Charles Stewart Parnell: His Love Story and Political Life

by Kitty O'Shea

Late in the evening he suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Kiss me, sweet Wifie, and I will try to sleep a little." I lay down by his side, and kissed the burning lips he pressed to mine for the last time. The fire of them, fierce beyond any I had ever felt, even in his most loving moods, startled me, and as I slipped my hand from under his head he gave a little sigh and became unconscious. The doctor came at once, but no remedies prevailed against this sudden failure of the heart's action, and my husband died without regaining consciousness, before his last kiss was cold on my lips.

There is little more to add. All that last night I sat by my husband watching and listening for the look and the word he would never give me again. All that night I whispered to him to speak to me, and I fancied that he moved, and that the fools who said he was dead did not really know. He had never failed to answer my every look and word before. His face was so peaceful; so well, all the tiredness had gone from it now. I would not open the door because I feared to disturb him—he had always liked us to be alone. And the rain and the wind swept about the house as though the whole world shared my desolation.

He did not make any "dying speech," or refer in any way at the last to his "Colleagues and the Irish people," as was at the time erroneously reported. I was too broken then and too indifferent to what any sensation-lovers put about to contradict this story, but, as I am now giving to the world the absolutely true account of the Parnell whom I knew and loved, I am able to state that he was incapable of an affectation so complete. The last words Parnell spoke were given to the wife who had never failed him, to the love that was stronger than death—"Kiss me, sweet Wifie, and I will try to sleep a little."

[[1]] Of the Divorce Case.

[[2]] We had an idea of renting a house in Wales.

INDEX

"AGONY" column advertisements, [35]
Aldershot, a review at, [7]
Allen, Fenian leader, [52]
Arklow, quarries at, [213]
Arms Bill, the, introduction of, [50]
Arrears Bill, a promised, [165] becomes law, [180] introduction of, [171]
Astronomy, Parnell's study of, [303]
"Aunt Ben" (see Mrs. Benjamin Wood)
Austin, Alfred, friendship with, [37]
Avondale, Parnell's estates at, [51] Parnell's love of, [209]
BADER, DR., [43], [68]
Baily, L. R., [189] (note)
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., [194]
Ballina, Parnell's reception at, [321]
Ballot Act, the, passing of, [52]
Barker, Edgar, [35]
Barlow, Captain, [147]
Barrett-Lennard, Lady, [10], [14], [16], [19] Sir Thomas, [6], [14], [31]
Beaufort Gardens, [36]
Belhus, visits to, [6], [16]
Bennington Park, Hertfordshire, [24]
Biggar, J. G., [74] obstructs Parliamentary business, [53] warrant for arrest of, [118]
Birling Gap, visits to, [239]
Bognor, visit to, [247]
Book-keeping, Parnell's studies in, [100]
Boulogne, Parnell meets O'Brien at, [297]
Bourke, Walter, murder of, [179]
Boycott, principle enunciated, [74]
Brennan, Thomas, [119]
Brighton, a day on the downs at, [30] et seq. life at, [28]
Brighton, Local Government Bill discussed at, [223] Mrs. O'Shea's house at, [273] railway station rebuilt, [100] visits to, [229]
Brompton Oratory, [37]
Bryson, Phyllis, [313], [315], [316]
Burke, Mr., murder of, [168]
Butt, Isaac, [50], [53]
Butt, Mr. Justice, [300]
Buxton, Mrs. Sydney, [265]
CALASHER, MR., [35]
Campbell, Mr. Parnell's secretary, [246]
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, accepts Irish Secretaryship, [182] enters the Cabinet, [197]
Canada, Parnell's reception in, [54]
Carlingford, Lord, opposes Home Rule, [197]
Carnarvon, Lord, becomes Lord Lieutenant, [186] meets Parnell, [187] resignation of, [193], [196]
Carr, Dr., Bishop of Galway, [291]
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, becomes Chief Secretary, [166] murder of, [168]
Chamberlain, Joseph, [158], [184] and Healy's speech, [291] and the Chief Secretaryship, [166] opposes coercion, [185] proposes National Board for Ireland, [185], [197] (note)
resignation of, [197]
Childers, Mr., supports Home Rule, [197]
Churchill, Lord Randolph, [184]
Clare, Capt. O'Shea returned for, [56]
Clive, Colonel, [13]
Coercion Bill, the, introduced, [91] memorandum on, from Parnell to Gladstone, [178]
Collings, Jesse, [196]
Colthurst, Col., [58]
Committee Room Fifteen, momentous meeting in, [286]
Compensation for Disturbances Bill, [73]
Congleton, Lord, [51]
Constable and Mrs. Wood, [2]
Corbett, Mr., [234]
Cork, banquet at, in honour of Parnell, [221]
Cowper, Lord, resignation of, [164]
Creggs, Parnell goes to his last meeting at, [325]
Crimes Bill, becomes law, [180] introduced by Sir W. Harcourt, [171] negotiations on, [199] second reading of, [174]
Cripps, Edward, [312], [314]
DALLAS, MR., [18]
Dasent, Sir George, [18]
Davitt, Michael, [53], [54], [119] quarrels with Parnell, [210] release of, [168]
Derby, Lord, opposes Home Rule, [197]
Devoy, John, [53], [54]
Dickinson, Emily, [261] (note), [319]
"Dictator," horse named, [207], [232], [313], [314]
Dilke, Sir Charles, [166] defeated at General Election, [197] opposes coercion, [185]
Dillon, John, arrest of, [118] quarrels with Parnell, [210] sails for New York, [54]
"Disturbances Bill," debate on, [78] et seq.
Dublin, freedom of, presented to Parnell, [210] Land League Convention at, [109] Parnell defeated in, [52] Parnell's meeting at, [293]
Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan, [187]
Dyke, Sir W. Hart, resigns, [196]
EASTBOURNE, holiday at, [238] et seq.
Edinburgh, freedom of, presented to Parnell, [269]
Egan, Patrick, [119]
Eighty Club, ovation for Parnell at [267] Parnell's speech at, [244]
Eltham, a snowy Christmas at, [223], [224] fifth of November celebrations at, [75] life at, [30], [43] et seq., [68] et seq., [223], [228] new room built at, [230] Parnell at, [69], [79], [83], [223], [228]
Errington, Mr., [181]
Eversley, Lord (see Lefevre, Shaw)
Evictions in Ireland, [81] Gladstone on, [171]
Explosives Bill, introduction of, [181]
FARWELL, GEORGE (Lord Justice), [9]
Fenian movement, the, [52]
Finden, the brothers, [2]
Fitzgerald, Sir Seymour, [19]
Ford, Patrick, starts dynamite crusade against England, [181]
Forster, W. E., and the Land League, [74] attacks Parnell, [219] becomes "disagreeable," [124] Coercion Bill of, [91] denounces the Cabinet, [165] introduces "Disturbances Bill," [78] resignation of, [164] suggests Parnell's arrest, [110]
Franchise Bill, [184]
Freeman's Journal, announcement as to Parnell's intentions in, [288] letter from Timothy Harrington to, [291]
GAFFNEY, SUSAN, and "first aid," [210]
Galway, Bishop of, [291] O'Shea returned for, [291]
Geston, Thomas, [119]
Gill, Mr., [270] (note)
Gimson, Dr., [26]
Gladstone Herbert (Lord), [187], [194]
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., [158] a tribute to Parnell, [93] a yachting expedition, [188] action after divorce case, [286] an elusive speech of, [189] and Capt. O'Shea, [68] and evictions, [171] and Parnell's Home Rule draft, [187] and the Coercion Bill, [91] announces arrest of Parnell, [117] approaches Tory Party on Home Rule, [194] forms a Ministry, [50], [54] interviews Mrs. O'Shea, [172] introduces his Land Bill, [109] letter to Morley on overthrow of Parnell, [288] on Parnell's character, [220] perfect manners of, [199] promises an Arrears Bill, [165] resignation of, [186] speech on "Disturbances Bill," [79] summarizes position between Parnell and himself, [195]
Glasnevin Cemetery, Parnell's grave in, [205]
Glazenwood, life at, [3]
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame, [15]
Graham, Robert Cunninghame, [15], [18]
Grantley-Barkley, the Hon., [9]
Granville, Lord, [185] supports Home Rule, [197]
Greenwich Observatory, visits to, [109]
Grosse, Rev. Thomas, author and, [4]
Grosvenor, Lord Richard, [184], [188] and Capt. O'Shea's candidature for Liverpool, [189] (note), [291] asks for Home Rule draft, [186]
"Grouse," dog named, [234], [327], [334]
Gull, Sir William, [39]
HARCOURT, SIR W., introduces Crimes Bill, [171] introduces Explosives Bill, [181] supports Home Rule, [197]
Harrington, Timothy, and O'Shea's candidature, [291]
Hartington, Lord, [54] opposes Home Rule, [188], [197]
Hastings, visits to, [41], [228]
Hatherley, Lord Chancellor, [28], [38]
Hawarden, Parnell's visit to, [202]
Healy, Timothy, attacks Capt. O'Shea, [291] returned for Monaghan, [221] State trial of, [83] warrant issued for arrest of, [118]
Herne Bay, a day at, [249]
Herschell, Lord, enters the Cabinet, [197]
Hertfordshire, social customs in, [24] et seq.
Hicks-Beach, Sir Michael, becomes Chief Secretary, [186]
Hinkson, Mrs. (see Tynan, Katharine)
Hobson, Mr., [27]
Holbrook Hall, honeymoon at, [19]
Home Office, explosion of bomb at, [226]
Home Rule Bill, the first, [197] et seq.
Home Rule League, the formation of, [52]
Home Rule scheme submitted to Gladstone, [182]
Hood, Marion, actress, [59]
Hook, Dean, [39]
Hozier, Mr. (Sir H.) [12], [13]
Hurley, Father Walter, [294]
IRELAND, evictions in, [81] fundamental failure in English government of, [79] how news of Parnell's arrest was received in, [119] State trials in, [79] et seq.
Irish Daily Independent founded by Parnell, [323]
Irish Party, the, Parnell and, [50] et seq. Parnell elected chairman of, [57] treachery of, after divorce case, [287]
Irish World, Patrick Ford's crusade in, [199] (note), [181]
JENNER, SIR WILLIAM, [39], [40]
Jowers, Dr., [330], [332]
KENNY, DR., [122], [289], [293], [294], [328]
Kent, hop-pickers' reception of Parnell in, [70]
Kerley, Frederick, serves Parnell with Judge's Order, [299]
Kerr, Mr., Parnell's agent, [93], [261]
Kettle, A. J., [118]
Kilkenny, a vacancy in, [293] Healy's speech at, [291]
Kilmainham Gaol, Parnell in, [99], [119] et seq.
Kilmainham Treaty, the, [157] et seq.
Kimberley, Lord, supports Home Rule, [197]
LABOURERS' COMMITTEE, the, [227]
Ladies' Land League, [119], [167], [175]
Land Bill, Gladstone's, [197] introduction of, [109]
Land League, the, amazing growth of, [78] formation of, [53] Forster and, [74] "three F's of," [55]
Land Purchase Bill, [185]
Landseer, Edwin, [2]
Lane, Charles, [28]
Larkin, Fenian leader, [52]
Lefevre, Shaw, defeated at General Election, [197] opposed to coercion, [180], [185] refuses Irish Secretaryship, [182]
Lewes, Mr., [18]
Lewis, Sir George, and divorce case, [280] and the "Parnell letters," [259], [261], [262]
Liberal Government in 1885, [185]
Lime thrown in Parnell's face, [297]
Liverpool, Capt. O'Shea's candidature for, [189] (note)
Lockwood, Sir Frank, [268], [280], [284]
London remembrances, [250] et seq.
Lords, House of, and the Arrears Bill, [180]
Lytton, Lord, [37]
MACCORMACK, DR., BISHOP OF GALWAY, [291]
MacDermott, Mr., [329]
Madrid, Pigott's suicide in, [265]
Manchester, the Fenian movement in, [52]
Manning, Cardinal, and O'Shea's divorce, [290] et seq.
opposes Mr. Errington's mission, [181]
Mary (parlourmaid), [86], [87], [127]
McCarthy, Justin, [58], [59], [187] and Kilmainham Treaty, [159] leader of Irish Party, [298] (note)
Meath, Parnell M.P. for, [52]
Meredith, George, reminiscences of, [43]
Michell, Admiral, [1]
Michell, Caroline, [1]
Michell, Maria, [1]
Mohonagy, J. H., [328]
Monaghan, election at, [221]
Morley, John (Lord), [16], [17], [185] (note)
enters the Cabinet, [197] Parnell and, [202]
Mundella, Mr., enters the Cabinet, [197]
NATIONAL LEAGUE founded, [211], [212]
National Liberal Club, Parnell elected a life member of, [267] Parnell's speech at, [268]
Nationalism, Parnell's conception of, [303]
Niton, a visit to, [39-40]
Nolan, Colonel, [58]
No Rent manifesto, issue of the, [119]
Northbrook, Lord, opposes Home Rule, [197]
O'BRIEN, Fenian leader, [52]
O'Brien, William, arrest of, [118] chats with Parnell, [244] meets Parnell at Boulogne, [297]
O'Connell, Daniel, [89]
O'Connor, Arthur, [118]
O'Gorman Mahon, The, [49], [56], [106]
O'Hart and Civil List pension, [181]
O'Kelly, arrest of, [118] deserts Parnell, [298]
O'Shea, Capt. ("Willie"), [18] a forgotten appointment, [49] an accident to, [14] and Kilmainham Treaty, [159-160] and Land League's policy, [80] and Mid-Armagh election, [188] and Phoenix Park murders, [169] and "Romeo," [34-5] and the Irish Party, [188-9] (note)
as actor, [7] candidate for Liverpool, [189] (note)
challenges Parnell to fight a duel, [106] desire for Under-Secretaryship, [198] (note), [199] divorce case against Mrs. O'Shea, [280] et seq. enters 18th Hussars, [11] (note)
enters political life, [49] financial difficulties of, [25 et seq., [34] et seq. his ancestry, [11] illness of, and operation on, [35] leaves his regiment, [11] (note), [19] love of social life, [24], [37] marriage of, [18] returned for Parliament, [56] strained relations with his wife, [104], [253], [290] stud-farming, [24] takes Parnell's letter to Forster, [164] week-end visits to Eltham, [48]
O'Shea, Carmen, birth of, [38] George Meredith and, [46]
O'Shea, Comtesse, [11] (note), [20], [21] et seq., [38]
O'Shea, Gerard, [27]
O'Shea, Henry, [11] (note)
pencil portrait of Parnell, [99]
O'Shea, John, [11] (note), [20]
O'Shea, Katharine, [29] a dinner to Parnell, [59] a prized pocket-book, [233] an afternoon with George Meredith, [44] and Longfellow, [6] as companion to "Aunt Ben," [43] as intermediary between Government and Parnell, [91], [95], [172],
[174], [178] et seq. assists at an operation, [35] astronomical studies, [108] birth of Parnell's child, [120], [146] children of, [27], [37], [38], [46] death of "Aunt Ben," [272] death of Parnell's child, [155] dinner parties in London, [57] et seq. dislike of society, [24], [37], [48] early life of, [3] et seq. family life, [5] et seq. first letter from Parnell, [59] first literary success, [5] first meeting with Parnell, [58] friction with Capt. O'Shea, [104], [253], [290] her love of music, [6] her name abused by anti-Parnellites, [299] hides Parnell at Eltham, [84] instructed in the Catholic religion, [38] interview with Gladstone on Parnell's feelings, [220] interviews Mr. Soames, [265] interviews Sir G. Lewis, [259], [262], [263] intimate knowledge of Parnell's character, [301] et seq. leaves Eltham, [273] letter from Parnell formulating Irish policy, [190] letters from Capt. O'Shea, [290] London remembrances, [250] et seq. marries Capt. O'Shea, [18] marries Parnell, [314] meets Capt. O'Shea, [10] et seq. nurses Parnell, [69] overstrained nerves, [214] parliamentary associations, [91] refuses to fight divorce case, [282] reminiscences of Gladstone, [174] et seq. removes to Brighton, [273] "Romeo" and, [34-5] seaside holidays, [238] et seq. served with petition in divorce case, [280] wedding presents, [19], [20], [31] with Parnell at his death, [334]
O'Shea, Mary, [11] (note), [20], [21] et seq., [38], [156]
O'Shea, Norah, [46]
O'Shea, Thaddeus, [11] (note)
O'Shea, William, [11] (note)
"Owen Meredith" (see Lytton, Lord)
PARIS, a visit to, [21]
Parliament, a long sitting of, [91]
Parnell, Anna, [119] and the Ladies' Land League, [167] burned in effigy, [76]
Parnell, Charles Stewart, a love avowal by, [33] a poem by, [243] a warrant for his arrest, [115] aim of his political life, [310] and Cecil Rhodes, [270] (note)
and death of his sister Fanny, [204] and O'Shea's candidature, [189] (note)
and the Irish Party, [50] et seq., [284] arrested for sedition, [116] as autocrat, [306] assaying work of, [101] astronomical studies of, [108] at Brighton, [98], [100], [223], [229], [273] at Eltham, [69], [79], [83], [223], [228] attends banquet at Cork, [221] attends nephew's funeral on parole, [153] et seq. birth of his child, [120] buys dogs for Mrs. O'Shea, [234], [235] complex character of, [304] conducts Healy's election, [221] consults Sir Henry Thompson, [245] death of his daughter, [155] death of his father, [51] deserted by O'Kelly, [298] dictator in the Commons, [193] discusses Local Government Bill with Capt. O'Shea, [223] dislike of green bindings, [229] dislike of social life, [307] distrust of Gladstone, [110] (note), [173] elected life member of National Liberal Club, [267] entrusts political correspondence to Mrs. O'Shea, [85] family affection of, [306] fatalism of, [170] founds Irish Daily Independent, [323] freedom of City of Dublin presented to,

[210] freedom of City of Edinburgh for, [269] general appearance of, [301] et seq. generosity of, [310] great meeting at Rotunda, Dublin, [293] hatred of oppression, [305] his ancestry, [51] his fear of death, [225], [305] his hatred of England, [51], [81] his love of animals, [305] hobbies and interests of, [99] et seq. holiday at Eastbourne, [238] Home Rule scheme submitted to Gladstone, [182] illness of, [243] in danger, [204] et seq.
interest in the working classes, [216], [307] interviews newspaper men after his marriage, [316] interviews Sir Geo. Lewis, [261] Irish subscribe to pay off mortgages on his estates, [290] (note)
joins Home Rule League, [52] Kilmainhain days and letters, [119] et seq., [139] et seq. last hours and death of, [319], [333] et seq. learns of Phoenix Park murders, [168] leaves for Ireland, [320] letter to his mother, [290] letters in invisible ink, [125], [132], [133] letters of congratulation (and otherwise) on his marriage, [318] love of white roses, [206] makes bricks, [317] makes model ships, [278] manifesto to people of Ireland, [284], [286] marries Mrs. O'Shea, [314] meets Katharine Tynan, [266] meets Lord Carnarvon, [187] meets O'Brien at Boulogne, [297] modesty of, [304] moral standard of, [309] nightmares and sleep-walking, [205-6] nominates Vincent Scully for Kilkenny, [296] on trial for conspiracy, [79] opens Home Rule campaign, [188] organizes for General Election, [184] ovation in Parliament after trial, [265] ovations at Eighty Club and St. James's Hall, [267] picks wild flowers, [207] President of Home Rule Confederation, [53] President of the Land League, [53] puts Tories in power, [186] quarrying at Arklow, [213] reads forged letters in the Times, [257] reads report of his assassination, [218] recognized at Pevensey, [240] refuses to defend divorce case, [280], [281] release of, [165] religious beliefs of, [309] replies to Forster's attack, [219] retakes offices of United Ireland, [295-6] return home and beginning of last illness, [323] sails for New York, [54] sees his dying child, [154], [155] sends horses to Eltham, [231] served with Judge's Order, [299] shaves his beard, [98] shooting in Ireland, [277] shooting practice of, [207] speech at Eighty Club, [244] speech at National Liberal Club, [268] speech on first Home Rule Bill, [200] stands for Parliament, [52] superstitious nature of, [247], [308] takes house at Brockley, [253] takes house in Regent's Park, [254] takes house near Beachy Head, [241] telegraphic code with Mrs. O'Shea, [246] temper of, [310] threats against, [214] unselfishness of, [311] views on proposed visit of Prince of Wales, [236] visits "Aunt Ben," [89] visits Gladstone, [202] visits Morley, [202] wedding presents, [319] Wexford speech of, [110] with Mrs. O'Shea at Hastings, [228]
Parnell, Fanny, [52] death of, [204]
Parnell, Mrs. Delia, [51], [100], [261] (note), [319]
Parnell, John, [306]
Parnell, Sir John, [51]
Parnell, Thomas, poet, [51]
Parnell Commission, the, [256] et seq.
Patcham, life at, [28]
Pevensey, Parnell recognized at, [240]
Phoenix park murders, [166], [168] et seq.
Pigott, suicide of, [265]
"Pincher," dog named, [235]
Power, Richard, [58]
"President," Parnell's horse, [231], [239]
"Preston, Clement," [253]
Pym, H., [290], [322]
QUINLAN, CATHERINE, [11] (note)
(see also O'Shea, Comtesse)
Quinlan, Edward, [11] (note)
Quinn, J. P., arrest of, [118]
"RANGER," dog named, [235]
Redistribution of Seats Bill, [184]
Redmond, William, letter from Parnell to, [289]
Redmond's Land Bill, [164]
Rhodes, Cecil, Parnell's letter to,
on Home Rule, [270] (note)
Ripon, Lord, supports Home Rule, [197]
Rivenhall, life at, [3] et seq., [18] visitors at, [8], [26]
"Romeo," [34], [35]
Rosebery, Lord, supports Home Rule, [197]
Russell, Sir Charles, [259] a reception to Parnell, [266]
ST. JAMES'S HALL, ovation for Parnell at, [267]
St. Peter's, Cornhill, [1]
Salisbury, Lord, diplomatic statement about Ireland, [188] first Ministry of, [186]
Scully, Vincent, nominated for Kilkenny, [296]
Selby, stud-groom of Capt. O'Shea, [28], [36]
Sexton, Mr., arrest of, [118]
Shaw, William, and the Irish Parliamentary Party, [50], [57]
Sheridan, Charles, and Mrs. Wood, [2]
Sleeplessness, a specific for, [40]
Sligo, hostility of, to Parnell, [321]
Smart, Capt. Hawley, [27]
Soames, Mr., interview with, [265]
Spain, Capt. and Mrs. O'Shea in, [24] Capt. O'Shea's managerial post in, [47]
Spencer, Lord, and Phoenix Park murders, [181] appointed Lord-Lieutenant, [166] shakes hands with Parnell, [268] supports Home Rule, [197]
Stalbridge, Lord (see Grosvenor, Lord Richard)
Stanley, Dean, [39]
"State trials" in Ireland, [79] et seq.
Stead, Mr., O'Shea and, [290]
Steele, Lt.-Col., [8]
Steele, Mrs., [18], [58], [59], [60], [106]
Steele, Sir Thomas, [113]
Stephens, T. E., retirement of, [189] (note)
Stephens, William, Dean of Winchester, [39]
Stewart, Commodore Charles, [51]
Steyning, Parnell's marriage at, [312]
Sussex, Duke of, [1]
TELEGRAPHIC CODE, Parnell's, [246]
Thomson, Mrs., [204]
Thompson, Sir Henry, consulted by Parnell, [245] letters to Mrs. Parnell, [330], [331] treats Parnell for nervous breakdown, [206]
"Three acres and a cow," [196]
Times, the, "Parnell letters" in, [257]
Tintern, Mr., and Capt. O'Shea, [67]
"Tory," Parnell's horse, [212]
Trevelyan, Mr., ceases to be Irish Secretary, [182] resignation of, [197]
Trollope, Anthony, [8]
Tynan, Katharine, on Parnell's Dublin meeting, [293] Parnell's meeting with, [266]
United Ireland, and proposed visit of Prince of Wales, [236] publishes No Rent manifesto, [119] seized by anti-Parnellites, [295]
United States, Parnell in the, [54]
VAUGHAN, MRS., [29]
Ventnor, a visit to, [40]
Vincent, Sir Howard, and police protection for Parnell, [217]
WALES, Prince of, a proposed visit to Ireland, [236]
Wallace, Corporal, murder of, [179]
Weguelin, Christopher, [47]
Weston, Sir Thomas Sutton, [3]
Werford speech, Parnell's, [110]
Whitbread, Judge, [43]
Wilkinson, Rev. Mr., [43]
Wonersh Lodge, Eltham, [47]
Wontner, Mr., and the costs of divorce case, [322]
Wood, Anna, [4], [7], [15], [37] marriage of, [8]
Wood, Benjamin, death of, [42] marriage of, [1]
Wood, Charlie, [5]
Wood, Clarissa, [6]
Wood, Emma, [6]
Wood, Evelyn, [4] et seq., [17]
Wood, Frank, [6], [7], [10], [26]
Wood, Fred, death of, [3], [6]
Wood, Katharine (see O'Shea, Katharine)
Wood, Lady, [1] et seq., [27]
Wood, Maria (Pollie), [6]
Wood, Mrs. Benjamin ("Aunt Ben"), [1], [18], [27], [28], [31], [39], [40],
[41] et seq., [68] and carol singers, [224] and George Meredith, [43] et seq. and O'Connell, [89] and Parnell, [89] death of, [43], [272]
Wood, Sir Matthew, [1]
Wood, Sir Matthew (grandson of preceding), [59]
Wood, Sir John Page, [1] appointed rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill, [1] et seq. becomes vicar of Cressing, [2] birth of a son, [2] death of, [17] political views of, [3]
YATES, Mrs. A., [27]