advances money, 850;
attempt to ruin it, 851;
advances money, 852;
competition with the South Sea Company, 951;
affected by the march of Charles Edward, 1005;
suspension of cash payments, 1193;
resumption of cash payments, 1359;
in danger of bankruptcy, 1384;
renewal of its charter, 1441
Barclay, his plot, 850, 853, 854
Barlow, Governor-General of India, 1466
Barnard, incapacity of, 1056;
promoted, 1057
Barras, succeeds Menou, 1186;
in the Directory, 1197
Barré, his pension, 1107;
compensated for the loss of it, 1133
Barrier Treaty, 919, 940, 959;
irritation caused by, 1023
Barrington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1037;
Secretary at War, 1056
Barthélemy, negotiates treaties at Basle, 1173;
in the Directory, 1197
Barwell, in the India Council, 1123;
votes for Hastings, 1125
Bassano, minister in England, 1166
Bath. [See Pulteney.]
Bathurst, Colonial Secretary, 1382;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
resigns, 1392
Battles--
Abendsberg, 1300;
Aghrim, 829;
Albuera, 1309;
Alexandria, 1232;
Algiers, 1347;
Almanza, 895;
Almenara, 915;
Amboor, 1117;
Argaum, 1256;
Aspern, 1300;
Assye, 1256;
Austerlitz, 1266;
Barosa, 1309;
Basignano, 997;
Baylen, 1288;
Beachy Head, 826;
Bergen, 1031;
Bitonto, 976;
Blenheim, 885, 886;
Boyne, 827;
Brihuega, 916;
Brooklyn, 1077;
Bunker's Hill, 1073;
Busaco, 1307;
Buxar, 1121;
Camperdown, 1198;
Cassano, 889, 1222;
Copenhagen, 1232, 1233;
Corunna, 1297;
Coverpauk, 1117;
Creveld, 1027;
Culloden, 1007;
Denain, 921;
Dettingen, 992, 993;
Diamond, 1209;
Dresden, 1321;
Echeren, 881;
Eckmühl, 1300;
Espinosa, 1295;
Exiles, 1011;
Eylau, 1280;
Falkirk, 1005;
Finisterre, 1263;
Fleurus, 826, 1171;
Fontenoy, 998, 999;
Freiberg, 1041;
Friedberg, 997;
Friedland, 1283;
Friedlingen, 879;
Fuentes Onoro, 1309;
Gebora, 1308;
Guildford Courthouse, 1100;
Hagenau, 888;
Hastenbach, 1026;
Hobkirk's Hill, 1100;
Hochstädt, 881;
Hohenlinden, 1227;
Jemmappes, 1159;
Jena, 1276;
Kesseldorf, 997;
Killiecrankie, 820;
Kirch-Denkern, 1037;
Kloster-Campen, 1037;
Kolin, 1026;
Kunersdorf, 1032;
Lagos, 1028;
La Hogue, 837;
Landen, 841;
Langen-Saltza, 1037;
Laswari, 1257;
Laufeldt, 1010;
Leipsic, 1321;
Liegnitz, 1033;
Ligny, 1340;
Lissa, 1026;
Lowositz, 1024;
Luzara, 879;
Magnano, 1222;
Maida, 1282;
Malplaquet, 903;
Marengo, 1226;
Marsiglia, 841;
Martinique, 1109;
Minden, 1031;
Molwitz, 989;
Narva, 895;
Navarino, 1399;
Newton-Butler, 816;
Nile, 1221;
Nivelle, 1320;
Novi, 1222;
Ocana, 1305;
Orthes, 1321;
Oudenarde, 897-900;
Plassy, 1026, 1119;
Preston, 936;
Prestonpans, 1002;
Pultowa, 896;
Pyramids, 1220;
Quatre Bras, 1341;
Quebec, 1031;
Quiberon, 1177;
Ramillies, 891, 892;
Ratisbon, 1300;
Raucoux 1010;
Rorica, 1291;
Roveredo, 1188;
Sabugal, 1308;
St. Vincent, 1193;
Salamanca, 1316;
Saragossa, 915;
Savenay, 1170;
Schellenberg, 884;
Sheriffmuir, 937;
Spires, 881;
Steinkirk, 838;
Stockach, 1222;
Stolhofen, 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;
Walcourt, 823;
Wandewash, 1120;
Warburg, 1037;
Waterloo, 1341-1346;
Wynendale, 901;
Zörndorf, 1028;
Zullichan, 1032;
Zurich, 1224
Bedford, his party, 1042;
Prime Minister, 1043;
offends George III., 1049;
protests against his conduct, 1050;
his conduct to the Americans, 1057;
subscribes to the loan, 1190
Benbow, Admiral, his death, 880
Bentinck, promoted, 810;
Earl of Portland, 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, 1339, 1340;
retreats, 1341;
at Waterloo, 1345;
desires vengeance, 1346
Blunt, director of the South Sea Company, 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 rebellion, 933;
tries to postpone it, 934;
dismissed by the Pretender, his overtures rejected by Walpole,
returns to 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 Malplaquet, 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 petition against slavery, 1444;
correspondence 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 disasters, 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 reform, 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 Revolution 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;
Secretary 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;
accused, 947
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;
recalled, 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 Castlereagh, 1322;
resigns, 1323;
negotiations for his return, 1325;
avoids the Queen's trial, 1369;
Foreign Secretary, 1370;
his foreign policy, 1375;
his Spanish policy, 1376;
supports Huskisson, 1378;
his slave circular, 1382;
his Portuguese policy, 1386;
his Corn Bill, 1388;
supports Catholic emancipation, 1389;
Premier, 1392;
dies, 1393;
his Turkish policy, 1395-1398
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, 1365;
her trial, 1366, 1367;
dies, 1368
Carteret, character, 956, 988;
Lord Lieutenant 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;
remains 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;
returns, 1339;
his death, 1369;
his foreign policy, 1370, 1371;
its weakness, 1373;
his financial measures, 1377;
supported Catholic emancipation, 1389
Catherine of Russia, her conduct to Poland, 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, 1387, 1389;
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;
favours the Stuarts, 941;
danger to England 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;
abdicates, 1287
Charles VI., his claim to Spain, 863, 869;
declared King, in Spain, 889, 890,
in the Netherlands, 893;
Louis offers to recognize him, 894;
supported by the Catalonians, 895;
occupies Madrid, 915;
leaves his army, 916;
becomes Emperor, 921;
jealous of the new German kingdoms, 941;
joins the Quadruple Alliance, 945;
desires the guarantee of the Pragmatic Sanction, 959, 970, 971;
agrees to suspend the Ostend Company, 962;
deserts his Spanish allies, 970;
dies, 984
Charles Albert, candidate for the empire, 989;
elected as Charles VII., 990;
concludes peace, Bavaria restored to him, 994;
dies, 996
Charles of Lorraine, victorious over the French, 994
Charles, Archduke, at Stockach, 1222;
in Italy, 1264;
his proclamation, 1300;
at Aspern, 1300;
at Wagram, 1301
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 command 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 Ireland, 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 Caroline, 967;
decay of, 1015, 1016;
influence of the Methodists on, 1017;
the Tractarians, 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;
extravagance 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 Killiecrankie, 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 Dupleix, 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;
regulation 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;
suspension of cash payments, 1193;
Continental 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 Wilmington, 966;
supports Walpole, 983;
Premier, 987;
dies, 988
Conflans, at Brest, 1028;
at Quiberon, 1029
Conway, Secretary of State, 1050;
his speech, 1051;
deprived of army commission, 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 leader, 1174
Cornwallis, in Carolina, 1096, 1098, 1100;
retreats, 1101;
takes Yorktown, 1101;
besieged, 1102;
surrenders, 1103;
Viceroy 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, 954
Crillon, takes Minorca, 1099;
attacks Gibraltar, 1109
Cuesta, at Rio Seco, 1288;
his character, 1303;
at Talavera, 1304
Cumberland, William, Duke of, at Dettingen, 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;
negotiates with Pitt, 1049, 1050;
forms a Whig ministry, 1050
Cumberland (son of William), his character, 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 Preston'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, 1341;
at Waterloo, 1344
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, 1128
Derby. [See Stanley.]
Derwentwater, at Preston, 936;
executed, 938
Desaix, at Marengo, 1226
Devonshire, Lord Steward, 877
Devonshire, First Lord of the Treasury, 1021;
deprived of his office of Chamberlain, 1041;
friend of Pitt, 1042
Digby, Admiral, 1095
Doddington, leader of the Opposition, 1012
Donzelot, at Waterloo, 1344
Drouet, in Estremadura, 1313, 1314
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 London, 1398;
resigns, 1402
Dumouriez, his victories, 1159;
treats with Auckland, 1166;
meditates treason, 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, 1132, 1135;
defends Hastings, 1139;
resigns, 1230;
negotiates for Pitt's return, 1240;
made Lord Melville, 1246;
his energy, 1249;
attack on his naval administration, 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 Pondicherry 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
Eldon, prosecutes Hardy, 1181;
Lord Chancellor, 1230;
negotiates for Pitt's return, 1245;
remains in office, 1246;
opposes the Slave Trade Bill, 1272;
opposes the Catholic Bill, 1273;
his influence, 1274;
high Tory, 1387;
Palmerston's opinion of, 1388;
resigns, 1392;
quoted, 1401;
interview with George IV., 1408
Elector of Bavaria. [See Charles Albert and Maximilian.]
Elector of Hanover. [See George I.]
Elizabeth of Russia, alliance with Austria, 1023;
dies, 1040
Ellenborough, in the Cabinet, 1267;
opposes the Catholic claims, 1273;
judges 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 German army, 976
Exmouth, at Algiers, 1347
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 Creveld, 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;
President of the Council, 1267
Fleury, his pacific views, 961, 970;
his policy, 975;
dupes Walpole, 981;
promises 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 Holland, dismissed, 1049
Fox, Charles James (son of the above), champion of the Americans, 1082;
at Westminster, 1092;
assaults the Government, 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;
negotiations 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' War, 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