Treaties--_A History of England, Period III. Constitutional Monarchy

Limerick, 1691, 830;

Ryswick, 1697, 857, 858;

First Partition, 1698, 863;

Second Partition, 1700, 869;

Grand Alliance, 1701, 873;

Methuen, 1703, 880, 907, 1138;

Gertruydenberg, 1710, 915;

Utrecht, 1713, 919, 921;

Rastadt, 1714, 921;

Barrier, 1715, 941;

Triple Alliance, 1717, 942;

Passarowitz, 1718, 945;

Quadruple Alliance, 1718, 945;

general peace 1720, 946;

Congress of Cambrai, 1724, 968;

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 Compact, 1761, 1039;

Peace of Paris, 1763, 1040;

Partition of Poland, 1773, 1066;

between America and France, 1777, 1084;

with America, 1783, 1110;

Commercial, with France, 1786, 1138;

with Holland and Prussia, 1789, 1147;

Convention of Reichenbach, 1790, 1149;

Yassy, 1792, 1149;

Convention of Pilnitz, 1791, 1157;

at Basle, 1795, 1173;

Léoben, 1797, 1188;

Campo Formio, 1797, 1193;

Erckmar, 1799, 1224;

Alessandria, 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. Petersburg, 1805, 1261;

Schönbrunn, 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

Turgot, 1152

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;

supports 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 Cevennes, 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;

dismissed, 942; his opposition, 946-948;

Paymaster of the Forces, 948;

his sinking 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;

opposition 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 Philadelphia, 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 India, 1224;

his subsidiary system, 1254;

war with the Mahrattas, 1255, 1256;

Foreign Secretary, 1323;

resigns, 1323;

negotiations for his return, 1325;

Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1369;

his administration, 1389, 1390;

his correspondence 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 Burrard, 1293;

in command, 1298;

victorious, 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, 1346;

arranges the evacuation of France, 1359;

at the Congress of Verona, 1375;

opposes the Corn Bill, 1388;

resigns, 1392;

returns, 1394;

Premier, 1395;

Ambassador 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 friendship 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 neglecting Ireland, 814;

his letter to Scotland, receives the Scotch crown, 818;

difficulty of his position, 821;

threatens to leave England, 824;

his revenue, 825;

his Act of Grace, 825;

goes to Ireland, 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;

returns, 839;

at Landen, 841;

forms a united ministry, 842, 843;

death of his wife, 844;

reconciliation with Anne, 847;

goes to Flanders, 847;

takes Namur, 848;

his triumphant return, 848;

his Land Bank scheme, 851;

the Assassination Plot, 853, 854;

his wisdom during Fenwick's trial, 855, 856;

desires peace, 857;

success of his reign, 859;

forced to reduce his army, 860;

attention 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, 906

William IV., his marriage, 1358;

High Admiral, 1392;

character, 1418;

supports his ministers, 1426;

dissolves the Houses, 1427;

opposes the Reform Bill, 1429;

his Church policy, 1449;

dismisses 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, 1267

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, 868

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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