INDEX

CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

Abercrombie at Ticonderoga, 1027, 1029

Abercromby in Ireland, 1213;

in Egypt, 1232

Aberdeen, Colonial Secretary, 1456

Acts of Parliament—Abjuration, 874, 876;

Additional Force Bill, 1248;

Alien, 926, 927, 1165, 1356;

American Customs, 1047;

Boston Port, 1070;

Calendar, 1014;

Canada, 1072, 1156;

Catholic Emancipation, 1408;

Coercion, 1438, 1450;

Conciliation, 1085;

Convention, 1207;

Corn Laws altered, 1386, 1402;

Coronation Oath, 811;

Corporation, 823;

Corporation and Test repealed, 1401;

Foreign Enlistment, 1360;

of Grace, 825;

Hovering, 1135;

India, Dundas's, 1129, 1130, Fox's, 1129, Pitt's, 1135;

India Company, 861, 1069, 1442;

Insurrection, 1211;

Irish Church, 1436;

Jews Naturalization, 1015;

Libel, 1157;

Marriage, 1015;

Massachusetts, 1070;

Municipal reform, 1460;

Navigation Act changed, 1379;

Occasional Conformity, 906-909;

Peerage, 947, 948;

Pension, 972;

Poor Law, 1452;

Prison Inquiry, 973;

Recoinage, 850;

Reform, of election petitions, 1060, of Scotch burghs, 1360, the Reform Bill, 1425-1432;

Regency, 1048, 1049, 1143, 1324, 1358;

Resumption, 868;

Riot, 932;

Sale of office, 1299;

Schism, 923, repealed, 947;

Sedition and Treason, 1183, 1354;

Septennial, 938, 939;

Silk trade regulation, 1380;

Six Acts, 1363;

Slave trade abolished, 1271;

Slavery abolished, 1445;

Stamp, 1048, 1051, 1052;

Succession, 871, altered, 940;

Test, altered, 947, repealed, 1401;

Toleration, 810, 1087, 1094;

Traitorous Correspondence, 1178;

Treason, trials for, 855;

Triennial, 844;

Union with Scotland, 928;

Union with Ireland, 1219;

Wool trade regulation, 1381

Adams, at Preston's trial, 1061;

ambassador to France, 1083

Adams, secretary of Constitutional Society, 1180

Addington, Premier, 1230;

his weakness, 1238, 1239;

declares war, 1240;

his difficulties, 1243;

resigns, 1245;

in opposition, 1247;

becomes Lord Sidmouth, rejoins ministry, 1252;

dislikes Melville, 1258;

resigns, 1259;

Lord Privy Seal, 1267;

opposes Slave Trade Bill, 1272;

opposes Catholic claims, 1273;

President of the Council, 1325;

his repressive measures, 1354, 1355;

retires, 1369

Addison, Secretary of State, 942

Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, his marriage, 1358

Agriculture, introduction of turnips, 973;

backward state of, 1014;

improvement in, 1150;

state of, 1333, 1350, 1361

Aislabie implicated in the South Sea frauds, 954

Albemarle. [See Keppel.]

Alberoni, his schemes, 943-945;

his fall, 946

Albuquerque at Cadiz, 1306

Alexander I., Czar, 1233;

remonstrates with Napoleon, 1250, 1260;

character, 1261;

alliance with England, 1281;

at Tilsitt, 1283;

excuses for his conduct, 1284;

at Erfurth, 1294;

estranged from Napoleon, 1312;

determines on war, 1313;

successful, 1320;

mediates in American War, 1326;

visits England, 1335;

desires Poland, 1336, 1338;

dies, 1397

Allen, takes Ticonderoga, 1072;

acknowledged by Congress, 1073

Althorp, head of a Finance Committee, 1394;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1423;

his Irish Church Bill, 1434, 1437;

his opinion of the Coercion Bill, 1439, 1448;

his Budget, 1440;

desires gradual emancipation, 1444;

his influence in the House, 1447, 1455;

wishes to resign, 1449;

becomes Lord Spencer, 1455

Amelia, Princess, dies, 1323

America, trade with, 980, 1014;

Wesley in, 1016;

war with the French in, 1019, 1025, 1029-1031;

origin of the thirteen provinces, 1045, 1046;

trade with, 1046, 1047;

petitions against the Stamp Act, 1048, 1051, 1052;

excitement caused by Townshend's measures, 1054, 1055, 1056;

the tax on tea insisted on, 1057;

increased irritation in, 1061;

organizes opposition, 1068;

first Congress, 1071;

war with, 1072-1084, 1087, 1088, 1094-1103;

conclusion of the war, 1107, 1108, 1110;

suffers from the orders in Council, 1279;

war with, 1325, 1328

Amherst succeeds Loudon, 1026;

takes Louisburg, 1027;

at Quebec, 1029;

suppresses the Gordon riots, 1094

Amherst, Governor-General of India, 1471, 1472

André, his trial and death, 1097

Anglesey, quoted, 1394;

resigns, 1406;

restored, 1439;

resigns, 1448

Anne, Duchess of Marlborough's influence over, 833;

her quarrel with her sister, 834;

reconciled to William, 847;

acknowledged successor by Louis XIV., 858;

death of her son, 870;

influence of Marlborough over, 876;

love for her husband, 878, 912, 913;

her love for the Church, 905, 908, 911;

anger against Nottingham, 909;

a Tory, 909, 914;

dismisses Sunderland and Godolphin, 915;

dismisses the Duchess, 917;

announces the peace in Parliament, 921;

her failing health, 922;

sensitive as to the succession, 923;

Bolingbroke's influence over, 924;

dies, 924

Anson, captures treasure ships, 984;

rebuked by Bute, 1037

Argyle, Earl of, his power, 819;

his share in the massacre of Glencoe, 835;

thwarts Bolingbroke's schemes, 924;

Lord Commissioner, 926;

jealousy of his power, 933;

given the command against Mar, 935;

defeats him at Sheriffmuir, 937;

puts the Pretender to flight, 937;

hostile to Walpole, 983;

Master of the Ordnance, 987

Arnold, his origin, 1072;

takes Ticonderoga, 1073;

attacks Quebec, 1075;

his treachery, 1096;

joins the English, 1097;

his expedition against Virginia, 1099

Artois, Royalist leader, 1175;

at L'Ile Dieu, 1177;

joins Pichegru's conspiracy, 1251

Ashburton. [See Dunning.]

Assassination Plot, 853

Assiento, explained, 919;

restored by Spain, 1011

Atterbury, his plot, 954;

arrested, 955;

banished, 956;

dies, 969

Auchmuty at Monte Video, 1280;

at Buenos Ayres, 1281

Auckland, his treaty with Dumouriez, 1166;

prejudices George against Pitt, 1230;

in the Cabinet, 1423;

First Lord of Admiralty, 1447

Augusta, influence over George III., 1035;

her favour to Bute, 1036, 1042;

her name omitted from the Regency Bill, 1048, 1049

Augustus of Saxony, driven from Poland, 896

Augustus, elected King of Poland, 975

Aurungzebe, his treaty with the India Company, 1114;

dies, 1115

Aylesbury, election disputes, 908, 909

Baird in Egypt, 1232;

in Spain, 1294

Balcarras. [See Lindsay.]

Bank of England, established, 843, 844;

advances money, 850;

attempt to ruin it, 851;

advances money, 852;

competition with the South Sea Company, 951;

affected by the march of Charles Edward, 1005;

suspension of cash payments, 1193;

resumption of cash payments, 1359;

in danger of bankruptcy, 1384;

renewal of its charter, 1441

Barclay, his plot, 850, 853, 854

Barlow, Governor-General of India, 1466

Barnard, incapacity of, 1056;

promoted, 1057

Barras, succeeds Menou, 1186;

in the Directory, 1197

Barré, his pension, 1107;

compensated for the loss of it, 1133

Barrier Treaty, 919, 940, 959;

irritation caused by, 1023

Barrington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1037;

Secretary at War, 1056

Barthélemy, negotiates treaties at Basle, 1173;

in the Directory, 1197

Barwell, in the India Council, 1123;

votes for Hastings, 1125

Bassano, minister in England, 1166

Bath. [See Pulteney.]

Bathurst, Colonial Secretary, 1382;

Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;

resigns, 1392

Battles—

Abendsberg, 1300;

Argaum, 1256;

Aghrim, 829;

Albuera, 1309;

Alexandria, 1232;

Algiers, 1347;

Almanza, 895;

Almenara, 915;

Amboor, 1117;

Aspern, 1300;

Assye, 1256;

Austerlitz, 1266;

Barosa, 1309;

Basignano, 997;

Baylen, 1288;

Beachy Head, 826;

Bergen, 1031;

Bitonto, 976;

Blenheim, 885, 886;

Boyne, 827;

Brihuega, 916;

Brooklyn, 1077;

Bunker's Hill, 1073;

Busaco, 1307;

Buxar, 1121;

Cassano, 889, 1222;

Camperdown, 1198;

Copenhagen, 1232, 1233;

Corunna, 1297;

Coverpauk, 1117;

Creveld, 1027;

Culloden, 1007;

Denain, 921;

Dettingen, 992, 993;

Diamond, 1209;

Dresden, 1321;

Echeren, 881;

Eckmühl, 1300;

Espinosa, 1295;

Exiles, 1011;

Eylau, 1280;

Falkirk, 1005;

Finisterre, 1263;

Fleurus, 826, 1171;

Fontenoy, 998, 999;

Freiberg, 1041;

Friedberg, 997;

Friedland, 1283;

Friedlingen, 879;

Fuentes Onoro, 1309;

Gebora, 1308;

Guildford Courthouse, 1100;

Hagenau, 888;

Hastenbach, 1026;

Hobkirk's Hill, 1100;

Hochstädt, 881;

Hohenlinden, 1227;

Jemmappes, 1159;

Jena, 1276;

Kesseldorf, 997;

Killiecrankie, 820;

Kirch-Denkern, 1037;

Kloster-Campen, 1037;

Kolin, 1026;

Kunersdorf, 1032;

Lagos, 1028;

La Hogue, 837;

Landen, 841;

Laufeldt, 1010;

Langen-Saltza, 1037;

Laswari, 1257;

Leipsic, 1321;

Liegnitz, 1033;

Ligny, 1340;

Lissa, 1026;

Lowositz, 1024;

Luzara, 879;

Magnano, 1222;

Maida, 1282;

Malplaquet, 903;

Marengo, 1226;

Marsiglia, 841;

Martinique, 1109;

Minden, 1031;

Molwitz, 989;

Narva, 895;

Navarino, 1399;

Newton-Butler, 816;

Nile, 1221;

Nivelle, 1320;

Novi, 1222;

Ocana, 1305;

Orthes, 1321;

Oudenarde, 897-900;

Plassy, 1026, 1119;

Preston, 936;

Prestonpans, 1002;

Pultowa, 896;

Pyramids, 1220;

Quatre Bras, 1341;

Quebec, 1031;

Quiberon, 1177;

Ramillies, 891, 892;

Raucoux 1010;

Ratisbon, 1300;

Rorica, 1291;

Roveredo, 1188;

Sabugal, 1308;

St. Vincent, 1193;

Salamanca, 1316;

Saragossa, 915;

Savenay, 1170;

Schellenberg, 884;

Sheriffmuir, 937;

Spires, 881;

Steinkirk, 838;

Stockach, 1222;

Stolhofen, 895;

Talavera, 1304;

Torgau, 1033;

Toulon, 895, 1169;

Toulouse, 1321;

Trafalgar, 1265;

Tudela, 1295;

Turin, 894;

Valmy, 1159;

Villa Viciosa, 916;

Vimiero, 1292;

Vinegar Hill, 1214;

Vittoria, 1319;

Wagram, 1301;

Walcourt, 823;

Wandewash, 1120;

Warburg, 1037;

Waterloo, 1341-1346;

Wynendale, 901;

Zorndorf, 1028;

Zullichan, 1032;

Zurich, 1224

Bedford, his party, 1042;

Prime Minister, 1043;

offends George III., 1049;

protests against his conduct, 1050;

his conduct to the Americans, 1057;

subscribes to the loan, 1190

Benbow, Admiral, his death, 880

Bentinck, promoted, 810;

Earl of Portland, 811;

discovers Marlborough's treachery, 833;

proved innocent of venality, 845;

conference with Boufflers, 857;

impeached, 871

Bentinck in Sicily, 1317, 1372

Beresford, Irish Tory leader, 1200;

his influence, 1208

Beresford, command of Portuguese army, 1298;

at Elvas, 1309;

at Albuera, 1310

Berwick, Duke of, his plot, 850, 853;

leaves England, 854;

in Portugal, 881;

victorious, 887;

at Almanza, 895;

on the Rhine, 900;

commanding the French army, 976

Bexley. [See Vansittart.]

Bills. [See Acts.]

Blake, at Rio Seco, 1288;

defeated, 1295;

at Albuera, 1310, 1311

Blakeney, surrenders Minorca, 1021

Bligh, destroys Cherbourg, 1027

Blücher in Belgium, 1339, 1340;

retreats, 1341;

at Waterloo, 1345;

desires vengeance, 1346

Blunt, director of the South Sea Company, 950

Bolingbroke (St. John) joins the ministry, 881;

supports Occasional Conformity Bill, 907;

Secretary at War, 909;

leader of the moderate Tories, 911;

retires, 913;

Secretary of State, 915;

made Lord Bolingbroke, 921;

concludes peace, 921;

corresponds with the Pretender, 922;

his plot suspected, gains Anne's favour, 923;

his schemes thwarted, 924;

joins the Pretender, 932;

organizes the rebellion, 933;

tries to postpone it, 934;

dismissed by the Pretender, his overtures rejected by Walpole, returns to France, 956;

constant intrigues against Walpole, 958;

bribes the Duchess of Kendal, 962;

withdraws to France, 977;

advises the Prince of Wales, 978, 979;

effect of his teaching on George III., 1035

Bonaparte. [See Napoleon, Jerome, and Joseph.]

Bon St. André, collects a fleet, 1172;

his energy, 1173

Boscawen, Admiral, 1019;

at Lagos, 1028

Bottetort, Governor in America, 1061

Boufflers, in Flanders, 841;

at the Sambre, 847;

arrested, 848;

at Ryswick, 857;

in Guilders, 879;

at Lille, 901;

at Malplaquet, 903, 905

Bourbon, Regent, his policy, 960

Boyle, Secretary of State, 913;

resigns, 915

Braddock, in America, 1019

Breadalbane, his share in the massacre of Glencoe, 834, 835

Bridgewater, subscribes to the loan, 1190

Bridport, mutiny in his fleet, 1194

Broglie, effect of his appointment, 1153

Brougham, his Bill against the slave trade, 1271;

Attorney-General, 1367;

opposes Government, 1374;

supports Canning, 1392;

announces the Reform Bill, 1422;

Lord Chancellor, 1423;

presents a petition against slavery, 1444;

correspondence with Wellesley, 1448;

proposes Melbourne as Premier, 1449;

supports the new Poor Law, 1453;

his dispute with Durham, 1455

Brunswick. [See Ferdinand.]

Buckner, his fleet mutinies, 1195

Burdett, in Parliament, 1359;

his Catholic Relief Bill, 1390;

presents Catholic petition, 1391;

supports Canning, 1392;

presides at National Union meeting, 1428

Burgoyne, reinforces Gage, 1073;

his disasters, 1081, 1082;

in Parliament, 1089

Burgundy, in Flanders, 896;

at Oudenarde, 898

Burke, introduced by Rockingham, 1050;

his first speech, 1051;

defends the Irish claims, 1090;

proposes economical reform, 1091;

upholds toleration, 1094;

assaults North's Government, 1103;

eager for financial reform, 1105, 1106;

tries to restrain Grattan, 1105;

supports Portland, 1112;

opposes Pitt's Irish Bill, 1137;

his action against Hastings, 1139-1141;

effect of the French Revolution upon, 1145;

his opinion of it, 1154;

his book, 1155;

his breach with Fox, 1156;

supports Pitt, 1161, 1163

Burke, Richard, Irish leader, 1205, 1206

Burrard, placed over Wellesley, 1290;

his caution, 1291, 1292;

at Vimiero, 1293

Bussy, De, French ambassador, 1038, 1039;

in India, 1117-1119

Bute, his influence over George III., 1035;

unpopularity of, 1036, 1042, 1049;

Secretary of State, 1037;

Premier, 1039;

his policy, 1040;

his vengeance on the Whigs, resigns, 1041;

intrigues against the ministry, 1042

Buxton, his efforts against slavery, 1382, 1444

Byng, George, in the Channel, 896;

at Cape Passaro, 945

Byng, John (son of George), at Minorca, 1021;

shot, 1022

Cadogan, at Oudenarde, 898;

accused, 947

Caermarthen. [See Danby.]

Caermarthen (son of Danby), defeated at Brest, 846

Caermarthen, Secretary of State, 1132

Calder, at Cape Finisterre, 1262, 1263

Calonne, French minister, 1147, 1152

Camden. [See Pratt.]

Camden (son of Pratt), Viceroy of Ireland, 1209, 1210;

his yeomanry, 1211;

recalled, 1215;

in the Cabinet, 1246

Cameron of Lochiel, joins Charles, 1000;

skirmish at Fort William, 1000;

escapes, 1008

Camissards, rebellion, 880;

suppression of, 881, 887

Canclaux, in La Vendée, 1175

Canning, asks Addington to resign, 1239;

Treasurer of the Navy, 1247;

Foreign Secretary, 1274, 1285;

quarrel with Castlereagh, 1322;

resigns, 1323;

negotiations for his return, 1325;

avoids the Queen's trial, 1369;

Foreign Secretary, 1370;

his foreign policy, 1375;

his Spanish policy, 1376;

supports Huskisson, 1378;

his slave circular, 1382;

his Portuguese policy, 1386;

his Corn Bill, 1388;

supports Catholic emancipation, 1389;

Premier, 1392;

dies, 1393;

his Turkish policy, 1395-1398

Canning, Sir Stratford, at Constantinople, 1396;

his policy, 1400

Carhampton, in Ireland, 1211;

superseded, 1213

Carleton, defends Quebec, 1075;

Minister in America, 1111

Carlisle, First Lord of the Treasury, 874

Carlisle, in the Cabinet, 1112

Carlos, Don, promised Parma and Tuscany, 945;

becomes King of Sicily, 976

Carlos (brother of Ferdinand VII.), 1463;

his civil war, 1464

Carnot, his tactics, 1168, 1171, 1184;

his great plan, 1187;

in the Directory, 1197

Caroline, Queen, favours Walpole, 966;

character, 967, 968;

reprieves Porteous, 979;

dies, 980;

her peaceful influence, 981;

effect of her Church appointments, 1015

Caroline, of Denmark, 1064

Caroline, of Brunswick, marries George IV., 1182;

George desires her divorce, 1365;

her trial, 1366, 1367;

dies, 1368

Carteret, character, 956, 988;

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 957;

joins the Prince of Wales, 978;

Secretary of State, 987;

dismissed, 988;

his German politics, 994;

his fall, 996;

made Lord Granville, 1009;

favourite of George II., 1009;

fails to form a ministry, 1010

Castaños, defeated, 1295

Castlereagh, in Ireland, 1217, 1229;

remains in office, 1246;

Secretary for War, 1274;

neglects the Peninsula War, 1294;

accused of bribery, 1299;

quarrels with Canning, 1322;

resigns, 1323;

Foreign Secretary, 1325;

at Vienna, 1335;

returns, 1339;

his death, 1369;

his foreign policy, 1370, 1371;

its weakness, 1373;

his financial measures, 1377;

supported Catholic emancipation, 1389

Catherine of Russia, her conduct to Poland, 1066;

forms an armed neutrality, 1095;

her ambition, 1148;

her success, 1149

Catholic claims, refused by Walpole, 986;

some penal laws repealed, 1087;

George III. opposes, 1087;

agitation against, 1092-1094;

refused, 1272-1274, 1360, 1368, 1391;

importance of, 1387, 1389;

the Emancipation Bill passed, 1408

Catinat, at Marsiglia, 841;

in Alsace, 879

Cavendish, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1105

Charlemont, friend of Grattan, 1105

Charles Edward, born, 954;

correspondence with Walpole, 984;

goes to Scotland, 999;

his reception, 1000;

in Edinburgh, 1001;

marches into England, 1003;

his character, 1004;

at Culloden, 1007;

his escape, 1008;

supposed intrigue with Frederick II., 1020

Charles XII., his victories, 895, 896;

favours the Stuarts, 941;

danger to England from, 942, 943;

negotiations with Alberoni, 944;

effect of his death, 945, 946

Charles II. of Spain, probable effect of his death, 859, 862;

his first will, 864;

his second will, 869;

dies, 870

Charles III., King of Spain, 1038

Charles IV., his weakness, 1286;

abdicates, 1287

Charles VI., his claim to Spain, 863, 869;

declared King, in Spain, 889, 890, in the Netherlands, 893;

Louis offers to recognize him, 894;

supported by the Catalonians, 895;

occupies Madrid, 915;

leaves his army, 916;

becomes Emperor, 921;

jealous of the new German kingdoms, 941;

joins the Quadruple Alliance, 945;

desires the guarantee of the Pragmatic Sanction, 959, 970, 971;

agrees to suspend the Ostend Company, 962;

deserts his Spanish allies, 970;

dies, 984

Charles Albert, candidate for the empire, 989;

elected as Charles VII., 990;

concludes peace, Bavaria restored to him, 994;

dies, 996

Charles of Lorraine, victorious over the French, 994

Charles, Archduke, at Stockach, 1222;

in Italy, 1264;

his proclamation, 1300;

at Aspern, 1300;

at Wagram, 1301

Charles X., his views, 1413;

his speech 1414;

deposed, 1416

Charlotte, Princess, born, 1182;

dies, 1357

Charnock, his conspiracy, 847;

his trial and execution, 855

Charrette, makes peace, 1175;

shot, 1177

Chatham. [See Pitt.]

Chatham (son of the above), proposed as Premier, 1240;

his volunteer reviews, 1248;

in the ministry, 1274;

has command of the Walcheren expedition, 1302

Chauvelin, his diplomacy, 1163;

dismissed, 1165;

his false information, 1166

Chesterfield, dismissed, 975;

joins the Prince of Wales, 978;

excluded from the ministry, 987;

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 996;

disliked by George II., 997;

Secretary of State, 1010;

reforms the Calendar, 1014

Cheyte Singh, robbed by Hastings, 1128, 1140

Child, Sir Josiah, manager of the East India Company, 860

Choiseul, his vigorous rule, 1031;

desires peace, 1037;

his offers, 1038;

prepares for war, 1058;

his diplomacy, 1062;

effect of his fall, 1165,1166

Chunda Sahib, claims the Carnatic, 1117;

killed, 1118

Church, discontented with the Revolution, 807;

settlement of, 810;

the Nonjurors, 811;

favoured by Tories and by Queen Anne, 905, 911;

Occasional Conformity Bill, 906, 907, 947;

the Schism Act repealed, 947;

favoured by Queen Caroline, 967;

decay of, 1015, 1016;

influence of the Methodists on, 1017;

the Tractarians, 1451

Churchill. [See Marlborough.]

Civil List, of William III., 810, 825;

of Anne, 876;

of George I., 930;

of George II., 966, 967, 1013;

of George III., 1082;

of George IV., 1182;

extravagance of, 1349, 1358

Claim of Right, 818

Clairfait, defeated, 1171

Clare. [See Fitzgibbon.]

Clarence. [See William.]

Clarendon, engaged in a Jacobite plot, 825

Clark, corresponds with Tone, 1190

Clarkson, his evidence on the slave trade, 1271

Clausel, succeeds Marmont, 1317;

his skill, 1318

Claverhouse, agent of James II., 818;

Earl of Dundee, escapes from Edinburgh, 818;

reaches Inverness, 819;

makes use of Highland quarrels, 820;

killed at Killiecrankie, 821

Clermont, his character, 1027

Clinton, reinforces Gage, 1073;

at Bunker's Hill, 1074;

at New York, 1081;

succeeds Howe, 1088;

captures Charleston, 1095;

at New York, 1096;

negotiates with Arnold, 1097;

at New York, 1101;

fails to rescue Yorktown, 1102

Clive, in India, 1019, 1026;

defeats Du-pleix, 1117;

Governor of Madras, 1118;

regains Calcutta, 1118;

his forgery, 1119;

disputes in the Council, 1121;

expels Meer Cossim, 1122;

dies, 1124

Club, in Scotland, origin of, 819;

joins the Jacobites, 830

Clugny, French Minister, 1152

Cobbett, influence of his writings, 1352;

his speeches, 1421

Cobham, deprived of his army commission, 975;

joins the Prince of Wales, 978

Coburg, in Flanders, 1171

Cockburn, in America, 1327

Codrington, at Navarino, 1399, 1400

Cohorn, engineer, 838;

at the siege of Namur, 847

Collingwood, at Trafalgar, 1265;

at the Dardanelles, 1281

Collot d'Herbois, his cruelty, 1169

Commerce, injured by French privateers, 838;

loss of the Smyrna fleet, 841;

the East India trade, 860-862;

the Darien scheme, 865-867;

commercial advantages at the Peace of Utrecht, 919, 921;

regulation of the Scotch trade, 927;

the South Sea scheme, 949-953;

commercial treaty with Spain, 958, 1011;

the Ostend Company, 959, 961, 962, 971;

prevalence of smuggling, 974, 981;

rapid increase of, 1013, 1014;

restrictions on colonial trade, 1046, 1047, 1051, 1052, 1069, 1070;

Pitt's Irish Commercial Bill, 1136;

suspension of cash payments, 1193;

Continental System, 1277-1279;

depression of commerce, 1332, 1350, 1351;

Huskisson's improvements, 1379-1381;

commercial distress, 1383-1386;

the West India trade, 1443

Compton, Sir Spencer, made President of the Council, 966;

made Lord Wilmington, 966;

supports Walpole, 983;

Premier, 987;

dies, 988

Conflans, at Brest, 1028;

at Quiberon, 1029

Conway, Secretary of State, 1050;

his speech, 1051;

deprived of army commission, 1052;

remains in office, 1053;

in Parliament, 1104;

in the ministry, 1105

Cook, director of the East India Company, 845;

his accounts, 861

Coote, defeats Lally, 1120;

in Mahratta war, 1127;

at Madras, 1128

Cope, marches against Charles Edward, 1001;

at Prestonpans, 1002

Cormatin, Chouan leader, 1174

Cornwallis, in Carolina, 1096, 1098, 1100;

retreats, 1101;

takes Yorktown, 1101;

besieged, 1102;

surrenders, 1103;

Viceroy of Ireland, 1215-1217;

in India, 1219;

at Amiens, 1234;

Governor-General of India, 1466

Cornwallis, Admiral, at Brest, 1262

Coronation Oath, 811

Cowper, made Lord Chancellor, 910, 931

Cradock, in Portugal, 1298

Craggs, Secretary at War, 942;

death of, 954

Crillon, takes Minorca, 1099;

attacks Gibraltar, 1109

Cuesta, at Rio Seco, 1288;

his character, 1303;

at Talavera, 1304

Cumberland, William, Duke of, at Dettingen, 993;

at Fontenoy, 998;

collects an army, 1003;

Charles Edward escapes from, 1004;

he overtakes him, 1005;

character, 1006;

at Culloden, 1007;

his cruelty, 1008;

at Laufeldt, 1010;

Fox a protégé of, 1018;

defeated, 1026;

negotiates with Pitt, 1049, 1050;

forms a Whig ministry, 1050

Cumberland (son of William), his character, 1064

Cumberland. [See Ernest.]

Curran, Solicitor-General, 1208;

opposes the Union, 1217

Currency re-established, 848-850

D'Aiguillon, succeeds Choiseul, 1062

Dalrymple, sent to Scotland, 817;

made Viscount Stair, 834

Dalrymple. [See Stair.]

Dalrymple, in Portugal, 1290;

supersedes Burrard, 1293

Danby, President of the Council, 809;

Lord Caermarthen, 811;

Parliamentary attack on, 821;

Premier, 824;

chief adviser to Mary, 826;

discovers Preston's plot, 831;

Lord President, 843;

Duke of Leeds, accused of venality, 845;

retires, 846

Danton, his party, 1185

Darien scheme, 865-867;

ill-feeling excited by, 925, 933;

the Company dissolved, 927

Darmstadt, takes Gibraltar, 887;

his quarrel with Peterborough, 889

Dartmouth, his conspiracy, 825

Dartmouth, Colonial Secretary, 1068, 1072

Dashwood, Treasurer of the Chamber, 1037;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1041

Davoust, in Prussia, 1276

De Broglie, at Minden, 1031, 1032;

at Langen-Saltza, 1037

D'Enghien, murdered, 1251

D'Erlon, in Belgium, 1341;

at Waterloo, 1344

D'Estaing, French admiral, 1088

D'Estrées, French admiral, 836

D'Estrées, Marshal, at Hastenbach, 1026

De Grasse, Admiral, 1099;

fights with Graves, 1101, 1102;

at Jamaica, 1109

D'Hervilly, at Quiberon, 1176, 1177

De la Clue, at Lagos, 1028

De la Croix, French minister, 1189

De Puisaye, Chouan leader, 1174;

in England, 1175;

at Quiberon, 1176;

escapes, 1177

De Suffren, Admiral, 1099, 1104;

in India, 1128

Derby. [See Stanley.]

Derwentwater, at Preston, 936;

executed, 938

Desaix, at Marengo, 1226

Devonshire, Lord Steward, 877

Devonshire, First Lord of the Treasury, 1021;

deprived of his office of Chamberlain, 1041;

friend of Pitt, 1042

Digby, Admiral, 1095

Doddington, leader of the Opposition, 1012

Donzelot, at Waterloo, 1344

Drouet, in Estremadura, 1313, 1314

Drummond, James, joins Charles Edward, 1001

Drummond, John, joins Charles Edward, 1005;

at Falkirk, 1006

Dubarry, her influence, 1062;

character, 1065

Dubois, his negotiations, 940

Duckworth, at the Dardanelles, 1281

Dudley, Foreign Secretary, 1392;

supports Wellington, 1395;

signs Treaty of London, 1398;

resigns, 1402

Dumouriez, his victories, 1159;

treats with Auckland, 1166;

meditates treason, 1168

Duncan, watches the Dutch, 1194;

mutiny in his fleet, 1196;

at Camperdown, 1198

Duncannon. [See Ponsonby.]

Dundas, proposes Catholic relief, 1087;

his India Bill, 1129;

supports Pitt, 1132, 1135;

defends Hastings, 1139;

resigns, 1230;

negotiates for Pitt's return, 1240;

made Lord Melville, 1246;

his energy, 1249;

attack on his naval administration, 1258;

resigns, 1259;

acquitted, 1260;

resigns, 1392

Dundee. [See Claverhouse.]

Dunning, Solicitor-General, 1058;

presents American petition, 1068;

his motion, 1092;

Lord Ashburton, in the ministry, 1105

Dupleix, in India, 1019;

in Pondicherry 1115;

his schemes, 1116, 1117;

dies, 1118

Durham, his reform measure, 1368;

Privy Seal, 1423;

resigns, 1439;

his dispute with Brougham, 1455

Edward, Duke of Kent, his marriage, 1358

Egremont, Secretary of State, 1039;

dies, 1042

Elector of Bavaria. [See Charles Albert and Maximilian.]

Elector of Hanover. [See George I.]

Eldon, prosecutes Hardy, 1181;

Lord Chancellor, 1230;

negotiates for Pitt's return, 1245;

remains in office, 1246;

opposes the Slave Trade Bill, 1272;

opposes the Catholic Bill, 1273;

his influence, 1274;

high Tory, 1387;

Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;

resigns, 1392;

quoted, 1401;

interview with George IV., 1408

Elizabeth of Russia, alliance with Austria, 1023;

dies, 1040

Ellenborough, in the Cabinet, 1267;

opposes the Catholic claims, 1273;

judges Hone, 1356

Elliot, at Gibraltar, 1109

Emmett, his rebellion, 1242;

hanged, 1243

Ernest, his marriage, 1358

Erskine, desires reform, 1162;

defends Hardy, 1181

Eugene, in Italy, 879;

his friendship with Marlborough, 882;

joins Marlborough, 884;

sent to Italy, 888;

at Turin, 893;

at Toulon, 895;

at the Hague, 897;

at Oudenarde, 897;

besieges Lille, 901;

at Malplaquet, 903, 904;

at the Diet of Frankfort, 918;

deserted by the English, 921;

commanding German army, 976

Exmouth, at Algiers, 1347

Family Compact, the, 981;

suspected by Pitt, 1038;

signed, 1039

Fenwick, his conspiracy, 847;

his trial, 855;

executed, 856

Ferdinand IV., of Naples, insurrection against, 1372;

at Laibach, 1373

Ferdinand VII., of Spain, 1286;

abdicates, 1287;

restored, rebellion against, 1371;

changes the law of succession, 1463;

dies, 1464

Ferdinand, of Brunswick, 1026;

at Creveld, 1027;

at Minden, 1031, 1032;

his successes, 1037;

his manifesto, 1158;

at Jena, 1276;

in Saxony, 1301

Fitzgerald, in France, 1209, 1211;

killed, 1214

Fitzgerald, his cruelty, 1218

Fitzgibbon, Irish leader, 1200;

his vigour, 1206, 1207;

his policy, 1208;

opposes Catholic claims, 1209;

Lord Clare, advises amnesty, 1215;

urges the Union, 1217

Fitzwilliam, Lord President, 1181;

Viceroy of Ireland, 1208;

recalled, 1209;

President of the Council, 1267

Fleury, his pacific views, 961, 970;

his policy, 975;

dupes Walpole, 981;

promises mediation, 982;

intrigues with the Jacobites, 983

Flood, his Reform Bill, 1136, 1155

Forbes, President of Scotland, 1000

Forbes, takes Fort Duquesne, 1027

Forster, at Preston, 936

Fox, Henry, Secretary at War, 1018;

Secretary of State, 1020;

resigns, 1021;

Paymaster-General, 1022;

purchases a majority in the House, 1041;

belongs to the Bedford party, 1042;

Lord Holland, dismissed, 1049

Fox, Charles James (son of the above), champion of the Americans, 1082;

at Westminster, 1092;

assaults the Government, 1103, 1104;

Secretary of State, 1105;

yields to Grattan, 1106;

supports Pitt, 1107;

negotiates peace, 1108;

in Opposition, 1111;

Secretary of State, 1112;

his India Bill, 1129;

opposes Pitt, 1133;

his election, 1134;

opposes Pitt's Irish Bill, 1137;

accuses Hastings, 1140;

friend of George IV., 1141;

his opinion of the French Revolution, 1154, 1161;

his breach with Burke, 1156;

his Libel Bill, 1157;

opposes Pitt, 1164, 1183;

alliance with Grenville, 1243;

George's prejudice against, 1246;

doubts the French invasion, 1247;

Foreign Minister, 1266;

character, 1267;

negotiations with Napoleon, 1268-1270;

dies, 1270;

proposes the abolition of the slave trade, 1271

Fox, Lord Holland, nephew of Charles, opposes the Government, 1374;

in the Cabinet, 1423

Francis I., marries Maria Theresa, 976;

supported by Frederick II., 989;

elected Emperor, 996;

acknowledged at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1011

Francis, author of Junius' Letters, 1057, 1058;

in India Council, 1124;

opposes Hastings, 1125, 1139

Franklin, in England, 1052;

agent for Massachusetts, 1068;

insulted, 1069;

with Chatham, 1072;

in France, 1083;

his medal, 1103;

in Paris, 1108

Frederick William, becomes King, 941;

desires Juliers, 962

Frederick II., his ambition, 989;

alliance with France, 990;

deserts France, 991;

takes Prague, 996;

deserted by his allies, 997;

quarrels with George II., 1020;

begins the Seven Years' War, 1023;

his campaign of 1758, 1026;

campaign of 1759, 1028;

fourth campaign, 1032, 1033;

his success, 1041;

his character, 1054;

partitions Poland, 1066;

alliance with Russia, 1096, 1148

Frederick William II., attacks France in Holland, 1147;

alliance with England, 1149;

leaves the coalition, 1173;

dies, 1221

Frederick William III., declares war with Napoleon, 1276;

visits England, 1335

Frederick, Prince of Wales, leader of the Opposition, 978, 1012;

his quarrel with his father, 978, 979, 980

Frederick, Duke of York, in Holland, 1169;

recalled, 1172;

captures the Dutch fleet, 1223;

withdraws, 1224;

appreciates the Peninsula War, 1294;

deprived of his office, 1299;

opposes Catholic relief, 1391;

dies, 1392

Frere, urges Moore's advance, 1295;

his false information, 1322;

recalled, 1323

Gage, Governor, 1071;

defeated, 1072;

at Bunker's Hill, 1073;

his delays, 1074, 1075

Galway, succeeds Schomberg, 887;

in Spain, 889;

occupies Madrid, 890;

Commander-in-chief, 895

Gates, Burgoyne surrenders to, 1082;

Washington's rival, 1087;

in Carolina, 1097, 1098

Gaultier, his negotiations, 917, 918

Gay, writes against Walpole, 978

George I., in command of the Imperial troops, 896;

summoned to England, 923, 924;

his character, 930, 931;

goes to Hanover, 940;

his German policy, 941;

his dislike to Townshend, 942;

at the opening of Parliament, 955;

friendship for Carteret, 957;

dies, 963;

character, 964

George II., comes to England, 930;

made Guardian of the Realm, 940;

his dislike to Sunderland, 948;

his character, 966;

trusts Walpole, 967;

Wyndham's description of, 977;

his parsimony, 978;

his quarrel with his son, 979, 980;

desires war, 981;

his love for Hanover, 988;

at Dettingen, 993;

his negotiations at Hanover, 994;

dislikes Chesterfield and Pitt, 997, 1018, 1022;

his friendship for Carteret, 988, 1009, 1010;

his grief at Pelham's death, 1018;

goes to Hanover, 1020;

dies, 1033

George III., his education, 1035;

his views of royalty, 1036, 1060;

his popularity, 1036;

his interview with Pitt, 1042;

his illness, 1048;

the Regency Bill, 1049;

dislike to his ministers, 1050, 1052;

his views on his ministry, 1053;

determination to conquer the Americans, 1055;

appoints Lord North Premier, 1059;

triumph of his policy, 1060;

his domestic life, 1064, 1140;

selfish policy, 1065;

prejudice against America, 1070, 1077, 1085;

his frugality, 1082;

prejudice against Catholic emancipation, 1087;

his command over North, 1089;

his power over Parliament, 1091;

his courage, 1093, 1094, 1183;

his determination, 1104;

friendship for Thurlow, 1105;

his dislike of the Whigs, 1112;

opposition to Fox's India Bill, 1131, 1132;

his illness, 1142, 1143;

chooses a wife for George IV., 1182;

assaulted, 1183;

interferes in the army, 1191;

loyalty of the fleet towards, 1196;

refuses Irish Catholic emancipation, 1209;

return of his illness, 1230;

interview with Pitt, 1245;

his prejudice against Fox, 1246, 1266;

rejects the Catholic claims, 1273-1275;

final illness, 1323;

respected, 1357;

dies, 1363

George IV., as Prince of Wales, his depravity, 1140, 1141, 1357;

proposed as Regent, 1143;

his marriage, 1182;

Regent, 1334;

his speech, 1349;

assaulted, 1354;

his ill health, 1358;

approves of the Manchester massacre, 1363;

his conduct to his wife, 1365, 1367;

opposes the Catholic claims, 1392, 1395, 1407, 1409;

receives Donna Maria, 1411;

dies, 1416

George of Denmark, unfit for a general, 878;

attack on his naval administration, 912;

dies, 913

Georges, Chouan leader, 1240;

his conspiracy, 1251

Germaine, desires to retire, 1084;

retires, 1104

Gibraltar, taken, 887;

importance of, 970

Ginkel, at Ipswich, 808;

in Ireland, 828, 829;

receives a grant, 868

Glencoe, massacre of, 834-836

Gloucester (brother of George III.), his marriage, 1064

Gneisenau, in Belgium, 1341;

at Waterloo, 1346

Goderich. [See Robinson.]

Godolphin, on Treasury Commission, 810;

Jacobite tendencies, 832;

industry, 843;

accused of treason, 855;

resigns, 856;

First Lord of the Treasury, 870;

dismissed, 874;

Lord Treasurer, 876;

intrusted with Marlborough's plans, 882;

influence over Anne, 909;

son-in-law to Marlborough, 910;

timidity, 911, 912;

submits to an affront, 914;

dismissed, 915

Godoy, Spanish minister, 1173;

rules Spain, 1252;

intrigues with Napoleon, 1286

Gordon, his character, 1087;

provokes riots, 1092, 1093;

dies, 1094

Görtz, minister of Charles XII., 943

Goulbourn, Irish Secretary, 1389;

Home Secretary, 1456

Gower, in the Privy Council, 877;

on the Jacobite Committee, 954;

collects followers, 955;

Privy Seal, 997

Gower, President of the Council, 1132

Grafton, visits Wilkes, 1043;

Secretary of State, 1050;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1053;

subservient to the King, 1055;

his conciliatory measures, 1057;

resigns, 1058;

returns, 1063;

in Rockingham's ministry, 1105

Graham, at Cadiz, 1308;

at Vittoria, 1319

Graham, in the Cabinet, 1423;

resigns, 1447;

refuses to join Peel, 1456

Grammont, at Dettingen, 993

Granby, at Minden, 1032;

attacks the ministry, 1058;

dies, 1061

Grant, resigns, 1402, 1403;

President of Board of Control, 1423

Granville. [See Carteret.]

Grattan, Irish leader, 1090, 1105, 1106;

his policy, 1199, 1200, 1201;

interview with Pitt, 1208;

urges Catholic claims, 1209;

secedes, 1213;

opposes the Union, 1217;

speech against the Union, 1218;

speech on Catholic emancipation, 1360

Grenville, George, leader of the Commons, 1041;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1042;

proceeds against Wilkes, 1043;

his mistakes, 1045, 1047;

his trick with regard to the Regency Bill, 1049;

his alliance with Temple, 1049;

his speech in answer to Pitt, 1051;

reconciliation with Pitt, 1058;

reforms election petitions, dies, 1060

Grenville, James (brother of George), resigns, 1058

Grenville, Thomas (second son of George), in Paris, 1108;

joins Pitt, 1163

Grenville, William (third son of George), supports Pitt, 1132;

rebukes Chauvelin, 1163;

his instructions to Malmesbury, 1189;

letter to Napoleon, 1225;

his political economy, 1229;

retires, 1230;

disapproves of the peace, 1235;

excluded from office, 1240;

his alliance with Fox, 1243, 1246, 1247;

ridicules the volunteers, 1248;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1267;

his Catholic policy, 1272;

resigns, 1274;

incapacity for war, 1280;

attempts to form a ministry, 1325;

declines office, 1369

Grey, his liberality, 1161;

his motion for reform, 1162;

his petition, 1163;

First Lord of the Admiralty, 1267;

quoted, 1268;

introduces Slave Trade Bill, 1272;

supports Catholic claims, 1273;

quarrels with George IV., 1324;

attempts to form a ministry, 1325;

opposes Government, 1374;

Premier, 1423;

refuses repressive measures, 1424;

resigns, returns, 1430;

his Church policy, 1435;

his Coercion Bill, 1438;

his speech, 1447;

his difficulties, 1448;\

resigns, 1449

Grouchy, at Bantry Bay, 1212;

pursues Blücher, 1341;

expected at Waterloo, 1344

Gustavus III., his character, 1064;

attacks Russia 1148

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 808, 854, 935, 1181, 1211, 1354, 1355, 1390, 1439

Hales, Sir Edward, impeached, 823

Halifax. [See Montague.]

Halifax, at the coronation of William, 806;

Privy Seal, 809;

parliamentary attack on, 821, 823;

withdraws, 824;

member of the Junto, 842

Halifax, Secretary of State, 1042;

deceives the King, 1049

Hamilton, Gustavus, at Enniskillen, 813

Hamilton, Richard, his treason, 813;

at Londonderry, 814, 815;

taken prisoner, 827

Hamilton, Duke of, in Scotland, 818

Hanoverian courtiers, 940;

dislike Townshend, 942;

opposition to Stanhope, 946;

receive bribes from the South Sea Company, 952;

bad influence of, 964

Harcourt, French diplomatist, 869

Harcourt, retires, 913;

Lord Chancellor, 915;

Jacobite tendencies, 922;

his skill in wording the Union, 928

Harcourt, in Cuttack, 1255;

successful, 1257

Hardinge, at Albuera, 1311;

insulted by O'Connell, 1421;

Irish Secretary, 1456

Hardwicke, supports Walpole, 983;

remains in office, 987, 988;

his Marriage Act, 1015

Hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1241

Hardy, Admiral, 1089

Hardy, his trial, 1180, 1181

Harley, tries to establish the Land Bank, 851;

joins the ministry, 881;

Secretary of State, 909;

intrigues against Marlborough, 911;

dismissed, 913;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 915;

his policy, 916;

stabbed, Earl of Oxford, Lord Treasurer, 918;

his Jacobite tendencies, 922;

indecision, 923;

dismissed, 924;

impeachment against him dropped, 932;

his trial, 947;

his financial scheme, 949;

joins James, 955

Harrington. [See Stanhope.]

Harris, at Seringapatam, 1224

Harris. [See Malmesbury.]

Harrison, his speech at Stockport, arrested, 1362;

his trial, 1366

Harrowby, Foreign Secretary, 1246;

his views, 1250;

resigns, 1252;

refuses the Premiership, 1395

Harvey, character, 969;

supports Walpole, 983

Hastings, Warren, Governor-General, 1123;

accused in the Council, 1125;

war with the Mahrattas, 1126, 1127;

robs Cheyte Singh, 1128;

reprimanded, 1129;

his trial, 1139-1141

Hastings. [See Rawdon.]

Hawke, contradictory orders to, 1019;

at Rochefort, 1025;

at Brest, 1028;

at Quiberon, 1029

Hawkesbury, Foreign Secretary, 1238;

Home Secretary, 1246;

remonstrates with Napoleon, 1251;

refuses the Premiership, 1266;

Home Secretary, 1274

Hawley, supersedes Wade, 1005;

at Falkirk, 1006;

his cruelty, 1008

Hébert, his party, 1185

Hedges, Secretary of State, 870;

dismissed, 874;

Secretary of State, 877

Heinsius, friendship with Marlborough, 882;

rejects proposals for peace, 894;

refuses to make a separate peace, 902

Henry, brother of Frederick II., 1041

Herbert, his maladministration, 822;

at Beachy Head, 826

Herries, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1394;

resigns, 1395;

Secretary at War, 1456

Hill, in Estremadura, 1313;

moves north, 1315;

threatened by Soult, 1318

Hillsborough, Colonial Secretary, 1056;

his folly, 1058;

effect of his policy, 1061

Hobhouse, Irish Secretary, 1439;

resigns, 1440;

in the Cabinet, 1450

Hoche, defeats the Prussians, 1169;

in La Vendée, 1175;

at Quiberon, 1176;

in Belgium, 1194;

plans the Irish invasion, 1189, 1209;

his expedition, 1191, 1211, 1212

Hofer, his insurrection, 1301

Holderness, removed, 1037

Holkar, his power, 1126;

defeated, 1127;

extent of his territory, 1254;

war with Wellesley, 1255;

defeated, 1257;

war with Hastings, 1469

Holland. [See Fox.]

Hone, his trial, 1355, 1356

Hood, succeeds Rodney, 1099;

candidate for Westminster, 1134;

at Toulon, 1169;

takes Bastia, 1172

Horner, his financial views, 1359

Houchard, in Holland, 1168

Howe, Admiral, destroys Cherbourg, 1027;

goes to America, 1076;

at Gibraltar, 1110;

First Lord of the Admiralty, 1132;

defeats the French, 1173;

his popularity, 1195

Howe, General, reinforces Gage, 1073;

succeeds Gage, 1075;

retreats, 1076;

his delays, 1079;

takes Philadelphia, 1080;

superseded, 1088;

in Parliament, 1089

Howick. [See Grey.]

Hozier, at Porto Bello, 984

Hughes, his battles with De Suffren, 1128

Humbert, at Quiberon, 1177;

in Ireland, 1216

Hume, leader of the Radicals, 1434

Hunt, at Spa Fields, 1352;

candidate for Parliament, 1359;

at the Manchester massacre, 1362;

his trial, 1366;

his speeches, 1421

Huskisson, Secretary of the Treasury, 1247;

President of the Board of Trade, 1377;

his Liberal views, 1378;

changes the Navigation Act, 1379;

improves the silk trade, 1380;

the wool trade, 1381;

his views on slavery, 1382;

his opponents, 1387;

his Corn Bill, 1388;

remains in office, 1392;

Colonial Secretary, 1394;

resigns, 1395;

his speech at Liverpool, 1396;

dies, 1421

Hutchinson, Governor, 1067;

his letters, 1068;

recalled, 1071

Hutchinson, in Egypt, 1232

Hyder Ali, his origin, 1122;

attacks Madras, 1127;

dies, 1128

Ibrahim Pasha, in Greece, 1397;

at Navarino, 1399;

in Syria, 1465

Impey, gives judgment for Hastings, 1125, 1126, 1129

India Company, their accounts examined, 845;

union of the two Companies, 860-862, 1113, 1114;

their tea trade, 1069;

settlement of the Company, 1442

India, conquest of, 1019, 1026, 1032, 1040, 1054, 1113-1129;

Fox's India Bill, 1129-1131;

Pitt's India Bill, 1135;

Napoleon's designs on, 1219;

war with Tippoo Sahib, 1224;

the Mahratta war, 1253-1257;

from 1805 till 1825, 1465-1472

Ireland, rebellion against William III., 812-816, 822, 827-830;

Irish forfeitures, 868;

excitement caused by Drapier's letters, 957;

Grattan's agitation in, 1090, 1105, 1106;

Flood's agitation in, 1136, 1137;

the rebellion of 1798, 1199-1219;

Emmett's rebellion, 1241-1243;

Wellesley's administration, 1389, 1390;

the Catholic Association, 1403-1406;

O'Connell's repeal agitation, 1409, 1421, 1434;

the Irish Church, 1435-1438, 1446, 1458;

the Coercion Bill, 1438, 1448

Isabella of Spain, 1464

Jacobites, contrast between Irish and English, 814, 816;

in Scotland, 819;

plot discovered, 825;

Preston's plot, 831;

in the ministry, 832;

Assassination Plot, 853-856;

first attempt of James Edward, 896;

negotiations with Harley, 916, 917;

with Bolingbroke, 922, 930;

dislike to the Union 927;

rebellion of 1715, 932-938;

intrigues with Sweden and Alberoni, 943-945;

Atterbury's plot, 954, 955;

intrigues with Ripperda, 960;

in the ministry, 964;

in the Parliament, 968;

depression of, 969;

intrigues with Spain and France, 983;

threatened invasion, 995;

rebellion of 1745, 999-1009

James II., assisted by Louis XIV., 811;

makes use of Ireland, 812;

at St. Germains, 814;

goes to Ireland, 814;

at Londonderry, 815;

his letter to Scotland, 818;

at the Boyne, 827;

leaves Ireland, 828;

invited to England, 831;

still hopeful, 832;

begs Louis to invade England, 836;

his declaration, 837;

at La Hogue, 838;

leaves France, 858;

dies, 873

James Edward, acknowledged by Louis, 873;

has the measles, 896;

corresponds with Bolingbroke, 922;

his chance of the crown, 930;

his insurrection, 934;

at St. Malo, 935;

in Scotland, 937;

character, 938;

collects a second expedition, 945;

its failure, 946;

attempts discipline, 955;

alienates his friends, 969

Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1283

Jersey, in the Council, 877;

dismissed, 909

Jervis, at St. Vincent, 1193;

mismanagement of, 1244;

his naval inquiries, 1258

Johnson, Dr., quoted, 1133

Joseph, Electoral Prince, his right to Spain, 863;

dies, 869

Joseph Bonaparte, at Amiens, 1234;

King of Naples, 1269;

King of Spain, 1287;

retires, 1288;

in Madrid, 1303;

at Talavera, 1304;

quarrels with Napoleon, 1312;

retreats, 1317;

quarrels with his generals, 1318;

superseded, 1320;

at Paris, 1329

Joseph I., Emperor, 888;

dislikes the proposed peace, 894;

dies, 918

Joseph II., attempt to make him King of the Romans, 1020;

treaty with Russia, 1148;

dies, 1149

Jourdan, defeats the Austrians, 1169;

on the Rhine, 1174;

on the Meuse, 1187;

at Stockach, 1222

Joyce, arrest of, 1180

Junius. [See Francis.]

Junot, invades Portugal, 1287;

occupies Lisbon, 1288;

establishes order, 1289;

at Vimiero, 1292;

his army increased, 1295

Kellermann, at Valmy, 1159

Kempenfeldt, Admiral, 1103

Kendal, Duchess of, opposes Townshend, 940;

bribed, 957, 962, 963

Kenmure, at Preston, 936;

executed, 938

Keppel, receives Crown lands, 868

Keppel, quarrels with Pallisser, 1089;

in the ministry, 1105;

in the Cabinet, 1112

Khevenhüller, at Munich, 990

Kidd, Captain, 871

Kilwarden, murdered, 1242

Kirke, relieves Londonderry, 816

Kleber, in La Vendée, 1169, 1170;

in Egypt, 1224;

assassinated, 1231

Korsakoff, in Switzerland, 1224

Laborde, at Rorica, 1291

Labourdonnais, in India, 1019;

at the Mauritius, 1115;

opposes Dupleix, 1116

Lafayette, goes to America, 1083;

head of the National Guard, 1154

Lake, disarms Ulster, 1212;

disarms Munster, 1213;

in India, 1255, 1257

Lally, in India, 1119;

defeated, 1120

Lambert, at New Orleans, 1328

Lambton. [See Durham.]

Land Bank, its failure, 851

Langrishe, supports Catholic relief, 1205

Lannes, with Napoleon, 1224;

at Tudela, 1295

Lansdowne (son of Shelburne), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1267;

in the Cabinet, 1392;

Home Secretary, 1394;

President of the Council, 1423

La Peña, inefficiency of, 1309

Lauderdale, his views, 1162;

negotiating with Talleyrand, 1270

Lauriston, his reception, 1234

Lauzun, at the Boyne, 826, 827;

leaves Dublin, 828;

at St. Germains, 836

Leake, Sir John, in Spain, 890

Lebas, in Alsace, 1169;

in Flanders, 1171

Le Brun, French minister, 1165

Leeds. [See Danby.]

Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1018;

refuses to support subsidies, 1020;

dismissed, 1021;

resigns, 1037

Leopold, marries Princess Charlotte, 1358;

supports Queen Caroline, 1368;

refuses the kingdom of Greece, 1401;

King of Belgium, 1462

Leopold I., his selfish policy, 857;

objects to peace, 858;

his claim to Spain, 862, 863;

joins the Grand Alliance, 873;

his critical position, 882;

dies, 888

Leopold II., concludes Convention of Reichenbach, 1149

Lincoln, surrenders Charleston, 1095

Lindsay, agent of James II., 818;

arrested, 819

Littleton, Irish Secretary, 1439;

his negotiations with O'Connell, 1448;

resigns, 1449

Liverpool, Minister at War, 1323;

Premier, 1325;

at Queen Caroline's trial, 1367;

a high Tory, 1387;

Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;

his illness, 1388

Lochiel. [See Cameron.]

Locke, on the Currency Commission, 849

Lomenie de Brienne, 1147, 1152

Londonderry. [See Castlereagh.]

Londonderry, siege of, 813-816

Lorraine, ceded to France, 976

Loudon, Lord, incapacity of, 1025;

dismissed, 1026

Loudon, Colonel, at Kunersdorf, 1032

Loughborough, opposes Catholic relief, 1229, 1230;

resigns, 1230

Louis XIV., assists James II., 811;

alliance with Turkey, 812;

takes Mons, 831;

plans an invasion of England, 836;

his great efforts, 840, 841;

acquainted with the Assassination Plot, 850, 854;

desires peace, 856-858;

accepts Spain for Philip V., 870;

captures the Dutch troops, 871;

acknowledges James Edward, 873;

secures friendship of Savoy, 877;

loses Savoy, 880;

his eight armies, 881;

proposes peace, 894;

rejects Marlborough's terms, 902, 903;

consents to treat, 915;

assists Spain, 916;

peace negotiations, 918, 919;

dies, 934

Louis XV., engaged to the Infanta, 958;

marries Maria Leczinska, 960;

influence of Madame de Pompadour over, 1023

Louis XVI., character, 1153;

brought to Paris, 1154;

flight to Varennes, 1158;

dethroned, 1159;

guillotined, 1165

Louis XVIII., restored, 1334;

his views, 1336

Louis of Baden, in Alsace, 879;

in Bavaria, 881;

his character, 882;

at Ingolstadt, 884;

hinders Marlborough's plan, 888;

at Hagenau, 888;

dies, 895

Louis Philippe, Lieutenant of France, 1416;

his sympathy with England, 1461;

alliance with Leopold, 1462

Louvois, French minister, 836

Lowther, Lord Treasurer, 824

Lovat, against Charles Edward, 1001;

his duplicity, 1008;

executed, 1009

Lundy, at Londonderry, 813;

deposed, 815

Luttrell, member for Middlesex, 1056;

his sister marries Cumberland, 1064

Luxemburg, in Flanders, 832;

at Steinkirk, 839;

at Landen, 841;

dies, 847

Lyndhurst, Chancellor, 1392;

advises Wellington as Premier, 1395;

his interview with George IV., 1407;

opposes the Reform Bill, 1430;

Chancellor, 1456

Lyttleton, member of the Opposition, 978

Macaulay, on the Coercion Bill, 1438

MacCallum More. [See Argyle.]

Macclesfield, reforms the Calendar, 1014

Macdonald of Keppoch, besieges Inverness, 819;

at Culloden, 1007

Macdonald, Sir Alexander, 1000, 1008

Macdonald of Clanranald, 1000, 1008

Mack, at Naples, 1221;

capitulates at Ulm, 1264

Mackay, at Killiecrankie, 820;

improves the bayonet, 821;

in Ireland, 829, 830

Mackintosh, Jacobite general, 935

Mackintosh, his "Vindiciæ Gallicæ," 1155;

defends Peltier, 1238;

opposes the Government, 1374

Mahon, with Chatham, 1086

Maine, Duke of, in Flanders, 847;

his enmity to England, 943;

his Jacobite intrigue, 944;

arrested, 946

Maintenon, Madame de, favours the Jacobites, 873;

influence over Louis XIV., 934

Maitland, at Alicante, 1317;

at Waterloo, 1345

Malmesbury, in Spain, 1062;

arranges George IV.'s marriage, 1182;

negotiates at Paris, 1189;

at Lisle, 1197, 1198;

requests Addington to resign, 1239;

writes to the King, 1273

Manchester, Secretary of State, 874

Mansell, succeeds Seymour, 909;

dismissed, 913

Mar, Secretary for Scotland, 922;

head of the insurrection, 934;

his first successes, 935;

at Sheriffmuir, 937;

escapes to France, 937;

dies, 969

Marceau, in La Vendée, 1170

Maria Louisa, marries Napoleon, 1301;

deserts him, 1329;

receives Parma, 1339

Maria Theresa, marries Francis of Lorraine, 976;

rejects the overtures of Frederick II., 989;

supported by Hungary, 990;

subsidies sent to, 991;

concedes Silesia, 991;

her secret treaties with Russia, 1023;

partitions Poland, 1066

Maria of Portugal, 1410;

visits England, 1411;

Miguel's rebellion against, 1412;

successful, 1463

Marischal, supports the Pretender, 983

Marlborough, made Earl, 811;

military adviser to Queen Mary, 826;

in Ireland, 828;

his treason, 832;

deprived of his offices, 833;

his treachery to Talmash, 846;

accused of treason, 855;

his power over Anne, 876;

Commander-in-chief, 878;

his first successes, 879;

thwarted by the Dutch, 881;

his march to Vienna, 882;

at Blenheim, 884-887;

his plans, 888;

at Ramillies, 891, 892;

rejects proposals for peace, 894;

diverts Charles XII., 895;

in England, 896;

at Oudenarde, 897-900;

his conduct to Webb, 901;

at Malplaquet, 903-905;

dislike to party conflicts, 906;

removes extreme Tories, 909;

keeps the war to Flanders, 911;

loses Anne's favour, 913, 917;

his great plans, 918;

difficulty of his position, 919;

parliamentary attack on, 920;

deprived of his offices, 920;

excluded from the Council of Regency, 930;

Commander-in-chief, 931

Marlborough, Duchess of, her influence over Anne, 833, 909;

her temper, 911, 913;

dismissed, 917

Marlborough (son of Sunderland), reinforces Ferdinand, 1027

Marmont, in Paris, 1224;

succeeds Massena, 1312;

at the Tagus, 1313, 1314;

invades Portugal, 1315;

at Salamanca, 1316;

wounded, 1317;

at Paris, 1329;

in the July revolution, 1415, 1416

Marsin, succeeds Villars, in Bavaria, 881;

at Blenheim, 884;

in Alsace, 888;

in Italy, 893

Mary, Queen, 806;

head of the Government, 826;

her quarrel with Anne, 834;

her spirited behaviour, 837;

dies, 844

Massena, in Switzerland, 1222, 1224;

successful, 1266;

in Spain, 1306, 1307;

at Busaco, 1308;

succeeded by Marmont, 1312

Maupeou, French minister, 1062

Maurepas, organizes the French navy, 981

Maximilian, renounces his claims on the Empire, 996

Maximilian II., of Bavaria, joins France, 879;

in the Tyrol, 881;

at Dillingen, 884;

at Blenheim, 885, 886;

declines to treat, 887;

at Ramillies, 892;

on the Rhine, 896

Meer Cossim, 1120, 1121

Meer Jaffier, 1119, 1120

Melbourne, Home Secretary, 1423;

receives a deputation, 1429;

Premier, 1449;

intended attack on, 1454;

dismissed, 1455

Melfort, his folly, 818;

his correspondence with Dundee, 819;

his declaration, 837

Melville, his character, 817;

High Commissioner, 830

Melville. [See Dundas.]

Menou, in Egypt, 1231, 1232

Methodists, rise of the, 1016, 1017

Methuen, his treaty, 880, 907, 1139

Metternich, at the Congress of Vienna, 1334;

his Turkish policy, 1396, 1397

Miguel, regent, 1410;

usurps the throne, 1411;

defeated, 1463;

banished, 1464

Minto, Governor-General of India, 1466, 1467

Mirabeau, his power, 1157

Moira. [See Rawdon.]

Monarchy, change in the character of, 806-808;

the power of the Crown, 968, 969;

George III.'s views of, 1036, 1060;

contrast between English and French, 1160, 1161

Monson, member of the India Council, 1124;

dies, 1125

Montague, his financial powers, 839;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 843;

establishes the Bank of England, 844;

on the Currency Commission, 849;

First Lord of the Treasury, 856;

settles the India trade, 860, 861;

unpopularity of, 864;

made Lord Halifax, impeached, 871;

excluded from the Privy Council, 877;

First Commissioner of the Treasury, 931

Montcalm, at Quebec, 1029, 1030;

dies, 1031

Montesquieu, his writings, 1152

Montrose, Secretary for Scotland, 934;

deprived of his army commission, 975

Montrose, in the Cabinet, 1246

Moore, in Denmark, 1285;

sent to Spain, 1290, 1291;

marches to Salamanca, 1294;

reasons for his retreat, 1295;

his march to Corunna, 1296;

dies, 1297

Mordaunt. [See Peterborough.]

Mordaunt, at Rochefort, 1025

Moreau, on the Rhine, 1187;

in Italy, 1222;

Napoleon's enmity to, 1251

Mornington. [See Wellesley.]

Mountjoy, at Londonderry, 813;

at St. Germains, 814

Muir, trial of, 1179

Mulgrave, in the Cabinet, 1246;

Foreign Secretary, 1252;

Privy Seal, 1450

Munro, in India, 1121, 1127

Murat, leaves Egypt, 1224;

in Bavaria, 1264;

removed from Naples, 1336, 1339

Murphy, Irish leader, 1214

Murray of Broughton, joins Charles Edward, 1000;

turns king's evidence, 1009

Murray, Lord George, joins Charles Edward, 1001;

commander, 1003;

advises retreat, 1004;

his prudence, 1006, 1007;

reassembles the army, 1008;

his military skill, 1009

Murray, Attorney-General, 1018;

Lord Chief-Justice, 1021

Murray, in Gujerat, 1255;

successful, 1257

Napier, quoted, 1297, 1311

Napoleon, at Toulon, 1169;

at the establishment of the Directory, 1186;

his Italian campaign, 1187, 1188;

Commander-in-chief, 1219;

in Egypt, 1220;

at Acre, 1223;

leaves Egypt, 1224;

First Consul, 1225;

in Italy, 1226;

his aggressions, 1235-1237;

his interviews with Whitworth, 1239, 1240;

arrests English travellers, 1241;

excites rebellion in Ireland, 1242;

intends to invade England, 1247, 1248;

attempts to form a coalition, 1250;

murders D'Enghien, 1251;

obtains subsidies from Spain, 1252;

offends Europe, 1260, 1261;

prepares to invade England, 1262, 1263;

attacks Austria, 1264;

at Austerlitz, 1266;

negotiates with Fox, 1268, 1270;

his vassal kingdoms, 1269;

despises Prussia, 1275;

murders Palm, 1276;

at Jena, 1276;

his Berlin Decree, 1277;

desires war with Russia, 1279;

at Eylau, 1280;

at Tilsitt, 1283;

intrigues in Spain, 1286;

makes Joseph King, 1287;

excites popular anger, 1289;

at Erfurth, 1294;

at Madrid, 1295;

leaves Spain, 1296;

at Aspern, 1300;

at Wagram, marries Maria Louisa, 1301;

tyranny over Joseph, 1312;

desires war with Russia, 1312-1314;

his retreat from Moscow, 1320;

at Dresden, 1321;

abdicates, 1321, 1328;

withdraws to Elba, 1329;

escapes, 1339;

in Belgium, 1340;

at Waterloo, 1343-1345;

banished, 1346

National Debt, origin of, 840;

amount of, 927;

dread of, 949, 950, 1012, 1134, 1138, 1377, 1441

Necker, dismissed, 1152;

recalled, 1153

Nelson, takes Bastia, 1172;

at St. Vincent, 1193;

at the Nile, 1220;

at Copenhagen, 1232, 1233;

at Boulogne, 1234;

pursues Villeneuve, 1262-1264;

at Trafalgar, 1265

Newcastle, Privy Seal, 910;

character, 969;

seeks George II.'s favour, 981;

intrigues against Walpole, 983;

remains in office, 987, 988;

thinks of declaring for the Pretender, 1005;

head of the Whigs, 1010;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1018;

incapacity of, 1018, 1019;

attempts the election of the Archduke Joseph, 1020;

secures the support of Fox, 1020;

resigns, 1021;

returns to office, 1022;

his parliamentary influence, 1022, 1025, 1037;

resigns, 1040;

deprived of his Lord-Lieutenancy, 1041;

Privy Seal, 1050

Newton, on the Currency Commission, 849;

approves of the new coinage for Ireland, 957

Ney, in Switzerland, 1237;

pursues Moore, 1296;

at Quatre Bras, 1341;

at Waterloo, 1344, 1345

Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, 1397

Nithsdale, escape of, 938

Noailles, in Franconia, 991;

at Dettingen, 992;

withdraws, 993

Normanby, Privy Seal, 877

North (William), Lord, a Jacobite, 954

North, Frederick, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1059;

his policy, 1060, 1061;

his supporters, 1064;

yields to the King, 1070, 1085, 1089;

his reconciliation scheme, 1072;

desires to resign, 1084;

shields Sandwich, 1089;

his Irish Bills, 1090, 1091;

upholds toleration, 1094;

resigns, 1104;

his objections to the peace, 1112;

Secretary of State, 1112;

his Regulating Act, 1123

Northington, Lord Chancellor, 1049;

his talents, 1050;

Lord President, 1053

Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1050

Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1406

Nottingham, Secretary of State, 810;

remonstrates with William, 824;

dismissed, 843;

Secretary of State, 877;

dismissed, 909;

returns to office, 931

Nuncomar, rival to Reza Khan, 1122;

accuses him, 1124;

accuses Hastings, trial and death, 1125

O'Connell, forms the Catholic Association, 1390;

his election, 1403, 1404;

his power, 1405;

agitates for repeal, 1409, 1421, 1435, 1446, 1455;

in Parliament, 1434, 1437, 1439, 1450;

his conversation with Littleton, 1448, 1449

O'Connor, plans French invasion, 1211;

his confession, 1216;

his Catholic petition, 1272

Oliver, Government spy, 1354, 1357

Orange, Stadtholder, 1010

Orford. [See Russell and Walpole.]

Orleans, in Italy, 893;

Regent, 934;

negotiations with George I., 940;

applied to by the Jacobites, 955

Ormond, Commander, 920;

his Jacobite tendencies, 922;

joins the Pretender, 932;

attempts to land in England, 935;

collects a second expedition, 945;

a third, 955;

a fourth, 983

Orrery, in Atterbury's plot, 954, 955

Ostend Company, established, 959;

suspended, 961, 962;

destroyed, 971

Overkirk, promoted, 810;

serves with Marlborough, 878

Oxford. [See Harley.]

Paine, effect of his writings, 1077;

his "Rights of Man," 1155;

spread of his works, 1179

Pakenham, at Salamanca, 1317;

at New Orleans, 1317

Pallisser, his quarrel with Keppel, 1089

Palm, murdered, 1276

Palm, Austrian ambassador, 961

Palmerston, under secretary, 1323;

quoted, 1387, 1388;

supports Wellington, 1395;

resigns, 1402;

quoted, 1403, 1404;

Foreign Secretary, 1423;

his foreign policy, 1461;

his Belgian policy, 1462;

his Quadruple Alliance, 1464

Paoli, in Corsica, 1172

Parker, Sir Hyde, 1099;

at Copenhagen, 1232, 1233

Parker, his mutiny, 1195;

hanged, 1196

Parliament, increased power of, 807;

factions in, 821;

venality of, 824;

jealousy between the two Houses, 839;

William's position with regard to, 842;

Triennial Act, 844;

quarrel between the two Houses, 865, 906, 907;

arbitrary assertions of privilege, 872;

the Union with Scotland, 928;

the Septennial Act, 938, 939;

subservient to the Crown, 968;

venality of, 969;

Pension Bill rejected, 972;

Wyndham's description of, 977;

power over the ministry, 985;

in no sense representative, 986;

little interest shown by the people in the debates, 1002;

the nation desires a truer representation, 1017;

irritating privileges of, 1018, 1043, 1044;

Pitt unable to stand without, 1022, 1025;

his power over, 1033;

venality of, 1041, 1055;

want of harmony with the people, 1043, 1044;

struggle of George III. against, 1060;

the liberty of reporting debates, 1062. [See Reform.]

Paterson, his financial scheme, 844;

his Darien scheme, 865-867

Paul, Emperor of Russia, 1221;

his character, 1227

Peel, his financial measures, 1359;

Home Secretary, 1369;

Tory, 1387;

Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;

resigns, 1392;

Home Secretary, 1395;

desires repeal of Test Act, 1401;

supports Catholic emancipation, 1406, 1408;

resigns his seat at Oxford, 1407;

his interview with George IV., 1407;

leader of the Tories, 1434;

supports the Coercion Bill, 1439;

his Liberal views, 1447;

refuses to join Melbourne, 1449;

Premier, 1456;

his Tamworth Manifesto, 1457;

resigns, 1458

Pelham, Henry, character, 983;

Premier, 988;

his timidity, 996;

resigns, 1009;

restored, 1010;

pacific policy, 1011;

financial policy, 1012, 1013;

dies, 1018

Pelham, Thomas (brother of Henry). [See Newcastle.]

Peltier, his paper, 1237

Pembroke, made Lord President, 877;

dismissed, 913

Perceval, Attorney-General, 1247;

opposes Catholic claims, 1273;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1274;

accused of bribery, 1299;

Premier, 1323;

assassinated, 1325;

approved of the Walcheren expedition, 1330

Perron, in the Douab, 1255;

defeated, 1257

Peter the Great, war with Charles XII., 895, 896, 941, 943;

threatens to invade England, 945;

deserted by his allies, 946

Peter III., Emperor, 1040;

dies, 1041

Peterborough (Mordaunt), First Lord of the Treasury, 811;

impeached, 823

Peterborough (nephew of the above), in Spain, 889, 890;

recalled, 895

Petty. [See Lansdowne.]

Philip V., his claim to Spain, 863, 869;

becomes King, 870;

marries Princess of Savoy, 877;

supported by the Castilians, 890;

proposal to dethrone him, 894, 902;

retires from Madrid, 915;

renounces his claim on France, 921;

marries Elizabeth of Parma, 944;

dismisses Alberoni, 946;

candidate for the Empire, 989;

dies, 1010

Pichegru, his victories, 1169, 1171, 1172;

meditates treachery, 1174;

his conspiracy, 1251

Pigot, Governor in Madras, 1126

Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Opposition, 978;

his first speech, 982;

excluded from Wilmington's Ministry, 987;

does not oppose Pelham, 996, 997;

George II. dislikes him, 997, 1018;

Paymaster of the Forces, 1010;

popularity of, 1017;

refuses to support subsidies, 1020;

dismissed, 1021;

Secretary of State, 1022;

his vigorous rule, 1022;

apparent change of policy, 1024;

his energy, 1025;

appoints fresh generals, 1026;

raises the English spirit, 1028;

his plan for the capture of Quebec, 1030;

discovers Wolfe's merits, 1029, 1031;

his success, 1033;

he opposes peace, 1038, 1039;

resigns, accepts a pension, 1039;

interview with George III., 1042;

supports Wilkes, 1044;

his negotiation with Cumberland, 1049, 1050;

retires, 1050;

his speech on America, 1051, 1052;

refuses to join Rockingham, 1052;

Prime Minister, Lord Chatham, 1053;

his grand plans, his illness, 1054;

retires, 1055;

reconciliation with Temple and Grenville, his speech on America, 1058;

supports the press warrants, 1062;

his Reform Bill, 1063;

opposes Rockingham, 1064;

his motion of conciliation, 1071;

his speech for America, 1083;

his energy, 1084;

his death, 1086;

his plans for India, 1054, 1123

Pitt, William, with Chatham, 1086;

in Parliament, 1103;

refuses office, 1105;

his Reform Bill, 1107;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, quarrels with Fox, 1111;

the support of the old Tory party, 1112;

Premier, 1132;

his India Bill, 1133, 1135;

popular admiration for, 1133;

his first budget, 1134, 1135;

his Irish legislation, 1136, 1137;

his Reform Bill, 1137, 1138;

his sinking fund, 1138;

supports the charge against Hastings, 1140;

his Regency Bill, 1143;

his power, 1144;

effect of the French Revolution on, 1145, 1160, 1161;

his foreign policy, 1146-1148;

dreads Russia, 1147;

procures the Convention of Reichenbach, 1149;

his opinion of the French Revolution, 1154;

his hopes of peace, 1157;

opposes reform, 1162;

determines on repression, 1164;

desires peace, 1166;

his energy, 1170;

recalls York, 1172;

interferes in Spain, 1173;

negotiates with De Puisaye, 1174;

popular confidence in, 1177;

his repression, 1178;

his energy, 1180;

paramount in Parliament, 1182;

desires peace, 1184;

his first negotiations, 1187;

desires peace, 1189;

his loan, 1190;

desires the Union, 1199, 1206, 1208;

desires Catholic relief, 1204, 1205, 1229;

resigns, 1230, 1231;

approves of the peace, 1234;

leaves Parliament, 1239;

negotiations for his return, 1240;

in Parliament, 1243;

his volunteers, 1244, 1248;

offers himself as Premier, 1245, 1246;

his ministry, 1247, 1252;

sad close to his life, 1257;

his friendship for Melville, 1259;

forms the coalition, 1250, 1261;

dies, 1266;

his funeral, 1267;

his efforts against the slave trade, 1271

Polignac, signs the Treaty of London, 1398;

French minister, 1413;

unpopularity of, 1415

Pompadour, influence over Louis XV., 1023

Ponsonby, Attorney-General, 1208;

opposes the Union, 1217;

Home Secretary, 1450

Popham, takes Gwalior, 1127;

rescues Hastings, 1128

Popham, Sir Home, at Buenos Ayres, 1280;

in Spain, 1317

Poor Law, misery caused by, 1228, 1333, 1361;

reformed, 1451-1453

Porter, his conspiracy, 847

Porteous riots, 979

Portland. [See Bentinck.]

Portland (grandson of Bentinck), First Lord of the Treasury, 1112;

joins Pitt, 1163;

Secretary of State, 1181;

his Irish views, 1208;

remains in office, 1246;

resigns, 1252;

offers to form a ministry, 1273;

Premier, 1274;

resigns, 1323

Pragmatic Sanction, Charles VI. desires guarantee of, 959, 970;

guaranteed, 960, 971, 976, 989, 1011

Pratt, acquits Wilkes, 1043;

Lord Camden, Chancellor, 1053;

attacks the ministry, 1058;

in the ministry, 1105

Preston, his conspiracy, 825;

captured, 831

Pretender. [See James and Charles Edward.]

Prideaux, secures Montreal, 1029

Priestley, his house burnt, 1156

Princess of Wales. [See Augusta.]

Prior, his negotiations, 918, 919

Pulteney, his opposition to Walpole, 958;

friendship with Bolingbroke, 962;

joins the Prince of Wales, 978;

Lord Bath, 987;

candidate for the Premiership, 988

Quebec, siege of, 1029, 1030

Queensberry, Lord Commissioner, 925

Quiberon, expedition to, 1174-1177

Ragotski, threatens Vienna, 882;

invades Austria, 945

Rawdon, in Carolina, 1098;

his severity, 1098;

at Hobkirk's Hill, 1100;

at Charleston, 1101;

Lord Moira, at Quiberon, 1175;

friend of Prince of Wales, 1245;

Master of the Ordnance, 1267;

quarrels with Grey, 1325;

Marquis of Hastings, Governor-General of India, 1467-1471

Reform, Chatham's plan for, 1054;

need of, 1052, 1055;

Dunning's agitation for, 1091, 1092;

Pitt's Reform Bills, 1107, 1137, 1138;

Flood's Bill, 1155;

agitation for, 1162, 1163, 1179, 1352;

of Scotch burghs, 1360;

effect of the Queen's trial on, 1366, 1368;

the Reform Bill, 1423-1434

Revenue. [See Civil List.]

Revolutionary Societies, 1155, 1162, 1164;

prosecuted, 1179, 1180;

meetings of, 1183

Reza Khan, minister, 1122;

apprehended, 1124

Rice, Colonial Secretary, 1447

Richmond, his speech, 1086;

in the ministry, 1105;

supports Pitt, 1107

Ripon. [See Robinson.]

Ripperda, his intrigues, 959, 960

Robespierre, his rule, 1185;

his fall, 1186

Robinson, Leader of the House, 1018;

dismissed, 1020

Robinson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1377;

his financial measures, 1378;

Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary, 1392;

Premier, 1394;

resigns, 1395;

his Turkish policy, 1400;

Colonial Secretary, 1423;

Earl of Ripon, Privy Seal, 1439;

resigns, 1447

Rochambeau, at New York, 1096

Rochester, Privy Councillor, 870;

opposes Marlborough, 877, 905;

dislikes the war, 906;

resigns, 906;

Lord President, 915

Rockingham, removed from his Lord Lieutenancy, 1041;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1050;

retires, 1053;

leader of the old Whigs, 1058;

character, 1104;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1105;

death, 1109, 1111

Rodney, at Havre, 1028;

his successes, 1040;

his victory, 1094;

captures Eustatia, 1098;

returns home, 1099;

defends Jamaica, 1109

Roman Catholic, [See Catholic.]

Romilly, quoted, 1274, 1299;

in Parliament, 1359

Rooke, at La Hogue, 838;

guards the Smyrna fleet, 841;

takes Gibraltar, 887;

vote of thanks to, 909;

dismissed, 910

Rousseau, his influence, 1152

Runjeet Singh, treaty with, 1467;

intrigues with the Mahrattas, 1468

Russell, Admiral, 826;

his treason, 832;

effect of Mary's letter on, 837;

Whig leader, 842;

head of the Admiralty, 843;

pursues Tourville, 846;

guards the Channel, 854;

accused of treason, 855;

made Earl of Orford, 856;

parliamentary attack on, 865;

impeached, 871;

excluded from the Privy Council, 877;

head of the Admiralty, 913

Russell, John, member of the Friends of the People, 1162;

his Reform Bill, 1368;

moves for the repeal of the Test Act, 1401;

Paymaster-General, 1423;

introduces the Reform Bill, 1425;

his motion on the Irish Church, 1458

Rutland, in the Privy Council, 1132

Ruvigny. [See Galway.]

Sacheverell, a Whig leader, 821, 823

Sacheverell, his sermons, 914

Sackville, joins Ferdinand, 1027;

at Minden, 1032

St. John. [See Bolingbroke.]

St. Just, in Alsace, 1169;

in Flanders, 1171;

his rule, 1185;

arrested, 1186

St. Ruth, organizes the Irish army, 829;

killed, 830

St. Vincent. [See Jervis.]

Salisbury, impeached, 823

Sancroft, his letter to James II., 831

Sandwich, Secretary of State, 1043;

prosecutes Wilkes, 1044;

First Lord of the Admiralty, 1063;

opposes Chatham, 1072;

escapes censure, 1089

Sandys, proposes a Pension Bill, 972;

his motion against Walpole, 984;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 987

Sarsfield, his skill, 828;

prudence, 829;

at Aghrim, 830

Saunders, at Quebec, 1030

Savile, proposes Catholic relief, 1087;

presents a petition, 1091;

his house burnt, 1093

Saxe, at Dunkirk, 995;

in Flanders, 996;

at Fontenoy, 998

Saxe-Coburg, defeats Dumouriez, 1168

Schérer, in Italy, 1187, 1222

Schill, in Saxony, 1301

Schomberg, in Ireland, 822;

killed, 827

Schomberg, at the Boyne, 827;

in Portugal, 887

Schuyler, defeats Burgoyne, 1081, 1082

Scotland, character of the Revolution in, 817, 818;

Killiecrankie, 819, 820;

re-establishment of order, 830;

massacre of Glencoe, 834-836;

the Darien scheme, 865-867;

discontent in, 896;

the Union, 924-928;

the rebellion of 1715, 932-938;

disturbances in, 957, 958;

the rebellion of 1745, 999-1009

Scott, Hastings' agent, 1125, 1139

Sebastiani, his report, 1239;

at Constantinople, 1281

Selim, his war with Russia, 1281

Selwyn, Mrs., quarrel in her house, 972, 978

Seymour, Tory leader, 848;

in the Privy Council, 877;

dismissed, 909

Shah Allum, defeated, 1119;

taken prisoner, 1121;

receives a dominion, 1122;

deprived, 1124;

restored, 1126;

restored by Lake, 1257

Shelburne (Marquis of Lansdowne), Secretary of State, 1053;

retires, 1055;

leader of the Whigs, 1104;

Secretary of State, 1105;

his Irish legislation, 1106;

his conduct of American affairs, 1108;

First Lord of the Treasury, 1111;

resigns, 1112

Sheridan, his speeches against Hastings, 1140, 1141;

his sympathy with the French Revolution, 1161, 1162;

friend of George IV., 1324

Shiel, his opinion of Ireland, 1405

Shippen, leader of the Jacobite party, 947, 968

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, in Spain, 889;

Commander-in-chief, 910

Shrewsbury, Secretary of State, 810;

remonstrates with William, 824;

rejoins the ministry, 843;

accused of treason, 855;

Lord Chamberlain, 914;

Lord Treasurer, 924;

his influence, 930

Sidmouth. [See Addington.]

Sindia, his power, 1126;

defeated, 1127;

extent of his territory, 1254;

war with Wellesley, 1255, 1256;

his treaty with Hastings, 1469;

his treachery, 1471

Slavery, first motion for abolition, 1142;

abolition supported by Pitt, 1157;

abolition of the trade, 1271, 1272;

in the Mediterranean, 1347;

Canning's circular, 1382, 1383;

the Emancipation Bill, 1443-1445

Smith, Sir Sydney, at Acre, 1223;

in Egypt, 1231

Smith, the missionary, persecuted, 1383

Smyrna fleet, loss of, 841

Solmes, at Steinkirk, 839

Sombreuil, at Quiberon, 1176, 1177

Somers, Whig leader, 842;

Lord Keeper, 843;

on the Currency Commission, 849;

Lord Chancellor, 856;

objects to disband the army, 860;

remonstrates with William, 864;

attacked, 868;

removed, 869;

impeached, 871;

acquitted, 872;

excluded from the Privy Council, 877;

his declaration, 912;

President of the Council, 913;

his Alien Bill, 926

Sophia of Hanover, proposal to name her in the succession, 823;

succession settled upon her, 871;

dies, 923;

her nomination rejected by Scotland, 925

Sophia of Mecklenburg, marries George III., 1048

Soubise, at Kirch-Denkern, 1037

Soult, in Spain, 1295;

pursues Moore, 1296;

at Corunna, 1297;

takes Oporto, 1298;

retreats, 1303;

at Palencia, 1305;

attacks Cadiz, 1306, 1308;

at Albuera, 1310;

at Tarifa, 1313, 1314;

joins Joseph, 1317;

threatens Hill, 1318;

in command, 1320;

his skill, 1321

South Sea Company, 918, 949-953;

trade of, 981

Spencer, his interview with Parker, 1195;

resigns, 1230;

disapproves of the peace, 1235;

alliance with Fox, 1243;

Home Secretary, 1267

Stair, at Glencoe, 834, 835;

friendship with Orleans, 934;

dismissed, 975;

at Dettingen, 991, 993

Stanhope, General, in Spain, 915, 916;

Whig leader, 923;

Secretary of State, 931;

his friendship with Orleans, 934;

at Hanover, 940;

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 942;

Secretary of State, 945;

his foreign policy, 946;

his toleration, 947, 986;

dreads the accession of George II., 948;

dies, 954

Stanhope, Charles, his share in the South Sea frauds, 954

Stanhope, William (Lord Harrington), character, 969;

dismissed, 987;

Secretary of State, 996;

resigns, 1009

Stanhope, Charles, President of the Revolutionary Society, 1155

Stanislas of Poland, 1066

Stanley, Hans, ambassador in Paris, 1038;

at Berlin, 1054

Stanley, Secretary for Ireland, 1423;

his Church policy, 1435, 1437;

his Coercion Bill, 1438;

his speech against O'Connell, 1439;

Colonial Secretary, 1439;

supports slave emancipation, 1445;

resigns, 1447;

refuses to join Peel, 1456

Staremberg, in Spain, 901, 916

Stevenson, in India, 1255, 1266

Stofflet, Chouan leader, 1175, 1177

Stormont, in the Cabinet, 1112;

votes against Pitt's India Bill, 1131

Strangford in Portugal, 1288

Strathallan, collects an army for Charles Edward, 1004;

joins him, 1005

Suchet, in Valencia, 1313, 1317

Suffolk, Secretary of State, 1063

Sujah Dowlah, 1121, 1122, 1128

Sullivan, his dispute with Clive, 1121

Sullivan, General, 1088

Sunderland, advises a Whig ministry, 842;

son-in-law of Marlborough, Secretary of State, 910;

dismissed, 915;

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 931;

at Hanover, Secretary of State, 942;

disliked by George II., 948;

leaves the ministry, dies, 954

Surajah Dowlah, 1118, 1119

Suwarrow, in Italy, 1222, 1224

Swift, his Drapier's Letters, 957;

writes against Walpole, 978

Sydney, Secretary of State, 1132

Talbot, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 812;

his intrigues, 813, 814;

invites James over, 814;

evacuates Dublin, 828;

returns from France, 829

Tallard, ambassador to London, 862;

in Alsace, 881, 882;

at Augsburg, 884;

at Blenheim, 886;

taken prisoner, 887

Talleyrand, at Amiens, 1234;

negotiates with Fox, 1268, 1270;

deserts Napoleon, 1329;

at Vienna, 1336;