Bernis, Cardinal de, political disgrace, iii. [158].
Besborough, Lord, his share in Irish politics, ii. [19].
Bishops, Bench of, their inactivity on the marriage clause of the Regency Bill, i. [146];
their characters, [148], [149].
Blackbourn, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, i. [87].
Blackiston, a spurious patriot and Jacobite, and why, i. [36].
Blakeney, General, defence of Minorca, ii. [226];
gets a red riband, [275].
Board of Trade, attempt of Lord Halifax to subject the West Indian Colonies to that Board, i. [199].
Bolingbroke, Lord, tortuous politics of, at the Prince of Wales’s court, i. [73];
his death, character, and anecdotes of him, [220];
ingratitude towards Sir Robert Walpole, [220];
political ingenuity and infamy, [222], [223];
courtly anecdote, [223];
contrasted with Walpole, [225].
Boscawen, Admiral, character and political rise, i. [194];
extraordinary conduct during Byng’s trial, ii. [286];
defeats the French fleet under De la Clue, off Lagos, iii. [211].
Boscawen family, their contest with the Sandwich interests in Cornwall first led to the formation of a Tory party, for general purposes, ii. [13].