INDEX
Reading edition
Aberdeen, Lord, 145
Abernethy, Dr., sermons by, 501
Achilles, 332
Addison, Joseph, 'Cato' referred to, 154
'Additional MSS.' referred to, 196, 248, 281, 287, 301, 306, 313, 316, 332, 337, 349, 351, 374, 380, 458, 461, 464, 467, 468, 472, 483, 485
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 169, 395;
Treaty of, 213;
debate on Treaty of, 277, 278
Aldborough Election, 313, 323, 332, 349
Allen, Ralph, 112, 303
Allworthy, Squire, see Fielding, Henry
Almon, John, 300, 301, 493
Althorp, Lord, 21, 262
Alsace, Austrian armies in, 209
'Ambulator, The,' 308
Amelia, Princess, 280
America, smuggling invasion of, 165;
hostilities in, 350-1, 372, 395, &c.
Angel Inn, Oxford, Chatham at, 363
Anne, Empress of Russia, death of, 202
Anne, Queen of England, 222
Anson, Lord, 341, 351
Anstruther, General, 330
Antwerp, French enter, 212
Argyll Buildings, Chatham's marriage at, 356
Argyll, Duke of, 343, 452
'Army, History of the British,' see Fortescue, J.W.
Arundel, Mr., 439
Ashbourne, Lord, 355
Ashburnham Park, 305
Ashley, ——, 261
'Assembly of Notables,' 479
Astrop Wells, Chatham's visit to, 304, 350
Austria, House of, 286
Austrian Netherlands, French in possession of, 212
Austrians, War of the Succession, 202, 402;
defeated at Molwitz, 203;
defeated at Chotusitz, 206;
victorious in Bohemia, 207, 209;
in Flanders, 211
Aylesbury, dispute over the Assizes at, 271-5, 289;
purchase of manor of, 275
'Aylesbury, History of,' see Gibbs
Ayscough, Dr., 54, 57, 58, 62, 66, 69, 78, 291, 356
Bailey's 'Dictionary,' Pitt's study of, 501
Baldwin, Lord Chief Justice, 275
Ballantyne, Archibald, 'Life of Lord Carteret,' quoted, 146, 179
Baltimore, Lord, 178
Bampton, 84
Banquier, Alexandre, 45, 69
Barnard, Sir John, 148
Barré, Isaac, 268
Barrington, Viscount, 249, 363, 424, 426, 435, 444, 483
Barrow, sermons of, 501
Bath, 8, 29, 38, 57-9, 63, 66, 97, 99, 104-6, 112-16, 234, 303, 313, 348, 355
Bath, Earl of, see Pulteney, Sir William
Battle Abbey, 305
Bavaria, protests against the succession of Maria Theresa, 202;
seized by General Khevenhüller, 205;
taken by Frederick II., 209
Bavaria, Elector of, see Frederick II.
Bave, Dr. Charles, 57, 60
Bays, Mr., 79
'Bedford Correspondence,' 154, 478, 480-2
Bedford, Duke of, 236, 237, 246, 248, 249, 279, 280, 282, 300, 388, 412, 428, 439, 477, 480, 482, 486
Bedlam, 8
Beckford, Alderman William, 166, 428, 440
Bellamy, a frame maker, 80
Belleisle, Marshal, 204, 205, 207
Belson, Mr., 491
Bentinck, Lord George, 190
Bentley, Richard, Walpole's letter to, 344
Bergen, 3
Berkeley of Stratton, Lord, 252
Berkshire, land purchased in, 6
Berlin, 202, 210;
Treaty of, 206
Besançon, 45, 68, 69, 352
Best, Mr., 24
Bland, Dr., 28
Blandford, 5, 58
'Blandford,' a man-of-war, 400
Blandford, Vicar of, see Pitt, John
Blount, Martha, 79
Boconnoc, 3, 6, 14, 23, 24, 43, 54, 56, 58, 61;
Chatham's early life at, 43;
his reasons for living at, 58, 59
Bohemia, Frederick II. proclaimed king in Prague, 205;
taken by Frederick II., 209
Bolingbroke, Lady, 85, 86
Bolingbroke, Lord, 132, 144, 148, 176, 235, 258;
nicknamed the Pitts, 54;
called the 'intellectual Samson of Battersea,' 328;
accuracy of expression of, 501;
his newspaper, 'The Craftsman,' 163;
'Remarks on History of England,' 328
Bolton, Duke of, 252
Boone, Mr., 252
Boscawen, Admiral, 399
Boswell, James, 303
Bourchier, Colonel, 44
Bourbons, extravagance of the, 195;
union of the, 208
'Boy Patriots, The,' 131
Braddock, General, 397, 398
Breda, peace negotiations at, 212
Breslau, Peace of, 206
Brest, 226
Bridport, Lord, 353
Bright, John, 262
Bristol, 104, 105
Broad-Bottom Administration, 239
Broglie, Marshal, 204, 205
Bromley, 310
Brompton, Richard, portrait-painter, 489
Browne, Lancelot, 132
Broxom, 79
Brussels, French enter, 212
Bubb, see Dodington, George Bubb
Buchan, Lord, 39
Buckhurst, 305
Buckingham, the representation of, 133;
dispute over the Assizes at, 271-5, 289
Buckingham, Duke of, see Grenville, Richard Temple, Earl Temple
Burchett, Will., 28, 29
Burdett, 261, 262
Burke, Edmund, 21, 133
Burleigh, Lord, 427
Burton-Pynsent, 124, 125, 307
Bute, Earl of, 21, 87, 116, 121, 122, 125, 126, 138, 292, 296, 386, 387, 410, 441, 454, 458, 465, 483, 484
Bute, Lady, 126
Butler, 'the Reminiscent,' 359, 364, 491, 493
Byng, Admiral, 450-2, 507
'Cabinets, History of,' see Torrens, W.T. McC.
Cadogan, Charles, 2nd Baron, 452
Calcraft, John, letter to Digby, 359
Camden, Earl of, see Pratt, Sir Charles
Camelford, Lord, see Pitt, Thomas, 1st Baron Camelford
'Camelford MSS.' referred to, 85, 256, 412, 490
Campbell, Hume, 430, 432, 434, 435, 439, 493, 494
Canning, George, 160
Canons, Palace of, 257
Cardigan, Lady, 84
Cardross, Lord, 39
Carlisle, 154
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of, 159;
'Papers' referred to, 159
Carlyle, Thomas, 'Frederick the Great' referred to, 202, 402
Caroline, Princess, 153, 370
Caroline, Queen, 53, 197
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 255, 408, 409, 436;
statesmanship of, 144;
ability and distinction of, 148, 178;
secret negotiations of, 176;
Pitt's animosity to, 178, 187, 190, 218, 219, 280;
Pitt's admiration of, in later years, 220;
his relations with George II., 196;
ability recognised by George II., 245;
his knowledge of the classics, 179;
as a linguist, 180;
his contempt for money, 180;
Chesterfield's opinion of, 182;
supports the Earl of Bath, 216;
downfall of, 229, 235-9;
Administration against, 248;
Secretary of State, 250;
President of the Council, 300, 472;
Walpole's distrust of, 315;
on North American affairs, 350, 351;
on subsidies, 380;
Fox's enmity against, 384;
Newcastle's negotiations with, 389;
his forty-eight hours' Ministry, 409;
Fox's resignation, 461-3;
attacks of Pitt upon, 505, 506;
'Life of Carteret,' see Ballantyne, A.
Chaillot, 99
Chambers, 140
Chandos, Duke of, 140;
Dukedom of, 257
Charleroi, taken by the French, 212
Charles II., 393, 423
Charles III., 205
Charles VI., 202, 203, 213
Charles VII., 209
Charles Edward, 'the Young Pretender,' see Stuart
Chatham, Lady, see Grenville, Lady Hester
'Chatham MSS.' referred to, 50, 51, 92, 99, 254, 455, 485
Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl of, parentage, 1, 8, 11;
birth, 26;
death, 126, 312;
appearance and characteristics, 421, 488-90;
at Eton, 27;
at Oxford, 31;
father, 8, 12, 14-16, 38, 48;
mother, 12, 14, 26, 38-46;
Governor Pitt's regard for, 11, 26;
sisters, 48-128;
quarrels with his sister Ann, 53, 83, 85-8, 115, 116, 256;
family quarrels, 19, 22, 50, 83, 509;
affected by gout, 28, 30, 39, 46, 96, 98, 117, 234, 298, 303, 304, 313, 315, 316, 318, 332, 483, 486, 507;
military service, 43-7, 60, 63, 130, 132, 157, 158, 160, 163;
marries Lady Hester Grenville, 97, 98, 102, 253, 352, 356;
letters to Hester Grenville described, 355;
lives and dies at Hayes, 103, 110, 312, 454;
birth of children, 111, 455, 456;
legacy of Duchess of Marlborough to, 233, 234;
anecdotes of, 307, 308, 363;
recommends Bolingbroke's works, 328;
'History of Chatham,' see Thackeray, Francis
Correspondence—with his father, 29, 34;
to his mother, 38-46;
sister Ann, 56-84, 88-93, 101, 104-112;
sister Mary, 96;
Duke of Newcastle, 97, 329-32, 335;
Sir George Lyttelton and Grenville, 316-18;
Chancellor Hardwicke, 324, 325, 337
Appointments—Groom of the Bedchamber, 162, 240;
Paymaster, 85, 133, 254, 475, 510;
Privy Seal, 125;
Secretary of State, 103, 480;
Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 253, 261, 265
Parliamentary Career—Begins at Stowe, 77;
represents Old Sarum, 129, 270, 313;
elected for Seaford, 270;
chosen for Aldborough, 333, 349, 486;
represents Okehampton, 486;
his first session in Parliament, 143, 157;
George II.'s regard for, 108, 157, 196, 245, 249, 250, 252, 262, 341, 349, 377, 465, 478, 486, 506;
his regard for the King, 242, 465;
Order of the Garter for Temple, 139;
member of the 'Junto,' 236;
forcing his hand, 247;
wields power through the people, 358, 475;
views and plans on political situation, 316, 321;
apologies from Duke of Newcastle, 335, 348;
exclusion from Government, 338, 415;
American War, 350;
his finest speeches, 293, 357-8;
strong remarks on Sir Thomas Robinson, 360;
distrust of, and attitude to Fox, 352, 365, 370, 474, 476, 478;
Parliamentary intrigue, 370;
as Leader of the House, 376;
eulogises Legge for a position, 377;
pecuniary awards to, 410;
and Newcastle Ministry, 460-5, 471;
negotiations with Hardwicke, 468;
co-operation sought with, 475;
fails to form a Ministry, 483-6;
connection with Leicester House, 353, 386-8, 404, 454, 475, 481, 485;
his oratory, 357-8, 492-503;
periods of his life, 503, 504;
effect of his life's mission, 512
Speeches, extracts of—On royal marriage, 157;
reduction of army, 164;
convention with Spain, 167;
denounces Walpole's administration, 184, 505;
subsidies for foreign powers, 209, 237, 379, 380, 434;
transfer of Hanoverians, 241, 242, 410;
Bucks Assizes, 274;
compensation of Glasgow, 276;
peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 278, 416;
opposes navy reduction, 289, 419;
opinion on Regency Bill, 292, 293;
Jews' Naturalisation Act, 299;
relief of Chelsea pensioners, 356;
on election petitions, 358;
tenure of sheriff-deputyships, 392, 394;
against the Newcastle Ministry, 404;
seamen's prize money, 422;
army estimates, 424;
Militia Bill, 428, 469;
reprimands Hume Campbell, 430-3;
foreign treaties, 433-8;
attacks Budget, 440, 447;
on Swiss auxiliaries, 441;
criticism on army grant, 445
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, and Ann Pitt, 54, 65;
statesmanship of, 144;
his ability and distinction, 148;
his opinion of Pulteney, 176;
quotations from his Letters, 182;
character of George II., 198;
opposed to the Hanoverian vote, 225;
bequest to, by the Duchess of Marlborough, 233;
member of Opposition Committee, 236;
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 240;
letter from Newcastle, 248;
resignation of, as Secretary of State, 279;
eulogises Pitt and Murray, 302;
on the reconstruction of the Ministry, 390;
on the character of Pitt, 490, 491, 493;
on Pitt's study of words, 501
Chevening, residence of Stanhope, 3, 126, 307
Chippenham Election, 172
Cholmondeley, Lord, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 253, 439
Cholmondeley, Mrs., death of, 97
Cholmondely, Charles, 14
Chotusitz, Battle of, 206
Clement XII., Pope, death of, 201
Climenson's 'Mrs. Montague' referred to, 303, 304, 309
Clive, Lord, 395
Cobbett, William, 134;
'Parliamentary History' referred to, 165, 167, 168, 183, 186, 187, 188, 218, 219, 220, 225, 241, 242, 243, 271, 275-8, 285, 287, 443
Cobden, Richard, 261, 262
'Cobham's Cubs,' 131
Cobham, Lord, see Temple, Sir Richard, afterwards Lord Cobham
Cobham Party (The), 217
Colchester, Petition for, 360
Colebrooke's 'Memoirs,' 296, 346
Cologne, Elector of, 286
Compiègne, Council at, 400
Congreve, William, 132
Conway, a cousin of Walpole's, 160, 289, 481
Corbett, Mr., marriage of, 49
Corbett, Sir William, 49
Cornbury, Lord, 84
Cornwall, 6, 16, 43, 58, 61
Cornwall, Duchy of, 17
Cornwall, Duke of, 18
Cotton, Sir John Hinde, 224, 236-7
'Cousins, The,' 131
Coxe, William, 'Memoirs of Henry Pelham' quoted 249, 250, 278, 282, 286;
'Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole' quoted, 166, 168, 172, 216, 369
Cradock, Joseph, 'Literary Memoirs' referred to, 497
'Cranford,' see Gaskell, Mrs.
Cresset, Mr., 87, 115, 116
Cricket, played at Stowe, 80
Crowhurst, Colonel Pelham's place at, 305
Culloden, Battle of, 269, 398
Cumberland, Duke of, Grenville's hatred of, 21;
attempts to form a Pitt Ministry, 139;
George II.'s affection for, 387;
defeated at Fontenoy, 210;
and at Lauffeld, 212;
projected marriage of, 229;
awarded a pension, 269, 270;
objections to, as Regent, 293;
a member of the Regency Council, 370;
his devotion to Fox, 294, 352, 365, 380, 384, 388;
alliance of Newcastle with, 389;
plan of campaign, 398;
influence of, 475
Darcy, Sir Conyers, 439
Dashwood, Francis, Baron, 414
Delamere, Lord, 14
Delaval, John, speech at Berwick, 358
Delany, Mrs., 'Memoirs of,' referred to, 52, 125, 126
Denbigh, Lord, 249
Derby, Prince Charles Edward marches on, 244
Dettingen, Battle of, 214, 218;
George II. at, 193, 194;
Pitt's view of the, 222
Devonshire, land purchased in, 6
Devonshire, Duke of, 339, 379, 380, 462, 467, 476-86
Devonshire House, assembly at, 479
De Witt, Jan, 443
Diamond, transaction of the Pitt, 3, 4
Dickins and Stanton, 'An Eighteenth Century Correspondence' referred to, 134
Digby, Lord, 359, 459, 461
Disraeli, Benjamin, 172
'Divinity Pitt,' 54
Dodington, George Bubb, 135, 140, 155, 224, 236, 237, 292, 346, 349, 350, 370, 373, 380, 383-6, 388, 443, 459, 479, 480, 483
Dorsetshire, lands purchased in, 6
Dover, Lord, 156
Dresden, occupied by Frederick II., 210;
Peace of, 246
'Dropmore Papers' quoted and referred to, 8, 13, 26, 56
Duffell, Dr., 126
Dundonald, Lord, 'Autobiography of,' referred to, 134
Dunkirk, 277
Dupleix, 395
Dupplin, one of the Paymasters, 455, 472
Duquesne Fort, 398
Dutch Expedition up the Thames recalled, 226
Dutens, Louis, reception by the Pitts, 50, 51;
'Voyage' referred to, 174
East India Company, 2
Education, Chatham's letters on, 20
Edward III., 179
Egmont, Earl of, 277, 284, 292, 373, 406, 472
'Eighteenth Century Correspondence,' see Dickins and Stanton
Election expenses, 143
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 206, 207, 400, 402
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 423
Ellis, Welbore, 410, 415, 460, 461
Enfield Chase, 308
England, indifference of George II. and William III. to, 198, 199;
pledged to the Pragmatic Sanction, 203;
'Remarks on the History of,' see Bolingbroke, Lord
Epsom, 154
Eridge, 305
Erskine, Sir Henry, 39, 441, 467
Erskine, Thomas, 39
Esmond, Will, 13
Essex, Lady, see Pitt, Essex
Esther, name given to Chatham's wife, 356
Eton, 11, 27-30, 160
Eugene, Prince, 438
Excise scheme, 287, 288
Fairly Farm, 305
Falmouth, Lord, 18
Fane, Lord, 360
Feilding, Charles, amiability of, 61, 73
Fielding, Henry, on Lord Chatham, 27;
'Squire Allworthy' referred to, 112, 303;
'Tom Jones' referred to, 27
Finch, Edward, 248, 252
Finch, William, 248, 252
Fitzgerald, Hon. Edward Villiers, 26
Fitzmaurice, Lord, 'Life of Shelburne' referred to, 27, 47, 49, 166, 172, 176, 467, 501
Flanders, British troops in, 188, 205;
military operations in, 211, 223, 224
Florence, 49, 50
Fontainebleau, Treaty of, objects of the, 208
Fontenoy, Battle of, 210, 214, 243, 246
Foote, Samuel, 174, 298;
'Table Talk' referred to, 499
Fort St. George, 3, 9
Fortescue Family, nickname of the, 58
Fortescue, J.W., 'History of the British Army,' quoted, 221
Fox, Charles, illness of, 340
Fox, Henry, at Eton with Chatham, 27;
temperament, 230, 294-7;
sketch of his character, 294-7;
regarded as odious, 327;
peerage endowment from Paymastership, 257, 296, 314;
candidate for Secretaryship of State, 279, 282;
the Buckingham Assize dispute, 272;
the Marriage Act, 305;
admitted to the Cabinet, 367, 368, 370;
member of the Council of Regency, 367, 370;
Newcastle's choice between Fox and Pitt, 388;
stipulations for promotions of friends, 390;
position on Provisioning Bill, 394;
as leader of the House, 330, 335, 402, 410, 415, 417-20;
opposes Bill for war prizes, 423;
his challenge accepted, 428;
vetoes an appointment, 430;
defends Hume Campbell, 434;
no voice in Treasury appointment, 439;
questions of dictatorship, 445;
parliamentary intrigues and position, 458-67;
mistakes concerning—résumé of parliamentary life, 474-84;
on Ann Pitt, 50;
prospects of the Young Pretender, 244;
George II.'s inclination to, 318, 341;
gratified with Chatham, 218;
opposed to Chatham, 268, 292, 294, 349, 350, 365, 407, 416-20, 430, 436, 440, 445;
visits Chatham, 326;
placed over Chatham, 330;
agreement with Chatham, 352;
description of Chatham's outburst with Newcastle, 357;
meets Chatham at Holland House, 370;
sends apologies to Hardwicke, 341;
hatred of Newcastle, 374, 389;
and Newcastle's disgrace, 452, 453, 471, 472;
rivalries referred to, 283;
his enemies, 384;
metaphors used by, 407;
letters quoted, 343, 359, 364;
Walpole on, 442
'France, Histoire de,' see Martin
France, Wars of, 204, 205, 207, 209, 212, 226, 233, 395, &c.
Franche-Comté, 69
Francis, Duke, 72
Frankfort, 207, 209
Frederick II. (the Great), accession of, 201;
in Silesia, 202, 203;
proclaimed Emperor at Frankfort, 205;
his claim of Silesia, 395;
War of Austrian Succession, 206, 209, 400-02;
subsidy to, 286-7, 289
'Frederick the Great,' see Carlyle, Thomas
'Frederick II. and his Times,' see Raumer
Frederick, Prince of Wales, heir apparent, 148-51;
marriage of, 151, 157;
his character and conduct, 149, 150;
banished from Court, 152;
expelled from St. James's, 161;
Dr. Ayscough adviser to, 54;
father of George II., 195;
friendship with Thomas Pitt, 17;
at the General Election, 171;
Carteret a favourite of, 180, 219, 237;
congratulates Walpole, 228;
quarrels with Pitt, 256;
negotiations with Pitt, 291, 293;
decline of affection for Lady Hamilton, 352;
overtures to Fox, 365;
death of, 261, 292
Frederick William, of Prussia, death of, 201
Free Trade, 231
Gage, Mr., M.P., 270
Gainsborough, Thomas, portrait by, 353
Gambier, Lord, 'Memorials,' 305
Garrick, David, 499
Gaskell, Mrs., 'Cranford' referred to, 352
Gay, John, 54
'Gazetteer, The,' newspaper, 163
'Gentleman's Magazine, The,' 188
George I., 156, 163, 200, 387
George II., his dual personality, 192, 204, 207, character of, 192;
his political character, 194;
Lord Hervey's unworthy portrayal of, 197;
his courage, 220, 221;
with Lady Yarmouth at Richmond, 193;
devotion for Hanover, 195, 198, 446;
as Elector of Hanover concludes a treaty with the French, 204;
on the security of the Electorate of Hanover, 286;
placed under arrest by his father, 150;
his hatred of his son the Prince of Wales, 162, 387;
the Dutch War, 212;
in Hanover, 53, 54, 399, 402;
at Dettingen, 207;
at Oudenarde, 194;
signs the Treaty of Worms, 208;
the Treaty of Berlin, 206;
speech in Parliament, 1755, 403-4;
gives Premiership to Pelham, 216, 217;
his aversion to the Earl of Bath, 217;
his anger with Newcastle, 458;
dismissal of Carteret, 229, 238;
Pitt's first visit to, 63;
his hatred of Pitt, 108, 157, 179, 190, 191, 253, 482;
reason for this hatred, 157;
Pitt's apparent loyalty to, 424, 425;
Pitt's desire for reconciliation with, 459, &c., 465-72;
testifies to Walpole's bravery, 146;
discourteous treatment of Temple, 484;
repugnance to Legge, 481-2;
the execution of Admiral Byng, 451
George III., as a lad, 292;
compared with George II., 200;
in the Lords, 430;
and Mr. Fox, 342, 365, 367, 459, 474;
endeavours to form a Pitt Ministry, 139, 140;
Newcastle refuses a pension offered by, 174;
on Pelham's death, 313;
treaties with Hesse-Cassel and Russia, 371
'George III., Memoirs of the Reign of,' see Walpole, Horace
George IV., extravagance of, 195;
compared with George II., 200
Georgia, 167, 208
Germaine, Lady Betty, 107
Germany, 109, 165, 194, 206
Gibbs' 'History of Aylesbury' referred to, 275
Gibbon, Edward, 47
Gibraltar, proposed restoration to Spain, 208
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W.E., 230
Glasgow and the Jacobite occupation, 276
Glatz, ceded to Frederick II., 206, 210
Glenfinnan, the Young Pretender at, 243
Glover, Richard, 176, 177, 236, 237, 259, 346
Gordon, Rev., 493
Gower, Granville Leveson, 237, 247, 248
Grafton, Duke of, 264
Grandison, Catherine, Viscountess of, 26
Grandison, Lord, 12, 15, 41, 46
Granville, Earl, see Carteret, John
'Grattan, Life of,' referred to, 85, 86, 495
Gray, Sir James, 70
Gray, Thomas, lampoon on Fox, 297
Grenville, Family of, Pitt united to the, 17, 130, 131, 389
'Grenville Papers' referred to, 86, 131, 132, 134, 234, 277, 316, 319, 321, 327, 333, 465, 482
Grenville, George, opposed the war in Flanders, 223;
the Buckingham Assizes, 272;
speech on unrest with Spain, 167;
offices held by:—
Prime Minister, 130;
Lord of the Treasury, 239, 486;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 346;
Paymastership, 467;
Secretaryship of State offered to, 138;
congratulated by Pitt, 348;
Bill re vessels captured before declaration of war, 423;
position and reasons for his hatred of Pitt, 21, 131;
opposition to Pitt, 268;
letters from Pitt to, 141, 260, 276, 277, 455;
Letters from Lyttelton to, 317, 327;
visit to Bath, 328
Grenville, Henry, 133
Grenville, Lady, inherits Boconnoc, 24, 133
Grenville, Lady Hester, 410, 411;
wife of Chatham, 53, 102, 352, 353, 356;
letters of, and reference to, 99-102, 105, 110, 112-15, 124, 125, 311, 312;
her character, 355;
pension to, 124
Grenville, James, 133, 139, 311, 372, 467
Grenville, Richard Temple, afterwards Earl Temple, 81;
resigned Privy Seal, 139;
proposed as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 467;
proposed as First Lord of the Admiralty, 479;
refused to be First Lord of the Treasury, 136, 139;
Order of the Garter, 139;
his ambition a Dukedom, 140;
application for title, 138;
his bet, 138;
apologises to Hervey, 138;
cold reception at Court, 484-5;
visits Chatham at Bath, 348;
voted against the Hanoverians, 254;
pensioned, 410;
the Buckingham Assizes dispute, 272, 290;
Letters to, 319-21, 326-7, 332;
'Letters of Junius' ascribed to, 136
Grenville, Thomas, killed in action off Cape Finisterre, 133
Grenvilles, the, 130, 137, 465, 483;
public money drawn by, 134;
friends of Pitt, 492
Grub Street, 298
Guernsey, 80
Hagley, Lord Lyttelton's seat at, 306, 307, 313
Hague, Embassy to the, 240
Halifax, Earl of, 472
Hamilton, Duke of, 6, 390, 404, 477
Hamilton, Lady Archibald, 352
Hamilton, Lord Archibald, 178
Hampden, Lord, attack on Pitt, 268, 290
Hampden, Richard, estate of, 233, 234
Hampshire, land purchased in, 6
Hampton Court, 84, 151, 198
Hannan, John, 52
Hannan, Sir William, 52
Hannibal, 191, 438
Hanover, Pitt's contempt for, 178, 186;
George II.'s devotion to, 188, 189, 195, 198;
his visit to, 194;
his ideas for safeguarding, 286;
Convention signed at, between Britain and Prussia, 210;
George III.'s visit to, 371
Hanoverian Guards substituted for English Guards, 218
Hanoverians, allies of Britain, 211;
English hatred of the, 218;
vote for maintenance of the, 224, 225;
transferred to Maria Theresa, 241, 242
Hapsburg, House of, 204
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, letters to, 259, 324, 325, 333, 337, 350, 351, 458;
letters from, 351, 380, 381;
on the alienation of the Prince of Wales from his parents, 156;
as Newcastle's mentor and counsellor, 175, 314, 315;
on Pitt's popularity in the Commons, 185;
on Pitt's acrimoniousness, 219;
and George II., 238, 239;
on the foreign military policy, 246;
his treatment of Newcastle, 279;
supports Newcastle, 340;
supports Pitt, 371-3;
antagonism over Marriage Act, 305;
as the brains of the Cabinet, 315-16;
political unrest and intrigue of 1755-6, 386-90, 453, 464-5, 467-73, 476;
'Life of Hardwicke,' see Harris, George
Harrington, Earl of, 240, 246, 251
Harris, George, 'Life of Hardwicke' referred to, 152, 464, 465, 471
Harrison, Mr., 74, 75
Hartington, Lord, 289, 341, 343;
Letters from Fox to, 359, 364
Hastings, 305
Hawke, Lord, 174
Hawkins, ——, 390
Hay, Dr., 467
Hayes, 103, 110, 111, 113, 114, 125, 306, 310, 311
Hedges, William, quotations from, 2
Hell-fire Club, 275
Henley, Robert, 155
Herrenhausen, 198
Hertford, Lord, 140
Hervey, Lord, 138, 153, 160, 164, 197, 413;
'Memoirs' referred to, 153, 162, 164
Hesse, Landgrave of, 209
Hesse-Cassel, Treaty with, 371, 374, 378, 379
Hessians, allies of Britain, 211
Hillsborough, Lord, 369, 439
Hoare, William, portrait of Pelham, 314;
portraits of Pitt, 488, 489
Hochkirch, Battle of, 106
Holdernesse, Lady, 115, 116
Holdernesse, Lord, 282, 300, 397, 410, 411, 479, 482, 483
Holland, 40, 41, 199;
the Dutch as allies, 211;
guarantee of assistance to, 246, 247
Holland, Lady, 'Journal' quoted, 24
Holland House, meeting of Chatham and Fox at, 370
'Holland House MSS.' referred to, 296, 340, 342, 343, 350, 410, 431, 454, 459, 460, 476, 477, 479, 480-3, 486
Hollins, ——, 63
Holyrood, Prince Charles Edward at, 243, 244
'Homer, Original Genius of,' see Wood, Robert
Hood, Admiral, 353
Houghton, Walpole at, 147, 228;
his burial at, 229
Howard, Frederick, see Carlisle, Earl of
Howe, Captain Lord, 399
Hungary, Queen of, 202;
subsidy voted to, 205
Hurstmonceux, 305
Hyde, Lord, 462
Impiger, 332
India, Governor Pitt's progress in, 2, 3
Innes Family, 7
Iracundus, 332
Irwin, Lady, 159
Italy, war in, 213
Jacobinism, Governor Pitt on, 10
Jamaica, position of the Governorship of, 5
James I., 432
James II., 243, 276, 393
Jenkins' Ear, story of, 166
Jews' Naturalisation Act, 298, 299
Johnson, Dr., 257, 413, 493
Kaunitz, adviser of Maria Theresa, 400
Kensington, 82, 114-16, 118, 198
Khevenhüller, General, occupies Munich, 205
Kielmansegge's 'Diary,' quoted, 303
Kildare, Lord, 459
'Kildare, Narrative to,' quotations from, 476, 478, 479, 482
King, Mr., 305
Land's End, 226
Lanoe, Colonel, 58, 60
Lauffeld, Battle of, 212, 214
Leadam, quoted, 208
Leasowes, Shenstone's house at, 307
Lecky, W.E.H., 502
Lee, Dr., 155, 255, 268, 272, 275, 373
Legge, Henry Bilson, 330, 336, 380-2;
letter to Chatham, 308, 309;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 346, 349, 405, 410, 411, 467, 480, 481;
a Lord of the Treasury, 486;
Pitt's Ministry, 483;
the King's repugnance to, 482;
proposed Peerage for, 479;
on Chatham's speech, 360;
refused to sign the Hesse-Cassel Treaty, 374;
distrusted by Newcastle, 374;
in praise of Walpole, 423
Leicester House, 115, 155, 291-4, 318, 353, 368, 370, 371, 383, 386-8, 404, 456, 475, 481, 483-5
Lifeguards escort George II., 193
Ligonier, General, 212
Limerick, Lord, 184, 185, 187
Lincoln, acts as mediator between the Pelham brothers, 291
Linz, Archduke proclaimed in, 205
Liverpool, Lord, 141
'London Magazine, The,' 188
Londonderry, Lord, 1, 5, 6
Loo, 198
Lothian, Lord, 439
Loudoun, Lord, 441
Louis XIV., 133, 192, 193
Louis XV., 193, 208, 209, 212, 400;
'Louis XV. et la Renversement des Alliances,' see Waddington, Richard
Louis XVIII., 141
Louisbourg, 113, 243
Low Countries, 188, 212
Luneville, 45, 71, 72
Lyndhurst, Lord, 443
Lyte, Sir Henry, 'Dunster,' quoted, 6;
'History of Eton' referred to, 29
Lyttelton, Christian, marriage with Thomas Pitt, 17, 41, 130;
her character, 17
Lyttelton, Sir George, afterwards Baron Lyttelton, Pitt correspondence referring to, 28, 41, 42, 49, 54, 58, 63, 77, 78, 317, 318, 321-4, 329, 331, 348;
his companions in youth, 141;
friendship with William Pitt, 130, 492;
supports Pitt, 289;
quarrel with Pitt, 407;
reconciliation, 414;
private secretary to Prince of Wales, 162;
return to Parliament, 159;
and standing army, 164;
and Spanish War, 167-8;
influence over Pulteney, 177;
secret terms with Walpole, 177;
policy concerning war in Flanders, 223-4;
a Lord of the Treasury, 236, 237, 239;
arranged coalition between forces of Stowe and Leicester House, 291;
Cofferer, 346, 347;
attempts reconciliation between Newcastle and Bedford, 412;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 412;
his Budget, 440;
War supplies, 446-8;
Joint-Paymaster of the Forces, 455;
character, 414;
couplet, 158;
works, 413;
'Memoirs and Correspondence of,' see Phillimore, R.J.
Lyttelton, Molly, 74, 353
Lyttelton, Sir Richard, 111, 130, 327, 423, 467 473
Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, 16
Lyttelton, William, 306
Macaulay, 31, 214
Macclesfield, Lord, death of, 134
Madras, 11
Maestricht, siege of, 278
Magyars appealed to by Maria Theresa, 205
Mahon, Lady, 126
Maillebois, Marshal, 204
Mainz, Elector of, 286
'Malta, Knights of,' see Porter
Mann, Sir Horace, 'Letters to Horace Walpole,' 50, 126, 138, 234, 253
Mansfield, Lord, see Murray, William, Earl of
Marchmont, Earl of, Duchess of Marlborough's bequest to, 234
'Marchmont Papers' quoted, 155, 168, 180, 224, 234, 235, 240
Maria Theresa, the War of Austrian Succession, 202-5, 208, 210, 213-15, 221, 222, 241, 242, 246, 247, 286, 395, 400;
her character, 214, 215
Marlborough, Duke of, 131, 170, 343, 366, 477
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, death and bequests of, 21, 233, 234
'Marlborough, Duchess of, Life of,' see Thomson
Marriage Act, 305
Marseilles, 45, 70
Martin's 'Histoire de France,' quoted, 208
Martin, Mr., 357
Martyn, Mr., 46
Mayo, Mr., 39
Mediterranean, English fleet in, 205
Medmenham, Brotherhood of, 272
Meehan's 'Famous Houses of Bath,' quoted, 303, 304
Meredith, Sir William, 431
Middlesex, Lord, M.P. for Old Sarum, 270
Milan, 208
Miller, Mr. Saunderson, 307
'Ministry, The New,' a collection of songs, &c., 139
Minorca, 208, 294;
fall of, 450-1
Mirabeau's power of oratory, 501
Mirepoix, Duchess of, 109
Mirepoix, Duke of, 399
Mohawks, 23
Mohun, Lord, sells Boconnoc, 6
Molinox, Mr., 63
Molwitz, Austrians defeated at, 203
Monmouth, Duke of, at Sedgemoor, 187
Mons, capture of, 212
Montagu, Duke of, 428
Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, 52, 54;
'Letters' quoted, 305, 306, 309, 353
Montcalm, General, 457;
'Montcalm and Wolfe,' see Parkman
Montespan, 192
Montpelier, 45, 71
Morayshire, 7
'Moreau, Souvenirs de,' referred to, 398, 400
Mudge, Mr., 501
Mug, Matthew, 299
Murray, William, Earl of, formerly Lord Mansfield, oratorical powers, 302;
precision of, 496-7;
eminence of, 340;
Solicitor-General, 223, 318;
Attorney-General, 453-5;
his chance of promotion, 338;
re new Cabinet, 380;
changes in the Cabinet, 389;
re Jacobites, 392;
re subsidy treaties, 431-4, 436;
attitude towards Pitt, 268, 421;
Pitt's attack on, 359, 360, 363-5;
on Pitt's powers of ridicule, 503;
enemy of Fox, 384;
coolness towards Newcastle, 430;
correspondence regarding, 54, 335, 336
Mutiny Bill, 276
Namur, capture of, 212
Naples, 195, 205
Napoleon I., 136, 215, 269
Napoleon III., 509
Navy, proposed reduction of the, 289
Necessity Fort, surrender of, 350
Nedham, Mrs. Catherine, see Pitt, Catherine
Nedham, Robert, his marriage with Catherine Pitt, 49;
nominated for Old Sarum, 129
Nevers, 98
Newbury, 46, 74
Newcastle, Sir Thomas Pelham, afterwards Duke of, his character, 138, 173-4;
an incident at his uncle's death, 138;
refuses a pension, 174;
contempt of George II. for, 150, 196, 245;
supports Henry Pelham, 216, 217;
blunder in the Lords, 227;
supports the Dutch cause, 247;
the Ministerial crisis of 1746, 248, 249, 252;
the Seaford election, 270;
his jealous nature, 279;
his dislike for Bedford, 279, 280;
views on the Hanoverian question, 286;
Pitt's enmity with, 422, 427, 453, 471, 481, 486;
profession of gratitude to Pitt, 290, 291;
Fox's vengeance on, 296;
his jealousy of Fox, 439;
Fox's hatred of, 482;
the Jews' Naturalisation Act, 298, 299;
letters and correspondence, 97, 139, 281, 313, 316, 329-33, 347, 351, 386, 461-2;
Secretary of State, 319, 321, 323;
his appointments, 340;
words with Chatham, 357;
his power in the Commons, 361, 382;
negotiations with Fox, 368-9;
Prime Minister, 388;
formation of Cabinet, 389;
councils of war, 397;
and Hanoverian treaties, 409;
attempted negotiations between Newcastle and French Ambassador, 399;
loyalty of Commons to, 410;
Pitt's suspicions of, 411;
attempted reconciliation between Newcastle and Bedford, 412;
his opinion of Lyttelton, 412;
political unrest, 430, 441, 453-5, 458-70;
re execution of Byng, 451, 452;
deserted by his friends, 471-5;
resignation, 485
'Newcastle MSS.,' 316, 328, 349, 351, 374, 474, 486
Newdigate, Sir Roger, 363
Newton, Bishop, 'Works' referred to, 176;
metaphor of, 494
Niesse ceded to Frederick II., 206
Nivernois, M. de, 121
Noailles, 400
Norfolk, election expenses in, 143
Norfolk House, 162
North, Lord, 265
Northampton, 43, 60, 64, 65, 234
Nugent, Robert, Earl, 140, 272, 275, 363, 428
Nuthall, Thomas, 312
Okehampton, 5, 75
Oliver, Dr., 106, 113
Onslow, Rt. Hon. Arthur, Chatham's appeal to, 359
Orange, House of, returned to power, 212
Orford's 'George III.,' see Walpole, Horace
Orleans, Regent of, 4
Orsini, 509
Orwell, portrait at, 353
Oswald, James, 292
Oswego, fall of, 457
Oudenarde, Battle of, George II. at, 194
Oxford, 10, 30, 31, 54, 119, 363
Pall Mall, 5, 26, 35
Pan, Temple of, 309
Paris, 45, 68, 109, 181, 182
Parkman's 'Montcalm and Wolfe' quoted, 396, 398, 457
Parliamentary History, see Cobbett, William
Parma, proposed reconquest of, 208
Paulett, Lord, 112
Peel, Sir Robert, 172, 224, 489, 490;
a comparison, 230, 231
Pelham, Colonel, 305
Pelham, Rt. Hon. Henry, effect of his death, 96, 97, 301, 313-15, 506;
the King's regard for, 196, 251, 313;
eager for peace, 212;
becomes Premier, 216, 217, 314;
Chatham's support, 227, 291, 394;
Carteret's support, 227, 291, 394;
Carteret's dismissal, 235, 245;
assistance to the Dutch, 246;
refuses office perquisites, 256-8, 269, 314;
on Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty, 277;
eulogy of Chatham, 278, 315;
seeks retirement, 283;
foreign policy, 289, 447;
'Memoirs of Henry Pelham,' see Coxe, William
Pelham, Sir Thomas, see Newcastle, Duke of
Pembroke, Lord, 1st Dragoon Guards, 43, 76
Penshurst, Chatham visits, 305
Peter the Great, 147, 207
Philip, Don, designs on Milan, 208
Phillimore, R.J., 'Memoirs and Correspondence of Lyttelton' referred to, 140, 306, 324, 325, 338
Phillips, Mrs., 57, 63
Phillipson, Mr., 477
Pitt, Dr., 117
Pitt, Ann (sister to Lord Chatham), friendships, 41, 49, 53, 54;
State appointments, 53, 87;
nicknames, 55;
correspondence with her brother, 55-84, 88-125, 492;
quarrels with Chatham, 83, 85-7, 115, 256;
retires to France, 92, 95;
returns to England, 102-4;
health and mental condition, 107, 115, 116, 120;
income increased to, 121;
resides at Kensington, 125;
grief at death of brother, 127;
under restraint, death, 126
Pitt, Betty (sister to Lord Chatham), history and description of, 49-52
Pitt, Catherine (sister to Lord Chatham), afterwards Nedham, 49, 84, 95, 96-8
Pitt, Clara Villiers, see Pitt, Betty
Pitt, Elizabeth, see Pitt, Betty
Pitt, Essex (daughter of Governor Pitt), marriage, death, 12, 14, 96
Pitt, George (of Strathfieldsaye), 26
Pitt, Harriot, wife of Robert Pitt, see Villiers
Pitt, Harriot (sister of Lord Chatham), matrimonial designs on, 41, 42, 44;
her character, 48;
marriage of, 49;
illness, 60, 70, 74
Pitt, Hester, wife of Chatham, see Grenville
Pitt, John (great-grandfather of Chatham), Vicar of Blandford, 1
Pitt, John (son of Governor Pitt), disposition, 6, 12, 13
Pitt, John, a Dorsetshire kinsman, 305, 327
Pitt, John (eldest son of Lord Chatham), 455, 456, 477
Pitt, Lucy (daughter of Governor Pitt), marriage, death, 12-14
Pitt, Mary (sister of Lord Chatham), referred to, 95, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 113, 115;
described, 49, 52;
letter to Lady Suffolk, 102
Pitt, Robert (son of Governor Pitt, father of Lord Chatham), family relationships, 8, 12, 14-16, 26, 48;
character, 12, 14;
death, 5, 15, 19, 38;
correspondence from son's tutor, 28, 31
Pitt, Thomas ('The Governor') parentage, characteristics, 1-5, 7, 14, 24, 508;
prescience regarding Chatham, 11, 26;
mourning item, 34
Pitt, Thomas (son of Robert, brother of Lord Chatham), conduct and characteristics, 14-16;
seeks appointment, 18;
marriage, 41;
charge against, 49;
parliamentary career, 129, 159, 270
Pitt, Thomas (son of Thomas Pitt), 1st Baron Camelford, letters quoted and referred to, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 15, 17, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 85-7, 92, 93, 102, 103, 111, 114, 116, 121, 127, 130, 159, 160, 413, 491, 496;
created Baron Camelford, 19;
on Chatham's marriage, 354, 355;
bias toward Chatham, 23, 50, 102, 127, 257
Pitt, Villiers Clara, see Pitt, Betty
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, see Chatham
Pitt, William (the younger), birth, 111;
death, 353
Place Bill, extension of, 245
Plutarch, referred to, 443
Poetical quotations, 19, 62, 143, 148, 158, 174, 177, 211, 254, 298, 307
Poland, partition of, 215
Poland, King of, Berlin Treaty and the, 206
Poland-Saxony, claims of Austria on, 203
Polwarth, against Walpole, 148
Pomfret, Lord, 467
Pompadour, Madame de, 400
Pope, Alexander, quoted, 79, 131, 132, 197
Porritt's 'Unreformed House of Commons' referred to, 129
Porte, Mr. de la, 102
Porter's 'History of the Knights of Malta' quoted, 451
Portsmouth, Duchess of, intercedes for Governor Pitt, 3
Potter, Thomas, supports petition against Seaford, 271;
Bucks Assize dispute, 272-5;
Chatham's praise of, 454;
position found for, 483, 486;
opposes navy reduction, 289
Pragmatic Sanction, maintenance of, 202, 203
Prague, King of Bohemia proclaimed in, 205
Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden, 27, 311
Preston, Mr., 50
'Pretyman Papers,' referred to, 355
Prevot, as a prototype, 441
Prior Park, 112
Protestant Succession, endurance to secure, 198
Prussia, Convention signed at Hanover, 210
Pulteney, Sir William, Earl of Bath, Ann Pitt's designs on, 54, 107;
entertained at Stowe, 132;
his wit, 254;
idolised by the people, 175, 262;
Walpole's use of, 176, 219, 505;
stands aside for Carteret, 178;
popularity declines, 184, 259;
nettled at criticism, 185;
claims head of Government, 216;
forms a Government—its failure, 250, 251, 409;
proscribed, 252;
lack of character, 258;
introduces Prize Bill, 422;
Newcastle's reflection on, 472
Queensbury, Duchess of, 54, 84
Queensbury, Duke of, 249
Radway, 307
Ranby, Dr., 229
Raumer's 'Frederick II. and his Times,' 402
Reading, 43, 360
Redhall, 8
'Rejected Addresses,' see Smith, Horatio
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 23, 489
Rhine, River, 207
Richelieu, Duke of, 204, 427
Richmond, 147, 193
Richmond, Duke of, 295
Ridgeway, Earl of Londonderry, 12
Rigby, Richard, 424
Rivers, Lord, 1
Robinson, Sir Thomas, his appointments, 345;
Master of the Wardrobe and Secretary of State, 330, 337, 344, 345, 349, 467, 482;
pensioned, 391, 392, 439;
Chatham's remarks to, 360;
Newcastle's praise of, 344, 345;
panegyric on himself, 428
Rochester, 104
Rogers, Samuel, 'Recollections of Samuel Rogers' referred to, 85, 86;
'Table Talk,' 364
Rolt, Bayntun, 172
Rolliad, quotation from, 19
Rondet, the royal jeweller, 4
Ross, Man of, 303
Roucoux, French victory at, 212
Royston, Lord, 465
Russell, Lord John, 231
Russia, George III.'s treaty with, 371, 378, 379
Ryder, Sir Dudley, 453, 455
Sackville, Lord George, 428, 442
St. James's Square, 105, 108, 110, 112, 113, 118, 120, 151, 162
St. Lawrence, River, naval battle at mouth of, 399
St. Rumbald, spring at, 304
Salisbury, 129
Samson of Battersea, nickname of Bolingbroke, 328
Sancho Panza, 191
Sandwich, Earl of, 279, 282
Sandys, Baron, 148
Sardinia, 203, 208;
King of, 225, 258
Sarpedon, 181
Sarum, Old, 2, 4-6, 129, 270
Saunders, Sir Charles, 450
Savile, Sir George, 191
Savoy, House of, 208
Saxe, Marshal, marches against Austria, 209;
successes in the Low Countries, 212
Saxons, as allies of Britain, 211
Saxony, entered by Frederick II., 210;
Elector of, 206, 286, 289
Schwerin, Marshal, defeats Austrians at Molwitz, 203
Scrope, John, 187
Seaford, election of Chatham for, 270, 358
Sedgemoor, 187
Seine, River, 199
Selwyn, George, 109, 345, 390
Seward's 'Anecdotes' referred to, 55, 161, 172, 180, 501
Shelburne, Lord, thoughts on Thomas Pitt, 18;
on the madness of the Pitts, 24;
on Pitt's use of words, 501;
on Richard Temple, 131;
troop offered to, 160;
on Pulteney's oratory, 176;
'Life of Shelburne,' see Fitzmaurice, Lord
Shenstone, William, 306
Sheridan, R.B., 502
Shippen, William, 148
Siddons, Mrs., 500
Sidmouth, Lord, 489
Silesia, 209
Sinclair, Sir John, 7
Sion, 115, 116
'Skew,' a nickname, 58, 69
Smith, Horatio, 'Rejected Addresses' referred to, 23
Smollett, Tobias, 174
Soho, 6
Solomon, name given to Chatham, 356
South Lodge, 308, 309
South Sea Bubble, 5
Spain, extravagance of the Bourbons, 195;
claim on Austria, 203;
cause of war with, 213;
Walpole's policy, 145, 165, 167;
war declared against, 201;
'Britons in Spanish prisons' cry, 167;
peace question raised by Lord Egmont, 284
Spencer, Lady Diana, 151
Spencer, John, bequests to and from, 234
Sporus, 197
Stair, Lord, 207, 218
Stanhope, George, death of, 98
Stanhope, Lady Hester, 7, 139, 489;
'Memoirs,' 139
Stanhope, James, 1st Earl, 31;
soldier and statesman, 5, 46;
marriage with Lucy Pitt, 14
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, see Chesterfield, Earl of
Stanhope, Sir William, speech on the Bucks Assize dispute, 272-4
Stanislas, 71
Stanley, Hans, 327
Stannaries, Thomas Pitt, Warden of, 18
States General, a party to the Treaty of Berlin, 206
Stephen, Leslie, 'English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century,' 214, 307, 353
Stewart, General, 26
Stockwell, I., as tutor to Lord Chatham, 31
Stone, Andrew, 384, 390, 460
Stone House, 304
Stormont, 453
Stowe, 77-82, 130, 132, 272, 291, 306, 352, 355
Strange, Lord, 277
Stratford, 5, 28
Stuart, House of, 144
Stuart, Charles Edward, 'the Young Pretender,' 199, 210, 211, 222, 226, 243
Stuart, Mrs., 96
'Sublimity Pitt,' 54
Subsidies, On, 205, 209, 289, 379, 380, 430-4, 436
Suffolk, 234
Suffolk, Lady, letters referred to, 12, 53, 54, 57, 76, 78, 79, 81, 86, 102, 104, 107, 127, 161
Sunninghill, 304
Surajah Dowlah, 457
Sussex, tour in, 305
Swallowfield, 5, 11, 43, 57
Sweden, King of, 209
Talbot, Lord, evil living of, 49
Taylor, Miss, 51
Temperley's 'Essay on the Causes of War with Spain' referred to, 166
Temple, Countess, see Grenville, Lady
Temple, Lord, see Grenville, Richard Temple, afterwards Earl Grenville
Temple, Sir Richard, Viscount Cobham, 17, 77, 81, 236, 245, 292, 304, 346, 505;
builder of palace of Stowe, 130, 131;
his entertainments at, 132;
served under Marlborough, 131;
called 'the brave Cobham,' 131;
his great riches, 134, 141;
various titles and honours conferred on, 131;
opposed to the Excise Bill, 132;
sides with Pitt, 22;
Pitt devoted to Cobham, 160, 161, 178;
quarrel with Pitt, 256;
on the war in Flanders, 223, 224, 227;
growing jealousy of his 'young patriots,' 273, 276;
nicknames to, 131;
death of, 133, 138
Temple Bar, 169
Thackeray, Francis, 'Life of Chatham' referred to, 28, 54, 163, 363
Thackeray, W.M., referred to, 13;
satire on George II. mentioned, 196
Thames, Dutch ships in the, 226
'The Test,' a newspaper, 50
Thessaly, 332
Thirsk, 4
Thomson's 'Life of the Duchess of Marlborough,' 234
Timbs, 'Anecdote biography,' 308
'Tom Jones,' see Fielding, Henry
Torrens, W.T. McC., 'History of Cabinets,' 276
Towcester, 80
Townshend, Lady, 356
Townshend, Charles, 428, 435, 441, 467, 475
Townshend, Colonel, 277
Townshend, George, 428, 441, 467
Trinity College, Chatham admitted to, 30
Trojans, 332
Tunbridge, 306
Tunbridge Wells, 304, 309, 313
Twickenham, 5, 125
Underwood's 'Historical MSS.' quoted, 257
Utrecht, 18, 21, 39, 43
Vale Royal, 14
Vallière, La, 192
Vauxhall, New, 304
Vere, Lady, 107
Vere, Lord, 107
Versailles, 109;
Palace at, 192;
replica of, in a Bavarian lake, 192;
Treaty of, 401
Very, Count, 109
Vesey, Mr., 39
Vienna threatened by the French army, 205
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, 26
Villiers, Harriot, marriage with Robert Pitt, 12, 26;
mother of Lord Chatham, 12;
her family, 15;
returns to France, 15;
correspondence with her son, 38-46;
death of, 48
Villiers, Lord, 39-41
Voiture, 61
Voltaire's 'Candide' referred to, 451
Waddington, Richard, 'Louis XV. et le Renversement des Alliances' referred to, 401
Waldegrave, Lady Betty, 108, 109
Waldegrave, James, Earl, procures Pitt letters of introduction at Paris, 70;
on the character of George II., 194, 195;
on Sir Thomas Robinson, 345;
negotiates for Fox to enter the Cabinet, 366-8;
'Correspondence' referred to, 359, 364
Waldegrave, John, Earl, 109
Waller, 224, 236; appointed Cofferer, 237
Walpole, Horace, 2nd Earl of Orford (son of Sir Robert Walpole), 283, 412
Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (brother of Sir Robert Walpole), his kinship with Lord Hervey, 197;
affection for Lord Camelford, 19;
as a gossip, 352;
on Thomas Pitt, 18;
charge against Betty Pitt, 49;
re Ann Pitt, 53, 54, 92, 116, 125-7;
on Pitt's behaviour to his sisters, 50;
on the Grenvilles, 133, 137, 139, 140;
on George II., 193;
on Pitt's speeches, 392, 394, 405, 421, 424, 431, 434-5, 438, 441;
his admiration for Pitt, 341, 493, 503;
on Pitt's impatience for office, 244;
on Pitt's change of opinion, 288;
on Pitt's sudden illness, 298;
on Dr. Lee's attack on Pitt, 254-5, 268;
on Pitt's resentment against the Newcastles, 300, 357;
his partiality for Fox, 368;
on Sir Thomas Robinson's appointment, 344;
on Lyttelton, 413;
on Lord Wilmington, 179;
opposes Saxon subsidy, 289;
on the Bath Ministry, 250;
on the loss of Minorca, 452, 457;
on the American war;
on the scheme of the Notables, 480-1;
letter to Bentley, 344.
Walpole, Horace, 'Memoirs of the Reign of George III.,' quotations from, 92, 140, 268, 359, 367, 370, 374, 394-5, 462, 467, 469, 478-81.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, character of, 132, 144, 146, 254;
his love for sport, 147;
his relations with George II., 196, 219;
on the political character of George II., 194;
his relations with Pitt, 74, 75, 158-60, 170, 178, 186, 187;
his attitude towards the Prince of Wales, 152, 157;
his attitude towards Newcastle, 175-7;
supports Pelham, 314-15;
his policy regarding Spain, 145, 167, 169, 201;
on the Army, 164;
on the Secessions, 168;
supports Maria Theresa, 203;
favours the Hanoverian vote, 225;
speech on threatened landing of the Pretender, 227;
temporary resignation of, 179;
inquiry into administration of, 184;
punishment of, 183;
succeeded by Lord Carteret, 205;
fall of, 148, 149, 171-3, 178, 505, 506;
resignation of, and papers burnt by his brother Horace, 172;
impeachment of, 473;
illness and death of, 228, 229;
compared with Pitt and Peel, 230-2;
'Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole,' see Coxe, William
Walpole, Thomas, purchases Hayes, 310
Washington, George, General, 350, 397
Webster, Sir Whistler, 305
West, Gilbert, 304, 307, 309, 492;
his house at Wickham, 356
West, Molly, 352
Westminster, Treaty of, 401
Westminster School, 359
Westphalia, 306;
Treaty of, 286
Whately, Mr., 'Observations on Modern Gardening,' 309
Wickham, Chatham's honeymoon spent at, 356
Wilberforce, William, 261
Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia, afterwards Margravine of Bareith, 151
Wilkes, John, 136, 358, 359, 491
Wilkins' 'Political Ballads,' 298
William III., indifference to England, 198, 199;
Pitt's story of his coming, 276
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 174;
lampoon on Pitt, 235;
'Works of,' quoted, 211, 235, 465
Wilmington, Lord, 179, 216, 217, 314, 505
Wilton, Joseph, 490
Wiltshire, lands purchased in, 6
Wimbledon, Duchess of Marlborough's estate at, 234
Windsor, 156
'Wingfield MSS.' quoted, 343, 359, 474, 485
Winnington, Thomas, 250, 254
Wood, Robert, 'Essay on the Original Genius of Homer' quoted, 182
Worms, Treaty of, 208, 225
Wotton, residence of George Grenville, 113, 352, 354
Wyndham, Baron, 148, 254
Wynn, Sir Watkin, 224
Yarmouth, Lady, 280, 388, 481;
and George II., 193, 371, 464;
mistress of George II., 465;
and Pitt, 108-10, 263, 464, 472;
Fox solicits her influence to obtain a peerage, 296;
and Fox's overtures with the King, 341;
her utterance regarding, 461
Yonge, Lady, 240
Yorke, Charles, 371, 372;
interview with Chatham, 373
Yorke, Joseph, 185
Yorke, Philip, see Hardwicke, Earl of
Zoroastrians, politicians compared with, 389
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