INDEX

[No reference is made in this Index to the wives of the Prime Ministers in the chapters specially devoted to them.]

Abercromby, Lady Mary, 87.

Aberdeen, Lord, 59, 86, 186.

— Lady, 206.

Acland, Sir Henry, 192.

Ada Reis, 41.

Adelaide, Queen, 166.

Ainslie, General, 45.

Albert, Prince Consort, 57, 170.

Alderson, Lord, 218.

Almack’s, 102.

Althorp, 3.

Amberley, Lord, 96.

— Lady, 92.

Ashley, Lord, 106, 183.

— Wilfrid W., 124.

Bedford, Duke of, 113.

Belmont Castle, 246.

Berry, Miss, 66.

Bessborough, Lord, 1, 5.

Bismarck, 66.

Brabazon, Lady, 163.

Bradenham, 132, 133, 148.

Braybrooke, Lord, 156.

Breadalbane House, 128.

Broadlands, 111.

Brocket Hall, 17, 22, 32, 40, 101, 129.

Brooke, Sir Richard, 163.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 201.

Bruce, Sir Charles, 234.

Brydone, Patrick, 63.

Buccleuch, Duke of, 71.

— Duchess of, 66.

Bulwer, E. G. L., 29, 31 etc., 104, 140.

— Rosina, 35, 131, 136.

Bunsen, 170.

— Baroness, 78.

Byron, Lord, 8 etc., 26, 40.

— Lady, 7, 16.

Cambridge, Duke of, 159, 166, 167, 236.

— Duchess of, 166.

— House, 120.

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 235, 237, 238, 241, 243.

Carnarvon, Lord, 225.

Castlereagh, Lady, 103.

Cavendish, Lady Frederick, 209.

Cavour, 87, 88.

Cecil, Lord Edward, 232.

Chalon, A. E., 155.

“Chapel of Ease,” The, 212.

Chartist demonstration, 81.

Charleville, Lady, 35.

Chatham, Earl of, 156.

Chorley Wood, 75.

Cobden, 122.

Cork, Lady, 35.

Cowper, fifth Earl, 101, 107.

— Lady, 3, 7, 102, 105, 107.

— Lady Emily, 106.

— Lady Frances, 106.

Crimean War, 85.

Davy, Sir Humphry, 52.

Dawson, Geo., 155.

Deepdene, 141.

Derby (Lord Stanley), Lord, 170, 174, 221.

de Rothschild, Lady, 144.

— Sir A., 144, 145.

— Baroness J., 146.

de Tabley, Lord, 173.

Devonshire, Duke of, 7.

— Georgiana, Duchess of, 1.

Dickens, 80, 142.

— David Copperfield, 81.

Disraeli, 39, 97, 109, 111, 134, 135, 141, 142, 149.

— Coningsby, 147, 155.

— Sybil, 104, 121, 144.

Disraeli, Tancred, 145, 147.

D’Orsay, Count, 132.

Doyle, Sir F., 162.

Drayton, 55, 56 etc.

Duncannon, Lord, 123.

Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 117.

Edward VII., H.M. King, 177, 210, 244.

Emsdorf, Battle of, 45.

Erroll, Earl of, 76.

Esterhazy, Princess, 103.

Eugénie, Empress, 90, 140.

Evans, John, 131.

Fasque, 165, 183.

Fatal Passion, The, 39.

Fleming, Wilmington, 37.

Floyd, Anna, Lady, 51.

— Henry, 47, 49.

— Gen. Sir J., 44, 47 etc.

— Rebecca, Lady, 47.

Foster, Lady Elizabeth, 6.

Franco-German War, 91.

Frederick William IV., 170.

— Empress, 177.

Fry, Elizabeth, 170, 201.

Fuller, Miranda, Lady, 52.

Garbarino, Marchese, 90.

Garibaldi, 89.

Gaskell, Milnes, 161.

George V., H.M. King, 210.

Gladstone, W. E., 97, 120, 152, 153, 160, 161, 179, 182, 192, 208.

— Budget (1853), 85.

— Golden Wedding, 207.

— Agnes, 177, 178, 179.

— Catherine, 185, 187.

— H. N., 188.

— Helen, 187.

— Jessie, 178.

— Lord, 188.

— Mary, 187.

— Stephen, 178, 184.

— Wm., 177, 178, 181.

— W. G. C., 193.

— W. H., 193.

Glenarvon, 19, 38.

Glynne, Sir John, 157.

— Sir Stephen (eighth Bart.), 156, 158.

— Sir Stephen (ninth Bart.), 160–1, 192.

— Lady, 156.

Goddard, Dr., 35.

Godwin, W., 22, 25.

Gower, Lord R., 153.

Graham Hamilton, 40.

Grenville, George, 156.

— Lord, 156.

— T., 169.

Greville, Charles, 119.

Grote, Mrs., 166.

Guizot, 123, 166, 185.

Harcourt, Sir Wm., 153.

Hardinge, Lord, 139.

Harrison, Frederic, 95.

Hawarden Castle, 157–8, 193, 199.

Hawtrey, Dr., 168.

Hayward, Abraham, 128.

Heathcote, Lady, 12.

Herbert, Lord, 46.

Herkomer, Sir H., 207.

Hobhouse, J. C., 36.

Holl, F., 207.

Holland, Lady, 74, 115, 123.

— House, 66, 74.

House of Charity, the, 194.

— of Lords, 94.

Houseless Poor Act (1864), 194.

Hughenden, 137, 148.

Humboldt, 66.

Ireland, 82.

— Coercion Bill (1846), 75.

— Disestablishment, 129.

— Policy, 94.

Italy, Victor Emmanuel of, 89.

Jarnacs, M. and Mme, 185, 186.

Jeffrey, Lord, 74.

Jersey, Lord, 56, 61, 181.

— Lady, 7, 101, 129, 167.

Jocelyn, Lord, 113.

— Lady, 114.

Keate, Dr., 168.

Lamb, George, 22.

— William. See Melbourne, second Visct.

Liddon, Dr., 231.

Lieven, Princess, 103, 106.

Lister, Lady Theresa, 161.

— Miss, 68, 70.

Liszt, 160.

London, distress in (1844), 183.

— Hospital, 195.

Louis-Philippe, 55, 83.

Lulworth Castle, 52.

Lyndhurst, Lord, 167.

Lyttelton, Lord, 162, 163, 188.

— Lady, 188.

— Sarah, Lady, 176.

Manners, Lord and Lady J., 153.

Manning, Cardinal, 182.

Marienbad, 244.

Medwin’s Conversations with Byron, 36.

Melbourne, first Visct., 99.

— first Viscountess, 5, 7, 16, 28.

— second Visct. (Wm. Lamb), 1, 6, 7, 27, 34, 66, 115.

— defeat of (1841), 72.

— House, 7, 9, 21, 101.

Mendicity Society, 173.

Milnes, Monckton, 119.

Minto, second Earl of, 63, 66, 67.

— House, 64, 71.

Moore, T., 9, 40, 108.

Morgan, Sir C., 2.

— Lady, 2, 18, 21, 27.

Murray, John, 21, 41.

Napoleon III., 82, 90, 140.

Nathan, Isaac, 36, 42.

Neville, Hon. George, 158.

Newport Market Refuge, 195.

— Army Training School, 195.

Nicholas I., 184.

North Pole, expedition to (1773), 44.

O’Connor, T. P., 246.

Opie, Mrs., 218.

Palgrave, Francis, 219.

Palgraves, the, 219.

Palmerston, Lord, 58, 68, 105, 123, 126, 181.

— death of, 127.

— resignation of, 118.

Palmerston, Lady, 7, 78.

Panshanger, 7, 125.

Papal Bull (1850), 117.

Paper Duties Bill, 113.

Parnell Commission, 205.

Peel, Eliza, 56.

— General, 225.

— Georgiana, Lady, 93.

— Julia, 55, 56.

— Lord, 56.

— Sir Robert, 52, 55, 58, 141, 161, 167, 172, 173, 176, 182, 185, 186.

— William, 61.

Pembroke, Lord, 46.

Pembroke Lodge, 77.

Persigny, 112.

Petersham, 83.

Pitt, William, 186.

Political secrets, 165.

— standards, 86.

Poyntz, Louisa, 4.

— Stephen, 3.

Punctuality, 212.

Ribblesdale, Lord, 69, 84.

Richardson, Miss, 35.

Richmond, 180.

Rideout, J. C., 45.

Ripon, Lord and Lady, 170, 175.

Rogers, Samuel, 9, 66, 80, 107, 171, 180.

Rosebery, Lord, 181, 209.

— Lady, 231.

Russell, Earl, 59, 67, 68, 84, 119, 172.

— on Italy, 87.

— Prime Minister, 89.

— resignation of (1855), 86.

Russell, Hon. Rollo, 93.

— Lady Agatha, 84.

— Lady John, 84, 172.

— Lady Victoria, 67.

— Mr., 32.

Rutland, Duke of, 210.

Salisbury (Lord Robert Cecil), Marquis of, 221, 224.

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of, 178.

Sheridan, 8.

Shiel, 183.

Sketchley, Rev. M., 48.

Snaresbrook Convalescent Home, 196.

South African War, 238.

Spence, Miss, 35.

Spencer, first Earl, 1.

— Herbert, 95.

— Lady, 3.

Sutherland, Duchess of, 171.

Tait, Dr., 231.

Tankerville, Lady, 101, 129.

Taylor, Sir Henry, 98.

— Tom, 127.

“Temple of Peace,” The, 212.

Tennyson, 92.

Thackeray, 80.

Times, the, 117, 147.

Torlonia, Duchess of, 55.

Tyndall, Prof., 231.

Unpunctuality, 122, 125.

Vathek, 17.

Victoria, H.M. Queen, 57, 60, 92, 137, 143, 152, 166, 181, 184.

Villa Garbarius, 90.

Viney, Sir James, 131.

Walmer Castle, 126.

Walsh, Miss, 19.

Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 39.

Wellington, Duke of, 78, 103, 166, 167, 171, 174, 176, 184.

Westmoreland, Lady, 9.

White, Miss Lydia, 35.

Willoughby, Lady, 101, 103, 129.

Wilson, Sir R., 53.

Wolseley, Lord, 237.

Women in politics, 201.

Woolbeding, 141.

Wyndham, Lewis, 131, 132.

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