Napoleon's British visitors and captives, 1801-1815

by John Goldworth Alger

Lord J. Russell in his diary, wrote of Napoleon:—

‘His manner is very good-natured, and seems studied to put one at one’s ease by its familiarity; his smile and laugh are very agreeable; he asks a number of questions without object, and often repeats them, a habit which he has no doubt acquired during fifteen years of supreme command. To this I should also attribute the ignorance he seems to show at times of the most common facts. When anything that he likes is said, he puts his head forward and listens with great pleasure ... but when he does not like what he hears, he turns away as if unconcerned, and changes the subject. From this one might conclude that he was open to flattery and violent in his temper.’

Sir Spencer Walpole in his Life of Lord J. Russell, adds:—

Lord John was with him [Napoleon] an hour and a half, conversing on many subjects—the Russell family, Lord John’s own allowance from the Duke, the state of Spain and Italy, the character of the Duke of Wellington, and the arrangements likely to be made at Vienna for the pacification of Europe. He used to say in his old age, that as the Emperor became interested in his conversation, he fell into the singular habit which he had acquired, and pulled him by the ear.

INDEX OF NAMES

(Members of a family are mostly indexed together.)

• Abbot, Speaker, [20], [132], [139], [161].
• Abdy, W., [65].
• Abercromby, [56], [60], [65], [219], [279], [318].
• Aberdeen, Lord, [51], [54], [164], [317].
• Abrantès. See [Junot].
• Acheson. See [Gosford].
• Adair, Sir R., [29], [34], [240], [316].
• Adderley, [118].
• Addington, Hy., [170], [174].
• Adelaide, Queen, [118].
• Albany, Countess, [254], [276].
• Aldborough, Lady, [277].
• Alderson, Dr., [209].
• Alexander I., [156], [286], [298].
• Alfieri, F., [254].
• Alison, Sir A., [274].
• Allen, John, [114].
• Althorp, Lord, [48], [51], [99], [318].
• Ambert, Dr. Antoine, [80].
• Ancrum, Lady, [236], [318].
• Anderson, James, [115].
• Andreossi, General, [86], [175].
• Anglesey. See [Paget].
• Angoulême, Duchess, [287], [307].
• Annesley, [13], [61], [130], [196], [209], [235], [261], [318].
• Anspach, Margrave, [239].
• Antraigues, Comte d’, [6], [75].
• Apreece, S. A., [65], [118].
• Apsley. See [Bathurst].
• Arago, F., [256].
• Arblay. See [Burney].
• Archer, Jno., [258].
• Armstrong, Dr., [265].
• —— Sergeant, [16].
• Arnim, A., [159].
• Artois. See [Charles] X.
• Ashburton. See [Baring].
• Ashley, [150].
• —— Lady M. A., [43].
• Ashworth, Sir C., [65].
• Astley, Philip, [99], [212].
• Atkinson. T. W., [235].
• Atkyns, Mrs., [94].
• Aufrere, A., [114].
• Aulard, F. A., [76].
• Aumale, Mme. d’, [233].
• Auvergne, V. d’, [71].
• Aylesbury, Lord, [278].
• Aylmer, Gerald, [56], [257].
• Aytoun, [245].

• Babeau, A., [101].
• Bacon, Lord, [310].
• Badams, Dr., [101].
• Badger, L. and P., [81].
• Baggesen, J., [157].
• Bagration, General, [67].
• Baird, Dr., [209].
• Balcombe, Betsy, [311], [314].
• Baldwin, S., [149].
• Bance, A., [215].
• Bandon, Lord, [291].
• Banks, Sir J., [85–87], [169], [224], [252].
• —— J. C., [14], [243].
• Bannatyne, Captain, [201].
• Barbauld, Mrs., [89].
• Barclay, Sir R., [17], [34], [316].
• Barillon, Marquis, [29].
• Baring, [34], [48], [96], [316].
• Barklimore, Dr., [216].
• Barlow, Joel, [6], [105], [127].
• Barney, Joshua, [6].
• Barras, P., [13], [146], [148], [310].
• Barrington, Bishop, [136].
• —— Lord, [58], [197], [202], [318].
• Barthélémi, Abbé, [128].
• Bartolini, L., [160].
• Bath, Lord, [277].
• Bathurst, Captain B., [66], [243], [275].
• —— Lord, [277].
• Beasely, Reuben, [258].
• Beauclerk, Lady C., [64], [168].
• Beaufort, Duchess, [241].
• Beauharnais, Eugène, [53], [160].
• Beaulieu, Lord C., [318].
• Beaune, de, [285].
• Beauvoisin, Colonel, [171].
• Beccaria, [160], [256].
• Becker, Casimir, [19].
• Beckford, W., [46], [111].
• Bedford. See [Russell, Lord J.]
• Bellevue, Countess, [122].
• Belvedere, Lord, [57], [102].
• Benfield, P., [34], [36], [96], [216], [235], [316].
• Benjafield, [22].
• Bennett, G. B., [314].
• Bentham, Jeremy, [80], [85].
• Bentinck, H. W., [78].
• —— Rev. John, [260].
• —— Lord W., [61], [278], [295].
• Benyon, [48].
• Berkeley, G., [217].
• Bernadotte, Marshal, [7].
• Bernard, [189].
• —— Sir F., [109].
• —— R. B., [290].
• Bernardin de St. Pierre, J. H., [115].
• Berri, Duke and Duchess, [67], [289].
• Berry, Agnes and Mary, [38], [70], [117], [179], [214], [223].
• —— Sir E., [73].
• Berthier, Marshal, [162], [171], [186], [253].
• Bertin, Rose, [131].
• Bertrand, General H. G., [302], [309], [312], [320], [321].
• Berwick. See [Hill, W.]
• Besnard, [133].
• Bessborough. See [Duncannon.]
• Best, Captain, [55].
• —— See [Wynford].
• Beugnot, J. C., [289].
• Beverley. See [Lovaine].
• Beyle, H., [128].
• Bickersteth, H., [117].
• Billington, Elizabeth, [170].
• Binning. See [Haddington].
• Bird, W. W., [316].
• Birkbeck, G., [80].
• —— M., [277], [282], [288].
• Bishop, Mary, [238].
• Blackwell, J., [151], [152].
• Blagden, Sir C., [86].
• Blagdon, F. W., [101].
• Blanc, [189].
• —— Louis, [108].
• Bland, Rev. R., [235].
• Blandford, Lord, [43], [277].
• Blangini, Jos., [130].
• Blayney, Lord, [11], [48], [59], [189], [199], [203], [244], [245], [265], [318].
• Blaze de Bury, Mme., [273].
• Blessington, Lady, [193].
• Blount, Baron Chas., [210].
• —— [235].
• Boddington, E. W., [92].
• Bode, [130].
• Bodichon, Mme., [42].
• Bodini, [121].
• Boehme, J., [158].
• Bolivar, S., [152], [156].
• Bonaparte, Jerome, [78], [193].
• —— Joseph, [20], [220], [306].
• —— Lucien, [228].
• —— Mme. See [Josephine].
• —— Napoleon, passim.
• —— Pauline, [302], [310].
• —— Victor, [309].
• Bonfield, [91].
• Bonnecarrère, G. de, [171].
• Bonneuil, Mme., [171].
• Bonneval, General, [231].
• Bonneville, N., [100].
• Bonnycastle, J., [87].
• Borel, Mrs., [239].
• Boringdon, Lord, [318].
• Boscawen, Admiral Edward, [241].
• Bosville, W., [36], [66].
• Boswell, [149].
• —— James, [33], [105].
• Bouillon. See [Auvergne].
• Bourbon, Duc, [3].
• Bourke, E. de, [258].
• —— J. R., [258].
• Bowyer, R., [92].
• Boyd, Walter, [14], [34], [36], [96], [216], [265], [316].
• Boyer, Captain, [32].
• —— General J. P., [222].
• Boyle, Lord, [238], [318].
• —— R. B., [27].
• Boyne. See [Hamilton].
• Boyse, E., [246].
• Brabançon, General, [216].
• Bradford, Lord, [57], [277], [318].
• Braham, J., [14].
• Bridgewater. See [Egerton].
• Brillat-Savarin, A., [4].
• Bristol, Lord, [62], [248].
• Brocklesby, R., [88].
• Brodie, Captain, [200].
• Brodrick, W., [36], [61], [316].
• Brodum, William, [23].
• Brook, [78].
• Brooke, Lord, [51], [318].
• —— T., [203], [210].
• Brougham, Lord, [18], [19], [85], [88], [273].
• Broughton, Sir J., [65], [212].
• —— See [Hobhouse].
• Browning, Oscar, [10], [175].
• Brownlow, Lord, [57], [83], [278].
• Bruce, Countess, [239].
• —— Lieutenant Michael, [275].
• Bryant, George, [92].
• Buckingham, Duke, [42].
• Buckinghamshire, Lord, [317].
• Bulow, T. H., [159].
• Buonarotti, M., [6].
• Burdett, Sir F., [36], [64], [66], [133], [242], [310], [316].
• Burgess, Rev. J., [168].
• Burgh or Burke, [261].
• Burghersh, Lord, [278], [321].
• Burke, Edmund, [34], [50].
• —— General F., [66].
• Burlington, Lord, [36], [121].
• Burney, Fanny, [4], [123].
• Burrell, Sir C., [48], [179].
• Burton, Sir F., [64].
• Bute, Lord, [242], [317].
• Butler, Baron, [258].
• —— Colonel, [251].
• Butterfield, [212].
• Byrne, Miles, [187].
• Byron, Lord, [22], [54], [170], [303], [308].

• Cabarrus. See [Tallien].
• Cadogan, Lady, [54], [178], [317].
• Cadoudal. See [Georges].
• Cahir, Lord, [59], [318].
• Caledon, Lord, [317].
• Call, Sir W., [179], [196], [200], [243].
• Callender, General J., [66], [213].
• Calonne, C. de, [124], [134].
• Cambacérès, J. J., [31].
• Cambridge, Duke, [37].
• Camelford, Lord, [14], [54], [146], [317].
• Cameron, Doctor, [209].
• Campbell, [296].
• —— Sir A., [67].
• —— Doctor (Edward?), [265].
• —— Lord, [79].
• —— Lord J., [51], [179], [318].
• —— Sir Neil, [303], [319], [320].
• —— Thomas, [274], [281].
• Campe, J. H., [156], [164].
• Candler, Captain T., [244].
• Canning, George, [16], [33], [118], [278].
• Canova, A., [274].
• Cantillon, André N., [39].
• Caraccioli, L. A., [161].
• Caradoc. See [Cradock].
• Carducci, Barth., [97].
• Carhampton, Lord, [46], [317].
• Carington, Lord, [59], [278], [318].
• Carlisle, Lord, [16], [40], [277], [303], [317], [318].
• Carnot, Lazare, [85], [90], [128], [152], [225], [273].
• Caroline, Queen, [286].
• Carr, Sir J., [101], [125], [128], [142].
• Carter, Anne, [240].
• Carysfort, Lord, [17].
• Casimir Périer, [109].
• Casti, J. B., [161].
• Castlemaine, Lord, [318].
• Castlereagh, Lord, [272].
• Cathcart, Lord, [275].
• Caulfeild, St. G., [168].
• Cavan, Lord, [56], [68], [317].
• Cavendish, Lord G., [61], [316].
• —— See [Burlington].
• Cazalès, J. A., [125].
• Cerutti, J. A. J., [6].
• Chalmers, [190].
• Chambers, Sir R., [79], [168], [316].
• Champagny, J. B., [220].
• Champernowne, A. H., [48].
• Chantrey, Sir F., [274].
• Chaptal, J. A., [31].
• Charlemont, Lord, [277].
• Charles X., [2], [67], [274], [278].
• —— XIV. See [Bernadotte].
• —— Edward, Prince, [177].
• —— J. A. C., [128].
• Charlotte, Princess, [7], [155].
• —— Queen, [284].
• Chastenay, Mme. de, [280].
• Chateaubriand, F. R. de, [71], [90], [116], [143], [224].
• Chatham, Lord, [32].
• Chatterton, Thomas, [115].
• Chenevix, R., [13], [85], [227], [229].
• Chénier, André, [91].
• Cherubini, L. C., [129].
• Chevreul, [243].
• Chichester, Sir A., [49].
• —— Sir J., [64].
• Childers, Hugh C. E., [61], [200].
• Cholmondeley, Lord, [56], [138], [161], [164], [317].
• Christie, J. H., [214].
• —— Thomas, [6].
• Churchill, Rev. W. H., [232].
• Clanricarde, Lord, [278].
• Clare, Lord, [277].
• Clarendon. See [Villiers].
• Clarke, C. J., [23].
• —— General, [18], [188], [198], [203], [235], [245], [247], [254], [262], [265], [266].
• —— Mrs., [237].
• —— Sir Simon, [64].
• —— Dr. T., [208].
• Clarkson, Thomas, [275].
• Clavering, Sir T., [64], [234].
• Clayton, Sir W., [278].
• Cleveland, Duke, [54].
• Clifden, Lord, [316].
• Clifford, Robert, [61], [198].
• Clive, Colonel Robert, [61], [198].
• Cloncurry, Lord, [59], [64], [93], [318].
• Cloots, Anacharsis, [6], [164].
• Cobbett, William, [18], [66].
• Cockburn, Alexander, [77], [228].
• Cockerell, Sir C., [65], [316].
• Cockerill, William, [258].
• Cocks, J. Somers, [318].
• Coghill, Sir J., [64], [235].
• Colchester, Lord. See [Abbot].
• Colclough, Cæsar, [48], [266].
• Cole, Lord, [275].
• Coleraine, Lord, [318].
• Coleridge, S. T., [90], [94], [99], [184].
• Colin, [272].
• Colombine, P., [260].
• Combe, George, [274].
• —— Alderman Thomas, [29], [37], [316].
• —— William, [113].
• Compton, Lord, [277].
• Concannon, John, [196].
• Congleton, Lord. See [Parnell].
• Congreve, Sir W., [48], [65], [94].
• Constant, Benjamin, [142], [243], [306].
• Constantine, Grand Duke, [292].
• Contat, Louise, [129].
• Conti, Prince, [241].
• Conway, Field-Marshal, [92].
• Conyngham, Lord, [56], [64], [130], [317].
• Cook, Captain James, [233].
• Cooper, Sir Paston, [81].
• —— Sir W., [64], [197].
• Cope, Archdall, [235].
• —— Reilly, [201], [263].
• Copleston, Bishop, [276], [291].
• Copley, J. S., [107].
• Coquebert, C. E., [171].
• Corbett, William, [151–152], [308].
• Cornuel, Mrs., [238].
• Cornwallis, Lord, [18–21], [83], [136], [186].
• Corvisart, Dr., [226].
• Cory, Captain, [199].
• Cosway, R., [91], [113], [140].
• Cotes, Captain, [16].
• Cotton, Lady A., [277].
• Courier, P. L., [234].
• Courselles, Colonel, [204], [214].
• Courtenay. See [Giffard].
• Coutts, Thomas, [242].
• Coventry, Lord, [277].
• Cowley, Lord, [16].
• Cowper, Lord, [37], [61], [316], [317].
• Cox, Colonel William, [235].
• Cradock, General, [67], [91].
• Cramer, F., [234].
• Crane, [238].
• Craufurd, Sir C., [49], [54].
• —— Sir J., [64], [77], [151], [192], [207], [263].
• —— Quintin, [6], [49], [115], [130], [191], [286], [306], [308].
• Craven, Lord, [61], [239].
• Crespigny, [46], [168], [210].
• Cresswell, [149].
• Croft, Sir H., [13], [64], [115], [235], [287], [308].
• Crofton, Lady, [59], [168], [318].
• Croker, John Wilson, [58], [272].
• Cromie, Sir M., [64], [264].
• Cromwell, Oliver, [243].
• Crowe, William, [244].
• Cumberland, Duchess, [46], [51], [317].
• Curran, J. P., [79], [154], [274].
• Cust, Francis, [61], [316].
• Cuvier, Baron, [129], [225].
• Czartoryski, Prince, [256].

• Dalhousie. See [Ramsay].
• Dalkeith, Lord, [316], [318].
• Dallas, Sir G., [37], [64], [316].
• Dalrymple, General Robert, [68].
• Damer, Anne S., [32], [92], [117], [179], [274], [306].
• Daniel, Rev. John, [235].
• Daniell, Thomas, [92].
• Darnley, Lord, [277].
• Davies, [149].
• —— Lady C., [172].
• Davis, Dr. J. B., [81], [197], [226].
• Davy, Sir H., [99].
• Dawes, William, [98].
• Dawtram, [129].
• De Bathe, Sir J., [13], [64], [230].
• De Blaquiere, Lord, [233], [263], [318].
• Decrès, Admiral Denis, [162].
• De Jersey, C., [208].
• Delacroix, Charles, [153].
• Del Campo, Marquis, [256].
• Delille, J., [170].
• Demidoff, Princess, [156].
• Denon, D. V., [143].
• Derby, Lord, [303].
• De Ros, [13].
• Desbrières, Colonel, [188].
• Desgenettes, Dr. N., [87].
• Deshayes, [130].
• Desmarest, P. M., [74], [102], [189].
• Despard, E. M., [171].
• Devenish, Thomas, [200].
• Devereux, John, [152].
• De Vesci. See [Vesey].
• Devon. See [Giffard].
• Devonshire. See [Burlington].
• —— Duke and Duchess, [38], [53], [62], [169], [277].
• Dickinson, William, [92], [246].
• Didot St. Léger, Jules, [172].
• Digby, Lord, [120].
• Dillon, Archbishop, [82].
• —— Arthur, [128], [309].
• —— Augustus, [316], [318].
• —— Edward, [235], [277].
• —— Henry, [214], [240].
• Disney-Ffytche, D., [119].
• Dixie, Sir B., [64], [208].
• Dodwell, Edward, [248].
• Don, Sir A., [65], [151], [211], [212].
• Donegal, Lord, [54], [236], [317].
• Donkin, [78].
• Donoughmore. See [Hutchinson].
• Dorant, [100].
• Dormer, [13].
• Dorset, Duchess, [22], [52], [66], [175–176], [220].
• Doublet, P. de, [97].
• Douglas, Sir Charles, [51].
• —— Hon. Frederick S. N., [295].
• —— Marquis, [37], [169], [244], [316], [318].
• —— Sir Niel, [296].
• Downshire, Lord, [277].
• Drake, Francis, [75].
• Dring, Rev. J., [260].
• Drummond, Henry, [40].
• —— Maurice, [172].
• Dubarry, Mme., [43], [47], [97], [229].
• Dubufe, [180].
• Duckett, William, [154].
• Dudley, Lord, [279], [291].
• Dugard, William, [105].
• Dumaresq, Major, [72].
• Dumont, Etienne, [6].
• Dumouriez, General, [26].
• Duncannon, Lord, [49], [54], [224], [303], [317].
• Dunmore. See [Hutchinson] and [Fincastle].
• Dunsany. See [Lawless].
• Dupin, Maurice, [53], [131], [137].
• Du Pan. See [Mallet].
• Duppa, William, [79], [92].
• Dupuis, C. F., [128].
• Durfort, Comte, [37].
• Du Roure, Scipio, [144].