receive the duchess of Cum- berland, iii. 125.'; death and character of, 174. Charlotte, princess of Wales, birth of, i. 272.; marriage of, iii. 136.; death of, 160. Chartres, duc de, visits Lon- don, i. 96.; his second visit to London, 123.; succeeds to the title and wealth of his father, the duke of Or- leans, 134. ; execution of, 249.
Châtillon, the congress of, ii.
Chatham, lord, ii. 124. Cholmondeley, lord, i. 266. Christian, crown prince of Denmark, iii. 11.
Cintra, the convention of, ii. 97.
Ciudad Rodrigo, capture of, by the duke of Wellington, ii. 200. Clairfait, general, i. 247. Clancarty, lord, iii. 30. Clare, lord, his political cha- racter, ii. 9.; forms an al- liance, under the auspices of the duke of York, with the Jenkinson party, 10. Clarke, Mrs., ii. 110.; ap- pears as a witness in the house of commons, on the enquiry into the conduct of the duke of York, 111. Clarke, general, duke of Feltre, iii. 23.
Clausel, general, ii. 203. Clouet, colonel, iii. 58. Cobbett, Mr., iii. 256. Cobourg, general, i. 247. Codrington, sir Edward, iii. 324.
Conflans, marquis de, i. 171. Cooke, Mr., charged with a secret commission to take
Copley, sir John, appointed chancellor, with a peerage, by the title of baron Lynd- hurst, iii. 304. Cornwallis, lord, supersedes lord Camden in the go- vernment of Ireland, ii. 2.; appointed to conclude the definitive treaty of the peace of Amiens, 14.
Cotton, sir Stapleton, ii. 273. Courteney, Mr., his reply to Mr. Rolle, i. 197. Crouch, Mrs., i. 267. Cumberland, duke of, his name struck out of the li- turgy, i. 13.; solicits lord Temple and Mr. Pitt to accept office, 35.; marriage of, 48.; his character, 67.; his death, 224.
on the secret cabal, ii. 184. ; ascribes the successes of the Americans on lake Cham- plain to the inefficiency of the British admiralty, iii. 8. Davoust, marshal, prince of Eckmuhl, iii. 17.; solicits an armistice in the name of the provisional government from marshal Blucher, 98. Dawson, Mr., iii. 305. Decres, minister of marine in France, ii. 40.
Deffand, madame du, her character of Mr. Fox, i. 60. Denman, Mr., appears at the bar of the house of lords as counsel for the queen,iii. 225. Denmark, the king of, his marriage with the princess Caroline Matilda of Eng- land, i. 26.
Devonshire, duke of, i. 17. De Winter, admiral, i. 290. Donoughmore, lord, submits
the catholic claims to the house of lords, ii. 167.; his observations on the subject, 185.; solicits to be created an English viscount, is re- fused, 186. Douglas, sir John, ii. 49.
-, lady, her charge against the princess of Wales, ii. 49. Drake, Mr., i. 161. Drouet, general, his private explanation with marshal Ney, iii. 91. Dudley, lord, succeeds Mr. Canning as foreign secre- tary, iii. 305.
Duncan, admiral, i. 289.; created viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 291. Dundas, Mr., i. 160.
roc, marshal, ii. 243.
Eldon, lord, ii. 12.; his opi- nion of the bill brought in by lord John Russel, iii. 328.
Ellenborough, lord, appointed
chief justice, with a seat in the cabinet, ii. 46.; his death and character, iii. 172.
England menaced with inva- sion by France and Spain, i. 65.; proclaims peace with all the world, ii. 288. Erlon, general d', iii. 57. Ernest duke of Cumberland, iii. 133. Erskine,lord, appointed chan-
cellor, ii. 46. ; his speech in the house of peers on the military and naval service bill,63.; withdraws his name from the secret committee appointed to investigate the conduct of the queen,iii. 219. Excelmans, general, iii. 57. Exmouth, lord, iii. 138.
her separation from the prince, 254. Fitzwilliam, lord, i. 218.; sent over as lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 252.; recalled from Ireland, 258.; his opposition to the preliminary terms of the peace of Amiens, ii. 11. Folkstone, lord, ii. 110. Foote, captain, iii. 116. Fortescue, lord, ii. 67. Fouché, duke of Otranto, iii. 17.; engages in a conspi- racy to overthrow the go- vernment of Louis XVIII., 34.; his secret correspond- ence with Metternich dis- covered; his correspondence with the duke of Wel- lington, 47. ; made minister of police by Louis XVIII.; his character, 101.; his re- ply to Carnot's laconic note,
Fox, Henry, vindicates the treaty of peace in the house of commons, i. 19.
Charles James, his early career: returned to parlia- ment, i. 63. ; appointed secretary of state, 83.; re- signs, 98.; his coalition with lord North, 99. ; again appointed secretary of state, 100.; introduces the India bill in the house of com- mons, 105.; compelled by the king to return the seals of office, 108.; obtains a seat for the borough of Kirkwall, 128.; his ob- servation on alderman Newnham's motion, 151.; his denial of the prince of Wales's marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, 157.; sets out on a tour through
France, Switzerland, and Italy, 177; receives an ex- press recalling him to Eng- land, 178.; complains of the misrepresentation of his speech by lord Camden, 184.; his speech in favour of the French revolution, 222.; his name struck out of the list of privy counsellors, 297.; presides at a meeting of the whig club, 11.; his opinion of the peace of Amiens, 15.; his speech in reply to Mr. Sheridan, 33., appointed secretary for foreign affairs, 46. ; his private interview with Guil- lot de la Gevrillière, 50.; his character and death, 53. Foy, general, iii. 63. Francis, emperor of Germany, deprived of his title and ter- ritories by Napoleon, and re- duced to the style and title. of emperor of Austria, ii. 52. Francis, sir Philip, iii. 168. Frederica Ulrica, princess,
daughter of the king of Prussia, her marriage with the duke of York, i. 228. Frederick, prince, birth of, i. 23.; appointed colonel in the army; sets out on a tour to Germany, 79.; created duke of York; returns to England after an absence of seven years, 169.: his meeting with the prince of Wales, 170.; excluded from the queen's council, 198; his quarrel with colonel Lennox, 208.; sets out on a marriage-tour through Germany, 225.; his mar- riage with the princess, Frederica Ulrica daughter
of the king of Prussia, 228.; sails from Sheerness to Flanders, 246.; sets out for England, 248.; receives the command-in-chief, 300.; second expedition, and failure of, 303.; enquiry into the conduct of, ii. J 10.; resigns the command-in- chief, 113.; reinstated as commander-in-chief, 167.; appointed guardian of the king's person on the death of the queen, iii. 177.; his memorable speech on pre- senting a petition from the canons of Windsor to the house of lords against the Catholic claims, 276.; his death, 295.
Frederick William, king of Prussia, his weak character, ii. 56.
Friedland, the battle of, ii. 69. Fuentes d'Onore, the battle . of, ii. 173.
Gambier, admiral, ii. 74. George I., his ignorance of the English language, i. 2.
II., his character, i. 2. III., his accession to the throne: opens parlia- ment, i. 3.; his first speech, 4.; marriage and corona- tion of, 9.; education of; character and unpopularity of, 11.; serious indisposition of, 33.; anecdote of, 84.; his conversation with the prince of Wales on the re- jection of the India bill by the lords, 110.; his letter to the duke of Portland, 115.; his letter to Mr. Pitt, 116.; declares his intention to ab- dicate, 119.; his letter to
the prince of Wales, 136. ; presented with a diamond of prodigious value the present of the Indian personage called the Nizam, by Mr. Hastings; his life attempted by a mad-woman, 146.; opens parliament in person, i. 148.; alarming illness of, 178.; removed from Windsor to Kew, 202.; pronounced convalescent, 202.; goes in state to St. Paul's to return thanks for his recovery, 204.; visits Mr. Weld at Lulworth castle, 213.; proposes a compromise between the prince and princess of Wales, 275.; attacked by the mob on his return from opening parliament, 285.; his pe- remptory message to the prince of Wales on his per- severance in soliciting mi- litary rank, ii. 23.; his jealously of the prince of Wales, 24.; reviews the volunteer corps of London in Hyde Park, 24.; his letter to the princess of Wales, 43.; ascendant of toryism in the reign of, 64.; his answer through Mr. Canning to Napoleon, and the emperor of Austria's offer of peace, 115.; final and serious illness, and ne- cessity of a regent of the kingdom, 133.; death of, iii.
George IV., i. 1.; birth of, 9.; created prince of Wales, 10.; invested with the or- der of the garter, 24.; re- ceives and replies to an address; receives his first
military commission, 25.; holds a drawing-room, 27.; anecdote of, 44. ; education of, 50.; his conversation with Dr. Parr, 55.; his acquirements, 57.; his first appearance at court, 58.; forms
an intimacy with Mrs. Robinson; their cor- respondence under the names of Perdita and Flo- rizel, 73.; his establish- ment at Carlton House, 78.; appears at court on the queen's birth-day, 80.; commencement of his in- timacy with Fox and She- ridan, 83.; his connection with Mr. Fox and the whigs, 85.; complains of the inadequacy of his in- come, 87.; his taste in ar- chitecture; takes his seat in the house of lords as duke of Cornwall, 103.; attends the house of lords to support the India bill, 107.; his court, 121.; his reply to Mr. Fox's speech at Carlton House, 122.; his intimacy with the duc de Chartres, 123.; goes to Brighton; commences building the Marine Lodge, 124.; unpopularity of; in- sulted by the populace, 125.; his dislike of Mr. Pitt, 130.; his taste for music; his equipage and "ace horses, 133.; his embarrassments, 135.; communicates the state of his affairs to the king; the king's letter in reply, 136.; his letter to the king, 138.; breaks up his establishment at Carlton House, 141.; forms an at-
tachment to Mrs. Fitzher- bert, 142.; his marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, 154. ; au- thorises Mr. Fox to deny his marriage, 157.; his conversation with Mr. Pitt, 161.; his letter to Mr. Pitt, 163.; anecdote of, 171.; his letter to the chancellor, 192.; receives a letter from Mr. Pitt communicating his plan of a restricted regency, 192.; his letter in reply, 193.; accepts of the re- gency, 194.; his answer to the address presented by the Irish deputation, 201.; refused admittance to see the king on his recovery by order of the queen, 206.; his letter to the king, 207.; makes a tour in the north of England, 218.; his re- conciliation with the king and queen, 220.; breaks up his establishment, 225.; disposes of his racing es- tablishment, 228.; makes his first speech as a peer of parliament, 229.; his letter to the duke of Portland, 246.; his separation from Mrs. Fitzherbert, 254.; his first interview with the princess Caroline of Bruns- wick, 259.; marriage of, 260.; his letter to the princess of Wales, 273.; his separation from the princess, 278.; renews his intimacy with the whigs, 293.; his letter to the king, 294.; his reception of Mr. Addington on his appoint- ment to the ministry, ii. 10.; abandons his claim of right to the revenues of the
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