George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

by George Augustus Selwyn

Sackville, Viscount, see Lord George Germaine
St. John, Frederick
St. John, John; legacy from Lord Guildford
St. John, Henry; legacy from Lord Guildford
Salisbury, Bishop of
Salisbury, seventh Earl of
Salveyne
Sandwich, John George Montagu, fourth Earl of
"Sarah, Lady," see Bunbury
Sardinia, King of
Sawbridge, Mr.
Scott, General
Scott, Mr.
Seabright, Sir J.
Sefton, Lady
Selwin, Mr., banker in Paris
Selwyn, Albinia (afterwards Lady Sydney), Matson re-entailed on her
descendants
Selwyn family
Selwyn, George Augustus; importance in society, as wit, as beau,
man of fashion, bon mots, jokes fathered on, reputation; a type
of his time, life, ancestry, inheritance of social qualities,
Walpole's "famous George"; possession of Matson, description of
house; to remove gateway of Lantony Priory, schooldays,
sobriquet, holder of sinecure post, illness; recovery, at
Oxford, in Paris, harshly judged at college, no attempt to
renounce pleasure; attends Duchess of Bedford to Paris; member
of Parliament, appointed Paymaster of the Works; life
uneventful, adoption of Mie Mie, anxiety for her; grief at her
departure, at Castle Howard, at Milan; fear of losing Mie Mie,
delight in her companionship, his friends; friend of Fox,
annoyed by his recklessness, lover of the town, journey to
Yorkshire; welcome everywhere; as a politician, Parliamentary
career, personal associations; as a gossip, at executions;
anecdote of George III. and character of, by Mme. du Deffand;
francophile, a favourite in France; secret of charm of; life
comparatively simple, his death a loss to society; commences
corrrespondence with Carlisle; admiration for Mme. de Sevigne,
letters compared with Walpole's, time spent in Paris,
friendship for Carlisle; friendship with Grafton; at Vauxhall;
advises Carlisle regarding Fox's debts; the tie; praise of
Tunbridge; proposed for Royal Society; at Devonshire House;
goes to Lyons; drum at; to Ranelagh; reception in the House of
Commons; six weeks at Streatham; on loss of Minorca and St.
Kitts; deprived of office, appointed Surveyor-General of Crown
Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle
begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
Lectures; last illness; death
Selwyn, Jasper
Selwyn, John, Colonel
Selwyn, John, elder brother of George
Selwyn, Mary, wife of Colonel John, woman of the bedchamber, mother
of George
Sevigne, Mme. De

Shafto, Robert
Shelburne, Lord
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Shirley, Mr.
Siddons, Mrs.
Smith, Dr., Master of Trinity College
Smith, General
Smithson, Sir Hugh
Somerset, Duke of
Sophia, Princess
Southwell, Baron
Spencer, George John, second Earl
Spencer, Lady Diana
Spencer, Lord Charles
Spencer, Lord Robert, "Bob"
Spratt, Bishop
Stael, Mme. De
Stafford, Marquis of; and see Gower
Stanhope, Henry
Stanhope, Lady ("Harriot") Henrietta
Stanhope, Lord
Stanley, Lady Betty
Stanley, Lord
Stapleton, Sir J.
Stavordale, Lord; is a heavy gambler
"Ste," second Lord Holland, see Fox
Stewart, Keith
Stonehewer, Richard
Storer, Anthony Morris, the "Bon ton"; belonging to the Fox group;
opinion of Selwyn; life of; attachment to Lady Payne; kindness
of Carlisle to; description of Pitt's third speech; writes to
Carlisle; on East India affairs; loses at play; Lord North's
friendship for; at Cockpit; grievances; at White's
Stormont, Lord
Strawberry Hill
Stuarts, The
Suffolk, Lord
Suffren, Comte de
Suffren, Comtesse de
Sunderland, Earl of
Surveyor of Meltings in the Mint
Sussex, Duke of
Sutherland, Lady
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount, see Townshend

T

Talbot, Lord
Tankerville, Lord
Tavistock, Lord
Taunton, Lord
Terry, Mrs.
Tessier, Mons. (reader to the Queen)
Thatched House Tavern
Thomas, Sir H.
Thomond, Lord; will of
Thompson
Thornbury Castle
Thrale, Mrs. (Mrs. Piozzi)
Thurlow, Edward, first Baron
Townshend, Charles, Viscount
Townshend, John, first Marquis
Townshend, Lady
Townshend, Thomas, Viscount Sydney
Torrington, Lord
Trentham, Lord
Trinity College
Tuesday Night Club
Tunbridge, Selwyn's opinion of
Turgot
Turner, Charles
Tynte, Sir C.

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Valiere, Duchesse de la
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Vanheck, Mrs.
Vanheck, Sir Jos.
Varcy
Varey
Vaupaliere, Mme. de la
Vergennes, M. de
Vernon, Lady H.
Vernon, Richard
Viri, Comte de

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Waldegrave, Captain
Waldegrave, Lady
Waldegrave, Lord
Wales, Prince of (George IV.)
Walker, Mr.
Wallis, Mr.
Walpole, Horace; on illness of Selwyn; his "out-of-town party" at
his villa; opinion of men of letters; his life; arrives at
Matson; at Richmond; Pennant accused of copying style; mourns
death of Selwyn
Walpole, Sir Robert
Walsingham, Lord
Warenzow
Warren, Lady
Warren, Dr. Richard
Warner, Rev. Dr.
Washington, George
Webb, Mrs. (Selwyn's lady housekeeper)
Webster, Mr.
Wedderburn, see Loughborough
Weltzies (Club)
West, Richard
Westmoreland, Lord
Weymouth, Lord
Whately, Mr.
Whistler, Sir Godfrey
White's Club; Lord North at; Selwyn and Sir J. Irwin at; Selwyn in
the card room; Selwyn prefers it to Brooks's; pharo at; Storer
at; Hare and Fitzpatrick at
Wiart (Mme. de Deffand's secretary)
Wilberforce
Wilkes, Mr. John (Willes)
Williams, George James ("Gilly")
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
Williams, William Peere
Willoughby, Sir Ambrose
Wills, Mr.
Winchelsea, Lord
Windham, Percy
Woburn
Woodcock, Mr.
Woodcock, Mrs.
Woodfall, Mr.
Woodhouse, Mrs.
Worcester, Bishop of
Worsley, Lady
Worsley, Sir Richard
Wrottesley, Sir J.

Y

Yarmouth, Earl of, third Marquis of Hertford
York, Duke of
York, Frederick, Duke of
York, Mr.
Young, Sir W.