Declaration of Independence, i. _283_;
troubles with, i. 249-251, 256-265 _passim_, 270, 272, 278,
284, 287 _et seq._, 316, 324, 325, 329; ii. 9, 25, 69,
151;
treaty with France, i. 333
Amherst, Colonel, i. 174
*Amory, Thomas, _The Life of John Buncle_, i. 189
*Amyand, Sir George, ii. 184
Ancaster, Duchess of, ii. 300, 315
Ancram, Earl of, ii. 275
Andrews, Richard, ii. 126, 138, 184
*_Annual Register_, quoted, i. 17, 108, 146, 156, 220, 371
*Anselme, General, ii. 314
Apsley, Lord, i. 149
*Arbuthnot, Admiral, i. 363, 384
Arles, Archbishop of. _See_ Dulau, J. F. M.
Armitstead, Mrs., marries C. J. Fox, ii. 179
*Arnold, Benedict, i. 270, 275, 294
*Arnould, Sophie, ii. 211
Arras, Bishop of (M. H. de Conzie), ii. 266
*Articles, Parliament and the XXXIX., i. 147
Ashburnham, Lord, i. 225; ii. 305
Ashburton, Lord, i. 90, 238;
Madras Council prosecution, i. _362_;
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, ii. 13, 96
Ashby, Mrs., i. 253, 287; ii. 22
Associations, formed to support the Government, ii. 349, 352
*Astley, Sir John, i. 148
Aston, Lady, i. 38; ii. 135
Aston, Sir Willoughby, i. 38; ii. 135
Atwood's Club, Gibbon joins, i. 152
Auckland, Lord (William Eden), American Commissioner, i. _332_;
Gibbon's colleague on Board of Trade, i. _366_;
his advice to Gibbon, i. 387;
M.P. for Woodstock, i. 390;
created a peer, ii. 25;
squib on his mission to France, ii. 148;
signs treaty between England and France, ii. _152_;
Gibbon's claret, ii. 282, 288;
at the Hague, ii. 365;
Gibbon's host at Beckenham, ii. 395, 397;
his _Journal and Correspondence_ quoted, ii. _19_, _35_,
_57_, _92_, _157_, _158_, _162_, _172_, _265_,
_397-399_
Augusta, Princess (Duchess of Brunswick), i. 65, 149
Austria, Emperor Leopold of, his meeting with King of Prussia at
Pilnitz, ii. 271
Austria, Empress Maria Theresa of, i. 394
*Autobiography, Gibbon's, quoted, i. 25, 29, 173
*Avranches, Bishop of, ii. 324
B
Bach, Johann Christian, appointed Director of Public Concerts in
London, i. 204
*Baddeley, Mrs., i. 146
Bagshot camp, review at, ii. 304
Baker, the Jesuit, receives Gibbon into Roman Catholic Church, i. 1
*Ball, Dean of Chichester, i. 399
Balsamo, Giuseppe. _See_ Cagliostro, Comte de
Baltimore, Lord, i. 91
*Bankes, Mr., M.P. for Corfe Castle, ii. 97
Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 218, 226, 239
Barazzi, M. (Banker at Rome), i. 71, 72
Barbary, and Spain, i. 265
Barré, Colonel Isaac (the Black Musqueteers), i. 26, 145, 238,
240, 250;
Paymaster of the Forces, ii. 19
*Barri, Madame du, i. 313, 314
*Barrington, Viscount, i. 349
*Barrington, Sir J., i. 89
Barrington, Shute (Bishop of Durham), i. 195
Barrymore, Lord, ii. 303
Barthélemy, Marquis de, ii. 355, 370
Bartoli, M., i. 59
Barton, Mr., i. 142, 193
Barton, George (Lord Sheffield's footman), i. 250, 252
Bassano, Duc de, ii. 367
Bathurst, Earl, i. _341_, 393
Batt, John Thomas ("Lawyer Batt"), Master in Chancery, and
Commissioner for auditing Public Accounts, i. 191, 196,
216, 240, 261, 265, 273, 279, 390; ii. 136, 158, 163,
218, 225, 239, 244, 313, 330, 349
Batten, Mr., i. 162
*Bavaria, Elector of, i. 334
Bavois, Madame de (Miss Comarque), i. 82, 83, 220
Bayley, Mr., i. 17, 119, 152, 249
Bayley, Dr., ii. 394
Beauchamp, Lord, i. 247, _393_; ii. 6, _32_, 102
Beauclerk, Lady Diana, i. _82_, 279, 304, 348
Beauclerk, Topham, i. _82_, 279, 280, 299, 304, 333, 348
*Beaumarchais, i. 371
*Beaumont and Fletcher's _Knight of the Burning Pestle_, i. 284
Beauvais, Bishop of, ii. 342
Beauvau, Princess de, i. 314, 319
*Beckford, Lord Mayor, presents "Remonstrance" to King, i. 113
*Beckford, Mr., and Gibbon's library, ii. 300
Bedford, Duchess of, i. 262
Bedford, Duke of, ambassador to France, i. 30, 32, 35;
and the British Coffee-House, i. _201_
*_Bedford Correspondence_, the, quoted, i. 28
Belmore, Lady, ii. 275
*Belmore, Lord, ii. 275
Bellamont, Lord, his duel with Lord Townshend, i. 180, 182
*Benfield, Paul, i. 308
*Bengal, famine in, i. 184
*Bentinck, Lord Edward, ii. 350
Beriton, Gibbon's Hants Estate, i. 128, 153; ii. 6, 138, 175,
182, 189, 199 _et seq._, 222 _et seq._, 227, 234, 240
Berkeley, Lord, i. 58, 74
Berne, Canton of, ii. 283, 295, 299, 316, 370
*Berry, Miss, on Gibbon's library, ii. 301
Bertrand-Molleville, Marquis de, ii. _311_, 329
Besançon, Gibbon at, i. 36
*Besson, Madame, i. 60
*Best's _Personal and Literary Memorials quoted_, i. 396
*_Biographie Universelle_, ii. 326
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 366
*Biron, Duc de, ii. 290
Biron, Duchesse de, ii. 289, 324, 333
Black Musqueteers, the, i. 26
Blackstone's _Commentaries_, quotation from, ii. 205
Blessington, Earl of, i. 2
Blondel, Gibbon's valet, ii. 124, 131
Board of Trade, Gibbon appointed Commissioner of, i. 354, 366;
vote passed against: Burke on value of, i. 378;
suppressed, ii. 14
Bobbin, Benjamin, i. 35
Boissier, i. 94, 105
Bolingbroke, Lady (Lady Diana Spencer), i. 82, 85
Bolingbroke, Lord, "the Bully," i. 82, 85, _312_
*Bollmann, M., ii. 292
Bolton, Duke of, i. 39, 44, _153_
Bolton, Theophilus, i. 81
*Bombelles, Madame de, ii. 115
*Bondeli, Julie von, her account of Gibbon and Mdlle. Curchod, i. 40
*Bonfoy, Captain Hugh, R.N., i. 189, 265
Bonfoy, Mrs. Hugh (_née_ Eliot), i. 189, 220, 266; ii. 386
Bonham, Mr., ii. 175, 182
Bontemps, Madame, i. 31, 35
Boodle's Club, Masquerade given by, at the Pantheon, i. 212, 215
Bordot, M., i. 22
Borromean Islands, i. 57
Boston, attack upon the teaships in the harbour, i. _205_;
Port Bill, i. 206, 208;
investment of, i. 257, 258
*Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ quoted, i. 273
*Boufflers, Duc de, ii. 289
*Boufflers, Marquise de, i. 312
Bouillé, Marquis de, ii. 254, 256, _270_, 285, 286, _329_
Bouillon, Duc de, ii. 256, _334_
Bouillon, Madame de, ii. 334
Boulogne, Gibbon at, i. 27
Bourbon, Abbé de, ii. 115
Bourbon, Duc de, ii. _237_, 269
Bourcard, M., ii. 45
Boydell, John (Lord Mayor), his edition of Shakespeare, ii. 276,
359, 374
Bradley, Thomas, i, 35
*Bramston's _The Man of Taste_, i. 124
*Brandt, i. 143
*Brathwaite, Colonel, ii. 19
*Brentès, Madame de, i. 81
Bricknall, Mr. Gibbon's lawyer, i. 131, 133, 141, 150, 153
Bridgewater, Duke of, i. 27, 28
*Brienne, Cardinal de (Archbishop of Sens), ii. 162, 181
Brighton, Gibbon's house at, ii. 3, 7
Brissoné, Madame de, i. 2
Brissot, J. Pierre (de Warville), ii. _258_, 259, _318_, _325_, 350
*Bristol, Earl of, i. 21, 265; ii. 15
Bristol, Countess of. _See_ Kingston, Duchess of
Bristol, toll-gate riots at, ii. 390
Bristow, Miss, ii. 105, 117
British coffee-house, the resort of Scotchmen, i. 201
Broglie, Duc de, ii. 269
Bromwich, Mr., i. 93
*Brooke, Member of Madras Council, i. 362
*Brooklyn, battle of, i. 287
*Brooks's Club, i. 283, 376
Brown, Lancelot (the landscape gardener known as "Capability Brown"),
i. 203
Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, ii. 226
Brunswick, Antiquities of the House of, ii. 228-232
Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. 115, 117
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of, (Princess Augusta of Wales),
i. 65, 149
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of, i. _149_, _272_, 277;
Commander-in-Chief of Austrian and Prussian armies, ii. 311, 319;
his retreat, ii. 319, 326, 346;
his manifestoes, ii. 368
*Brydges, Sir Egerton, ii. 302
Buckinghamshire, Lord, i. 394; ii. 275
Budé, General, ii. 302, 327
*Bull, Lord Mayor, i. 201
*Burges, Sir James Bland, his account of Gibbon's first meeting
with Pitt, ii. 28
Burgoyne, General John, his motion on the E. I. Co., i. 184;
in America, i. 249, 291;
his surrender at Saratoga, i. 324, 325;
refused admission to Court, i. 338
*Burgoyne's _Maid of the Oaks_, i. 219
Buriton. _See_ Beriton
Burke, Edmund, i. 148;
Goldsmith's Epitaph, i. _202_;
meeting at Captain Horneck's, i. 207;
description of, in Goldsmith's _Retaliation_, i. _210_;
"a watermill of words and images," i. 240;
"a Committee of Oblivion," i. 248;
the New York Remonstrance. i. 256;
on E. I. Co., i. 294;
Tickell's _Anticipation_, i. 348;
the Madras Council prosecution, i. 362;
his Establishment Bill, i. 376; ii. 28;
on literary value of Board of Trade, i. _378_;
Paymaster-General, ii. _18_, _34_;
Sheridan sinks into arms of, ii. 172;
criticises Dr. Price's work, ii. 210;
his _Reflections on the Revolution in France_, ii, 237, 249;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 237, 251;
his speech on Quebec Bill, ii. _246_;
his strictures on Lally, ii. 274;
attacks Paine's _Rights of Man_, ii. 297;
"Mr. Fox's coach stops the way," ii. _306_;
Irish Roman Catholics, ii. _321_;
Philosophers in France, ii. 325;
plan for settlement of French refugees, ii. 331
*Burney, Dr., ii. 375
*Burney, Miss, i. 148;
on Miss Sarah Holroyd, i. 181;
Lawyer Batt, a "prime favourite" of, i. 240;
on Lord Eliot, i. 273;
her reference to "Pliny" Melmoth, i. 326;
her opinion of Lord Sheffield, i. 392;
Lady Miller at Bath, ii. 2;
Lady E. Foster, ii. 15;
Madame de Staël at Dorking, ii. 375
Burrard, Sir H., ii. 84, 93
Burtenshaw's Manifesto, i. 221, 228
*Burton, Rev. David, Canon of Christ Church, ii. 135
Bute, Lord, i. _45_, _50_, _82_;
the Ministerial Club, i. _84_;
the Irish Catholics in arms, ii. 350
Byng, John, i. 60
*Byron, Lord, his definition of "ridotto," i. 124;
his attack on Hayley, i. 398
C
Cadell, Thomas, Gibbon's publisher, i. 222, 279, 282, 285, 364;
ii. 152, 157, 158, 176, 243, 282;
Gibbon's letter to, ii. 313
Cadogan, Dr., ii. 123, 310
Cagliostro, Comte de (Giuseppe Balsamo), ii. 45, 54
Calonne, Chas. Alexandre de, ii. 162, 237, 269
Cambis, Madame de, i. 312; ii. 290
*Cambis, Vicomte de, i. 312
Cambridge, Richard O., i. 108, 279; ii. 226;
his family called by Gibbon "eloquent nymphs of Twickenham,"
i. 192, 197;
"the Cantabs," i. 228, 233
Camden, Lord, i. 149, 333;
President of the Council, ii. _13_, 306
*Campazas, Friar Gerund de, i. 144
*Campbell, Lord, and the Rosslyn MSS., ii. 372
Cane, Eliz. Bridget (Mrs. Armitstead), ii. 179
Caplin, Gibbon's servant, i. 197, 230, 248; ii. 8, 9, 59, 110,
119, 131, 166
*Carey, General, i. 282
*Carhampton, Earl of, i. 146
Carleton, Sir Guy (Gov.-General of Canada), i. _270_, _276_, 277,
286, 290;
siege of Ticonderoga, i. 294
Carlisle, Lord, his opinion of Madame Geoffrin, i. _29_;
appointed American Commissioner, i. 332;
Lord Privy Seal, ii. _34_
Carmarthen, Marquis of, ii. _28_, _86_, 327
Carnarvon, Marquis of, i. 39, _44_; ii. 303
*Carnatic, Nabob of the, i. 209, 308
Carter, Miss, ii. 135
Castries, Marquis de, ii. 210, 267, 269
Catch Club, The Noblemen and Gentlemen's, i. 200, 283
Catherine, Empress of Russia, i. _158_, 270; ii. 247
*Cavendish, Lord George, i. 232; ii. 350
Cavendish, Lord John, his amendment on American affairs, i. 240,
_273_; ii. _32_;
Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. _13_, 18, _34_
Cazalès, Jacques Marie de, ii. 252, 269, 274
Celesia, Madame (_née_ Mallet), i. 18, 21, 62, 124
Celesia, Pietro Paolo, i. _18_, 20, 62
Chandieu, Mdlle. de, ii. 43
*Charlemont, Lord, i. 85
*Charles Emanuel III., King of Sardinia, i. 58
Charles X. (Comte d'Artois), ii. 203, _204_, 251, _266_
Charrières, Madame de, ii. 43
Chateauneuf, M. de, French Resident at Geneva, ii. 317
Chateau-Vieux, Swiss regiment of, ii. 270
*Chatham, Earl of, returns to public life, i. 112;
his American Bill, i. 251;
his boast, i. 290;
conciliation for America, i. 324;
his death, i. 338
Chatillon, Marie Jeanne de. _See_ Bontemps, Madame
Chauvelin, M., ii. 362, _366_, 367, 370
Chelsum, Dr. James, on _Decline and Fall_, i. 295
*Chermont d'Amboise, Marquis de, i. 314
Chesterfield, Lord, i. _25_, 150, 158;
his _Letters_, i. 195;
his _Portraits_, i. _313_
*Cheyte Singh, Rajah of Benares, ii. 26
Chichester, Earl of (Lord Pelham of Stanmer), i. 200
Chichester, Lady, i. 200
*Child, Mr., author of _English and Scottish Popular Ballads_,
i. 283
*Chimay, Prince de, i. 312
Choiseul, Duc de, i. 312, _314_, 318; ii. 286
Cholmondeley, Earl, i. 262
Christian VII., King of Denmark, i. 143
Christie, Mr., ii. 69, 83
*Chudleigh, Miss. _See_ Kingston, Duchess of
*Cibber and Vanbrugh's _The Provoked Husband_, i. 366; ii. 29
*Clare, Lord, i. 132
Clarges, Lady (_née_ Skrine), ii. 135
*Clarges, Sir Thomas, ii. 135
Clarke, Godfrey Bagnal, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 144, 148, 155,
201, 205, 208, 211, 214, 219, 222-224, 229, 232, 238, 241,
244
Clarke, George Hyde, i. 61
*Clarke, Jervoise, i. 89, 90
Clavière, Etienne, ii. 315
*Cleland, John, i. 53
*Clermont-Tonnerre, ii. 329
Cline, Henry, ii. 393
Clinton, Sir Henry, i. _349_, 384; ii. 71, 153, 240, 377
Clinton, General Sir William, i. 249, 300; ii. _71_
Clive, Lord, i. _184_, 238
Clive, Mrs., i. 175
Coalition Ministry, the (1783), ii. _34_, 86, 92
Cobham, Lady, i. _314_, 316
*Coblentz, the rallying-point of the _Emigrés_, ii. 265
Cocoa-Tree Tavern, i. 84
*Coke, T. W., M.P. for Norfolk, ii. 33
Coleraine, Lord, i. _146_, 148, 310
Colman, George, "The Luminous Historian," etc., i. _59_; ii. _154_;
Gibbon's opinion of _The Man of Business_, i. 202;
his description of Gibbon in _Random Records_, i. _213_
Comarque, Miss. _See_ Bavois, Madame de
Concord, the March to, i. 257
*Conches, M. Feuillet de, ii. 257, 352
Condé, Louis Joseph, Prince de, ii. 237, 265, 269
Congress, American, i. 242, 250
Conway, General, i. 84, _85_, _287_;
Commander-in-Chief, ii. _13_, 18, 20, _32_
Conway, Hon. and Rev. Edward, ii. 112
Conway, Hon. William, ii. _7_, _18_, 20, 32
Conway, T., i. 247
Conzie, Marc Hilaire de (Bishop of Arras), ii. 266
*Cook, Captain, ii. 218
*Cooke, Dr., Provost of King's, Cambridge, i. 108, 157
*Cooke, Thomas, known as "Hesiod" Cooke, i. 284
*Cooper, John, M.P. for Downton, i. 250
*Coote, Sir Eyre, ii. 26
Corcelles, Madame de, ii. 43
*Corisande, La belle, ii. 265
*Cork, Earl of, i. 34
Corn Regulation Bill, ii. 239
*Cornelys, Mrs. Theresa, and the Soho Masquerades, i. 131
Cornwallis, Hon. F. (Archbishop of Canterbury), i. 319
Cornwallis, Lord, in America, ii. _171_;
campaign against Tippoo, ii. 275, 285
Courtenay, Hon. Charlotte, ii. 24
Courtenay, Harry, i. 18
Courtenay, Lord, ii. 24
Coventry election petition, i. 393
Cowper, Earl, i. 65
*Cowper, William, i. 83
Coxheath Camp, i. 340, 346;
Lord Sheffield at, ii. 18, 25
*Cradock, Joseph, i. 143
*Craon, Prince de, i. 314
Crauford, "Fish," ii. 67
*Crauford, "Flesh," ii. 67
Crauford, Mrs., Gibbon's landlady, ii. 164
Craufurd of Auchinames, ii. 388, 400
Craven, Lord, i. 148
*Crewe, Lord, ii. 350
*Cromwell, Major Henry, ii. 72
Cromwell, Oliver (solicitor), ii. 72
*Crosby, Lord Mayor Brass, i. 130
Crousaz, Catherine, ii. 81
Crousaz, Madame de. _See_ Montolieu, Madame de
Cumberland, Duchess of (Mrs. Horton), i. _146_, 150, 154
Cumberland, Duke of, i. _146_, _149_, 150, 154; ii. 3, 111
*Cumberland's _Fashionable Lover_, i. 143
*Cunningham, Captain, i. 310
Curchod, Mdlle. Suzanne. _See_ Necker, Madame
Custine, Adam de, his incursion into Germany, ii. 319, 332
Cuthbert, Dr., attends Gibbon's father, i. 115
D
d'Agnesseau, Madame, ii. 333
*d'Allonville, Comte, ii. 326
Dalrymple, Sir John, _Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland_, i. 131
Damas, Comte, ii. 286
Damer, Hon. John, i. 139, 144, 287
*Damer, Hon. Lionel, ii. 350
*d'Arblay, Madame, _Diary and Letters_, quoted, i. 108; ii. 15,
211, 284, 302
Darby, Captain, i. 257, 258, 260
*d'Argenteuil, M., i. 294
d'Argout, Comte, ii. 280
Darrel, Mr., i. 7, 20, 74
Darrel, Mrs., i. 7, 17, 38
Darrel, Robert, ii. 34, 280, 376, 400
Dartmouth, Lord, i. 258, _278_
d'Artois, Comte (Charles X.), ii. 203, _204_, 251, _266_
*d'Assas, Chevalier, ii. 204
d'Augny, M., i. 31, 35
*d'Aunoy, Madame, _Mémoires de la Cour d'Espagne_, quoted, i. 202
*Davis, Henry Edward, i. 355
*Davy, Sir Humphrey, i. 139
Dawkes, Mrs., i. 204
*d'Ayen, Duc, i. 305; ii. 333
*Dean, Sir Robert, i. 85
Deane, Silas, i. _301_, 334; ii. 66
_Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, History of_, i. 259, 261,
264, 275, 277, 279, 285, 295, 304, 342, 355, 366, 396;
ii. 21, 119, 143, 152, 170, 230
Deffand, Madame du, on Madame Geoffrin, i. _29_;
on Voltaire's _La Princesse de Babylone_, i. _91_;
her reference to the Neckers, i. _281_;
her life in Paris described by Gibbon, i. 312;
on Gibbon and Madame de Cambis, i. _313_;
on Bishop of Arras, ii. 266
*Deffand, Marquis du, i. 312
*Defoe's _Memoirs of Captain Carleton_, i. 273
*de la Borde, Jean Benjamin, ii. 54
Delacour, Dr., i. 268, 304, 336, 337, 394; ii. 10
*Delaval, Lord, ii. 275
*Delaval, Sir Francis, ii. 275
*de la Warr, Lord, i. 107
*d'Enghien, Duc, ii. 237
Denhoff, Countess, i. 149
Denmark, Christian VII., King of, i. 143
Denmark, Juliana Maria, Queen Dowager of, i. 143
Denmark, Queen Caroline Matilda of, i. 143
Denmark, Revolution in, i. 143, 144, 146, 149
*d'Ennery, Comte, ii. 280
Denton, Mrs., i. 130
Denys, Madame (Voltaire's niece), i. 43, 92
*Derry, Bishop of, ii. 15, 388
d'Estaing, Comte, i. 337, 350, 370, _384_, 395
Devonshire, Duchess of, i. _33_, 370; ii. 300, 310, 312, 315,
319, 327, 339, 388
Devonshire, Duke of, ii. _15_, 305
Deyverdun, George, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 82, 83, 110, 158,
188-214 _passim_, 232, 236, 255, 262, 291;
offers his house to Gibbon, ii. 41, 108;
his description of Lausanne society, ii. 43;
Gibbon's host at Lausanne, ii. 75 _et seq._;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 89, 118;
his illness, ii. 176, 179, 188;
and death, ii. 194, 207, 229;
Gibbon's letters to, ii. 35, 45, 54;
his letters to Gibbon, ii. 39, 52
*d'Haussonville, M., his _Salon de Madame Necker_, i. 40, _41_
*d'Hénin, Prince, ii. 211
d'Hénin, Princess, ii. 211, _290_, 322, 324, 329, 334, 342, 349, 377
_Diary_, the (newspaper), ii. 351, 370
*_Dictionary of National Biography_ quoted, i. 283
Digby, Captain, i. 334
*Dillon, Mr., i. 180
*Dillon, General, murdered, ii. 299
*Disraeli's _Calamities of Authors_ quoted, i. 23
*Dodsley's tragedy of _Cleone_, i. 18
Dorchester, Earl of, i. 139; ii. _350_
d'Orleans, Regent Duc, i. _312_, 326
Dorset, 1st Duke of, i. 139
Dorset, 3rd Duke of, Ambassador at Paris, i. 226; ii. _86_
*d'Orvilliers, Count, i. 349
Douglas, Lady Catherine, ii. 377, 387
*Dowling, Surgeon, ii. 295
Down, Charles, i. 244
Downes, Rev. Dr. Dive, i. 205
Downshire, Marquis of, ii. 5
Draper, General Sir William, ii. 22
*Drouet, Postmaster, ii. 254, 326
Drummond, Andrew, i. 71
Duane, Mr., i. 201, 218, 226, 234, 261, 264
Dulau, J. F. M. (Archbishop of Arles), ii. 322, 325;
his murder described, ii. 333, 341
*Dummer, Thos. Lee, i. 90, 250
Dumont, M., ii. 258
Dumouriez, M., ii. _299_, _319_, 326, 368
Duncannon, Lady, ii. 310, 312
Duncannon, Lord, ii. _18_, 19
*Duncombe, Thomas, i. 250
Dundas, Hon. Henry (afterwards Lord Melville), Treasurer of Navy,
ii. _19_, _86_;
Lord Advocate, ii. _85_;
Secretary of State, ii. _247_, 306;
Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 294;
suggests coalition between Pitt and Fox, ii. 306;
king's message for augmentation of forces, ii. 365
Dunning, John. _See_ Ashburton, Lord
d'Ursel, Duke, ii. 83
Dutch, fears of war with, i. 348, 353
Dutens, Louis, i. 56, 59
*_Dutensiana_, i. 314
Dux, George, i. 52
E
*Eames, John, i. 89
Eardley, Lord (Sir Sampson Gideon), i. 225, 332; ii. 216
East India Company, the, i. 184, 186, 209, 308; ii. 85
*_Eccentricities for Edinburgh_ quoted, i. 59
*Eden, Sir Robert, ii. 397
Eden, William. _See_ Auckland, Lord
Egerton, Sir Thomas, i. 148
Egremont, Lord, i. 247, 249; ii. 175, 182, 305, 388
Elgin, Thomas, Lord, Envoy at Brussels, ii. 383
Elkin, Sir George, i. 16
Eliot, Captain John, i. 62
Eliot, Hon. Edward James, i. 390, 394; ii. 19, 20, 22, 143
Eliot, Hon. John, i. 217, 229, 380
Eliot, Lady, i. 98, 110, 122, 131, 132, 365
Eliot, Lord (of St. Germans), i. 70, 84, 183, 188, 193, 228, 230,
231, 254, 273, 342, 367, 369, 374;
Gibbon's appeal to and defence, i. 385, 389
Eliott, Admiral Sir George A. _See_ Heathfield, Lord
Elizabeth, Queen, story of Lord Essex's ring, i. 276
Elliot, Grey, ii. 69
*Elliot, Lady, ii. 374
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, i. 251;
on treaty between France and U. S. A., i. _333_;
his daughter's marriage, ii. 25;
his _Life and Letters_ quoted, ii. _172_, _306_, _351_, _374_;
his support of Government, ii. 305;
Duke of Portland's views of Alien Bill, ii. 363
Ellis, George, editor of _Fabliaux_, etc., i. _139_;
Sir Walter Scott on, ii. 184;
lines on Pitt in _Rolliad_, _ibid._
Ellis, Governor Henry, i. 73
*Elliston, Mrs., of South Weald, i. 70
Elmsley, Peter, the bookseller, i. 372; ii. 60, 94, 105, 113, 126,
158, 214, 314, 388
*Elstob, Lewis, i. 118, 372
Elstob, Mrs., i. 372
Ely, Lady, i. 266
Ely, Lord, i. 265
Ely, Madame, ii. 386
Erskine, ii. 297
_Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature_, Gibbon's first published
work, i. 20, 80
Essex, Earl of, i. 276
Establishment Bill, i. 376
Etienne, Gibbon's valet, ii. 243, 253
Exchequer Bills, issue of, ii. 382
Exeter, Lord, i. 65
Exilles, Fort, i. 59
*Eyre, Mr., printer, i. 263
F
*Falkland, Lord, i. 282
*Fanshaw, Miss, ii. 284
Farquhar, Sir Walter, ii. 393, 395, 398, 401
*Farquhar's _The Twin Rivals_, ii. 102
Faukier, Mr., i. 163
Featherstonhaugh, Lady, i. 232, 235, 246, 249
Featherstonhaugh, Sir H., i. 162, 214, 235, 247, 249
Featherstonhaugh, Sir M., i. 56, _67_, 83, 84, 131, 162, _247_
Fenestrelle, Fort, i. 59
*Ferguson, Lieut. James, killed by Captain Roche, i. 209
Ferrières, M. de, ii. 318
*Fersen, Comte de, ii. 292
*Feuchéres, Madame de, ii. 237
Firth, Miss, ii. 82, 91, 98, 334;
Gibbon's letter to, ii. 98;
and Severy's studies, ii. 167
Fischer, M., ii. 260, _283_, 375
*Fitzherbert, Mrs., ii. 150
Fitzjames, Duchess of, ii. 324
Fitzmaurice, Lord. _See_ Shelburne, Earl of
Fitzpatrick, Lady Mary. _See_ Holland, Lady
Fitzroy, Mrs., i. 90
Fitzwilliam, Lord, ii. 305
Flanders, invasion of, ii. 299
*Fleming, Sir John, i. 261
Flood, Henry, i. 264
Florence, Gibbon at, i. 63
*Floyer, Mr., Member of Madras Council, i. 362
Foley, Mr., English banker at Paris, i. 33, 36
Foote, Samuel, his _Bankrupt_, i. 192;
_A Trip to Calais_ stopped by Duchess of Kingston, i. 265
Ford, Mrs., Gibbon's housekeeper, i. 192; ii. 8
Fordwich, Lord. _See_ Cowper, Earl
Fort Louis, surrender of garrison to Austrians, ii. 396
Foster, Lady Elizabeth, described by Gibbon as "a bewitching
animal," "goddess," "still adorable," "Bess," etc., ii. 15,
81, 117, 300, 308, 310, 312, 319, 339, 388;
Gibbon's letter to, on Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 380
Foster, John. _See_ Oriel, Lord
*Foster, John Thomas, ii. 15
Fothergill, Dr., i. 177
Fowler, Mr., ii. 340
Fox, Charles James, supports Church of England, i. 148;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151;
his debts, i. 198, 264;
on troubles with America, i. 249, 256, 303, _324_, _328_;
the king's debts, i, 308;
on the Canadian Expedition, i. _333_;
Tickell's _Anticipation_, i. 348;
his lines on Gibbon as Commissioner of Trade, i. 354;
on Sheffield's Regiment of Horse, i. _380_;
M.P. for Westminster, i. 388, 390;
"the black Patriot," ii. 4;
Secretary of State, ii. _13_, _34_;
resigns office, ii. 18;
and American independence, ii. 25;
George III.'s behaviour to, ii. _34_;
sale of his library, ii. _68_;
his two India Bills, ii. _86_;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 85, 92, 96, 251, 356, 360, 372;
suggested union with Pitt, ii. 92, 306, 307, 330;
no compromise, ii. 97;
his "Martyrs," ii. 102;
"the man of the people," ii. 179;
his marriage, _ibid._;
twelve hours' talk with Gibbon, ii. 180;
speech on treaty between Russia and Turkey, ii. 246;
on Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. _294_;
his half-support of Grey's motion, ii. 297, 320;
"but fifty followers," ii. 305;
rejoices at retreat of Prussians, ii. _320_;
"detestable" on French affairs, ii. 330;
on the calling out of the Militia, ii. 349, 350;
his motion for an Embassy to France, ii. 350, 353;
opposes Alien Bill, ii. 364;
Duke of Portland's adherence to, ii. 367, 368;
opposes augmentation of forces, ii. 368
Fox, Hon. Stephen. _See_ Holland, 2nd Lord
France, fears of war with, i. 289, 317;
treaty with America, i. 333;
war with, i. 339; ii. 362, _374_;
treaty with England, ii. _152_;
war declared against Francis Joseph, ii. _279_;
war with Austria and Prussia, ii. 319;
treaty with Geneva, ii. 325, 331, 345;
war with England, Holland, and Spain, ii. 362, 374
Francillon, M., ii. 283
*Francis Joseph, of Austria, ii. 279, 292
Frankland, Miss Anne (Lady Chichester), i. 200
*Frankland, Sir Thomas, i. 200
Franklin, Dr., i. 162, _243_, 310, 313
Fraser, General, i. 264, 299, 363
Fraser, General Simon, i. 325
Fraser, Mrs., "Donna Catherina," i. 300; ii. 105, 117
Fredennick, M., ii. 260
*Frederick the Great, i. 158; ii. 210
Frederick II. of Prussia, i. 143; ii. 137
Frederick William of Prussia at Pilnitz, ii. 271