A Queen of Tears, vol. 2 of 2 / Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland

by W. H. Wilkins

APPENDIX.
LIST OF AUTHORITIES.

UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS.

• The despatches of Walter Titley [1764-68], British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. State Paper Office, London.
• The despatches of G. Cosby [1764-65], Assistant Envoy at Copenhagen. State Paper Office, London.
• The despatches of Sir Robert Gunning [1766-71], Minister Resident and afterwards Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. State Paper Office, London.
• The despatches of Sir R. Murray Keith [1771-72], Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. State Paper Office, London.
• The despatches of W. Woodford [1770-73], Minister Resident at Hamburg, afterwards Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen.
• Sundry despatches written from the Foreign Office in London by the Earl of Sandwich and the Earl of Suffolk to the British Ministers at Copenhagen during the years 1764-73, specified elsewhere. State Paper Office, London.
• Sundry documents from the Royal Archives, Copenhagen, and the town archives of Celle, specified elsewhere.

PRINTED BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC.

• Mémoires de Reverdil: Struensee et la cour de Copenhague (1760-72). Paris, 1858.
• Mémoires de mon Temps: par S. H. le Landgrave Charles, Prince de Hesse. [Printed by order of Frederick VII., King of Denmark, for private circulation.]
• Mémoires de M. Falckenskjold, Officier Général dans le service de S. M. Danoise.
• Memoiren von Köller-Banner.
• Christian VII. og Caroline Mathilde, by Chr. Blangstrup. Copenhagen.
• Die Verschwörung gegen die Königin Caroline Mathilde und die Grafen Struensee und Brandt, by G. F. von Jenssen-Tusch. Leipsig, 1864.
• Struensee, by K. Wittich. Leipsig, 1879.
• Authentische Aufklärungen über die Geschichte der Grafen Struensee und Brandt, 1788. [This book purports to be written by a Dutch officer, and was translated into English 1790. The author has evidently had access to first-rate authorities, but a good deal of the book must be received with caution.]
• Charlotte Dorothea Biehl’s Breve von Christian VII. Edited by L. Bobé. Copenhagen, 1902.
• Höst’s Grev Struensee og hans Ministerium. Copenhagen, 1824.
• Beiträge zur Geschichte de Braunschweig-Lüneburgischen Hauses und Hoses, by C. E. von Malortie. Hanover, 1860.
• Die Struensee und Brandtische Kriminalsache [pamphlet]. Amsterdam, 1773.
• Leben, Begebenheiten und unglückliches Ende der beiden Grafen Struensee und Brandt, 1772 [pamphlet].
• Gespräch im Reiche der Todten. Copenhagen, 1773 [pamphlet].
• Die Letzten Stunden der Königin von Danemark [pamphlet]. Hanover, 1776.
• N. Falck, Neues Staatsbürgerliche’s Magazin. Schleswig, 1833.
• Narrative of the Conversion and Death of Count Struensee, by the Rev. Dr. Münter [translated by the Rev. T. Rennell, 1825].
• Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir R. Murray Keith, vol. i., 1849.
• Life of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark, by Sir C. F. Lascelles Wraxall, 1864. [This book is valuable for its extracts from N. W. Wraxall’s private journal with reference to the Queen’s restoration.]
• N. W. Wraxall’s Posthumous Memoirs of his own Times, vol. i.
• N. W. Wraxall’s Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, etc., vol. i.
• Northern Courts, by John Brown, 1818. [This book contains curious information, but a great deal of it is unauthenticated.]
• Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen, interspersed with letters written by Herself to several of her Illustrious Relatives and Friends. 1776. [Most of these letters are evidently spurious and the Memoirs are untrustworthy.]
• Histoire de Danemark, trad. by E. Beauvois. Copenhagen, 1878.
• Danemark, by De Flaux.
• History of Denmark, etc., Dunham.
• Bubb Dodington’s Diary, edition 1784.
• Mrs. Carter’s Letters.
• Lady Hervey’s Letters.
• Northcote’s Memoirs of Sir J. Reynolds, vol. i.
• Walpole’s Reign of George III.
• Walpole’s Letters, edition 1857.
• Archdeacon Coxe’s Travels in Poland, Russia and Denmark, vol. v.
• Cunningham’s Handbook of London.
• Stanhope’s History of England, vol. vii., 1853.
• Wright’s England under the House of Hanover, vol. i.
• The Georgian Era, 1832.
• Jesse’s Memoirs of George III., 1867.
• La Reine Caroline Mathilde, by G. B. de Lagrèze. Paris, 1837.
• Adolphus’s History of England from the Accession of George III., 1802.
• George III., his Court and Family, 1820.
• Gibbon’s Letters to Lord Sheffield, Misc. Works, edition 1837.
• A View of Society and Manners in Germany, etc., by John Moore, 1779.
• Also the following papers from the years 1751-1775:—
• The London Gazette, The Annual Register, The Gentleman’s Magazine, General Evening Post, The Leyden Gazette, The Gazetteer, The Public Advertiser, etc.

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INDEX.

• Aalborg, ii., [175], [220].
• Aböe, Lieutenant, liberated, ii., [213].
• Alexandra, Queen, descent from Queen Louise, i., 53 n.
• Amelia, Princess, presides over the court of George II., i., 23;
• her unamiable character, 24;
• entertains Christian VII., 160.
• “Art of Passau,” i., 62.
• Ascheberg, i., 238.
• Ball, Mr., naval surgeon, ii., [110].
• Bang, Councillor, ii., [149];
• his indictment of the Queen, [152];
• defends Count Brandt, [191].
• Benthaken, Anna Catherine, i., 136.
• Benzon dismissed, i., 292.
• Berger, Professor, arrested, ii., [73];
• liberated, [214].
• Beringskjold, ii., [52];
• made Grand Chamberlain, [94].
• Berkentin, Count, i., 56.
• Berkentin, Madame, i., 143, 198.
• Bernstorff, Count, his career, i., 46 n.;
• slighted, 234;
• dismissed, 256;
• his character, 257.
• Bolingbroke, Lord, i., 8.
• Boothby, Lady Mary, i., 88.
• Bothmar, the Danish envoy at the court of St. James’s, i., 46.
• Bothmar, Baron, brother of the Danish envoy, i., 46.
• Brandt, Count Enevold, i., 128;
• banished, 148;
• recalled to court, 232;
• Master of the Revels, 321;
• made a Count, 335;
• and Struensee, ii., [6];
• thrashes the King, [28];
• arrested, [72];
• loaded with chains, [108];
• his trial, [189];
• condemned to death, [194];
• his execution, [202].
• Brunswick, Augusta Duchess of, her birth, i., 3;
• character, 21;
• hatred of Lord Bute, 42;
• her marriage, 43;
• her sympathy for her sister Queen Matilda, ii., [241].
• Brunswick, Prince Charles William Ferdinand, his marriage to Princess Augusta, i., 43;
• champions the cause of Queen Matilda, ii., [241].
• Bülow, Baron von, ii., [268];
• conferences with Wraxall, [273].
• Bülow, Baroness von, i., 253.
• Bute, John, Earl of, i., 26;
• and the Princess of Wales, 27;
• character, 28;
• Prime Minister, 39;
• in exile, 156.
• Carlton House, i., 19.
• Caroline, Princess, ii., [325].
• Caroline, Queen, her death, i., 3.
• Caroline Amalie, Princess, ii., [324].
• Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway, her birth and parentage, i., 1-18;
• baptised at Leicester House, 17;
• childhood at Kew, 20;
• her accomplishments, 20;
• reared in strict seclusion by her mother, 32;
• first public appearance, 38;
• betrothed to Prince Christian of Denmark, 48;
• her reluctance to the Danish match, 84;
• her marriage portion, 85;
• married by proxy, 87;
• leaves for Denmark, 87;
• reaches Rotterdam, 90;
• received by her husband at Röskilde, 96;
• public entry into Copenhagen, 98;
• her marriage, 102;
• festivities at Copenhagen, 103;
• disappointed in her husband, 109;
• crowned and anointed, 119;
• embittered against the King, 125;
• swayed by Madame de Plessen, 127;
• treated cruelly by the King, 135;
• birth of her son Frederick VI., 138;
• loss to her of Madame de Plessen, 144;
• resides at Frederiksborg, 176;
• reconciliation to the King, 182;
• illness, 191;
• attended by Struensee, 208;
• takes him into favour, 210;
• her ascendency over the King, 218;
• Struensee her evil genius, 219;
• their intrigue, 222;
• friendly relations with the King, 224;
• rides in male attire, 225;
• tour through Schleswig and Holstein, 229;
• visits Count Rantzau at Ascheberg, 238;
• meets her mother at Lüneburg, 248;
• returns to Copenhagen, 251;
• at Hirschholm, 252;
• her sympathy with the poor, 297;
• disregard of public opinion, 303;
• treatment of her son, 307;
• Order of Matilda established, 320;
• bitter feeling towards her, 328;
• delivered of a daughter, 331;
• child named Louise Augusta, 334;
• gives a masked ball, ii., [54];
• the palace revolution, [63];
• a prisoner in the hands of the conspirators, [73];
• conveyed to Kronborg, [80];
• her treatment there, [84], [129];
• bitter feeling against her, [96];
• examined by the Commissioners, [141];
• confession of guilt, [145];
• her trial, [149];
• defence of Uhldahl, [159];
• marriage dissolved, [171];
• visited by Keith, [219];
• freedom demanded by George III., [220];
• English squadron arrives at Kronborg, [234];
• parts with Princess Louise Augusta, [235];
• goes on board H.M.S. Southampton, [237];
• resides at Göhrde, [240];
• entry into Celle, [243];
• visited by Keith, [248];
• life at Celle, [255];
• Wraxall introduced to her, [264];
• popular reaction in her favour, [271];
• important conversations with Wraxall, [275];
• her sudden death, [295];
• details of her illness and death, [296];
• evidences of her innocence, [300];
• letter to her brother George III., [301];
• and pastor Roques, [304];
• her funeral at Celle, [306];
• looked upon as a saint and martyr in Denmark, [310];
• how the news of her death was received there, [310];
• monument erected at Celle, [313].
• Carstenskjold, Major, ii., [94].
• “Catherine of the Gaiters,” i., 136;
• great influence over the King, 146;
• her shamelessness, 147;
• sent out of the country, 148.
• Catherine the Great, and Matilda, i., 265;
• her favourites, 268;
• resents the appointment of Rantzau, 269;
• becomes Empress, 274.
• Celle, entry of Matilda into, ii., [243];
• described, [255].
• Celle Castle, ii., [230];
• description of, [246].
• Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg, her marriage to George III., i., 381;
• great animus against Matilda, ii., [228].
• Charlotte Amelia, Princess, i., 77.
• Chemnitz, a preacher, ii., [133].
• Chesterfield, Lord, i., 8.
• Christian V., i., 284.
• Christian VI., i., 285.
• Christian VII., i., 52;
• training, 56;
• keeps bad company, 58;
• character, 60;
• betrothal to Matilda, 63;
• confirmed, 64;
• proclaimed King, 68;
• his first Council, 70;
• dismisses Moltke, 74;
• his distaste for work, 75;
• fond of practical jokes, 76;
• named “The Northern Scamp,” 78;
• receives Matilda at Röskilde, 96;
• their marriage, 102;
• passion for display, 114;
• introduces masquerades, 115;
• crowned and anointed, 119;
• his dissipation and folly, 127;
• nocturnal expeditions, 129;
• tours through Holstein, 131;
• cruelty to the Queen, 135;
• birth of his son Frederick VI., 138;
• his liaison with “Catherine of the Gaiters,” 146;
• visits England and France, 150;
• lands in England, 152;
• popularity in London, 158;
• tours in the provinces, 162;
• entertained by the city of London, 165;
• low dissipation in London, 168;
• gives a masked ball, 171;
• goes to Paris, 174;
• returns to Copenhagen, 175;
• improvement in his conduct, 182;
• infatuation for Holck, 190;
• mental and physical deterioration, 191;
• royal tour through Schleswig and Holstein, 229;
• visits Count Rantzau at Ascheberg, 238;
• returns to Copenhagen, 251;
• at Hirschholm, 252;
• court manners there, 253;
• and the Council of State, 286;
• abolishes certain religious festivals, 290;
• mental state, 315;
• virtual abdication in favour of Struensee, 333;
• his vagaries, 351;
• at Frederiksberg, ii., [35];
• in the hands of the conspirators, [64];
• appears in public, [89];
• arraigned by Reverdil, [169];
• Queen divorced, [171];
• hates the Queen-Dowager, [270];
• his death, [324].
• Christian VIII., ii., [324].
• Christian Frederick, Prince, ii., [324].
• Christiansborg Palace, i., 59;
• masked ball at, 116.
• Chudleigh, Miss, i., 27.
• Cliveden, i., 19.
• Coke, Lady Mary, i., 133.
• Copenhagen, civic government of, i., 295;
• foundling hospital established, 299;
• rejoicings at fall of Struensee, ii., [89];
• riotous scenes, [92].
• Cosby, i., 62.
• Council of Conferences, i., 287.
• Council of State, i., 280;
• decree abolishing, 281;
• its origin, 285;
• re-established, ii., [104].
• Cricket introduced into England, i., 13.
• Cromartie, Lady, i., 5.
• Cumberland, Henry Frederick Duke of, i., 22;
• a dissipated youth, 245;
• marries Mrs. Horton, ii., [112].
• Cumberland, William Augustus Duke of, i., 5.
• “Danish Fly,” headdress, i., 158.
• Danneskjold-Samsöe, Count Frederick, i., 73.
• Denmark, court of, i., 106;
• state of foreign affairs, 113;
• and Russia, 265;
• strained relations between, 273;
• reform in administration of justice, 295;
• serfdom in, 296;
• illegitimacy in, 298;
• marriage laws in, 300;
• discontent in, ii., [1].
• Devonshire, Duke of, i., 39.
• Dodington, Bubb, at Kew, i., 7;
• character, 29;
• the confidant of the Princess of Wales, 30.
• Eickstedt, Hans Henrik von, ii., [51];
• made a general, [93].
• Elizabeth, Princess, i., 22;
• her death, 32.
• Elsinore. See [Helsingor].
• Essex, Charlotte, Countess of, i., 133.
• Eyben, Fräulein von, Queen’s lady-in-waiting, i., 143, 223;
• dismissed, 233;
• evidence at the trial of the Queen, 251.
• Falckenskjold, Colonel, i., 260;
• mission to Russian court, 278;
• arrested, ii., [73];
• sent to the fortress of Munkholm, [214];
• dies at Lausanne, [215].
• Filosofow, i., 141, 214;
• insults Struensee, 216;
• recalled, 269.
• “Flying Bodyguard,” the, i., 326.
• Foot Guards disbanded by Struensee, ii., [38];
• their mutinous conduct, [39].
• Fredensborg Castle, i., 67.
• Frederick III., i., 284.
• Frederick V., i., 44;
• marriage with Juliana Maria of Brunswick, 53;
• becomes a drunkard, 54;
• his death, 68;
• and the Council of State, 285.
• Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark, his birth, i., 138;
• his course of education, 307;
• treated with little respect, ii., [317];
• his confirmation, [318];
• in the Council of State, [319];
• effects the overthrow of the Ministry, [320];
• proclaimed regent, [322];
• becomes king, [324];
• his marriage and children, [325];
• disasters to Denmark during his reign, [325].
• Frederick, Prince, son of the Queen-Dowager Juliana Maria, ii., [323];
• his death and family, [324].
• Frederiksberg Palace, i., 67 n.
• Frederiksborg, i., 176.
• Frederiks-Kirke in Copenhagen, i., 323.
• Gabel, Madame, i., 207.
• Gahler, General, i., 241;
• appointed to the War Department, 259;
• and Struensee, ii., [4];
• arrested, [73];
• banished, [214].
• Gahler, Madame von, i., 253;
• arrested, ii., [73];
• liberated, [213].
• George II. and his son Frederick, i., 2;
• his court, 23;
• death and burial, 33, 34.
• George III., his birth, i., 4;
• created Prince of Wales, 16;
• becomes king, 35;
• his marriage, 38;
• dislike to Christian VII., 154;
• writes to Matilda about Bernstorff, 258;
• his attitude to the divorce trial, ii., [148];
• demands the Queen to be set at liberty, [220];
• assents to the articles in favour of the revolution to restore the Queen, [283];
• and Wraxall’s claims for reward, [292].
• Gloucester, William Henry Duke of, i., 22;
• visits Copenhagen, 184;
• his character, 185;
• marries Lady Waldegrave, 186;
• festivities in Copenhagen in honour of his visit, 187;
• the Danish king’s opinion of him, 189.
• Goblet, wedding, i., 101 n.
• Göhrde, ii., [240].
• Goodrich, Sir John, i., 137 n.
• Gottorp Castle, i., 230.
• Guldberg, Ove, ii., [51];
• his great influence, [94];
• all-powerful, [269].
• Gunning, Sir Robert, i., 80;
• on Madame de Plessen, 140;
• his opinion of Count Osten, 276;
• on Struensee, 338.
• Hamburg and the partisans of the Queen, ii., [268].
• Hansel, Admiral, liberated, ii., [213].
• Hansen, a preacher, ii., [133].
• Hayter, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, i., 17.
• Hee, Dean, and Brandt, ii., [189].
• Helsingor, ii., [82] n.
• Hesse, Prince Charles of, i., 74, 230;
• in exile, 148;
• on Struensee, 232.
• Hesse, Frederick Landgrave of, i., 75.
• Hesse, Mary Princess of, i., 75.
• Hesselberg, Colonel, liberated, ii., [213].
• Hinuber, ii., [290].
• Hirschholm Palace, i., 60;
• description of, 252;
• razed to the ground, 253 n.
• Holck, Conrad Count, account of, i., 128;
• treats the Queen with scant respect, 130;
• influence over the King, 136;
• offer of marriage refused by Lady Bel Stanhope, 161;
• disgraceful evening amusements in London, 168;
• marriage to Count Laurvig’s daughter, 190;
• his influence undermined by Struensee, 203;
• dismissed, 233.
• Holck, Gustavus, a page, i., 233.
• Holstein, Count, dismissed from office, i., 233;
• attends the Queen to Stade, ii., [236].
• Holstein, Countess, i., 253; ii., [272].
• Household Cavalry abolished, i., 324.
• Illegitimacy in Denmark, i., [298].
• Jessen, ii., [53], [94].
• Juell-Wind, Baron, ii., [142].
• Juliana Maria, Queen-Dowager, i., 53, 76;
• her character, 54;
• at Fredensborg, 305;
• rarely invited to court, 306;
• an imperious, intriguing woman, ii., [49];
• joins conspiracy against Struensee, [50];
• treatment of the Queen, [86];
• distributes honours, [93];
• her appointments to office, [95];
• takes the place of the Queen, [102];
• re-establishes the Council of State, [104];
• witnesses the execution of Struensee and Brandt, [210];
• the most hated woman in Denmark, [269];
• state of affairs in Denmark, [315];
• her rage at the overthrow of the Guldberg Ministry, [322];
• her rule at an end, [323].
• Junius on Queen Matilda, ii., [124].
• Justice, reform in administration of, i., 295.
• Keith, Sir Robert Murray, i., 341;
• reception at the court of Denmark, 344;
• his opinion of Struensee, ii., [32];
• intervenes on behalf of the Queen, [99];
• receives the Order of the Bath, [121];
• protests in favour of the Queen, [172];
• visits the Queen, [219];
• tells her she was no longer a prisoner, [231];
• takes leave of the Queen, [240];
• appointed ambassador to Vienna, [249];
• letter regarding Queen Matilda, [250];
• his death, [253].
• Kew House, i., 6.
• Kirchoff, John, and Sperling, i., 58;
• pensioned, 78.
• Köller-Banner, joins in a conspiracy against Struensee, ii., [51];
• arrests Struensee, [67];
• made a general and known henceforth as Köller-Banner, [93];
• his death, [269] n.
• Kronborg, a gloomy fortress, ii., [81];
• chapel at, [133] n.
• Lehzen, Pastor, ii., [260], [298];
• attends the Queen in her last illness, [305];
• funeral sermon, [307].
• Leicester House, i., 4;
• high play at, 6.
• Lennox, Lady Sarah, i., 37.
• Lex Regia, i., 282.
• Leyser, Dr., ii., [298].
• Lichtenstein, Baron von, interviews with Wraxall concerning the Queen, ii., [281].
• Lottery, royal Danish, i., 323.
• Louisa Anne, Princess, i., 22;
• her death, 145.
• Louise, Queen of Denmark, i., 45;
• death and character, 52.
• Louise Augusta, Princess, i., 334;
• declared legitimate, ii., [171];
• separated from her mother, [235];
• marries the Duke of Augustenburg, [324].
• Lühe, Madame von der, the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, i., 143, 223;
• dismissed, 233.
• Lüneburg, i., 248.
• Luttichau, Chamberlain, dismissed, i., 233.
• Malzahn, i., 273.
• Marie Sophie Frederika, Princess, marries Frederick VI., ii., [325].
• Marriage laws in Denmark, i., 300.
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince Ernest, ii., [229].
• Moltke, Count, i., 55;
• dismissed, 74.
• Moltke, Count, son of the Prime Minister, dismissed, i., 292.
• Monthly Journal for Instruction and Amusement, i., 196.
• Moore, John, at Celle, ii., [261].
• Münter, Dr., sermon against the royal amusements, i., 117;
• his sermon against Struensee, ii., [97];
• and Struensee’s conversion, [178];
• attends Struensee to the scaffold, [208];
• rewarded by the Queen-Dowager, [212].
• Newcastle, Duke of, i., 39.
• Nielsen, a Lutheran clergyman, i., 57.
• Norfolk House, St. James’s Square, i., 3.
• Oeder, Professor, i., 291.
• Oeser, Professor, sculptor, ii., [313].
• Ompteda, Baroness d’, ii., [240], [258], [261].
• Order of Matilda, i., 320.
• Osten, Count von, i., 273;
• appointed to the Foreign Office, 276;
• his hatred of Struensee, ii., [4];
• banished to Jutland, [269].
• Park Place, i., 19.
• Plessen, Madame de, lady-in-waiting, i., 91;
• her political intrigues, 113;
• guides the Queen in all things, 125;
• suddenly dismissed, 141;
• settles at Celle, 144;
• her character, 144;
• at Celle, ii., [256];
• celebrates the Queen’s birthday, [261].
• Press censorship abolished, i., 296.
• Rantzau-Ascheberg, Count Schack Karl, i., 197;
• his career, 235;
• receives the King and Queen at Ascheberg, 238;
• retires from office, ii., [3];
• remonstrates with Struensee, [43];
• heads the conspiracy against Struensee, [49];
• his intention to betray the conspiracy, [59];
• pretends a fit of the gout, [60];
• surprises the King in bed, [64];
• attempts to arrest the Queen, [75];
• the resistance he meets with, [76];
• honours conferred on him, [93];
• exiled, [269].
• Reventlow, Count, tutor of Prince Christian, i., 56;
• his severity, 57;
• dismissed, 141;
• his bitter feeling against the Queen, 263.
• Reverdil, his career, i., 59;
• dismissed, 147;
• recalled, 347;
• describes the court at Hirschholm, 354;
• arrested, ii., [73];
• set at liberty, [105];
• dies at Geneva, [106] n.;
• his arraignment of the King, [169].
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, paints Matilda’s portrait, i., 84.
• Rich, Sir Robert, i., 22.
• Richmond, Duchess of, i., 133.
• Roques, M., pastor, ii., [304].
• Rosenborg Palace, i., 326 n.
• Röskilde, i., 95 n.
• Russia, interference in Danish affairs, i., 265.
• St. Petersburg, foundling hospital in, i., 299 n.
• Saldern, a semi-barbarian, i., 141;
• dismisses Madame de Plessen, 142.
• Salt tax abolished, i., 296.
• Sames, Colonel, ii., [94].
• Schack-Rathlou, Councillor, ii., [95], [141].
• Schimmelmann, Baron, i., 141 n.;
• his revolutionary project, ii., [273].
• Seckendorf, Baron, acts as confidential agent between the Queen and Wraxall, ii., [275].
• Serfdom in Denmark, i., 296.
• Söhlenthal, Baron, i., 198.
• Sophia Frederika, Princess, ii., [324].
• Sophia Magdalena, Queen-Dowager, i., 55;
• fond of the King, 76;
• her death, 226.
• Sperling, page of the chamber, his vicious character, i., 58;
• encourages the King in vice, 78;
• superseded in the King’s favour, 130;
• dismissed, 142.
• Stade, seaport, ii., [239].
• Stampe, H., ii., [142].
• Struensee, Adam, i., 193;
• appointed a preacher at Altona, 195;
• receives preferment in the Duchy of Holstein, 196.
• Struensee, Charles Augustus, appointed to office, i., 291;
• arrested, ii., [73];
• banished, [214].
• Struensee, John Frederick, i., 151;
• his parentage, 193;
• goes to Altona, 195;
• as a writer, 196;
• travelling physician to Christian VII., 199;
• appointed his surgeon-in-ordinary, 202;
• attends Matilda in her illness, 208;
• his appearance and manner, 213;
• inoculates the Crown Prince, 217;
• given the title of Conferenzath, 218;
• the Queen’s evil genius, 219;
• with the King and Queen in Schleswig and Holstein, 229;
• recalls Brandt to court, 232;
• his foreign policy, 250;
• all-powerful favourite, 253;
• at the head of affairs, 261;
• keynote of his foreign policy, 265;
• his ignorance of forms of etiquette, 271;
• as Master of Requests, 280;
• abolishes the Council of State, 281;
• and the Danish nobility, 288;
• and the clergy, 290;
• a great reformer, 293;
• his principal reforms, 294;
• abolishes the Household Cavalry, 324;
• appointed Privy Cabinet Minister, 332;
• made a count, 335;
• his coat of arms, 336;
• his colleagues all false to him, ii., [2];
• and the Norwegian sailors, [8];
• plot against his life, [14];
• his cowardice, [17];
• dread of assassination, [36];
• disbands the Foot Guards, [38];
• their mutinous conduct, [39];
• Rantzau heads conspiracy against him, [49];
• the palace revolution, [63];
• taken prisoner by the conspirators, [68];
• conveyed to the citadel, [70];
• bitter feeling against him, [96];
• loaded with chains, [107];
• examined by Commissioners, [135];
• confession of guilt, [138];
• conversion by Dr. Münter, [179];
• his trial, [184];
• condemned to death, [193];
• his execution and horrible death, [202];
• head stuck on a pole, [210].
• Stürtz, Councillor, liberated, ii., [213].
• Suhm the historian urges the Queen-Dowager into a conspiracy, ii., [97];
• his hatred of Struensee, [98].
• Syon House, entertainment at, i., 159.
• Texier, M. le, proposes to Wraxall a project for restoring the Queen, ii., [273].
• Thott, Count Otto, takes office, ii., [95];
• president of the council, [105];
• commissioned to examine the Queen, [141].
• Titley, Walter, his career, i., 45 n.
• Traventhal Castle, i., 233.
• Uhldahl, Commissioner, ii., [149];
• defends the Queen, [159];
• defends Struensee, [187].
• Vilhelmine Marie, Princess, ii., [325].
• Waldegrave, Dowager-Countess, i., 185;
• marries the Duke of Gloucester, 186.
• Wales, Augusta Princess of, her marriage, i., 2;
• life at Kew, 6;
• left a widow, 12;
• treated kindly by the King, 15;
• her children, 18, 22;
• dislike to the Duke of Cumberland, 23;
• leads a retired life, 25;
• and Lord Bute, 27;
• and Bubb Dodington, 30;
• her character, 31, 115;
• influence over her son George III., 36;
• dislike to Christian VII., 157;
• visits Brunswick, 244;
• her unpopularity, 246;
• meets Matilda at Lüneburg, 248;
• they part in anger, 249;
• her troubles and death, ii., [113].
• Wales, Frederick Prince of, an account of, i., 1;
• arrives in England, 2;
• his marriage, 3;
• in open opposition to the King, 4;
• life at Kew, 6;
• his friendship with Bolingbroke, 8;
• as an author, 9;
• his patriotism, 10;
• death and character, 12;
• buried in Westminster Abbey, 16;
• his children, 18, 22.
• Walmoden, Madame de, Countess of Yarmouth, i., 24.
• Walpole, Horace, on Christian VII., i., 163.
• Walpole, Sir Robert, i., 22.
• Warnstedt, Chamberlain, dismissed, i., 292.
• Whitefield, George, sermon on Matilda’s marriage, i., 89.
• Willebrandt, Councillor, liberated, ii., [213].
• Wivet, Fiscal-General, receives the King’s orders to prosecute Struensee, ii., [184];
• his charges against Count Brandt, [191].
• Wraxall, Sir N. W., notice of, ii., [263];
• visits Celle, [263];
• introduced to Queen Matilda, [264];
• proceeds to Hamburg, [267];
• becomes an agent in the conspiracy to restore the Queen, [273];
• his communications with the Queen, [275];
• leaves for England, [281];
• communicates with George III., [282];
• articles in favour of the revolution assented to by George III., [283];
• returns to Celle, [284];
• interviews with the Queen, [285];
• returns to London and delivers his letters to Hinuber, [290];
• learns the news of the Queen’s death, [291];
• receives 1,000 guineas for his services, [293].
• Wyndham, Sir William, i., 8.
• Yarmouth, Countess of. See [Walmoden].
• York, Edward Duke of, i., 22;
• his career and death, 132.
• Zell. See [Celle].

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