INDEX

A

Abergavenny, Lord Abingdon, Lord Adams, John Ailesbury, Lady Albemarle, Lady Almack's Assembly Rooms, King Street, St. James'; masquerade at; masquerade stopped by bishops; extinct. Almack's Club, Pall Mall; events at; thriving; Selwyn and Fox at supper at; Selwyn's "bureau;" Selwyn avoids; house occupied by. Alston, Tommy Althorp, Lord Amelia, Princess America—Lord Carlisle, peace commissioner to; Gower, Lord, on independence of; Fitzpatrick in; colonies, bad news from; question of; Storer, with Carlisle in; news from; colonies in; His Majesty's subjects in; Prohibitory Bill; Selwyn on the war in; letter-writing between England and; Selwyn regarding politics in; want of interest in society concerning; Fox's motion to conclude peace with; public interest in; motion as to; President of Congress. Amhurst, Lord Andre, Major Androche, Marshal Argyle, fifth Duke of Arnold, Benedict Ascough, Mr. Ashburnham, second Earl of Ashburton, Lord, see Dunning Ashton, Thomas Ashton, Mr. Assembly of Notables, National Astley, Mr. Aston, Sir W. Auckland, First Lord, see Eden Aylesford (Ailsford) Lord; Lord of the Bedchamber

B

Baker, Dr. Balbi, Comtesse de Balliol College Baltimore, Lord Bampton Lectures (Dr. White's) "Baptist," the, see Henry St. John Barbot's Lottery Barker, Mr. Barrington, Lord Barry, Mme. Du "Anecdotes of" Barry, Richard, sixth Earl of Barrymore, Barry, Richard, seventh Earl of Barrymore Barry, Mr. Barrymore, Lady Barrymore, Lord, see Barry Barth, Mrs. Basilico Bath Beauchamp, Lord Beauclerk, Topham; married to Lady Bolingbroke Beaufort, Duke of Beckford, Alderman Beckford, William, son of Alderman Beckford, author and collector Bedford, fourth Duke of Bedford, fifth Duke of Bedford, Duchess of Bedford faction Bedford House; parties at Belgiojoso Berkeley, Lord Berry, Agnes Berry, Mary Bertie, Lord Besbborough, Lord "Betty, Lady," see Howard, Lady Elizabeth Biron, Duchesse de Biron, Admiral, see Byron Biron, Mrs. Biron, Duc de Blake, Miss Blake, Mr. Blake, Mrs. Blandford, Lord Blaquiere, Sir John Blenheim Bloomsbury Gang Bohn, Comte de Boisgelin, Comte de Bolingbroke, Lady Bolingbroke, Lord "Bully," Boon, Charles Boothby, Mrs. Boothby, Sir Brooke Boston, Lady Boston, Frederick, second Baron Bouverie, Mr. Bouverie, Mrs. Boufflers, Comtesse de; Queen of the emigres; at Richmond Boufflers, Emilie, Comtesse de; at Richmond Brereton, Col. Bristol, Earl of Brodrick (Broderick), Colonel Henry Brooke, Earl of Brooks, Mr. Brooks's Club, politics and gambling at; fortunes lost at; card-room at; macaronis at; Fox and Fitzpatrick at; gossip at; Selwyn at; American question discussed at; supper at; ill attended; political discussion at; in opposition to; Fox closeted every instant at; a place of amusement, speculation, and curiosity; Whigs at, in 1781; Fox gives audiences at Brudenell, Lord Buccleugh, Duchess of Buccleugh, third Duke of

Buckingham, Lady Buckingham, Lord Buckingham House Junto Buckinghamshire, third Earl of Buffon, Mme. "Bully," see Bolingbroke Bunbury, Lady Sarah; charm of; sought after by the king; social successes in Paris; Carlisle's youthful passion fon; at Lord March's Bunbury, Sir Charles Bunker's Hill, Battle of Burgoyne, General Burke, Edmund; bad judgment of in Parliament Burrows, Mr. Bute, Lady Byron, Lord Byron, Lord (the poet) Byron (Biron), Admiral, The Hon. John

C

Cadogan, Lady Calas, Jean Calonne, M. de Cambis, Mme. De Cambridge University; Walpole at Camelford, Lord Campbell, Mr. (first Baron Cawdor) Camden, Earl Carlisle, third Earl of Carlisle, fourth Earl of Carlisle, fifth Earl of, Frederick Howard; in America, letters from Hare and Selwyn; Selwyn's letters to, commence; sketch of life;' Order of Thistle; delay of Ribband and Badge; fears for health at Turin; friendship for Fox; Fox and Carlisle at Eton; anxiety regarding Fox's prodigality; Viceroy of Ireland; Storer to; ill; Peace Commissioner to America; recalled from Ireland; children of; high ideals; thankfulness for Selwyn's friendship. Carlisle, sixth Earl of, see Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth Carlisle, Isabella, Countess Dowager of Carlisle, Lady Caroline Gower, (wife of the fifth Earl) Carmarthen, Lord Carpenter, Lady Almeria Carteret, Harry Carysfort, Lord Castle Howard Castle Inn, Richmond Catherine, Empress of Russia Cavendish, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lord George Cavendish, Lord John Cawdor, first Lord, see Campbell Chamberlain, Lord "Charles," see Fox Charlotte, Queen, wife of George III. Chartres, Duc de Chatelet, Duc de Chatham, first Earl of Chatham, second Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Chedworth, Lord Choiseul, Duc de Choiseul, Duchesse de Choiseul, Mons. De Choiseul, Mme. De Chudleigh, Elizabeth, see Kingston, Duchess of Churchill, Lord Clarence, Duke of Clarendon, Lord Clavering, Mr. Clerk of the Irons Clermont, Lady Clermont, Lord Cleveland, Duchess of Clinton, Sir Henry Clive, Lord Club, Young Comb Compton, Lady Compton, Lord Comyns, picture cleaner Congreve, Mr. Conolly, Lady Louisa Conti, Princesse de Conway, General Cooper, Sir Grey Cornwallis, Lady Cornwallis, Lord "Corydon," Lord "Corydon," Captain Coventry, Earl of Coventry, Lady Cowper, Lady Cowper, Lord Craddock, Mr. Craigs, General Craven, Lord Crawford, James, "the Fish," Crawford, Mrs. Crewe, Mr. Crewe, Mrs. Crewe, Mrs. ("Old") Croome (Crome) Cumberland, Duke of Cunningham, Colonel

D

Damer, Mrs. Darell, Mr., of Cambridgeshire Darrels, The, at Richmond Dashwood, Sir Francis Deerhurst, Lord D'Elci, Comte Delme, Peter ("the Czar") Denbigh, Lord D'Eon (the Chevalier) Derby, Earl of Derby, Lady Dering, Sir E. Devonshire, Duchess of Devonshire, fifth Duke of Devonshire House "Diaboliad, The," igby, Dean of Clonfert igby, Lord igby, Miss Digby, Mr. Dlettanti, Society of DOyley (Doiley), Mr. D'Oraison Dorset, Duke of Dolben, Sir J. Douglas, Jack Draper, Sir W. Du Deffand, Mme. Du Deffand, Marquis Dundas, Sir William Dunning, John, first Baron Ashburton Dunmore, Lady

E

Eardley, Sir S. Eden, William, first Lord Auckland Eden, Mrs. Edgcumbe, Dick; one of Strawberry Hill Group Egremont, Lord Ekins, Dr. Jeffrey (tutor to Lord Carlisle, afterwards Dean of Carlisle) Elliot, Mrs. Elliot, Sir Gilbert Ellis, Mr. Ellis, Welbore Ellishere, Mrs. Emigres, the Emly, Edward (Dean of Derry) "Emily," "the little Parson" Emperor of Germany, see Joseph II. Ernham, Lord Essex, Lady Essex, Earl of Eton, Selwyn at; Carlisle at; Crawford at; Carlisle's verses on friends at; Fitzpatrick at; Walpole at; Storer at; Fitzwilliam at; Montem at; Lord Morpeth at Euston, Lord Eyre, Mr. Executions, Selwyn and

F

Fagniani, M. Fagniani, Marchesa, mother of Mie Mie Fagniani, Maria (and see Mie Mie) Falkener, Sir Everard Family compact Fanshaw, Mr.

Farrington, Gen., of Kent Faukener, Lady Faukener, Mr. Fauquiers Ferguson, Sir Adam Ferrers, Washington, fifth Earl; Robert, sixth Earl Fish, the, see Crawford Fitzherbert, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Richard ("Richard, the Beau Richard"); at Quinze; friendship with Fox; losses at Newmarket; returns from Jamaica; in "The Diaboliad;" wins money at Brooks's; Pharo bank; in his Pharo pulpit; horses taken from his coach; holds a gambling bank; Fox as security for; the Beau Richard; at Brooks's; loses at Hazard; at White's; with the King; elated at change of ministry; provokes Selwyn Fitzroy, Lady Caroline

Fitzwilliam, Lady Fitzwilliam, second Earl Fletcher, Mr. Flood, Henry Floyd, Lady Mary Floyd, Miss Foley, Thomas, second Baron Foster, Lady Fort St. John Fox, Charles James, "Charles,"; chief of group; great qualities; coalition with Lord North; friendship with Carlisle; gambling debts; leader of Whig party; fortune destroyed; Selwyn advises concerning debts; goes to Bath; suggested sueing of, by Carlisle; money troubles, Selwyn's opinion of; women's opinion of; frequent story of debts; friendship for Richard Fitzpatrick; loses money at Newmarket; on the American Question; in "The Diaboliad;" Selwyn and; speech on economy; holds Pharo bank; Fitzpatrick with; Jews seize effects; his furniture sold; enchanted with Pitt's speech; motion concerning American war; auction at his house; gaming; and Selwyn; has a cockpit; flattery of; speech; first figure in all places; loses heavily at races; agreeableness of; Selwyn's admiration of his talents; arrogance of; the new administration; as Secretary for Foreign Affairs; takes a house in Pall Mall; coalition with North; Selwyn, relations with Fox, Henry Edward, youngest son of first Lord Holland

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall, third Baron Holland Fox, Stephen, second Baron Holland, "Ste" France Franklin, Benjamin Fraser, Mr. Frederick the Great French Revolution

G

Gainsborough; picture of Mie Mie by Galloway, Earl of Garlies, Lord, see Galloway Garrick, David Garrick, Mrs. Gemm, Dr. "George," see Howard, George, Lord Morpeth George III. Germaine, Lord George Sackville Gibbon (historian) Gideon, Sir Sampson Gilbert, Mr. Thomas Glenbervie, Lord, Sylvester Douglas Glendower, Lord Gloucester, Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Gloucester, monastery of St. Peter at; situation of; city of, Selwyn member for; election at Godolphin, Lord Goostree's (Club) Gore, Mr. Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Lord George Gordon, Lord William Gower, Lady Gower, Lady Evelyn Leveson Gower, Lady Louisa Leveson (sister-in-law of fifth Earl of Carlisle) Gower, second Earl Grady Mr. Grafton, Duke of Graham, Dr. Graham, Lady Grant, General Grantham, Lord Gray, Thomas, the poet Greenville, Mr. (Grenville) Greenwich's, The Gregg, Francis, succeeded Delme as M.P. for Morpeth Grenville, Mr. George Grenville, G., Lady Grevil Grey, Lord Grieve, Mr. Grosvenor Place Guerchy Guildford, Earl of, see North Guise, Mr. Gunning, Elizabeth (afterwards Duchess of Hamilton) Gunning, Elizabeth

Gunning, Charlotte Margaret Gunning, maria Gunning, Miss Gunning, Sir Robert

H

Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton, Duke of

Hanger, Will

Harcourt, Lord Hare, James; Losses at Newmarket; at Lady Betty's; at Almack's; letter to; with Fox; at Brooks's; opens Pharo bank; letter on London society; at White's Harridans, the Harrington, Lady Harrington, Lord Harris, Alderman

Hart Hall (Oxford) Hartley, Mr. Hautefort, Marquis de Hawke, Sir S. Hay, Adam, Member for Peebles Henault, President Heneage, Mr. Hertford College, Selwyn at; Charles Fox at Hertford, Lady Hertford, Lord Hervey, second son of Lord Hervey, Lady Hillsborough, Lord Hinchcliff, Dr. Holderness, Earl of Holland, Henry Fox, first Lord Holland Holland, Stephen Fox, second Lord, see Fox Holland, Henry, third Lord Holland Holland, Lady, Georgiana Caroline Gordon, wife of first Lord Holland; death of; funeral of Holland, Lady Mary Holland House. fire at Horton, Mrs. Houghton, sale of pictures at Howard, Frederick, fifth Earl of Carlisle, see Carlisle Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth, afterwards sixth Earl of Carlisle, "George" Howard, Frederick, third son of fifth Earl of Carlisle Howard, William, second son of fifth Earl Howard, Lady Caroline, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle (afterwards Lady Cawdor); marriage Howard, Lady Charlotte, daughter of fifth Earl of Carlisle Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), daughter of the fifth Earl of Carlisle Howard, Lady Gertrude (afterwards Lady G. Sloane Stanley), daughter of the fifth Earl of Carlisle Howard, Lady Anne, sister of the fifth Earl of Carlisle Howard, Lady Elizabeth ("Betty"), sister of the fifth Earl of Carlisle (afterwards Lady Delme) Howard, Lady Frances, sister of the fifth Earl Howard, Lady Mary Howard, Lady Julia, sister of the fifth Earl Howard, George, Lieut.-General Howard, Mr. (afterwards Duke of Norfolk) Hughes, Mr. Hume, David; history Huntingdon, Lord

I

Ilchester, Stephen Fox, first Earl of Ilchester, Henry Thomas, second Earl of, see Stavordale Inchiquin, Lord Intercourse Bill Ireland; Lord Carlisle recalled from Irwin, Sir J.

J

Jay, John Jersey, Lady Jersey, fourth Earl of Jockey Club Johnson, Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets" Johnston, George Jones, Mrs. Jones, Thomas Joseph II., Emperor of Germany Junius Junto, the blue and buff

K

Kane, Colonel Keene, Mr. Keith, Sir R. Kemble Keppel, Admiral, First Viscount; First Lord of the Admiralty Kildare, William Robert, Marquis of King, The, see George III. Kingston, Duchess of; trial of Kingston, Duke of

L

La Fayette, Marquis de

Lamb, Sir M. Lambert, Sir J. ansdowne, Lord (see Shelburne) Langdales, The Langlois, Mr. Lascells, The two Laurens, Henry, President of the American Congress Lee, Mr. Leeds, Duke of Leinster, Duchess of Leinster, Duke of Lely, Sir Peter Lennox, Charles, third Duke of Richmond L'Espinasse, Mile. Lewis, Mr. Lewisham, Lady Lignonier, Lord Lincoln, Lord Lisbourne, Lord Lothian, Lord Lotteries, Conty's Loughborough, Lord Louis XV. Louis XVI. "Louisa, Lady," see Gower Lucan, Lady Lucan, Lord Ludgershall, borough in Wiltshire Luxembourg, Duc de Lyttleton, Lord Lyttleton, Sir George Lyttleton, Sir Richard

M

Macall Macaronis Macartney, Lady Macartney, Sir George, afterwards Lord Macartney Macclesfield, Lord Macdonald, Sir Archibald Mahon, Lord Maintenon, Mme. De Malden, Viscount Malesherbes, Minister under Louis XVI. Manchester, Duke of Mann, Sir Horace Manners, Jack Mannin's, a macaroni dinner at Mansfield, Lord March, Lord, afterwards fourth Duke of Queensberry, see Queensberry Marchmont, Lord Marie Antoinette Marlborough, Duchess of Marlborough, fourth Duke of Marlborough House Mattesdone, Phillippus de Matson; village, manor house Maury, Abbe Mawbey, Sir Joseph Maynard, Sir William Medmenham Meillor, Mrs. Melbourne, Lady Melbourne, Lord Menil, see Meynell Metham, Sir G. Methuen, Mr. Meynell, Mr. Middletons, The Mie Mie; at Campden House; leaves England, relatives negotiated with for her return; description of; at Richmond; at the Assembly; sitting to Gainsborough; at the Opera Minto, Lord Molyneux, Lord Monson, Lord Montagu, Sir C. Montem Montgomery, Sir William More, Mr. More, Sir J. Morpeth, Lord, afterwards sixth Earl of Carlisle, see Howard, George Morpeth, borough of Musgrave, Dr. Musgrave, Sir William, of Hayton Castle

N

Nabobs, Indian Napier, George Napier, Lord Francis Napier, Sir Charles fames Napier, Sir George Thomas Napier, Sir William Francis Naworth Neasdon, school at Necker, M.; abuse of Nevills, The Newcastle, Duke of Newmarket Nicolson, Mr. Norfolk, Duke of North, Lord, fourth Earl of Guildford; Selwyn's description of; fall of his Ministry North, Frederick, fifth Earl of Guildford North, Mrs. Northington, second Earl of Northumberland, Duchess of Northumberland, second Duke of Norton, Sir Fletcher Nugent, Lord

O

O'Brien (Lord Inchiquin) Offley, Mr. Ogilvy, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Onslow Onslows, The Ord, Maria Orford, third Lord Orford, fourth Lord Oriel College Orleans, Duke of Ossory, John, second Earl of Ossory, Lady Owen, Mr. Oxford, University of; corporation of; Lord Morpeth at

P

Palliser, Sir Hugh Paris; Treaty of Parker, George Lane Payne, Jack Payne, Lady Payne, Sir R. Pelham, Henry Pelham, Lady Frances Pelham, Miss Pembroke, Lady Pembroke, Lord Pennant, Thomas Penthurst (Penshurst) Pepys, Sir Lucas Percys Petersham, Lord Phelippeaux, Jean Frederic, Comte de Maurepas' recognition of the U.S. Phillips, General Pierre, servant of Selwyn's Pigott, Admiral Piozzi, Mme, (Mrs. Thrale) Piquet, La Motte Pitt, Thomas (uncle of William) Pitt, William; personal relations with Wilberforce; Duchess of Gordon confidante of; sudden rise of, first speech; second speech; Selwyn hears him speak; another speech of; his young political friends; expected to join the Cabinet; gives Selwyn a place; remains in office; at Windsor with Lord Thurlow; Selwyn asked to meet him at dinner Plympton Pompadour, Mme. De Pompeio Ponsonby, Mr. Pontcarre, M. de Porten (Portine), Sir Stanier Portland, Duke of Pottinger, Mr. Powell, Mr. Powis, Lady Priestly, Dr. Proby, Sir John Public Advertiser

Q

Queen (of England), see Charlotte, wife of George III. Queensberry, William Douglas, third Earl of March, fourth Duke of Queensberry, "Old Q"; character and life Queensberry, fifth Duke of Queensberry villa

R

Radcliffe, John Raikes, Mr. Ramsden, Sir J. Raton, Selwyn's dog Ravensworth, Lady Ravensworth, Lord Rawdon, Lord Regency, English, question of Regency, French Reynolds, Sir Joshua; Selwyn's joke on Rich, Sir R. "Richard," see Fitzpatrick Richards, Mr. Richelieu, Marechal de Richmond, Charles Lennox, second Duke of Richmond, Duchess of Richmond, Mr. Richmond-on-Thames, a fashionable resort; Duke of York at; theatre Ridley, Sir M. Rigby, Right Hon. Richard Robinson, John, Secretary to the Treasury; Selwyn on Robinson, Mrs. Rockingham, second Marquis of; party meeting at house of; Cabinet; Thurloe's negotiations with; and Shelburne; and King; and Carlisle; first Lord of the Treasury; formation of Ministry Rohan, Cardinal de Roncherolles, Mme. De Rosslyn, Lord Roxburghe, Duke of Rutland, Duchess of Rutland, fourth Duke of

S

Sackville, Viscount, see Lord George Germaine St. John, Frederick St. John, John; legacy from Lord Guildford St. John, Henry; legacy from Lord Guildford Salisbury, Bishop of Salisbury, seventh Earl of Salveyne Sandwich, John George Montagu, fourth Earl of "Sarah, Lady," see Bunbury Sardinia, King of Sawbridge, Mr. Scott, General Scott, Mr. Seabright, Sir J. Sefton, Lady Selwin, Mr., banker in Paris Selwyn, Albinia (afterwards Lady Sydney), Matson re-entailed on her descendants Selwyn family Selwyn, George Augustus; importance in society, as wit, as beau, man of fashion, bon mots, jokes fathered on, reputation; a type of his time, life, ancestry, inheritance of social qualities, Walpole's "famous George"; possession of Matson, description of house; to remove gateway of Lantony Priory, schooldays, sobriquet, holder of sinecure post, illness; recovery, at Oxford, in Paris, harshly judged at college, no attempt to renounce pleasure; attends Duchess of Bedford to Paris; member of Parliament, appointed Paymaster of the Works; life uneventful, adoption of Mie Mie, anxiety for her; grief at her departure, at Castle Howard, at Milan; fear of losing Mie Mie, delight in her companionship, his friends; friend of Fox, annoyed by his recklessness, lover of the town, journey to Yorkshire; welcome everywhere; as a politician, Parliamentary career, personal associations; as a gossip, at executions; anecdote of George III. and character of, by Mme. du Deffand; francophile, a favourite in France; secret of charm of; life comparatively simple, his death a loss to society; commences corrrespondence with Carlisle; admiration for Mme. de Sevigne, letters compared with Walpole's, time spent in Paris, friendship for Carlisle; friendship with Grafton; at Vauxhall; advises Carlisle regarding Fox's debts; the tie; praise of Tunbridge; proposed for Royal Society; at Devonshire House; goes to Lyons; drum at; to Ranelagh; reception in the House of Commons; six weeks at Streatham; on loss of Minorca and St. Kitts; deprived of office, appointed Surveyor-General of Crown Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton Lectures; last illness; death Selwyn, Jasper Selwyn, John, Colonel Selwyn, John, elder brother of George Selwyn, Mary, wife of Colonel John, woman of the bedchamber, mother of George Sevigne, Mme. De

Shafto, Robert Shelburne, Lord Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Shirley, Mr. Siddons, Mrs. Smith, Dr., Master of Trinity College Smith, General Smithson, Sir Hugh Somerset, Duke of Sophia, Princess Southwell, Baron Spencer, George John, second Earl Spencer, Lady Diana Spencer, Lord Charles Spencer, Lord Robert, "Bob" Spratt, Bishop Stael, Mme. De Stafford, Marquis of; and see Gower Stanhope, Henry Stanhope, Lady ("Harriot") Henrietta Stanhope, Lord Stanley, Lady Betty Stanley, Lord Stapleton, Sir J. Stavordale, Lord; is a heavy gambler "Ste," second Lord Holland, see Fox Stewart, Keith Stonehewer, Richard Storer, Anthony Morris, the "Bon ton"; belonging to the Fox group; opinion of Selwyn; life of; attachment to Lady Payne; kindness of Carlisle to; description of Pitt's third speech; writes to Carlisle; on East India affairs; loses at play; Lord North's friendship for; at Cockpit; grievances; at White's Stormont, Lord Strawberry Hill Stuarts, The Suffolk, Lord Suffren, Comte de Suffren, Comtesse de Sunderland, Earl of Surveyor of Meltings in the Mint Sussex, Duke of Sutherland, Lady Sydney, Thomas Townshend, first Viscount, see Townshend

T

Talbot, Lord Tankerville, Lord Tavistock, Lord Taunton, Lord Terry, Mrs. Tessier, Mons. (reader to the Queen) Thatched House Tavern Thomas, Sir H. Thomond, Lord; will of Thompson Thornbury Castle Thrale, Mrs. (Mrs. Piozzi) Thurlow, Edward, first Baron Townshend, Charles, Viscount Townshend, John, first Marquis Townshend, Lady Townshend, Thomas, Viscount Sydney Torrington, Lord Trentham, Lord Trinity College Tuesday Night Club Tunbridge, Selwyn's opinion of Turgot Turner, Charles Tynte, Sir C.

V

Valiere, Duchesse de la Vanbrugh, Sir John Vanheck, Mrs. Vanheck, Sir Jos. Varcy Varey Vaupaliere, Mme. de la Vergennes, M. de Vernon, Lady H. Vernon, Richard Viri, Comte de

W

Waldegrave, Captain Waldegrave, Lady Waldegrave, Lord Wales, Prince of (George IV.) Walker, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Walpole, Horace; on illness of Selwyn; his "out-of-town party" at his villa; opinion of men of letters; his life; arrives at Matson; at Richmond; Pennant accused of copying style; mourns death of Selwyn Walpole, Sir Robert Walsingham, Lord Warenzow Warren, Lady Warren, Dr. Richard Warner, Rev. Dr. Washington, George Webb, Mrs. (Selwyn's lady housekeeper) Webster, Mr. Wedderburn, see Loughborough Weltzies (Club) West, Richard Westmoreland, Lord Weymouth, Lord Whately, Mr. Whistler, Sir Godfrey White's Club; Lord North at; Selwyn and Sir J. Irwin at; Selwyn in the card room; Selwyn prefers it to Brooks's; pharo at; Storer at; Hare and Fitzpatrick at Wiart (Mme. de Deffand's secretary) Wilberforce Wilkes, Mr. John (Willes) Williams, George James ("Gilly") Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, William Peere Willoughby, Sir Ambrose Wills, Mr. Winchelsea, Lord Windham, Percy Woburn Woodcock, Mr. Woodcock, Mrs. Woodfall, Mr. Woodhouse, Mrs. Worcester, Bishop of Worsley, Lady Worsley, Sir Richard Wrottesley, Sir J.

Y

Yarmouth, Earl of, third Marquis of Hertford York, Duke of York, Frederick, Duke of York, Mr. Young, Sir W.

Z

Zamparini, a dancer