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1222; Ocana, 1305; Orthes, 1321;
Oudenarde, 897-900; Plassy, 1026, 1119;
Preston, 936; Prestonpans, 1002; Pul-
towa, 896; Pyramids, 1220; Quatre
Bras, 1342; Quebec, 1031; Quiberon,
1177; Ramillies, 891, 892; Raucoux,
1010; Ratisbon, 1300; Rorica, 1291;
Roveredo, 1188; Sabugal, 1308; St.
Vincent, 1193; Salamanca, 1316; Sara-
gossa, 915; Savenay, 1170; Schellenberg,
884; Sheriffmuir, 937; Spires, 881;
Steinkirk, 838; Stockach, 1222; Stol-
hofen, 895; Talavera, 1304; Torgau,
1033; Toulon, 895, 1169; Toulouse, 1321;
Trafalgar, 1265; Tudela, 1295; Turin,
894; Valmy, 1159; Villa Viciosa, 916;
Vimiero, 1292; Vinegar Hill, 1214;
Vittoria, 1319; Wagram, 1301; Wal-
court, 823; Wandewash, 1120; Warburg,
1037; Waterloo, 1342-1347; Wynendale,
901; Zorndorf, 1028; Zullichan, 1032;
Zurich, 1224

Redford, his party, 1042; Prime Min-

ister, 1043; offends George III., 1049;
protests against his conduct, 1050; his
conduct to the Americans, 1057; sub-
scribes to the loan, 1190

Benbow, Admiral, his death, 880
Bentinck, promoted, 810; Earl of Port-

land, 811; discovers Marlborough's
treachery, 833; proved innocent of
venality, 845; conference with Boufflers,
857; impeached, 871

Bentinck in Sicily, 1317, 1372

Beresford, Irish Tory leader, 1200; his
influence, 1208

Beresford, command of Portuguese army,

1298; at Elvas, 1309; at Albuera, 1310
Berwick, Duke of, his plot, 850, 853;
leaves England, 854; in Portugal, 881;
victorious, 887; at Almanza, 895; on
the Rhine, 900; commanding the French
army, 976

Bexley. [See Vansittart.]

Bills. [See Acts.]

Blake, at Rio Seco, 1288; defeated, 1295;
at Albuera, 1310, 1311
Blakeney, surrenders Minorca, 1021
Bligh, destroys Cherbourg, 1027
Blücher in Belgium, 1839, 1340; retreats,
1342; at Waterloo, 1346; desires ven-
geance, 1347

Blunt, director of the South Sea Com-
pany, 950

Bolingbroke (St. John) joins the ministry,
881; supports Occasional Conformity
Bill, 907; Secretary at War, 909; leader
of the moderate Tories, 911; retires, 913;
Secretary of State, 915; made Lord
Bolingbroke, 921; concludes peace, 921;
corresponds with the Pretender, 922;
his plot suspected, gains Anne's favour,
923; his schemes thwarted, 924; joins
the Pretender, 932; organizes the re-
bellion, 933; tries to postpone it, 934;
dismissed by the Pretender, his over-
tures rejected by Walpole, returns to

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France, 956; constant intrigues against
Walpole, 958; bribes the Duchess of
Kendal, 962; withdraws to France,
977; advises the Prince of Wales, 978,
979; effect of his teaching on George
III., 1035

Bonaparte. [See Napoleon, Jerome, and
Joseph.]

Bon St. André, collects a fleet, 1172; his
energy, 1173

Boscawen, Admiral, 1019; at Lagos, 1028
Bottetort, Governor in America, 1061
Boufflers, in Flanders, 841; at the Sambre,
847; arrested, 848; at Ryswick, 857; in
Guilders, 879; at Lille, 901; at Mal-
plaquet, 903, 905

Bourbon, Regent, his policy, 960

Boyle, Secretary of State, 913; resigns,
915

Braddock, in America, 1019

Breadalbane, his share in the massacre of
Glencoe, 834, 835

Bridgewater, subscribes to the loan, 1190
Bridport, mutiny in his fleet, 1194

Broglie, effect of his appointment, 1153
Brougham, his Bill against the slave trade,

1271; Attorney-General, 1367; opposes
Government, 1374; supports Canning,
1392; announces the Reform Bill, 1422;
Lord Chancellor, 1423; presents a peti-
tion against slavery, 1444; correspon-
dence with Wellesley, 1448; proposes
Melbourne as Premier, 1449; supports
the new Poor Law, 1453; his dispute
with Durham, 1455

Brunswick. [See Ferdinand.]
Buckner, his fleet mutinies, 1195
Burdett, in Parliament, 1359; his Catholic
Relief Bill, 1390; presents Catholic
petition, 1391; supports Canning, 1392;
presides at National Union meeting,

1428

Burgoyne, reinforces Gage, 1073; his dis-
asters, 1081, 1082; in Parliament, 1089
Burgundy, in Flanders, 896; at Oudenarde,

898

Burke, introduced by Rockingham, 1050;
his first speech, 1051; defends the Irish
claims, 1090; proposes economical re-
form, 1091; upholds toleration, 1094;
assaults North's Government, 1103;
eager for financial reform, 1105, 1106;
tries to restrain Grattan, 1105; supports
Portland, 1112; opposes Pitt's Irish
Bill, 1137; his action against Hastings,
1139-1141; effect of the French Revolu-
tion upon, 1145; his opinion of it, 1154;
his book, 1155; his breach with Fox,
1156; supports Pitt, 1161, 1163
Burke, Richard, Irish leader, 1205, 1206
Burrard, placed over Wellesley, 1290; his

caution, 1291, 1292; at Vimiero, 1293
Bussy, De, French ambassador, 1038,
1039; in India, 1117-1119

Bute, his influence over George III., 1035;
unpopularity of, 1036, 1042, 1049; Secre-
tary of State, 1037; Premier, 1039; his

policy, 1040; his vengeance on the
Whigs resigns, 1041; intrigues against
the ministry, 1042

Buxton, his efforts against slavery, 1382,
1444

Byng, George, in the Channel, 896; at
Cape Passaro, 945

Byng, John (son of George), at Minorca,
1021; shot, 1022

CADOGAN, at Oudenarde, 898
Caermarthen. [See Danby.].

Caermarthen (son of Danby), defeated at
Brest, 846

Caermarthen, Secretary of State, 1132
Calder, at Cape Finisterre, 1262, 1263
Calonne, French minister, 1147, 1152
Camden. [See Pratt.]

Camden (son of Pratt), Viceroy of Ireland,
1209, 1210; his yeomanry, 1211; re-
called, 1215; in the Cabinet, 1246
Cameron of Lochiel, joins Charles, 1000;
skirmish at Fort William, 1000; escapes,
1008

Camissards, rebellion, 880; suppression
of, 881, 887

Canclaux, in La Vendée, 1175

Canning, asks Addington to resign, 1239;
Treasurer of the Navy, 1247; Foreign
Secretary, 1274, 1285; quarrel with Castle-
reagh, 1822; resigns, 1323; negotiations
for his return, 1825; avoids the Queen's
trial, 1369; Foreign Secretary, 1370;
his foreign policy, 1875; his Spanish
policy, 1976; supports Huskisson, 1378;
his slave circular, 1382; his Portuguese
policy, 1386; his Corn Bill, 1388; sup-
ports Catholic emancipation, 1389;
Premier, 1392; dies, 1393; his Turkish
policy, 1395-1898

Canning, Sir Stratford, at Constantinople,
1396; his policy, 1400

Carhampton, in Ireland, 1211; superseded,

1213

Carleton, defends Quebec, 1075; Minister
in America, 1111

Carlisle, First Lord of the Treasury, 874
Carlisle, in the Cabinet, 1112

Carlos, Don, promised Parma and Tuscany,
945; becomes King of Sicily, 976
Carlos (brother of Ferdinand VII.), 1463;
his civil war, 1464

Carnot, his tactics, 1168, 1171, 1184; his
great plan, 1187; in the Directory, 1197
Caroline, Queen, favours Walpole, 966;
character, 967, 968; reprieves Porteous,
979; dies, 980; her peaceful influence,
981; effect of her Church appointments,
1015

Caroline, of Denmark, 1064

Caroline, of Brunswick, marries George
IV., 1182; George desires her divorce,
1865; her trial, 1366, 1867; dies, 1868
Carteret, character, 956, 988; Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, 957; joins the Prince
of Wales, 978; Secretary of State, 987;
dismissed, 988; his German politics, 994;

his fall, 996; made Lord Granville, 1009;
favourite of George II., 1009; fails to
form a ministry, 1010

Castaños, defeated, 1295

Castlereagh, in Ireland, 1217, 1229; re-
mains in office, 1246; Secretary for War,
1274; neglects the Peninsula War, 1294;
accused of bribery, 1299; quarrels with
Canning, 1322; resigns, 1323; Foreign
Secretary, 1325; at Vienna, 1335; re-
turns, 1339; his death, 1369; his foreign
policy, 1870, 1371; its weakness, 1379;
bis financial measures, 1377; supported
Catholic emancipation, 1389

Catherine of Russia, her conduct to Po

land, 1066; forms an armed neutrality,
1095; her ambition, 1148; her success,
1149

Catholic claims, refused by Walpole, 986:
some penal laws repealed, 1087; George
III. opposes, 1087; agitation against,
1092-1094; refused, 1272-1274, 1360, 1368,
1391; importance of, 1887, 1889; the
Emancipation Bill passed, 1408
Catinat, at Marsiglia, 841; in Alsace, 879
Cavendish, Chancellor of the Exchequer,

1105

Charlemont, friend of Grattan, 1105
Charles Edward, born, 954; correspondence
with Walpole, 984; goes to Scotland,
999; his reception, 1000; in Edinburgh,
1001; marches into England, 1003; his
character, 1004; at Culloden, 1007; his
escape, 1008; supposed intrigue with
Frederick II., 1020

Charles XII., his victories, 895, 896; fa-
vours the Stuarts, 941; danger to Eng-
land from, 942, 943; negotiations with
Alberoni, 944; effect of his death, 945

946

Charles II. of Spain, probable effect of his
death, 859, 862; his first will, 864; his
second will, 869; dies, 870
Charles III., King of Spain, 1038
Charles IV., his weakness, 1286; abdi-
cates, 1287

Charles VI., his claim to Spain, 863, 869:
declared King, in Spain, 889, 890, in the
Netherlands, 893; Louis offers to recog
nize him, 894; supported by the Cata-
lonians, 895; occupies Madrid, 915;
leaves his army, 916; becomes Emperor,
921; jealous of the new German king-
doms, 941; joins the Quadruple Alliance,
945; desires the guarantee of the Prag
matic Sanction, 959, 970, 971; agrees to
suspend the Ostend Company, 962; de-
serts his Spanish allies, 970; dies, 984
Charles Albert, candidate for the empire,
989; elected as Charles VII., 990; con-
cludes peace, Bavaria restored to him,
994; dies, 996

Charles of Lorraine, victorious over the
French, 994

Charles, Archduke, at Stockach, 1992; in
Italy, 1264; his proclamation, 1300; at
Aspern, 1300; at Wagram, 1801

Charles X., his views, 1413; his speech,

1414; deposed, 1416
Charlotte, Princess, born, 1182; dies, 1357
Charnock, his conspiracy, 847: his trial
and execution, 855

Charrette, makes peace, 1175; shot, 1177
Chatham. [See Pitt.]

Chatham (son of the above), proposed as
Premier, 1240; his volunteer reviews,
1248; in the ministry, 1274; has com-
mand of the Walcheren expedition, 1302
Chauvelin, his diplomacy, 1163; dismissed,
1165; his false information, 1166
Chesterfield, dismissed, 975; joins the
Prince of Wales, 978; excluded from the
ministry, 987; Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, 996; disliked by George II., 997;
Secretary of State, 1010; reforms the
Calendar, 1014

Cheyte Singh, robbed by Hastings, 1128,
1140

Child, Sir Josiah, manager of the East
India Company, 860

Choiseul, his vigorous rule, 1031; desires
peace, 1037 his offers, 1038; prepares
for war, 1058; his diplomacy, 1062; effect
of his fall, 1165, 1166

Chunda Sahib, claims the Carnatic, 1117;
killed, 1118

Church, discontented with the Revolution,

807; settlement of. 810; the Nonjurors,
811; favoured by Tories and by Queen
Anne, 905, 911; Occasional Conformity
Bill, 906, 907, 947; the Schism Act
repealed, 947; favoured by Queen Caro-
line, 967; decay of, 1015, 1016; influence
of the Methodists on, 1017; the Tracta-
rians, 1451

Churchill. [See Marlborough.]
Civil List, of William III., 810, 825; of
Anne, 876; of George I., 930;
of
George II., 966, 967, 1013; of George
III., 1082; of George IV., 1182; extra-
vagance of, 1349, 1358

Claim of Right, 818
Clairfait, defeated, 1171
Clare. [See Fitzgibbon.]
Clarence. [See William.]

Clarendon, engaged in a Jacobite plot, 825
Clark, corresponds with Tone, 1190
Clarkson, his evidence on the slave trade,
1271

Clausel, succeeds Marmont, 1317; his skill,
1318

Claverhouse, agent of James II., 818; Earl
of Dundee, escapes from Edinburgh,
818; reaches Inverness, 819; makes use
of Highland quarrels, 820; killed at Kil-
liecrankie, 821

Clermont, his character, 1027
Clinton, reinforces Gage, 1073; at Bunker's
Hill, 1074; at New York, 1081; succeeds
Howe, 1088; captures Charleston, 1095;
at New York, 1096; negotiates with
Arnold, 1097; at New York, 1101; fails
to rescue Yorktown, 1102

Clive, in India, 1019, 1026; defeats Du-
CON. MON.

pleix, 1117; Governor of Madras, 1118;
regains Calcutta, 1118; his forgery, 1119;
disputes in the Council, 1121; expels
Meer Cossim, 1122; dies, 1124

Club, in Scotland, origin of, 819; joins the
Jacobites, 830

Clugny, French Minister, 1152
Cobbett, influence of his writings, 1352;
his speeches, 1421

Cobham, deprived of his army commission,
975; joins the Prince of Wales, 978
Coburg, in Flanders, 1171

Cockburn, in America, 1327
Codrington, at Navarino, 1399, 1400
Cohorn, engineer, 838; at the siege of
Namur, 847

Collingwood, at Trafalgar, 1265; at the
Dardanelles, 1281

Collot d'Herbois, his cruelty, 1169
Commerce, injured by French privateers,
838; loss of the Smyrna fleet, 841; the
East India trade, 860-862; the Darien
scheme, 865-867; commercial advantages
at the Peace of Utrecht, 919, 921; regu-
lation of the Scotch trade, 927; the
South Sea scheme, 949-953; commercial
treaty with Spain, 958, 1011; the Ostend
Company, 959, 961, 962, 971; prevalence
of smuggling, 974, 981; rapid increase
of, 1013, 1014; restrictions on colonial
trade, 1046, 1047, 1051, 1052, 1069, 1070;
Pitt's Irish Commercial Bill, 1136; sus-
pension of cash payments, 1193; Conti-
nental System, 1277-1279; depression of
commerce, 1332, 1350, 1351; Huskisson's
improvements, 1379-1381; commercial
distress, 1383-1386; the West India
trade, 1443

Compton, Sir Spencer, made President of
the Council, 966; made Lord Wilming-
ton, 966; supports Walpole, 983; Pre-
mier, 987; dies, 988

Conflans, at Brest, 1028; at Quiberon, 1029
Conway, Secretary of State, 1050; his

speech, 1051; deprived of army com-
mission, 1052; remains in office, 1053;
in Parliament, 1104; in the ministry,

1105

Cook, director of the East India Company,
845; his accounts, 861

Coote, defeats Lally, 1120; in Mahratta
war, 1127; at Madras, 1128
Cope, marches against Charles Edward,
1001; at Prestonpans, 1002
Cormatin, Chouan feader, 1174
Cornwallis, in Carolina, 1096, 1098, 1100;
retreats, 1101; takes Yorktown, 1101;
besieged, 1102; surrenders, 1103; Vice-
roy of Ireland, 1215-1217; in India, 1219;
at Amiens, 1234; Governor-General of
India, 1466

Cornwallis, Admiral, at Brest, 1262
Coronation Oath, 811

Cowper, made Lord Chancellor, 910, 931
Cradock, in Portugal, 1298

Craggs, Secretary at War, 942; death of,

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Crillon, takes Minorca, 1099; attacks Gib-
raltar, 1109

Cuesta, at Rio Seco, 1288; his character,
1303; at Talavera, 1304

Cumberland, William, Duke of, at Dettin-

gen, 993; at Fontenoy, 998; collects an
army, 1003; Charles Edward escapes
from, 1004; he overtakes him, 1005;
character, 1006; at Culloden, 1007; his
cruelty, 1008; at Laufeldt, 1010; Fox a
protégé of, 1018; defeated, 1026; nego-
tiates with Pitt, 1049, 1050; forms a
Whig ministry, 1050

Cumberland (son of William), his charac-
ter, 1064

Cumberland. [See Ernest.]

Curran, Solicitor-General, 1208; opposes
the Union, 1217

Currency re-established, 848-850

D'AIGUILLON, succeeds Choiseul, 1062
Dalrymple, sent to Scotland, 817; made
Viscount Stair, 834
Dalrymple. [See Stair.]
Dalrymple, in Portugal, 1290; supersedes
Burrard, 1293

Danby, President of the Council, 809;
Lord Caermarthen, 811; Parliamentary
attack on, 821; Premier, 824; chief
adviser to Mary, 826; discovers Pres-
ton's plot, 831; Lord President, 843;
Duke of Leeds, accused of venality,
845; retires, 846
Danton, his party, 1185

Darien scheme, 865-867; ill-feeling excited
by, 925, 933; the Company dissolved,

927

Darmstadt, takes Gibraltar, 887; his
quarrel with Peterborough, 889
Dartmouth, his conspiracy, 825
Dartmouth, Colonial Secretary, 1068, 1072
Dashwood, Treasurer of the Chamber,
1037; Chancellor of the Exchequer,
1041

Davoust, in Prussia, 1276

De Broglie, at Minden, 1031, 1032; at
Langen-Saltza, 1037
D'Enghien, murdered, 1251

D'Erlon, in Belgium, 1342; at Waterloo,
1345

D'Estaing, French admiral, 1088
D'Estrées, French admiral, 836
D'Estrées, Marshal, at Hastenbach, 1026
De Grasse, Admiral, 1099; fights with
Graves, 1101, 1102; at Jamaica, 1109
D'Hervilly, at Quiberon, 1176, 1177
De la Clue, at Lagos, 1028

De la Croix, French minister, 1189
De Puisaye, Chouan leader, 1174; in
England, 1175; at Quiberon, 1176;
escapes, 1177

De Suffren, Admiral, 1099, 1104; in India,

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Devonshire, Lord Steward, 877
Devonshire, First Lord of the Treasury,
1021; deprived of his office of Chamber-
lain, 1041; friend of Pitt, 1042
Digby, Admiral, 1095

Doddington, leader of the Opposition, 1012
Donzelot, at Waterloo, 1345

Drouet, in Estremadura, 1313, 1814
Drummond, James, joins Charles Edward,
1001

Drummond, John, joins Charles Edward,

1005; at Falkirk, 1006

Dubarry, her influence, 1062; character,
1065

Dubois, his negotiations, 940

Duckworth, at the Dardanelles, 1281
Dudley, Foreign Secretary, 1392; supports
Wellington, 1395; signs Treaty of Lon-
don, 1398; resigns, 1402

Dumouriez, his victories, 1159; treats
with Auckland, 1166; meditates trea-
son, 1168

Duncan, watches the Dutch, 1194; mutiny
in his fleet, 1196; at Camperdown,

1198

Duncannon. [See Ponsonby.]
Dundas, proposes Catholic relief, 1087;
his India Bill, 1129; supports Pitt, 1182,
1135; defends Hastings, 1139; resigns,
1230; negotiates for Pitt's return, 1240;
made Lord Melville, 1246; his energy,
1249; attack on his naval administra
tion, 1258; resigns, 1259; acquitted,
1260; resigns, 1392

Dundee. [See Claverhouse.]
Dunning, Solicitor-General, 1058; presents
American petition, 1068; his motion,
1092; Lord Ashburton, in the ministry,

1105

Dupleix, in India, 1019; in Pondichery
1115; his schemes, 1116, 1117; dies,
1118

Durham, his reform measure, 1368; Privy
Seal, 1423; resigns, 1439; his dispute
with Brougham, 1455

EDWARD, Duke of Kent, his marriage,
1358

Egremont, Secretary of State, 1039; dies,

1042

Elector of Bavaria. [See Charles Albert
and Maximilian.]

Elector of Hanover. [See George 1.]
Eldon, prosecutes Hardy, 1181; Id
Chancellor, 1230; negotiates for Pitt's
return, 1245; remains in office, 124;
opposes the Slave Trade Bill, 1:72:
opposes the Catholic Bill, 1273; is
influence, 1274; high Tory, 15;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1988; res
1392; quoted, 1401; interview with
George IV., 1408

Elizabeth of Russia, alliance with Austria,
1023; dies, 1040

Ellenborough, in the Cabinet, 1267; es
poses the Catholic claims, 1275; jul
Hone, 1356

Elliot, at Gibraltar, 1109
Emmett, his rebellion, 1242; hanged, 1243
Ernest, his marriage, 1358

Erskine, desires reform, 1162; defends
Hardy, 1181

Eugene, in Italy, 879; his friendship with
Marlborough, 882; joins Marlborough,
884; sent to Italy, 888; at Turin, 893;
at Toulon, 895; at the Hague, 897; at
Oudenarde, 897; besieges Lille, 901; at
Malplaquet, 903, 904; at the Diet of
Frankfort, 918; deserted by the English,
921; commanding the German army,
976

FAMILY COMPACT, the, 981; suspected by
Pitt, 1038; signed, 1039

Fenwick, his conspiracy, 847; his trial,
855; executed, 856

Ferdinand IV., of Naples, insurrection
against, 1372; at Laibach, 1373
Ferdinand VII., of Spain, 1286; abdicates,
1287; restored, rebellion against, 1371;
changes the law of succession, 1463;
dies, 1464

Ferdinand, of Brunswick, 1026; at Cre-
veld, 1027; at Minden, 1031, 1032; his
successes, 1037; his manifesto, 1158; at
Jena, 1276; in Saxony, 1301
Fitzgerald, in France, 1209, 1211; killed,
1214

Fitzgerald, his cruelty, 1218

Fitzgibbon, Irish leader, 1200; his vigour,
1206, 1207; his policy, 1208; opposes
Catholic claims, 1209; Lord Clare,
advises amnesty, 1215; urges the Union,
1217

Fitzwilliam, Lord President, 1181; Viceroy
of Ireland, 1208; recalled, 1209; Presi-
dent of the Council, 1267

Fleury, his pacific views, 961, 970; his
policy, 975; dupes Walpole, 981; pro-
mises mediation, 982; intrigues with
the Jacobites, 983

Flood, his Reform Bill, 1136, 1155
Forbes, President of Scotland, 1000
Forbes, takes Fort Duquesne, 1027
Forster, at Preston, 936

Fox, Henry, Secretary at War, 1018;
Secretary of State, 1020; resigns, 1021;
Paymaster-General, 1022; purchases a
majority in the House, 1041; belongs
to the Bedford party, 1042; Lord Hol
land, dismissed, 1049
Fox, Charles James (son of the above),
champion of the Americans, 1082; at
Westminster, 1092; assaults the Govern-
ment, 1103, 1104; Secretary of State,
1105; yields to Grattan, 1106; supports
Pitt, 1107; negotiates peace, 1108; in
Opposition, 1111; Secretary of State,
1112; his India Bill, 1129; opposes
Pitt, 1133; his election, 1134; opposes
Pitt's Irish Bill, 1137; accuses Hastings,
1140; friend of George IV., 1141; his
opinion of the French Revolution, 1154,
1161; his breach with Burke, 1156; his

Libel Bill, 1157; opposes Pitt, 1164,
1183; alliance with Grenville, 1243;
George's prejudice against, 1246; doubts
the French invasion, 1247; Foreign
Minister, 1266; character, 1267; nego-
tiations with Napoleon, 1268-1270; dies,
1270; proposes the abolition of the slave
trade, 1271.

Fox, Lord Holland, nephew of Charles,
opposes the Government, 1374; in the
Cabinet, 1423

Francis I., marries Maria Theresa, 976;
supported by Frederick II., 989; elected
Emperor, 996; acknowledged at Aix-la-
Chapelle, 1011

Francis, author of Junius' Letters, 1057,
1058; in India Council, 1124; opposes
Hastings, 1125, 1139

Franklin, in England, 1052; agent for
Massachusetts, 1068; insulted, 1069;
with Chatham, 1072; in France, 1083;
his medal, 1103; in Paris, 1108
Frederick William, becomes King, 941;
desires Juliers, 962

Frederick II., his ambition, 989; alliance
with France, 990; deserts France, 991;
takes Prague, 996; deserted by his
allies, 997; quarrels with George II.,
1020; begins the Seven Years' Wa: 1023;
his campaign of 1758, 1026; campaign
of 1759, 1028; fourth campaign, 1032,
1033; his success, 1041; his character,
1054; partitions Poland, 1066; alliance
with Russia, 1096, 1148
Frederick William II., attacks France in

Holland, 1147; alliance with England,
1149; leaves the coalition, 1173; dies,
1221

Frederick William III, declares war with
Napoleon, 1276; visits England, 1335
Frederick, Prince of Wales, leader of the
Opposition, 978, 1012; his quarrel with
his father, 978, 979, 980

Frederick, Duke of York, in Holland,
1169; recalled, 1172; captures the
Dutch fleet, 1223; withdraws, 1224;
appreciates the Peninsula War, 1294;
deprived of his office, 1299; opposes
Catholic relief, 1391; dies, 1392
Frere, urges Moore's advance, 1295; his
false information, 1322; recalled, 1323

GAGE, Governor, 1071; defeated, 1072; at
Bunker's Hill, 1073; his delays, 1074,

1075

Galway, succeeds Schomberg, 887; in
Spain, 889; occupies Madrid, 890;
Commander-in-chief, 895

Gates, Burgoyne surrenders to, 1082;
Washington's rival, 1087; in Carolina,
1097, 1098

Gaultier, his negotiations, 917, 918
Gay, writes against Walpole, 978
George I., in command of the Imperial
troops, 896; summoned to England,
923, 924; his character, 950, 931; goes
to Hanover, 940; his German policy.

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