Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record

by William Austen-Leigh; Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

Academy (Royal Naval):
Francis Austen there, [49];
Charles, [77]
Ashe Rectory:
home of Lefroys, [71]
Austen, Anna (see also [Lefroy, Ben]):
elder daughter of James Austen, her birth and loss of mother, [72], [73];
spent much time with Jane and Cassandra, [73];
comparison with Fanny Knight, [241];
writes novel and receives advice from Aunt Jane, [353]-[62];
married to Ben Lefroy, November 1814, [353]
Austen, Caroline:
younger daughter of James Austen, [206], [363];
writes stories and receives advice from Aunt Jane, [57], [363]-[8];
sees her for the last time, [386];
her contributions to Memoir and subsequent history, [368]
Austen, Cassandra (see also [Austen, Jane]):
elder daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1773, [20];
she and Jane devoted to each other, [50];
difference of character, [51];
preferred to Jane by Phila Walter, [59];
both admired by Eliza, [61];
engaged to T. Fowle, who goes as chaplain to West Indies, [79];
and dies of yellow fever, [105];
C.'s letters from Jane, constantly, from [p. 109] onward;
after death of her father, C. present at that of Mrs. Lloyd, [183];
nurses Jane through illness and on death-bed, [383], [390];
writes account of Jane's death to Fanny, [394];
her own death in 1845, [402]
Austen, Charles:
sixth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1779, [23];
at R.N. Academy, [77];
character, [77];
under Captain Williams helps to capture La Tribune, [78];
on Endymion helps to capture Scipio, [150];
Duke of Sussex a passenger, [163];
presents to sisters, [171];
kindness to Lord Balgonie, and Lord Leven's gratitude, [187];
marries Fanny Palmer, [204];
on the Namur, and visits Godmersham, [284], [285];
commands the Phœnix against Murat, [369];
letter to Jane, [370];
letter from Jane, [385];
subsequent career (Admiral), [403];
Austen, Edward (i):
third son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1767, [18];
adopted by Knights of Godmersham, [47];
makes the 'grand tour,' 48;
his character, [47];
marries Elizabeth Bridges and settles at Rowling, [74];
at Godmersham, [75], [76];
goes to Bath, [127];
his wife dies, leaving eleven children, [209], &c.;
at Chawton House, with Fanny, in 1812, [256];
takes the name of Knight, [256];
with his family at Chawton, 1813 and 1814, [269], [302];
claim made to his Hants property and settled by compromise, [299];
loses money by Henry's bankruptcy, [332]
Austen, Edward (ii): see [Knight, Edward]
Austen, Edward (iii): see [Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.]
Austen, Fanny (afterwards Fanny Knight; then Lady Knatchbull):
description of, [211], [227];
in London during her uncle Henry's illness, [213];
friendship with Mr. Haden, [311], &c.;
letters from Aunt Jane on love affair, [342], &c.;
letters to Aunt Jane at Winchester mentioned, [395]
Austen, Francis (i):
of Grovehurst, fifth son of John Austen (i), d. 1687, [2]
Austen, Francis (ii):
second son of John Austen (iii) and Elizabeth Weller;
solicitor at Sevenoaks; befriended his nephews;
descendants own Broadford, [3], [4]
Austen, (Sir) Francis (see also [Ships]):
fifth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1774, [21];
youthful horse-dealing, [23];
character, [49];
at the R.N. Academy, [49];
his father's letter, [50];
rapid promotion to Lieutenant, [76];
returns home in 1793, [76];
letter from him at Cadiz, [115];
made Commander, [121];
at Cyprus,143;
takes news to Nelson and captures Ligurienne, [160];
made post-Captain, [160], [161];
letters from Jane on father's death, [180]-[2];
raising 'sea fencibles' at Ramsgate, [174];
engagement to Mary Gibson, [192];
appointed to Leopard (under Admiral Louis), [192];
move to Canopus, [192];
misses Trafalgar, [193];
takes part in victory at St. Domingo, [193];
marriage, [194];
at Southampton with mother and sisters, [197];
commands the Elephant in the Baltic, [270];
letters from Jane, [270], [278];
living at Alton, [369];
subsequent career, K.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, [403]
Austen, Francis Motley:
son of Francis Austen (ii);
acquires Kippington property, [3]-[4];
believed to have had Jane Austen painted by Zoffany, [63]
Austen, (Rev.) George (i):
son of William A.;
helped by Uncle Francis, [4];
at Tonbridge and Oxford, [4], [5];
Rector of Steventon, [5];
marries Cassandra Leigh, [5];
his character, [16];
Rector also of Deane, [17];
letters to Walters, [19]-[22];
letter announcing birth of Jane, [22];
takes pupils, [24], [25];
his letter to son Francis, [50];
offers Jane's first novel to Cadell, [97];
leaves Steventon and settles in Bath, [172];
visits Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Lyme, [173], [176];
dies at Bath, January 1805, [180]-[2]
Austen, George (ii):
second son of above, born 1766;
subject to fits, [20]
Austen, George (iii):
second son of Edward Austen (i);
a favourite of his aunt Jane, [111], [112], [122];
at Southampton after his mother's death, [216], &c.;
afterwards (as G. Knight) a celebrated cricketer, [111], note
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (i):
son of Thomas Austen;
held living of West Wickham, [4]
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii):
fourth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1771, [20];
Jane's favourite brother, [48];
contributor to The Loiterer, at Oxford, [48];
his character, [49];
officer in Militia, [107];
marries Eliza de Feuillide, [106];
in France with her during Peace of Amiens, [173];
frequent visits from Jane, [244], [265], [272], [302], [308], [309];
death of Eliza, [265];
letter to John Murray about Emma, [310];
severe illness, [309]-[11];
bankruptcy, [325], [332];
takes Orders, [332], [333];
marries again, [333];
his death, [402]
Austen, Mrs. Henry:
see [de Feuillide, Comtesse]
Austen, (Rev.) James:
eldest son of George Austen, born in 1765, [18];
Scholar and Fellow of St. John's, Oxford, [46];
visits the de Feuillides in France, [39];
returns to Oxford and edits The Loiterer, [47];
his share in forming mind of Jane, [46];
writes prologues, &c., for plays, [64], [65];
marries (i) Anne Mathew, [72];
curate at Overton, then at Deane, [72];
birth of daughter Anna, [72], [73];
death of wife, [73];
marries (ii) Mary Lloyd, [73], [104];
Mrs. Austen's letter to her, [73];
birth of son, [113];
visits Godmersham, [204], &c.;
declines a living on grounds of conscience, [223];
hopeless letter to his son on Aunt Jane's illness, [392];
dies two years after his sister, [402]
Austen, Jane (the novelist), (see also under names of books):
younger daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born December 16, 1775, [22];
lessons at Oxford and Southampton, [25];
dangerous illness, [25];
school at Reading, [26];
education at home, [29];
politics and patriotism, [29], [30];
first writings,
Mystery, [53]-[5];
Evelyn and Kitty, [55],
opinion on early writing, [57], [58];
visit to Uncle Francis at Sevenoaks, [58];
Phila Walter's impression, [58],59;
Sir E. Brydges and (later) Eliza admire Jane, [60], [61];
probable date of Zoffany portrait, [62]-[3];
theatricals at Steventon, [63]-[6];
verses to Mary and Martha Lloyd, [70];
writes Elinor and Marianne and Lady Susan, [80], [81];
her own letters begin in 1796;
their nature and limitations, [81]-[3];
frequent to Cassandra, from [p. 109];
friendship with S. Blackall (?), Fellow of Emmanuel College, [85], [86];
with T. Lefroy (afterwards Chief Justice), [87]-[9];
romance in the west, and sad end, [89], [90];
Sir F. H. Doyle's impossible story, [91];
embarrassing incident at Steventon, [92]-[4];
visit to Rowling, [99]-[104];
death of Cassandra's lover, [104]-[5];
mother and sisters at Bath, [105];
death of Jane Williams, [108];
first visit to Godmersham, [109];
caps, [116];
balls at Basingstoke, [119], [143];
at Kempshot, [123];
Jane at Bath with Edward, &c., [127];
Mrs. Leigh Perrot's trouble, [131]-[140];
great storm at Steventon, [147];
letter to Martha, [148];
ball at Hurstbourne, [150];
Jane at Ibthorp, [153];
grief at leaving Steventon, [155];
begins life at Bath (Paragon), [165]-[172];
ball, [167];
summer (prob.) at Sidmouth, [172];
they settle in Bath (Sydney Terrace), [172];
prob. at Dawlish in 1802, [173];
prob. at Ramsgate in 1803, [174];
sells Northanger Abbey and writes Watsons, [174], [175];
visits Lyme, [176];
death of Mrs. Lefroy, [180];
death of Jane's father, [180]-[2];
letters to Frank, [180], [181];
generosity of brothers, [182];
Austens leave Bath for Clifton, [194];
visit to Stoneleigh, [194]-[7];
settle at Southampton (Castle Square), [197], [202];
visit to Chawton, [203];
to Godmersham, [204];
death of Mrs. E. Austen, [209];
her two eldest boys with Jane, [209]-[19];
offer of a home at Chawton, [216];
balls at Southampton, [222], &c.;
move to Chawton, [235], [242];
her character, appearance, tastes, &c., [237]-[42];
visits to H. Austen and Catherine Hill, [244]-[51];
publication of Sense and Sensibility, [255];
visit at Steventon, [256];
publication of Pride and Prejudice, [257];
death of Eliza, and visit to Henry, [265];
Knights at Chawton House again, [269];
last visit to Godmersham, [276], &c.,;
taking London on the way, [272], &c.;
literary work, [290];
three times in London in 1814, [302], [304], [308];
publication of Mansfield Park, [302];
visit at Bookham, [304];
Knights at Chawton, [302];
in London for publication of Emma, [309];
Henry's illness, [309]-[11];
her own health suffers, [311];
correspondence with Mr. Clarke, and visit to Carlton House, [312], [313], [319]-[324];
correspondence with Mr. J. Murray, [310], [314], [318], [319];
with Lady Morley, [326];
Walter Scott's article in Quarterly, [326]-[328];
Henry's bankruptcy, [332];
writes out opinions on Emma, [328], &c.;
composition of Persuasion, [333];
imaginary novel, [337]-[40];
advises Fanny Knight on love affair, [342], &c.;
advises Anna on a novel, [353], &c.;
letters to Caroline, [363], &c.;
visit to Cheltenham, [373];
failing health, [371], &c.;
cheerful tone in autumn and winter, [375], &c.;
begins new novel, January 1817, and writes for seven weeks, [381];
letters to Fanny, [382], &c.;
makes her will, &c., [384];
death of Mr. Leigh Perrot and his will, [384];
letter to Charles, [384]-[6];
Caroline's last visit, [386];
move to College Street, Winchester, [388], [389];
a slight amendment, [389];
writes to Edward Austen, [390];
hopeless letter of James, [392];
his wife goes to Winchester, [392], [393];
Jane's patience and resignation, [393], [394];
death (on July 18, 1817), and funeral in Cathedral (July 24), described in letter from Cassandra to Fanny, [394], &c.;
charm of character and slow growth of fame, [401], [404]
Austen, John (i):
d. 1620, [1]
Austen, John (ii):
d. 1705, [2]
Austen, John (iii):
d. 1704;
his wife (Elizabeth Weller) pays debts and brings up large family, [2], [3]
Austen, John (iv) and (v):
squires of Broadford;
about 1807 property comes to another John (vi), descended from Francis Austen (ii), [3], [4]
Austen, (Rev.) John Thomas:
Senior Wrangler in 1817, [4]
Austen, Philadelphia (see also [Hancock, T. S.]):
goes to India, [32];
married to T. S. Hancock, [34]
Austen, Colonel Thomas:
M.P. for Kent, [4];
gives away Zoffany portrait, [63]
Austen, Thomas:
third son of John Austen (iii);
his son Henry holds living of West Wickham;
descendants, [4]
Austen, William (see also [Hampson, Rebecca]):
fourth son of John Austen (iii);
marries Rebecca Walter (née Hampson);
their children George and Philadelphia;
his second wife Susanna Holk, [4]
Austens:
family characteristics, [51], [52], [67]
Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.:
author of Memoir;
known as Edward Austen, [113], note, [256], note;
his birth in 1798, [113], &c.;
visit to Godmersham, [206];
characteristics, [364], [368];
visit to Chawton, [374];
leaves Winchester for Oxford, [377];
writes stories, [374], [378];
last letter from Aunt Jane, [390];
at funeral, for his father, [397];
took the name of Leigh on succeeding to Scarlets;
wrote Memoir, [404]
Bigg, Alethea:
one of the three sisters (the others, Elizabeth—Mrs. Heathcote, Catherine—Mrs. Hill), great friends of Jane and Cassandra, [68];
their father B. Wither of Manydown, [68];
Jane stays with Catherine at Streatham, [251];
letter to Alethea, [379]
Blackall, (Rev.) Samuel:
Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, [86], [87], note;
Rector of North Cadbury, [86];
friendship with Jane, [85], [86];
perhaps identical with Mrs. Lefroy's 'friend,' [85]
Brabourne, Lord:
edits Jane's letters, [81]
Bridges, Elizabeth:
see [Austen, Edward (i)]
Broadford:
Austen property at Horsmonden, [2], [3];
Francis Austen's descendants succeed, [4]
Brydges, Sir Egerton (see also [Lefroy, Mrs.]):
notice of Jane as a girl, [60];
his book, Fitz-Albini, [114];
meets Jane at Ramsgate, [174]
Camilla:
Jane subscribes to, [95];
alludes to, [100];
Warren Hastings's enthusiasm, [275]
Campion, Mrs. (Jane Austen), [62]
Castle Square:
Austens' home in Southampton, [202], [203]
Catherine:
see [Northanger Abbey]
Cawley, Mrs.:
takes charge of Jane, &c.;
Jane's severe illness and Mrs. Cooper's death, [25]
Chandos, Duke of:
brother-in-law of Theophilus Leigh, [7]
Chawton:
Austens' visit to Edward at Chawton House, [203];
offer of cottage there, [216];
first sight of it, [220];
they settle there, [Chap. XIV];
description of village, [236];
of cottage, [237];
Jane leaves it for Winchester, [388]
Cheltenham:
family visits to, [373]
Cholmeley, Jane:
see [Leigh Perrot, James]
Chute, W. J. C.:
of The Vyne, M.P. and M.F.H., neighbour at Steventon, [68]
Clarke, (Rev.) J. S.:
Librarian at Carlton House;
Jane's correspondence with, [312], [313], [319]-[24]
Cooke, (Rev.) Samuel, D. D.:
Rector of Little Bookham, [19];
marries daughter of Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol, [19];
Jane's godfather, [22];
George C. a well-known Oxford tutor, [186]-[8];

George and his sister Mary at the H. Austens', [247];
Jane's visit to Bookham, [304];
Mary Cooke on heroines, [338]
Cooper, Dr. E.:
Rector of Whaddon and Sonning; marries Jane Leigh (sister of Mrs. G. Austen), [18];
their children, [19];
death of Mrs Cooper, at Bath, [25], [39];
death of Dr. C. at Sonning, [77]
Cooper, E.:
son of Dr. E. Cooper, [19];
marries Caroline Lybbe Powys, [77];
takes living of Hamstall-Ridware, [124]
Cooper, Jane (Lady Williams):
daughter of Dr. E. Cooper, [19];
with Jane and Cassandra under Mrs. Cawley, [25];
at school at Reading, [27];
married to Captain T. Williams, [77];
killed in a carriage accident, [108]
Cravens:
Mrs. Craven the harsh mother of Mrs. Fowle, Mrs. Lloyd, &c., [69];
Lord Craven takes his cousin, T. Fowle, as Chaplain to West Indies;
T. F. dies there, [79], [104]-[5]
Crosby, Messrs.:
purchasers of Northanger Abbey, [174]-[5];
Jane's unsuccessful attempt to secure publication, [230]-[4];
buys MS. back, [333]
D'Antraigues:
French émigré family whom Jane visits with the H. Austens, [250]
Dawlish:
Austens' visit to, in 1802, [173], [354]
Day, Thomas:
author of Sandford and Merton, friend of the Leigh Perrots, [126]
De Feuillide, Comtesse (Eliza Hancock), (see also [Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii)]):
daughter of T. S. Hancock and Philadelphia (Austen), [34];
godchild of Warren Hastings, [34];
his generosity, [35];
Eliza with her mother in England; then Paris, [36];
letters to and from Phila Walter, [37]-[44];
married to Comte de Feuillide, [37];
in England, 1786;
her son (Hastings) born, [39], [40];
gaieties, [40];
visit to Austens at Oxford, [41];
illness and death of Mrs. Hancock, [42], [43];
the Comte in difficulties in France, [44];
guillotined, [45];
Eliza married to Henry Austen, [106];
death of Hastings de F., [108];
death of Eliza, [265]
Deane Rectory:
G. Austen, Rector of, from 1773, [17]
Digweeds:
principal tenants at Steventon, [13];
share with Austens deputation of the Manor, [52]
Dorchester, Lady:
gave a ball at Kempshot, [123]
Doyle, Sir F. H.:
story in his reminiscences about Jane, [91]
Dunford, Ben (postilion):
letter to Mr. Leigh Perrot on Mrs L. P.'s trouble, [135]
Edgeworth, R. L.:
neighbour at Scarlets;
experiments, [126];
letter on Mrs. L. P.'s acquittal, [139]
Elinor and Marianne:
sketch for Sense and Sensibility, in letters, [80]
Elliott, Mary:
probably a friend of Philadelphia Austen, [33];
perhaps Mrs. Buchanan, first wife of Warren Hastings, and link between Hastings and the Hancocks, [34];
died 1759, [33]
Emma:
Jane Austen's fourth published novel, December 1815, [318]-[24];
begun Jan. 1814, [306];
localities discussed, [302];
finished March 1815, [306];
description, [306]-[7];
preparing for press, [309];
Walter Scott's article on, in the Quarterly, [326];
private opinions of friends, [328]-[31]
Evelyn:
early work of Jane, [55]
First Impressions:
original of Pride and Prejudice, [96];
G. Austen's unsuccessful attempt to sell it, [97], [98]
Fowles (for T. Fowle see [Austen, Cassandra]):
Fowles at Kintbury, [69], [373]
Gambier, Admiral:
at the Admiralty, [117];
writes to G. Austen, [118];
F. Austen, his flag-captain, [174]
Gibson, Mary:
see [Austen, (Sir) Francis]
Godmersham:
given up to Edward Austen by Mrs. Knight, [75], [76]
Goodnestone:
the Bridges' place;
Jane dancing there, [101];
Jane and Cassandra there, one after the other, [189]-[91]
Gregory, Mrs.:
shopwoman at Bath, [131]
Haden, Mr.:
doctor attending Henry Austen;
his friendship with Fanny, [309], &c.
Hampson, Rebecca:
daughter of Sir G. H.;
married (i) to James Walter, (ii) to William Austen, her children, [4];
her niece, Miss Payne, [251] note
Hamstall-Ridware:
living given by Mrs. Leigh to E. Cooper, [124]
Hancock, Eliza:
see [de Feuillide, Comtesse]
Hancock, Tysoe Saul:
surgeon in India; marries Philadelphia Austen there, [34];
their daughter Betsy (Eliza), [34];
Hancocks' return home, [35];
H. returns to India; assisted by Hastings; dies in 1775, [35];
Philadelphia and Betsy then in England, [36]
Harpsden:
see [Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)]
Harwoods:
neighbours at Steventon, [68];
Earle Harwood's accident, [146]
Hastings, George:
son of Warren H., under charge of G. Austen; with him on wedding tour, [10];
dies young, [10]
Hastings, Warren:
marries Mrs. Buchanan, [33];
his son George, under charge of Austens, dies early, [10], [33], [34];
generosity to Hancocks, [35];
Hancocks, &c. at his trial, [41];
Eliza visits him near Windsor, [41];
his acquittal, [79];
letter from Eliza announcing her marriage to Henry Austen, [107];
admiration of Pride and Prejudice, [274];
of Camilla, [275]
Heathcote, Mrs. (see also [Bigg, Alethea]), (Elizabeth Bigg):
married to Mr. Heathcote, and mother of Sir W. H., [68];
kindness to Jane in illness, [389], [393]
Heathcote, Rt. Hon. Sir William, Bart.:
of Hursley Park, M.P. for Oxford, [68], [69]
Holders:
of Ashe, neighbours at Steventon, [68];
Jane dines there, [147], [162]
Ibthorp:
home of Lloyds, [69];
Jane there, [153]
Jeffrey, Mr.:
kept awake by Emma, [331]
Kippington:
property near Sevenoaks bought by Motley Austen;
Colonel Austen, M.P., lived there, [4], [63]
Kitty, or the Bower:
early work of Jane, [55], [56]
Knatchbull, Lady:
see [Austen, Fanny]
Knight, Edward:
son of Edward Austen (i);
took the name of Knight, [256];
with Jane at Southampton after his mother's death, [216], &c.;
in Scotland with his uncle Henry, [279]
Knight, Thomas (i):
of Godmersham;
distant cousin of G. Austen, gives him living of Steventon, [5]
Knight, Thomas (ii), (see also [Knight, Mrs. T.]):
adopts Edward Austen, [47]
Knight, Mrs. T. (Catherine Knatchbull, widow of above):
surrenders property to Edward Austen in 1797, [74]-[6];
her kindness to Austen family, [48], [207];
on her death Edward takes the name of Knight, [256]
Lady Susan:
early work of Jane, in letters, published in Memoir, [80], [81];
she never wrote in letters again, but used them freely, [81]
Lances:
exchange of visits with, at Southampton, [199];
together at a ball, [228]
Lansdowne, Marquis of (i):
second Marquis;
Austens rent a house in Castle Square, Southampton, close to him, [203];
his death, [211]
Lansdowne, Marquis of (ii):
half-brother of (i);
the Statesman, and an admirer of Jane's writings, [203]
Latournelle, Mrs.:
her school at Reading, [26], [27];
Cassandra and Jane there, [26]-[8];
easy discipline, [27];
See also [St. Quentins];
[Sherwood, Mrs.]
Lefroy, Ben:
marries Anna Austen, November 1814, [353];
they live at Hendon, [361];
at Wyards, [362]
Lefroy, Mrs.:
wife of Rector of Ashe, sister of Sir Egerton Brydges;
did much for Jane, [71];
died by fall from horse, [71], [180];
Jane's verses in her memory, [72]
Lefroy, Tom (afterwards Chief Justice):
his friendship with Jane in 1796, &c., [87], [88];
his remembrance of her, [89]
Leigh, Cassandra (see also [Austen, (Rev.) George]);
daughter of Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i), [7];
marriage, [10];
character, [16];
story of journey on a waggon, [17];
illness at Bath and verses to Bowen, [172]-[3];
generosity of sons on death of husband, [182];
letter from Stoneleigh, [196];
last visit to Steventon, [256], [257];
hopeful letters during Jane's illness, [391], [392];
letter to Anna after Jane's death, [398];
lives on till 1827, [257], [402]
Leigh Chronicle, quoted, [6]-[9], [25]
Leigh, Hon. Mary:
life-tenant of Stoneleigh, dies 1806, [194];
her brother's curious will, [195]
Leigh, Theophilus:
squire of Adlestrop, husband of Mary Brydges, [7];
his government of his sons, [7], [8].
See also [Chandos, Duke of]
Leigh, (Rev.) Theophilus:
Master of Balliol, [7];
his witty speeches and long life, [7], [8]
Leigh, (Sir) Thomas:
Lord Mayor when Queen Elizabeth was proclaimed, [6];
Leighs of Adlestrop and of Stoneleigh descended from him, [6]
Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i):
Rector of Harpsden, father of Cassandra Austen, [7];
his gentle character, [8];
his wife, Jane Walker, descended from the Perrots, [9]
Leigh, Thomas (ii):
nephew of (i);
succeeded to Stoneleigh, [195];
the Austens stay with him there, [195]-[7]
Leigh Perrot, James (see also [Perrots]):
son of Rev. Thomas Leigh (of Harpsden), [9];
succeeded to Perrot property, and sold it, [9], [10];
bought Scarlets, [10], [18], [126];
often at Bath (Paragon), [127];
marries Jane Cholmeley, [10];
Mrs. L. P. accused of stealing lace at Bath, [132];
committed and imprisoned, [132];
Mrs. Austen offered to send one or both daughters to be with her, [134];
trial at Taunton, [135], [138];
acquittal, [138];
Mrs. Austen and Jane stay at Paragon in 1801, [165];
claim to succeed to Stoneleigh compromised, [195], [196];
Mr. L. P. loses money by Henry Austen's bankruptcy, [332];
his death and will, [384], &c.
Lloyds (see also [Austen, (Rev.) James]):
Mrs. Lloyd (Martha Craven) lived at Deane, then at Ibthorp, [69];
her daughters, Eliza (Fowle), Martha, and Mary, [69];
Jane's gift to Mary with verses, [69], [70];
verses to Martha, [70];
Mary's marriage to James Austen, [73];
Jane's visit to Ibthorp, [153];
Cassandra there at death of Mrs. Lloyd, [183], &c.;
Martha to live with the Austens, [188];
Martha married to Francis Austen, [74], [402]
Loiterer, The:
periodical conducted by James Austen at Oxford, [47];
Henry writes in it, [48]
Lybbe Powys, Caroline:
see [Cooper, Edward]
Lyfords:
Hants doctors, [115], [355];
one attends Jane in her last illness, [388], &c.
Lyme:
Jane there with parents in 1804, [176];
identification of places in Persuasion, [177]
Mansfield Park:
Jane Austen's third published novel, May 1814;
mentioned during composition, [258], [259], [261];
Frank's ships mentioned in it, [272], [280];
finished, [290];
Henry reading it on the way to London, [291]-[6];
published in May 1814, [296];
description, [296]-[8];
first edition sold out, [296];
second edition (Murray), [308];
opinions of two friends upon, [332]
Mapletons:
friends at Bath, [129];
death of Marianne M., [169], [170]
Marbœuf, Marquise de:
accused by Revolutionists;
Comte de Feuillide befriends her and shares her fate, [44], [45]
Mathew, Anne:
see [Austen, (Rev.) James]
Mathew, General:
father of first Mrs. James Austen, [72];
his generosity, [73]
Mitford, Mary Russell:
at the St. Quentins' school in London, [27];
unflattering views of Jane, [84], [300];
gradually modified, [301], note
Moore, Sir John:
allusions to him and Battle of Corunna, [224], [228], [229]
Morley, Countess of:
corresponds with Jane, [326]
Murray, John:
publishes Emma, [309];
letter from Henry Austen, [310];
letters from Jane, [314], [318], [319];
publishes second edition of Mansfield Park, [308], [318]
Musgrave, Mrs.:
godmother of Jane, [22]
Mystery, The:
very early work of Jane, [53]
Nelson, Lord:
Francis Austen conveys a message to, [160];
his admiration for him, [193]
Northanger Abbey:
earlier of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published in 1818, [403];
first version of, [96];
description, [96]-[7];
sold (after revision) in 1803, [96];
to Messrs. Crosby of London, [174]-[5];
attempt to secure publication (under name Susan), [230]-[4];
MS. recovered, [333];
doubt about publishing (under name Catherine), [336], [337]
Palmer, Fanny:
see [Austen, Charles]
Perrots:
well-known in Oxon and Wales, [9];
property of one branch (Northleigh) comes to James Leigh (Perrot), [9];
through this descent Austens are 'founder's kin' at St. John's, Oxford, [9];
James L. P. sells Northleigh and buys Scarlets, [10]
Persuasion:
later of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published, 1818, [403];
begun 1815, [333];
finished, and end rewritten, 1816, [334], [335];
probably intended to be published with Northanger Abbey (as it eventually was), [336];
author's opinion on it, [336]
Portrait of Jane as a girl:
see [Zoffany]
Portsmouth, Earl of:
as Lord Lymington, a pupil at Steventon, [21];
a neighbour, [68];
courteous message to Cassandra, [144];
ball at Hurstbourne, [150]
Pride and Prejudice (see also [First Impressions]):
Jane's second published novel, January 1813, [257];
read aloud at Chawton, [260]; &c.;
author's own comments, [260]-[3];
description of, [263]-[5];
Jane looks out for pictures of Mrs. Bingley and Mrs. Darcy, [267]-[9];
Warren Hastings's admiration, [275];
Henry divulges secret of authorship, [281];
second edition, [289], [290];
young Fox's admiration, [370]
Ramsgate:
Francis Austen there, raising a corps, [174];
Jane perhaps there in 1803, [174]
Rice, (Rev.) Morland:
owner of Zoffany portrait, [63]
Rowden, Miss:
see [St. Quentins, the]
Russell, Miss (Mrs. Mitford):
mother of Mary Russell Mitford, [84], [300];
her father Rector of Ashe, 1729-83, [17]
St. John's College, Oxford:
George Austen, Scholar and Fellow there, [4], [5];
his sons James and Henry there, [39], [41], [46]
St. Quentins, the:
chiefly manage Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading, [26];
move to London, then to Paris;
assisted by Miss Rowden, [27];
M. R. Mitford and Fanny Kemble educated by them, [27];
also Miss Landon, and Lady Caroline Lamb, [305]
'Sanditon':
name given to Jane's first chapters of a new work, [381], note;
description, [381], [382]
Scarlets:
home of the Leigh Perrots, [10], [18], [126], [384]
Scott, Sir Walter:
writes article in Quarterly on Emma, [326]
Sense and Sensibility:
Jane Austen's first published novel;
sketch for, in letters called Elinor and Marianne, [79], [80];
early version of, [96];
resumed on settling at Chawton, [242];
in hands of printer, April 1811, [244];
comes out at end of October, [254];
description of, [243], [244];
its publication a secret, [254];
its success, [255], [256];
second edition, [290]
Sherwood, Mrs.:
as Miss Butt, at Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading;
her description of it, [26], [27]
Ships (in which Frank or Charles served):
the Unicorn, [78];
the Triton, [103];
the Tamar, [121];
the Peterel, [121], &c.;
the Endymion, [125];
the Neptune, [174];

the Leopard, [192];
the Canopus, [192];
the St. Albans, [203];
the Elephant, [270];
the Namur, [284], note;
the Phœnix, [369]
Southampton:
Austens settle there, [197];
house in Castle Square, [198];
description of surroundings, [202], [203];
they leave Southampton, [229]
Steventon Rectory:
given to G. Austen, [5];
description of, [11]-[15];
G. Austen and family live there (or occasionally at Deane) till 1801, [17], [155], &c.;
leave it for Bath, [164];
Cassandra and Jane visit the James Austens there, [92], [93];
Mrs. G. Austen visits it for the last time, [256]
Stoneleigh:
visit to, [194];
Mr. Leigh Perrot's claim to property compromised, [195]
Stringer, Jane, sister of John Austen (iii):
one of her descendants married to Thomas Knight (i) of Godmersham, [2]
Susan:
see [Northanger Abbey]
Taunton:
Mrs. Leigh Perrot tried and acquitted there, [135], &c.
Theatricals at Steventon:
names of pieces, prologues &c., [63]-[6];
Jane's share unknown, [66]
Trafalgar:
Frank Austen just misses battle, [192], [193]
Walker, Jane:
see [Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)]
Walter, (Rev.) Henry:
son of (Rev.) James W., [6];
mathematician and scholar, [6], [259];
known at Court, [6]
Walter, (Rev.) James:
son of W. H. Walter, met his death in the hunting-field, aged eighty-four, [5]
Walter, Philadelphia:
cousin and correspondent of Eliza de Feuillide, [5];
letters to and from, [38]-[44], [58], [59], [61], [65], [104], [105]
Walter, William Hampson:
elder half-brother of (Rev.) George Austen, [4];
correspondence between his wife and himself and the Austens, [19]-[22]
Watsons, The:
commencement of story, written by Jane about 1804, [175];
why discontinued, [175], [176]
Weller, Elizabeth:
see [Austen, John (iii)]
Williams, Captain T.:
captured La Tribune;
knighted, [78];
marries (i) Jane Cooper, who was killed in a carriage accident, [77], [108];
(ii) Miss Whapshare, [152], [154]
Winchester:
Jane moves there for advice, [388];
lodges in College Street, [389];
dies there, and is buried in the Cathedral, [396], [397], [399]
Zoffany:
painter of (believed) portrait of Jane as a girl, frontispiece, [62];
its history, [63]

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Father of one of the present writers, and grandfather of the other.

[2] Daughter of the author of the Memoir.