The Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Index

by John Morley

Afghanistan, action in (1885), iii. 178, 183-185, 208 note.
American war, mediation in, declined by, ii. 85.
Austria, attitude of, i. 488;
hostility to, ii. 4.
Berlin memorandum, ii. 549.
Bessarabia claimed by, ii. 574 and note², 577.
Bismarck's estimate of policy pursued by, ii. 353 note.
Black Sea claims of, ii. 349-356, 398, 400.
British secret agreement with, ii. 575, 577.
Confusion in policy of, ii. 120.
Crimean war, see that title.
Don Pacifico case, offer of good offices in, i. 368.
Egyptian question, attitude towards, iii. 82, 178.
France, estrangement of, from England the aim of, ii. 4;
neutrality in Franco-Prussian war, ii. 344.
Germany, attitude towards, ii. 343, 348.
Gladstone's attitude towards, i. 545; ii. 3, 499;
tribute at his death, iii. 532.
Ionian Islands despatch, attitude towards, i. 601.
Rise of, i. 477.
San Stefano, treaty of, ii. 572, 575.
Smyrna demonstration favoured by, iii. 9.
Turkey, war with (1771), i. 477;
(1828) i. 480;
(1853) see Crimean war;
(1877) ii. 562, 569, 572.
Rutland, Duke of (Lord John Manners), i. 238, 303-305; iii. 533.
Ryder, see Harrowby.
Sadler, Michael T., i. 99 and note.
Sadowa, ii. 115, 214, 302, 319, 359.
St. Asaph, bishopric of, i. 260 note¹.
St. Deiniol's, iii. 420, 521.
St. Germans, Lord, i. 420.
St. Leonards, Lord, i. 416, 448 and note¹.
St. Paul's Cathedral, i. 12, 233-234.
Salisbury, Marquis of:—
Chronology—Views on the Principalities, ii. 4;
on Gladstone's American war speech, ii. 86;
on Danish question, ii. 120;
retires from Derby government (1867), ii. 223, 231, 235;
Disraeli's sarcasms against, ii. 247;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 268, 270-271;
on religious tests, ii. 314;
subscribes to Mill memorial, ii. 543;
at Constantinople, ii. 559-560;
at Berlin congress, ii. 575, 577;
Egyptian policy, iii. 74, 180 and note, 495;
on Franchise bill (1884), iii. 132, 135-139;
overtures to Irish party, iii. 188-190;
unwilling to take office (1885), iii. 204-207;
takes office, 208;
countenances repudiation of coercion, iii. 212-213;
Carnarvon's interview with Parnell unauthorised by, iii. 229 note¹;
but known to, iii. 230-231;
speeches on Irish policy (Oct. 7), iii. 233, 242-244, 260;
(Nov. 9) 239;
nationalist support of, at the elections, iii. 244-245;
on destruction of government system in Ireland, iii. 256-257 and note¹;
Gladstone's tender of support to, iii. 258-260, 284;
resigns, iii. 289;
Hottentot speech, iii. 317-318;
at Opera House meeting, iii. 324;
offers Hartington premiership, iii. 364;
on rents in Ireland, iii. 374-375;
on Times forgeries, iii. 392;
on report of special commission, iii. 402;
Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 560;
his estimate of Gladstone, i. 3; iii. 529;
hesitation of, iii. 277;
otherwise mentioned, i. 127; ii. 203, 587; iii. 90, 131, 203, 344, 365, 525.
—— Lady, iii. 526.
Salmon, Dr., iii. 417.
San Juan boundary question, ii. 405.
San Stefano, treaty of, ii. 572, 575.
Sand River convention, iii. 45.
Sandon, Lord, i. 103.
Sandwich, Lord, i. 144.
Sandwith, Humphry, ii. 561.
Sanquhar, i. 11.
Sarpi, Father Paul, i. 598.
Saunders, Dean, i. 52, 80.
Saunderson, E., ii. 410.
Savings banks, i. 519; ii. 34.
Savoy, French acquisition of, ii. 9, 22, 30.
Say, Léon, iii. 486.
Scartazzini, iii. 387.
Science, Gladstone's attitude towards, i. 209; iii. 359.
Schiller, i. 108.
Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 114-120, 265, 580;
Prince Consort's view of, ii. 93, 102.
Schleiermacher, i. 166.
Schouvaloff memorandum, ii. 575.
Schwarzenberg, Prince, i. 395-396, 398, 399, 600.
Scott, Hon. F., i. 356.
—— Sir Claude, i. 18.
—— James Hope, see Hope-Scott.
—— Dr., Dean of Rochester, i. 61, 329 and note; ii. 433, 536.
—— Sir Walter, i. 159, 337, 371, 387 note¹; iii. 424, 491.
Scotland:—
Disestablishment question in, iii. 471.
Election results in (1880), ii. 613-614.
Enthusiasm of, ii. 588, 599, 608-609.
Home Rule (Irish), attitude towards (1886), iii. 323, 324, 346.
Liberalism of, iii. 536;
liberal losses (1874), ii. 490.
Local government suggested for, iii. 198.
Peers, Scotch, called to House of Lords by Beaconsfield, ii. 429 note.
Reform Act's effect on, iii. 535.
Religious freedom in, Gladstone's views on, i. 384.
Scotch Patronage bill, ii. 501.
Seaforth, i. 107.
Seaton, Lord, i. 228.
Seats bill, see Redistribution.
Seely, C., ii. 113 note².
Selborne, Lord (Sir R. Palmer), ignorant of Irish land tenure, ii. 281;
on Irish Land bill, ii. 295, 296;
on Education bill, ii. 306;
on abolition of army purchase, ii. 363, 364;
on Collier appointment, ii. 385;
on Alabama case, ii. 403;
on the Greenwich seat question, ii. 469-472;
on leadership discussion, ii. 602 note;
lord chancellor (1872), ii. 645;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 646;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 99, 165, 232 note, 239, 243, 436, 504, 627, 653; iii. 13, 53.
Selden on contracts, iii. 45-46.
Selwyn, Bishop, i. 38, 39, 43; iii. 419.
Semon, Dr., iii. 216.
Servia, i. 477; ii. 549, 553.
Settembrini, i. 396, 401; ii. 11.
Seward, W. H., ii. 75.
Sexton, Thomas, iii. 69, 447, 451, 452 note.
Seymer, H. K., i. 49, 59 note.
Seymour, ——, i. 230.
Shaftesbury, Lord, i. 163; ii. 111, 113, 122, 171, 367, 369.
Shah, the, ii. 459.
Shaw, Sir F., iii. 114.
—— W., ii. 613.
—— Lefevre, see Lefevre.
Sheil, R. L., i. 135, 195, 208, 221, 263-264, 322-323.
Shelburne, Lord, i. 265; ii. 401 note².
Sheldon, Archbishop, iii. 95.
Shelley, i. 96, 159; iii. 484, 549.
Shepstone, Sir T., iii. 43 note, 45.
Sheridan, i. 265; ii. 589.
Shurey, Mrs., i. 27.
Sibthorp, Col., i. 288 note.
Sidmouth, Lord, i. 431.
Simeon, Charles, i. 11 and note².
Simon, Jules, ii. 221.
Sinclair, Sir G., i. 113, 178.
Sinking Fund, ii. 68.
Sinope, i. 490.
Skingley, ——, i. 113.
Slavery:—
American war, ii. 70 et seq.
Apprenticeship system, i. 134 and note, 145-147, 221.
Demerara estates question, i. 22-24.
Education scheme for slaves, i. 125.
Emancipation question, i. 102-105; iii. 300.
Evangelical party against, i. 200 note.
Gladstone's reply to Poulett Thomson on, i. 142 note.
Gordon's decree sanctioning, iii. 156;
his observations on, iii. 158-159.
Suakin retained to check slave trade, iii. 180 note.
Slave Power, The, cited, ii. 70 note.
Smith, Adam, i. 251; ii. 58.
—— Goldwin, i. 499, 508, 630; ii. 312, 561.
—— John, i. 22 and note.
—— Sydney, i. 56, 135.
—— W. H., view of, on South African affairs, ii. 601;
against franchise extension in Ireland, iii. 141;
Irish secretary, iii. 279;
rapid visit of, to Dublin, iii. 296;
on introduction of closure, iii. 377;
on Times letters, iii. 395;
on bill for special commission, iii. 397.
Smyrna, iii. 9.
Smyth, Sir J. C., i. 24 note¹.
Soap duty, i. 462, 465, 466.
Social question, Gladstone's attitude towards, ii. 56, 60;
his disapproval of socialism, iii. 221.
Socrates, ii. 538.
Solferino, ii. 7.
'Some of my Errors,' quoted, i. 179.
Somerset, Duke of, ii. 33, 153 note, 635, 636; iii. 358.
Soudan:—
Egyptian misrule of, iii. 144-145;
loss of, iii. 146.
Evacuation of, advised, iii. 145-148;
difficulties of, iii. 147, 149;
determined, iii. 180;
agreed to, by Gordon, iii. 150, 153-155;
intention of, divulged by Gordon, iii. 160-161 and note¹.
Foreign attitude towards embarrassments in, iii. 177-178, 183.
Garrisons in, to be extricated, iii. 148, 151;
Mahdi's treatment of, iii. 149 note¹;
Gordon's opinion regarding abandonment of, iii. 156;
Zobeir's appointment urged for extrication of, iii. 159.
Khartoum, garrison of, to be relieved, iii. 150, 151;
Gordon's arrival at, iii. 155;
disaffection of tribes round, iii. 160;
fall of, iii. 166;
expedition to, urged by Goschen, iii. 176;
deprecated by Baring, iii. 180.
Mahdi's rise in, iii. 144.
Nile campaign, iii. 165-166.
South Sea stock, i. 472, 513, 647.
Southey, i. 140; ii. 538.
Spain:—
Hohenzollern candidate for throne of, ii. 323-328, 330, 332, 333 note.
Land question in, iii. 477.
Palmerston on treaties with, i. 280.
Tariff negotiations with, i. 267.
Special commission, the, unconstitutional character of, iii. 390, 400, 401;
offer of, by government, iii. 396;
bill for, iii. 397-401;
sittings of, iii. 401-407;
scope of, iii. 402;
report of, iii. 402, 408-411;
effect of, on public opinion, iii. 411-412.
Spectator, ii. 175-177.
Spedding, James, i. 509; ii. 534.
Spencer, 3rd Earl, i. 235, 292.
—— 4th Earl, i. 341.
—— 5th Earl, interview of, with Cardinal Cullen, ii. 439-440;
president of the council (1880), ii. 653;
Irish viceroy (1882), iii. 65, 654;
magnitude of task in Ireland, iii. 70-71;
Irish party, attitude towards, iii. 108;
on renewal of Crimes Act, iii. 190, 192;
views on Land Purchase bill, iii. 194-195;
conservative attack on, iii. 213-214, 262;
banquet to, 214, 233;
at Chatsworth and Hawarden, iii. 261;
Irish administration of, 261, 379;
Gladstone's consultations with, iii. 261, 263, 268;
Gladstone's letter to (Dec. 30), i. 272;
for home rule, iii. 291 note;
views on Chamberlain's Irish scheme, iii. 291;
president of council (1886), iii. 297 note;
first lord of admiralty (1892), iii. 495 note;
Gladstone's intention to recommend, as his successor, iii. 512;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 260, 265; iii. 50 note, 67, 69, 105, 186, 195, 198, 301, 306, 429, 497 note.
Spencer, Lady Sarah, iii. 518.
Sport, Gladstone's view of, i. 116.
Spring-Rice, T., Lord Monteagle, i. 420 and note.
Spurgeon, Rev. Charles, ii. 135, 272, 530, 531.
Stafford, Augustus, i. 356.
Standard, iii. 264 note.
Stanhope, Lord (Lord Mahon), i. 351 note, 438, 569; ii. 536.
Stanley, Dean, position of, at Oxford (1847), i. 335;
on Oxford reform, i. 498, 503;
serves on Oxford commission, i. 499;
on religious tests, i. 506;
visits to Monte Cassino, ii. 219;
in Rome, ii. 222;
death of, iii. 98;
otherwise mentioned, i. 15, 46-47; iii. 98.
—— Edward, Bishop of Norwich, i. 46.
—— Lady Augusta, ii. 216 and note; ii. 222.
—— of Alderley, Lord, ii. 39-40, 118.
——, Lord, see Derby.
Stanmore, Lord (Arthur Gordon), private secretary to Gladstone, i. 597, 604-608;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 573; ii. 225, 550, 639; iii. 139;
otherwise mentioned, i. 399 note²; 490; ii. 88.
Stansfeld, Sir James, ii. 113 note², 415, 504, 645; iii. 297 note.
State in its Relation with the Church, The, Hope's interest in, i. 162, 172-173;
Gladstone's purpose in, i. 172;
his later estimate of, i. 179-180;
opinions on, i. 175-177;
German translation of, i. 181 note.
Stead, W., ii. 550 note.
Stephen, Sir James, i. 127, 142 note, 146, 147, 359.
Sterling, John, i. 177; ii. 534.
Stewart, Colonel Sir Herbert, iii. 145-147, 155, 160, 165.
Stocker, C. W., i. 78.
Stockmar, Baron, ii. 244.
Stopford, Archdeacon, ii. 258-259.
Storks, Sir Henry, i. 614, 616, 617; ii. 649-650.
Stowe, Mrs. Beecher, ii. 72.
Strahan, Sir George, iii. 32 note.
Stratford, Lord, see Redcliffe.
Strauss, ii. 524 and note², 525.
Strossmayer, Bishop, iii. 352-353.
Stuart, R., i. 237.
Stubbs, Bishop, ii. 535, 561.
Suakin, iii. 178, 180 note.
Succession duty, i. 463, 465, 474, 513.
Success, Gladstone's view of, i. 213-214.
Suffrage, see Franchise.
Sugar duties, i. 236, 643-644; ii. 632-634.
Sullivan, Sir Edward, ii. 264, 279, 283.
Sumner, Bishop, iii. 96 note.
—— Charles, i. 441; ii. 70, 75, 398, 401, 402.
Sunbeam, Gladstone's cruise in, iii. 217-218.
Sussex, Duke of, i. 178.
Sutherland, Duchess of, Gladstone's letters to, ii. 71, 88, 89, 146, 182-197, 215-217, 218, 246;
friendship for Gladstone, ii. 183, 197;
death of, ii. 197.
Sutherland, Duke of, ii. 111, 112, 185-186.
Sutton, Manners (Speaker), i. 100.
Sydenham, Lord (Poulett Thomson), i. 142 note.
Tait, Archbishop, on Oxford commission, i. 499;
Gladstone's letter to, on Essays and Reviews judgment, ii. 164;
consultations with, on Irish Church bill, ii. 261-262, 267-270, 274, 278, 624;
conversation with Disraeli, ii. 265 and note;
on Gladstone's concern at outbreak of Franco-Prussian war, ii. 335;
Gladstone's relations with, iii. 94;
erastianism of, iii. 471.
Talbot, ——, i. 380 note².
—— Bp. of Rochester, ii. 436.
Talfourd, Sir T. N., i. 135, 136; iii. 467.
Talleyrand, i. 515 note; ii. 343; iii. 485.
Tariff revision (1842), i. 255-257;
(1845) i. 279.
—— treaties, attempts at, i. 267; ii. 21.
Taste, i. 190.
Taunton, Lady, ii. 183.
Taxation:—
Chamberlain's views on (1885), iii. 174, 224.
Collection of taxes, ii. 650.
Conveyance duties, ii. 373, 651.
Customs, articles liable to, in various years, ii. 25 and note.
Direct, ii. 62, 63, 634.
Fire insurance duty, ii. 373, 651.
Gladstone's policy regarding (1857), ii. 632-635.
Home Rule bill's provisions regarding, iii. 302, 306-307.
House tax, i. 106, 436-437.
Income tax:—
Assessments for, in 1842 and 1862, ii. 67.
Chamberlain's pronouncement on, iii. 174.
Charities, proposed extension to, ii. 65-66.
Committee on (1851), i. 459.
Crimean war, effect of, i. 474.
Disraeli's proposals regarding (1852), i. 436.
Expenditure, spirit of, fostered by, ii. 62.
Gladstone's policy regarding (1853), i. 460, 462, 465, 466, 468, 471, 472; iii. 537;
(1857) ii. 632-634;
(1869) ii. 651;
(1874) ii. 478, 483.
Ireland, proposals regarding, i. 465, 646.
Peel's policy regarding, i. 251;
his miscalculation, i. 474 and note.
Rate of, in 1866, ii. 58.
Repeal of, possible only in 1874, ii. 496.
Rise of, in 1859, ii. 19.
Unpopularity of, i. 254-255.
Indirect, ii. 21, 63, 634.
Local—Goschen's Local Rating bill, ii. 337, 388;
question of (1874), ii. 479, 481, 482.
Malt duty, i. 436; ii. 651; iii. 7.
Match tax, ii. 373 and notes.
Powers regarding, ii. 40.
Probate duty, ii. 650.
Soap duty, i. 462, 465.
Sugar duties, i. 236, 643-644; ii. 632-634.
Tea duty, Disraeli's operation on (1852), i. 436;
Gladstone's operation on (1853), i. 462;
Lewis' additions to, ii. 633;
Gladstone's policy regarding, ii. 632-635.
Tea licences, ii. 650.
War, for, i. 515-518.
Arthur Young's view of, i. 559.
Taylor, Colonel, ii. 448.
—— Sir Henry, remark of, on Gladstone, i. 27;
on money-dealings, iii. 420;
otherwise mentioned, i. 135, 205 and note; ii. 55, 195 note, 358; iii. 488.
Tea duties, see under Taxation.
Tegernsee, iii. 351-352.
Telegraph Act (1844), i. 268.
Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 83, 120 note.
Temple, Archbishop, position of, at Oxford (1847), i. 335;
advocates civil service reform, i. 512;
views on Gladstone's Irish Church bill, ii. 264 note¹;
work on educational reform (1869), ii. 312;
appointment to Exeter, ii. 431-432.
—— William, i. 392, 400.
Temporal power, see Churches—Roman.
Tenants Relief (Ireland) bill, iii. 353.
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, Essay Club's vote on, i. 59;
lines on Prince Consort, ii. 95;
Gladstone's estimate of Maud, ii. 184; iii. 547-548;
later estimate, ii. 581;
given Gladstone's translation of Iliad, Bk. I. ii. 190;
Gladstone's visit to (1871), ii. 377;
on Irish self-government, ii. 540;
pension of, ii. 540 note;
reads Harold, ii. 557;
conversation with, on theology, ii. 558;
with Gladstone on Pembroke Castle, iii. 115, 116;
at Kirkwall, iii. 117-118;
views on Franchise bill, iii. 132;
Locksley Hall, Gladstone's article on, iii. 353-354;
early work of, iii. 484;
Gladstone's essay on, iii. 546-547;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 183, 187, 192, 193.
Tenterden, Lord, ii. 405, 410, 412.
Terrible, Gladstone's voyages in, i. 602, 605-606, 618;
cost of constructing deck cabins on, ii. 64-65.
Tests, religious:—
Abolition of, i. 328; ii. 313 and note¹, 314; iii. 257.
Gladstone's early attitude towards (1833), i. 106;
later (1863), ii. 313.
Tewfik, Khedive, constitutional position of, iii. 73;
embarrassments of, iii. 78, 118;
claims of, on England, iii. 119.
Thackeray, W. M., ii. 189, 538.
Theological studies as mental training, i. 514-515 and note.
Thessaly, Palmerston's and Russell's views regarding, ii. 576.
Thiers, M., opposes war with Prussia, ii. 335 note¹, 336;
mission to courts of Europe, ii. 345;
anecdote of, iii. 486;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 5, 221.
Thirlwall, Bishop, Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 248;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 269;
on Gladstone's disestablishment speech (1874), ii. 502;
letters from, ii. 536;
memorial to, i. 209 note²;
otherwise mentioned, i. 229; ii. 228.
Tholuck, F. A., i. 181 note.
Thompson, ——, ii. 147 note.
—— Dr. W. H., ii. 228.
Thomson, Dr. Andrew, i. 110.
—— Poulett (Lord Sydenham), i. 142 note.
Thornton, ——, i. 59 note.
—— Sir Edward, ii. 401.
Thring, Lord, i. 501.
Times—
Chamberlain's Baptist article in, iii. 367 note².
Forged letters published by, iii. 391 and note¹, 405; libel action, iii. 393-394.
Franco-Prussian treaty divulged by, ii. 340.
Gladstone's retirement, article on (1875), ii. 504;
on his position (1882), iii. 90.
Hartington's letter to, iii. 269, 270, 273.
Irish land question, letters on (1870), ii. 293.
Parnellism and Crime article, iii. 391, 393.
Tocqueville, de, i. 415 note; iii. 470.
Toleration:—
Bradlaugh's question, iii. 12-13, 18.
Gladstone's growth towards, i. 138-139, 316; ii. 137.
Papal aggression question in relation to, i. 410.
Torquay, i. 89.
Tory democracy, iii. 173, 201.
—— party, see Conservative.
Tosti, Padre, ii. 219.
Total abstinence, Gladstone's view on, ii. 192.
Townsend, M., ii. 175-177.
Tractarians, see Oxford Movement.
Traill's New Lucian, iii. 91 and note.
Treaties:—
Berlin convention (1878), ii. 575-576; iii. 82;
enforcement of, attempted (1880), iii. 8-10.
—— memorandum (1876), ii. 549.
Kainardji, ii. 550.
London convention (1885), iii. 122.
Paris (1856), i. 550; ii. 349-356, 607; iii. 522.
San Stefano, ii. 572, 575.
Transvaal, with, iii. 45 and note.
Washington, ii. 390, 405, 410.
Trench, Archbishop, views on Irish church question, ii. 248, 258, 262 note;
Gladstone's letter to, offering help in organising Irish voluntary church, ii. 280.
Trent affair, ii. 73-75, 580.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles, i. 510, 512.
—— Sir G. O., views on abolition of army purchase, ii. 361;
county franchise extension pressed by, ii. 475; iii. 124;
views on Bulgarian question, ii. 559;
question by, on Turkey, ii. 566;
Irish secretary (1882), ii. 654; iii. 71;
chancellor of the duchy (1884), ii. 654;
Scotch secretary, iii. 294, 297 note;
at round table conference, iii. 364 note;
against home rule, iii. 291 note;
resigns, iii. 302-303;
Scotch secretary (1892), iii. 495 note;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 463 note.
Truro, Lord, i. 92, 93, 121.
Tupper, M. F., i. 53 and note, 65.
Turgot, iii. 4, 91.
Turkey:—
Armenian atrocities, iii. 521-522.
Berlin treaty obligations repudiated by, iii. 9;
effect of pressure, i. 10.
Britain—support from (1771), i. 477;
secret convention with, ii. 575, 579, 592;
antipathy of (1881), iii. 74.
Bulgarian atrocities (1876), ii. 548 et seq.
Crimean war, see that title.
Egypt, pretensions in, iii. 73;
irritation at the joint note, i. 76;
declines to join European conference, i. 79;
complications of the conference, i. 81;
unfitness of the Sultan to be protector of the Khedive, i. 118;
interference in, suggested, iii. 147;
frustration of Salisbury policy in, iii. 495.
Foreign consuls murdered in, ii. 548-549.
French, hostility towards (1881), iii. 74.
Gladstone's distinction regarding government of, towards Christians and orientals, iii. 74 note;
his achievements against, iii. 538.
Lebanon government, ii. 580.
Problem of, i. 477, 544.
Roumania and Servia partially released from, ii. 2.
Russia, war with (1828), i. 480;
(1853) see Crimean war;
(1877) ii. 562, 569, 572.
Salisbury policy regarding, iii. 525.
San Stefano, treaty of, ii. 572, 575.
Secret convention with, ii. 607.
Suez canal scheme as affecting, i. 591-592.
Turkey, Asiatic, British protectorate over, ii. 577.
Turner, ——, ii. 146-147 and note.
—— Dr., i. 46.
Tyler, J. E., i. 78.
Tyndale memorial, i. 209.
Tyndall, John, ii. 524.
Ultramontanism, i. 404.
Unitarian chapels, i. 321-323.
Unitarianism, i. 160; ii. 136.
United States:—
Alabama claims, see that title.
Church in, ii. 169.
Civil war:—
Books on, cited, ii. 70 note.
Course of, ii. 75, 81.
Forster's attitude towards, ii. 301.
France and Russia, attitude of, ii. 85.
Gladstone's view of, ii. 70-72, 74-77, 79-82;
later view, ii. 124;
his speeches on, ii. 79-82, 85 and note², 86.
Lancashire, effect on, ii. 66, 77 note¹, 124.
Lewis' estimate of, ii. 69.
Principles of, ii. 70.
Rams built at Birkenhead for confederates, ii. 395-396.
Gladstone—popularity of, ii. 82-83;
tribute to, iii. 532.
Irish—on Home Rule bill, iii. 318, 323;
on papal rescript, iii. 384;
spy from among, at Parnell commission, iii. 404;
Parnell repudiated by, iii. 459.
Materialism of, iii. 475.
Palmerston's attitude towards (1845), i. 367.
Roman catholic prelates in, chances of, ii. 511.
Senate of, ii. 407.
War with (1782), iii. 181-182.
Universities, Gladstone's view of (1833), i. 106 (see also Cambridge and Oxford).
Utilitarians, i. 156.
Vatican decrees, Döllinger's attitude towards, iii. 422.
Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance, ii. 515-517;
reception of, ii. 517-520.
Vaticanism, ii. 521; iii. 281.
Vattel, cited, ii. 16.
Vaudois valley, i. 87.
Vaughan, Mr., ii. 79.
—— Rev. ——, i. 59 note.
—— Dean, ii. 433.
Vauvenargues cited, iii. 482.
Veitch, Prof. John, i. 9 note.
Vestiges of Creation, ii. 165, 166 and note.
Victor Emmanuel, King, ability of, ii. 8;
Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 107, 114;
Gladstone's audience of, ii. 218;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 17, 356, 532.
Victoria, Princess, ii. 103.
—— Queen:—
Chronology:—Gladstone's first presentation to, i. 140;
misunderstanding with Peel, i. 222;
at swearing in of Privy Council (1841), i. 242-243;
Gladstone's audience of, on Maynooth resignation, i. 276;
on Peel's retirement, i. 293;
premier's correspondence with, i. 297, 299;
on Palmerston's relations with Kossuth, i. 415;
on Gladstone's budget speech, (1853), i. 469;
consults Aberdeen on Crimean question, i. 482;
views on Stratford's policy, i. 487;
Gladstone dines with, i. 490;
Newcastle recommended to, i. 493;
refuses resignation of coalition ministry, i. 522;
sends for Derby, i. 525;
for Lansdowne, i. 528;
for Russell, i. 530;
desires continuance of Palmerston government, i. 537;
on Peelites' resignation, i. 540-541;
commends Gladstone's offer regarding Ionian position, i. 612;
reply of, to Corfiote petition, i. 615;
sends for Lord Granville, i. 625;
for Palmerston, i. 626;
draft of letter to, on Peel's government, i. 642;
grief at Prince Albert's death, ii. 89-90, 99;
references to Prince Albert, ii. 96, 98, 104, 105;
at Balmoral, ii. 97-106;
on Danish question, ii. 102, 104, 117, 192;
on Garibaldi, ii. 113 note³;
action on Palmerston's death, ii. 152, 155;
commends Gladstone's leadership, ii. 157;
Russell and Gladstone in audience, ii. 209-211;
sends for Lord Derby, ii. 211;
advised by Disraeli to dissolve, ii. 248;
difficulty regarding Lord Clarendon, ii. 254;
Irish church disestablishment, ii. 259-262, 267-271, 273, 278, 427;
urged by Gladstone to open parliament (1870), ii. 293;
suggested action of, to avert Franco-Prussian war, ii. 327;
army reform, ii. 360, 363, 649;
at Balmoral (1871), ii. 378-379;
seclusion of, criticised, ii. 425-427;
Gladstone's report to, on Irish University bill, ii. 439, 441;
ministerial crisis, ii. 446-455, 480;
Gladstone's communications to, on dissolution, ii. 484-487;
offers peerage to Gladstone, ii. 493;
receives ministers' resignations, ii. 493 note;
remarks on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 504-505;
averse to meddling with ecumenical council, ii. 510;
on Disraeli's proposed resignation, ii. 550;
Hartington's audiences of, ii. 621-624;
views on Lowe's viscounty, ii. 631;
friendship for Dean Wellesley, iii. 93;
desirous of Harold Browne's appointment to Canterbury, iii. 95-96;
on cabinet reconstruction (1882), iii. 100;
urges Gladstone's acceptance of a peerage, iii. 104;
Gladstone's memorandum to, on case between Lords and Commons, iii. 129;
her efforts towards settlement, iii. 130-139;
on Egyptian question, iii. 80, 159, 162, 167, 179;
Gladstone's letters to, on ministerial defeat, i. 199, 202;
suggests continuance, i. 203;
summons Lord Salisbury, i. 204;
Gladstone's audience of, i. 205;
negotiations through Sir H. Ponsonby, i. 205-208;
offers Gladstone an earldom, i. 209;
Gladstone's audience of (Feb. 1, '86), iii. 290, 291;
views on Gladstone's electioneering, iii. 344;
Gladstone's final audience of (1886), iii. 347-348;
Gladstone's last cabinet report to, iii. 511;
Gladstone's last audience of, iii. 513-514;
last meeting with Gladstone, iii. 524.
Enthusiasm, dislike of, ii. 425.
Gladstone, letters to, ii. 89-90, 185, 252, 459, 526, 527, 649; iii. 15-16, 40, 115-117, 167, 180, 192, 199, 202, 209, 515;
appreciation of, ii. 267, 426;
friction with, ii. 427-428, 599;
his estimate of, ii. 424, 626, 628.
Gladstone, Mrs., letter to, ii. 472-473;
telegram to, iii. 531.
Home Rule, attitude towards, iii. 291.
Otherwise mentioned, i. 199, 274, 276, 448; ii. 31, 67, 74, 104-141, 182, 186, 189, 191, 208-209, 418, 472, 499, 617; iii. 6, 23-24, 385.
Villafranca, ii. 7, 13.
Villiers, de, chief justice, iii. 33, 41.
—— C., i. 249, 433; ii. 33, 37, 45, 635-636.
Virgil, iii. 481.
Vitzthum, i. 576 note, 591 note.
Vivian, third Lord, iii. 116.
—— Sir Hussey, iii. 386.
Vivian Grey, ii. 499.
Votes of confidence, Gladstone's dislike of, ii. 209, 442.
Wakefield, E. G., i. 358, 361 note³.
Wales:—
Bishoprics question, i. 260 and note, 288.
Church disestablishment question in, iii. 367 and note², 471, 495.
Election results in (1874), ii. 490;
(1880) ii. 613, 614.
Gladstone's tour in (1887), iii. 386, 387.
Home rule (Irish), attitude towards (1886), iii. 323, 346.
—— Prince of (King Edward VII.), on Danish question, ii. 120;
on Phœnix Park murders, iii. 68;
friendliness to Gladstone, iii. 103, 105;
Gladstone's letter to, iii. 108;
gift to Gladstone on golden wedding anniversary, iii. 417;

letter from, on Gladstone's impending resignation, iii. 510;
Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 294, 378; iii. 200;
otherwise mentioned, i. 275; ii. 92, 141; iii. 322, 385, 524, 533.
—— Princess of (Queen Alexandra), ii. 99, 189, 499; iii. 117, 417, 510.
Walewski, i. 491; ii. 21.
Wallace, D. Mackenzie, ii. 561.
Wallachia, ii. 3.
Wallenstein, ii. 101.
Walpole, Sir R., i. 37; ii. 59, 61, 91, 638.
—— Spencer H., i. 561, 583, 631; ii. 31, 39.
—— Spencer, i. 467 note.
Walsh, Dr., iii. 449.
—— Father, ii. 535.
War:—
Gladstone's opinion of, iii. 182-183 and note; 547-548.
Manchester school's view of, iii. 182.
Popular fevers for, ii. 221, 574, 575.
Preparations for, effect of, ii. 44.
Taxation and loans for, i. 515-518.
Ward, Mrs. Humphry, iii. 357-359.
—— W. G., i. 274, 313-316, 331; ii. 165.
Waste lands, committee on, i. 358.
Waterford, Lord, iii. 143 and note.
Watson, Colonel, iii. 149.
Watts, George, ii. 541-543.
Webster, Daniel, ii. 369.
—— Sir Richard, iii. 394, 398, 409.
Welby, Lord, iii. 306, 526.
Wellesley, Dean, i. 39; ii. 89, 273-275; iii. 92-94.
Wellington, Duchess of, iii. 93.
—— Duke of, retrenchments by, i. 121;
unpopularity of, i. 122;
at Drayton, i. 133;
methodical ways of, i. 134;
Gladstone's first interview with, i. 143;
view of, on church question, i. 155;
on China question, i. 225;
Gurwood on, i. 228;
on boundary question, i. 260;
on 'the Queen's government,' i. 283;
advises dissolution, i. 290;
on Peel's view of party, i. 290;
as premier, i. 300;
on Ionian Islands, i. 598;
leadership of Lords by, ii. 369;
brevity of, ii. 532, 545;
letters from, ii. 545;
cabinet fight over statue of, iii. 5;
Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 481;
position of, iii. 485-486;
otherwise mentioned, i. 68-69, 75, 110, 120, 149, 243, 376, 543, 641-642; ii. 641, 649, 653; iii. 277, 473.
Wells, David Ames, ii. 373.
Wesley, John, i. 319.
West, Sir Algernon, ii. 279.
Westbury, Lord (Sir Richard Bethell), Gladstone assisted by, i. 472 note¹, 501;
views on Divorce bill, i. 570-571;
on Ionian Islands, i. 620 note²;
on stamp duties, ii. 64;
on Danish question, ii. 118;
Essays and Reviews judgment, ii. 164;
otherwise mentioned, i. 502, 518.
Westminster, Duke of, iii. 523 note.
—— Lord, i. 239.
—— Abbey, ii. 460; iii. 6, 533.
Wharncliffe, Lord, i. 75, 242.
Whately, Archbishop, i. 51, 57, 158.
Whigs:—
Characteristics of (1853), i. 446.
Coalition of Peelites with (1853), i. 443 et seq.
Defeat of (1841), i. 237; ii. 203 note², 264.
Finance of, i. 458, 459.
Fusion of seceders with tory party, i. 139.
Influence of, till 1868, iii. 293.
Name of, discussed, 422.
Opposition of, to Peel (1835), composition of, i. 419-420 and note.
Protectionist combination with, i. 290.
Whitbread, S., iii. 12, 303 note.
White, Blanco, i. 57, 74, 217.
—— Edward, ii. 134.
Whiteside, Chief Justice, ii. 128.
Wigan, i. 287.
Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop (of Winchester), advice to Gladstone, i. 150-151;
on marriage question, i. 569;
advocates revival of convocation, ii. 162;
on rise of Disraeli, ii. 230;
archbishopric of York desired for, by Gladstone, ii. 430;
death of, ii. 459;
Gladstone's estimate of, 460;
Life of, ii. 597;
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 227; ii. 460;
his estimate of Gladstone's position, ii. 134, 171;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 387; ii. 149, 159, 162;
otherwise mentioned, i. 568; ii. 183, 423, 534; iii. 96 note.
—— William, Gladstone's meeting with, i. 12;
emancipation views of, i. 104;
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 106-107;
Peel's view of, i. 150;
otherwise mentioned, i. 23, 213, 236.
Wilbraham, Mrs., i. 234.
Willes, Sir James Shaw, ii. 383.
William I., Emperor, on Russell's despatch, ii. 16;
interviews with Benedetti, ii. 330-331, 333 note;
San Juan boundary question referred to, ii. 405.
—— III., King, iii. 284 note.
—— IV., King, Melbourne government dismissed by, i. 118 and note;
death of, i. 140;
perversity of, i. 144;
otherwise mentioned, i. 103; iii. 653.
William George Ward and the Oxford Movement, i. 313 note².
Williams, Isaac, i. 111, 307 note.
—— R., i. 309-310.
Wilmslow, ——, i. 46.
Wilson, Sir Charles, iii. 165.
Winchelsea, Lord, i. 279.
Window duty, i. 106, 459.
Wiseman, Cardinal, i. 173, 174, 318, 408.
Wolf, F. A., iii. 543.
Wolowski, Count, ii. 220.
Wolseley, Lord, in South Africa (1879), iii. 25-26, 31 note²;
defeats Arabi at Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 83;
at Gordon's send-off, iii. 150 and note;
advises preparations for relief expedition, iii. 163;
appointed to command, iii. 164-165;
asks reinforcement, iii. 178;
position of, 179; cited, ii. 360.
Wolverton, Lord, at Hawarden, ii. 474;
letter on leadership, ii. 601-602;
Gladstone's reply, ii. 602;
discusses leadership with Gladstone, ii. 616-617;
at Hawarden (June 1885), iii. 196;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 462, 463, 485, 493, 563, 564, 584; iii. 102.
Wood, Sir Charles, see Halifax, Lord.
—— General Sir E., on South Africa, iii. 37-41;
on General Gordon, iii. 149.
Woods and forests dismissal case, i. 520.
Woolner, Thomas, ii. 191, 192.
Wordsworth, Charles, Bishop of St. Andrews, i. 50, 74, 329.
—— Dr. Christopher, i. 80, 213.
—— William, Gladstone's estimate of, i. 96, 135, 220;
intimacy with, i. 136-137;
on Gladstone's first book, i. 176;
on Kendal railway scheme, i. 269 note; ii. 540;
pension of, ii. 540 note;
Gladstone's reminiscences of, iii. 483-484, 488;
otherwise mentioned, i. 159, 204 and note.
Wortleys, the, i. 123, 468.
Wyndham, Sir W., i. 223 note¹.
Wynford, first Baron, i. 75.
York, address from, ii. 130-131.
Young, Arthur, cited, i. 559.
—— Sir John, i. 420, 595, 601, 611.
—— Lord, ii. 469.
Young England group with Disraeli, i. 304-305.
Zambelli, Napoleon, i. 616.
Zante, i. 599, 604.
Zetland, Lord, ii. 78.
Zobeir, iii. 155-160.
Zulu war, ii. 583, 592, 595; iii. 6, 22.

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Volume I:
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" 251, line 24, omit and.

Volume II:
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" 220, line 4, for previous year read 1865.
" 227, line 23, for 1868 read 1866.
" 264, line 35, for 91 read 1.
" 345, footnote, for three years read two years.
" 455, line 9, for on luxury read luxury.
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