Chapter XXV: Last Years (2)

American Colonies, II, 1-10;
repeal of the Stamp Act, a great victory, II, 126;
popular enthusiasm, _ibid._;
unpopularity of the Declaratory Act, 127;
The Mutiny Act, 128;
want of wisdom and tact of English ministers towards the Colonies, 128;
Townshend brings forward fresh taxing measures, 129, 130, 131;
seizure of the _Liberty_, 134;
Appointment of Lord Hillsborough as Secretary of State for America, 135;
arrival of troops in the Colonies, 136;
Grafton suggests repeal of the import duties, 137;
North proposes that duty on tea should be retained, 138;
tea duty riot at Boston, 138;
petition of the Colonies to the King, 139, 140;
flinging of the tea into Boston harbour, 141;
the Boston Port Bill, 141, 142;
no anxiety in England, 143;
the Colonies in open rebellion, 144;
battle of Lexington, 145;
Bunker's Hill, 147;
capture of New York by Howe, 147;
Burgoyne's success at Philadelphia 147;
Battle of Saratoga, 148;
mismanagement of the English troops, 152, 153;
Lord North's plan of conciliation, 155;
general feeling in England as to the impossibility to conquer America,
158;
the Duke of Richmond moves the independence of America, 160;
Chatham makes a dying speech in protest, 161;
victory of Cornwallis, 165;
surrender of York town, 165;
negotiations of Rockingham and Shelburne with the States, 170;
treaty signed, _ibid._

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, II, 66

Ancaster, Duchess of, I, 128, 207, 232

--, Duke of, I, 291

Andrews, Rev. --, I, 169

Anne, Princess (daughter of George II), I, 4, 8, 9

Anson, Lord, I, 154

Anstey, Christopher, II, 13

Argyll, Duke of, I, 21 note

Astley, Sir Edward, II, 79

Auckland, Earl of, II, 264, 279

Augusta, Princess (sister of George III), afterwards Duchess of
Brunswick, I, 14, 230;
II, 99, 120-3

--, Princess (daughter of George III), I, 51, 56, 74;
II, 237 note, 240, 241, 254, 262, 274

--, (wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales). _See_ Wales, Princess Dowager of

Augustus, Prince (son of George III). _See_ Sussex, Duke of

Axford, Isaac, I, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100

Aylesbury, Earl of, I, 21 note

Aylesford, Earl of, I, 21 note

Ayrton, Dr., II, 209

Ayscough, Dr. Francis, I, 35, 36

Bach, Madame, I, 223

Baillie, Dr. Matthew, II, 277

Baker, Sir George, II, 205, 207, 208, 212, 219, 227, 233

Baltimore, Lord, I, 12, 18, 33 note

Bancroft, George, II, 135, 136

Banks, Sir Joseph, I, 82, 191

Barclay, Robert, I, 169

Barré, Colonel Isaac, I, 277;
II, 5, 14, 34

Barrymore, Earl of, I, 21 note

Bartlett, Miss, I, 92

Bateman, Lord, I, 181

Bathurst, Lord, I, 69

Beattie, James, I, 192

Beaufort, Duke of, I, 21 note;
II, 70

Beckford, William (Lord Mayor), I, 150, 152, 266-7, 272;
II, 4, 5

--, William, junr., I, 187, 190

Bedford, John, Duke of, I, 21 note, 148, 162, 276, 277, 282, 283, 285, 291;
II, 50 note, 136-7

Bentinck, Lady Harriet, I, 134 note

Bernard, Sir Francis, II, 16, 135, 136

Bertie, Lord Robert, I, 37

Bessborough, Earl of, II, 50 note

Betterton, Mrs., I, 221

Betts, Mr., I, 28

Bladen, Colonel, II, 7 note

Blake, William, I, 193

Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount, I, 21, 36, 207

Bolton, Harry, Duke of, II, 95

Boswell, James, I, 143, 160

Bridgwater, Duke of, I, 21 note

Bristol, Lord, II, 60

Brougham, Henry, Baron, II, 30-1, 89

Brown, Launcelot, I, 202 note

Brudenel, Hon. James, I, 69

Brunswick, Adolphus, Duke of, I, 127

--, Augusta, Duchess of. _See_ Augusta, Princess

--, Charles, Duke of, II, 120-3

Buckingham, Lady, I, 177

Buckinghamshire, Lord, II, 279

Buggins, Lady Cecilia. _See_ Underwood

Bunbury, Lady Sarah. _See_ Lennox

--, Sir Thomas Charles, I, 117

Buononcini, I, 9

Burgoyne, General John, II, 83, 147

Burke, Edmund, I, 8, 285, 286;
II, 4, 22, 22 note, 25, 45, 49, 75, 78, 114, 129, 137, 161, 178, 180,
187, 189, 190, 190 note, 191, 196, 197, 226 note

Burney, Dr. Charles, I, 213

--, Frances, I, 209, 210, 211-16, 222, 223, 227, 230-1, 233;
II, 204, 207, 211, 218, 229-30, 246, 252-3, 255

Burns, Robert, I, 55-6

Bute, Lord, I, 43, first meeting with Frederick Prince of Wales, 44;
his ascendency 45;
much detested, 46, 47;
character according to Walpole, 48;
alleged intimacy with the Princess Dowager, 47, 48, 49;
his absolutist theories, 49, 50;
appointed groom of the stole, 68;
prepares the King's first speech, 137-138;
introduces a bill to secure the judges in their office for life, 141,;
advises King to cede prize money, 143;
his ascendency, 144;
made ranger of Richmond park, 144;
suspicion of the City of London, 144, 145;
scheme to place at head of affairs, 146;
unpopularity of, 150;
his henchmen attack Pitt, 150;
violently attacked in the city, 152;
becomes first Lord of the Treasury, 154;
great feeling against him, 156, 157;
his inordinate craving for power, 158, his patronage of literature, 159;
his employment of bribery, 160;
introduces a cyder tax, 163;
resigns, _ibid._;
his character and failings, 164, 165;
founds the "Auditor" and the "Briton," 235;
negotiations with the king over a coalition government, 273, 276;
great unpopularity with the Whigs, 289;
II, 27, 28, 29

Byron, George, Lord, I, xiii, 172, 268;
II, 13, 90, 93, 290

Calcraft, John, I, 277

Calderwood, Mrs., I, 104

Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of, II, 237 note, 243, 287

Camden, Charles, Earl of, I, 85, 239, 252, 287;
II, 24, 33, 48, 69-70, 143 note, 163

Campbell, Lady Archibald, I, 12, 14

--, Colonel, I, 183

--, Lord Frederick, I, 291

Cantalupe, Lord, I, 207 note

Cantilo, Miss, I, 223

Carhampton, Earl of, II, 109

Carlisle, Henry, Earl of, I, 21 note

--, Frederick, Earl of, I, 196, 226;
II, 53, 146, 155, 204

Carlyle, Thomas, I, 2-3

Carnarvon, Marquis of, I, 21 note, 35 note, 181

Caroline, Queen (Consort of George II), I, 5, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30

-- Matilda, Princess (sister of George III), Queen of Denmark, II, 99,
112, 123-5

Carpenter, Lady Almeria, II, 100 note, 118

Carteret, John, I, 21

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, I, 195

Cave, Edward, I, 22

Cavendish, Lord George, I, 273

--, Lord John, II, 190

Chambers, Sir William, I, 75, 204, 205

Charles Edward (Young Pretender), I, 31, 140, 141, 141 note

Charlotte, Queen (Consort of George III), letter to King of Prussia, I,
121, 122;
extreme simplicity of her training, 126, 127;
formal betrothal, 127;
leaves Strelitz, 128;
arrives at Harwich, 129;
progress to London, 130;
arrives at the Palace, 131;
description of personal appearance, 132, 133, 134;
her Puritanism, 198;
in her early married life little better than a prisoner, 206;
which causes a certain bitterness in her character, 208;
influence of Mdlle. Schwellenberg, 209;
dislike of Fanny Burney, 211-213;
the Queen takes English lessons, 220, 221;
fond of the theatre, 222, 223;
her anxiety for her children, 226, 227;
interests herself in trinkets, 227;
not popular with her subjects, 227, 228;
her domineering spirit, 229, 230;
no endearing qualities, 231;
a hard woman, 232;
becomes patroness of the Magdalen Hospital, _ibid._;
concern at the King's illness, II, 209, 211, 212;
opposition to the Prince of Wales, 247;
amusing encounter with Colonel Landmann, 255-257;
illness and death, 289, 290

Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George III). _See_ Wurtemberg, Queen of

-- of Brunswick, Princess (afterwards Queen Charlotte, Consort of
George IV), II, 123, 264, 268

-- of Wales, Princess, II, 81 note, 241, 288

Chatham, William, Earl of. _See_ Pitt

--, John, Earl of, II, 145

Chesterfield, Philip, Fourth Earl of, I, 9, 21, 48, 85, 158, 199,
225-6, 228;
II, 39

--, Philip, Fifth Earl of, I, 168;
II, 254

Churchill, Charles, I, 235, 238, 241-3, 244 note, 247-8, 248-9

Christian VII, King of Denmark, II, 123-5

Christina of Brunswick, Princess, I, 127 note

Chudleigh, Elizabeth, I, 90, 91, 157, 157 note

Clarence, Adelaide, Duchess of. _See_ Adelaide, Queen

--, William, Duke of. _See_ William IV

Clarke, Mary Anne, II, 249, 276

Clements, Mrs., II, 104

Cobham, Richard, Viscount, I, 21

Coke, Lady Mary, II, 100-1

Colchester, Lord, II, 289

Colville, Admiral Lord, II, 16

Conway, Henry Seymour, II, 4, 14, 24, 24 note, 33, 37, 48, 79, 169

Cooke, George, I, 255

Coote, Sir Eyre, II, 174

Cornwallis, Charles, Marquis of, II, 165, 184

--, Frederick (Archbishop of Canterbury), I, 171-2

Costard, George, I, 28

Courtoun, Lady, II, 254

--, Lord, II, 254

Coventry, Earl of, I, 21 note;
II, 70

Creevey, Thomas, II, 270, 279

Cresset, Mr., I, 38, 39

Crosdill, John, I, 223

Cumberland, Anne, Duchess of, II, 109-11, 113, 117, 243

--, Ernest, Duke of, I, 77;
II, 237 note, 244-5, 249-250

--, Henry, Duke of, I, 22 note, 102 note, 103;
II, 99, 103, 106, 107-11, 117, 117 note, 119-20, 121, 244

--, William, Duke of, I, 58-61, 82, 282, 284, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294;
II, 30, 202-3

Dalkeith, Lady, I, 228 note

Dance (painter), I, 195-6

Darnley, Earl of, I, 21 note

Dartmouth, Earl of, II, 139, 145

Dashwood, Catherine, I, 206, 206 note

--, Sir Francis. _See_ Le Despencer, Lord

De Bouille, Marquis, II, 174

De Chatelet, M., II, 136

De Choiseul, Duc, II, 133, 136

De Dieden, M., II, 124

De Grabow, Mme., I, 126

De Herzfeldt, Madame, II, 123

De Kalb, II, 133, 134

De Villars, Duc, II, 101

Delany, Mrs., I, 201, 213, 234, 259;
II, 203 note

Dempster, Dr., I, 156

Denbigh, Basil, Earl of, I, 21 note, 164;
II, 38

Derby, Earl of, I, 21 note;
II, 186

Desbrowe, Colonel, I, 133

Desnoyers, I, 27

Devonshire, William, Duke of, I, 273

--, Fifth Duke of, I, 291

Dickinson, II, 128

Digby, Lord, I, 69

Dodington, George Bubb, I, 7, 41, 71, 72, 74, 145

Doran, John, I, 60, 100

Dorset, Duke of, II, 173

Dowdeswell, William, II, 78

Downe, Lord, I, 37

Dubourgay, I, 4

Duncan, Sir William, I, 277

Dundas, Sir Lawrence, II, 37

--, Henry, I, 263

Dunning, John, II, 70

Dyson, Jeremiah, II, 39, 54, 55

Eden, William, II, 155

Edgcombe, Lord, II, 50

Edward, Prince (brother of George III). _See_ York, Duke of

--, Prince (son of George III). _See_ Kent, Duke of

Edwin, Lady Charlotte, I, 33 note

Effingham, Countess of, I, 207; II, 207

--, Earl of, II, 145

Eglington, Alexander, Earl of, II, 54

Egremont, Countess of, I, 207

--, Earl of, I, 153, 154, 238, 239, 240, 258

Eldon, John, Earl of, II, 260

Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of George III). _See_ Hesse-Homburg,
Landgravine of

Ellenborough, Lord, II, 280

Elliott, Sir Gilbert, II, 83, 207-8

Ellis, Welbore, II, 179

Elliston, Robert, I, 223

Ernest, Prince (son of George III). _See_ Cumberland, Duke of

Erskine, Sir Harry, I, 272

Essex, Charlotte, Countess of, II, 99

--, William, Earl of, I, 15

Euston, Lord, I, 69

Evans, Mr., I, 28

Fauconberg, Earl of, II, 207

Fitzherbert, Mrs., I, 98, 100, 103;
II, 115 note

Fitzroy, General, II, 241, 274, 283

Fitzwilliam, Lord, II, 193

Fox, Charles James, I, xiii, 81, 107, 115;
II, 24, 75, 85, 114, 146, 158, 161, 168, 178, 179-90, 191-2, 194, 196,
197, 198, 199, 222, 224-5, 231, 258, 261, 262

--, Henry. _See_ Holland, Baron

--, Lady Caroline, I, 106

Franklin, Benjamin, II, 11, 23, 132, 133, 146

Frederick, Prince of Wales, born at Hanover, I, 1;
unpopular with his parents, 2;
early project to marry him to Wilhelmina of Prussia, I, 2-4;
arrival in England, 5;
quarrels with his parents, _ibid._;
fault not entirely his, 6;
his debts, 6, 7;
throws his lot in with the opposition, 8;
his jealousy of the Princess Royal, 9;
marriage, 10;
intrigue with Anne Vane, 11, 12;
with Lady Archibald Hamilton, 11, 12;
with Lady Middlesex, 12;
his debts, 13;
birth of the Princess Augusta, 14;
subsequent quarrel at Prince's behaviour thereover, 14-20;
banished from Court, 20;
his attempts to gain popularity, 21;
a patron of manufactures and arts, I, 21, 22;
popular with the mob, 23, 24;
Walpole's attempt to bring about a reconciliation, 24;
whose offer is refused, 25;
reconciliation with George II, 26;
his death, 27;
contemporary opinion of him, 28;
posthumous opinion, 30-32.

Frederick I, King of Sweden, I, 33 note

-- the Great, II, 121-3, 149

--, Prince (brother of George III), I, 22 note;
II, 98

--, Prince (son of George III). _See_ York, Duke of

Freeman, Dr., I, 22

Gage, General, II, 142, 145, 158

Galt, John, I, 23, 34, 73, 75, 80, 131, 136, 182;
II, 2, 31, 201

Garrick, David, I, 179-80

Garth, Colonel, II, 249, 254

--, General, II, 260

Gates, General, II, 165

George I. I, 1, 139, 140, 257

George II. I, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16-18, 19, 20, 24, 39, 40, 55,
56, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 74, 105, 106, 139, 140, 257

George III. Character, I, ix-xv, Birth, I, 33, 34;
education begins when scarcely six years old, 35;
placed under Dr. Ayscough, who was the wrong man for the place, 35, 36;
George Scott appointed, 36;
Lord North becomes governor, 36, 37;
household of the young prince, 37;
dissension in the tutor's camp, 38-40;
Dr. Thomas appointed preceptor, 42;
Lord Waldegrave appointed governor, _ibid._;
influence of Lord Bute, 49, 50, 53;
close vigilance of his mother, I, 51;
her strictness, 52;
titles bestowed on the death of his father, 55;
George II takes some interest in the heir-apparent, 56;
question of appointing a regent, 58;
Duke of Cumberland proposed and unpopularity thereof, 59;
alarm of George II at the tameness of his disposition, 62;
marriage proposal, 62, 63;
indignation of the Princess Dowager, 63;
machinations to prevent marriage, 63, 64;
fury of George II, _ibid._;
attempt of ministers to withdraw Prince from maternal influence, 68;
royal grant given of £40,000, but Prince refuses to leave his mother, 66;
ministers nonplussed, 66, 67;
desires Lord Bute to be made groom of the stole, 67;
dismissal of Lord Waldegrave, 68;
reorganisation of the Prince's establishment, 69;
succeeds to the throne, 71;
poor equipment and education for the high office, and his homely
tastes, 71-80;
early love for agriculture, 75;
very untravelled, 76;
ill effects of the isolation of his youth, 77, 78;
his good qualities, 80;
strong prejudices, 81;
astonishing aptitude for King-craft, _ibid._;
popular at his accession, 82, 83;
alleged connection with Hannah Lightfoot, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91,
92, 94, 96;
alleged marriage with her, 97, 98, 99, 100;
"Appeal for Royalty" documents a forgery, 101, 102;
examination of the Lightfoot claim, 103, 104;
infatuation for Lady Sarah Lennox, 105, 106;
alarm of the Princess Dowager, 107;
connivance of Fox, to whose interest the marriage would be, 108, 109;
the King takes Lady Susan Fox Strangways into his confidence, 110;
rumour of a
Brunswick marriage, 102;
alleged proposal at a dance to Lady Sarah Lennox, 112;
announcement of
marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 113;
discussion as to reason for rejecting Lady Sarah, 114, 115;
after marriage the King still has an attachment for Lady Sarah, 117, 118;
the royal marriage, selection of Princess Charlotte, I, 121;
notifies his intention of marriage to the Privy Council, 124;
sends Lord Harcourt to demand formally the hand of Princess Charlotte,
126, 127;
treaty of marriage signed, 128;
arrival of Princess Charlotte at Harwich, 129;
the King disappointed at her appearance, 131;
speech to the nation, 136, 137, 138;
favourable reception of same, 138;
popular because English, 129;
on Bute's advice cedes prize money and accepts a settled income, 143;
ascendency of Lord Bute, 144, 146;
dismissal of Pitt, 148;
lampoons on the fall of the Great Commoner, 150;
the King and Queen in the city, 151, indifferent reception, 152;
resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, 154;
appointment of Lord Bute as First Lord of the Treasury, _ibid._;
his unpopularity at its zenith, 157, 158;
Bute, desirous of peace, compelled to make war, 161;
the cyder tax, 163;
resignation of Lord Bute, _ibid._;
deeply religious, 167, 168, 169;
visits Robert Barclay, the Quaker, 169;
friendly to Nonconformists but hates Roman Catholics, 170;
a high ideal for those in clerical orders, 171;
proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, 173, 174, 175;
strict
observance of the Sabbath, 175;
dullness of the Court, 176, 177;
not possessed of popular qualities, 178, 179;
very affable in the country, 179;
meets David Garrick, 180, his tactless remarks, 180;
his vein of humour, 181, 182, 183;
a great sense of regal dignity, 185;
takes himself with great seriousness, 186;
a stickler for etiquette, 186, 187, 188;
reputation for stupidity, 189, 190;
the dispute over the lightning conductor, 191;
some liking for art, 191, 192;
a patron of literature, 193;
founds a library, 193, 194;
his patronage, 194, 195;
not generous, 196;
unpopularity of the Court due to parsimony, 198, 199, 200;
seeks a more secluded residence, 202;
purchases Buckingham House, 203;
elaborate preparations, 204;
known henceforth as the Queen's House, _ibid._;
his residence at Richmond Lodge and improvements, 204, 205;
prison-like seclusion of the Queen, 206, 207;
Mdlle. Swellenberg 208-210;
Frances Burney, 212, 213;
private life of the King and Queen very dull, 216, 222, 223;
takes an active interest in the domestic economy of the palaces, 218;
abuse of tipping, 219;
quaintness of the internal management of the palace, 219, 220;
his daily life, 224, 225;
stricter rearing of the royal children, 226-227;
publications of "The North Briton," No. xlv, 236;
violent attack on the ministers, 237;
anger of the King, _ibid._;
issues a warrant, and printer and publisher are arrested, 238;
arrest of Wilkes, _ibid._;
set at liberty, 239;
but is dismissed from the Buckinghamshire militia, 240;
meeting of Parliament in 1763 and the "Essay on Woman," 248;
the House orders No. xlv to be burnt by the common hangman, 249;
duel between Wilkes and Martin, 249;
Parliament outlaws Wilkes for contumacy, 251;
popularity of Wilkes, 252, 253;
elected for Middlesex, 255;
expelled from Parliament and re-elected, 256;
deeply incensed at Wilkes's popularity, 257;
his courage in politics, 257;
attack on his life by Margaret Nicholson, 258;
his bravery, 259;
second attempt on his life, 259, 260;
third attempt, 263, 264, 265;
reconciliation with Wilkes, 268;
places Grenville at the Treasury, 269;
his regard for him, 270;
discovers too late that Grenville is a hard task-master, 270, 271;
makes strenuous efforts to free himself, 272;
suggests a coalition to Lord Bute, 272;
his antipathy to the Whigs, 273;
sends for Pitt, 274;
forced to ask Grenville to remain in office, 275;
endeavours to sow dissension among the Whigs, 276;
offends the Duke of Bedford, 277;
taken ill, 277;
first indications of mental derangement, 278, 279, 280;
recovery, 281;
Regency Bill, 281, 282;
intrigue to omit the name of Princess Dowager from the Regency Council,
283, 284;
indignation thereover with Lord Halifax and Lord Sandwich, 284;
negotiates through the Duke of Cumberland, for the return of the Whigs,
284, 285;
Pitt only man able to form a strong administration, 286;
Grenville offers resignation, 287;
Pitt approached, 287;
failure of negotiations 288;
recall of Grenville, 288;
the King furious at the minister's terms, 289, 290;
fresh overtures to Pitt, 293, 294;
as a last resource Lord Rockingham offered office, 295;
desires to tax the American colonies, II, 1-4;
the Stamp Act, 3-4, 11;
mismanagement of American colonies, 4-9;
outcry in the colonies at the passing of the Stamp Act, 13;
mob destroy the Stamp office, 15;
the day the Stamp Act comes into force kept as a day of mourning, 16;
the King seriously alarmed at the trouble in America, 18;
Pitt attacks Stamp Act, 19-23;
repeal of the Stamp Act, 25;
Whigs mistrust Bute, 26, 27, 29-32;
surprise of the nation at the appointment of Rockingham, 32;
a weak administration, 32, 33;
his difficulties, 35, 36;
intrigues against the ministry, 37, 38;
defeat of the government in the House of Lords, 39;
Rockingham remonstrates against Court intrigue, 40, 41, 42;
Rockingham ministry falls, 44;
the King sends for Pitt, II, 46;
forms ministry, 47, 48;
enthusiasm of the people for Pitt, 49;
Pitt accepts earldom, 50;
unpopularity of the step, _ibid._;
his desire to rule, 51;
the King's "Friends," 52;
the health of Chatham, 56-58;
during Chatham's illness leadership devolved on Grafton, 61;
character of Grafton, 61;
attempt to alienate him from Chatham, 62-64;
Grafton becomes Prime Minister, 65;
anger of Chatham, 66;
the city remonstrance, 67;
chancellorship and death of Charles Yorke, 71;
resignation of Grafton, 72;
North takes office, II, 73, 74;
refuses to dissolve Parliament, 76;
undertakes management of the House of Commons, 77;
reduces bribery to a fine art, 77, 78;
regards himself as above criticism, 79;
his debts, 79, 80;
rebuke of Parliament, 80;
North's scandalous loan, 81;
no scruples for kingly dignity, 82, 83;
his vindictiveness, 84, 85;
tenacious of his promises, 86;
in his kingly office the slave of deep rooted selfishness, 88;
his inability to act wisely, 89, 90;
North frequently tenders resignation, 91, 92;
the King ever against liberty, 92-93;
persecution of Admiral Keppel, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97;
family worries, 98-126;
his brothers' love of pleasure, 100-103;
secret marriage of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, II, 106, 115;
dissipation and debts of Henry, Duke of Cumberland, II, 107-109;
secret marriage of the Duke, 111;
Royal Marriage Act, 111-113;
scandal concerning Caroline of Denmark, 112, 123;
Dukes' wives not received, 116, 117;
reconciliation with Duke of Cumberland, II, 119;
marriage of Princess Augusta, 122, 133;
endeavours to reassert his dignity in the American colonies, 129;
Townshend's Act, 131;
petitions from the colonies, 134, 139;
in spite of lessons he redoubles his anti-colonial policy, 139;
sanctions the Boston Port Bill, 141, 142;
open rebellion of the colonies, 145;
purchase of Hessian troops, 149;
Chatham the hope of the nation, 152;
North's plan of conciliation, 155, 156;
failure of the Commission, 156;
negotiations with Chatham, 156;
death of Chatham and his ungenerous conduct, 161;
still determined to pursue the war, 163, 164;
North makes another effort to retire, 164;
increase of his influence in Parliament, 165;
surrender of Yorktown, 161;
Fox proposes a committee to consider peace, 169;
treaty with United States signed, 170;
reception of John Adams, 170, 171, 172;
resignation of North, 175;
unwilling to place himself in the hands of the opposition, 175-178;
arranges an administration with Shelburne, 178;
rise of Fox, 180, 181;
his undying enmity for him, 182, 183;
who regards Fox's speech as a declaration of war against himself, 184;
attempts to sow the seed of discord in the cabinet, 186, 187;
ill-feeling between Shelburne and Fox, 188;
death of Lord Rockingham, 189;
resignation of Fox, Burke, Portland, and Lord John Cavendish, 190;
first speech of William Pitt, 190, 191; opens Parliament, 192;
the Coalition, 194;
invites Pitt to form a ministry, who refuses, 195;
Fox's India Bill, 197, 198;
ministry dismissed, 199, 200;
sends for Pitt, 200;
prorogation of Parliament, election, and overwhelming majority of Pitt,
201;
his fear of becoming corpulent, 202;
his temperance, 203-205;
breakdown of his health, 205, 206;
goes to Cheltenham, 207;
disorder increases, 207;
sudden illness, 208, 209;
account of Philip Withers, 209, 210, 211;
complete madness, 213;
removal to Kew, 215, 216;
placed under the care of Dr. Willis, 216, 219;
his treatment, 220;
examination as to the state of his health before the Privy Council, 223;
debate on the Regency Bill, 224, 225;
improvement of his condition, 227, 228;
infatuation for Lady Pembroke, 229;
continued improvement of his health, 230;
the last bulletin, 233;
joy of London at his recovery, 234-236;
trouble with his children, 237-250;
Princess Royal, 238, 239;
Princesses Augusta and Sophia, 241;
Princess Elizabeth marries the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, 241-242;
all his sons wild, 243;
Duke of Sussex and Duke of Cambridge give least cause for anxiety, 243;
Dukes of Clarence and Kent, II, 244;
not on friendly terms with his sons, 244;
conduct of the Prince of Wales, 245, 246;
dissipations of the Duke of York, 248, 249;
scandalous life of the Duke of Cumberland, 249, 250;
his popularity after his illness, 251, 252, 253, 255;
visits to Weymouth, 254, 255, 256;
Colonel Landmann and the Queen, 256, 257;
ascendency of Pitt, 258;
dismissal of Thurlow, 259;
Catholic Emancipation, 260, 261;
resignation of Pitt, 261;
death of Pitt, 261;
return of Fox to power, 261-262;
health again an anxiety, 263, 264, 265;
Dr. Willis called in, 265;
troubled about the Princess of Wales, 268;
illness ages him, _ibid._;
at Windsor, 269, 270;
recovers 270;
increasing deafness and defective sight, 272;
daily life at Windsor, 273, 274;
sight gives way, 275;
the Walcheren expedition, 276;
"Duke and Darling" scandal, 276;
death of Princess Amelia, 277;
again insane, 278-282;
will of Princess Amelia, 282;
arrangements for comfort, 284, 285;
his delusions, 286, 287;
illness of Queen Charlotte, 289;
her death, 290; his death, 290-292

George IV, I, x, 98, 100, 103, 104;
II, 81 note, 103, 110, 115 note, 119, 186, 195 note, 197, 212, 222,
225, 226, 237 note, 244, 245-8, 264, 269, 283

Germaine, Lord George. _See_ Sackville, George

Gibbon, Edward, I, 194;
II, 118, 142, 148, 161

Gillray, James, II, 251

Gisborne, Dr., II, 219, 224, 268

Gloucester, Maria, Duchess of, I, 103;
II, 104-7, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119

-- , Mary, Duchess of, II, 116 note, 237 note, 283

-- , William Frederick, Duke of, II, 116 note, 241

-- , William Henry, Duke of, I, 22 note;
II, 99, 100 note, 103-7, 115-19

Glover, Richard, I, 31

Goupy, M., I, 196

Gower, Lord, II, 55, 167, 177, 194

Graeme, Colonel, I, 120-21; II, 37

Grafton, Augustus, Duke of, I, 68, 116, 165, 273;
II, 33, 44, 48, 57, 58, 61-4, 65, 66, 69, 72, 74, 130, 138

Graham, Lord, II, 198 note

-- , Mr. Baron, I, 181-2

Granby, Marquis of, I, 290;
II, 68, 70, 87

Grantham, Lord, I, 18;
II, 190

Granville, Miss, I, 12

Grenville, George, I, xi, 65, 65 note, 148, 154, 236, 269, 277, 279, 283,
285, 286-7, 288, 288 note, 289-294;
II, 3-4, 6, 7, 11, 18, 22, 26, 29, 40, 42, 59, 73, 78, 86, 129

Grenville, George (first Marquis of Buckingham), II, 151

-- , Hester, I, 65 note

-- , James, I, 65, 65 note, 148;
II, 33, 59, 70

-- , Mrs., I, 228 note

-- , William, Baron, II, 220-221, 258, 261

Greville, Lady Louisa, I, 134 note

Gronard, Earl of, I, 21 note

Grosvenor, Henrietta, Lady, II, 107, 109

-- , Lord, II, 107

Gwyn, Colonel, II, 254, 255

Haggersdorn, Mrs., I, 208

Halford, Sir Henry, II, 277, 280, 281, 282, 287

Halifax, George, Earl of, I, 155, 165, 237, 238, 239, 240, 282, 283, 292

Hamilton, Lady Anne, I, 131-2, 134 note

-- , Lady Archibald, I, 11, 13

-- , Duchess of, I, 128, 131, 207

Hancock, John, II, 134

Handel, George Friedrich, I, 9;
II, 276

Hanway, Jonas, I, 218

Harcourt, Colonel, II, 254, 270

-- , Lady Elizabeth, I, 134 note

-- , Simon, Earl of, I, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 125, 127, 219

Hardinge, George, II, 251

Hardwicke, Philip, Earl of, I, 66, 138, 146, 147, 148, 269, 272, 280;
II, 29, 39, 44

Hartington, Lord, I, 11, 37

Harvey, Mary, Lady, I, 83

Hastings, Warren, II, 197, 258

Hatfield, James, I, 265

Hayter, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Norwich, II, 37, 38, 39, 40, 40 note, 41

Heberden, Dr., II, 206

Henley, Lady, II, 272

-- , Lord, II, 272

Henry, Prince (brother of George III). _See_ Cumberland, Duke of

-- , Patrick, II, 13, 14

Hervey, John, Lord, I, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 29

Hertford, Francis, Marquis of, I, 123

Hesse-Cassel, Wilhelmina, Princess of, II, 243

Hesse-Homberg, Elizabeth, Landgravine of, I, 51, 117;
II, 237 note, 240, 241-2, 254, 265 286, 288

-- , Landgrave of, II, 241-2

Hillsborough, Earl of, II, 139

Hinchinbrook, Lord, II, 173

Hogarth, William, I, 241-3;
II, 241

Holdernesse, Lord, I, 145, 146, 147

Holland, Henry, Baron, I, 106-7, 108, 111-12, 111 note, 113, 115,
148, 163, 165, 177, 280, 289, 290 293;
II, 180, 195 note

Home, John, I, 160, 192 note

Hotham, Sir Charles, I, 4

Horton, Lady Anne. _See_ Cumberland, Duchess of

Howard, Mrs., I, 12

Howe, General, II, 145, 147

Huish, Robert, I, 47, 56, 65, 78, 88-9, 121, 144, 159, 205, 218;
II, 190

Hume, David, II, 68-9

Hunt, Leigh, I, 30, 229

Huntingdon, Lord, I, 69

-- , Selina, Countess of, I, 171

Huske, General, II, 8

Hutchinson, Thomas, II, 15, 142

Hyder Ali, II, 167, 174

Inchiquin, Earl of, I, 55

Inclagreen, Earl of, I, 21 note

Inverness, Cecilia, Duchess of. _See_ Underwood

JENKINSON, Charles, I, 47; II, 72 note

Jerningham, Lady, I, 262-3, 264;
II, 275, 286

Jersey, Lady, I, 198, 198 note

Jesse, J. H., I, ix. note, 104, 216;
II, 61, 117 note

Johnson, Dr. James, Bishop of Gloucester, I, 42

-- , Dr. Samuel, I, 84, 142-3, 160, 160 note, 187-8;
II, 22 note

Johnstone, George, II, 155

"Junius," I, 53, 77, 108, 162, 243 note;
II, 22, 52, 60, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 93, 132-3

Jordan, Dora, II, 244

Kearsley, I, 252

Keats, John, I, xiii

Keith, Rev. Alexander, I, 96, 97

Kent, Edward, Duke of, II, 109, 237 note, 244

Kenyon, Lord, I, 182

Keppel, Admiral, I, xii;
II, 50 note, 93-97, 178, 190

--, General, I, 291

--, Lady Elizabeth, I, 134 note

Kerr, Lady Elizabeth, I, 134 note

Kidgell, John, I, 245

Kildare, Lady, I, 106

--, Duchess of, II, 244

Kingsale, Lord, I, 185

Knight, Charles, I, 172 note

Kuffe, Mr., II, 204

Landmann, Colonel, I, 183-4;
II, 252, 255-256

Launay, Colonel, I, 4

Lawrence, Thomas, I, 195

Le Despencer, Francis, Baron, I, 154, 154 note, 163, 165, 244, 244 note,
248;
II, 54

Lecky, W. E. H., I, 255, 270, 276;
II, 151-2, 167

Leiningen, Princess of. _See_ Kent, Duchess of

Lennox, Lady Sarah, I, 105-119, 134 note, 221, 292;
II, 6, 96, 97, 101, 104-5, 117, 122, 198 note, 199, 266

Lightfoot, Hannah, I, 86-104

Litchfield, Earl of, I, 21 note

Loughborough, Alexander, Baron, I, 160 note;
II, 180, 183

Louis Philippe, II, 240

-- XV, King of France, II, 102

Louisa Anne, Princess (sister of George III), I, 22 note;
II, 98

Lowther, Sir James, I, 129

Luttrell, Lady Anne. _See_ Cumberland, Duchess of

--, Colonel, II, 256

Lyttelton, George, Baron, I, 35, 36, 288, 288 note;
II, 33

Macaulay, Lord, I, 212, 213;
II, 22, 65 note

Macclesfield, Earl of, I, 21 note

Macdonald, Chief Baron, I, 181-2

--, Flora, I, 31

Mackenzie, Stuart, I, 284 note, 289, 289 note, 290-1, 292

Macpherson, James, I, 160

Mahon, Lord, II, 150, 160

Majendie, Dr., I, 220

Mallet, David, I, 160

Malmesbury, James, Earl of, II, 269, 289

Manchester, Duke of, I, 207;
II, 70

Manners, Col., I, 181, 216;
II, 274

Mansfield, William, Earl of, I, 39, 255;
II, 22, 27 note, 70, 133

Mara, Madame, I, 120

March William, Earl of. _See_ Queensberry, Duke of

Marie Amélie, Princess, of Naples, II, 241

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, I, 13

Martin, Samuel, I, 249, 250

Mary, Princess (daughter of George III). _See_ Gloucester, Duchess of

Masham, Hon. S., I, 69

Massey, W. N., I, 230

Mayhew, Rev. --, II, 15

McCarthy, Justin, I, 23, 28, 104

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of, I, 199 note

--, Prince Charles of, I, 199 note

--, Prince George of, I, 119

Meredith, Sir William, II, 50 note

Middlesex, Lady, I, 12

Monaco, Prince of, II, 101-2

Monson, Lord, II, 50 note

Montagu, Mary Wortley, I, 43

Montague Lady Caroline, I, 134 note

Montrose, Duke of, II, 198 note

Mountstuart, Lord, II, 29-30, 39

Munro, Dr., II, 206

Murphy, Arthur, I, 160

Murray, Lady Augusta, II, 243

--, Charles, I, 222

--, William. _See_ Mansfield, Earl of

Napier, Henry, I, 113

-- Lady Sarah. _See_ Lennox

--, Hon. George, I, 117

--, William, I, 117

--, Sir Charles, I, 117, 117 note

Napoleon, II, 252, 288

Nelson, Horatio, Lord, I, xiii

Nepian, Sir Evan, II, 199-200

Newbattle, John, Lord, I, 111

Newcastle, Thomas, Duke of, I, xi, 58, 66, 136, 146, 147, 153, 272, 273;
II, 6, 33, 50 note, 52, 121

Nicholls, John, I, 50, 83, 141-2, 147, 269, 279;
II, 2, 36, 61-2, 113, 128, 129, 143, 184, 258

Nicholson, Margaret, I, 258

Norfolk, Duke of, I, 20

North, Frederick, Lord, I, 104, 257;
II, 53, 72-6, 78-84, 90, 91, 95, 108, 112, 114, 135, 137, 138, 142, 143,
148, 155, 156, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 167 note, 170, 173, 175,
178-9, 180, 181, 183, 193-4, 196, 197, 199, 200

--, Francis, Baron, I, 36, 37

--, Colonel, II, 200

Northumberland, Lady. I, 207, 220

--, Lord, II, 27 note

Nugent Lord, II, 190, 191

Nuthall, Thomas, II, 19, 33

Octavius, Prince (son of George III), I, 191;
II, 237 note

Offley, John, II, 41

Oliver, Andrew, II, 15

Ongley, Mr., I, 263

Onslow, George, II, 25

--, Lord, I, 259, 260

Orange, Prince of, I, 8

Otis, James, II, 8, 13, 134-5

Owen, Robert, II, 109 note

Oxford, Earl of, I, 21

Paine, Thomas, I, 172 note

Palliser, Sir Hugh, II, 94

Papendiek, Mrs., I, 132-3, 195;
II, 206, 218, 229, 245-6, 289

Parsons, Nancy, II, 62, 63, 64

Paton, Richard, I, 194

Pembroke, Elizabeth, Lady, II, 280

--, Lord, I, 69

Pepys, Sir Lucas, II, 213, 214, 219, 233, 234

Perceval, Spencer, II, 278, 282

Perryn, Mrs., I, 90, 91

"Pindar, Peter," I, 81, 82, 187, 189-90, 191, 192, 194-5, 196, 198,
200-1, 210 note;
II, 251

Pitt, Thomas, 110

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, I, 147;
Dismissal of, 148;
Lampoons on his fall, 150;
popularity, 151, 152;
goes to the Commons to protest against the treaty, 161;
the King sends for him, 274;
again approached, 285, 287, 294;
opposed to Rockingham, II, 34, 35;
forms "mosaic ministry," 47, 50;
accepts Earldom of Chatham, 50;
ill-health, 56;
retires to Bath, _ibid._;
returns to London, 57;
tarries at Marlborough, 58;
complete collapse, _ibid._;
willingness to resign, 59;
tenders his resignation, 60;
war to the knife with Grafton, 66, 69;
the hope of the nation on the outbreak of the American war, 151, 156;
his opposition to it, 159;
dies denouncing it, 160

--, William, the Younger, I, xiii;
II, 84, 190-3, 197, 200-1, 218, 223, 224, 225, 226, 226 note, 227,
232-3, 248, 254, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264-5, 271

Pollock, Mr., II, 200

Pomfret, Lord, I, 164

Pope, Alexander, I, 22, 245

--, Mrs. (actress), I, 117, 222

Portland, Duke of, I, 255;
II, 48, 50 note, 92, 104, 189, 190, 194, 199

Potter, Thomas, I, 244-255

Pownall, Thomas, II, 137, 138

Pratt, Sir Charles. _See_ Camden

Pringle, Sir John, I, 191

Proctor, Sir William, I, 255

Prussia, Frederick, Princess of. _See_ York, Duchess of

Pulteney, Sir William, I, 21

Queensberry, Duchess of, I, 228 note

-- , William, Duke of, I, 185; II, 54, 185

Quick, John, I, 223

Quin, James, I, 73, 223

Ray, Dr., II, 218, 219

Rex, George, I, 95 note

-- , John, I, 95 note

Reynolds, Dr., II, 277

-- , Sir Joshua, I, 191, 193;
II, 118

Richmond, Charles, Duke of, I, 283;
II, 27, 28-9, 44, 87, 140-1, 160, 176-7, 178, 179

-- , Duchess of, II, 100

Rigby, Richard, I, 165, 274, 274 note;
II, 138

Robertson, William, I, 159

Robinson, Mrs. Mary Ann, I, 104

Rockingham, Charles, Marquis of, I, xi, xii, 146, 273, 295;
II, 2, 23, 24, 32, 34, 35, 39-45, 47, 48, 61, 66, 73, 74, 78, 86,
135-6, 158, 162, 176, 177, 178, 179, 189, 192

Rose, George, I, 69

Roxburgh, Duke of, I, 21 note, 127 note

Russell, Lady Caroline, I, 111 note, 134

Ryves, Mrs., I, 102, 102 note;
II, 109 note

Sackville, George, I, 145;
II, 39, 95, 145, 166

Sanderson, Robert, I, 169

Sandwich, Lord, I, 21 note, 244, 246, 248, 276, 282, 284, 291, 293;
II, 138-9

Saunders, Sir Charles, II, 48, 50 note

Saville, Sir George, II, 153

Saxe-Gotha, Duke of, I, 30 note, 80

Saxe-Meiningen, Adelaide Princess of. _See_ Adelaide, Queen

Scarborough, Earl of, I, 21 note;
II, 30 note

Schwellenberg Mddle., I, 208-12, 224

Scott, George, I, 36, 37, 38, 42, 69, 80, 104

Secker, Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury), I, 25, 25 note

Sellis, II, 249

Selwyn, George, I, 182;
II, 145-6, 168, 185, 186, 214

-- , Col. John, I, 37

Serres, Mrs. Olivia, I, 102, 102 note;
II, 109 note

Shakespeare, William, I, 193

Sheffield, Sir John, I, 203

Shelburne, William, Lord, I, 276;
II, 34, 48, 177, 178, 178 note, 188, 189, 192, 193, 194

Shelley, Sir John, II, 50 note

-- , P. B., II, 243

Sheridan, R. B., I, 81, 265;
II, 121, 122

Sherlock, Thomas, I, 169

Siddons, Mrs., I, 187, 201, 223

Smelt, Mr., I, 212

Smollett, Tobias, I, 160, 235, 278 note

Sophia, Princess (daughter of George III), II, 237 note, 241, 274

-- , Princess of Brunswick, I, 62, 62 note, 63, 64, 88

-- , Dorothea of Prussia, I, 2-4

Southy, Robert, I, 27-8, 172;
II, 205 note

Spencer, Lady Diana, I, 7

Stanhope, Earl, I, 31

-- , Lady, II, 100

Stanley, John, I, 223

Stillingfleet, James, I, 28

St. Lourent, Mme., II, 244

Storer, Anthony, I, 182, 224 note;
II, 157, 163, 169, 191

Stone, Andrew, I, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 69, 207

Stowe, Mr., II, 27 note

Strange, Lord, II, 27, 39, 41-3

Strangways, Lady Susan Fox, I, 107, 109-10, 113, 134 note

Struensee, Count, II, 125

Stuart, James Archibald. _See_ Mackenzie

-- , Lady Mary, I, 129

Sunderland, Lord, I, 31

Sussex, Augustus, Duke of, I, 192;
II, 237 note, 243, 244

Swinton, Mr., I, 28

Symonds, Dr., II, 271

Talbot, Miss, 123-4

-- , William, Baron, I, 177, 178, 199;
II, 38

Taylor, Colonel, II, 275

Temple, Lady II, 100

-- , Lord, I, 65, 65 note, 148, 151, 152, 236, 240, 251, 255, 274,
284, 287, 288 note, 294, 295;
II, 46-7, 190, 198, 198 note

Thackeray, W. M., I, xiv-xv, 37, 79-80, 125-6, 193, 225;
II, 77, 291-2

Thanet, Earl of, I, 21 note

Thomas, Dr. John (Bishop of Winchester), II, 42

Thompson, James, I, 22

Thoms, W. J., I, 87

Thurlow, Lord, II, 82, 175, 176, 186, 194, 195, 198, 231, 259

Tooke, Horne, I, 255

Townshend, Charles, I, 85, 275, 288, 291;
II, 5, 32, 33, 34, 43, 48, 74, 129, 131, 135

-- , Lady, I, 220, 232

-- , Sir William, I, 21

Trench Mrs., II, 241-2

Trevelyan, Sir George, II, 37 note, 52, 71, 90, 92, 103, 112, 138-9

Tyrconnel, Earl of, II, 100 note

-- , Countess of, II, 100

Underwood, Lady Cecilia, II, 243

Uxbridge, Lady, II, 270

Vane, Ann, I, 11, 12

-- , Mr., I, 26

Vertue, George, I, 22

Von Bülow, Ida, I, 126

Waldegrave, James, Earl of, I, 42, 43, 50, 66, 67, 68, 81, 291;
II, 85

-- , Maria, Lady. _See_ Gloucester, Duchess of

Waldo, Sir Timothy, I, 217

Wales, Princess Dowager of, I, x, 10-11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 35, 36, 40,
42, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 57 note, 62, 63, 70, 74, 85,
107-8, 157, 269, 282, 283;
II, 28, 31, 36, 120, 237

Walpole, Sir Edward, II, 105

-- , Horace, I, 10, 11, 31, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 53-4, 57, 59, 82, 86,
107, 108, 125, 129, 131, 133, 135, 139, 145, 149, 153 note, 156, 162,
167 note, 177, 203-4, 206, 222, 228 note, 246, 254 note, 266-7, 280-1,
283, 287, 288 note, 289;
II, 5, 25, 27, 29, 39, 43 note, 44, 50, 58, 59, 65, 68, 68 note, 73, 87,
99-100, 101-2, 103-4, 107, 110-111, 120, 122, 135, 137, 152, 157, 181,
184, 187, 191

-- , Sir Robert, I, 5, 7, 24, 25, 26, 29-30, 139, 160;
II, 1-2

Warburton, Bishop, I, 245, 248-9

Warkworth, Lord, II, 27 note

Warren, Dr., II, 212, 214, 219, 223, 227, 230, 233, 247

Watkins, John, I, 209-210

Wedderburn, Alexander. _See_ Loughborough, Baron.

Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, I, xiii

West, Benjamin, I, 191-2

Westmoreland, Earl of, I, 21 note, 116, 259

Weymouth, Lady, I, 207

-- , Lord, I, 291; II, 124

Whitehead, William, I, 10, 34-5, 83-4, 221

Wilkes, John, I, viii, 178, 235-57, 266-68;
II, 1, 61, 65, 68 note, 93

William IV, I, 1; II, 237 note, 244, 266

William Henry, Prince (brother of George III). _See_ Gloucester, Duke of

Williams, George James ("Gilly"), II, 56

-- , Sir Watkin, II, 83

Willis, Dr. Francis, II, 215, 216-21, 224, 227, 228, 230, 233, 265,
267, 277

-- , Dr. John, II, 219, 265, 284, 285

-- , Dr. Robert, II, 267, 268, 285

Wilmot, Sir Eardley, II, 70

-- , Olive. _See_ Serres, Mrs.

-- , Sir Robert, II, 50

Wilson, Dr. Thomas, I, 170-171

Winchelsea, Earl of, I, 21 note;
II, 33, 53, 57

Withers, Philip, II, 209-211

Wolcot, John. _See_ "Pindar, Peter"

Wood, Robert, I, 240

Wordsworth, William, I, xiii

Wraxall, Nathaniel, I, 79, 114, 168, 188, 264-5, 279;
II, 67-8, 72 note, 86-7, 100, 100 note, 110, 119, 173-4, 180, 190,
191, 159, 200, 203, 218, 234

Wriothesley, Miss, II, 62

Würtemberg, Charlotte, Queen of, II, 237 note, 238-40, 254

-- , Crown Prince of, II, 239

-- , Prince Ferdinand of, II, 240

Wyatt (architect), II, 274

York, Duchess of, II, 248

-- , Edward, Duke of, I, 22 note, 41, 51, 54, 74, 80, 99;
II, 99-103, 117 note, 120

-- , Frederick, Duke of, I, 98;
II, 225-6, 231, 237 note, 244, 248-9, 276, 281

Yorke, Charles, II, 70-2

Young, Sir W., II, 226 note

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Vol. II, p. 275, line 17: _for_ Bedingsfield _read_ Bedingfield.

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" ", p. 282, line 14:} _for_ Percival _read_ Perceval.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Daniel O'Connell

HIS EARLY LIFE AND JOURNAL, 1795-1802

Edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by

Arthur Houston. K.C., LL.D.

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The Countess of Huntingdon and Her Circle

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With a photogravure and Eight other Illustrations. 12s. 6d. net.

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Recently Published Books

The Cambridge Apostles

By Mrs. Charles Brookfield

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Mrs. Brookfield and Her Circle

By C. and F. Brookfield

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THE AMEN CORNER EDITION

Boswell's Johnson

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My Lord of Essex

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BY ROBERT HUGH BENSON

The Sentimentalists

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