Pierrepoint, Henry, 48, 64
Pitt, William, 95, 195, 197, 221, 222, 230, 243, 244, 247
Pole, Wellesley, 76
Portland, Duke of, 89
“Pringello, Don,” 167, 170, 171
Queensberry, Duchess of, 197
Queensberry, Duke of, 89, 92–96
Raikes, Tom, 26, 67–69, 84
Raynal, Abbé, 139
Redding, Cyrus, 24, 32, 125, 200, 213
Rigby, Right Honourable Charles, 221
Rumbold, Sir Thomas, 79
Saye and Sele, Lord, 223
Sclater, Elizabeth. _See_ Draper, Mrs Elizabeth
Sclater, Richard, Mr and Mrs, 130, 131, 150
Sclater, Thomas Matthew, 131, 139, 142, 143, 145, 148, 156
Scroope, 173, 175
Selwyn, George, 94, 221, 227
Sefton, Lord, 89
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 57, 79, 85, 95, 221, 227
Skeffington, Sir Lumley St George, 13, 33–43, 52, 53
Smollett, Tobias George, 172
Stair, Lord, 257–259
Sterne, Lawrence, 129–157, 161–163, 169, 175, 176, 178–182, 185
Swift, Jonathan, 261, 262
Talbot, Jack, 223
Trotter, Lawson, 163, 164
Upton, General Sir Arthur, 63
Walpole, Horace, 97, 168, 224, 225, 235, 236, 269, 277, 278
Walpole, Sir Robert, 266, 271, 273
Wellington, Duke of, 72
Wharton, Philip, Duke of, 168, 253–282
Wilkes, John, 168
William III., 254, 260
William IV., 73
Wolcot, Dr (“Peter Pindar”), 24, 30, 104–126
Worcester, Lord, 48
Wray, Sir Cecil, 239, 240
Wyatt, James, 206
York, Frederick, Duke of, 24, 49, 54, 63, 77, 84, 113
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