Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)

by Horace Walpole

Anecdotes—
of Lord Sandwich, i. [3];
of Lord Harrington, [4];
of French players, [13];
of Lord Nugent, [20];
of Crowle, the well-known punster, [21];
of Sir William Yonge, [23];
of Sir Robert Walpole, [23];
of Speaker Onslow and Lord Coke, [28];
of Mr. Murray, before the House on the Westminster petition, [29];
of Sir John Cotton, [33];
of Lord Gower and Sir John Cotton, [34];
of Lord Egmont, [35];
of Colonel Lyttelton and family, [39];
of Lady Townshend, ibid.;
of Colonel Conway, [41];
of Sir H. Erskine, ibid.;
of Lord Granville in the council, [44];
of Lord Bute, [47];
of Lord Mansfield, [49];
of Lord Chesterfield, [51];
of Queen Caroline and Lady Suffolk, [52];
of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, [53];
of Commissioner Oswald, [59], [60];
of Mr. Fox’s candour in parliament, [62];
of George II. and his ministers, ibid.;
of Archbishop Secker, [65];
of Sir Godfrey Kneller, [70];
of Frederick, Prince of Wales, [71], [73], [74], [77];
of Lord Doneraile, [75];
of Lady Archibald Hamilton, ibid.;
of Lady Middlesex, [76];
of Sir William Stanhope, [75];
of the Princess of Wales, [76];
of Doddington, [77], [87], [88];
of George II., [78];
of the Duke of Cumberland, [79];
of Dr. Ayscough, [79];
of Lord Albemarle, [82];
of Archbishop Blackburne, [87];
of Lord Chief Justice Willes, [89];
of Sir George Lee, [90];
of Pitt, [92];
of Fox, [93], [94];
of Old John Selwyn, [95];
of Lord Berkeley and the Duke of Dorset, [98];
of Admiral Vernon, [100], [101];
military one of the French and Duke of Cumberland, [103];
of the Duke and Prince George, [105], [106];
of Pulteney, Earl of Bath, [118];
of Sir Francis Dashwood, [123];
political, of the Regency Bill, [129], et seq.;
of George II., and the Regency Bill, [157], [158];
of the first Lord Hardwick, [159];
of the Duke of Newcastle, [163];
of Pelham, [167];
of Lord Granville, [168];
of the dismissed cabinet in 1745, [170];
amatory and avaricious one of George II., [176];
of Lady Suffolk, [177];
of Lady Yarmouth, ibid.;
of Cheselden, the surgeon, ibid.;
of Lord Chesterfield, [177];
of Queen Caroline, [179], [182];
of the Duke of Grafton, [182];
of Mr. Legge, [191];
of the Duke of Devonshire, [195];
of Paul Whitehead, [201];
of the Princess of Orange, [206], [207];
of the King and Mr. Fox, [212];
of Lord Stair and Queen Caroline, [221];
of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke, [224];
political, of the Duchess of Bedford, [242];
parliamentary, of Fox and Pelham, [254];
of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, [276];
of the education of the young princes, [284], [289];
of General Ligonier and the King, [292];
of Lewis XV. and Miss Murphy, [334];
of the marriage Bill, [339];
of Charles Townshend, [340];
parliamentary one, [341];
punning one of Jones, the Irish architect, [364];
of Newcastle’s geographical ignorance, [396];
of General Washington and George II., [400];
of Pitt and Murray, [412], [413];
of the quarrel between Pitt and Lyttelton, [414];
of Sir Thomas Robinson, ii. [44];
of old Horace Walpole and the Speaker, ii. [175];
of Madame Pompadour, [176];
of Doddington, [186];
of Lord Bute and Leicester-house, [205], et seq.;
of Queen Caroline, Princess Amelia, and Richmond Park, [220], [221];
of Charles Townshend respecting the squabbles of party, [224];
of caricatures and libels during Byng’s affair, [228], [229];
of Counts Bruhl and Kaunizt, [234];
of Fox’s rupture with Newcastle, [251], et seq.;
of Damiens’ tortures for stabbing the King of France, [283];
of Admiral Byng on his trial and condemnation, [286], [287];
most extraordinary one, [371];
of Archbishop Gilbert, [374];
of Dr. King, ib.;
of Lord Temple and the King, [378];
of Harry Conway, iii. [54];
of the Princess Caroline, [82];
of the King and Archbishop Secker, [180];
of Pitt and Lord Shelburne, [227];
of Macklyn, Lord Bute, and Love à la Mode, [250], [251];
of Dr. Smollett, [259].

Anne, Princess Dowager, of Orange, death and politics, iii. [168].

Anson, Lord, proposes several articles of war, but fails, i. [38];
appointed to the Admiralty, in room of Lord Sandwich, [194];
character, [194], [195];
careful selection of officers, and pledge to the king on that subject, ii. [33];
his feelings in regard to Byng’s execution, [317];
observations on him in regard to Byng’s sentence and execution, [343];
restored to the admiralty under Pitt and Newcastle, in 1757, iii. [32];
his restoration to the admiralty, highly unpleasing to the city, [84].

Anspach, Margrave of, opposes English politics in Germany, i. [288].

Anstruther, General, parliamentary charges against, i. [42], [56], [64], [68];
further proceedings on his case, and motion of Lord Strange, [95], [106], et seq.

Archer, Lord, seconds address in the House of Lords, in 1751, i. [8].

Argyle, John, second Duke of, his political connexion with Sir Robert Walpole, i. [164].

—— Archibald, third Duke of, inefficient and disappointing speech on the Scottish Colonization Bill, i. [273];
character, [275-278].

ARMY, British. Votes in 1751, i. [25];
debate on the staff, [31];
military reformation and improvement by the Duke of Cumberland, [38];
new Mutiny Bill, ibid.;
half-pay officers first subjected to military law, ibid.;
estimates proposed by Mr. Fox, [213];
proposed reduction, founded on the colonization of Scottish forfeited estates, [264];
estimates in 1754, debate on, [410];
inefficient state of in England at the commencement of the war, ii. [19];
estimates on the opening of the war, [67], [86];
affairs of the Militia Bill, of new-raised troops, of foreign troops employed, [156-204];
camps formed and disturbances with the foreign troops, [248];
remarkable court of inquiry connected with General Fowke and Byng’s affair, [285];
war in Germany, iii. [147];
extraordinary commissions granted, and debated on in Parliament, [233].

Army, Saxon, account of, ii. [410].