INDEX

Aachen, lake of, 191

Abercorn, Duke of, 90n, 282n

Adelaide, Queen, 29; appoints Caroline Boyle maid of honour, 101

Albano, 133

Alderney, island of, 171, 174

Alexander, Captain, Lieutenant-Governor of Alderney, 4n, 174;

—— his anecdote, 175

—— Elizabeth Charlotte, 176, 265n

—— James, 265n

—— Rose, 4n, 174; her marriage, 175

Alford, Lady Marian, 184, 204, 266, 267, 280

—— Lord, 184

Althorp, 253; library, 253; staircase, 254; heronry, 254; Portrait Gallery, 254

Alvanley, Lord, 180

Amalfi, 136

Ampthill, Lady, 270n

Anderson, Miss Mary, 106

Anglesey, Earl of, 272n; skipper of his craft, 144

“Annie Winnie,” 44

Asberry, Mr, 53

Ashburton, Louisa, Lady, 267

Ashby, Castle, 184

—— Farmer, 87

Ashridge, 279

Astley’s theatre, 35

Ausberg, review at, 190

Aumale, Duc and Duchesse d’, at Ossington, 278

Autolycus, lines from, 2

284Bachelor Philosopher, The 89

Baiæ, 138

Baker, Eric, 205

Bal Costumé, 165-167

Balbi, 104

Ballets d’action, 107

Balls, Park, 3, 55

Bath, Marquis of, 53n

Bavaria, King Louis of, 188; stories of, 189

Bedford, Duke of, 90

Beer, Mr 45

—— Mrs, Under-Housekeeper at Hampton Court, 45

Belgiojoto, Countess, 140

Bentinck, Lady Charlotte, 278

Beppa, the florist, 222

Berri, Duchesse de, 127

Bessborough, Earl of, 271n

Bidwell, Mr George, 271

“Billy,” 98

“Black Taffy,” 16

“Boch Dhu,” 96, 125, 137

Boddingtons, the, 117

Bognor, bathing fatality at, 59

Bomba, King, 140

Bonaparte, Caroline, 152; her appearance, 153

Boucicault, 35

Boulogne-sur-Mer, 236; outbreak of diphtheria, 237

Bourbon, Charles de, 119

Bowood, 250

Boxall, Sir William, his portrait of Sir William Napier, 171

Boyl, Cavaliere Pietro de, 105, 225; Governor of Sardinia, 105

285Boyle, Mrs Carolina Amelia, her appearance, 10; appointed bed-chamber woman to Queen Charlotte, 30

—— Caroline, 3, 4n; her appearance, 11; appointed maid of honour to Queen Adelaide, 101

—— Cavendish Spencer, his birth, 4; at Charterhouse, 36; his engagement, 175; in the West Indies, 178; death, 241; appointed Governor of the Militia Prison at Weedon, 256; at Ashridge, 280

—— Charles John, 3, 4n; his appearance, 11; sketches of him, 12; attaché at the English Legation, Turin, 104; at Munich, 187; engagement, 205; marriage, 206; appointment at the Cape of Good Hope, 225

—— Charlotte, 3; her death, 12; burial-place, 13; epitaph, 13

—— Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Courtenay, 4; enters the Navy, 5; letter from Lord Nelson, 6; shipwrecked in Egypt, 7; taken prisoner by the French, 7; letter to his wife, 8; return, 9; Commissioner at Sheerness Dockyard, 15; appointment at the Navy Board, 30; punctuality, 37; illness, 101; decorated with the Guelphic and Hanoverian Order, 106; death, 170

—— Sir Courtenay Edmund, 36n

—— Courtenay Edmund William, 3, 4n; his first cruise, 10; character, 10; marriage, 11, 158

—— Courtenay, 213, 257

—— Lady Lucy, 56n

—— Mary Louisa, her birth, 1, 3, 4n; appearance and height, 2; light-heartedness, 2; brothers and sisters, 3, 10-13; parents, 4; love of heraldry, 4; ancestry, 5; life at Sheerness, 15-30; feats of horsemanship, 16, 61, 95, 182; retainers, 16-19; juvenile flirtations, 19-22; fondness for Shakespeare’s plays, 22; on the one-legged race, 23; her first Play, 25-28; at Somerset House, 30-39; early dramatic recollections, 33-35; 286visits to the Royal Academy, 35; to the Charterhouse, 36; on the coronation of George IV., 37-39; fondness for Sir W. Scott’s books, 38, 78; life at Hampton Court, 39-50; on the officials, 44-46; heroic butcher boy, 46-48; the thrush, 48-50; at Marston Bigot, 51; Balls Park, 55; number of cousins, 56; Wigan Rectory, 56; taming a wolf-dog, 56; Cowdray Park, 57; the bathing fatality, 59; “ghost story,” 60; walk with “Courage,” 61; political views, 62; Midgham House, 64; Cottage, 65; on the eccentricities of Illidge, 66, 70-72; on Mrs Garrick 67-70; members of the household, 73-79; at Brighton, 80; tableaux, 82, 256; at school, 84; music and dancing lessons, 85; dances at Dr Everard’s school, 87; début, 88; dramatic representation, 89; leaves school, 91; at Greystoke Castle, 92-96; theatricals, 95, 147-152, 212, 227, 232, 251, 256, 271; at Corby Castle, 96; the haunted chamber, 96; visit to Lord Southampton, 97; on the conspiracy to see Fanny Kemble, 98; accession of William IV., 99; illness of her father, 101; arrangements for travelling, 103; at Turin, 104; Genoa, 104-114; riding parties, 105; the Masquerade, 107-112; at the Baths of Lucca, 114-124; the Boddingtons, 117; the servants’ ball, 118; the Duke and Duchess of Lucca, 119; on the religious festival at Lucca, 120; lines on the Duchess, 121; at Florence, 125-129, 146, 201, 209-224; on the de Fauveaus, 126; first impression of Rome, 130; painters and sculptors, 131; at Naples, 133; Moonlight rides, 135; excursions, 136; at the castle of Sant’ Elmo, 138; the feast of the Madonna dell’ Arco, 140; haunted apartments, 141-143; at Pisa, 145; her acting, 148; on the office of prompter, 148; friendship for G. P. R. James, 152; 287on Caroline Bonaparte, 153-156; Geppina, the flower-girl, 156; lines on, 156; visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, 158; mistaken for Princess Victoria, 160; on her coronation, 161; at Millard’s Hill, 163; Tenby, 164; bal costumé, 165; on Charles Young, 166-169; death of her father, 170; at Havilland Hall, 170; lines on Sir William Napier, 172; on Mr and Mrs Kean, 173; at the Island of Sark, 174; Alderney, 174; Whittlebury Lodge, 179-186; on Colonel Leigh, 180; sporting ecclesiastics, 182, 183; musical evenings, 185; at Munich, 187-191; on the dramatic performances, 187; King Louis of Bavaria, 188-190; at Ravenna, 191-193; Rome, 194-200, 242; on Pope Pius IX., 195; the “Possesso,” 197-199; life at Villa Careggi, 201-207; at the Baths of Casciano, 207; legend of the falcon, 208; on Charles Lever, 210-214; the French Revolution, 214; the Tuscan Revolution, 216; on the Brownings, 217-220; the disturbances in Italy, 221; Beppa, the florist, 222; farewells at Florence, 224; in London, 225; visit to Adelaide Sartoris, 225-227; fondness for Charles Dickens’ books, 229; first meeting with him, 231; letter from Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, 232; from Charles Dickens, 234; death of her friend Fanny, 234; at Boulogne, 237; Gad’s Hill, 238-241; death of her brother Cavendish, 241; of Charles Dickens and Lord Clarendon, 242; at Burghley House, 244; on Lord Derby, 247; Disraeli, 248; at Bowood, 250; Althorp, 253; members of the household, 257-260; death of Frederic, Lord Spencer, 261; on Landor, 262-265; Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 265-267; Carlyle, 267; The Grove, 269; on Lord Clarendon, 269-272; 288Hinchingbrooke, 272; Earls of Sandwich, 273-278; Duchess of Cambridge, 277; Ossington, 278; Ashridge, 279-281; Wrest Park, 281; on Lady Cowper, 282

—— Richard, 51

—— The Rev. the Hon. Richard, 170; his marriage, 176

—— Robert, “Divine Philosopher of the World,” 5, 51

—— Roger, 51

Bridgeman, Rev. George, 56

Bridgwater, Duke of, 279

Brighton, 80

Brignole, Marchesa, 105

Broadwood, Mary, 85, 89

Broghill, Baron, 51

Brooks, 73

Browne, Elizabeth, 57

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, lines on a procession, 217; appearance, 219

—— Robert, 219; his death, 220

Brownlow, Lord, 267; his death, 268

Bruce, Lady Charles, 256n

Buller, James, 93n

—— Sir Redvers, 93n

Bunsen, Madame de, 130

Burdett, Major, 58

Burghley House, 244

Burlington, Countess of, her predilection for Mdlle. Violette, 68

—— Lord, his connection with Mdlle. Violette, 68; dowry on her marriage, 69

Butler, Frances Anne, 225n

Byng, Hon. George, 227

Cadogan, Lady Charlotte, 272n

Calabritti, Palazzo, 133; the ghost of, 141-143

Call, W. M. W., lines on “Eleanor’s Well,” 177

Cambridge, Duchess of, at Hinchingbrooke, 276

Camille, Count de, 109, 113

Canning, Hon. Catharine, 266n

Capri, island of, 143

Capua, Prince of, 143

Cardigan, Lord, at the bal costumé, 167

289Careggi, Villa, 201; frescoes, 201; servants, 203

Carlisle, Lord, 56

Carlyle, 267; at Mentone, 267; character, 268

Carnarvon, Henry, Earl of, 93n

Caroline, Queen, 64

Carteret, Lord, 40

Casciano, Baths of, 207; legend of the discovery, 208

Cassiobury Park, 272

Cawdor, Earl of, 165

“Chaillach,” 164

Chambord, Comte de, 122

Channel Islands, trip to the, 170-176

Charles III. of Parma, assumes the title, 123; assassinated, 123

Charlotte, Queen, 30

Charterhouse, 36

Chatham, 29

Chetwynd, Sir George, 280n; his marriage, 242

Cholmondeley, Hugh, 135

Chouler, Mr, 259

—— Mrs, 258

Ciabatti, 226

Clarence, Duchess of, 29, 31

Clarence, Duke of, 29; his daughters, 100

Clarendon, Lord, 269; his death, 242; character and gifts, 269; laugh, 270

Clifden, Lady, 82, 256n

Clifford, Sir Augustus, 87

—— Rosamund, 5

—— Admiral Sir William, 87

Clinton, Frances, Lady, 11n, 154

Collins, Mrs Charles, 240

—— Wilkie, 237

Compton, Lady Katrine, 226n

Condé, Prince de, at Ossington, 279

Consort, Prince, 166; at the bal costumé, 166

Convicts, 17

Corby Castle, haunted chamber, 96

Cork and Orrery, Earl of, 4, 51, 163; letter from Lord Nelson, 6

Corn Laws, 247

Cornelius, 188

Cornish Miners, 34

“Courage,” the St Bernard, 61

290Courcy, General de, 150

Covent Garden, 36

Coventry, Lady Mary, 105n

Cowdray Park, 57; destroyed by fire, 58

Cowper, Francis, Earl, 226n, 281

—— Lady, her leading attributes, 282

Cowper’s Oak, 183

Crackenthorpe, Mr, 92n

Crawford, Countess of, 152

Cromartie, Lord, under sentence of death, 65

Cromwell, Oliver, 51

Cumberland, William, Duke of, 65; at Midgham, 65

Cunningham, Mr Peter, 237

Cure for the Heartache, 147

Damer, Mrs Dawson, 82

“Danny Man,” 31

Dante, tomb of, 191

Day, Rachel, 74

Delamere, Lord, 135

Demidoff, Prince Anatole, 206; anecdote of, 206

Denison, Evelyn, 278

Denmark, Queen Anne of, her visit to Althorp, 254

Derby, Countess of, 270n, 272

—— Lord, 247

Devonshire, Duke of, 33

Devrient, Emil, his acting, 167

Dickens, Charles, 13, 56, 229; first meeting with Mary Boyle, 231; on her acting, 233; letter from, 234; his social evenings, 235; children, 236; at Boulogne, 236; extensive walks, 237; at Gad’s Hill, 238; his châlet, 239; drives and walks, 239; visitors, 240; letters of sympathy, 242; stroke of paralysis, 243; death, 243

—— Charles, his children, 241

—— Harry, 236

—— Katie, 240

—— Mary, 240

—— Mayne, 5

—— “Micketty,” 241

Dinon, Duc de, 150

Diphtheria, outbreak of, 237

291Disraeli, Benjamin, 248

—— Mrs, 249

Donkin, Sir Rufane, 81

Doria, 104

D’Orsay, Count, 180

Drumlanrig Castle, 66

Dufferin and Ava, Marquis of, 42, 226

Durazzo, 104

Earle, Mrs, 270n

Edgcumbe, Hon. George, 147; his acting, 147

Egerton, Lady Alice, 282

Egerton, Lady Blanche, 278

Egg, Augustus, 233

Ellesmere, Earl of, 278n

Elliot, Lady Anna Maria, 81; her acting, 82

—— Captain, 212

Elmo, Sant’, Castle of, 138

Elves, Emily, 90

Elwes, Mr, 180

Erroll, Eliza, Countess of, 100

Erskine, Augusta Kennedy, 100

Everard, Dr, his school, 86; dances at, 87

Exeter, Isabella, Lady, 11n, 244n; at the bal costumé, 167; appearance and number of suitors, 245

—— Lord, 35; his hospitality, 244n; marriages, 246n; children, 246n

Falcon, legend of the, 208

Falkland, Lady, 100

Fane, Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby, 271

Fauveau, Madame, de, 126

—— Félicie, de, 127, 153, 201, 207, 215; banished from France, 128; her works, 129

Fechter, 239, 240

Ferrai, Madame, 105

First Night, The, 227

Fitzclarence, Amelia, 100

Fitzherbert, Mrs, her parties, 81; appearance, 83

Fitzroy, Lord Charles, 182

Florence, 125, 201

“Flush,” 219

292Fordwich, Lord, 226

Forster, John, 233

Foster, Sir Augustus and Lady Albinia, 104

Fox, Lady Mary, 100

France, revolution in, 214

Freischütz, Der, 34

Gad’s Hill, 238

Galliera, Marchesa, 105

Garrick, David, his marriage, 69

—— Mrs, her début, 68; connection with Lord Burlington, 69; marriage, 69; death, 70

Genoa, 104; masquerade in, 107-112; fashion of head-dresses, 112

George III., his death, 30

George IV., his coronation, 37

Geppina, the flower-girl of Florence, 156; lines on, 156

Giardano, Michael, 137

Glastonbury Thorn, 54

Glenesk, Lady, 270n

Gloucester, Princess Mary, Duchess of, 153, 158

Gobarrow, wild park of, 94

Gordon, Alexander, 170n

—— Eleanor Vere, 170n, her marriage, 176; talent for drawing, 176; result of her works, 177

—— Lady Frederick, 100

—— Sir James, 23

“Gourley Ailsie,” 44

Gower, Hon. Frederick Leveson, 87

Grafton, Duke of, 179

Gray, Lady Mary de, 280n

Gregory XVI., Pope, his death, 191

Greville, Mr Charles and Lady Charlotte, 282n

—— Mr Henry, 227, 282; his reunions, 228

Grey, Countess de, 281

—— Earl de, 281

Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, 92

Grimston, Mrs Edward, 83

Grove, The, 269

Guernsey, island of, 170

Guidi, Casa, 217

Hackman, Captain, 275

Halifax, William, Marquis of, 68n

293Hallé, Charles, 226

Hamilton, Elizabeth, Dow.-Duchess of, 246n

—— Lord, 282

Hampton Court, 31, 39; gardens, 42; number of visitors, 43; maze, 44; pictures, 45

Hanover, H.R.H. Princess Frederica of, 45

Harte, Bret, extract from his parodies, 213

Hastings, Florence, Lady, her marriage, 242

—— Marq. of, 280n

Havilland Hall, 170

Hayter, Sir George, 12

—— John, his sketch of Charles Boyle, 12

Higham Ferrers, 184

Hinchingbrooke, 272

Hogarth, Georgina, 231, 234

Hoggins, Sarah, 246n

—— Mr Thomas, 246n

Holland, Lady, 105

—— Henry Edward, Lord, 105, 201

Home, Sir Abraham, 280

Horner, John, 36

“Hotspur,” 150; his appearance on the stage, 151

Houghton, Lord, 242; at the bal costumé, 167

Howard, Charlotte, 93n

—— Henrietta Anna, 93n

—— Lady Henry, 93

—— Lord Henry, 92n

—— Isabella Catharine, 92n, 93n

—— Juliene, 93n

—— Miss, 34

—— Lady Rachel, 92n

—— Mr Stafford, 92n

—— Lord Thomas, the ghost of, 96

Hutin, Henri, 103

Illidge, her eccentricities, 66; appearance and dress, 66; story of Mrs Garrick, 67-70; adventure with a burglar, 70-72

Ippisley, Sir John, 51

Irving, Sir Henry, 35

294Ischia, island of, 136

Italy, disturbances in, 221

Ives, John, his act of heroism, 46-48

Jakeman, Mr, 260

James, G. P. R., friendship for Mary Boyle, 152; for Landor, 262; character, 262

Jerrold, Douglas, 233, 237

Jones, Mr, 185

Jordan, Mrs, 100, 159

Joseph, of Arimathæa, legend of, 54

Kaulbach, 188

Kean, Mr and Mrs, their love story, 173

Keeley, Mr and Mrs, 34, 236

Kemble, Adelaide, 282n

—— Charles, 225n

—— Fanny, 98, 200

Kléber, Marshal, Governor of Cairo, 7; his treatment of Captain C. Boyle, 7; assassinated, 8

Lagerschwerd, Casa, 210

Lake, Sir Willoughby, 170

Landor, Walter Savage, 262; friendship with G. P. R. James, 262; his character, 262, 264; fondness for dogs, 263; inscription on the rescue of Caroline Boyle, 264; tone of his voice, 265

Lansdowne, Lord, 250; his collection of art treasures, 251

—— Henry, Marq. of, 252

Lathom, Countess of, 270n, 272n

—— Earl of, 270n

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 246

Leech, John, 233

Lehmann, Mr, 239

Leigh, Colonel, 180

Leighton, Frederick, 226

Lemon, Mark, 233

Lennox, Lady Sophia, 246n

Leopold II., Grand Duke of Tuscany, his Civic grant, 216

Leslie, Lady Constance, 282n

—— Sir John, 282n

Lever, Charles, 35, 210; his entry into Florence, 211; tenant of Casa Standish, 211; his acting, 212

295Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, 269

—— Lady Theresa, 270

Lima, River, 115

Limerick, Edmund Henry, Earl of, 146n

Lipona, Countess, 153

Lisle, Lady de, 100

Lister, Lady Theresa, 269n

—— Thomas Henry, 269n

—— Sir Villiers, 271

Loch, Lord, 270n

—— Lady, 270n

Long, Elizabeth, 93n

“Long George,” 17

Longleat, 53, 55

Lowe, 17

Lucca, baths of, 114; ball at, 118; religious festival, 120

—— Duchy of, 123

—— Duchess of, 119; lines on, 121

—— Duke of, 119

Lupus, taming of, 57

Lytton, Countess of, 270n

—— Sir E. Bulwer, letter to Mary Boyle, 232

Lyveden, Lord, 251n

Macdonald, Marshal, 153

MacDougall, Colonel, 176

Manny, Madame de, 220

Mansell, Henry, 76; peculiarities, 76; fondness for travelling, 76; talents, 77; death, 78

Manvers, Earl, 279

Maria Theresa, Empress, 68

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, 255

Marston Bigot, 51

Masquerade, 107-112

Mayoress, Lady, anecdote of, 32

Mazzini, 112

McKenzie, Anne Hay, 65n

Meander, 10

Mells Park, 55

Melville, Whyte, 254

Merry Monarch, The, 227

Metastasio, lines from, 113

Michau, Madame, 85

—— M., anecdote of, 86

Midgham Cottage, 66; burglary at, 70-72

—— House, Berkshire, 4, 64

296Milan, 224

Millard’s Hill, 163

Minto, Lord, 81

Mitchell, Dr, 102

Montagu, Sir Sydney, 273

Montague, Viscount, 57; drowned, 58

Montgomery, Alfred, 37, 41

Moore, General Sir Lorenzo, 4n, 205

—— Miss Zacyntha, 4n, 205; her marriage, 206

Mordaunt, Anna Maria, maid of honour to Queen Caroline, 64; her marriage, 64; appointed Governess to the Duke of Cumberland, 65

Morier, Miss, 83

Moulineaux, Villa des, 236

Mount Edgcumbe, Richard, Earl of, 147n

Munich, 187; dramatic performances at, 187

Murat, Joachim, 152; his portrait, 155; military weapons, 155

Napier, Sir William, 170; appearance and characteristics, 171; lines on, 172

Naples, 133; feast of Madonna dell’ Arco, 140

Napoleon I., 152; his portrait, 155

“Narcissus,” 164

Nelson, Lord, his letters, 6

Norfolk, Bernard, Duke of, 93n

—— Charles, Duke of, 92n

Normanby, Lord, 169

Northampton, Charles, 3rd Marq. of, 87; his marriage, 280

—— William, Marq. of, 87, 226n

O’Brien, Mr Stafford, 245

Oetting, Count Karl von, 191

Ogilvay, Sir John, 93n

Ogle, Miss Mary, 4n; her marriage, 158

Ogle, W. Wallace, 4n

Orleans dynasty, downfall, 214

Orper, 19

Orrery, Earl of, 51

Ossington, 278

Overbeck, 132

Oxford, Wilberforce, Bishop of, 278

297“Pacolet,” 94

Paestum, 136

Paget, Lady Florence, 280

—— Lady Mary, 272n

Pallavicini, Marchese Fabio, 104, 190

Parma, Duchy of, 123

Pearl, The, 144

Pell, Sir Watkin, 23

Perry, Lady Lucy, 146n

Perugini, Kate, 236

Peterborough, Earl of, 64

Petty, Lord Henry, 250

Pierrepont, Rt. Hon. Henry, 246n

Pinelli, 132

Pipa, Comtesse, 204

Pisa, 145; festival of St Ranieri, 145

Pius IX., Pope, his accession, 191 popularity, 196; witty sayings, 196; the “Possesso,” 197-199

Play, the first, 25-29

Poggi, Miss, 84

Pompeii, 136

Ponsonby, Frederic, 256

—— Sir Henry, 256n

Portarlington, Earl of, 282n

Portland, Duke of, 278n

Posillippo, 135

Powder-Monkey Bay, 17

Power, 35

Poyntz, Carolina Amelia, 4

—— Charlotte Louisa, 56n

—— Elizabeth, 255

—— Georgiana Anne, 55

—— Isabella, 59

—— Stephen, 64

—— Mrs Stephen, appointed governess to the Duke of Cumberland, 65; intercedes for Lord Cromartie’s life, 65

—— William, 4, 55n, 56n, 245; loss of his sons, 59; character, 61; political views, 62; death, 163

Quarto, Villa, 204

Queensberry, Duchess of, 66

Quin, Captain, 259

—— Lord George, 229n, 230

Quorn Hounds, Master of the, 97

298Race, one-legged, 23

Ravenna, 191; pine-forest, 192

Ray, Miss, her romantic story, 275; tragic death, 276

Reinhardt, 132

Reynolds, Samuel, his painting of Charles Boyle, 12

Richardson, Joseph, 78

—— Miss, 36, 78, 90

Roche-Jacquelin, Madame de la, 128

Rochester, Earl of, 273

Rockingham Castle, 230

Rolle, Lord, at the coronation of Queen Victoria, 161

Rome, 129, 194; first impression of, 130

Rosetta, 7

Rothesay, Lord Stuart de, 278n

Rough Diamond, The, 256

Royal Academy, 35

Ruberti, General, Commandant of Sant’ Elmo, 138

Ruffini, Giovanni, “Lorenzo Benoni,” 113

Russell, Lady Louisa, 90

Salcey Forest, 184

Salt-Hill, 170

Saltarello, dance, 195

Salviati, Villa, 205

Sandwich, Edward, 1st Earl of, 273; his character, 274

—— 3rd Earl of, 273

—— John, 4th Earl of, 274; anecdote of, 274; nickname, 275

—— George, 6th Earl of, 272

—— 7th Earl of, 272n; his second marriage, 278

—— Edward, 8th Earl of, 278n

—— Lady, her death, 278

Santley, Charles, 226

Sark, Island of, 174

Sartoris, Adelaide, 200, 225, 282

Sartoris, Mr Edward, 227, 282

Saville, Dorothy, 68n

Schaffhausen, Falls of, 58

Sefton, Lord, 271

Sevastopol, news of the taking, 276

Seymour, Frederick, 82

—— Sir Horace, 154

299Seymour, Horace, 257

Sheerness, Dockyard, 15; members of the boats’ crew, 16; convicts, 17-19

Shelburne, Lord, 251

Shelley, Miss Fanny Lucy, 147

—— Sir John, 147n

—— lines from, 192

Sheridan, Charlie, 41

—— Frank, 37, 41

—— Thomas, 42n

Sherwood Forest, 278

Simons, Louisa, 243

Skelmersdale, Lord, 270

Smith, Rev. Loraine, 183

—— Admiral Sir Sidney, 9

—— Rev. William, 182

Smugglers, encounter with, 91

Somerset, Edward, Duke of, 42n

—— Georgina, Duchess of, 42

—— House, 30

Sondes, Lord, 229n, 230

Sorrento, 136

Southampton, Charles, Lord, 92n, 98, 179

Spencer, Earl, 213

—— Elizabeth, Countess, 11n

—— Hon. Frederic, 255; character, 255; death, 261

—— Lady Georgiana, 229n

—— John, 255

—— Lady, 82, 256, 257

—— Hon. Robert, 259

—— Sarah, 261

Stackpole, 165

Standish, Lady Lucy, 146; her theatre, 146; actors and actresses, 147-151

—— Mr Rowland, 146

Stanfield, Clarkson, his chef-d’œuvres, 251

Stanhope, Hon. Fitzroy, 92n

—— Harriet, 92n, 179n

—— Hon. Henry Fitzroy, 179n

—— Captain Robert, 92n

Stanley, Lord, 279

Stephenson, Rowland, 146n

Stewart-Mackenzie, Rt. Hon. James A 267n

Stone, Frank, 233

—— Marcus, 240

300Stourhead, 54

Strafford, Alice, Countess of, 282n

—— Earl of, 227n

Stranger, The, 35

Stratford, Lady, 266

Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, 265; appearance, 266; anecdote of, 266; lines on Mary Boyle, 266

Suffolk, Lady, 93

—— Lord, 92n, 93n

Sunderland, 3rd Earl of, 255

Sutherland, Duchess of, 65

Tableaux Vivants, 82, 256

Talbot, Countess of, 68

Talleyrand de Perigord, Marq., 150

Talmont, Princesse de, 128

Tavistock House, 235

Taylor, Tom, 251

Teck, Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of, at Hinchingbrooke, 276

Tegern, lake of, 191

Templeton, Viscountess of, 272

Tenby, 164

Tennyson, Lord, 140

Thackeray, W. M., “Onet y Oneth,” 213n

Thistle, 115

Thorpe, house-steward at Althorp, 257

Thorwaldsen, 131

Thrush, anecdote of a, 48-50

Thynne, Lord John, 40

“Tidy Dick,” 18

Tivoli, 133

Townshend, Lady John, 80

—— Lord John, 3, 55; his epitaph on Charlotte Boyle, 13; eccentricities, 80

Tree, Ellen, 173

Turin, 104

Tuscan revolution, 216

Ungher, Madame, 106

Urvins, his picture, 141

Vansittart, Mrs, 203, 205

Vernet, Horace, 131

Vernon, Hon. Gowran, 251

Vestris, Madame, 34

301Vesuvius, eruptions of, 136

Victoria, Queen, 40, 160; reception at the Opera House, 161; coronation, 161; at the bal costumé, 166

Villiers, Rt. Hon. Charles Pelham, 269

—— Hon. Francis, 271n

—— Lieut.-Col. the Hon. George, 271n

—— Lady Theresa, 271n

Violette, Mdlle., her début at Drury Lane, 68

Vyner, Henry, 280n

—— Theodosia, her marriage, 280

Walpole, Horace, on Mdlle. Violette, 68

Ward, Baron, 123, 214

—— Miss, 92n

Waterford, Lady, 278

Watson, Mrs, 229, 231

—— Hon. Richard, 229n

Watts, George, his drawing of Charles Boyle, 12; painting of Sir William

302Napier, 171; at the Villa Careggi, 202

Weedon, 78

Wellington, Duke of, 37, 161, 246n

Westbrook Hayes, 265

Westminster Abbey, 31

Whittlebury Lodge, 179

Wigan, Alfred, 227

Wigan Rectory, 56

William IV., his accession, 99; failing health, 158; attempt on his life, 159

Williams, Sir Thomas, 21

Willis, Annie, 168

Wolf-dog, taming a, 56

Wrest Park, 281

Yates, Edmund, 240

Young, Charles, 35, 166; his romantic story, 167

—— Giulia, 168

—— Julian, Chaplain to Hampton Court Palace, 168

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Transcriber’s Notes: Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. Typographical errors were silently corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.