1720, 946; Congress of Cambrai, 1724,
958; Vienna, 1725, 960; Hanover, 1725,
961; the Pardo, 1727, 970; Congress of
Soissons, 1728, 970; Seville, 1729, 971;
Vienna, 1731, 971; Vienna, 1738, 976;
Kleinschnellendorf, 1741, 990; Breslau
and Berlin, 1742, 991; with Charles VII.,
1743, 994; Worms, 1743, 995; Frankfort,
1744, 995; Fuessen, 1745, 996; Aix-la-
Chapelle, 1748, 1011; Warsaw and St.
Petersburg, 1745, 1023; Family Com-
pact, 1761, 1039; Peace of Paris, 1763,
1040; Partition of Poland, 1773, 1066;
between America and France, 1777,
1084; with America, 1783, 1110; Com-
mercial, with France, 1786, 1138; with
Holland and Prussia, 1789, 1147; Con-
vention of Reichenbach, 1790, 1149;
Yassy, 1792, 1149; Convention of Pil-
nitz, 1791, 1157; at Basle, 1795, 1173;
Léoben, 1797, 1188; Campo Formio,
1797, 1198; Erckmar, 1799, 1224; Ales-
sandria, 1800, 1226; Lunéville, 1801, 1227;
El Arish, 1801, 1231; St. Petersburg,
1801, 1233; Amiens, 1802, 1234, 1236;
Tripartite, 1800, 1253; Bassein, 1802,
1255; Subsidiary, 1803, 1257; St. Peters-
burg, 1805, 1261; Schonbrunn, 1805,
1269; Presburg, 1805, 1269; Tilsitt,
1807, 1283; Fontainebleau, 1807, 1286;
Cintra, 1808, 1293; Vienna, 1809, 1301;
Chaumont, 1814, 1328; Paris, 1815,
1346; Vienna, 1815, 1338, 1339, 1347;
Paris, 1815, 1347; Holy Alliance, 1815,
1348; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1818, 1359;
Quadruple Alliance, 1834, 1464; Unkiar
Skelesi, 1833, 1465
Trenchard, Secretary of State, 843
Trevor, Speaker, 824; expelled, 845
Trimbucjee, favourite of the Peishwa,
1468; escapes, 1469; captured, 1470
Tullibardine, joins Mar, 934; joins Charles
Edward, 1000
Turner, letter to James II., 831
Tweeddale, Commissioner, dismissed, 926
Tyrconnel. [See Talbot.]
VANSITTART, Governor of Calcutta, 1120
Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
1349; resigns, 1376; Lord Bexley, his
financial views, 1377; resigns, 1392
Vauban, French engineer, 838; fortifies
Brest, 846; fortifies Namur, 847
Vaughan, at Eustatia, 1099
Vendome, takes Barcelona, 858; succeeds
Villeroi, 879; in Savoy, 881; successful,
887; in Italy, 893; in Flanders, 893, 896;
at Oudenarde, 898; in Spain, 916
Vergennes, negotiates peace, 1108; sup-
ports the Democrats in Holland, 1147
Vernon, takes Porto Bello, 984
Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 877, 880
Victor, in Portugal, 1298; at Talavera,
1303, 1304; at Barosa, 1309
Victoria of Saalfield, marries Edward
Duke of Kent, 1358
Villaret, Joyeuse, French admiral, 1172,
1173
Villars, French general, 879; recalled,
881; in the Čevennes, 881; on the
Moselle, 888; at Stolhofen, 895; in
Piedmont, 896; at Malplaquet, 903, 904;
wounded, 905; his non plus ultra, 918
Villeneuve, prepares to invade England,
1262, 1263; at Trafalgar, 1265
Villeroi, succeeds Luxemburg, 847; in
Italy, 879; in Flanders, 881; in Alsace,
884; falls back, 887; in Flanders, 888;
at Ramillies, 892
Voltaire, his influence, 1152
WADE, assembles his army, 1002; marches
against the Pretender, 1003; superseded,
1005
Waldeck, at Fontenoy, 998, 999
Walker, Obadiah, impeached, 823
Walmoden, Dutch general, 1172
Walpole, Robert, Secretary at War, 913;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 931; dis-
missed, 942; his opposition, 946-948;
Paymaster of the Forces, 948; his sink-
ing fund, 950; his settlement of the
South Sea frauds, 953, 954; First Lord
of the Treasury, 954; his tact in dealing
with Ireland, 957; refuses to restore
Bolingbroke, 962; retains his power
with George II., 966; his quarrel with
Townshend, 962, 967, 972; purchases a
majority, 969; his financial measures,
973, 974; refuses to join the European
war, 976; his speech in answer to
Wyndham, 977; retains his influence
after the Queen's death, 980; his desire
for peace, 981; declares war, 982; op-
position to, 983, 984; made Lord Orford,
resigns, 985; review of his ministry,
985-987; dies, 997
Walpole, Horace (son of Robert), quoted,
1020, 1093
Ward, his motion on the Irish Church, 1446
Wardle, insults Pitt, 1259; accuses York,
1299
Washington, fighting against the French,
1019; signs the Declaration, 1061; raises
a regiment, 1070; Commander-in-chief,
1073; his army, 1074; takes Boston,
1075; goes to New York, 1076; retires,
takes Trenton, 1079; defends Phila
delphia, 1080; reorganizes his army,
1081; undervalued, 1087; trusted, 1088;
at New York, 1095; his conference with
Rochambeau, 1096; condemns André,
1097; recommends Greene, 1100; takes
Yorktown, 1102; proposal to make him
Dictator, 1107
Watson, Clive forges his name, 1119
Watson, a Spencean, 1352
Wayne, in Virginia, 1101
Webb, Marlborough's conduct to, 901
Wedderburn, character, 1064; counsel for
Hutchinson, 1068; insults Franklin,
1069; his opinion of the Riot Act, 1094
Wellesley, Governor-General in Índia,
1224; his subsidiary system, 1254; war
with the Mahrattas, 1255, 1256; Foreign
Secretary, 1823; resigns, 1323; nego-
tiations for his return, 1325; Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, 1369; his
administration, 1389, 1390; his corre-
spondence on the Coercion Bill, 1448
Wellington, in India, 1224; his genius,
1290; Secretary for Ireland, 1290
lands in Portugal, at Rorica, 1291;
at Vimiero, 1292; thwarted by Bur-
rard, 1293; in command, 1298; victo-
rious, 1303; at Talavera, 1304; made
Duke of Wellington, 1305; fortifies
Lisbon, 1306; at Busaco, 1307; his
plans, 1309; at Albuera, 1310; badly
supplied, 1312; his plans, 1314; at
Badajos, 1315; at Salamanca, 1316; at
Madrid, 1317; at Vittoria, 1318; at
Toulouse, 1321; at Congress of Vienna,
1339; in Belgium, 1340; at Waterloo,
1341-1345; his moderation,
arranges the evacuation of France, 1359;
at the Congress of Verona, 1375; opposes
the Corn Bill, 1388; resigns, 1392;
returns, 1394; Premier, 1395; Ambas-
sador to Russia, 1397; his Turkish
policy, 1400; his Government, 1401;
dismisses Huskisson, 1402; supports
Catholic emancipation, 1405, 1406, 1408;
his foreign policy, 1410-1412; his friend-
ship for Polignac, 1413; his isolated
position, 1417, 1420; reconciliation with
Huskisson, 1421; his speech, 1422;
resigns, 1423; prepares to suppress
tumults, 1429; fails to form a ministry,
1430; assaulted, 1433; in opposition,
1445; Foreign Secretary, 1456
Wesley, his teaching, 1016, 1017
West, at Minorca, 1021
Westmoreland, his policy, 1209; in office,
1246; Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
resigns, 1392
Westermann, in La Vendée, 1170
Weymouth, Secretary of State, 1056
Wharnecliff, Opposition leader, 1426;
Privy Seal, 1456
Wharton, Whig leader, 842
Wharton, Jacobite leader, 960; dies, 969
Whitbread, his motion against slavery,
1142; attacks Melville, 1258
Whitelocke, at Buenos Ayres, 1281
Whitewell, Governor of Madras, 1127
Whitfield, 1016
Whitworth, his interviews with Napoleon,
1239, 1240; leaves Paris, 1241
Wilberforce, member for Yorkshire, 1134;
votes against Melville, 1259; his efforts
against slavery, 1271; dies, 1445
Wilkes, his trial, 1043; expelled the
House, 1044; his election, 1055, 1056;
decline of his power, 1063
William III., accepts the crown, 806;
character, 807; forms his ministry, 808;
his view of royalty, 809; his tolerance,
811, 817; declares war, 811; negotiates
with Tyrconnel, 813; abused for neglect-
ing Ireland, 814; his letter to Scotland,
receives the Scotch crown, 818; diffi-
culty of his position, 821; threatens
to leave England, 824; his revenue,
825; his Act of Grace, 825; goes to Ire-
land, 826; battle of the Boyne, 827;
enters Dublin, 828; returns to England,
828; successful abroad, 831; deprives
Marlborough of his offices, 833; his part
in the massacre of Glencoe, 834, 835;
goes abroad, 836; at Steinkirk, 839; re-
turns, 839; at Landen, 841; forms a
united ministry, 842, 843; death of his
wife, 844; reconciliation with Anne,
847; goes to Flanders, 847; takes Na-
mur, 848; his triumphant return, 848;
his Land Bank scheme, 851; the Assas-
sination Plot, 853, 854; his wisdom dur-
ing Fenwick's trial, 855, 856; desires
peace, 857; success of his reign, 859;
forced to reduce his army, 860; atten-
tion to foreign politics, 862; makes the
First Partition Treaty, 863; threatens to
leave England, 864; goes to Holland,
865; disapproves of the Darien scheme,
867; grants land to his Dutch favourites,
868; arranges the Second Partition
Treaty, 869; his unpopularity, 870;
forms the Grand Alliance, 873; burst
of loyalty on James II.'s death, 873;
dies, 874; censured by the Tory party,
William IV., his marriage, 1358; High
Admiral, 1392; character, 1418; sup-
ports his ministers, 1426; dissolves the
Houses, 1427; opposes the Reform Bill,
1429; his Church policy, 1449; dis-
misses Melbourne's ministry, 1455
Willis, Dr., his treatment of George III.'s
illness, 1142, 1143, 1230
Wilmington. [See Compton.]
Winchelsea, retires from the ministry, 996
Windham, Secretary at War, 1181; resigns,
1230; disapproves of the peace, 1235;
disliked by Addington, 1240; his alliance
with Fox, 1243; opposes the volunteer
movement, 1244; Secretary at War,
Winter, at Camperdown, 1198
Wolfe, at Rochefort, 1025; succeeds
Loudon, 1026; takes Quebec, 1029,
1030; dies, 1031
Wolseley, his speech at Stockport, 1362;
his trial, 1366
Woodstock, receives grant of Crown lands,
Wray, candidate for Westminster, 1134
Wright, Lord Keeper, 869
Wurmser, in Italy, 1188
Wyndham, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
922; leader of Hanoverian Tories, 968;
his speech against Walpole, 977; joins
the Prince of Wales, 978; dies, 983
YORK, [See Frederick.]
Yorke. [See Hardwicke.]
Yorke (son of Hardwicke), commits
suicide, 1015
Young, character, 983; in office, 987
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