, ii. 77, 105, 108, 115, 130, 179
Titchfield, Marquis of, ii. 363
Tollemache, Hon. W., i. 386
Tonyn, Governor of Florida, i. 300
*Toussaint d'Ouverture, ii. 75
*Towers, Dr., ii. 305
Townley, Colonel, i. 148
*Townshend, C., i. 347
Townshend, Hon. John, i. 58, 376; ii. 18, 19, 179
Townshend, Lord, duel with Lord Bellamont, i. 180;
Master of Ordnance, ii. 34;
on Coalition Ministry, ii. 34
Townshend, Thomas. See Sydney, Lord
Trade and Plantations. See Board of Trade
Trajan's Pillar, i. 67
Tremlet, Life of Almanzor, i. 238, 243
Trevor, Mrs., i. 361; ii. 148, 153, 279, 284
Trevor, Hon. John Hampden, ii. 135, 274, 279, 294
*Truguet, Admiral, ii. 314
Tryon, Governor, i. 284
*Turgot, M., i. 304
Turin, Gibbon at, i. 55
Turton, Dr. John, attends Goldsmith, i. 16;
Gibbon, i. 114, 150, 371, 378;
Godfrey Clarke, i. 224
*Tyers, Jonathan, i. 114
Tylney, Lord, i. 60
Tyrconnell, Countess of, ii. 275
*Tyrconnell, Earl of, ii. 275
Tyrone, Lord, ii. 112
U
*Unitarian Society, the, ii. 305
*Ushant, battle of, i. 349
V
*Vallant, Paul, ii. 60
*Valmy, Duc de (F. C. de Kellerman), ii. 319
*Valory, M. de, ii. 256
Van Berchem, ii. 370
*Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife, i. 19;
The Provoked Husband, etc., i. 366; ii. 29
Vassall, Elizabeth (Lady Holland), ii. 257
Vaucluse, Mdlle. de, i. 20
Venice, Gibbon at, i. 75
*Vergennes, M. de, i. 334
Verney, Earl, i. 126, 167, 170, 332
Vernon, Mr., i. 149
Versailles, Peace of, ii. 67
*Victor Amadeus III. of Sardinia, ii. 265
Viry, Count de, Foreign Secretary to King of Sardinia, i. 56, 314
Viry, Countess de, i. 314, 316
Voltaire, at les Délices, near Geneva, i. 5;
at Ferney, i. 43;
Gibbon on his acting, i. 43;
his financial difficulties, i. 91;
protests against French translation of Shakespeare, i. 294;
quotation from his Mélanges de Poésies, ii. 154;
his death, ii. 258
*Volunteer movement, the, i. 373
W
Waldegrave, Lady, i. 131, 146, 154
*Waldegrave, Lord, i. 146
Wales, Prince of (George IV.), ii. 97, 150, 173, 181, 368
*Wales, Princess Dowager of, i. 143, 149
Walpole, Horace (Lord Orford), his writings quoted on "The Seven Years' War," i. 14;
Madame Geoffrin, i. 29;
Duke of Bedford's temper, i. 30;
Lord Lichfield and the Jacobites, i. 34;
correspondence with Sir H. Mann, i. 65; ii. 16;
Mrs. Cornelys, i. 131;
the Pantheon, i. 146;
Lord Chesterfield's Letters, i. 195;
Kelly's School of Wives, i. 199;
Colman's The Man of Business, i. 202;
Louis XV.'s daughters, i. 218;
N. America, i. 231;
America: Ireland—Journal of Reign of George III., i. 271; ii. 68;
the story of Essex's ring, i. 276;
Tessier's acting, i. 278;
Mrs. Damer, i. 287;
introduces Gibbon to Madame du Deffand, i. 312;
American privateers, i. 317;
Lord North and America, i. 329;
Admiral Keppel, i. 340, 343;
on Gibbon's Vindication, i. 355;
his quarrel with Gibbon, i. 396;
Lady Miller, ii. 2;
combined French and Spanish fleets, ii. 5;
Lady E. Foster, ii. 15;
on Rodney's defeat of Comte de Grasse, ii. 16;
Fox's library, ii. 68;
Sheridan, ii. 172;
peace with Spain, ii. 226;
Necker's fall, ii. 236;
Gibbon's admiration for Burke, ii. 237;
Essay on Modern Gardening, ii. 375
*Walpole, Sir Edward, i. 146
*Walsingham, Lord, i. 387
*Warburton, General, i. 65
Ward, Colonel, i. 258
Ward, Dr., i. 8
*Waring, Walter, i. 375
Warkworth, Lord, i. 82
*Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, i. 90
Warren, Miss (Countess of Abingdon), i. 90
Warren, Sir George, i. 301
Warton, his picture of Gibbon, i. 364
Warville, de. See Brissot, J. Pierre
*Washington, Fort, taken by British i. 298
Washington, George, i. 279, 286, 298, 300, 303, 323
Watson, Dr. Richard (Bishop of Llandaff), criticizes Decline and Fall, i. 289, 291, 295
Watteville, M. de, ii. 316
Way, Miss Abigail. See Sheffield, Lady
Way, Benjamin, i. 139, 157, 243
Way, Mrs. Benjamin, i. 259
*Way, Gregory Lewis, i. 139; ii. 64
Way, Lewis, i. 85, 139
Way, Richard, i. 173, 186, 187, 200, 201, 205, 207, 211, 213; ii. 104, 113
Webster, Lady (Elizabeth Vassall), ii. 257, 388
*Webster, Sir Godfrey, ii. 257
Wedderburn, Alexander. See Rosslyn, Earl
Wentzel, Baron de, the famous oculist, i. 105, 112
*Wesley, Dr., his Calm Address to our American Colonies, i. 271
*Westmorland, Lord, ii. 321
Weymouth, Lord, i. 333, 371; ii. 5
*Whately, Thomas, i. 243
*Whitbread, Mr., ii. 368
Whitehead, "the hirer of horses," ii. 104, 113
*White's Club, "The School of Vice," i. 84
Whitshed, James, M.P. for Cirencester, i. 239
Wibault, Miss Mary (Lady Porten), i. 220, 246, 250
Wilberforce, William, ii. 32;
Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 239, 294;
"Massa King," ii. 289
Wilbraham, George, i. 144, 229
Wilkes, John, his duel with Martin, i. 50;
expelled from House of Commons and outlawed, i. 91;
chosen Alderman, i. 93;
the Middlesex election, i. 146, 251;
his illness, i. 223;
elected Lord Mayor, i. 233;
on Lord George Germain, i. 290;
the Royal debts, i. 308
*William III., ii. 321
*Williams, Captain, R.E., 118
Williams, Mrs. Arabella, i. 118-121, 123-125, 372, 374; ii. 4
Williamson, Mrs., i. 95, 97, 100
*Wilmot, John, ii. 216
Wilson, Sir Thomas S., i. 225, 232, 233, 237
Winchester Camp, Gibbon at, i. 25
Windham, William ("Weather-Cock"), M.P. for Norwich, ii. 60, 305;
Secretary at War, ii. 306, 363, 369
Windsor, Captain, i. 343
Winton, tenant of Beriton, i. 164, 167, 196, 199, 201, 213, 244, 246, 346; ii. 84
*Wolfe at Quebec, i. 145
Wood, Mr., i. 107
Wood, Mrs., ii. 267, 282
*Woodfall, Henry, ii. 92
Woodfall, William ("Memory Woodfall"), editor of Morning Chronicle, ii. 82, 91, 97, 246, 250, 368, 370
Woolfe, George, i. 35
*Worcester, Marquis of, ii. 216
Worsley, Sir James, i. 34, 88
Worsley, Sir Richard, i. 34, 82, 111, 153, 261; ii. 4, 10
Worsley, Sir Thomas, i. 34, 44, 50, 52, 76, 78, 87, 88, 90
*Wraxall's Historical Memoirs quoted, i. 381;
Posthumous Memoirs quoted, ii. 275
Wray, Mrs., i. 20
Wurtemberg (Wirtenbergh), Duke of, i. 91
*Wyatt, architect of Pantheon, i. 146
Wyndham, Lady F., i. 247
Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, i. 148
Wyttenbach, M., ii. 260
X
Xaintes (Saintes), Bishop of, ii. 342
Y
*Yarborough, Earl of, i. 153
*Yates, Mrs., i. 252
*Yeo, Edward Roe, i. 393
York, Duchess of (Princess Frederica of Prussia), ii. 275
York, Edward Augustus, Duke of, i. 54, 65; ii. 275;
with troops in Flanders, ii. 376, 394
Young, Arthur, ii. 324
Young, Sir George, ii. 19

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[1] Anna, Lady Miller (1741-1781), author of Letters from Italy, by an Englishwoman (1776), a verse-writer and a well-known character at Bath, held a literary salon at her villa at Batheaston. She held, writes Walpole, January 15, 1775, "a Parnassus-fair every Thursday, gives out rhymes and themes, and all the flux of quality at Bath contend for the prizes." An antique vase, purchased in Italy, was placed on a modern altar decorated with laurel, and each guest was invited to place in the urn an original composition in verse. The author of the one declared to be the best was crowned by Lady Miller with a wreath of myrtle. Selections from these compositions were published at intervals. "Nothing here," said Miss Burney in 1780, "is more tonish than to visit Lady Miller." Lady Miller died suddenly at Bristol Hot Wells on June 24, 1781. Her husband, Sir John Riggs Miller, died in 1798.

[2] Probably C. Jenkinson, M.P. for Saltash and Secretary at War; afterwards Earl of Liverpool.