Life of William, Earl of Shelburne/Volume 2/Index

by Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice

 

INDEX

 

Note.—By Lord Shelburne is meant the subject of this Memoir, unless otherwise specified.

 

Aachen, the peace of, i. 40, 362, 363

Abercromby, James, Report on the Colonial Constitutions, i. 179

Accounts, Family, Lord Shelburne on keeping, ii. 343, 346

Acts of Navigation, i. 183, 186

Adam, William, ii. 232, 234

Adams, the Architects of the Adelphi, i. 422

Adams, John, Commissioner of the American Congress, ii. 116, 117, 205; on the French Revolution, ii. 392

Adams, Samuel, i. 465, 476

Addington, Dr., and Lord Chatham, i. 485

Addington Ministry, ii. 428; and the peace with France, ii. 431

Adelphi, the Adams, Architects of the, i. 422

Admiralty Court, the English, i. 181, 186

Agents, Tenants, etc., Lord Shelburne on, 339, 346, 364

Agricultural Labourers, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 351

Albemarle, second Earl of, i. 45; his death, i. 62

Albemarle, sixth Earl of, on "Whigs" and "Radicals," i. 464

Alsop, Mr., and the story of Mr. William Petty's Ghost, ii. 330

America, North. See American Colonies.

America and Holland, ii. 76, 78

American Colonies, government of the, i. 178, 186; taxation of the, i. 184; Grenville's proposals for taxing, i. 221; Lord Shelburne's settlement of the affairs of the, i. 302; Lord Shelburne's memorandum on the affairs of, i. 315; taxation of, i. 365; Charles Townshend's taxes, i. 365; meeting at Boston to protest against them, i. 365; Dickenson's Farmer's Letters on, i. 365; memorial of the Assembly of Massachusetts against the new taxation, i. 366; the riots in Boston, i. 386, 405; troops sent from England, i. 386; remission of taxes on the, i. 404, 412; Lord Hillsborough's circular thereon, to the Colonial Governors, i. 404, 412; fleet in Boston harbour, i. 412; the Boston tea-ships, i. 465, 467; debate on the, in the House of Lords, i. 468; the Port Bill, i. 472, 473, 475; first meeting of the General Congress, i. 475; Lord Chatham and Lord North's proposals for the government of the, i. 478; Washington appointed commander of the army, i. 479; Lord Shelburne on the General Congress, i. 479; Congress appoints a committee on Foreign Affairs, i. 483; the Declaration of Independence, i. 483; their alliance with France, i. 485; Lord Chatham on the war, i. 486; Lord Shelburne on the war, ii. 1; and France, ii. 2; subscriptions for enlisting troops for the war against, ii. 10; Treaty with France, ii. 12, 14; the state of the army in 1779, ii. 20; Lord Shelburne's speech on the affairs of, ii. 80; surrender of the British Army at York Town, ii. 82; the bill for concluding a peace with, ii. 87; loss of, to England, ii. 111; France and the, ii. 114; Congress and M. Gerard, ii. 116; the commissioners of Congress, ii. 117; Lord Shelburne's letter to General Carleton and Admiral Digby on the proposed peace, ii. 135, 168; Lord Shelburne on the independence of the, ii. 163; Franklin's outline of conditions of the treaty of peace, ii. 165; Lord Shelburne's instructions to Oswald thereon, ii. 169; proposed Treaty relating to Independence, Boundaries and Fisheries, ii. 184; the boundaries of the Colonies, ii. 184, 200; the navigation of the Mississippi, ii. 186; the Ashburton Treaty, ii. 201; Lord Shelburne to Oswald on the proposed treaty, ii. 193; Lord Shelburne to Fitzherbert on the same, ii. 195; the Loyalists, ii. 202, 205, 206; signing of the preliminaries of peace, ii. 209

American Conciliatory Bills, ii. 12, 13

American Mutiny Bill, i. 225, 299, 309, 316

Amherst, Sir Jeffery, i. 387

Amiens, Treaty of, ii. 429, 431

Annaly, Lord, i. 356

Anne, Queen, reign of, i. 20; death of, i. 22

Anson, Lord, i. 64, 69

Argyle, Duke of, i. 21

Armed Neutrality, the, ii. 77

Arden, Pepper, Solicitor-General, ii. 155, 287

Army Bill of 1768, ii. 38

Arnold, General, ii. 66

Ashburton, Lord. See John Dunning

Ashburton Treaty, i. 201, 222

Associations, petitions from, asking for shorter parliaments, etc., ii. 54; great meeting at Westminster in support of, ii. 54

Atheism in France in 1750, i. 427

Atterbury, Bishop, i. 23

Auckland, Lord. See William Eden

Auditors, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 347

Augmentation Bill, i. 351, 356, 357; ii. 38

Austria, Russian war with, ii. 371; and the French Revolution, ii. 410, 411; treaty of peace with France, ii. 414

Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin seized by France, i. 361

 

Balcarres, Lord, ii. 53

Baldwin, Mr., Garrick's lines on, ii. 32

Ballyhige, the wrecked Danish treasure at, 337

Bank of England suspends cash payments, ii. 412

Bank-notes, forgery of, ii. 413

Banks, country, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 342

Barré, Colonel, i. 72, 96; elected member for Wycombe, i. 97; his attack on Pitt in the House of Commons, i. 101; his letter to Lord Shelburne on Mr. Pitt, i. 102; made Adjutant-General and Governor of Stirling Castle, i. 167; dismissed from his offices of Adjutant-General and Governor of Stirling Castle, i. 212, 215; his letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, i. 212; Lord Shelburne's reply, i. 213; his speech on his services and dismission, i. 215; and Mr. Pitt, i. 215: his reply to Charles Townshend on the Stamp Act, i. 223; Lord Shelburne's letter to, on his refusal of office, i. 233; his letter to Conway refusing office, i. 234; his letter to Lord Shelburne on his (Barré's) refusal of office, i. 234; account of the Augmentation Bill debate in the Irish Parliament, i. 357; resigns office, i. 387; caricature of Lord Marchmont and Lord Denbigh, i. 416; goes abroad with Lord Shelburne, i. 424; his anecdote of the Governor of Gibraltar and the Jews, i. 444; speech on the affairs of the East India Company, i. 449; resignation of, i. 454; George III. on his joining the Government, ii. 15, 18; anecdote of, ii. 32; letter to Lord Shelburne on the War, ii. 34; and Lord Advocate Dundas, ii. 49; letter to Lord Shelburne on Dunning's motion on the influence of the Crown, ii. 54; conversation with the Duke of Richmond on the state of politics, ii. 66; his letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, ii. 66; his opinion of Edmund Burke, ii. 68; Treasurer of the Navy, ii. 90; Paymaster of the Forces, ii. 155; proposed pension to, ii. 156; Charles Fox's speech thereon, ii. 157; becomes blind, ii. 287; anecdote of, and Lord North, ii. 287; at Bowood, ii. 328; difference with Lord Shelburne, ii. 399; vacates his seat in Parliament, ii. 399

Barrington, Viscount, i. 367

Barry, Madame du, i. 484

Baskerville, the Birmingham printer, i. 275, 276

Bath, Earl of, his character, i. 34, 35; Alderman Beckford on, i. 34; anecdote of, i. 34

Bathurst, Lord, ii. 36; anecdote of, i. 68

Bayntun, Sir Edward, i. 18, 29

Bayntun, Lady Mary, ii. 322

Beauclerk, Topham, on the Irish absentee tax, i. 460

Beaufort, Duke of, i. 38

Beccaria, Cæsar Bonesana, Marquis of, i. 425

Beckford, Alderman, on Lord Bolingbroke's style, i. 25; on the Earl of

Bath, i. 34; and the East India Company, i. 296; death of, i. 417

Bedford, Duke of, and M. de Bussi, i. 100; his resolution to move for the recall of the troops from Germany, i. 103; and the Earl of Bute, i. 199; his interview with the King, i. 202; motion for the dismissal of ministers, ii. 415

Bedford Party in 1767, i. 321; and the Indian lands, i. 333

Bedford Whigs, and Lord Shelburne, i. 361

Belgium, the French conquests in, ii. 402

Belleisle, Marshal, i. 73

Benevento seized by Naples, i. 361

Bentham, Jeremy, on Lord Shelburne's oratory, i. 486; on Rayneval and M. de Vergennes, junior, ii. 209; his friendship with Lord Shelburne, ii. 315; his character, ii. 316 5 on Lord Shelburne, ii. 322; his letters to his father on the life at Bowood, ii. 324; his friendship with Dumont, ii. 330; and Dr. Priestley, ii. 330; letter to Lord Shelburne on the Revolution, ii. 393; letters to Lord Shelburne, ii. 399, 401; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 435

Berkenroode, M., the Dutch Minister, at Paris, ii. 137

Berkenroode and Brantsen, the Dutch plenipotentiaries, ii. 198, 215

Berlin, the Treaty of, ii. 370

Bernard, Sir Francis, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 300; Lord Shelburne's letter to, i. 300; Lord Shelburne's remarks on, i. 317

Bernis, Cardinal de, i. 62, 425

Bernstorff, Count, the memorial of, ii. 424

Berwick, Duke of, i. 22

Birmingham, Lord Shelburne's account of, i. 276

Birmingham Riots, ii. 382

Bishops, the, and the Toleration Act, i. 440, 442; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 11; vote of, on the debate on the Preliminary Articles of Peace, ii. 242

Blackstone, Sir William, i. 219

Board of Trade, ambiguous position of, in 1763, i. 173; Lord Shelburne appointed President of, i. 175; relations of the office of Secretary of State and the, i. 284

Bolingbroke, Lord, and the Duke of Marlborough, i. 21; his letters, i. 25; and Mr. Mildmay, i. 23; and Lord Oxford, i. 22, 23

Boniface VIII., i. 361

Boroughs, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 357

Boscawen, Admiral, on the Scotch, i. 70

Boston, meeting at, to protest against the new taxation, i. 365; the riots in, i. 385; the assembly is dissolved, i. 385; fresh riots in, i. 405; the North American fleet ordered to rendezvous in the harbour of, i. 412; tea-ships, i. 465, 467; the disturbances in, i. 468, 472, 473

Boswell's account of Corsica, i. 362

Bottetort, Lord, i. 394

Boufflers, Madame de, i. 425

Boulton, Matthew, i. 401

Boundary, the Maine, ii. 221

Bourbon Princes, dispute between the, and the Pope, i. 361

Bowes, Chancellor, i. 346, 356

Bowood, description of, i. 216

Boyle, Hamilton, afterwards Earl of Cork, i. 15

Boyle, Henry, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, i. 342; created Earl of Shannon, i. 343; and Speaker Ponsonby, i. 350, 351, 353, 360 Braddock, General, i. 63

Brandywine, the Battle of, ii. 7

Braxfield, Lord Justice Clerk, ii. 405

Bread Riots, ii. 408

British Museum, the Lansdowne collection at the, i. 217

Britton, John, visits Lord Shelburne at

Bowood, ii. 310

Brooksbank, Mr., ii. 227

Brown, "Capability," i. 269

Bryan, Mr., i. 20

Bunbury, Mr., his proposed motion against the German war, i. 105; Mr. Fox's epigram on it, i. 105

Bunbury, Lady Sarah, her elopement with Lord William Gordon, i. 398

Burgoyne, General, i. 247; on the East India Company, i. 447; his expedition from Canada, ii. 7; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 8

Burke, Edmund, speech on the Stamp Act, i. 257; and the old Whigs, i. 267; on Corsica, i. 362; Thoughts on the Causes of the present Discontents, i. 411; and the East India Company, i. 449; on the state of politics in 1772, i. 454; his proposal to repeal the Tea Duty, i. 474; his plan of Economic Reform, ii. 49, 62; and the Nonconformists, ii. 62; Col. Barre's opinion of, ii. 68; Paymaster-General, ii. 91; on the Shelburne Party, ii. 153; attack on Lord Shelburne, ii. 160; speech on the treaty with the American Colonies, ii. 212; on the Reform in Government offices, ii. 224, 229; on the French Revolution, ii. 375, 382; controversy with Drs. Price and Priestley, ii. 382

Bussi, M. de, and the Duke of Bedford, i. 100

Bute, Earl of, Lord Shelburne's letter to on the Comptrollership, i. 88; and Mr. Pitt, i. 33; and the Princess of Wales, i. 51; and Lord Shelburne, i. 83; made Secretary of State, i. 87; Lord Shelburne's letter to, on his promotion, i. 87; Mr. Fox on his promotion, i. 87; negotiations with Mr. Fox, i. 89, 95; the Vote of Credit in 1762, i. 107; Lord Shelburne's estimate of his character, i. 110; his letter to Lord Shelburne on Mr. Fox taking the lead of the House of Commons, i. 126; determines to resign, i. 141; offers Mr. Fox the first Lordship of the Treasury, i. 146; letter to Mr. Fox concerning the Paymaster- ship, i. 158; letter to Lord Shelburne on the state of Political Affairs in 1763, i. 168; letter to Lord Shelburne on his threat to resign the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 195; and the Duke of Bedford, i. 199; and William Pitt, i. 200; letters to Lord Shelburne on his resigning the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 207, 209

Button-making in 1766, i. 276

Byng, Admiral, i. 16, 63; execution of, i. 63

 

Cabinet Council of 1757, i. 66

Caermarthen, Lord (afterwards Duke of Leeds), removed from the Lord-Lieutenancy of the East Riding of Yorkshire, ii. 47; Lord Shelburne's motion thereon, ii. 50; takes office under Pitt, ii. 280; and Lord Lansdowne, ii. 294; resigns the Foreign Office, ii. 372

Calcraft, J., and Lord Shelburne, i. 120; and Mr. Fox, i. 123, 150, 151; letters to Lord Shelburne concerning Mr. Fox's Paymastership, i. 159; attempts to dissuade Mr. Fox from retaining the Paymastership, i. 161; letter to Lord Shelburne on his appointment as President of the Board of Trade, i. 177; on Lord Shelburne's resignation of the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 207; letter to Lord Shelburne on Mr. Pitt, i. 225; letter to Lord Shelburne on taking office, i. 228

Caldwell, Sir J., i. 359

Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, i. 219; on Lord Shelburne's oratory, i. 486; President of the Council, ii. 90, 155; his timidity, ii. 230; interview with Lord Shelburne, ii. 245; again President of the Council, ii. 294

Camelford, Lord, i. 56

Campbell v. Hall, the case of, i. 182

Campbell, Lord Frederick, i. 356

Canada, proposed boundaries of, i. 188, 303, 333

Canada and Nova Scotia, proposed cession of, ii. 123, 129, 140, 167

Canning, anecdote of, ii. 355

Cape Corso, i. 364

Cape St. Vincent, Admiral Rodney's victory off, ii. 36

Caracciolo, the Neapolitan Minister, i. 365

Carleton, General, ii. 135, 168; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 7

Carlisle, Dr. Law, Bishop of, 470

Carlisle, Lord, ii. 93, 390; resigns the office of Lord Steward, ii. 230

Carolina, North and South, i. 179, 184

Carrick, Earl of, i. 355

Carter, Mr., Master of the Rolls in Ireland, i. 239

Carteret, Lord, i. 13, 29, 31, 36, 37; ii. 146; his beauty and learning, i. 29; marriage of his daughter, Lady Georgiana, with Mr. Spencer, i. 30; anecdotes of, i. 30; death of, at Bath, i. 31;

his removal from office, i. 39; a bad letter-writer, i. 57; and Lord Hardwicke, i. 66; on the Peace of Paris, i. 119

Carteret, Lady Sophia, her marriage with Lord Shelburne, i. 222

Castries, the Marquis de, i. 82; ii. 114

Catherine, Empress of Russia, ii. 112

Catholic Emancipation, ii. 420

Cavendish, Lord Frederick, ii. 53, 70

Cavendish, Lord John, i. 279; ii. 29, 90; resigns office, ii. 153; moves the amendment on the Address on the Peace, ii. 235; his second amendment on the same, ii. 246, 248; and Charles J. Fox, ii. 153

Charter colonies, i. 180

Châtelet, Count de, i. 369, 374

Chatham, Earl of. See William Pitt

Chatham, Lady, letter to Lord Shelburne

concerning her son, William Pitt, ii. 91

Chauvelin and Talleyrand, the French Envoys, ii. 387, 403

Cherbourg, the fortifications of, ii. 303

"Cherry Cobbin," i. 46

Chesterfield, Lord, i. 4, 13, 43, 367; ii. 76; on Westminster School, i. 14; on Sardinian ambassadors, i. 109; on Lord Chatham, i. 332

Cheyne, Dr., i. 11

Choiseul, Etienne Frangois, Duc de, i. 109; on Mr. Pitt becoming Earl of Chatham, i. 282; and Grimaldi, Intrigues of, i. 285; letter to Merci, i. 286; letter to Guerchy on the Manilla Ransom, i. 288; and Prince Masserano, i. 290; letter to Durand on the state of affairs in England, i. 323; his policy with England in 1768, i. 361; his scheme for occupying Corsica, i. 363; on the annexation of Corsica, i. 368; his negotiations with Pascal Paoli, i. 380; on Lord Weymouth and Lord Rochfort, i. 415; and the French Government, i. 483

Cholmondeley, Lord, ii. 118

Cholmondeley, Mr., and Lord Bolingbroke, i. 22

Christianity, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 348

Chudleigh, Miss, i. 397

Church of England, position of, in the first half of the eighteenth century, i. 438

Civil List, the, and the Crown, i. 185; Lord Shelburne's speech on, ii. 3; Duke of Richmond's motion on the, ii. 46; Lord Shelburne's speech on the, ii. 46; Lord Shelburne's motion for a committee on, ii. 47; bill for the reform of the, ii. 104, 105, 108; George III. on the reform of the, ii. 210

Clare, Lord, on the Irish Question, i. 341, 343

Clark, Sir Andrew, on Lord Chatham's complaint, i. 332

Clergy, the, and Laity, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 347; in Ireland, ii. 361; and politics, Lord Shelburne on, ii. ii

Clerk, Sir Philip, bill for excluding contractors from Parliament, ii. 50

Clerke, General, i. 72

Clermont, Comte de, i. 73

Clive, Lord, Lord Shelburne's distrust of, i. 221; and the India Company, i. 293

Closterseven, the Convention of, i. 65

Coal Tax, ii. 47

Coalition Ministry of 1783, ii. 223; Members of the, ii. 262; popular feeling against, ii. 268 Cobham, Lord, i. 42; and William Pitt, i. 56

Coke, Mr. Parker, ii. 227

Colonial Constitutions, James Abercromby's Report on, i. 179

Colonies, government of the Royal, i. 179; management of the affairs of the, i. 174, 178; the Charter, i. 180; smuggling in the, i. 183; taxation of the, i. 181, 186, 192

Commercial Treaty with the American Colonies, ii. 253

Commercial Treaties with France and the United States, ii. 217, 220

Commis, Lord Shelburne's use of the word, ii. 52

Commons, House of, during the reign of George II., i. 39

Compton, Sir Spencer, i. 32, 36

Condorcet's Life of Turgot, ii. 306

Conferences, the Hampton Court and Savoy, i. 438

Congress, General, the American, i. 475

Connecticut, i. 180, 183

Consolato del Mare, ii. 74, 307

Contractors, Sir Philip Clerk's Bill for excluding, from Parliament, ii. 50, 56, 109

Conway, Captain Hugh (afterwards Lord Hugh Seymour), ii. 190

Conway, General, i. 39, 57, 319, 320, 325; Commander-in-Chief, ii. 905 reply to Chas. Fox's speech attacking Lord Shelburne's Ministry, ii. 158, 159

Copyright, trial in the House of Lords of a case of, i. 470

Conyers, John, i. 394

Cork, Hamilton Boyle, afterwards Earl of, i. 15

Corn, the embargo on, in 1766, i. 290

Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of his army at York Town, ii. 82; appointed Governor-General of India, ii. 269

Corsica, i. 362; proposed annexation of, by France, i. 362, 365; the Duc de Choiseul on the annexation of, i. 368; the treaty with France, i. 368, 369; Lord Shelburne's letter to Rochfort on the annexation of, i. 369; the Duke of Grafton's scheme for assisting, i. 375

Country Banks, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 342

Courts of Conscience, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 305

Cowper, the Countess of, i. 222

Craggs, the two, anecdotes of, i. 31

Craggs, old Mr., and Sir Robert Walpole, i. 31

Craggs, young Mr., i. 31

Credit, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 342

Cromwell, Oliver, i. 17

Cromwell, Richard, i. 19

Cromwell's Government, i. 18

Cromwell's Speeches, i. 22

Crown, the, and the Civil List, i. 185; Dunning's motion against the influence of the, ii. 54, 56

Crown Lands, Woods and Forests, abuses of the administration of, ii. 227

Cumberland, Duke of, character of, i. 45; Mr. Fox and, i. 45; his conduct of the war, i. 63, 74; and the Convention of Closterseven, i. 65; and Henry Fox, 94, 1 20, 133, 136; his marriage with Lady Anne Luttrell, i. 443

Cummins, Sergeant, i. 22

Cyder Tax, i. 141

 

D'Alembert, Jean le Rond, i. 425, 429

D'Aranda, the Spanish ambassador, ii. 114, 137, 188; and the cession of Gibraltar, ii. 197

Dartmouth, Lord, i. 481

Dartrey, Lord, ii. 328

Dartrey, Lord and Lady, ii. 73

Dashwood, Sir F., i. 140, 144

Dawson, Lady Anne, i. 395; anecdote of, i. 395

Deane, Silas, mission to France, i. 483, 485

Declaration of Independence, i. 483

Declaratory Act, the, i. 236, 260, 299, 309; ii. 368

D'Estrées, Marshal, i. 73

Deffand, Mme. du, ii. 53, 231

De Grasse, ii. 176; defeat of, by Admiral Rodney, ii. 131, 137

Dempster, George, i. 219

Denbigh, Lord, Colonel Barre's caricature of, i. 416

Denny, Lady A., i. 5, 8; her will, i. 5; Dr. Priestley on, i. 5

Denny, Sir —, i. 8

Dering, Sir Edward, i. 215

D'Estaing, the Count, i. 108

De Tocqueville's Ancien Régime, ii. 307

Dettingen, Victory of, i. 41

Devonshire, Duke of, name struck from the list of the Privy Council by George III., i. 134

D'Holbach, Baron, i. 429

Dickenson, John, Farmer's Letters, i. 365, 476

Digby, Admiral, ii. 135, 168

Digby, Lord, i. 105, 150

Dignam, his fictitious plot to assassinate the King, ii. 6

Disraeli, Mr., on Lord Shelburne, i. 222

Divided, the, Opposition, i. 408

Dominica, ii. in, 214

Dorset, Duke of, i. 236, 239; ii. 290

Douglas, the last Duke of, i. 6

Dowdeswell, proposals for reducing the land tax, i. 313; and the Jury Bill, i. 421

Drummond, Archbishop, i. 442

Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis, ii. 309; his friendship with Jeremy Bentham, ii. 330; on the French Revolution, ii. 392

Dunant, Capt., his mission to Corsica, i. 375, 385

Dundas, Henry (afterwards Viscount Melville) and Colonel Barre, ii. 49; Treasurer of the Navy, ii. 155; on the proposed coalition with Lord North, ii. 232; interview with Lord Shelburne, ii. 234; interview with Thomas Orde, ii. 277; becomes Home Secretary, ii. 373

Dunkerron, Viscount, first Earl of Shelburne, i. 1

Dunkirk, the harbour and fortifications of, i. 286; ii. 177

Dunmore, Lord, i. 7

Dunning, John (afterwards Lord Ashburton), i. 218; appointed Solicitor General, i. 335; motion against the increasing influence of the Crown, ii. 54, 56; on the Lord George Gordon riots, ii. 58; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and member of the Cabinet, ii. 89; created Baron Ashburton, ii. 90; his letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, ii. 90; retains place during Lord Shelburne's Ministry, ii. 155; his account of his interview with the King on the resignation of Lord Shelburne, ii. 253; death of, ii. 288; and Attorney-General Wallace, ii. 288; and Jeremy Bentham, ii. 317; Lord Shelburne's account of, ii. 318

Durham Yard Embankment Bill, i. 422, 461

Dury, General, i. 79

Dutch Republic, demands of the, in the Treaty of Peace, ii. 198, 215

 

East India Bill, Charles J. Fox's, ii. 269, 276; Pitt's Bill, ii. 368

East India Company, the election of directors, i. 221; and the government of India, i. 292; Lord Shelburne's plan of reform of the, i. 295; Lord Shelburne's letter to the Earl of Chatham on the, i. 312; the revenue of the, i. 444 Economy, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 341 Eden, William (afterwards Lord Auckland), his negotiations between Lord North and Lord Shelburne, ii. 16, 20; his motion for the repeal of the 6th of George I., ii. 94; and Richard Fitzpatrick's scheme for a Coalition Ministry, ii. 232; on the Bank suspending cash payments, ii. 412

Education of the poor, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 305

Egmont, Lord, i. 106

Egremont, Lord, i. 143, 170, 171, 175, 178, 190, 192, 199; death of, i. 204

Elections, bribery at, ii. 358

Elliot, Gilbert, i. 144

Enabling Bill, ii. 133, 141, 145, 148, 183

"Enacting" Bill, the, i. 421

Encyclopedia, the French, i. 427

England and Holland, the treaties of, 1674, 1678 and 1716, ii. 76

English Admiralty Court, i. 181, 186, 302

Establishment Bill, George III., letters to Lord Shelburne on the, ii. 104, 108

 

Falkland Islands, i. 286, 290, 405, 414, 418, 419

Farmers, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 350

Feathers Tavern petition, i. 439

Fédération, Fête de la, description of, ii. 462

Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick, i. 74, 82, 355; and Lord George Sackville, i. 244

Fermor, Lady Sophia, i. 36, 222

"Firmo Firmo," i. 48

Fisheries, the American, ii. 218

Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, n. 419, 422

Fitzherbert, Mr., ii. 200; succeeds Thomas Grenville in Paris, ii. 167; on Mr. Jay, the American Commissioner, ii. 220

Fitzmaurice, John, afterwards Viscount Fitzmaurice, i. i

Fitzmaurice, Lord (son of Lord Shelburne), i. 269, 270, 273, 274; ii. 326, 330, 396

Fitzmaurice, Mr. (brother to Lord Shelburne), and the Dean of St. Asaph, ii. 379

Fitzmaurice, William, afterwards Earl of Shelburne. See Shelburne

Fitzpatrick, Lady Louisa, ii. 37; her marriage with Lord Shelburne, ii. 37

Fitzpatrick, Col. Richard, ii. 154; on Lord Shelburne's speech on the Civil List, ii. 46; Secretary of the Duke of Portland, ii. 91; letter to Charles Fox on Irish politics, ii. 94; and William

Eden, scheme for a Coalition Ministry, ii. 232; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 398

Fitzwilliam, Lord, ii. 142, 153, 419

Flahault, Madame de, ii. 394

Fleury, Cardinal, i. 484 5 and Lord Waldegrave, i. 484

Flood, Henry, i. 344

Floridas, the cession of the, i. 119, 194; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 238

Forster, Lord Chief Baron, i. 356

Fox, Charles J., i. 470; anecdote of, ii. 29; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ii. 90; on the Rockingham Administration, ii. 92; on an alliance with France, ii. 114; on Oswald's mission to Paris, ii. 124, 133; and the peace negotiations, ii. 133; letter to Thomas Grenville on the peace negotiations, ii. 137; rupture with Lord Shelburne, ii. 142; letter to Grenville on Lord Shelburne's conduct, ii. 142; demands the recall of Oswald, ii. 148; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 153; he resigns the seals, ii. 154; speech on the proposed pension to Col. Barré, ii. 157; attacks Lord Shelburne, ii. 157, 158, 159, 164; on the treaty with the American Colonies, ii. 210; and Lord North, proposed coalition with, ii. 231, 235; interview with William Pitt (the younger), ii. 233; East India Bill, ii. 269, 276, 368; resigns office, ii. 279; letter to Lord Holland on his relations with Lord Shelburne, ii. 407; secedes from the House of Commons, ii. 414; letter to Lord Holland on his relations with Lord Shelburne, ii. 418; caricatures of, ii. 418; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 432

Fox, Hon. Caroline, ii. 329, 334, 398

Fox, Lady Caroline, created Lady Holland, i. 101, 106

Fox, Henry (afterwards first Lord Holland), and the Duke of Cumberland, i. 45; and Frederick, Prince of Wales, i. 48; and Pitt, friendship of, i. 46; junction against the Duke of Newcastle, i. 55; William Pitt's opinion of, i. 61; and the Earl of Bute, i. 85, 89; Paymaster of the Forces, i. 85; his connection with Lord Shelburne, father of the subject of this life, i. 85; his letters to the Earl of Shelburne, i. 86, 89; letter to the Earl of Shelburne on his threatened retirement to the country, i. 88; negotiations with the Earl of Bute, i. 89, 95; and the Duke of Cumberland, i. 94; epigram on Mr. Bunbury's proposed motion against the German War, i. 105; his letter to Lord Shelburne on the same subject, i. 105; is asked to take the leadership of the House of Commons, i. 119; is offered the Secretaryship of State, i. 120; at Kingsgate, i. 113, 115; letter to Lord Shelburne on his refusing office under the Earl of Bute, i. 113; additions to his fortune, i. 115; and Mr. Nicholl, i. 122; accepts the lead of the House of Commons, i. 126; retains the post of Paymaster, i. 128; Lord Shelburne's estimate of the character of, i. 130; and William Pitt, the struggle between, i. 133; and the Duke of Cumberland, i. 136; wishes to resign, i. 141; letter to the Earl of Bute on his threatened resignation, i. 142; offered First Lordship of the Treasury by the Earl of Bute, i. 146; his proposals for a new Ministry to the Earl of Bute, i. 148; determines to remain Paymaster and be a Peer, i. 150; memorandum to the Earl of Bute on the resignation of the Paymastership, i. 151; his letter to Mr. Nicholl on the same subject, i. 153; Mr. Nicholl's observations thereon, i. 153; letter to the Earl of Bute concerning the Paymastership, i. 156; J. Calcraft's letters to Lord Shelburne concerning the Paymastership, i. 159; J. Calcraft attempts to dissuade him from retaining the Paymastership, i. 161; his interview with the King, i. 162; letter to Calcraft concerning Lord Shelburne, i. 162; his disagreement with Lord Shelburne, i. 162; he proposes to the Earl of Bute that he should be made a Viscount, i. 163; finally determines to leave the House of Commons, i. 163; is made Lord Holland and retains the Paymastership, i. 164 5 and Rigby, anecdote of, i. 165

France, government of, in the seventeenth century, i. 17; the war with, i. 185; end of the war, i. 194; relations of, with the Genoese, i. 363; treaty with the Genoese, i. 364; the annexation of Corsica, i. 368; state of, at the death of Louis XIV., i. 426; and the American Colonies, i. 485; government of, ii. 355; assistance given by, to the American Colonies, ii. 2; and the American Colonies, treaty between, ii. 12, 14; Lord Shelburne's opinion on an alliance with, ii. 112; Charles James Fox on an alliance with, ii. 114; and the American Colonies, ii. 114; the demands of, in the negotiations for peace, ii. 187; George III. to Lord Shelburne on the cessions to, ii. 213; demands the cession of Dominica, ii. 217; accepts Tobago instead, ii. 217; Lord Shelburne's speech on the treaty with, ii. 301; sale of church property in, ii. 377; the war with, ii. 402; negotiations with, ii. 413, 414; negotiations for peace, ii. 429; war again declared with, ii. 432; articles of peace between Great Britain and, 448

Francis, Philip, the translator of Horace, i. 219

Franklin, Benjamin, i. 221, 467, 468; Wedderburne's invective against, i. 468; dismissed the office of Post-master for America, i. 468; Commissioner of the American Colonies, ii. 117; his letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 118; Lord Shelburne's reply to his letter, ii. 119; his memoranda of his conversation with Richard Oswald, ii. 122; Lord Shelburne's second letter to, ii. 128; Oswald's second interview with, ii. 129; Oswald's third interview with, ii. 138; Grenville's interview with, ii. 145; gives Oswald conditions of the treaty of peace with America, ii. 165; and the treaty of peace, ii. 219

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, ii. 112; death of, ii. 370

Free Trade, ii. 14, 186, 220

French East India Company, i. 430

French men-of-war, Captain Howe's capture of, i. 61

French Revolution, ii. 368, 373, 402; Burke on the, ii. 375, 382

French war of 1755, i. 61

Friend, William, suppressed pamphlet by, ii. 348

Fullarton's, Mr., quarrel and duel with Lord Shelburne, ii. 52

Funds, speculation in the, during the negotiations for peace, ii. 199

 

Gage, General, Lord Shelburne's letter to, on American affairs, i. 305; proceeds to Boston, i. 475; recalled from Boston, i. 478

Ganganelli, the Pontificate of, ii. 58

Garbett, Mr., and his son, i. 274, 275; ii. 228

Garrick, David, i. 36; his lines on Mr. Baldwin, ii. 32

Gastaldi, the Genoese Minister, i. 362

Genoese, the relations of the, with France, i. 363; treaty with France, i. 364

Geoffrin, Madame, i. 425

George I., dislike of the mob to, i. 23; Lord Oxford and, i. 23

George II., political parties during the reign of, i. 38

George III., i. 24; accession of, i. 83; marriage of, i. 89 5 interview with Mr. Fox, i. 162; and George Grenville, i. 199; conversation with Lord Ashburton concerning the state of affairs in 1765-6, i. 257 5 his dislike of Lord Shelburne, i. 367; and the Whig party, i. 401; rejects the petitions of the American General Congress, i. 476; issues a proclamation for repressing rebellion,!. 482; speech on the American war, ii. i; on Lord Shelburne and Colonel Barri joining the Government, ii. 15, 17; on Lord Chatham, ii. 16, 17; and the Rockingham Administration, ii. 91; message to the House of Lords concerning the state of Ireland, ii. 94; letters to Lord Shelburne on the Establishment Bill, ii. 105, 108; letter to Lord Shelburne concerning Mr. Oswald, ii. 131; letter to Lord Shelburne on Thomas Grenville's negotiations, ii. 146; letter to Lord Shelburne on the peace negotiations, ii. 149; proposes Lord Shelburne for the head of the Administration, ii. 151; on Rayneval, the French Envoy, ii. 176; on the severance of the colonies from England, ii. 203, 209; on the reform of the Civil List and the reduction of the National Debt, ii. 210; letter to Lord Shelburne on William Pitt's (the younger) speech on the treaty with the American colonies, ii. 211; on the proposed cession of Gibraltar, ii. 213; letters to Lord Shelburne on the cessions to France and Spain, ii. 213, 214; letter to Lord Shelburne on the proposed coalition, ii. 233; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 248; letter to Lord Shelburne on the division on the address on the Peace, ii. 251; letter to Lord Shelburne on the coalition ministry, ii. 262; sends for Lord Shelburne, ii. 384; illness of, ii. 425; his recovery, ii. 428

Georgia, i. 179, 184

Gérard, M., the French diplomatist, ii. 116; and the American Congress, ii. 116

Germain, Lady Betty, i. 236

Germaine, Lord George. See Lord George Sackville

German war, i. 102, 105; the vote of credit on account of, i. 107

Germantown, the battle of, ii. 7

Ghost story of Mr. William Petty, ii. 330

Gibbon's Roman Empire on Clergy and Laity, ii. 348

Gibraltar, anecdote of the Governor of, i. 444; the proposed cession of, ii. 179, 188, 197, 208, 213; Viscount Keppel's plan for relieving, ii. 189; the great victory at, ii. 191

Gilbert, Dr., afterwards Archbishop of York, i. 15

Gillray's caricatures of Lord Shelburne, ii. 199, 384, 418

Gladstone, W. E., on Ireland, i. 339

Gloucester, Duke of, his marriage with the Dowager Countess of Waldegrave, i. 443

Glyn, Serjeant, i. 219, 420, 421, 463

Goertz, Count, ii. 113

Goldsmith, Oliver, i. 218; and Lord Shelburne, i. 463

Gordon, Lord George, Riots, ii. 57, 61

Gordon, Lord William, his elopement with Lady Sarah Bunbury, i. 398

Government, forms of, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 353

Gower, Lord, i. 142, 171; Lord Shelburne's letter to, concerning the change of the ministry, i. 200; his reply thereto, i. 201; and the Act of Toleration, i. 441; becomes Privy Seal, ii. 294

Grafton, Duke of, interview with Lord Shelburne on dividing the Secretaryship of State, i. 327; and Lord Shelburne, i. 367; scheme for assisting Corsica, i. 375; his designs for expelling Lord Shelburne from the cabinet, i. 385; resignation of, i. 407; resigns the Privy Seal, i. 481; joins the Opposition, i. 481; alliance with Lord Shelburne, i. 482; is asked to take office, ii. 30; Privy Seal, ii. 90; determines to resign the Privy Seal, ii. 233; resigns, ii. 245

Granby, Lord, i. 82, 83, 162; death of, i. 417

Grantham, Lord, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, ii. 155; and Lord Shelburne's negotiations with Rayneval, ii. 177; pension granted to, ii. 263

Granville, Lord. See Lord Carteret

Grattan, Henry, his amendment to the Address on the state of Ireland, ii. 43; motion for the legislative independence of Ireland, ii. 93, 94, 95, 103

Gregory, Dr., Dean of Christ Church, i. 15

Grenada, the Island of, i. 183

Grenville, George, i. 54, 100; the vote of credit in 1762, i. 107; resigns his office of Secretary of State, i. 120; Mr. Fox's opinion of, i. 143; becomes Prime Minister, i. 167; letter to the Earl of Bute regarding Lord Shelburne, i. 169; and George III., i. 199; his proposals for taxing America, i. 221

Grenville, Thomas, ii. 124, 130; arrives in Paris, ii. 130; interview with Franklin and Vergennes, ii. 130; letter to Charles Fox thereon, ii. 131; powers given to, to negotiate for peace, ii. 131; his negotiations, ii. 137; his interview with Oswald, ii. 141; his letter to Charles Fox thereon, ii. 141; Fox's reply, ii. 142; letter to Charles Fox on Lord Shelburne, ii. 144; receives amended copy of his full powers, ii. 145; interview with Franklin, ii. 145; letter to Charles Fox thereon, ii. 146; resigns his post, ii. 167

Grenville, William (afterwards Lord Grenville), secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, ii. 155; becomes Foreign Minister, ii. 372; on the war with France, ii. 423

Grey, Charles, afterwards second Earl, ii. 396, 397; conversation with Prince Regent, ii. 425

Grimaldi, M. de, i. 116, 118; and the Duc de Choiseul, intrigues of, i. 285

Guerchy, Comte de, Choiseul's letter to, on the Manilla Ransom, i. 288, 291

Gulf of St. Lawrence, the right of fishing in the, ii. 202, 204

 

Habeas Corpus Act, James II. on, i. 271; the Bill for suspending the, in the Colonies, ii. 3; suspended in England, ii. 406

Habeas Corpus Bill, i. 348, 355

Halifax, Lord, i. 143, 168, 418

Hamilton, Gavin, ii. 311

Hamilton, Lady Archibald, i. 46, 50

Hampton Court and Savoy Conferences, i. 438

Hanbury, Mr., 132

Hanover family, government under the, i. 16, 24; character of the, i. 25; Lord Shelburne on the, i. 402

Harcourt, Lord, ii. 154

Hardwicke, Lord, i. 36, 43; Marriage Act, i. 61; and the execution of Admiral Byng, i. 63, 69 5 and Lord Granville, i. 66; Henry Fox on, i. 145; on the taxation of the colonies, i. 182; on the Stamp Act, i. 260

Hardy, Home Tooke, and Thelwall, trial of, ii. 415

Harley, Lord, son of Lord Oxford, i. 22

Harris, Sir James, ii. 113, 179

Harvey, Augustus, i. 397

Hastenbeck, the battle of, i. 63

Hastings, Warren, the Trial of, i. 449; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 368

Hatsell, Mr., Clerk of the House of Commons, ii. 247

Havannah, the capture of, i. 1 14

Hawke, Sir Edward, i. 355

Hawley, Joseph, of Northampton, i. 300

Helvetius, Madame, i. 426

Henley, Lord Keeper, i. 145

Heredia, M. de, ii. 207

Hertford, Lord, i. 353

Hervey, Lord, i. 37; his Diary, i. 39

Hewitt, Mr. Justice, i. 347

Hillsborough, Earl of, President of the Board of Trade, i. 285; proposed ambassador to Spain, i. 289; and American settlement, i. 303; and Indian trade, i. 306; appointed Secretary of State for American colonies, i. 332; circular letter to the assemblies of the Colonies, i. 366; his opinion of Dr. Franklin and Josiah Quincy, i. 477

Hohenlinden, the battle of, ii. 424

Holdernesse, Lord, i. 66, 69; resigns the seals, i. 87

Holford, Mr., English Consul at Genoa, i. 378

Holland, war with, ii. 73; and England, the treaties of 1674, 1678 and 1716, ii. 76; the States-General, ii. 76; seizure of Dutch merchant vessels by the English Fleet, ii. 77; and America, ii. 77, 78; war with, Lord Shelburne's speech on, ii. 79; demands of, in the treaty for peace, ii. 198, 215; and Prussia, ii. 370; and the war of 1793, ii. 403, 411

Holland, Henry, first Lord. See Henry Fox

Holland, Henry Richard V. F., third Lord, on Lord Shelburne's speeches, i. 487; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 391; on Lord Wycombe's speech, ii. 396; on Lord Shelburne's speech on the Irish Union, ii. 422

Hollwell, Mr., the Earl of Shelburne's tutor at Christ Church, i. 14

Home, John, the poet, i. 7

Home, John. See Home Tooke

Horsley, Dr., afterwards Bishop of Rochester, ii. 406

Hort, Dr., i. ii

Hort, Sir John, i. 5, 12

House of Commons during the reign of George II., i. 39

Howe, General, i. 478

Howe, Lady, i. 51

Howe, Lord, i. 61, 219, 242, 478; ii. 1; and the relief of Gibraltar, ii. 189

Hughes, Admiral, ii. 92

Hume, David, and Lord Mansfield, i. 68; his letter to Lord Shelburne, i. 219; at Lord Shelburne's, i 270

Hunter, Miss, i. 397

Hutchinson, J. Hely, Prime-Serjeant-at-law, i. 350, 351; anecdote of, i.

358.

Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 466; his letters to Whateley, i. 467

 

Ilchester, Lord, i. 23, 150

Impey, Sir Elijah, dismissal of, ii. 269

Inclosure Bills, ii. 409

India, position of, in 1766, i. 292; the East India Company, i. 292, 444-453; Lord Shelburne on the affairs of, ii. 239; Indian affairs in 1788, ii. 369

Ingenhousz, John, F.R.S., ii. 313; and the discovery of vaccination, ii, 314; death of, ii. 315

Ingersoll, Jared, of Connecticut, i. 223

Ireland in 1767-68, i. 337; the Parliament of, i. 338; Cattle Trade of, i. 338; Linen Trade of, i. 338; the White Boys, i. 339; analogy between the Colonies and, i. 339; the Poyning's Act, i. 339; Molyneux's Case of Ireland, i. 341; the tenure of the judges, i. 344, 345, 355; short Money Bill, i. 346, 349; augmentation of the army in, i. 348, 357; the Militia in, i. 348; financial position of, in 1767, i. 352; corruption in the Privy Council, i. 360; proposed tax on absentee landowners, i. 455; state of affairs in 1779, ii. 38; sympathy of the Irish with America, ii. 40; Lord Nugent's Act for the removal of restrictions on trade in, ii. 41; Lord Rockingham's motion on the affairs of, ii. 42; Lord Shelburne's motions on the same, ii. 43, 44; Henry Grattan's amendment to Lord Shelburne's motion, ii. 43; Lord Shelburne's speech on the state of Ireland, ii. 44; the Irish House of Commons carries a resolution to grant no new taxes, ii. 45; Lord North's bills for the relief of Irish Commerce, ii. 45; the Toleration Act, ii. 45; Grattan's motion for the legislative independence of Ireland, ii. 93, 94, 95, 103; Lord Shelburne's letters to Col. Fitzpatrick and the Duke of Portland on Grattan's motion, ii. 95, 96; Lord Shelburne's motion for the repeal of the Act of the 6th of George I., ii. 99; Charles Fox's motion in the House of Commons for the same, ii. 100; Irish Parliament vote 100,000 for the levy of seamen, ii. 100; in 1783, ii. 223; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 360; the Clergy in, ii. 362; management of property in, ii. 364; Lord Shelburne on leases in, ii. 366; proposed union with, ii. 419-423

Ireton, Henry, Sir William Petty, secretary to, i. 2

Irish honour, anecdote on, ii. 421

 

Jackson, the "Omniscient," on the Stamp Act, i. 224

Jackson, Major W., ii. 202

Jacobites, the, i. 27, 38; and the accession of George III., i. 70, 83

James II., his advice to his son concerning women, etc., i. 271

Jay, John, ii. 171; and the peace negotiations, ii. 171, 174, 176; Mr. Fitzherbert on, ii. 219

Jekyll, Joseph, ii. 288, 304; jeu d'esprit on the Ministry, ii. 416

Jenkins, the notorious, before the Bar of the House of Commons, i. 34

Jenkinson, Charles (afterwards Earl of Liverpool), i. 53; interview with Thomas Orde on the East India Bill, ii. 272; and the Pitt Ministry, ii. 28, 290, 293; created Baron Hawkesbury, ii. 294, 299

Jesuits, expulsion from Spain, Naples, and Parma, i. 361

Jews, anecdote of the Governor of Gibraltar and the, i. 444

Johns, Mrs., ii. 328

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, i. 218; on George Grenville, i. 287; on Corsica, i. 362; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 242

Jones, Sir William, i. 392; ii. 269

Judges, the statutory powers of Parliament over the, i. 420

Judges' Tenure Bill in Ireland, i. 344, 345, 355; ii. 93

Judicature of Ireland Bill, i. 345-360

Junius Letters, the author of the, i. 408; 329, 434

Junto, the Irish, i. 344, 346, 349

Juries, Romilly's Rights and Duties of, ii. 39

 

Kampen, Kloster, battle of, i. 82, 83

Kaunitz, Prince, ii. 178

Keeling, Chief Justice, i. 421

Kempenfelt, Admiral, ii. 84

Kenyon, Lloyd (afterwards Lord Kenyon), ii. 91, 287

Keppel, Admiral Augustus (afterwards Viscount Keppel), ii. 153, 154, 155, 203; trial of, ii. 29; First Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 90, 93; his plan for relieving Gibraltar, ii. 189; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 208, 421; resignation of, ii. 230

Kerry, the Lords of, i. i

Kerry, Francis Thomas, third Earl of, i. 5

Kerry, Thomas Fitzmaurice, first Earl of, i. i; marriage of his eldest son, i. 3; his wife, i. 3; his death, i. 5

Kerry, William, second Earl of, i. 3, 5

Kerry, the County, state of, in the eighteenth century, i. 337

King, Dr., President of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, i. 15; his Jacobite tendencies, i. 27

"King's Friends," i. 53, 403, 405

King's Household, reduction of the expenses of the, ii. 227

Kingsgate, Henry Fox at, i. 113, 115

Kingston, the Duchess of, i. 397

Kloster Kampen, battle of, i. 82, 83

 

Lafayette, his enmity to England, ii. 219

Laity and Clergy, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 347

La Lippe, Count, i. 63

La Luzerne, ii. 180

Lambart, Lady Gertrude, i. 3

Lambert, Mr. John, and Mr. Perry, committed for libel, ii. 415

Land Tax, Dowdeswell's proposals for reducing the, i. 313

Lansdowne, William, Earl of Shelburne, afterwards first Marquis of. See Shelburne

Lansdowne Collection at the British Museum, i. 217; its rescue from the hands of a cheesemonger, i. 218

Laurens, Mr., American Commissioner, ii. 78, 117, 129

Law, Dr., Bishop of Carlisle, i. 470

Lawrence, Dr., on Burke, ii. 99

Lawyers and Politics, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 11

Leases, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 366

Legge, Mr., i. 90

Lechmere, Sir Nicholas, ii. 89

Lee, John, Solicitor-General, ii. 91, 321

Lee, William, American Commissioner, ii. 78

Leicester House, plays at, i. 51

Leinster, Duchess of, ii. 103

Leinster, Duke of, i. 354

Lennox, Lord George, i. 82

Leoni, the Jew singer, i. 67

l'Espinasse, Mademoiselle de, i. 425

Lexington, commencement of American war at, i. 478

Lieutenants, Lord, of Counties, dismission of, in 1762, i. 138

Ligonier, Lord, i. 66, 69

Liverpool, Earl of. See Jenkinson

Lixnaw Court, i. 5

Loans, Public, reform of, ii. 229

London Corresponding Society, ii. 409

Long, Sir J., ii. 322

Loo, the Treaty of, ii. 370

Lord-Lieutenants of Counties, dismissal of, in 1762, i. 138

Lorraine, Duke of, i. 25

Loudon, Lord, i. 63

Loughborough, Lord, his negotiations for a coalition, ii. 384

Louis XIV,, i. 17; state of France at the death of, i. 426

Louis XVI. on the proposed cessions to France and Spain, ii. 216; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 390

Lowth, Bishop, and the Toleration Act, i. 442

Lowther, Sir James, and Lord Sunderland, i. 26; speech in the House of Commons against duels, ii. 53

Loyalists, the, and refugees, ii. 202, 204, 205, 237

Lucas, Dr., i. 344, 345, 358

Ludlow's Memoin, i. 18

Luneville, the Peace of, ii. 424

Luttrell, Colonel, i. 400, 401

Luttrell, Lady Anne, marries the Duke of Cumberland, i. 443

Luzerne, M., the French minister, ii. 116, 117

Lynch, Mr., i. 368

Lyttleton, Lord, i. 58; his absence of mind, i. 58

Lyttleton, William, i. 453

 

Macleane, Mr., Lord Shelburne's secretary, i. 338

Mahon, Lord, ii. 51

Maine Boundary, note on the, ii. 221

Malagrida, Gabriel, the Portuguese Jesuit, i. 388

"Malagrida," Lord Shelburne's nickname, i. 388, 463; ii. 6, 200

Malesherbes, M. de, Lord Shelburne on, i. 428

Malmesbury, Lord, ii. 413, 414

Malone, Mr., i. 356

Malta, ii. 432

Manilla, surrender of, in 1762, i. 286; the ransom of, i. 286, 291

Mansfield, Earl of, i. 43, 44, 67; and the rebels of 1745, i. 68; his character, i. 67, 68, 69; on the taxation of the Colonies, i. 182, 265; has an audience with the King, i. 201; his judicial decisions, i. 420; Lord Chatham on, i. 420; on Nonconformity, i. 439, 442; his decree in a copyright trial, i. 470; on the commotion in Boston, i. 472; Lord Shelburne's favourite antagonist, i. 488; on the American war, ii. 31; and Irish law cases, ii. 223; interview with the King, ii. 255

Marbois, his important despatch, ii. 175

Marchmont, Lord, Colonel Barré's caricature of, i. 416

Marengo, the battle of, ii. 424

Maritime law in 1780, ii. 74

Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 20, 30; and Lady Masham, i. 99

Marlborough, Duke of, i. 20, 75; anecdotes of, i. 21; and Lord George Sackville, i. 241

Markham, Dr., the Archbishop of York, i. 44

Marriage Act, Lord Hardwicke's, i. 61

Marriage Bill, the Royal, i. 443; epigram on, i. 443

Maryland, i. 180, 183

Masham, Lady, and the Duchess of Marlborough, i. 99

Mason, Rev. W., ii. 160

Massachusetts, i. 181 182, 184; the colony of, i. 300; Assembly of, memorial against the new taxation, i. 366; abrogation of the Charter Bill, i. 473; the boundary of, ii. 186, 200

Masserano, Prince, Lord Shelburne's conversation with, on the Manilla ransom, i. 287; and the Due de Choiseul, i. 290; and the Manilla ransom, i. 291; conversation with Lord Shelburne on the Manilla ransom, i. 324

Maynard, Serjeant, anecdote of, i. 335

"Measures, not Men," i. 232

Melcombe, Lord, anecdotes of Sir Robert Walpole, i. 28; and Sir Robert Walpole, i. 34; his Diary, i. 34, 39, 47, 52; and the Wycombe election, i. 97; his character, i. 99; his death, i. 100

Men and Things, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 336

Methuen, Treaty of 1703, i. 431

Middlemen in Irish farming, ii. 361

Middlesex Election, the petitions on the, i. 404, 405, 409, 410; Lord Shelburne's speech on the, i. 409

Middlesex, Lady, and the Prince of Wales, i. 237

Middlesex, Lord, i. 237

Mildmay, Mr., and Lord Bolingbroke's party, i. 23; made Lord Bolingbroke's secretary, i. 23

Militia Bill, ii. 42

Minden, the battle of, i. 82, 245

Minorca, surrender of, i. 62

Mint, commission on the state of the, ii. 228

Minto, Lord, and the Morning Chronicle libel case, ii. 415

Mirabeau, le Comte de, visits Lord Shelburne, ii. 308; anecdote of, ii. 309; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 373

Mississippi, the, i. 185; the navigation of the, ii. 1 86

Moira, Lord, ii. 426, 428

Molesworth, Miss, ii. 37

Molony, Mr., trial of, for being a Popish priest, ii. 41

Molyneux's Case of Ireland, i. 341

Monarchy, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 212

Money Bill, Short, i. 346, 350

Monopoly, Lord Shelburne on commercial, ii. 181

Montesquieu's Esprit des Lois, i. 16

Moore, Sir Henry, Lord Shelburne's letter on the Mutiny Act, i. 322

Morden, Baron. See Charles Yorke.

Morellet, Abbé, i. 428; extract from his English Parties in 1784, i. 332; his Manuel des Inquisiteurs, i. 429; his Préface de la Comédie des Philosophes, i. 429; consigned to the Bastille, i. 429; his Political Economy, i. 430; Lord Shelburne's first interview with, i. 430; his visit to Bowood, i. 430; ii. 457; Lord Shelburne procures him a pension, ii. 264; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 301; losses during the French Revolution, ii. 393

Morgann, Maurice, i. 315; on American taxation, ii. 12

Morin, Mr., i. 43

Morning Chronicle, the, libel on the House of Lords, ii. 415

"Mungo," Dyson's nickname of, i. 405

Murray, William. See Earl of Mansfield

Musgrave, Sir William, ii. 227

Mutiny Act extended to America, i. 225, 299; Mutiny Act in Ireland, i. 311 Mutiny Bill, Irish, ii. 93, 98

 

National Debt, Dr. Price's scheme for reducing, ii. 63 j the King's speech on the reduction of the, ii. 210; in 1798, ii. 412

Navigation, Acts of, i. 183, 186

Navigation Act, i. 265; ii. 19

Navy, the money grants to the, ii. 228

Necker, James, ii. 66, 113

Negro boy, Lady Shelburne's, i. 396

Nepean, H. Strachey's letter to, on the conclusion of the Treaty, ii. 207

Neufville, Jan de, ii. 78

Neuhof, Theodore, i. 362

Neutrals, the rights of, ii. 73

New Hampshire, i. 179, 184

New Jersey, i. 179

New York, Province, i. 179, 184; the Assembly of, and the Mutiny Act, i. 301

Newcastle, Duke of, i. 14, 16, 32, 36, 40, 43; Pitt and Fox's junction against, i. 54; and the vote of credit in 1762, i. 107; and William Pitt, i. 205

Newfoundland, rights of the French fishermen off, ii. 111

Newfoundland fisheries, ii. in, 173, 184, 197, 202, 218

Newnham, Lady, accident to, i. 393

Newton, Dr., Bishop of Bristol, i. 442

Nicholl, Mr., and Mr. Fox, i. 122; observations on Mr. Fox's letter concerning the Paymastership, i. 153

Nollekens' statue of William Pitt, ii. 311

Nonconformists, Burke's pamphlet on the, ii. 62

North America, government of the Colonies, i. 178, 186; taxation of the States of, i. 184

North American Colonies. See American Colonies

North Briton, the, i. 195, 211, 399

North, Lord, i. 13; appointed Prime Minister, i. 407; proposals for the Government of the American Colonies, i. 478; his Bills on American affairs, ii. 12, 31; writes to the King wishing to resign, ii. 15; created Warden of the Cinque Ports, ii. 29; Bills for the relief of Irish Commerce, ii. 45; end of his administration, ii. 87; and Charles J. Fox, proposed Coalition of, ii. 231, 235; his interview with the King, ii. 254; resigns office, ii. 279; and Col. Barre, anecdote of, ii. 287

Northington, Lord, appointed President of the Council, i. 281; his resignation, i. 325

Northumberland, Earl of, i. 7, 149

Norton, Sir Fletcher, his dispute with William Pitt, i. 59

Nugent, Lord, Act for removing the restrictions on Irish trade, ii. 41

 

O'Brien, Dennis, his Defence of Lord Shelburne, ii. 244

Octennial Bill, i. 354, 356

Ogilvy, Mr., ii. 103

Oliver, Alderman, and John Wilkes, i. 462

Orde, Thomas, letter to Lord Shelburne on the "Peace" debate, ii. 246; letters to Lord Shelburne on the East India Bill, ii. 271, 272; interview with Jenkinson on the East India Bill, ii. 272; letter to Lord Shelburne on the rejection of the East India Bill, ii. 277; interview with Dundas, ii. 277; is offered the Secretaryship of the Treasury, ii. 280; his letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, ii. 280; letter to Lord Shelburne on the new Ministry, ii. 280; his interview with Pitt, ii. 281; letter to Lord Shelburne on William Pitt, ii. 284

Orford, Earl of. See Walpole, Sir Robert

Ossory, Lady, ii. 37, 73

Oswald, James, i. 144, 147, 148

Oswald, Richard, ii. 119; bears a letter to Benjamin Franklin in Paris from Lord Shelburne, ii. 119; his interview with Franklin and Vergennes, ii. 120, 121; returns to England with a paper of memoranda and a letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 122; Lord Shelburne's letter to, concerning Thomas Walpole, ii. 125; second visit to Franklin, ii. 126; Lord Shelburne's instructions to, ii. 126; returns to England, ii. 131; third visit to Franklin, ii. 136; Lord Shelburne's instructions to, ii. 136; his interview with Franklin, ii. 138; his interview with Thomas Grenville, ii. 141; letter to Lord Shelburne concerning Thomas Grenville's negotiations, ii. 146; correspondence with Lord Shelburne on the peace negotiations, ii. 165; Commission to, on the peace negotiations, ii. 169; letters to Lord Shelburne on the same, ii. 171, 176; letter to Lord Shelburne on the treaty with America, ii. 184; on his colleague, Henry Strachey, ii. 202; the Duke of Richmond and Viscount Keppel on, ii. 203; conversation with Adams on the peace negotiations, ii. 205; letter to Lord Shelburne on the conclusion of the Treaty, ii. 207; Benjamin Vaughan's interview with, ii. 285; death of, ii. 287

"Ounces," letting land in Ireland by, ii. 40

Ourang-outang, death of Lord Shelburne's, i. 396

Oxford, Lord, and the Duke of Marlborough, i. 22; and Lord Bolingbroke, i. 22; anecdote of, i. 23

 

Palissot, his Philosophes, i. 429

Paoli, Clemente, i. 381

Paoli, Pascal, i. 362, 364, 373, 375, 376; his interview with Mr. Stewart, i. 377; his negotiations with the Duc de Choiseul, i. 380; Mr. Stewart's character of, i. 384

Paris, the Peace of, i. 119, 140; the first negotiations in, ii. 111; the second negotiations in, ii. 184

Parliament, Lord Chatham proposes an address praying for a dissolution of, i. 411; the statutory powers of, over the judges, i. 420

Parliamentary Debates, proceedings against the printers of, i. 422

Parliamentary Reform, proposed Bills for, ii. 104, 105, 388

Parliaments, Triennial, Sawbridge's motion for, i. 423

Patents, Pluralities, and Sinecures in 1783, ii. 226

Paul, Emperor of Russia, assassination of, ii. 429

Paymaster-General, the office of, i. 157

Peace of Paris, i. 119, 140

Peace between England, France, and Spain, negotiations for, ii. 111; signing of the preliminary articles, ii. 218 Peace, the addresses on the, ii. 235; the amendments on the, ii. 235; the debates thereon, ii. 235, 241

Peace, negotiations for, in 1801, ii. 428, 429

Peace, preliminary articles of, 1782, ii. 444; 1783, ii. 448, 453

Pelham Family, the, i. 36; characteristics of the, i. 39

Pelham, Mr., i. 36; death of, i. 41

Pembroke, Lord, removed from the Lord Lieutenancy of Wiltshire, ii. 47

Penn, Richard, i. 478

Pennsylvania, i. 181, 182, 183

Perry, Mr., and Mr. John Lambert committed for libel, ii. 415

Perth, Duke of, the story of the, ii. 234

Pery, Saxton, i. 344, 345, 352, 357

Petty, Anne, wife of Thomas Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry, i. 2

Petty, Antony, i. 1

Petty, Lady, afterwards Baroness Shelburne, i. 1

Petty, Lord Henry, ii. 334, 430, 432, 433, 435

Petty, Sir William, i. i; his will, i. 2; secretary to Henry Ireton, i. 2; Dean Swift's mention of his daughter, i. 3; anecdote of, ii. 340

Petty, the Honourable William, i. 398, ii. 330; the story of his ghost, ii. 330

Pewisham, the royal forest of, i. 216

Philipps, Sir J., i. 141

Phillips, Sir R., ii. 434

"Pious Fraud," the, i. 130, 165

Pitt, Lady Hester, i. 93

Pitt, Thomas, founder of the Pitt family, i. 55; commonly called "Diamond Pitt," i. 55

Pitt, Thomas (afterwards Lord Camelford), ii. 55, 256, 261

Pitt, William (afterwards first Earl of Chatham), i. 42, 72, 74; friendship of, with Henry Fox, i. 46; their junction against the Duke of Newcastle, i. 54; and the Dowager Princess of Wales, i. 54; his education, i. 56; character of, i. 56, 58, 60; a bad letter-writer, i. 57; his marriage, i. 59; his dispute with Sir Fletcher Norton, i. 59; his personal appearance, i. 60; his opinion of Mr. Henry Fox, i. 61; and Lady Yarmouth, i. 64; Col. Barré's attack on, in the House of Commons, i. 101; and Henry Fox, the struggle between, i. 133; and Lord Shelburne, i. 198; and the Earl of Bute, i. 200; has an interview with the King, i. 204; his relations with the Duke of Newcastle, i. 205; and Colonel Barré, i. 215; and Lord Shelburne, i. 225; his difference with Lord Temple, i. 225; is asked to form a Ministry, i. 230; letter to Lord Shelburne on American affairs, i. 255; speech against the Stamp Act, i. 257; consults with Lord Shelburne on their joining the Ministry, i. 259; letter to Lord Shelburne on changing the Ministry, i. 263; becomes Prime Minister, i. 279; letter to Lord Shelburne on the new Ministry, i. 281; is created Earl of Chatham, i. 282; and the Manilla Ransom, i. 287; letters to Lord Shelburne on the India Company, i. 298; ill-health of, i. 290, 310, 313, 331; his opinion of John Dunning, i. 335; letter to the Duke of Grafton on Lord Shelburne's removal from office, i. 387; resignation of office, i. 398; proposes an address praying for a dissolution of Parliament, i. 411; on Burke's Thoughts on the Causes of the present Discontents, i. 411; on Lord Rockingham, i. 412; letter to Lord Shelburne on the state of politics, i. 413; and the City of London, i. 417; letter to J. Calcraft on the state 01 affairs, i. 418; his dislike to Edmund Burke, i. 431; on the proposed tax on absentee Irish landowners, i. 456, 459; proposals for the government of the American Colonies, i. 478; Lord Shelburne's speech on, i. 485; prostrated by illness again, i. 485; on the American War, i. 486; moves an address to the Crown, on the American War, ii. 6; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 9; George III. on his joining the government, ii. 15, 17; his probable policy with regard to the American War, ii. 18; his reply to the Duke of Richmond's motion for withdrawing the army from America, ii. 21; his illness and death, ii. 22; his character as a statesman, ii. 22; his statue in Westminster Abbey, ii. 24; his relations with Lord Shelburne, ii. 25; his opinion of a union with Ireland, ii. 419

Pitt, William (second son of the Earl of Chatham) enters Parliament, ii. 63; is offered the Vice-Treasurership of Ireland, ii. 91; Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 155; speech on Charles Fox's attack on Lord Shelburne, ii. 160; reply to Charles Fox on the treaty with the American Colonies, ii. 211; interview with Charles J. Fox, ii. 233; speech in the debate on the address on the Peace, ii. 248; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 249; is sent for by the King, ii. 252; interview with Thomas Orde, ii. 270; his imperious manner, ii. 283; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 284; letters to Lord Shelburne offering him a Marquisate, ii. 289, 293; the "Rolliad" on, ii. 298; the war with France, ii. 423; resignation of, ii. 425; becomes Prime Minister, ii. 432

"Place Bill," the, i. 41

Plantations, management of affairs relating to the, i. 175; offices in connection with the, ii. 229

Plays at Leicester House, i. 51

Pluralities, sinecures, and patents in 1783, ii. 226

Poland, dismemberment of, ii. 403; Prussian troops in, ii. 411

Police, Lord Shelburne on the reorganization of, ii. 60; Acts for regulation of the, ii. 229

Political proscription of 1762, i. 138

Politics, state of, in 1756, i. 16

Pompadour, Madame, i. 62

Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, i. 343, 350, 351, 360

Poore, Edward, ii. 322

Pope, dispute between the, and the Bourbon Princes, i. 361

Portland, the Duke of, i. 16; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 5; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ii. 91; letters to Lord Shelburne on Irish politics, ii. 95, 98, 99, 100; Walpole on the, ii. 152, 154; he resigns office, ii. 226

Portobello, taking of, i. 41

Postal arrangements, abuse of the, ii. 228

Potemkins, the, ii. 178

Poynings' Act, i. 339, 459; ii. 93, 98

Pratt, Charles, afterwards Earl Camden. See Camden

Preliminary articles of Peace, the debate in the House of Lords on the, ii. 236

Pressgang, Lord Chatham on, i. 417

Pretender, the, i. 26, 38, 47

Pretender, the young, i. 272

Price, Dr. Richard, i. 431; his friendship with Abbe Morellet, i. 431; his scheme for reducing the National Debt, ii. 63; his Observations on Civil Liberty and the War with America, ii. 65; freedom of the City of London presented to, ii. 65; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 307, 308; controversy with E. Burke, ii. 382

Priestley, Dr. Joseph, on atheism in France, i. 427; and Lord Shelburne, i. 434; introduces Shelburne to Eden, ii. 17; and Jeremy Bentham, ii. 330; and the story of Mr. William Petty's ghost, ii. 331; his literary and scientific work at Bowood, ii. 333; leaves Bowood, ii. 333; controversy with E. Burke, ii. 382; his chapel and private house destroyed, ii. 383; goes to America, ii. 390

Princess of Wales and the Earl of Bute, i. 51, 54; her widowhood, i. 52

Printers of Parliamentary debates, proceedings against, i. 422

Privy Council, the Duke of Devonshire struck from the list of the, by George III., i. 134

Proclamation of 1763, ii. 439

Proclamation against seditious writings, ii. 387; Lord Shelburne's speech thereon, ii. 388

Prohibitory Bill, bill for extending the, i. 482

Property, Lord Shelburne on the management of, ii. 342, 349, 364

Proscription, the political, of 1762, i. 138

Prussia and the French Revolution, ii. 410; the English subsidy to, ii. 411; negotiates with France, ii. 411

Public Advertiser, ii. 52; political squib in, i. 387

Public Loans, reform of, ii. 229

Pulteney, Mr., afterwards Earl of Bath. See Earl of Bath

Puxley, John, murder of, i. 337

 

Quakers, making of guns by, i. 275

Quebec Act of 1774, i. 474; ii. 115

Quincy, Josiah, i. 466

 

Ramsay, Miss Mary, ii. 119

Ratcliffe Library, Dr. King's speech at the opening of the, i. 27

Rayneval, goes to England as envoy from M. de Vergennes, ii. 175; his interviews with Lord Shelburne, ii. 177; his estimate of Lord Shelburne, ii. 182; again despatched to England, ii. 198; despatched to England a third time, ii. 207; his suggestions regarding Gibraltar, ii. 198; letter to Vergennes on the proposed cession of Gibraltar, ii. 214

Rebecq, Madame de, i. 429; her revenge on Abbé Morellet, i. 429

Reform Act, Burke's, ii. 224

Reform, Parliamentary, ii. 104, 105, 388

Regency Bill, i. 226, 227

Regency question and Lord Shelburne, ii. 425

Reichenbach, the Convention of, ii. 371

Religious toleration, i. 425

"Remitters," the, i. 38

Restraining Bill, i. 452

Revenue officers, Bill for disqualifying, from voting, ii. 56

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, i. 218

Rhode Island, i. 180, 183

Richelieu, Marshal, i. 73

Richmond, Duke of, i. 71, 82; on the affairs of the East India Company, i. 451; reply to Lord Shelburne on the same, i. 453; letter to Edmund Burke on the state of politics, i. 455; his motion for withdrawing the army from America, ii. 20; removed from the Lord Lieutenancy of Sussex, ii. 47; letter to Lord Shelburne on the Lord George Gordon Riots, ii. 57; conversation with Colonel Barré on the state of politics, ii. 66; Master General of the Ordnance, ii. 90; Lord Shelburne on, ii. 208; altercation with Lord Shelburne, ii. 303

Rigby, Mr., and Mr. Fox, i. 123, 165

Rights of neutrals, ii. 74

Rochefort, the expedition to, i. 72, 82

Rochfort, Lord, secret despatches of, i. 285; letter to Lord Shelburne on the annexation of Corsica, i. 369; resigns his secretaryship, i. 481

Rockingham, Lady, letter to Lord Shelburne, i. 391

Rockingham, Marquis of, and Lord Shelburne, i. 216; offers the Board of Trade to Lord Shelburne, i. 231; writes to the King concerning Mr. Pitt joining the Ministry, i. 258; sends a message to Mr. Pitt on the same subject, i. 259; conversation with Lord Shelburne concerning a change in the Ministry, i. 261; Mr. Pitt's comments thereon, i. 263; resigns office, i. 278; and the Stamp Act, i. 477; the Archbishop of York's attack on, i. 489; motion on the affairs of Ireland, ii. 42; letter to Lord Shelburne on the Yorkshire petition, ii. 50; anecdote about, ii. 61; the King again opens negotiations with, ii. 62; Lord Shelburne's negotiations with, ii. 82; the head of the new Administration, ii. 89; conversation with the King, ii. 92; and the Establishment Bill, ii. 104, 106, 108; illness of, ii. 148; death of, ii. 149

Rockingham-Newcastle Administration, i. 231

Rodney, Admiral, ii. 36, 92; in the West Indies, ii. 127; defeat of de Grasse in the West Indies, ii. 131, 137

"Rolliad," the, on Lord Shelburne, i. 487; on Lord Shelburne being created Marquess of Lansdowne, ii. 298

Roman Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 41

Romilly, Sir Samuel, visits Lord Shelburne, ii. 308; his pamphlet on the Rights and Duties of Juries, ii. 309

Rose, George, and Lord Shelburne, ii. 283

Royal Marriage Bill, i. 443; epigram on, i. 443

Royston, Lord, i. 146

Rule of 1756, ii. 74

Russia, relations with England in 1780, ii. 57; proclamation of armed neutrality, ii. 75, 77; policy of, in 1782, ii. 112; war with Turkey, ii. 371; war with Austria, ii. 371; assassination of the Emperor, ii. 429

Rutland, Duke of, ii. 233, 245; letter to William Pitt on Lord Shelburne, ii. 288

Ryder, Sir Dudley, on the taxation of the colonies, i. 182

 

Sacheverel, trial of, i. 24

Sackville, Lord George (afterwards Lord George Germaine and Viscount Sackville), i. 44, 168, 481; ii. 8, 17; his cowardice, i. 755 Lord Shelburne's account of, i. 236; in Ireland, i. 240; and the Duke of Marlborough, i. 241; created Viscount Sackville, ii. 84; debate in the House of Lords thereon, ii. 84

Sackville, Lord John, i. 237

St. Asaph, the Dean of, and Mr. Fitzmaurice, ii. 379

St. Kennis, bridge at, i. 352

St. Patrick, Knights of the Order of, ii. 223

Sandwich, Earl of, on Lord Shelburne's temporary retirement to the country, i. 217; becomes Secretary of State, i. 418 Saratoga, the battle of, ii. 20 Savile, Sir George, i. 411, 413, 440; Roman Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 41; presents the Yorkshire Petition on the expenditure, ii. 49; his Bill to abolish sinecure places, ii. 49; moves for an account of certain pensions, ii. 49 Savoy and Hampton Court Conferences, i. 438.

Sawbridge, Mayor of London, accused of a plot to assassinate the King, ii. 6; motion for triennial Parliaments, ii. 57

Schaub, Sir Luke, ii. 146

Scheldt, the opening of the, ii. 402

Scot, General, i. 7

Scotch, Lord Shelburne's hatred of the, ii. 308

Scotch College, James II.'s MSS. there, i. 271

Scotland, affairs in, during 1793, ii. 405

Seeker, Archbishop, i. 442

Secret Service, the expenditure of the, ii. 226

Secretary of State, division of the office of, i. 284; relations of the Board of Trade and the office of, i. 284

Seditious Meetings Bill, ii. 406, 409

Selden on the powers of the House of Lords, ii. 85

Septennial Bill, i. 344, 345, 354

Sepulchral monuments, paper on, ii. 480

Servants, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 344

Shannon, Earl of. See Henry Boyle

Shelburne, Baroness, i. 1

Shelburne, Charles, Baron of, i. 1

Shelburne, Viscount Dunkerron, first Earl of, i. 1

Shelburne, John, Earl of, i. 5, 6; character of, i. 6

Shelburne, Lord (the father of the subject of this life), his connection with Mr. Fox, i. 85; death of, i. 87

Shelburne, William, Earl of, the subject of this life, afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne, i. i; autographical fragments, i. vi; memorandum of the affairs of 1762, i. vi, 130; birth of, i. 1; education, i. 5, 8, 9; his mother, i. 6; with the Duke of Douglas at Holyrood House, i. 7; goes to London, i. 115 enters at Christ Church, i. 13; Mr. Hollwell his tutor there, i. 13; his course of study, i. 14; state of politics in 1756, i. 16; his estimate of Sir Robert Walpole, i. 27; his intimacy with William Pitt, i. 56; goes into the army under General Wolfe, i. 70; serves in the expedition to Rochfort, i. 73; on Prince Generals, i. 77; at the battle of Minden, i. 82; on the causes of political events, i. 79; on factions and parties, i. 81; made a colonel and aide-de-camp to the King, i. 82; his connection with the Earl of Bute, i. 83; letter to the Earl of Bute on his being made Secretary of State, i. 87; death of his father, i. 87; his removal to the House of Lords, i. 87; his application for the Comptrollership of the Household, i. 87; the King's refusal, i. 87; his letter to the Earl of Bute concerning the Comptrollership, i. 88; his proposal of retirement to the country, i. 88; Mr. Fox's letters to him on Mr Fox joining the Government, i. 89; proposes that Mr. Fox should give a general support to the Ministry, i. 90; his letters to the Earl of Bute concerning Mr. Fox, i. 90, 92, 95; his quarrel with Lord Melcombe, i. 97; his estimate of Lord Melcombe's character, i. 99; his speech against the German war, i. 100; his speech on the public credit, i. 104; his estimate of the character of the Earl of Bute, i. 110; his letter to Mr. Fox on Lord Bute's offer of place, i. 112; negotiates with Mr. Fox to undertake the lead in the House of Commons, i. 120; his letter to Mr. Fox on the same subject, i. 124; his estimate of the character of Henry Fox, i. 130; on the relations of the Duke of Cumberland and Mr. Fox, i. 136; Mr. Fox on his abilities, i. 143; his negotiations between Mr. Fox and the Earl of Bute, i. 150; his letter to Mr. Calcraft concerning Mr. Fox's paymastership, i. 160; Mr. Fox's disagreement with him, i. 161, 1645 Walpole's opinion on the disagreement between Mr. Fox and Lord Shelburne, i. 164, 166; the Earl of Bute's confidence in, i. 167; his letter to the Earl of Bute concerning Colonel Barré, i. 167; is offered the post of President of the Board of Trade, i. 169; the Earl of Bute proposes to make him Secretary of State, i. 169; Grenville's letter to Earl of Bute concerning, i. 169; is again offered the post of President of the Board of Trade, i. 173; accepts the post, i. 175; Calcraft 's letter to him thereon, i. 177; is sworn a Privy Councillor, i. 177; correspondence with Lord Egremont, i. 178, 186; writes to the Earl of Bute threatening to resign, i. 195; the Earl of Bute's reply, i. 195; Weymouth's letter to him on the same subject, i. 197; and Mr. Pitt, i. 198; his disagreements with Lord Egremont, i. 199; negotiates between the Earl of Bute and the Duke of Bedford and Pitt, i. 200; his letter to Gower concerning the change of the ministry, i. 200; failure of his negotiations with the Duke of Bedford and Pitt, i. 204; resigns the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 206; his letter to the Earl of Bute thereon, i. 208; his speech on the prosecution of Wilkes, i. 211; the King dismisses him from his post of aide-de-camp, i. 2 1 2; his letter to Colonel Barré thereon, i. 213; presents himself at Court, i. 214; the Princess of Wales on his conduct, i. 214; retires to Bowood and Wycombe, i. 216; his collection of books and MSS., i. 217; Colonel Barré becomes his aide-de-camp, 218; Sir William Blackstone and, i. 219; his distrust of Lord Clive, i. 221; on personal canvassing, i. 222; the marriage of, with Lady Sophia Carteret, i. 222; his letter to Colonel Barré on his speech on the Stamp Act, i. 224; Calcraft's letter to him on Mr. Pitt, i. 225; his speech on the Regency Bill, i. 226; retires to Bowood, i. 228; goes to town on a political call, i. 230: is offered the Board of Trade by the Marquis of Rockingham, i. 231; his refusal, i. 231; his letter to Colonel Barré thereon, i. 233; his opinions on the Stamp Act, i. 234; journey through the Low Countries, i. 235; account of Lord George Sackville, i. 236; returns to public life, i. 252; attacks the Stamp Act, i. 252; his letter to Mr. Pitt thereon, i. 252; Mr. Pitt consults with him on joining the Ministry, i. 259; his speech on the Declaratory Bill, i. 260; his letter to Mr. Pitt on his conversation with Lord Rockingham concerning a change in the Ministry, i. 260; Mr. Pitt's answer, i. 263; his account of Birmingham, i. 276; is appointed Secretary of State, i. 280; his letter to Mr. Pitt thereon, i. 281; his conversations with Masserano on the Manilla ransom, i. 287, 324; his letter to the Earl of Chatham (Mr. Pitt) on the Spanish Embassy, i. 289; his letter to Rochfort on the Manilla ransom, i. 292; on the India Company, i. 294; his letter to the Earl of Chatham on the India Company, i. 297; his letter to Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 300; settlement of American affairs, i. 302; his letter to General Gage on American affairs, i. 305; his letter to the Earl of Chatham on Charles Townshend's speech on American affairs, i. 308; his letters to the Earl of Chatham on American affairs, i. 310; letter to the Earl of Chatham on Indian affairs, i. 312; memorandum on American affairs, i. 3155 letter to Sir Guy Carleton, i. 318; his letter to Sir Henry Moore on the Mutiny Act, i. 322; his letter to Lady Chatham on General Conway resigning the emoluments of his office as Secretary of State, i. 325; his interview with the Duke of Grafton on dividing the Secretaryship of State, i. 327; his letters to Lady Chatham on the same, i. 330; on the Earl of Chatham's illness, i. 331; his connection with Ireland, i. 337; his letters to Townshend on Irish affairs, i. 345, 347, 354; on the design of a short Money Bill, i. 347; on the augmentation of the army in Ireland, i. 348; on the Militia in Ireland, i. 3485 his letter to Townshend on the army question, i. 357; and the Bedford whigs, i. 361; on the annexation of Corsica by France, i. 365; his protest to the Duc de Choiseul against it, i. 368; letter to Rochfort on the annexation of Corsica, i. 369; on the riots in the American Colonies, i. 386; has an audience of the King, i. 387; resigns the Seals, i. 387; squib on, in the Public Advertiser, i. 387; his nickname of "Malagrida," i. 388; caricatured as a Jesuit, i. 388; satires on, and abuse of, i. 389; anecdotes of, i. 390; lampoon on, i. 391; Lady Rockingham's letter to, i. 391; and Sir W. Jones, i. 392; Lady Shelburne's account of his resignation of office, i. 398; goes to see Lord Chatham, i. 398; on the Hanover family, i. 402; speech on the Middlesex election petitions, i. 409; on Burke's Thoughts on the Causes of the present Discontents, i. 411; speech on the adjudications against Wilkes, i. 412; and the Bourbon Courts, i. 414; speech on Spain, i. 415; goes abroad with Colonel Barré, i. 424; his travels through France and Italy, i. 425; his friendship with the Abbe Morellet, i. 430; on Free Trade, i. 430, 431; Dr. Joseph Priestley and, i. 433; and the extension of the Toleration Act, i. 440; his letters to Lord Chatham on the same, i. 440, 441; his speech on the same, i. 442; on the Royal Marriage Bill, i. 443; on the East India Company, i. 445, 446; his speech on the same, i. 451; on Colonel Barré's resignation, i. 454; letters to Lord Chatham on the proposed tax on absentee landowners in Ireland, i. 456, 457, 458; and John Wilkes, i. 460; and Alderman Townshend, i. 460; and Oliver Goldsmith, i. 463; letters to Lord Chatham on the American Colonies, i. 467, 470, 471; his speech on the Boston disturbances, i. 472; his speech on the Tea Duty, i. 475; on the American Congress, i. 479; and the Duke of Grafton, i. 482; speech on Lord Chatham, i. 485; Lord Camden on his oratory, i. 486; Lord Thurlow and Walpole on the same, i. 486; Jeremy Bentham on, i. 486; the third Lord Holland on his speeches, i. 487; "The Rolliad" on, i. 487; Lord Mansfield his favourite antagonist, i. 488; altercation with the Archbishop of York, i. 489; on the King's Speech and the American War, ii. 1, 18; speech on the Civil List, ii. 3; falsely accused of a plot, ii. 6; his speech on the American War, ii. 6; attacks the Archbishop of York, ii. 6; letter from Sir Guy Carleton, ii. 7; on General Burgoyne's expedition, ii. 8; letter from Lord Chatham, ii. 9; on Parliament and the judges, ii. 10; on lawyers and politics, ii. 11; letters to Dr. Price on American affairs, ii. 12, 13; letter to Lord Chatham on the same, ii. 13; speech on the Independence of America, ii. 14; George III. on his joining the Government, ii. 15; and William Eden, ii. 16, 18; his views on a federal union, ii. 14, 127, 169; letter to Lord Chatham on the Duke of Richmond's motion for withdrawing the army from America, ii. 21; his relations with Lord Chatham, ii. 25; his account of Lord Temple, ii. 25; and Miss Molesworth, ii. 37; his marriage with Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, ii. 38; moves an Address to the King on the state of affairs in Ireland, ii. 43; again calls attention to Ireland, ii. 44; speech on the Civil List, ii. 46; letter to Colonel Barré on Charles Fox, ii. 47; his motion for a Committee on the Civil List, ii. 47; suggests formation of a commission of accounts, ii. 48; his motion on Lord Caermarthen's removal from his Lord Lieutenancy, ii. 50; letter to Lord Mahon on the Yorkshire petition, ii. 51; his duel with Mr. Fullarton, ii. 52; several towns confer their freedom on, ii. 54; and the Lord George Gordon Riots, ii. 58, 60; on the reorganisation of the police, ii. 60; suggests Westminster should be incorporated, ii. 60; his continued intimacy with Dr. Price, ii. 63; his reply to Colonel Barré's letter on political affairs, ii. 70; letter to Colonel Barré from Bowood, ii. 73; his speech on the war with Holland and on American affairs, ii. 79; his negotiations with Lord Rockingham, ii. 82; his speech on the American War, ii. 83; his speech on Lord Germaine being created Viscount Sackville, ii. 84; the King sends for, ii. 87; his interview with Lord Rockingham thereon, ii. 88; his speech against Lord North and Lord Stormont, ii. 88; negotiations between the King and Lord Rockingham, ii. 89; becomes Secretary of State for Home, Irish, and Colonial affairs, ii. 90; his circular letter suggesting a levy of Volunteers, ii. 93; his speech on the state of Ireland, ii. 94; Colonel Fitzpatrick's remarks thereon, ii. 94; Duke of Portland's remarks thereon, ii. 95; his letter to Colonel Fitzpatrick on Grattan's motion, ii. 95; his letters to the Duke of Portland on the tame, ii. 96, 102; his motion on the affairs of Ireland, ii. 99; George III.'s letter to, on the Establishment Bill, ii. 105, 108; his reply thereto, ii. 108; on alliance with France, ii. 112; Benjamin Franklin's letter to, ii. 118; his reply thereto, ii. 119; his letter to Richard Oswald concerning Thomas Walpole, ii. 125; second letter to Franklin, ii. 128; letter to Charles Fox concerning the peace negotiations, ii. 133; letter to Oswald on the same, ii. 133; his opinion of Franklin, ii. 134; his letter to General Carleton and Admiral Digby on the proposed peace, ii. 135; his instructions to Oswald on his third visit to Franklin, ii. 136; his rupture with Charles Fox, ii. 142; letter to Oswald concerning Thomas Grenville, ii. 146; proposes Oswald as Commissioner to America, ii. 148; his letter to Oswald thereon, ii. 148; the King proposes to him to be the head of the Administration, ii. 151; becomes First Lord of the Treasury, ii. 155; his ministry, ii. 155; Charles Fox's attack on, ii. 157, 158; his reply in the House of Lords thereto, ii. 161; on the independence of the American Colonies, ii. 163; hires Thrale's villa at Streatham, ii. 165; correspondence with Oswald on the peace negotiations, ii. 165, 167; his instructions to Oswald on the same, ii. 170; Oswald's letters thereon, ii. 171; interviews with Rayneval, the French Envoy, ii. 177; letters to Oswald on the American Commissioners, ii. 183, 193; letters to Oswald and Fitzherbert on the proposed treaty, ii. 193, 195; letter to Rayneval on the proposed treaty, ii. 196; Gillray's caricature of, ii. 199; letter to Oswald on the proposed treaty, ii. 204; his opinion of Vergennes, ii. 208; on the Duke of Richmond and Viscount Keppel, ii. 208; reply to Lord Stormont on the treaty, ii. 211; his speech on Monarchy, ii. 212; letter to Fitzherbert on the proposed cessions to France and Spain, ii. 215; on Free Trade, ii. 220; on the Reforms of 1782, ii. 224; proposes a junction with Charles Fox, ii. 233; interview with Henry Dundas, ii. 234; his speech on the Treaty of Peace, ii. 236; his ideas of Reform, ii. 244; interview with Lord Camden, ii. 245; his opinion of George III., ii. 248; William Pitt (the younger) on, ii. 248; George III.'s letters to, ii. 251, 252; resigns office, ii. 252; remarks about Pitt, ii. 252; recommends Dr. Shipley to the see of Canterbury, ii. 262; procures a pension for Morellet, ii. 264; retires to the country, ii. 264; speech on the Sinking Fund Act, ii. 264; goes abroad, ii. 266; Walpole's opinion of his character, ii. 266; and the East India Bill, ii. 270, 282; letter to Thomas Orde on the same, ii. 275; his views on the Government of India, ii. 282; conversation with Morellet, ii. 284; his support of the Pitt Ministry, ii. 285; letters to Baring, ii. 288, 294; is offered a Marquisate, ii. 289; his letters to Colonel Barré thereon, ii. 290, 293; his letter to William Pitt accepting the Marquisate, ii. 292; is created Marquess of Lansdowne, ii. 294; conversations with Lord Caermarthen and Pitt, ii. 294; the "Rolliad " thereon, ii. 298; his speech on the French Treaty, ii. 301; altercation with the Duke of Richmond, ii. 303; his plans for the relief and education of the poor, ii. 304; his hatred of the Scotch, ii. 308; his art collections, ii. 310; his friendship with Jeremy Bentham, ii. 315; his account of Lord Ashburton, ii. 3185 his letter to Lord Cornwallis on the death of Lady Lansdowne, ii. 334; on Canning, ii. 335; on men and things, ii. 336; England, ii. 336; on being bound for other men, ii. 337; on agents, tenants, lawyers, etc., ii. 339, 347; anecdote of Sir William Petty, ii. 340; on economy and the management of estates, ii. 341 5; on country banks, ii. 342; on credit, ii. 342; on servants, i. 344; on family accounts, ii. 346; on auditors, ii. 347; on the clergy and laity, ii. 347; on Christianity, ii. 348; on the management of property, ii. 349; on farmers, ii. 350; on farm labourers, ii. 351; on forms of government, ii. 353 on boroughs, ii. 357; on Ireland, ii. 360; the Clergy in Ireland, ii. 362; on the management of Irish property, ii. 364; letter to Morellet on the Indian Question, ii. 369; on English politics in 1788, ii. 371; letter to Jeremy Bentham, ii. 375; letter to Morellet, ii. 376; on the French Revolution, ii. 379; George III. sends for him, ii. 384; Gillray's caricature of, ii. 384; his reply to the overtures of the King, ii. 384; on the Proclamation against seditious writings, ii. 388; moves a resolution for sending a Minister to France, ii. 390; letter to Morellet, ii. 392; letter to President Washington, ii. 394; and Charles J. Fox, ii. 396; letter to Lady Ossory, ii. 397; his difference with Colonel Barre, ii. 399; letter to Jeremy Bentham, ii. 399; on the war with France, ii. 402, 404; and the Traitorous Correspondence Bill, ii. 407; relations with Charles Fox, ii. 407; on Bank Notes, ii. 412; on the Morning Chronicle libel case, ii. 415; caricatures of, ii.418; on Catholic Emancipation, ii. 420, 421; on the Legislative Union of England and Ireland, ii. 421; on neutral rights, ii. 424; on America, ii. 425; interview with Lord Moira on a new Ministry, ii. 426; letter to Lord Holland on the peace, ii. 429; letter to Morellet on his sons, etc., ii. 429; his last speech in Parliament, ii. 432; letter to Lord Holland on his son, Lord Henry Petty, ii. 432; letter to the same on political affairs, ii. 433; conversation with Sir Richard Phillips as to the author of Junius, ii. 434; his death and burial, ii. 435; paper on Sepulchral Monuments, ii. 480

Shelburne, Lady (the first wife of Lord Shelburne), marriage, i. 222 ; extracts from her Diary, i. 268, 393 ; her negro boy, i. 396 ; account of Lord Shelburne's resignation of office, i. 398;

death of, i. 424

Shelburne, Lady (the second wife of Lord Shelburne, afterwards Lady Lansdowne), ii. 37 ; Jeremy Bentham's account of, ii. 325 ; her death, ii. 334

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, ii. 63 ; Under-secretary of State, ii. 90

Shoreham Act, ii. 72

"Short Money Bill," i. 346, 350

Shrewsbury, Lady, her card parties, i. 39

Shrimpton, Miss Kitty, i. 394

Sinecures and Pluralities in 1783, ii. 226

Sinking Fund, Dr. Price's scheme for it, ii. 64

Smith, Professor Adam, i. 18; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 431

Smith, "Bobus," ii. 394

Smuggling in the Colonies, i. 183

Social habits of the eighteenth century, i. 39

"Sons of Liberty," origin of the phrase, i. 223

Spain, war with, i. 102 ; the Ambassador to, i. 289 ; and the Falkland Islands, i. 286, 290, 405, 414, 418, 419; Lord Shelburne on the relations of Spain and England, i. 415; joins France against England, ii. 33; and the American Colonies, ii. 115; the demands of, in the negotiations for peace, ii. 188; and the cession of Gibraltar, ii. 197; the Floridas offered to, ii. 214; preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and, ii. 453

Stair, Lord, i. 63; speech on the Boston correspondence, i. 468

Stamp Act, i. 222; Lord Shelburne's attack on the, i. 252; Lord Hardwicke on the, i. 260

Stanhope, Lord, his History of England, on the quarrel between Mr. Fox and Lord Shelburne, i. 167

Stationery, abuses under the head of, ii. 226

Statute of Treason, ii. 407

Stephenson, Sir William, anecdote of, ii. 422

Stewart, John, his secret tour through France and Corsica, i. 364, 375; his interview with Pascal Paoli, i. 377

Stone, Mr., i. 32, 43, 44

Stone, Primate, i. 44, 239, 342, 343

Stormont, Lord, i. 485; attack on Lord

Shelburne, ii. 53; and the War with Holland, ii. 79; attack on the concession of independence to the Colonies, ii. 210, 212

Strachey, Henry, sent as additional negotiator to Paris, ii. 192; his instructions, ii. 192; his interviews in Paris with the other negotiators, ii. 200; Oswald on, ii. 202; returns to England, ii. 203; goes to Paris again with fresh instructions, ii. 204; letter to Nepean on the conclusion of the Treaty, ii. 207

Strafford, Lord, i. 25, 355

Stuart, Government under the House of, i. 17

"Subscription, Terms of," i. 439

Suffolk, Earl of, ii. 6

Suffren, the Bailli de, ii. 92

Sullivan, Lawrence, i. 219; on the government of India, i. 294

Sunderland, Lord, i. 26; and Sir James Lowther, i. 26; Sir Robert Walpole on, i. 27; death of, i. 31

Surrey, Earl of, his motion on the country being without an administration, ii. 260

Sweden declares war against Russia, ii. 371

Swift, Dean, on Sir William Petty's daughter, i. 3

Switzerland and France, ii. 431

Sydney, Lord. See Thomas Townshend

 

Talbot, Lord, i. 149

Talleyrand, letters to Lord Lansdowne, ii. 192, 465; in England, ii. 394

Talleyrand and Chauvelin, the French envoys, ii. 387

Tankerville, Lord, i. 368

Tavistock, Lord, i. 149

Tavora, the Marchioness, i. 388

Taxation of the Colonies, i. 181, 186, 192

Tea, the tax on, i. 404, 412, 465, 467, 474

Tea-ships, the Boston, i. 465, 467

Temple, Lord, the coolness between Mr. Pitt and, i. 225; ii. 27; death of, ii. 25; Lord Shelburne's account of, ii. 25; his Countess, ii. 28

Temple, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, ii. 155; and the order of Knights of St. Patrick, ii. 223; and the East India Bill, ii. 272; takes the seals, ii. 279; resigns them, ii. 280

Tenants, agents, etc., Lord Shelburne on, ii. 339, 346, 349, 364

Tenure, Judges', Bill, ii. 93

"Terms of Subscription," i. 439

Teschen, the Peace of, ii. 112

Test Act, repeal of the, i. 439

Thelwall, Home Tooke, and Hardy, trial of, ii. 415

Thermidor, the revolution of, ii. 412

Thrale's Villa at Streatham, Lord Shelburne hires, ii. 165

Thugut, the Austrian War Minister, ii. 410

Thurlow, Lord, on Lord Shelburne's oratory, i. 486; negotiations between the King and Lord Shelburne, ii. 87, 89; member of the Cabinet, ii. 90; his interview with the King, ii. 255; pension granted to, ii. 263

Tickell, Richard, his Anticipations of the coming Session, ii. 32

Ticonderoga, ii. 7

Tisdal, Attorney-General, i. 346

Tobago, ii. 217

Tocqueville, Alexis de, Ancien Régime, ii. 307

Toleration Act, i. 438, 440; ii. 46

Toleration Act and the Bishops, i. 440, 442

Tollemache, Lady Jane, i. 400

Tooke, Home (John Home), i. 461; and Dr. Price, Facts addressed to the Subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, ii. 65; and Hardy and Thelwall, trial of, ii. 415

Tories, not to be confounded with Jacobites, i. 38

Townshend, Alderman, i. 219, 409; anecdote of, i. 460; his friendship with Lord Shelburne, i. 461; the Abbé Morellet on, i. 461; and John Wilkes, i. 461, 463; death of, ii. 287

Townshend, Charles, i. 146, 161, 170, 174; his scheme for taxing the Colonies, i. 186, 365; Colonel Barré's reply to, on the Stamp Act, i. 223; and the East India Company, i. 296; his views on American affairs, i. 307; opposes the Ministry on the Indian question, i. 314; his "Champaign" speech, i. 321; death of, i. 325

Townshend (Viceroy of Ireland), i. 344; interview with the Junto, i. 349; letter to Lord Shelburne thereon, i. 350; Bill on Irish Legislation, ii. 223

Townshend, Joseph, ii. 332

Townshend, Thomas, Secretary of State, ii. 155; letter to Oswald on the peace negotiations, ii. 173; created Lord Sydney, ii. 263; takes office under Pitt, ii. 281

Traitorous Correspondence Bill, ii. 406, 407

Treason, Statute of, ii. 407

Treaties, of Amiens, ii. 429; draft treaty with America, sent to England by Oswald, ii. 184; Lord Ashburton's, with America, ii. 201; of Paris, ii. 218; the Commercial, with France and the United States, ii. 217, 220; of Loo and Berlin, ii. 370; of Utrecht, i. 431; ii. 111; the, of Corsica, with France, i. 368, 369

Triennial Parliaments, Sawbridge's motion for, ii. 57

Trudaine, M., i. 426, 430

Tudor, Government under the House of, i. 17

Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, ii. 114; Condorcet's Life of, ii. 306

Turkey, Russian war with, ii. 371

Turnbull, Mr., arrested as a spy, ii. 66

Turner, Sir J., i. 145

Tweeddale, the Marchioness of, i. 222

Tyrone, Lord, i. 354

 

"Undertakers," government of Ireland by men called, i. 240

Union, Legislative, of England and Ireland, ii. 420

"United Irishmen," ii. 419

United Opposition, the, i. 393

United States. See American Colonies

Utrecht, the Peace of, i. 24, 114

Utrecht, the Treaty of, i. 43 1; ii. 111

 

Vaccination, Dr. Ingenhousz and the discovery of, ii. 314

Van Berckel, the Pensionary of Amsterdam, ii. 78

Vansittart, Henry, on the Government of India, i. 294

Vaughan, Benjamin, ii. 165, 175, 183, 204; Oswald on, ii. 219; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 269; letter to Lord Shelburne on the Pitt Ministry, ii. 285; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 375; goes

to America, ii. 390; becomes member for Calne, ii. 399; description of Fête de la Fédération, ii. 462

Vergennes, M. de, the French Minister, i. 485; ii. 2, 113, 114, 120, 126, 128, 130, 137; on Oswald's mission, ii. 144; his reply to the proposals of the English Cabinet, ii. 147; and the peace negotiations, ii. 171, 173; on the cession of Gibraltar, ii. 197; and the negotiations, ii. 205; letter to Lord Shelburne on the treaty for peace, ii. 207; his son, ii. 207, 393

Vermont, i. 179

Vernon, Admiral, i. 41

Vernon, Miss Caroline, ii. 325, 334, 398

Virginia, i. 179

Viri, the Count de, i. 109

Viri, Madame de, ii. 264

Volunteers, Lord Shelburne's circular letter suggesting a levy of volunteers, ii. 93

 

Waldegrave, Lady, anecdote of, i. 268; marriage with the Duke of Gloucester, i. 443

Waldegrave, Lord, i. 64; Henry Fox on, i. 142; and Cardinal Fleury, i. 484

Walderen, Madame de, i. 393

Wales, Dowager Princess of, i. 46, 49; and the Queen, i. 50; her treatment of her children, i. 53; and William Pitt, i. 54; remarks on Lord Shelburne, i. 214

Wales, Frederick, Prince of, i. 46; his portrait, i. 48; Mr. Hamilton and, i. 48; and Lady Middlesex, i. 237; and the Regency, ii. 425

Wallace, Attorney-General, and Lord Ashburton, ii. 288

Walpole, Horace, his opinion on the disagreement between Mr. Fox and Lord Shelburne, i. 165, 166; on Lord Shelburne's oratory, i. 486; on Lord Shelburne's second marriage, ii. 37; letter to Lord Harcourt, ii. 154; attacks Lord Shelburne, ii. 230, 266

Walpole, Sir Robert, his policy, i. 27; and Lord Sunderland, i. 27; anecdotes of, i. 28; Lord Shelburne's estimate of his character, i. 27; and old Mr. Craggs, i. 31; his policy and method of work, i. 32; anecdotes of, i. 32; and the Queen of George II., i. 33; resignation of, i. 35; and the Duke of Newcastle, 43

Walpole, Thomas, and Lord Shelburne, ii. 125

War, the, of 1741, i. 40

Wearg, Sir Clement, on the taxation of the Colonies, i. 182

Webbe, Mr. Philip Carteret, i. 217

Wedderburne, Alex. (Earl of Rosslyn), his invective against Dr. Franklin, i. 468; and the Gordon Riots, ii. 61

Wells, Richard, i. 396

West, Mr. James, i. 217

Westminster Abbey, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 311

Westminsters, the, i. 14

Weston, Mr., i. 43

Weymouth, Lord, his letter to Lord Shelburne on his threatened resignation of the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 197; on Lord Shelburne's temporary retirement to the country, i. 217; on the annexation of Corsica by France, i. 365

Whateley's letters to Grenville, concerning Lord Shelburne, i. 367; Hutchinson's letters to, i. 467

Whig Party, position at the accession of George III., i. 83

Whigs, the Bedford, and Lord Shelburne, i. 361, 368

"White Boys," the, in Ireland, i. 339

Whitefoord, Caleb, ii. 170, 242

Wilkes, John, and the North Briton, i. 195, 211, 399; his elections for Middlesex, i. 399, 401; his relations with the City, i. 405; expulsion of, from the House of Commons, i. 387; Lord Shelburne and, i. 460; Alderman Townshend and, i. 461, 463; the King and, i. 462

William III., i. 195 his Dutch Guards, i. 19

William IV. on Gibraltar, ii. 198

Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, i. 132

Wilmot, Sir Eardley, i. 23

Wilmot, Sir Robert, i. 54

Windham, William, ii. 406

Wolfe, General, i. 71; his education, i. 71; his friendship with Lord Shelburne, i. 71; his departure to Louisburg, i. 72

Wolsey, Cardinal, on printing, i. 16

Wood's half-pence, i. 240

Worsley, Sir ——, and Lord Carteret, i. 3

Wraxall, Sir N., Journey in Portugal, i. 388

Wurmser, General, ii. 404

Wycombe, Lord (eldest son of Lord Shelburne), ii. 330, 373, 396, 433

Wycombe, Lord Shelburne's estate at, i. 216

Wycombe, the menagerie at, i. 217

 

Yarmouth, Lady, and William Pitt, i. 64, 69; ii. 23

Yonge, Sir George, Secretary at War, ii. 155

York, Dr. Markham, the Archbishop of York, i. 44; altercation with Lord Shelburne, i. 489; ii. 6; attack on Lord Rockingham, i. 489

York, Opposition Meeting at, i. 413; meeting at, to petition against the expenditure, ii. 46; presentation of the petition by Sir George Savile, ii. 49

York Town, surrender of Lord Cornwallis's army at, ii. 82

Yorke, Charles, i. 146; made Lord Chancellor, i. 406; is created Baron Morden, i. 406; his death, i. 66, 406

Yorke, Sir Joseph, i. 146; ii. 79

Young, Arthur, Tour in Ireland, ii. 99

 

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