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Ginkel, at Ipswich, 808;
in Ireland, 828, 829;
receives a grant, 868

Glencoe, massacre of, 834-836

Gloucester (brother of George III.), his marriage, 1064

Gneisenau, in Belgium, 1341;
at Waterloo, 1346

Goderich. [See Robinson.]

Godolphin, on Treasury Commission, 810;
Jacobite tendencies, 832;
industry, 843;
accused of treason, 855;
resigns, 856;
First Lord of the Treasury, 870;
dismissed, 874;
Lord Treasurer, 876;
intrusted with Marlborough's plans, 882;
influence over Anne, 909;
son-in-law to Marlborough, 910;
timidity, 911, 912;
submits to an affront, 914;
dismissed, 915

Godoy, Spanish minister, 1173;
rules Spain, 1252;
intrigues with Napoleon, 1286

Gordon, his character, 1087;
provokes riots, 1092, 1093;
dies, 1094

Görtz, minister of Charles XII., 943

Goulbourn, Irish Secretary, 1389;
Home Secretary, 1456

Gower, in the Privy Council, 877;
on the Jacobite Committee, 954;
collects followers, 955;
Privy Seal, 997

Gower, President of the Council, 1132

Grafton, visits Wilkes, 1043;
Secretary of State, 1050;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1053;
subservient to the King, 1055;
his conciliatory measures, 1057;
resigns, 1058;
returns, 1063;
in Rockingham's ministry, 1105

Graham, at Cadiz, 1308;
at Vittoria, 1319

Graham, in the Cabinet, 1423;
resigns, 1447;
refuses to join Peel, 1456

Grammont, at Dettingen, 993

Granby, at Minden, 1032;
attacks the ministry, 1058;
dies, 1061

Grant, resigns, 1402, 1403;
President of Board of Control, 1423

Granville. [See Carteret.]

Grattan, Irish leader, 1090, 1105, 1106;
his policy, 1199, 1200, 1201;
interview with Pitt, 1208;
urges Catholic claims, 1209;
secedes, 1213;
opposes the Union, 1217;
speech against the Union, 1218;
speech on Catholic emancipation, 1360

Grenville, George, leader of the Commons, 1041;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1042;
proceeds against Wilkes, 1043;
his mistakes, 1045, 1047;
his trick with regard to the Regency Bill, 1049;
his alliance with Temple, 1049;
his speech in answer to Pitt, 1051;
reconciliation with Pitt, 1058;
reforms election petitions, dies, 1060

Grenville, James (brother of George), resigns, 1058

Grenville, Thomas (second son of George), in Paris, 1108;
joins Pitt, 1163

Grenville, William (third son of George), supports Pitt, 1132;
rebukes Chauvelin, 1163;
his instructions to Malmesbury, 1189;
letter to Napoleon, 1225;
his political economy, 1229;
retires, 1230;
disapproves of the peace, 1235;
excluded from office, 1240;
his alliance with Fox, 1243, 1246, 1247;
ridicules the volunteers, 1248;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1267;
his Catholic policy, 1272;
resigns, 1274;
incapacity for war, 1280;
attempts to form a ministry, 1325;
declines office, 1369

Grey, his liberality, 1161;
his motion for reform, 1162;
his petition, 1163;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 1267;
quoted, 1268;
introduces Slave Trade Bill, 1272;
supports Catholic claims, 1273;
quarrels with George IV., 1324;
attempts to form a ministry, 1325;
opposes Government, 1374;
Premier, 1423;
refuses repressive measures, 1424;
resigns, returns, 1430;
his Church policy, 1435;
his Coercion Bill, 1438;
his speech, 1447;
his difficulties, 1448;
resigns, 1449

Grouchy, at Bantry Bay, 1212;
pursues Blücher, 1341;
expected at Waterloo, 1344

Gustavus III., his character, 1064;
attacks Russia 1148

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 808, 854, 935, 1181, 1211, 1354, 1355,
1390, 1439

Hales, Sir Edward, impeached, 823

Halifax. [See Montague.]

Halifax, at the coronation of William, 806;
Privy Seal, 809;
parliamentary attack on, 821, 823;
withdraws, 824;
member of the Junto, 842

Halifax, Secretary of State, 1042;
deceives the King, 1049

Hamilton, Gustavus, at Enniskillen, 813

Hamilton, Richard, his treason, 813;
at Londonderry, 814, 815;
taken prisoner, 827

Hamilton, Duke of, in Scotland, 818

Hanoverian courtiers, 940;
dislike Townshend, 942;
opposition to Stanhope, 946;
receive bribes from the South Sea Company, 952;
bad influence of, 964

Harcourt, French diplomatist, 869

Harcourt, retires, 913;
Lord Chancellor, 915;
Jacobite tendencies, 922;
his skill in wording the Union, 928

Harcourt, in Cuttack, 1255;
successful, 1257

Hardinge, at Albuera, 1311;
insulted by O'Connell, 1421;
Irish Secretary, 1456

Hardwicke, supports Walpole, 983;
remains in office, 987, 988;
his Marriage Act, 1015

Hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1241

Hardy, Admiral, 1089

Hardy, his trial, 1180, 1181

Harley, tries to establish the Land Bank, 851;
joins the ministry, 881;
Secretary of State, 909;
intrigues against Marlborough, 911;
dismissed, 913;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 915;
his policy, 916;
stabbed, Earl of Oxford, Lord Treasurer, 918;
his Jacobite tendencies, 922;
indecision, 923;
dismissed, 924;
impeachment against him dropped, 932;
his trial, 947;
his financial scheme, 949;
joins James, 955

Harrington. [See Stanhope.]

Harris, at Seringapatam, 1224

Harris. [See Malmesbury.]

Harrison, his speech at Stockport, arrested, 1362;
his trial, 1366

Harrowby, Foreign Secretary, 1246;
his views, 1250;
resigns, 1252;
refuses the Premiership, 1395

Harvey, character, 969;
supports Walpole, 983

Hastings, Warren, Governor-General, 1123;
accused in the Council, 1125;
war with the Mahrattas, 1126, 1127;
robs Cheyte Singh, 1128;
reprimanded, 1129;
his trial, 1139-1141

Hastings. [See Rawdon.]

Hawke, contradictory orders to, 1019;
at Rochefort, 1025;
at Brest, 1028;
at Quiberon, 1029

Hawkesbury, Foreign Secretary, 1238;
Home Secretary, 1246;
remonstrates with Napoleon, 1251;
refuses the Premiership, 1266;
Home Secretary, 1274

Hawley, supersedes Wade, 1005;
at Falkirk, 1006;
his cruelty, 1008

Hébert, his party, 1185

Hedges, Secretary of State, 870;
dismissed, 874;
Secretary of State, 877

Heinsius, friendship with Marlborough, 882;
rejects proposals for peace, 894;
refuses to make a separate peace, 902

Henry, brother of Frederick II., 1041

Herbert, his maladministration, 822;
at Beachy Head, 826

Herries, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1394;
resigns, 1395;
Secretary at War, 1456

Hill, in Estremadura, 1313;
moves north, 1315;
threatened by Soult, 1318

Hillsborough, Colonial Secretary, 1056;
his folly, 1058;
effect of his policy, 1061

Hobhouse, Irish Secretary, 1439;
resigns, 1440;
in the Cabinet, 1450

Hoche, defeats the Prussians, 1169;
in La Vendée, 1175;
at Quiberon, 1176;
in Belgium, 1194;
plans the Irish invasion, 1189, 1209;
his expedition, 1191, 1211, 1212

Hofer, his insurrection, 1301

Holderness, removed, 1037

Holkar, his power, 1126;
defeated, 1127;
extent of his territory, 1254;
war with Wellesley, 1255;
defeated, 1257;
war with Hastings, 1469

Holland. [See Fox.]

Hone, his trial, 1355, 1356

Hood, succeeds Rodney, 1099;
candidate for Westminster, 1134;
at Toulon, 1169;
takes Bastia, 1172

Horner, his financial views, 1359

Houchard, in Holland, 1168

Howe, Admiral, destroys Cherbourg, 1027;
goes to America, 1076;
at Gibraltar, 1110;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 1132;
defeats the French, 1173;
his popularity, 1195

Howe, General, reinforces Gage, 1073;
succeeds Gage, 1075;
retreats, 1076;
his delays, 1079;
takes Philadelphia, 1080;
superseded, 1088;
in Parliament, 1089

Howick. [See Grey.]

Hozier, at Porto Bello, 984

Hughes, his battles with De Suffren, 1128

Humbert, at Quiberon, 1177;
in Ireland, 1216

Hume, leader of the Radicals, 1434

Hunt, at Spa Fields, 1352;
candidate for Parliament, 1359;
at the Manchester massacre, 1362;
his trial, 1366;
his speeches, 1421

Huskisson, Secretary of the Treasury, 1247;
President of the Board of Trade, 1377;
his Liberal views, 1378;
changes the Navigation Act, 1379;
improves the silk trade, 1380;
the wool trade, 1381;
his views on slavery, 1382;
his opponents, 1387;
his Corn Bill, 1388;
remains in office, 1392;
Colonial Secretary, 1394;
resigns, 1395;
his speech at Liverpool, 1396;
dies, 1421

Hutchinson, Governor, 1067;
his letters, 1068;
recalled, 1071

Hutchinson, in Egypt, 1232

Hyder Ali, his origin, 1122;
attacks Madras, 1127;
dies, 1128

Ibrahim Pasha, in Greece, 1397;
at Navarino, 1399;
in Syria, 1465

Impey, gives judgment for Hastings, 1125, 1126, 1129

India Company, their accounts examined, 845;
union of the two Companies, 860-862, 1113, 1114;
their tea trade, 1069;
settlement of the Company, 1442

India, conquest of, 1019, 1026, 1032, 1040, 1054, 1113-1129;
Fox's India Bill, 1129-1131;
Pitt's India Bill, 1135;
Napoleon's designs on, 1219;
war with Tippoo Sahib, 1224;
the Mahratta war, 1253-1257;
from 1805 till 1825, 1465-1472

Ireland, rebellion against William III., 812-816, 822, 827-830;
Irish forfeitures, 868;
excitement caused by Drapier's letters, 957;
Grattan's agitation in, 1090, 1105, 1106;
Flood's agitation in, 1136, 1137;
the rebellion of 1798, 1199-1219;
Emmett's rebellion, 1241-1243;
Wellesley's administration, 1389, 1390;
the Catholic Association, 1403-1406;
O'Connell's repeal agitation, 1409, 1421, 1434;
the Irish Church, 1435-1438, 1446, 1458;
the Coercion Bill, 1438, 1448

Isabella of Spain, 1464

Jacobites, contrast between Irish and English, 814, 816;
in Scotland, 819;
plot discovered, 825;
Preston's plot, 831;
in the ministry, 832;
Assassination Plot, 853-856;
first attempt of James Edward, 896;
negotiations with Harley, 916, 917;
with Bolingbroke, 922, 930;
dislike to the Union 927;
rebellion of 1715, 932-938;
intrigues with Sweden and Alberoni, 943-945;
Atterbury's plot, 954, 955;
intrigues with Ripperda, 960;
in the ministry, 964;
in the Parliament, 968;
depression of, 969;
intrigues with Spain and France, 983;
threatened invasion, 995;
rebellion of 1745, 999-1009

James II., assisted by Louis XIV., 811;
makes use of Ireland, 812;
at St. Germains, 814;
goes to Ireland, 814;
at Londonderry, 815;
his letter to Scotland, 818;
at the Boyne, 827;
leaves Ireland, 828;
invited to England, 831;
still hopeful, 832;
begs Louis to invade England, 836;
his declaration, 837;
at La Hogue, 838;
leaves France, 858;
dies, 873

James Edward, acknowledged by Louis, 873;
has the measles, 896;
corresponds with Bolingbroke, 922;
his chance of the crown, 930;
his insurrection, 934;
at St. Malo, 935;
in Scotland, 937;
character, 938;
collects a second expedition, 945;
its failure, 946;
attempts discipline, 955;
alienates his friends, 969

Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1283

Jersey, in the Council, 877;
dismissed, 909

Jervis, at St. Vincent, 1193;
mismanagement of, 1244;
his naval inquiries, 1258

Johnson, Dr., quoted, 1133

Joseph, Electoral Prince, his right to Spain, 863;
dies, 869

Joseph Bonaparte, at Amiens, 1234;
King of Naples, 1269;
King of Spain, 1287;
retires, 1288;
in Madrid, 1303;
at Talavera, 1304;
quarrels with Napoleon, 1312;
retreats, 1317;
quarrels with his generals, 1318;
superseded, 1320;
at Paris, 1329

Joseph I., Emperor, 888;
dislikes the proposed peace, 894;
dies, 918

Joseph II., attempt to make him King of the Romans, 1020;
treaty with Russia, 1148;
dies, 1149

Jourdan, defeats the Austrians, 1169;
on the Rhine, 1174;
on the Meuse, 1187;
at Stockach, 1222

Joyce, arrest of, 1180

Junius. [See Francis.]

Junot, invades Portugal, 1287;
occupies Lisbon, 1288;
establishes order, 1289;
at Vimiero, 1292;
his army increased, 1295

Kellermann, at Valmy, 1159

Kempenfeldt, Admiral, 1103

Kendal, Duchess of, opposes Townshend, 940;
bribed, 957, 962, 963

Kenmure, at Preston, 936;
executed, 938

Keppel, receives Crown lands, 868

Keppel, quarrels with Pallisser, 1089;
in the ministry, 1105;
in the Cabinet, 1112

Khevenhüller, at Munich, 990

Kidd, Captain, 871

Kilwarden, murdered, 1242

Kirke, relieves Londonderry, 816

Kleber, in La Vendée, 1169, 1170;
in Egypt, 1224;
assassinated, 1231

Korsakoff, in Switzerland, 1224

Laborde, at Rorica, 1291

Labourdonnais, in India, 1019;
at the Mauritius, 1115;
opposes Dupleix, 1116

Lafayette, goes to America, 1083;
head of the National Guard, 1154

Lake, disarms Ulster, 1212;
disarms Munster, 1213;
in India, 1255, 1257

Lally, in India, 1119;
defeated, 1120

Lambert, at New Orleans, 1328

Lambton. [See Durham.]

Land Bank, its failure, 851

Langrishe, supports Catholic relief, 1205

Lannes, with Napoleon, 1224;
at Tudela, 1295

Lansdowne (son of Shelburne), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1267;
in the Cabinet, 1392;
Home Secretary, 1394;
President of the Council, 1423

La Peña, inefficiency of, 1309

Lauderdale, his views, 1162;
negotiating with Talleyrand, 1270

Lauriston, his reception, 1234

Lauzun, at the Boyne, 826, 827;
leaves Dublin, 828;
at St. Germains, 836

Leake, Sir John, in Spain, 890

Lebas, in Alsace, 1169;
in Flanders, 1171

Le Brun, French minister, 1165

Leeds. [See Danby.]

Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1018;
refuses to support subsidies, 1020;
dismissed, 1021;
resigns, 1037

Leopold, marries Princess Charlotte, 1358;
supports Queen Caroline, 1368;
refuses the kingdom of Greece, 1401;
King of Belgium, 1462

Leopold I., his selfish policy, 857;
objects to peace, 858;
his claim to Spain, 862, 863;
joins the Grand Alliance, 873;
his critical position, 882;
dies, 888

Leopold II., concludes Convention of Reichenbach, 1149

Lincoln, surrenders Charleston, 1095

Lindsay, agent of James II., 818;
arrested, 819

Littleton, Irish Secretary, 1439;
his negotiations with O'Connell, 1448;
resigns, 1449

Liverpool, Minister at War, 1323;
Premier, 1325;
at Queen Caroline's trial, 1367;
a high Tory, 1387;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
his illness, 1388

Lochiel. [See Cameron.]

Locke, on the Currency Commission, 849

Lomenie de Brienne, 1147, 1152

Londonderry. [See Castlereagh.]

Londonderry, siege of, 813-816

Lorraine, ceded to France, 976

Loudon, Lord, incapacity of, 1025;
dismissed, 1026

Loudon, Colonel, at Kunersdorf, 1032

Loughborough, opposes Catholic relief, 1229, 1230;
resigns, 1230

Louis XIV., assists James II., 811;
alliance with Turkey, 812;
takes Mons, 831;
plans an invasion of England, 836;
his great efforts, 840, 841;
acquainted with the Assassination Plot, 850, 854;
desires peace, 856-858;
accepts Spain for Philip V., 870;
captures the Dutch troops, 871;
acknowledges James Edward, 873;
secures friendship of Savoy, 877;
loses Savoy, 880;
his eight armies, 881;
proposes peace, 894;
rejects Marlborough's terms, 902, 903;
consents to treat, 915;
assists Spain, 916;
peace negotiations, 918, 919;
dies, 934

Louis XV., engaged to the Infanta, 958;
marries Maria Leczinska, 960;
influence of Madame de Pompadour over, 1023

Louis XVI., character, 1153;
brought to Paris, 1154;
flight to Varennes, 1158;
dethroned, 1159;
guillotined, 1165

Louis XVIII., restored, 1334;
his views, 1336

Louis of Baden, in Alsace, 879;
in Bavaria, 881;
his character, 882;
at Ingolstadt, 884;
hinders Marlborough's plan, 888;
at Hagenau, 888;
dies, 895

Louis Philippe, Lieutenant of France, 1416;
his sympathy with England, 1461;
alliance with Leopold, 1462

Louvois, French minister, 836

Lovat, against Charles Edward, 1001;
his duplicity, 1008;
executed, 1009

Lowther, Lord Treasurer, 824

Lundy, at Londonderry, 813;
deposed, 815

Luttrell, member for Middlesex, 1056;
his sister marries Cumberland, 1064

Luxemburg, in Flanders, 832;
at Steinkirk, 839;
at Landen, 841;
dies, 847

Lyndhurst, Chancellor, 1392;
advises Wellington as Premier, 1395;
his interview with George IV., 1407;
opposes the Reform Bill, 1430;
Chancellor, 1456

Lyttleton, member of the Opposition, 978

Macaulay, on the Coercion Bill, 1438

MacCallum More. [See Argyle.]

Macclesfield, reforms the Calendar, 1014

Macdonald of Keppoch, besieges Inverness, 819;
at Culloden, 1007

Macdonald, Sir Alexander, 1000, 1008

Macdonald of Clanranald, 1000, 1008

Mack, at Naples, 1221;
capitulates at Ulm, 1264

Mackay, at Killiecrankie, 820;
improves the bayonet, 821;
in Ireland, 829, 830

Mackintosh, Jacobite general, 935

Mackintosh, his "Vindiciæ Gallicæ," 1155;
defends Peltier, 1238;
opposes the Government, 1374

Mahon, with Chatham, 1086

Maine, Duke of, in Flanders, 847;
his enmity to England, 943;
his Jacobite intrigue, 944;
arrested, 946

Maintenon, Madame de, favours the Jacobites, 873;
influence over Louis XIV., 934

Maitland, at Alicante, 1317;
at Waterloo, 1345

Malmesbury, in Spain, 1062;
arranges George IV.'s marriage, 1182;
negotiates at Paris, 1189;
at Lisle, 1197, 1198;
requests Addington to resign, 1239;
writes to the King, 1273

Manchester, Secretary of State, 874

Mansell, succeeds Seymour, 909;
dismissed, 913

Mar, Secretary for Scotland, 922;
head of the insurrection, 934;
his first successes, 935;
at Sheriffmuir, 937;
escapes to France, 937;
dies, 969

Marçeau, in La Vendée, 1170

Maria Louisa, marries Napoleon, 1301;
deserts him, 1329;
receives Parma, 1339

Maria Theresa, marries Francis of Lorraine, 976;
rejects the overtures of Frederick II., 989;
supported by Hungary, 990;
subsidies sent to, 991;
concedes Silesia, 991;
her secret treaties with Russia, 1023;
partitions Poland, 1066

Maria of Portugal, 1410;
visits England, 1411;
Miguel's rebellion against, 1412;
successful, 1463

Marischal, supports the Pretender, 983

Marlborough, made Earl, 811;
military adviser to Queen Mary, 826;
in Ireland, 828;
his treason, 832;
deprived of his offices, 833;
his treachery to Talmash, 846;
accused of treason, 855;
his power over Anne, 876;
Commander-in-chief, 878;
his first successes, 879;
thwarted by the Dutch, 881;
his march to Vienna, 882;
at Blenheim, 884-887;
his plans, 888;
at Ramillies, 891, 892;
rejects proposals for peace, 894;
diverts Charles XII., 895;
in England, 896;
at Oudenarde, 897-900;
his conduct to Webb, 901;
at Malplaquet, 903-905;
dislike to party conflicts, 906;
removes extreme Tories, 909;
keeps the war to Flanders, 911;
loses Anne's favour, 913, 917;
his great plans, 918;
difficulty of his position, 919;
parliamentary attack on, 920;
deprived of his offices, 920;
excluded from the Council of Regency, 930;
Commander-in-chief, 931

Marlborough, Duchess of, her influence over Anne, 833, 909;
her temper, 911, 913;
dismissed, 917

Marlborough (son of Sunderland), reinforces Ferdinand, 1027

Marmont, in Paris, 1224;
succeeds Massena, 1312;
at the Tagus, 1313, 1314;
invades Portugal, 1315;
at Salamanca, 1316;
wounded, 1317;
at Paris, 1329;
in the July revolution, 1415, 1416

Marsin, succeeds Villars, in Bavaria, 881;
at Blenheim, 884;
in Alsace, 888;
in Italy, 893

Mary, Queen, 806;
head of the Government, 826;
her quarrel with Anne, 834;
her spirited behaviour, 837;
dies, 844

Massena, in Switzerland, 1222, 1224;
successful, 1266;
in Spain, 1306, 1307;
at Busaco, 1308;
succeeded by Marmont, 1312

Maupeou, French minister, 1062

Maurepas, organizes the French navy, 981

Maximilian, renounces his claims on the Empire, 996

Maximilian II., of Bavaria, joins France, 879;
in the Tyrol, 881;
at Dillingen, 884;
at Blenheim, 885, 886;
declines to treat, 887;
at Ramillies, 892;
on the Rhine, 896

Meer Cossim, 1120, 1121

Meer Jaffier, 1119, 1120

Melbourne, Home Secretary, 1423;
receives a deputation, 1429;
Premier, 1449;
intended attack on, 1454;
dismissed, 1455

Melfort, his folly, 818;
his correspondence with Dundee, 819;
his declaration, 837

Melville, his character, 817;
High Commissioner, 30

Melville. [See Dundas.]

Menou, in Egypt, 1231, 1232

Methodists, rise of the, 1016, 1017

Methuen, his treaty, 880, 907, 1139

Metternich, at the Congress of Vienna, 1334;
his Turkish policy, 1396, 1397

Miguel, regent, 1410;
usurps the throne, 1411;
defeated, 1463;
banished, 1464

Minto, Governor-General of India, 1466, 1467

Mirabeau, his power, 1157

Moira. [See Rawdon.]

Monarchy, change in the character of, 806-808;
the power of the Crown, 968, 969;
George III.'s views of, 1036, 1060;
contrast between English and French, 1160, 1161

Monson, member of the India Council, 1124;
dies, 1125

Montague, his financial powers, 839;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 843;
establishes the Bank of England, 844;
on the Currency Commission, 849;
First Lord of the Treasury, 856;
settles the India trade, 860, 861;
unpopularity of, 864;
made Lord Halifax, impeached, 871;
excluded from the Privy Council, 877;
First Commissioner of the Treasury, 931

Montcalm, at Quebec, 1029, 1030;
dies, 1031

Montesquieu, his writings, 1152

Montrose, Secretary for Scotland, 934;
deprived of his army commission, 975

Montrose, in the Cabinet, 1246

Moore, in Denmark, 1285;
sent to Spain, 1290, 1291;
marches to Salamanca, 1294;
reasons for his retreat, 1295;
his march to Corunna, 1296;
dies, 1297

Mordaunt. [See Peterborough.]

Mordaunt, at Rochefort, 1025

Moreau, on the Rhine, 1187;
in Italy, 1222;
Napoleon's enmity to, 1251

Mornington. [See Wellesley.]

Mountjoy, at Londonderry, 813;
at St. Germains, 814

Muir, trial of, 1179

Mulgrave, in the Cabinet, 1246;
Foreign Secretary, 1252;
Privy Seal, 1450

Munro, in India, 1121, 1127

Murat, leaves Egypt, 1224;
in Bavaria, 1264;
removed from Naples, 1336, 1339

Murphy, Irish leader, 1214

Murray of Broughton, joins Charles Edward, 1000;
turns king's evidence, 1009

Murray, Lord George, joins Charles Edward, 1001;
commander, 1003;
advises retreat, 1004;
his prudence, 1006, 1007;
reassembles the army, 1008;
his military skill, 1009

Murray, Attorney-General, 1018;
Lord Chief-Justice, 1021

Murray, in Gujerat, 1255;
successful, 1257

Napier, quoted, 1297, 1311

Napoleon, at Toulon, 1169;
at the establishment of the Directory, 1186;
his Italian campaign, 1187, 1188;
Commander-in-chief, 1219;
in Egypt, 1220;
at Acre, 1223;
leaves Egypt, 1224;
First Consul, 1225;
in Italy, 1226;
his aggressions, 1235-1237;
his interviews with Whitworth, 1239, 1240;
arrests English travellers, 1241;
excites rebellion in Ireland, 1242;
intends to invade England, 1247, 1248;
attempts to form a coalition, 1250;
murders D'Enghien, 1251;
obtains subsidies from Spain, 1252;
offends Europe, 1260, 1261;
prepares to invade England, 1262, 1263;
attacks Austria, 1264;
at Austerlitz, 1266;
negotiates with Fox, 1268, 1270;
his vassal kingdoms, 1269;
despises Prussia, 1275;
murders Palm, 1276;
at Jena, 1276;
his Berlin Decree, 1277;
desires war with Russia, 1279;
at Eylau, 1280;
at Tilsitt, 1283;
intrigues in Spain, 1286;
makes Joseph King, 1287;
excites popular anger, 1289;
at Erfurth, 1294;
at Madrid, 1295;
leaves Spain, 1296;
at Aspern, 1300;
at Wagram, marries Maria Louisa, 1301;
tyranny over Joseph, 1312;
desires war with Russia, 1312-1314;
his retreat from Moscow, 1320;
at Dresden, 1321;
abdicates, 1321, 1328;
withdraws to Elba, 1329;
escapes, 1339;
in Belgium, 1340;
at Waterloo, 1343-1345;
banished, 1346

National Debt, origin of, 840;
amount of, 927;
dread of, 949, 950, 1012, 1134, 1138, 1377, 1441

Necker, dismissed, 1152;
recalled, 1153

Nelson, takes Bastia, 1172;
at St. Vincent, 1193;
at the Nile, 1220;
at Copenhagen, 1232, 1233;
at Boulogne, 1234;
pursues Villeneuve, 1262-1264;
at Trafalgar, 1265

Newcastle, Privy Seal, 910;
character, 969;
seeks George II.'s favour, 981;
intrigues against Walpole, 983;
remains in office, 987, 988;
thinks of declaring for the Pretender, 1005;
head of the Whigs, 1010;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1018;
incapacity of, 1018, 1019;
attempts the election of the Archduke Joseph, 1020;
secures the support of Fox, 1020;
resigns, 1021;
returns to office, 1022;
his parliamentary influence, 1022, 1025, 1037;
resigns, 1040;
deprived of his Lord-Lieutenancy, 1041;
Privy Seal, 1050

Newton, on the Currency Commission, 849;
approves of the new coinage for Ireland, 957

Ney, in Switzerland, 1237;
pursues Moore, 1296;
at Quatre Bras, 1341;
at Waterloo, 1344, 1345

Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, 1397

Nithsdale, escape of, 938

Noailles, in Franconia, 991;
at Dettingen, 992;
withdraws, 993

Normanby, Privy Seal, 877

North (William), Lord, a Jacobite, 954

North, Frederick, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1059;
his policy, 1060, 1061;
his supporters, 1064;
yields to the King, 1070, 1085, 1089;
his reconciliation scheme, 1072;
desires to resign, 1084;
shields Sandwich, 1089;
his Irish Bills, 1090, 1091;
upholds toleration, 1094;
resigns, 1104;
his objections to the peace, 1112;
Secretary of State, 1112;
his Regulating Act, 1123

Northington, Lord Chancellor, 1049;
his talents, 1050;
Lord President, 1053

Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1050

Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1406

Nottingham, Secretary of State, 810;
remonstrates with William, 824;
dismissed, 843;
Secretary of State, 877;
dismissed, 909;
returns to office, 931

Nuncomar, rival to Reza Khan, 1122;
accuses him, 1124;
accuses Hastings, trial and death, 1125

O'Connell, forms the Catholic Association, 1390;
his election, 1403, 1404;
his power, 1405;
agitates for repeal, 1409, 1421, 1435, 1446, 1455;
in Parliament, 1434, 1437, 1439, 1450;
his conversation with Littleton, 1448, 1449

O'Connor, plans French invasion, 1211;
his confession, 1216;
his Catholic petition, 1272

Oliver, Government spy, 1354, 1357

Orange, Stadtholder, 1010

Orford. [See Russell and Walpole.]

Orleans, in Italy, 893;
Regent, 934;
negotiations with George I., 940;
applied to by the Jacobites, 955

Ormond, Commander, 920;
his Jacobite tendencies, 922;
joins the Pretender, 932;
attempts to land in England, 935;
collects a second expedition, 945;
a third, 955;
a fourth, 983

Orrery, in Atterbury's plot, 954, 955

Ostend Company, established, 959;
suspended, 961, 962;
destroyed, 971

Overkirk, promoted, 810;
serves with Marlborough, 878

Oxford. [See Harley.]

Paine, effect of his writings, 1077;
his "Rights of Man," 1155;
spread of his works, 1179

Pakenham, at Salamanca, 1317;
at New Orleans, 1317

Pallisser, his quarrel with Keppel, 1089

Palm, murdered, 1276

Palm, Austrian ambassador, 961

Palmerston, under secretary, 1323;
quoted, 1387, 1388;
supports Wellington, 1395;
resigns, 1402;
quoted, 1403, 1404;
Foreign Secretary, 1423;
his foreign policy, 1461;
his Belgian policy, 1462;
his Quadruple Alliance, 1464

Paoli, in Corsica, 1172

Parker, Sir Hyde, 1099;
at Copenhagen, 1232, 1233

Parker, his mutiny, 1195;
hanged, 1196

Parliament, increased power of, 807;
factions in, 821;
venality of, 824;
jealousy between the two Houses, 839;
William's position with regard to, 842;
Triennial Act, 844;
quarrel between the two Houses, 865, 906, 907;
arbitrary assertions of privilege, 872;
the Union with Scotland, 928;
the Septennial Act, 938, 939;
subservient to the Crown, 968;
venality of, 969;
Pension Bill rejected, 972;
Wyndham's description of, 977;
power over the ministry, 985;
in no sense representative, 986;
little interest shown by the people in the debates, 1002;
the nation desires a truer representation, 1017;
irritating privileges of, 1018, 1043, 1044;
Pitt unable to stand without, 1022, 1025;
his power over, 1033;
venality of, 1041, 1055;
want of harmony with the people, 1043, 1044;
struggle of George III. against, 1060;
the liberty of reporting debates, 1062. [See Reform.]

Paterson, his financial scheme, 844;
his Darien scheme, 865-867

Paul, Emperor of Russia, 1221;
his character, 1227

Peel, his financial measures, 1359;
Home Secretary, 1369;
Tory, 1387;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
resigns, 1392;
Home Secretary, 1395;
desires repeal of Test Act, 1401;
supports Catholic emancipation, 1406, 1408;
resigns his seat at Oxford, 1407;
his interview with George IV., 1407;
leader of the Tories, 1434;
supports the Coercion Bill, 1439;
his Liberal views, 1447;
refuses to join Melbourne, 1449;
Premier, 1456;
his Tamworth Manifesto, 1457;
resigns, 1458

Pelham, Henry, character, 983;
Premier, 988;
his timidity, 996;
resigns, 1009;
restored, 1010;
pacific policy, 1011;
financial policy, 1012, 1013;
dies, 1018

Pelham, Thomas (brother of Henry). [See Newcastle.]

Peltier, his paper, 1237

Pembroke, made Lord President, 877;
dismissed, 913

Perceval, Attorney-General, 1247;
opposes Catholic claims, 1273;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1274;
accused of bribery, 1299;
Premier, 1323;
assassinated, 1325;
approved of the Walcheren expedition, 1330

Perron, in the Douab, 1255;
defeated, 1257

Peter the Great, war with Charles XII., 895, 896, 941, 943;
threatens to invade England, 945;
deserted by his allies, 946

Peter III., Emperor, 1040;
dies, 1041

Peterborough (Mordaunt), First Lord of the Treasury, 811;
impeached, 823

Peterborough (nephew of the above), in Spain, 889, 890;
recalled, 895

Petty. [See Lansdowne.]

Philip V., his claim to Spain, 863, 869;
becomes King, 870;
marries Princess of Savoy, 877;
supported by the Castilians, 890;
proposal to dethrone him, 894, 902;
retires from Madrid, 915;
renounces his claim on France, 921;
marries Elizabeth of Parma, 944;
dismisses Alberoni, 946;
candidate for the Empire, 989;
dies, 1010

Pichegru, his victories, 1169, 1171, 1172;
meditates treachery, 1174;
his conspiracy, 1251

Pigot, Governor in Madras, 1126

Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Opposition, 978;
his first speech, 982;
excluded from Wilmington's Ministry, 987;
does not oppose Pelham, 996, 997;
George II. dislikes him, 997, 1018;
Paymaster of the Forces, 1010;
popularity of, 1017;
refuses to support subsidies, 1020;
dismissed, 1021;
Secretary of State, 1022;
his vigorous rule, 1022;
apparent change of policy, 1024;
his energy, 1025;
appoints fresh generals, 1026;
raises the English spirit, 1028;
his plan for the capture of Quebec, 1030;
discovers Wolfe's merits, 1029, 1031;
his success, 1033;
he opposes peace, 1038, 1039;
resigns, accepts a pension, 1039;
interview with George III., 1042;
supports Wilkes, 1044;
his negotiation with Cumberland, 1049, 1050;
retires, 1050;
his speech on America, 1051, 1052;
refuses to join Rockingham, 1052;
Prime Minister, Lord Chatham, 1053;
his grand plans, his illness, 1054;
retires, 1055;
reconciliation with Temple and Grenville, his speech on America,
1058;
supports the press warrants, 1062;
his Reform Bill, 1063;
opposes Rockingham, 1064;
his motion of conciliation, 1071;
his speech for America, 1083;
his energy, 1084;
his death, 1086;
his plans for India, 1054, 1123

Pitt, William, with Chatham, 1086;
in Parliament, 1103;
refuses office, 1105;
his Reform Bill, 1107;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, quarrels with Fox, 1111;
the support of the old Tory party, 1112;
Premier, 1132;
his India Bill, 1133, 1135;
popular admiration for, 1133;
his first budget, 1134, 1135;
his Irish legislation, 1136, 1137;
his Reform Bill, 1137, 1138;
his sinking fund, 1138;
supports the charge against Hastings, 1140;
his Regency Bill, 1143;
his power, 1144;
effect of the French Revolution on, 1145, 1160, 1161;
his foreign policy, 1146-1148;
dreads Russia, 1147;
procures the Convention of Reichenbach, 1149;
his opinion of the French Revolution, 1154;
his hopes of peace, 1157;
opposes reform, 1162;
determines on repression, 1164;
desires peace, 1166;
his energy, 1170;
recalls York, 1172;
interferes in Spain, 1173;
negotiates with De Puisaye, 1174;
popular confidence in, 1177;
his repression, 1178;
his energy, 1180;
paramount in Parliament, 1182;
desires peace, 1184;
his first negotiations, 1187;
desires peace, 1189;
his loan, 1190;
desires the Union, 1199, 1206, 1208;
desires Catholic relief, 1204, 1205, 1229;
resigns, 1230, 1231;
approves of the peace, 1234;
leaves Parliament, 1239;
negotiations for his return, 1240;
in Parliament, 1243;
his volunteers, 1244, 1248;
offers himself as Premier, 1245, 1246;
his ministry, 1247, 1252;
sad close to his life, 1257;
his friendship for Melville, 1259;
forms the coalition, 1250, 1261;
dies, 1266;
his funeral, 1267;
his efforts against the slave trade, 1271

Polignac, signs the Treaty of London, 1398;
French minister, 1413;
unpopularity of, 1415

Pompadour, influence over Louis XV., 1023

Ponsonby, Attorney-General, 1208;
opposes the Union, 1217;
Home Secretary, 1450

Popham, takes Gwalior, 1127;
rescues Hastings, 1128

Popham, Sir Home, at Buenos Ayres, 1280;
in Spain, 1317

Poor Law, misery caused by, 1228, 1333, 1361;
reformed, 1451-1453

Porter, his conspiracy, 847

Porteous riots, 979

Portland. [See Bentinck.]

Portland (grandson of Bentinck), First Lord of the Treasury, 1112;
joins Pitt, 1163;
Secretary of State, 1181;
his Irish views, 1208;
remains in office, 1246;
resigns, 1252;
offers to form a ministry, 1273;
Premier, 1274;
resigns, 1323

Pragmatic Sanction, Charles VI. desires guarantee of, 959, 970;
guaranteed, 960, 971, 976, 989, 1011

Pratt, acquits Wilkes, 1043;
Lord Camden, Chancellor, 1053;
attacks the ministry, 1058;
in the ministry, 1105

Preston, his conspiracy, 825;
captured, 831

Pretender. [See James and Charles Edward.]

Prideaux, secures Montreal, 1029

Priestley, his house burnt, 1156

Princess of Wales. [See Augusta.]

Prior, his negotiations, 918, 919

Pulteney, his opposition to Walpole, 958;
friendship with Bolingbroke, 962;
joins the Prince of Wales, 978;
Lord Bath, 987;
candidate for the Premiership, 988

Quebec, siege of, 1029, 1030

Queensberry, Lord Commissioner, 925

Quiberon, expedition to, 1174-1177

Ragotski, threatens Vienna, 882;
invades Austria, 945

Rawdon, in Carolina, 1098;
his severity, 1098;
at Hobkirk's Hill, 1100;
at Charleston, 1101;
Lord Moira, at Quiberon, 1175;
friend of Prince of Wales, 1245;
Master of the Ordnance, 1267;
quarrels with Grey, 1325;
Marquis of Hastings, Governor-General of India, 1467-1471

Reform, Chatham's plan for, 1054;
need of, 1052, 1055;
Dunning's agitation for, 1091, 1092;
Pitt's Reform Bills, 1107, 1137, 1138;
Flood's Bill, 1155;
agitation for, 1162, 1163, 1179, 1352;
of Scotch burghs, 1360;
effect of the Queen's trial on, 1366, 1368;
the Reform Bill, 1423-1434

Revenue. [See Civil List.]

Revolutionary Societies, 1155, 1162, 1164;
prosecuted, 1179, 1180;
meetings of, 1183

Reza Khan, minister, 1122;
apprehended, 1124

Rice, Colonial Secretary, 1447

Richmond, his speech, 1086;
in the ministry, 1105;
supports Pitt, 1107

Ripon. [See Robinson.]

Ripperda, his intrigues, 959, 960

Robespierre, his rule, 1185;
his fall, 1186

Robinson, Leader of the House, 1018;
dismissed, 1020

Robinson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1377;
his financial measures, 1378;
Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary, 1392;
Premier, 1394;
resigns, 1395;
his Turkish policy, 1400;
Colonial Secretary, 1423;
Earl of Ripon, Privy Seal, 1439;
resigns, 1447

Rochambeau, at New York, 1096

Rochester, Privy Councillor, 870;
opposes Marlborough, 877, 905;
dislikes the war, 906;
resigns, 906;
Lord President, 915

Rockingham, removed from his Lord Lieutenancy, 1041;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1050;
retires, 1053;
leader of the old Whigs, 1058;
character, 1104;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1105;
death, 1109, 1111

Rodney, at Havre, 1028;
his successes, 1040;
his victory, 1094;
captures Eustatia, 1098;
returns home, 1099;
defends Jamaica, 1109

Roman Catholic, [See Catholic.]

Romilly, quoted, 1274, 1299;
in Parliament, 1359

Rooke, at La Hogue, 838;
guards the Smyrna fleet, 841;
takes Gibraltar, 887;
vote of thanks to, 909;
dismissed, 910

Rousseau, his influence, 1152

Runjeet Singh, treaty with, 1467;
intrigues with the Mahrattas, 1468

Russell, Admiral, 826;
his treason, 832;
effect of Mary's letter on, 837;
Whig leader, 842;
head of the Admiralty, 843;
pursues Tourville, 846;
guards the Channel, 854;
accused of treason, 855;
made Earl of Orford, 856;
parliamentary attack on, 865;
impeached, 871;
excluded from the Privy Council, 877;
head of the Admiralty, 913

Russell, John, member of the Friends of the People, 1162;
his Reform Bill, 1368;
moves for the repeal of the Test Act, 1401;
Paymaster-General, 1423;
introduces the Reform Bill, 1425;
his motion on the Irish Church, 1458

Rutland, in the Privy Council, 1132

Ruvigny. [See Galway.]

Sacheverell, a Whig leader, 821, 823

Sacheverell, his sermons, 914

Sackville, joins Ferdinand, 1027;
at Minden, 1032

St. John. [See Bolingbroke.]

St. Just, in Alsace, 1169;
in Flanders, 1171;
his rule, 1185;
arrested, 1186

St. Ruth, organizes the Irish army, 829;
killed, 830

St. Vincent. [See Jervis.]

Salisbury, impeached, 823

Sancroft, his letter to James II., 831

Sandwich, Secretary of State, 1043;
prosecutes Wilkes, 1044;
First Lord of the Admiralty, 1063;
opposes Chatham, 1072;
escapes censure, 1089

Sandys, proposes a Pension Bill, 972;
his motion against Walpole, 984;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 987

Sarsfield, his skill, 828;
prudence, 829;
at Aghrim, 830

Saunders, at Quebec, 1030

Savile, proposes Catholic relief, 1087;
presents a petition, 1091;
his house burnt, 1093

Saxe, at Dunkirk, 995;
in Flanders, 996;
at Fontenoy, 998

Saxe-Coburg, defeats Dumouriez, 1168

Schérer, in Italy, 1187, 1222

Schill, in Saxony, 1301

Schomberg, in Ireland, 822;
killed, 827

Schomberg, at the Boyne, 827;
in Portugal, 887

Schuyler, defeats Burgoyne, 1081, 1082

Scotland, character of the Revolution in, 817, 818;
Killiecrankie, 819, 820;
re-establishment of order, 830;
massacre of Glencoe, 834-836;
the Darien scheme, 865-867;
discontent in, 896;
the Union, 924-928;
the rebellion of 1715, 932-938;
disturbances in, 957, 958;
the rebellion of 1745, 999-1009

Scott, Hastings' agent, 1125, 1139

Sebastiani, his report, 1239;
at Constantinople, 1281

Selim, his war with Russia, 1281

Selwyn, Mrs., quarrel in her house, 972, 978

Seymour, Tory leader, 848;
in the Privy Council, 877;
dismissed, 909

Shah Allum, defeated, 1119;
taken prisoner, 1121;
receives a dominion, 1122;
deprived, 1124;
restored, 1126;
restored by Lake, 1257

Shelburne (Marquis of Lansdowne), Secretary of State, 1053;
retires, 1055;
leader of the Whigs, 1104;
Secretary of State, 1105;
his Irish legislation, 1106;
his conduct of American affairs, 1108;
First Lord of the Treasury, 1111;
resigns, 1112

Sheridan, his speeches against Hastings, 1140, 1141;
his sympathy with the French Revolution, 1161, 1162;
friend of George IV., 1324

Shiel, his opinion of Ireland, 1405

Shippen, leader of the Jacobite party, 947, 968

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, in Spain, 889;
Commander-in-chief, 910

Shrewsbury, Secretary of State, 810;
remonstrates with William, 824;
rejoins the ministry, 843;
accused of treason, 855;
Lord Chamberlain, 914;
Lord Treasurer, 924;
his influence, 930

Sidmouth. [See Addington.]

Sindia, his power, 1126;
defeated, 1127;
extent of his territory, 1254;
war with Wellesley, 1255, 1256;
his treaty with Hastings, 1469;
his treachery, 1471

Slavery, first motion for abolition, 1142;
abolition supported by Pitt, 1157;
abolition of the trade, 1271, 1272;
in the Mediterranean, 1347;
Canning's circular, 1382, 1383;
the Emancipation Bill, 1443-1445

Smith, Sir Sydney, at Acre, 1223;
in Egypt, 1231

Smith, the missionary, persecuted, 1383

Smyrna fleet, loss of, 841

Solmes, at Steinkirk, 839

Sombreuil, at Quiberon, 1176, 1177

Somers, Whig leader, 842;
Lord Keeper, 843;
on the Currency Commission, 849;
Lord Chancellor, 856;
objects to disband the army, 860;
remonstrates with William, 864;
attacked, 868;
removed, 869;
impeached, 871;
acquitted, 872;
excluded from the Privy Council, 877;
his declaration, 912;
President of the Council, 913;
his Alien Bill, 926

Sophia of Hanover, proposal to name her in the succession, 823;
succession settled upon her, 871;
dies, 923;
her nomination rejected by Scotland, 925

Sophia of Mecklenburg, marries George III., 1048

Soubise, at Kirch-Denkern, 1037

Soult, in Spain, 1295;
pursues Moore, 1296;
at Corunna, 1297;
takes Oporto, 1298;
retreats, 1303;
at Palencia, 1305;
attacks Cadiz, 1306, 1308;
at Albuera, 1310;
at Tarifa, 1313, 1314;
joins Joseph, 1317;
threatens Hill, 1318;
in command, 1320;
his skill, 1321

South Sea Company, 918, 949-953;
trade of, 981

Spencer, his interview with Parker, 1195;
resigns, 1230;
disapproves of the peace, 1235;
alliance with Fox, 1243;
Home Secretary, 1267

Stair, at Glencoe, 834, 835;
friendship with Orleans, 934;
dismissed, 975;
at Dettingen, 991, 993

Stanhope, General, in Spain, 915, 916;
Whig leader, 923;
Secretary of State, 931;
his friendship with Orleans, 934;
at Hanover, 940;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 942;
Secretary of State, 945;
his foreign policy, 946;
his toleration, 947, 986;
dreads the accession of George II., 948;
dies, 954

Stanhope, Charles, his share in the South Sea frauds, 954

Stanhope, William (Lord Harrington), character, 969;
dismissed, 987;
Secretary of State, 996;
resigns, 1009

Stanhope, Charles, President of the Revolutionary Society, 1155

Stanislas of Poland, 1066

Stanley, Hans, ambassador in Paris, 1038;
at Berlin, 1054

Stanley, Secretary for Ireland, 1423;
his Church policy, 1435, 1437;
his Coercion Bill, 1438;
his speech against O'Connell, 1439;
Colonial Secretary, 1439;
supports slave emancipation, 1445;
resigns, 1447;
refuses to join Peel, 1456

Staremberg, in Spain, 901, 916

Stevenson, in India, 1255, 1266

Stofflet, Chouan leader, 1175, 1177

Stormont, in the Cabinet, 1112;
votes against Pitt's India Bill, 1131

Strangford in Portugal, 1288

Strathallan, collects an army for Charles Edward, 1004;
joins him, 1005

Suchet, in Valencia, 1313, 1317

Suffolk, Secretary of State, 1063

Sujah Dowlah, 1121, 1122, 1128

Sullivan, his dispute with Clive, 1121

Sullivan, General, 1088

Sunderland, advises a Whig ministry, 842;
son-in-law of Marlborough, Secretary of State, 910;
dismissed, 915;
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 931;
at Hanover, Secretary of State, 942;
disliked by George II., 948;
leaves the ministry, dies, 954

Surajah Dowlah, 1118, 1119

Suwarrow, in Italy, 1222, 1224

Swift, his Drapier's Letters, 957;
writes against Walpole, 978

Sydney, Secretary of State, 1132

Talbot, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 812;
his intrigues, 813, 814;
invites James over, 814;
evacuates Dublin, 828;
returns from France, 829

Tallard, ambassador to London, 862;
in Alsace, 881, 882;
at Augsburg, 884;
at Blenheim, 886;
taken prisoner, 887

Talleyrand, at Amiens, 1234;
negotiates with Fox, 1268, 1270;
deserts Napoleon, 1329;
at Vienna, 1336;
opposes Russia, 1338

Talmash, General, in Ireland, 829;
killed at Brest, 846

Tandy, Irish demagogue, 1136;
raises the National Guards, 1206;
escapes, 1216

Tarleton, in Carolina, 1098;
defeated, 1100

Tate, invades Bristol, 1191

Temple, his selfish claims, 1033;
supports Pitt, 1039, 1042;
visits Wilkes, 1043;
deprived of his Lord Lieutenancy, 1043;
his connection with Grenville, 1049, 1050;
forsakes Pitt, 1053;
reconciled with him, 1058;
opposes Fox's India Bill, 1131

Tessé, in Spain, 890;
at Toulon, 895

Thelwall, trial of, 1180, 1181

Thistlewood, a Spencean, 1352;
in Cato Street Conspiracy, 1365

Thurot, blockaded, 1028;
defeated, 1029

Tierney, opposes Government, 1374;
joins Canning, 1392;
supports Althorp, 1394

Tippoo, war with Hastings, 1128;
intrigues with France, 1219;
killed, 1224

Tone, Irish malcontent, 1189;
corresponds with Clark, 1190;
character, 1203;
his Society, 1204;
raises National Guards, 1206;
his hopes sink, 1207;
goes to France, 1209;
dies, 1216

Tooke, trial of, 1180, 1181

Torcy, French ambassador, 902;
desires peace, 918

Torrington. [See Herbert.]

Tourville, at Beachy Head, 826;
burns Teignmouth, 828;
prepares to invade England, 836;
at La Hogue, 837;
in the Mediterranean, 846

Townshend, Charles, Secretary of State, 931;
head of the ministry, 940;
his policy, 941;
dismissed, Viceroy of Ireland, 942;
Lord President, 948;
Secretary of State, 954;
makes the Treaty of Hanover, 962;
quarrels with Walpole, 967, 972;
retires, 973

Townshend, Charles (grandson of the above), Secretary at War, 1037;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1053;
his rash measures, 1054

Trade. [See Commerce.]

Treaties--
Limerick, 1691, 830;
Ryswick, 1697, 857, 858;
First Partition, 1698, 863;
Second Partition, 1700, 869;
Grand Alliance, 1701, 873;
Methuen, 1703, 880, 907, 1138;
Gertruydenberg, 1710, 915;
Utrecht, 1713, 919, 921;
Rastadt, 1714, 921;
Barrier, 1715, 941;
Triple Alliance, 1717, 942;
Passarowitz, 1718, 945;
Quadruple Alliance, 1718, 945;
general peace 1720, 946;
Congress of Cambrai, 1724, 968;
Vienna, 1725, 960;
Hanover, 1725, 961;
the Pardo, 1727, 970;
Congress of Soissons, 1728, 970;
Seville, 1729, 971;
Vienna, 1731, 971;
Vienna, 1738, 976;
Kleinschnellendorf, 1741, 990;
Breslau and Berlin, 1742, 991;
with Charles VII., 1743, 994;
Worms, 1743, 995;
Frankfort, 1744, 995;
Fuessen, 1745, 996;
Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, 1011;
Warsaw and St. Petersburg, 1745, 1023;
Family Compact, 1761, 1039;
Peace of Paris, 1763, 1040;
Partition of Poland, 1773, 1066;
between America and France, 1777, 1084;
with America, 1783, 1110;
Commercial, with France, 1786, 1138;
with Holland and Prussia, 1789, 1147;
Convention of Reichenbach, 1790, 1149;
Yassy, 1792, 1149;
Convention of Pilnitz, 1791, 1157;
at Basle, 1795, 1173;
Léoben, 1797, 1188;
Campo Formio, 1797, 1193;
Erckmar, 1799, 1224;
Alessandria, 1800, 1226;
Lunéville, 1801, 1227;
El Arish, 1801, 1231;
St. Petersburg, 1801, 1233;
Amiens, 1802, 1234, 1236;
Tripartite, 1800, 1253;
Bassein, 1802, 1255;
Subsidiary, 1803, 1257;
St. Petersburg, 1805, 1261;
Schönbrunn, 1805, 1269;
Presburg, 1805, 1269;
Tilsitt, 1807, 1283;
Fontainebleau, 1807, 1286;
Cintra, 1808, 1293;
Vienna, 1809, 1301;
Chaumont, 1814, 1328;
Paris, 1815, 1346;
Vienna, 1815, 1338, 1339, 1347;
Paris, 1815, 1347;
Holy Alliance, 1815, 1348;
Aix-la-Chapelle, 1818, 1359;
Quadruple Alliance, 1834, 1464;
Unkiar Skelesi, 1833, 1465

Trenchard, Secretary of State, 843

Trevor, Speaker, 824;
expelled, 845

Trimbucjee, favourite of the Peishwa, 1468;
escapes, 1469;
captured, 1470

Tullibardine, joins Mar, 934;
joins Charles Edward, 1000

Turgot, 1152

Turner, letter to James II., 831

Tweeddale, Commissioner, dismissed, 926

Tyrconnel. [See Talbot.]

Vansittart, Governor of Calcutta, 1120

Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1349;
resigns, 1376;
Lord Bexley, his financial views, 1377;
resigns, 1392

Vauban, French engineer, 838;
fortifies Brest, 846;
fortifies Namur, 847

Vaughan, at Eustatia, 1099

Vendome, takes Barcelona, 858;
succeeds Villeroi, 879;
in Savoy, 881;
successful, 887;
in Italy, 893;
in Flanders, 893, 896;
at Oudenarde, 898;
in Spain, 916

Vergennes, negotiates peace, 1108;
supports the Democrats in Holland, 1147

Vernon, takes Porto Bello, 984

Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 877, 880

Victor, in Portugal, 1298;
at Talavera, 1303, 1304;
at Barosa, 1309

Victoria of Saalfield, marries Edward Duke of Kent, 1358

Villaret, Joyeuse, French admiral, 1172, 1173

Villars, French general, 879;
recalled, 881;
in the Cevennes, 881;
on the Moselle, 888;
at Stolhofen, 895;
in Piedmont, 896;
at Malplaquet, 903, 904;
wounded, 905;
his non plus ultra, 918

Villeneuve, prepares to invade England, 1262, 1263;
at Trafalgar, 1265

Villeroi, succeeds Luxemburg, 847;
in Italy, 879;
in Flanders, 881;
in Alsace, 884;
falls back, 887;
in Flanders, 888;
at Ramillies, 892

Voltaire, his influence, 1152

Wade, assembles his army, 1002;
marches against the Pretender, 1003;
superseded, 1005

Waldeck, at Fontenoy, 998, 999.

Walker, Obadiah, impeached, 823

Walmoden, Dutch general, 1172

Walpole, Robert, Secretary at War, 913;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 931;
dismissed, 942; his opposition, 946-948;
Paymaster of the Forces, 948;
his sinking fund, 950;
his settlement of the South Sea frauds, 953, 954;
First Lord of the Treasury, 954;
his tact in dealing with Ireland, 957;
refuses to restore Bolingbroke, 962;
retains his power with George II., 966;
his quarrel with Townshend, 962, 967, 972;
purchases a majority, 969;
his financial measures, 973, 974;
refuses to join the European war, 976;
his speech in answer to Wyndham, 977;
retains his influence after the Queen's death, 980;
his desire for peace, 981;
declares war, 982;
opposition to, 983, 984;
made Lord Orford, resigns, 985;
review of his ministry, 985-987;
dies, 997

Walpole, Horace (son of Robert), quoted, 1020, 1093

Ward, his motion on the Irish Church, 1446

Wardle, insults Pitt, 1259;
accuses York, 1299

Washington, fighting against the French, 1019;
signs the Declaration, 1061;
raises a regiment, 1070;
Commander-in-chief, 1073;
his army, 1074;
takes Boston, 1075;
goes to New York, 1076;
retires, takes Trenton, 1079;
defends Philadelphia, 1080;
reorganizes his army, 1081;
undervalued, 1087;
trusted, 1088;
at New York, 1095;
his conference with Rochambeau, 1096;
condemns André, 1097;
recommends Greene, 1100;
takes Yorktown, 1102;
proposal to make him Dictator, 1107

Watson, Clive forges his name, 1119

Watson, a Spencean, 1352

Wayne, in Virginia, 1101

Webb, Marlborough's conduct to, 901

Wedderburn, character, 1064;
counsel for Hutchinson, 1068;
insults Franklin, 1069;
his opinion of the Riot Act, 1094

Wellesley, Governor-General in India, 1224;
his subsidiary system, 1254;
war with the Mahrattas, 1255, 1256;
Foreign Secretary, 1323;
resigns, 1323;
negotiations for his return, 1325;
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1369;
his administration, 1389, 1390;
his correspondence on the Coercion Bill, 1448

Wellington, in India, 1224;
his genius, 1290;
Secretary for Ireland, 1290;
lands in Portugal, at Rorica, 1291;
at Vimiero, 1292;
thwarted by Burrard, 1293;
in command, 1298;
victorious, 1303;
at Talavera, 1304;
made Duke of Wellington, 1305;
fortifies Lisbon, 1306;
at Busaco, 1307;
his plans, 1309;
at Albuera, 1310;
badly supplied, 1312;
his plans, 1314;
at Badajos, 1315;
at Salamanca, 1316;
at Madrid, 1317;
at Vittoria, 1318;
at Toulouse, 1321;
at Congress of Vienna, 1339;
in Belgium, 1340;
at Waterloo, 1341-1345;
his moderation, 1346;
arranges the evacuation of France, 1359;
at the Congress of Verona, 1375;
opposes the Corn Bill, 1388;
resigns, 1392;
returns, 1394;
Premier, 1395;
Ambassador to Russia, 1397;
his Turkish policy, 1400;
his Government, 1401;
dismisses Huskisson, 1402;
supports Catholic emancipation, 1405, 1406, 1408;
his foreign policy, 1410-1412;
his friendship for Polignac, 1413;
his isolated position, 1417, 1420;
reconciliation with Huskisson, 1421;
his speech, 1422;
resigns, 1423;
prepares to suppress tumults, 1429;
fails to form a ministry, 1430;
assaulted, 1433;
in opposition, 1445;
Foreign Secretary, 1456

Wesley, his teaching, 1016, 1017

West, at Minorca, 1021

Westmoreland, his policy, 1209;
in office, 1246;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
resigns, 1392

Westermann, in La Vendée, 1170

Weymouth, Secretary of State, 1056

Wharnecliff, Opposition leader, 1426;
Privy Seal, 1456

Wharton, Whig leader, 842

Wharton, Jacobite leader, 960;
dies, 969

Whitbread, his motion against slavery, 1142;
attacks Melville, 1258

Whitelocke, at Buenos Ayres, 1281

Whitewell, Governor of Madras, 1127

Whitfield, 1016

Whitworth, his interviews with Napoleon, 1239, 1240;
leaves Paris, 1241

Wilberforce, member for Yorkshire, 1134;
votes against Melville, 1259;
his efforts against slavery, 1271;
dies, 1445

Wilkes, his trial, 1043;
expelled the House, 1044;
his election, 1055, 1056;
decline of his power, 1063

William III., accepts the crown, 806;
character, 807;
forms his ministry, 808;
his view of royalty, 809;
his tolerance, 811, 817;
declares war, 811;
negotiates with Tyrconnel, 813;
abused for neglecting Ireland, 814;
his letter to Scotland, receives the Scotch crown, 818;
difficulty of his position, 821;
threatens to leave England, 824;
his revenue, 825;
his Act of Grace, 825;
goes to Ireland, 826;
battle of the Boyne, 827;
enters Dublin, 828;
returns to England, 828;
successful abroad, 831;
deprives Marlborough of his offices, 833;
his part in the massacre of Glencoe, 834, 835;
goes abroad, 836;
at Steinkirk, 839;
returns, 839;
at Landen, 841;
forms a united ministry, 842, 843;
death of his wife, 844;
reconciliation with Anne, 847;
goes to Flanders, 847;
takes Namur, 848;
his triumphant return, 848;
his Land Bank scheme, 851;
the Assassination Plot, 853, 854;
his wisdom during Fenwick's trial, 855, 856;
desires peace, 857;
success of his reign, 859;
forced to reduce his army, 860;
attention to foreign politics, 862;
makes the First Partition Treaty, 863;
threatens to leave England, 864;
goes to Holland, 865;
disapproves of the Darien scheme, 867;
grants land to his Dutch favourites, 868;
arranges the Second Partition Treaty, 869;
his unpopularity, 870;
forms the Grand Alliance, 873;
burst of loyalty on James II.'s death, 873;
dies, 874;
censured by the Tory party, 906

William IV., his marriage, 1358;
High Admiral, 1392;
character, 1418;
supports his ministers, 1426;
dissolves the Houses, 1427;
opposes the Reform Bill, 1429;
his Church policy, 1449;
dismisses Melbourne's ministry, 1455

Willis, Dr., his treatment of George III.'s illness, 1142, 1143, 1230

Wilmington. [See Compton.]

Winchelsea, retires from the ministry, 996

Windham, Secretary at War, 1181;
resigns, 1230;
disapproves of the peace, 1235;
disliked by Addington, 1240;
his alliance with Fox, 1243;
opposes the volunteer movement, 1244;
Secretary at War, 1267

Winter, at Camperdown, 1198

Wolfe, at Rochefort, 1025;
succeeds Loudon, 1026;
takes Quebec, 1029, 1030;
dies, 1031

Wolseley, his speech at Stockport, 1362;
his trial, 1366

Woodstock, receives grant of Crown lands, 868

Wray, candidate for Westminster, 1134

Wright, Lord Keeper, 869

Wurmser, in Italy, 1188

Wyndham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 922;
leader of Hanoverian Tories, 968;
his speech against Walpole, 977;
joins the Prince of Wales, 978;
dies, 983

York. [See Frederick.]

Yorke. [See Hardwicke.]

Yorke (son of Hardwicke), commits suicide, 1015

Young, character, 983;
in office, 987

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| Transcriber's Notes: |
| |
| P.889. 'overriden' changed to 'overridden'. |
| P.1015. 'laxitv' changed to 'laxity'. |
| P.1217. 'imposible' changed to 'impossible'. |
| P.1264. 'Austri' changed toe 'Austrian'. |
| P.1418. 'Excheque' changed to 'Exchequer'. |
| Index: Palmerston, supports Wellington. '1795' changed to |
| '1395'. |
| The word secresy is the old spelling of secrecy, keeping. |
| Fixed various punctuation. |
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