Part 2 / Book 3 — GENERAL INDEX.
Reading edition
Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 66, 70
Abercorn, Earl of. See Hamilton
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 548
Abyssinia, MSS., brought from, 707
Accessibility, Public, of the British Museum, Successive changes in the Regulations and Statistics of the, 323, 336, 338, 339, 341, 368, 520, 599
Adair, Sir Robert, 373
Æginæ, Vases and other Antiquities brought from, 386 seqq.
Africa, Pre-historic and Ethnographical Collections from, 699 seqq.
Agarde, Arthur, and Sir Robert Cotton, 85, 86
Albemarle, Duchess of. See Monk
Albums, Series of German, 457
Alexandria, Sarcophagus from, 365 seqq.
Allan-Greg Cabinet of Minerals, 606
Almanzi, Joseph, Hebrew Library of, 42
Amadei, Victor, Marbles from the Collection of, 372
Amba-Bichoi, Biblical MSS. from the Monastery of, 615 seqq.
America, Pre-historic and Ethnographical Collections from, 699 seqq.
Anadhouly, Exploration by Sir Charles Fellows of, 644
Ancient Marbles in the British Museum, Description of the, 372 seqq.
Anderson, Edmund (of Eyworth and Stratton), 132
Andréossi, Anthony Francis, Count, Researches in the Monasteries of Nitria of, 610
Angouleme, Duke of, 539
Anne, Queen of England, 207 seqq.
Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of James I, 153, 156, 166
Ansse de Villoisin, John Baptist, G. d’, 455
Antiphellus, Researches of Sir Charles Fellows at, 644
Antiquités Étrusques, &c., 352 seqq.
Apotheosis of Homer, 401
Arcadia, Archæological Explorations in, 397 seqq.
Argos, Vases and other Antiquities from, 386
Artas of Sidon, Ancient glasswork of, 709 seqq.
Artemisia, Ancient Sculptures from the Mausoleum built by, 664 seqq.
Arundel, Earl of. See Fitzalan
Arundel, Earl of. See Howard
Arundelian Library, 198 seqq.
Arundelian Marbles, 197 seqq.
Ashburnham House, Fire at, 140
Askew, Anthony, 472
Assemani, Joseph Simon, and Stephen Evode, obtain, for the Vatican, Syriac MSS. from the Monastery of the Syrians, 617
Assyrian Antiquities, First beginning of the Collection of, 401; Account of the Discoveries by Mr. Layard and his successors of, 629 seqq.
Athanasius, Saint, Syriac Version of the Festal Letters of, 623
764Athens, Researches of Lord Elgin at, their History and Results, 381 seqq.
Aublet, John Baptist Christopher Fusée d’, Botanical Collection of, 509
B.
Baber, Rev. Henry Hervey, M.A., Services of, in the Department of Printed Books, 532, seqq., 542; Death of, 553
Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Alban’s, is assisted by Sir R. Cotton in his endeavour to frame an acceptable measure for a union with Scotland, 57
Bankes, George, 441
Banks-Hodgkenson, J., 488
Banks, Sir Joseph, Bart., P.R.S., Notices of the Life, Travels, Labours, and Benefactions of, 335, 480–489, 497–501, 509; His Correspondence with Sir William Hamilton on Volcanic Eruptions, 354 seqq.
Banks, Mrs. S. S., Bequest of, 27
Barbadoes, Notices of the Early History of the Island of, and of the attempts at plantation there made by William Courten and others, 251 seqq., 261 seqq.; Botanizing Expedition of Sir Hans Sloane at, 278
Barberini (or Portland) Vase, History of the, 461
Barbier, Anthony Alexander, 455
Barbier, Eugene Auguste, 452
Barlow, Hugh, 349
Barnard, Sir Frederick Augusta, Labours of, as Royal Librarian, 468, 472; Johnson’s Letter to him on the Collection of Books, ib.
Barrington, Shute, Bishop of Durham, 420
Barth Cabinet of Gems, 691
Battely, William, 240
Bean, Rev. James, M.A., 544
Beattie, James, LL.D., Conversation with King George III of, 475
Beauclerc, Topham, 425
Beaumont, Sir George, Bart., Bequest of a Gallery of Pictures to the British Museum by, 30, 460
Bentinck Papers, 457
Bentley, Richard, D.D., Royal Librarianship of, 140, 169
Berkeley, Mary, 345
Berlin Museum, 579
Bernard, Sir John, 299
Beroldingen Fossils, 26
Bethel, Slingsby, 299
Biblical MSS. of the Nitrian Monasteries, 610 seqq.
Biliotti and Salzmann, Messrs., Archæological Researches of, in the Island of Rhodes, 669
Birch, Thos., D.D., Services of, as an early Trustee, 415 seqq.; his bequests, 415
Blacas, P. L. J. Casimir de, Duke of Blacas, Museum of, 689 seqq.
Blagrove, Major, 408
Blois, Earls of, Archives, now at Pomard, of the, 536 seqq.
Bodley, Sir Thomas, and Sir R. Cotton, 332
Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount. See St. John
Bolton, Edmund, 84
Bonaparte, Lucien, Prince of Canino, Acquisition of part of the Collection of Vases formed by, 35
Bond, Edward Augustus, 600
Bonpland, M., 455
Borell, H. P., Collection of Greek and Roman Coins made by, 34
Borough, Sir John, 195
Bosset, Colonel de, Collection of Greek Coins made by, 25, 400
Botanical Collections, 267, 269, 277 seqq., 283, 295, 492 seqq., 507
Botanical Collections in France, 260 seqq., 500
Botanical Collections in Germany and Italy, 267
765Botanical Studies in England, Notice of the rise and progress of, 259 seqq.
Botanic Gardens at Chelsea, 275, 293, 297
Botanic Garden at Paris, 500
Botta, P. E., Assyrian Researches of, 616; his first and brilliant discoveries at Khorsabad, 629; his genial and liberal co-operation with Layard, 631, foot-note
Boudaen, Peter, 255
Bourchier, Sir William, 539
Bowood in Wiltshire, Lord Shelburne’s improvements at, 428
Bowring, J., Entomological Collection of, 51
Boyle, Robert, 275
Branchidæ, Ancient Sculpture brought by C. T. Newton from, 664
Brander, Gustavus, Gift of the ‘Solander Fossils,’ by, 21, 333
Briasson’s Correspondence with Sir H. Sloane respecting a French version of the Natural History of Jamaica, 289
Bridges’ Zoological Collections made in South America, 581
Bridgewater, Francis Henry, Earl of. See Egerton
Brienne, Henry Lewis de Lomenie de, Count. See Lomenie
Brindley, James, 447
British and Mediæval Antiquities and Ethnography, Formation of the new Department of, 688
British Museum, Chronological Epitome of the principal incidents in the formation, enlargement, and growth of the successive Collections which constitute the, 6–47
Brocas, Elizabeth, 52
Brocas, William, 52
Bröndsted, Peter Olave, 399
Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux, 547
Brown, Robert, F.R.S., Keeper of Botany, Services of, 507, 508
Browne, William George, Researches in the Nitrian Monasteries of, 610
Bruce, Agnes, of Conington in Huntingdonshire, 49
Bruce, Thomas, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Archæological Explorations at Athens and in various other parts of Greece, 381–396; Notices of his Life and Public Career, ib., 400, 411; the controversy as to the archæological and artistical value of the Elgin Marbles, 411 seqq.; other national results of Lord Elgin’s Embassy and Public Spirit, 439
Bruchmann’s Fossils, 39
Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, Joseph Anthony, 500
Bryant, Jacob, 479
Bryaxis, Ancient Sculptures by, 665
Buchan, Mr., a Naturalist engaged in the Voyage of Banks and Cook, 493
Buckingham House and its History, 318
Buckland, William, D.D., 449
Budrum (the ancient Halicarnassus), Explorations of C. T. Newton and other Archæologists at, 663 seqq.
Burckhardt, John Lewis, Travels and Researches in Africa of, 404
Burlamachi, Philip, 250
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 133, 211
Burney, Charles, D.D., Notices of the Life, Labours, and Literary Character of, with Notices of his Manuscript and Printed Collections, 435–438; 440 seqq.
Burney, Frances (afterwards Mme. d’Arblay), 475, 503
Burnouf, M., Researches on Assyrian Palæography of, 641
Bute, Earl of. See Stuart
Byres, James, 372
Byron, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Autograph MSS. of, 458; Notice of the recent slander on the fame of, ib.
C.
766Cadogan, Charles Sloane, 297
Cadogan, Lord, 300, 304
Cadyanda, Casts of Rock-Tombs at, 660
Cæsar Papers, 426
Calah (of Genesis) Conjectural identification of, 629
Calvert, Sir William, 299
Camden, William, Friendship of Sir Robert Cotton, and, 52, 53; their joint labours on the Britannia, 54; their archæological tour in the north of England, ib.; other joint labours and friendly intercourse, 87, 98
Campi Phlegræi, 350
Canino, Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of, and his Collection of Greek Vases, 35
Canning, Stratford, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, encourages liberally the researches of Layard, 632; procures from Halicarnassus the primary specimens of the sculptures of the Mausoleum and presents them to the Nation, 663
Canova, Anthony, Opinion on the Elgin Marbles of, 455
Caraffa, Carlo, MSS. of, 457
Carew, George, 261 seqq.
Carleton, Dudley, Lord Dorchester, 65, 176
Carlisle, James, Earl of. See Hay.
Carmina Quadragesimalia of 1748, Oxford, 418
Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, Political connection between Sir Robert Cotton and, 66 seqq.; Somerset’s intercourse with the Court of Spain, 69; His alleged complicity in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 31 seqq.
Carr, Frances, Countess of Somerset, 66 seqq.
Carteret, Lady Sophia, 424
Carthage, Explorations on the site of ancient, and their results, 666 seqq.
Cary, Henry Francis, Notice of the Literary Life and Museum Service of, 532; circumstances attendant on his Candidature for the Keepership of Printed Books in 1837, 543 seqq.
Casaubon, Isaac, 167
Casier, Margaret, 249
Casley, David, Services of, as Deputy Royal Librarian, 140, 144
Castile, Earls of, 56
Catharine, Empress of Russia, 407
Catalogue of the Anglo-Gallic Coins, 522
Catalogue of the Printed Books, 523, 533, 566 seqq.
Cautley, Major, Fossils collected in the Himalayas, by, 39
Cavendish, Mary, Duchess of Portland, 462
Caxton, William, Series of the productions of the press of, 476–478, 681–683
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley, 427
Cecil, Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 88, 162
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, 158, 159
Chamberlain, John, 176
Charles I, King of England, 68, 91, 94, 98, 101, 124, 331
Charles II, King of England, 260
Charles X, King of France, 691
Charlett, Arthur, 236, 283
Chelsea, Botanic Garden at, 275, 293, 297
Chelsea, Manor House of, and its History, 294 seqq.
Children, John George, 532
Chimæra-Tomb from Lycia, 658
Chinese Books, Hull’s Collection of, 461
Chinese Antiquities and Curiosities, 700
Choiseul Gouffier, M. G. A. L. de, Count, Archæological Researches in Greece of, 384
Chorley, J. Rutter, Collection of Spanish Dramatic Poetry formed and bequeathed by, 695 seqq.
767Christy, Henry, Notices of the Life, Beneficence, and Archæological explorations of, 697 seqq.; his Collections and their bequest to the Public, 699 seqq., 701
Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough, 209 seqq.
Clarke, Edward Daniel, LL.D., and the Sarcophagus from Alexandria, 366; MS. of the Greek Orators obtained by him at Constantinople, 439
Clayton’s Herbarium, 509
Cnidus, Ancient Sculpture brought by C. T. Newton from, 664 seqq.
Cockerell, Charles Robert, Researches in Phigaleia of, 397
Codex Alexandrinus, 167, 170
Coinage of the Realm, Collections by Sir Joseph Banks, on the, 508
Coins, Medals, and Gems, Collection of, 139, 201, 271, 295, 303, 412, 417, 421, 443, 705
Coke, Sir Edward, 80, 82, 149
Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, 372
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 545
Combe, Taylor, 392, 399
Conington, in Huntingdonshire, 49
Constable, Alice, 132
Constantinople, Early Researches for Greek Marbles and MSS. at, 191 seqq.
Conway, Sir Edward, 184
Conyers, John, 259
Cook, Captain James, 334
Corinth, Vases and other Antiquities brought from, 386 seqq.
Cotton, Sir John, 135, 139
Cotton, Sir John, Great-grandson of the Founder, Donor of the Cotton Library and Antiquities, 134, 306
Cotton, John, Grandson of the Founder, 133
Cotton, Robert (of Gedding, Cambridgeshire), 139
Cotton, Sir Robert (of Hatley St. George, in Cambridgeshire), 139
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, Descent and Pedigree of, 50 1570–1585. His education and early friendships, 52 1587–98. Commencement and growth of his library and museum, 53 1599. His archæological tour in the North of England with Camden, and his share in the composition of the Britannia, 54; is employed by the Queen to prepare a tractate on the precedency of England over Spain, 55; analysis of that treatise, ib. 1603. Writes a Discourse on King James’ descent from the Saxon Kings, 56; is knighted, ib.; and returned to Parliament for Huntingdonshire, but takes little part in its debates, 57; accepts a prominent share in the labour of Committees, ib.; and carries on an extensive correspondence both literary and political, ib.; acquires for his Library a mass of State Papers, 58; petitions Queen Elizabeth for the establishment of a National and Public Library for England, ib.; inference which is obviously deducible thence in relation to the charge that Sir R. Cotton was an embezzler of Public Records, 59. 1607. Receives an address from the Corporation of London, praying him to restore certain documents alleged to belong to the City Chamber, ib. 1608. Proposes to the King certain reforms in the naval administration of the country, 62; and obtains Letters Patent, creating a commission of Naval Inquiry, 63; takes a leading part in the labours of the Commission, and prepares its report, 63. 7681609. His Report on the Crown Revenues, and his Memorials on the necessity for a reform in the royal expenditure, 64. 1611. Proposes to the King the creation of a new hereditary dignity—the Baronetage of England, 65; receives that dignity, but is dissatisfied with the mode in which his idea is worked out, 66. 1613–15. Nature of his political connection and intercourse with the Earl of Somerset, 67; his alleged share in carrying on negotiations with Gondomar, in relation to the projected match with Spain, 68. 1615. He receives a visit from Gondomar, in which that ambassador introduces himself as a lover of antiquities desirous to view the Cottonian Library, ib.; is charged with the communication of State Papers to Gondomar, 69; returns the Spanish ambassador’s visit, 70, 71; Gondomar’s account of what passed at their several interviews, ib.; notices of Mr. S. R. Gardiner’s comments on and deductions from that account, 72 note; is entrusted by Somerset with the temporary care of certain jewels of the Crown, 75; and is consulted by him with reference to the drafting of a royal pardon to be passed under the Great Seal, 77; writes a Letter to Prince Charles (afterwards King Charles I), in relation to foreign affairs and in praise of warlike exercises, 79; is accused of communicating papers and secrets of State to the Spanish Ambassador, 79; proceedings taken against him thereupon, 80 seqq. 1616, June. Is liberated, 83; and receives a pardon under the Great Seal, ib.; his conduct and his literary labours in retirement, 84 seqq.; instances of the liberality with which he communicates his knowledge and his manuscripts, 87, 88. 1616–23. His share in the labours which resulted in the ‘Petition of Right,’ 89. 1624, April. His Remonstrance of the Treaties of Amity and Marriage with Austria and Spain 91; his advice on the prosecution of the Spanish Ambassadors, and Report addressed to Buckingham, 92. 1625, August. Speech ascribed to him in the Parliament held at Oxford, 93; its eulogy on the political conduct of Somerset, 96; the friendly intercourse between Cotton and Sir Symonds d’Ewes, 97 seqq.. 1626. The scene at Cotton House on occasion of the Coronation of Charles I, 99; his conduct in 1626 and subsequent years, as an unofficial adviser of the Crown, 101 seqq.; his opinions on Coinage, and on the management of the Royal Mint, 103 seqq. 1628, Jan. Appears at the Privy Council Board, and delivers a Discourse advising the immediate calling of a Parliament, 106; but has no seat in that Parliament, ib. 1629, November. Is accused of circulating a Proposition to bridle Parliaments, written by Sir Robert Dudley, 107 seqq.; History of that production, 110 seqq.; Sir Robert’s Library is placed under seal, and remains so until his death, 107, 117, seqq.; 769intercourse between Ben Jonson and Cotton, 116. 1630. Decline of Cotton’s health, and his correspondence with Dr. Frodsham, 118; his visit to Amphyllis Ferrers, and the plot to obtain money from him, 120 seqq.; the proceedings in the Court of Star Chamber thereon, ib. 1631. Illness, 123; Conferences with Dr. Oldisworth and with Bishop Williams, 124; death, 125.
Cotton, Sir Thomas, Bart., 125, 127, 129, 131, 161
Cotton, Thomas, 49, 118
Cotton, William, 49, 53
Cottoni Posthuma, 91 seqq. and foot-note
Courten, Peter, 250
Courten, Sir Peter, 254
Courten, Sir William, Bart., 251, 256, 260, 267
Courten, William (I), 249
Courten, William (II), 257
Courten, William, Founder of the Sloane Museum: 1642, March. Birth and Parentage, 259 1656. Benefaction to the Tradescant Museum, ib. 1657? Residence at Montpelier, 260 1662. Contention with George Carew respecting the administration of the Estates of Sir William Courten, 262 seqq. 1663, July. Presents a petition to King Charles II, 263; but subsequently enters into a compromise with Carew, ib.; and retires to Fawsley, 264 1670. Relinquishes his family name and returns to Montpelier, whence he makes many Continental tours and extensive Collections both in Natural History and in Antiquities, 267 seqq. 1684? Returns to England, 268; establishes his museum in the Middle Temple, 269; his correspondence with Sloane, ib. 1686. Account of a Visit to Courten’s Museum by John Evelyn, 270 1695. Another Account of a like visit by Ralph Thoresby, 271 1695–1701. His closing years, 272 1702, March. Death and monumental inscription, 273
Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, Notices of the Life and of the Literary and Archæological Collections of, 417–421; his Bequests to the Nation, 421
Craven, Keppel, Bequest of, 38
Croft, Sir Thomas Elmsley, 536
Croizet’s Fossil Mammalia collected in Auvergne, 37
Crommelinck, Peter, 249
Cromwell, Oliver, 90
Cromwell, Sir Oliver, 56
Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 370
Cuming, Hugh, Notices of the Life, Travels, and Collections in Natural History of, 692 seqq.
Cureton, William, Early labours in Bodley’s Library of, 619; becomes Assistant-Keeper of MSS. in the British Museum, and devotes himself to the Oriental Department, 620; his labours on the MSS. from the Monasteries of Nitria, 621; and his account of the discoveries there made, given in the Quarterly Review of 1846, 622; publishes a Syriac version of the Festal Letters of St. Athanasius, 623; his Spicilegium Syriacum, 624; other publications and labours, literary and parochial, ib.; is made a Royal Trustee, ib.; publishes the Martyrs in Palestine of Eusebius, 625; his lamented death, ib.
Cuvier, George, 455
770Cyrene, Archæological Researches at, 40
D.
Da Costa, Solomon, 328 seqq.
Daniell, Edward Thomas, Researches in Lycia of, 668
Davis, Nathan, Explorations on the site of Ancient Carthage made by, and their results, 666 seqq.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, 508
Debruge Collection, Specimens of Ancient Glass now in the British Museum formerly in the, 712
Dee, John, 58
De Foe, Daniel, 208
Delessert, Benjamin, 587
Dendy, Sergeant, 131
Dennis, George, Archæological Explorations in Sicily of, 668
Denon, Vivant, 362
Description of the Ancient Marbles in the British Museum, 522 seqq.
Description of the Terra Cottas in the British Museum, 522
Des Hayes, M., Tertiary Fossils collected in France by, 38
Dethick, William, 52
D’Ewes, Adrian, 237
D’Ewes, Sir Symonds, Notices of the Researches, the Political Career, and the Antiquarian Collections of, 82, 83, 91, 97–99, 133, 237
D’Hancarville, J. B., 372, 375
Didyme, Ancient Sculpture brought from, 664
Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 69
Dordogne, Exploration of the Caves of, and its results, 699
Doubleday, John, 463
Downing, Frances, 134
Downing, Sir George, 134, 262
Drawings, Collections of, 310, 408, 421
Dreux, M. de, Researches on the site of Ancient Carthage carried on by, 626
Dryander, Jonas, 509
Dudley, Edmund, 113
Dudley, Sir Robert, and the Proposition to bridle the Impertinency of Parliaments, 110
Dugdale, Sir William, 435
Durand Collection of Vases, 715
Dureau de La Malle, Researches on the site of Ancient Carthage of, 626
Dutertre, M., 362
Dyson, Mr., Zoological Collections made in Venezuela by, 581
E.
Edmonds, Mr., 59
Edward VI, King of England, 64
Edwards, Major Arthur, Bequest in augmentation of the Cottonian Library, made by, 142, 305; this Bequest was, for a long period after the foundation of the Museum, the mainstay of its Library, 443 and foot-note
Edwards, George, 301
Egerton, Francis, Earl of Ellesmere, 597
Egerton, Francis Henry, Earl of Bridgewater, Notices of the Life, Character, and Testamentary Benefactions of, 446–455
Egerton, Francis, Duke of Bridgewater, K.G., 446
Egerton, Lady Katharine, 257
Egyptian Antiquities, Early History of the Collection of, 347 seqq., 362 seqq.
Egyptian Glass in the Slade Collection, 708
Elgin, Thomas, Earl of. See Bruce
Eliot, Sir John, 56, 90, 93, 94, 96, 101
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 51, 103, 157
Ellesmere, Francis, Earl of. See Egerton
Ellis, Sir Henry, Notice of the Literary Labours and Public Services of, 524–534, 549, 569
Elmsley, Thomas, 419
Empson, James, 304, 322
771Epistles of St. Ignatius, Syriac Version of, 609
Erskine, William, Oriental MSS. of, 42
Esquimaux Collections made and bequeathed by Henry Christy, 699 seqq.
Estcourt, T. B. Sotheron, 541
Ethnography and British and Mediæval Antiquities, Organization of the Department of, 688
Etruria in Staffordshire, Debt to the Hamilton Vases of the Porcelain Works established at, 353
Evangeliary of King Ethelstan, 98
Evelyn, John, 196, 201, 270
F.
Farmer, Richard, 476
Fellows, Sir Charles, Early Life and Travels of, 642; his researches in Lycia and other parts of Asia, and his excavations of ancient marbles, 644 seqq.; his death, 653; his views of the date and archæological character of the Lycian Marbles, 654 seqq.
Fenwick, Sir John, 206
Fermor, Sir William, 199
Ferrers, Amphyllis, 120
Fitzalan, Henry, Earl of Arundel, 172
Fleetwood, Sir Robert, 254
Forbes, Edward, Researches in Lycia, of, 668
Forshall, Rev. Josiah, 141, 532
Foscarini, Anthony, 179
Foscolo, Hugh, 547
Fossils, Collections of, 22, 26, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 333
Fox, Charles James, 673 seqq.
Fox, Henry, Lord Holland, 310, 423
Foxe, John, 325
Fragmenta Scenica Græca, 441 and foot-note
France, State Papers and other MSS. relating to the history of, 456, 572
France, Notice of the early and persistent efforts for the acquisition for public use of the treasures of Learning and Art made by the Statesmen of, 348
Franklin, Benjamin, 672, 673
Franks, A. W., Account of some of the choice specimens in the Christy Collection by, 698 seqq.; and of those in the Slade Collection, 708 seqq.
Fraser, Mr., Zoological Collections made in Tunis by, 581
Frattochi (the ancient Bovillæ), Discovery of Ancient Sculpture at, 401
Frederick, Prince of Wales, 294
Fusée d’Aublet, J. B. C., 509
Fynes Clinton, Henry, Candidature for the Principal-Librarianship of the Museum of, 533
G.
Gaisford, Thomas, 620, 624
Galloway, Patrick, 155
Gardiner, S. R., Notice of the account of the intercourse between Sir R. Cotton and the Count of Gondomar given by, 52, 72, 146
Gardiner, Mr., Zoological Collections made in Brazil by, 581
Garnett, Rev. Richard, 549
Garrick, David, 415
Gaston, Duke of Orleans, 270
Gautier, Abbé, 221
George III, King of Great Britain, Gift to the Nation of the Thomason Library by, 330; his Political Intercourse with Lord Shelburne, 430 seqq.; his Literary tastes and Character, 465 seqq.; Formation of his Library, 469; his Conversations with Johnson and with Beattie, 474 seqq.; Pains taken by him in forming a series of the early productions of the English Press, 477 seqq.; Circumstances which attended the Gift of his Library to the Nation, 482 seqq.
772George IV, King of Great Britain, 465, 482 seqq.
German Albums, series of, 457
German Glass in the Slade Collection, Early, 713
Gibbons, Grinling, 273
Gibson, Benjamin, Remarks of, on the Lycian Marbles discovered by Sir C. Fellows, 649
Gilbert, Mr., Zoological Collections made in Australia and New Zealand by, 581
Ginguené, Peter Lewis, Library of, 442, 455
Glass, Slade Collection of Ancient, 708 seqq.
Goade, Dr., 193
Godolphin, Sydney, Earl of Godolphin, 211
Goldsmith, Oliver, 425
Gondomar, Diego de Sarmiento, Count of, Intercourse of Sir R. Cotton with, 68, 80, 81, 95, 102, 146
Gorges, Ferdinando, 187
Gosse, P. H., Zoological Collections made in Jamaica by, 581
Goudot, M., Zoological Collections made in Columbia by, 581
Gough, Richard, 529
Gould, John, Zoological Collections made in Australia and in New Zealand by, 381
Graves, Captain, 651
Gray, John Edward, F.R.S., Public Services of, 577 seqq.; his Illustrations of Indian Zoology, ib.; Catalogues and Synopses of the Natural History Collections originated by, 578; Evidence on the comparative state of those Collections in 1836 and in 1849, 579 seqq.
Greek and Roman Marbles, History of the Collection of, 372 seqq.
Greek Coins, Collection of, 412, 705
Greek Manuscripts, Researches in the 17th century for the Collection of, 199 seqq.
Greek Marbles, Early Researches in the Levant for the acquisition of, 189 seqq.
Gregg, William, 210
Grenville, Thomas, Notices of the Political Life of, 670 seqq.; on his retirement from politics he devotes himself to literary and social pursuits, and collects his Library, 677 seqq.; its character, 678, 681; his Conversation with Sir A. Panizzi as to its destination, 679
Grenville, Richard, Marquess of Buckingham, 674 seqq.
Greville, Charles, 356, 459
Grey, Lady Jane, 113, 477
Grey, Henry, Earl of Kent, 254
Grey, Henry, Duke of Kent, 446
Grey, Lady Anna Sophia, 446
Grey, Thomas, Earl of Stamford, 241
Gronovius, John Frederick, Herbarium of, 509
Grosley, Peter John, Account of the early condition and regulations of the British Museum by, 337
Grotefend, George Frederick, 641
Guenther, Dr., 603
Guiscard, Anthony de, 217
H.
Haeberlein Fossils, 40
Halicarnassian Marbles, 663 seqq.
Haller von Hallerstein, Charles, 397
Halley, Edmund, 276
Hamilton, Gavin, 372, 374, 376, 406
Hamilton, Sir William, Notices of the Diplomatic Career, the scientific researches, the archæological and artistic Collections of, 347–360; his promotion of the explorations of Lord Elgin, 382; he brings to England the Barberini or Portland Vase, 459
773Hamilton, Lady, 356, 358
Hamilton, William Richard, 399
Hampden, John, 300
Hanbury, William, 137, 139
Hancarville, J. B. d’, 352
Harcourt, Simon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, 225
Hardiman, John, 456
Harding Prints and Drawings, 36
Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus, 529
Hardwicke, Major-General, Bequest of Zoological Collections by, 580
Hargrave, Francis, Library of, 435
Harley, Sir Edward, 204, 234
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, a Trustee of the Cotton Library under the Act of 1700, 139; Parentage and Descent of, 203; his first public appearance on occasion of the Revolution of 1688, 204; his Parliamentary and Official Career, 205 seqq.; his Secretaryship of State, 207; he protects De Foe, 208; the crime of William Gregg and the use made of it by Harley’s enemies, 210; his dismissal from the Secretaryship, 211; he intrigues against the Godolphin Ministry, 212; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, 213; his friendship with Swift, 214; Guiscard’s attempt on his life and its results, 217; he becomes Lord High Treasurer, 219; his intercourse with the ‘October Club,’ 220; and with the Jacobite exiles, 221 seqq.; his intercourse with George the First, 229; his impeachment, 230; and trial, 232; returns to Parliament, 233; his Domestic Life, 234; the History of his Library, 235, 477 seqq.; its Acquisition by Parliament, 242; extracts from the Stuart Papers illustrative of the intercourse of Lord Oxford with the Jacobites subsequently to the Accession of George I, 242 seqq.
Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 241, 307
Harpagus, Monuments of the Conquest of Xanthus by, 662
Harpy Tomb, or Pandarus-Tomb, brought from Xanthus, 649, 654
Hartweg, Mr., Zoological Collections made in Mexico by, 581
Hawes, Sir Benjamin, 544
Hawkins, Edward, 43, 532
Hawkins, Ernest, 549
Hawkins, Thomas, 34
Hawley, Sir Henry, 507
Hays’ Egyptian Antiquities, 45
Heber, Richard, 483
Hebrew Books, Collections of, 42, 329
Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I, 186
Henry III, King of England, 79
Henry V, King of England, 79
Henry VII, King of England, 113
Henry VIII, King of England, 54
Henry, Prince of Wales, Life and Character, 153 seqq.; his intercourse with Ralegh and his influence upon Naval Affairs, 160; his purchase of Lord Lumley’s Library, 162; the projects for his marriage, 164; his death, 166; union of his Library with that at Whitehall, 167; subsequent history of the Royal Library until its incorporation with the British Museum, 168 seqq.
Heralds’ College, Arundelian MSS. at the, 202
Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 235
Herbert, Elizabeth, 134
Herbert, Lord Chief Justice, 278
Herculaneum, Explorations at, 353
Hickes, Sir Michael, 426
Hickes, Sir William, 426
Hill, Sir John, 322
Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, Benefactions of, 459
Hoeck, J. van, 240
Holles Bentinck, Margaret, Duchess of Portland, 242
Holles, Thomas, 347
774Holwell Carr, William, Bequest of Pictures to the British Museum by, 30
Homer, Palimpsest Fragments of, found amongst the MSS. from the Nitrian Monasteries, 624
Honeywood, Elizabeth, 133
Hope Collection of Vases, 715
Hornemann, Frederick, 504
Horsley, Samuel, Bishop of St. Asaph, 506
Hosking, William, 586
Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton, 64, 66, 81, 113
Howard, Margaret, 132
Howard, Lady Philippa, 370
Howard, Philip, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 163, 174
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and Norfolk, Correspondence with Sir R. Cotton of, 87; his early life and his career at Court, 174 seqq.; beginnings of his extensive Collections in literature, art, and archæology, 177; his quarrel with Lord Spencer, ib.; the adventure of his wife at Venice and its consequences, 179; his imprisonment by Charles I, 183 seqq.; his efforts in Colonization, 186; his withdrawal from England, and death, 188; character and history of the Arundelian Collections, 189 seqq.
Howard, Henry, Duke of Norfolk, 197, 199
Howell, James, 52, 94, 101
Hubert, Robert, 259
Hugessen, Dorothea, 503
Hugessen, William Weston, 503
Hull, John Fowler, 460
Humboldt, William von, 455, 501
Huntington, Robert, Bishop of Raphoe, 609
Hutchinson, General Lord, 362, 367
Hutton, William, 340
Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 265
Hyde, Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, 572
I.
Icelandic Books, 497
Ignatius, St., Nitrian MSS. of the Epistles of, 609 seqq.
Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, 542
Institute of Egypt, 362 seqq.
Institute of France, 505
Irish Manuscripts, Collections of, 456, 457
Italian Topography, Collection of, 460
J.
Jackson, Cyril, 422
Jacquier, M., 509
James I, King of England, &c., 49, 65, 69, 73, 85, 86, 87, 103, 111, 131, 154
James Stuart, Prince of Wales (called ‘The Old Pretender’), 221 seqq., 244, 245
James, Richard, 114 seqq.
Japanese Books, 718 seqq.
Jenkins, Thomas, 372, 376, 377
Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool, 483
Johnson, Samuel, 242, 469, 470, 471, 473, 475
Jolles, Sir John, 59
Jones, John Winter, 568, 575, 600
Jones, Inigo, 163
Jonson, Benjamin, 116
Journal Britannique, 343
Joursanvault, Baron de, 536 seqq.
Junius, Francis, 199
Jussieu, Bernard de, 289
K.
Kaye, John, Bishop of Lincoln, 441
Kennet, White, Bishop of Peterborough, 427
Khorsabad and Kouyunjik, Discoveries at, 629 seqq.
King, Dr. William, 286
Knatchbull, Sir Edward, 507
Knight, Gowin, 321, 342
775Knight, Richard Payne, Notices of the Public and Literary Life, the Collections, the Writings, and the Benefactions of, 401–412, 460; his opinions and his Parliamentary Evidence on the Elgin Marbles, 389, 411 seqq.
Knightley, Sir Richard, 254
Kokscharow Minerals, 42
König, Charles, 532, 575
L.
La Billardière, M. de, Botanical and other Collections of, 500
Lambarde, William, 52
Lambe, Dr., 87
Lansdowne Manuscripts, 526 seqq.
Lansdowne, William, Marquess of. See Petty-Fitzmaurice
Lartet, M., 699 seqq.
La Turbie Gems, 691
Laud, Archbishop, 151
Laurenzano Collection, Marbles formerly in the, 373 seqq.
La Vallière, Duke of, 472
Layard, Austen Henry, Notices of the Travels, the Archæological Researches and Collections of, 627 seqq.
Leach, Dr., 573
Leheup, Peter, and his dealings with the Foundation-Lottery of the British Museum, 309, 340
Lemery, Nicholas, 275
Le Neve, Peter, 435
Lennox, Esme, Duke of. See Stuart
Leochares, Sculptures of, 665
Lerma, Duke of, 71
Lethieullier, Pitt, 347
Lethieullier, Smart, 347
Lethieullier, William, 347
Levant Manuscripts, Early Researches for the Acquisition of, 609 seqq.
Lever, Sir Ashton, 339
Ley, James, Earl of Marlborough, 53
Leyden, Natural History Museum of, 579
Limyra, Tombs of, 658
Linart, M., Visit to the Monasteries of the Nitrian Desert of, 610
Lincolnshire, Collections for, 435
Lind, Dr., 495
Linkh, James, 397
Linnæus, Charles, 509
Lisle, William, 87
Lloyd, William, Bishop of Lichfield, 236
Locke, John, 267
Lomenie, Henry de, Count of Brienne, Manuscripts of, 235
Long, Charles, Lord Farnborough, 456, 483
Loureiro, John de, Herbarium of, 509
Lucar, Cyril, Patriarch of Constantinople, 167
Lumley, John, Lord Lumley, Library of, 162
Lusieri, John Baptist, 382
Lycian Marbles, 645 seqq.
Lyttelton, Sir Edward, 254
Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, 206
M.
Macclesfield, Earl of. See Parker
Madden, Sir Frederick, 122, 141, 523
Magna Græcia, Antiquities from, 351 seqq.
Major, Richard Henry, 471
Manchester, Henry, Earl of. See Montagu
Manuscript Collections, 242, 303, 304, 426, 455, 460, 461, 485, 523, 616–624, 707
Map and Chart Collections, 471
Marsden’s Collections of Oriental Coins, 35
Maty, Matthew, 322, 342
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Sculptures of the, 664 seqq.
Mausoleum and Cinerary Urns, 522
Maynwaring, Roger, 87
Menou, General, and the Egyptian Antiquities collected by the French Explorers, 363
Menzies, Archibald, 334
776Merret, Christopher, 290
Mewtas, Thomas, 117
Millard, John, 541
Mineralogical Collections, 459, 510, 521
Minutes of Evidence before Select Committee on the British Museum of 1835–36, 555, 558; —before the Royal Commissioners of 1848–50, 566
Moll, Baron von, 413
Mommsen, Tycho, MSS. of, 457
Monck Mason, Henry, MSS. of, 457
Monk, Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, 270
Montagu, Colonel George, Collections in Zoology of, and his public benefaction, 459, 576, 692
Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 489
Montagu, Ralph, Duke of Montagu, 319
Montagu House and its history, 319, 324
Monticelli’s Minerals, 521
Morghens, Raphael, Prints of, 36
Moritz, Charles, 338
Morrison, Robert, Chinese Library of, 37
Morton, Dr. Charles, 322, 344, 519
Mouncey, John, 250
Museum Tradescantianum, 259
Musgrave, Sir William, Benefactions of, 416
Myra, Casts of Rock-Tombs at, 660
N.
Napier of Magdala, Lord, Efforts for the collection of Abyssinian MSS. and Antiquities during the late Campaign made by, 703 seqq.
Napoleon and the Institute of Cairo, 366; his plans for the acquisition of the Marbles of the Parthenon, 384
Natural History Collections, Propositions which have been made for the removal of the, 513, 594 seqq., 744 seqq.
Natural History of Jamaica, 289 seqq.
Nelson, Horatio, Lord Nelson, 356, 359, 361
Neville, Sir Henry, 55
Newton, Adam, 157
Newton, Charles Thomas, Researches for Antiquities at Halicarnassus, Branchidæ, Cnidus, &c., of, 663 seqq.; his labours in respect to the Woodhouse Collection, 704
Newton, Sir Isaac, 499
Nice, Daniel, Museum of, 195
Nicolas, Sir Harris, 535, 541
Nimeguen, Discovery of Ancient Bronzes near, 409
Nimroud, Excavations of Mr. Layard and his Successors at, 629 seqq.
Nitrian Monasteries, Account of the successive researches for MSS. in the Libraries of the, 609 seqq.
Norgate, Edward, 195
Northampton, Henry, Earl of. See Howard
O.
Oldisworth, William, 124
Onslow, Arthur, 306
Orsini, Flavio, MSS. of, 457
Osborne, Sir John, 240
Oswald, James, 673
Ouseley, Sir Gore, 461, 509
Overbury, Sir Thomas, 67, 81, 82, 83
Owen, Admiral Sir Edward, 651
Owen, Richard, on the growth and progress of the Zoological Collections, 602, 694; on the state, classification, and requirements of the Collection of Minerals, 606.
P.
Pacho, Mr., negotiates the transfer from the Monastery of St. Mary Deipara of a residuary Collection of Syrian MSS. previously withheld, 618
Paiafa, Xanthian tomb of, 652, 658
Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, 263
777Pandarus, Lycian Marbles illustrative of the Legend of, 654
Panizzi, Sir Antonio, 485, 523, 543, 546, 552, 558, 559, 560, 563, 567, 570, 704; his influence on the bequest of the Grenville Library, 678 seqq.; his designs and labours for the construction of the New Reading-Room, 586 seqq.; his account of the choice books in the Grenville Collection, 681 seqq.; testimony borne in Parliament in 1866 to his public services, 583
Papin, Dionysius, 276
Paramythia (in Epirus), Discovery of ancient Bronzes at, 407
Paris and London Museums compared, 579, 581
Parker, George, Earl of Macclesfield, 299, 304
Parker, Matthew, Archbishop of Canterbury, 58
Parry, John Humffreys, 568
Paynell, Robert, 241
Pelham, Henry, 307, 309
Pell, John, 427
Pennant, Thomas, 496
Percy, Algernon, Duke of Northumberland, 610
Perez, Anthony, 457
Persepolitan Marbles, 461
Persian MSS., 456, 459
Peters, Hugh, 168
Petiver, James, 290
Pett, Phineas, 161
Petty, William, 191, 193
Petty-Fitzmaurice, William, Marquess of Lansdowne, 426 seqq., 672
Petyt, William, 435
Phigaleia, Marbles of, 396 seqq.
Phœnician Glass, 708
Piaggi, Anthony, 358
Pierre-Luisit (Pays-de-Bugey), Discovery of ancient Sculpture at, 407
Pindar, Sir Paul, 260, 267
Pinelli Library, 438
Pirckheimer Library, 195
Pitton de Tournefort, Joseph, 267
Planta, Andrew, 517
Planta, Joseph, Notices of the Life, Literary Works, and Public Services of, 517 seqq.
Portland Vase, History of the, 461 seqq.
Pourtalès Collection of Antiquities, 669
Proposition to bridle the Impertinency of Parliaments, 100
R.
Ralegh, Sir Walter, 87, 113, 147, 160, 161, 187
Ratcliffe, John, 476
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 641
Ray, John, 275, 282
Reid, George William, on Prints in the Slade Collection, 716
Rich, Claudius James, 459, 616
Robartes, John, Earl of Radnor, 241
Roberts, Edward, 25
Roe, Sir Thomas, Researches in the Levant of, 167, 192 seqq.
Rosetta Inscription, 365 seqq.
Royal Academy of Arts, 471
Royal Society, 284 seqq., 498 seqq.
Russell, John, Duke of Bedford, 524
Rycaut, Sir Paul, 427
Rye, William Brenchley, 719
Rymer, Thomas, 328
S.
Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke, 212 seqq., 309
Saint-John, Oliver, 110, 114
Salisbury, Earl of. See Cecil
Salway, Richard, 268
Sancroft, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 235
Saunders, Dr. Sedgwick, on certain MSS. in the Cotton Collection, 151
Saunders, William, 703 seqq.
778Scharf, George, 645
Scopas, Sculptures of, 665
Segar, Sir William, 435
Seguier, Peter, 235, 240
Selden, John, 97, 130, 131, 419
Sennacherib, Sculptural Monuments of, 633, 640 seqq.
Serra, Marquess (of Genoa), 665
Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset, 64, 211
Sheepshanks, John, 35
Sicily, Archæological Researches in, 668
Siebold, Philip Francis von, Travels and Researches in Japan of, 717 seqq.; his Japanese Libraries, 718
Slade, Felix, Collections and Bequests of, 707 seqq.
Sloane, Sir Hans: 1660–1677–1683. Parentage, and early education in Ireland, 274 1678. Studies Chemistry, Botany, and Medicine in London, 275 1683. Goes to France to prosecute his professional and scientific education, ib. 1684. Commences his medical career in London, 276 1687. Proceeds to the West Indies as Physician to the Governor-General and to the Fleet, and during that Voyage begins the formation of his Museum, 278 seqq. 1689. Returns to England with extensive Collections, 281 1693. Becomes Secretary of the Royal Society, 282 1696. Publishes his first scientific work, ib. 1690 to 1727. Resumes the publication of the suspended Philosophical Transactions, 284; Discussions between Sloane and Woodward, 286; Enumeration of the honours and distinctions conferred upon him, 287 1708. Publishes the first volume of the Natural History of Jamaica, 288 1710–18. Incorporation of the Collections of Plukenet, Petiver, and others, with Sloane’s Museum, 290; his extensive correspondence and charities, 291 1741. Retires to his Manor House at Chelsea, 293 1748. Visit to the Sloane Museum of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 294 1748–9. Last Will and Codicils, 296 seqq.; declining years and death, 300; Comparative Synoptical Table of his Museum in 1725 and in 1753, 303; its acquisition by Parliament and its public establishment, in 1753, 304 seqq.
Smirke, Sir Robert, 584 seqq.
Smirke, Sydney, 587 seqq., 596
Smith and Porcher, Explorations at Cyrene of Messrs., 40
Smith, Joseph, 469
Smith, Robert, 59
Smith, Dr. Thomas, 142
Smith, Sir Thomas, 235
Solander, Daniel Charles, 491
Soltikoff Collection, 712
Somers, John, Lord Somers, 139
Somerset, Earl of. See Carr
Somerville, Lord, 480
Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles N. S., Researches in the Nitrian Monasteries of, 610
Spanish MSS., 456
Spanish Poetry and Drama, Chorley Collection of, 695
Spano (Canon), of Cagliari, 626
Spencer, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, 239
Specimens of Ancient Sculpture, 735 seqq., 410
Spelman, Sir Henry, 124
779Spratt, T. A. B., Researches in Lycia of, 668
Stephen, James Francis, 38
Strozzi Gems, 691
Stuart, Esme, Duke of Lennox, 71, 182
Suffolk, Thomas, Earl of. See Howard
Swift, Jonathan, 214 seqq.
T.
Tattam, Henry, Researches in the Nitrian Monasteries of, 613
Theyer, Charles and John, 168
Thomason, George, 331
Thoresby, John, Visit to Courten’s Museum of, 270
Tischendorf’s Visit to the Nitrian Monasteries, 618
Towneley, Charles, Birth and Ancestry of, 369; his Continental Education and Travels, 370; History of his Collection of Ancient Sculpture, 372 seqq.; his return to Italy and further enlargement of his Gallery, 377 seqq.; its testamentary disposal, and subsequent acquisition by Parliament, 379
Tradescant’s Museum, 259
Tyrwhitt, Thomas, Benefactions of, 417
U.
Utica, Archæological Researches at, 666 seqq.
V.
Vase Collections, Notices of the growth and extent of the, 351, 386 seqq.
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, 68, 73, 84, 85, 86, 91, 99, 100, 116
Vincent, Augustine, 87
Vossius, Gerard John, 235
W.
Wake, Sir Isaac, 195
Walker, Sir Edward, 176
Walpole, Horace, Earl of Orford, 309, 310, 322, 405, 415, 426, 429
Wanley, Humphrey, 143, 235, 236, 238, 240, 241, 427
Warburton, John, 240, 435
Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, 457
Ward, Dr. John, 336, 347, 519
Watts, Thomas, Notice of the Literary Life and Public Services of, 554 seqq.; his remarks on the new buildings of the Museum, 585 seqq.; his account of the specimens of Bookbinding in the Slade Collection, 716; and of the Japanese Library of P. F. von Siebold, 719
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, Marquis of Rockingham, 429
Webb, Philip Carteret, 426
Wedgwood, Josiah, 358
Wendeborn, Frederick, 338, 485
Wentworth, Thomas, Earl of Strafford, 111, 186
Wesenham Family, 49
West, James, 427, 476
Whitaker, Lawrence, 117
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, 168
Wilbraham, Roger, 409
Williams, John, Archbishop of York, 87, 124
Witt, George, 696
Wood, Antiquarian explorations at Ephesus of Mr. Consul, 669
Woodhouse, James, Museum of Antiquities formed at Corfu by, 702; its bequest to the Public, and the circumstances attendant thereon, 703 seqq.
Woodward, Dr. John, 259, 286
Wotton, Sir Henry, 179, 181
X.
780Xanthus and its sculptured monuments, Discovery by Sir C. Fellows of, 645 seqq.
Y.
Yelverton, Sir Henry, 178
Young, Arthur, 480
Young, Patrick, 167
Young, Thomas, 367
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