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WILLIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE
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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