A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals

Part 18

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Connaught Rangers, medal awarded to, for battles of the Pyrenees, 575.

Copley medal given to Captain J. Cook, 520.

Cook, Captain James; voyage (1772), 519; receives Copley medal, 520.

Cornelis, Fort, capture of; E. I, C. medal, 614.

Coronation medals: Edward VI., 14; Anne of Denmark, 40; Frederick and Elizabeth of Bohemia, 51; Charles I., 68; and in Scotland, 74—78; Charles II. at Scone, 181; and in London, 198—201; James II., 260—262, 264, 265; William and Mary, 332—342; Anne, 422; George I., 480; George II., 488; Caroline, 489; George III. and Charlotte, 515, 516.

Corunna, battle of, 554; clasp for, _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Cowpens, battle of, 523.

Crimean campaign, medal for, 597; Turkish award, 599.

Cromwell, Elizabeth, wife of Protector, 144.

Cromwell, Henry, 145.

Cromwell, Oliver; Lord General, 141; Lord Protector, 142, 143; battle of Dunbar, 149—152; death, 164—168.

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 10.

Culloden, battle of, 498; medal for, 568.

Cumberland, William Duke of, commands at Culloden, 498; medal for battle of Culloden, 568.

Danish auxiliaries (1689), 349.

Darien expedition, 412.

Declaration of Parliament (1642), 89, 90; (1689), 330.

Delhi, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Dettingen, victory of, 495, 496.

Dieppe, bombardment of, 392.

Dogger Bank, action off, 527.

Dominion of the Sea, asserted by Charles I., 69—71; by Charles II., 212; by Louis XIV., 355; by William III., 383, 384.

Dorset, Richard Sackville, Earl of, Lord Buckhurst, 67.

Douay, capitulation of, 466.

Dover, landing of Charles II. at, 193.

Dublin, collar presented to Corporation, 411.

Dublin, entry of William III., 359.

Dunbar, battle of, 149—152.

Duncan, Admiral Adam, Lord, engagement off Camperdown, 537.

Dunfermline, Charles Seton, Earl of, 118.

Dunkirk, cession of, 208; bombardment of, 394; unsuccessful attempt on, 400.

Dutch Fishery regulated, 79.

Dutch, victory over (1665), 211.

Dymock, John, and his wife Maria Newce, 37.

Eagle ejects bird from nest, 328, 335.

East India Co.; war of (1757), 504; medals of, 607—616.

Edgehill, battle of, 91, 94.

Edward IV.; medal of John Kendal, Turcopelier, 1.

Edward VI.; portrait, 13; coronation and headship of Church, 14.

Eglestone, Dorcas, wife of Richard Martin, 35.

Egypt, campaign in (1801); medals, 571—573 (Queen's German Regiment, 571; Turkish award, 573); E. I. C. medal, 612.

Elder Pretender: _see_ James, Prince, &c.

Elizabeth; badge of Garter, 19; phœnix badge, 20; defeat of Spanish Armada; 21—26; portrait by Passe, 58.

Elizabeth, Princess, and Frederick Count Palatine, King of Bohemia; coronation, 49, 51; marriage, 50; reverses, 73.

Elizabeth, Princess, Frederick Count Palatine, and Prince Frederick; portraits by Passe, 65.

Elizabeth, Princess, and William Prince of Orange; betrothal, 81; marriage, 82.

Elliott, General, defends Gibraltar, 529.

England and Ireland, union of, 541.

England and Scotland, union of, 444, 445; celebrated at Leipsic, 446.

England, France, and United Provinces, alliance of, 46, 47.

England, state of, under Mary, 15.

Essex, Earl of: _see_ Cromwell, Thomas.

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 93; battle of Edgehill, 94; death, 95.

Eugene of Savoy, Prince; battle of Blenheim, 431, 433.

Eugene and Marlborough; battle of Blenheim, 431; as Castor and Pollux, 454; victories in Low Countries (1710), 468.

Fagel, letters of, our liberty of conscience, 272, 283.

Fairfax, Ferdinand, Lord, 96, 97.

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 106, 107.

Fatshan 1857, clasp for: _see_ Chinese War, Second, medal for, 604.

Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince, commands at Minden, 506, 507.

Ferozeshuhur, medal for: _see_ Moodkee, &c.

Finisterre, Cape, naval engagement off, 499.

Fire and plague of London, 216.

First of June, victory of: _see_ June 1st, victory of.

Fontenoy, battle of, 497.

Fox, Charles James, 560.

France, England, and United Provinces, alliance of, 46, 47.

France, war with (1794—1802), 531, 534—539, 542, 543; (1805—1814), 544—548, 551.

Francis II., Emperor of Austria; portrait on Waterloo medal, 552.

Franklin, Benjamin, 567.

Frederic, Prince of Wales; death, 491.

Frederick, Count Palatine, King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth; marriage, 49, 50; coronation, 51; reverses, 73.

Frederick, Count Palatine, Elizabeth, and Prince Frederick; portraits by Passe, 65.

Frederick, Henry, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter, 83.

Frederick, Prince, Frederick Count Palatine, and Elizabeth; portraits by Passe, 65.

Frederick William III. of Prussia; portrait on Waterloo medal, 552.

Frolic and Wasp, action between, 549.

Fuentes d'Onor, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Galway taken, 371.

Garter, badge of, 19.

Garter, order of, conferred, 83, 225.

George I.; proclaimed king, 479; coronation, 480; battle of Preston, 481; battle of Sheriff-Muir, 482.

George II.; accession to Electorate, &c., 487; coronation, 488; second Treaty of Vienna, 492; victory of Dettingen, 495, 496; conquest of Canada, 503.

George II., Caroline, and royal family; portraits, 490.

George III.; coronation, 515, 516; second voyage of Captain Cook, 519; prosecution of war with America, 524; recovery of, 530; attempted assassination, 540; Peace of Amiens, 543; medal for battle of Maida, 574.

George III. and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburgh; marriage, 514.

George (IV.), Prince of Wales; marriage with Caroline of Brunswick, 532, 533; Regent, 550; Waterloo medal, 552; medal for battle of Waterloo, 579.

George, Prince of Denmark, consort of Anne; death, 421.

George Prince of Denmark and Princess Anne (Queen); marriage, 243.

Ghuznee, storming of; medals for, 579—582, 583.

Ghuznee and Cabul, medal, 583.

Gibraltar, capture of, 428, 429; besieged (1727), 485; (1782), 528, 529.

Gigantomachia, restoration of Charles II., 194.

Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry; murder of, 233—237.

Golden medal recorded by Waller, 206.

Goojerat, clasp for: _see_ Punjab medal, 594.

Gordon, Lord George; no popery riots, 521.

Goree, taking of, 505.

Grandval, execution of, 387.

Gunpowder plot, 45.

Hague, rejoicings at the, and entry of William III., 365, 366.

Hammer striking diamond on anvil, 135.

Hampden, John, 99.

Hand with celestial crown, 139.

Hanoverian succession satirized, 311.

Harington, Richard, 56.

Harper, Thomas, 124.

Harrington, Sir James, 175.

Havre, bombardment of, 393.

Hawkesbury, Lord: _see_ Liverpool, Earl of, &c.

Heath, Sir Robert, Chief Justice, 109.

Henrietta Maria and Charles I.; memorial badges, 128—130.

Henry VIII.; badge of rose, 2; portrait, 3; headship of the Church, 4, 5; badge, 6.

Henry (IX.) Duke of York, Cardinal, 318, 319; touch-piece, 324.

Henry (IX.) Duke of York, Cardinal, and Prince Charles, Younger Pretender, 312—314.

Henry, Prince of Wales; death, 48.

Hill, Rowland, Lord, destroys bridge at Almaraz, 555.

Holland, peace with (1654), 160—163; war with (1781), 525—527; (1797), 535—538.

Holland, Stephen of, medals by, 31—37.

Hood, Admiral: _see_ Bridport, Lord, &c.

Hotham, Sir John, 111.

Howe, Admiral Lord Richard, victory of 1st of June, 531.

Huy, taking of, 395.

Hyderabad, medals for, 588, 589.

Inchiquin, Earl of, Baron Burrough, 115.

India, service in (1799—1826); medal for, 577; general service medal (1848) "for meritorious conduct," 593; campaign in west of, E. I. C. medal, 607, 608.

Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Inkermann, clasp for: _see_ Crimean campaign, medal for, 597.

Innocent XI. on medal of Sacheverell, 473.

Innsprück, escape of Princess Clementina from, 309.

Ireland and England, union of, 541.

Ireland, rebellion in (1689—1691), 348—351, 356—362, 369—375; (relief of Londonderry, 348; Danish auxiliaries, 349; William called to Ireland, 350; departure of William for Ireland, 351; battle of the Boyne, 356—358; entry of William into Dublin, 359; flight of James, 360; amnesty granted, 361, 362; battle of Aghrim, 369, 370; taking of Athlone, Galway and Sligo, 371; taking of Limerick, 372; suppression of rebellion, 373; pacification of Ireland, 374, 375).

Ireton, Henry, 148.

Italy and Sicily, campaign in; medal for battle of Maida, 574.

Jacobite rebellions (1715), 481, 482; (1745), 315, 498.

James I.; marriage, 38; accession to English throne, 39; peace with Spain (1604), 42—44; badge with ark, 54; portraits by Passe, 59, 60.

James I., Anne of Denmark, and Prince Charles; portraits by Passe, 64.

James II., Duke of York; victory over the Dutch (1665), 211; wrecked, 239; accession, 258, 259; coronation, 260, 262, 264, 265; opening of Scottish parliament, 263; naval or military reward, 271; conduct towards the Church, 272; birth of Prince James, 279; flight, 284—287, 325, 339 (column shattered by lightning, 284; oak and orange-tree, 285; Belgic lion, James, Father Petre, &c., 286; vixen firing tree, 287; Britannia greeting William, &c., 325; flees from orange-tree, 339); received by Louis XIV., 288, 289; memorial, 290; touch-pieces, 321, 322; flight and declaration of Parliament, 330; flight from Ireland, 359, 360; plot to assassinate William, 405.

James II., Duke of York, and Mary d'Este, 242; accession, 258, 259; coronation, 264, 265.

James II. and Elder Pretender, 297, 298.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender; birth, 278—281 (celebrated in Holland, 279; supposititious birth, 280; typified as Ericthonius, 281); flight, 286, 288, 325, 339; medals struck during exile, 292—311 (ship in distress, 292; dove with olive-branch, 293; mine exploding, 295, 296; and James II., 297, 298; and Princess Louisa, 299, 305; protection of Louis XIV., 300; restoration of kingdom, map, 301—303; claim to throne, sheep in field, 304; attempts to recover throne, map, 306; and Princess Clementina, 307, 308; birth of Prince Charles, 310; rule of the House of Hanover, 311); touch-piece, 323; attempted invasion of Scotland (1708), 450—453; rebellion in Scotland (1715), 481, 482; (1746), 498.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender, on lobster, 405.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender, with windmill, 286, 288, 325, 339.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender, and James II., 297, 298.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender, and Princess Clementina, 307, 308.

James, Prince, Elder Pretender, and Princess Louisa, 299, 305.

Java, conquest of; E. I. C. medal, 614.

Jelálábád, defence of; E. I. C. medals, 616, 617.

Jervis, Admiral John: _see_ St. Vincent, Earl of, &c.

Joachim, Albert, 116.

Jones, Captain James, commands the Wasp, 549.

Jones, Captain John Paul, commands American fleet, 522.

June, victory of the 1st of (1794), 531; medal for, 569, 570.

Kendal, John, Turcopelier, 1.

Khelat-i-Ghilzie, defence of; medal for, 580, 581.

Kimbolton, Lord, Earl of Manchester, 98.

Kyrle, Robert, 121.

La Hogue, battle of, 379—383.

Lambert, General John, 170.

Landen, battle of, 388, 389.

Laud, Archbishop, 100; death, 101, 102.

Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of, 119; Duke of, 255.

Leicester, Robert Earl of; departure from Holland, 29, 30.

Leipsic, celebration of union of England and Scotland at, 446.

Lerida, capitulation of, 448.

Lilburne, John, trial of, 169.

Lille, capitulation of, 456, 458—461.

Limerick taken, 372.

Literary prize-medal, 378.

Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of (Lord Hawkesbury), 561.

Lobster, symbol of the Jesuits, 288, 405.

London, Peace of, 230.

Londonderry, relief of, 348.

Loudon, Earl of, 113.

Louis XIV.; cession of Dunkirk, 208; battle of Solebay, 226; receives James II., 288, 289; protects Elder Pretender, 300; loses Mayence and Bonn, 348; action off Beachy Head, and dominion of the sea, 355; and William III. contrasted, 367; taking of Namur, 385; battle of Steinkirk, 386; battle of Landen, 389; expedition to Brest, 391; attempt on Dunkirk, 400; plot to assassinate William III., 405; Peace of Ryswick, 410; defeated by Anne (1706), 443; (1710), 471; battle of Almanza, 447; capitulation of Lerida, 448.

Louis XV.; battle of Fontenoy, 497.

Louisa of Stolberg, wife of Younger Pretender, 317.

Louisa, Princess, and Elder Pretender, 299, 305.

Louisburg, taking of, 501.

Low Countries, victories of the Allies in (1706), 442.

Lucknow, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Lucknow, defence of, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Lucknow, relief of, clasp for: _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Lynedoch, Thomas Graham, Lord, captures St. Sebastian, 557.

Madrid, entry of Wellington into, 547, 548.

Maida, battle of, medal for, 574.

Malaga, naval engagement off, 434.

Malplaquet, battle of, 464.

Manchester, Earl of: _see_ Kimbolton, Lord.

Marlborough, Duke of, 431, 432.

Marlborough and Eugene, as Castor and Pollux, 454; victories in Low Countries (1710), 468.

Martin, Richard, and Dorcas Eglestone, 35.

Martinay, 122.

Mary, condition of England, 15.

Mary and Philip, portraits by Trezzo, 16—18.

Mary, Queen of Scots, portrait by Primavera, 27.

Mary d'Este and James II., 242; accession, 258, 259; coronation, 261, 264, 265.

Mary II.; regent (1690), 352, 353; (1691), 363; action off Beachy Head, 354; death, 396—399.

Mary II. and William III. of Orange; marriage, 231; destruction of Roman Catholic chapels, 329; coronation, 332—337, 340—342, 344—345; peace restored to Britain, 343; regency, 354, 363; battle of Aghrim, 369; taking of Athlone, Galway, and Sligo, 371; taking of Limerick, 372; pacification of Ireland, 375; battle of La Hogue, 379, 380.

Maurice, Prince of Orange, Knight of the Garter, 52, 53.

Mauritius, Island of, capture, E. I. C. medal, 613.

Medusa's head, 137.

Medway, ships burnt in, 217.

Meeanee and Hyderabad, medal for, 588.

Mercator, Michael, 11, 12.

Meuse, capitulation of towns on the, 423.

Military and naval medals, 568—617.

Military or naval reward, defeat of Monmouth and Argyll, 271.

Military service medal (1793, 1814), 592.

Minden, battle of, 506, 507.

Minorca, taking of, 457.

Monk, George: _see_ Albemarle, Duke of.

Monmouth, James Duke of; rebellion, 266; defeat, 267; beheaded, 268, 269; and Argyll executed, 270.

Monmouth, James Duke of, and William III.; fortunes compared, 346.

Mons, capitulation of, 465.

Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, and Sobraon; medal for, 590.

Moore, Sir John; death, 554.

More, Sir Thomas; death, 8, 9.

Mudie's series of historical medals, 545—547, 551, 554—557.

Mutiny in India, modal for; _see_ Indian Mutiny medal, 601.

Mysore War, E. I. C. medals for, 609.

Namur, taken by French, 385; retaken by William III., 401—403.

Naval action (11—14 June 1666), 215; with the Dutch (1673), 229.

Naval and military medals, 568—617.

Naval or military reward, defeat of Monmouth and Argyll, 271.

Naval reward medals, Commonwealth, 153—158; Charles II., 209, 210.

Neerhespen, French lines forced at, 438.

Nelson, Admiral Lord, commands at battle of the Nile, 539; at Trafalgar, 544.

New Zealand, wars in (1846—1866), medal for, 603.

Newce, Maria, wife of John Dymock, 37.

Nile, victory of the, 539.

Nimeguen, Peace of, 232.

Nive, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Nivelle, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

No Popery riots, 521.

North Briton, prosecution of, 518.

Northampton, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 36.

Onslow, Admiral Sir Richard, engagement off Camperdown, 538.

Orford, Earl of: _see_ Walpole, Sir Robert.

Ormond, James Butler, Duke of, 257.

Orthes, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Oudenarde, victory of, 454—456.

Pacification of Ireland, 374, 375.

Paris, peace of (1763), 517; (1814), 551.

Parkhurst, Sir William, warden of the Mint, 103.

Passaro, Cape, defeat of Spanish fleet off, 483.

Passe, Simon, engraved medals, 58—67.

Pegu, clasp for: _see_ Burmese War, Second, medal for, 595.

Pekin 1860, clasp for: _see_ Chinese War, Second, medal for, 604.

Pembroke, William, Earl of, 31.

Peninsular War, 545—548; medals for, 575 (88th Regiment or Connaught Rangers); for military services in, 592.

Perseus symbolical of William III., 332.

Persian War medal and clasp, 600.

Petre, Father, flight of; carries Prince James, 286, 288, 325, 339; with pyx, 405.

Phaethon symbolical of James II., 333.

Philip II. of Spain and Mary; portraits by Trezzo, 16—18.

Philip V. of Spain; flight from Madrid, 441.

Phœnix badge, 20.

Picton, Sir Thomas; capture of Badajoz, 556.

Pistrucci, B., his Waterloo medal, 552.

Pitt, William: _see_ Chatham, Earl of.

Pitt, William, 559.

Plague and Fire of London, 216.

Plassy, victory of, 504.

Pleiades, emblem of Seven Bishops, 274.

Pope, William, 114.

Popish Plot, 233—238.

Port d'Orient, defeat of French fleet off, 534.

Portland, Richard Weston, Earl of, 85.

Porto Bello, taking of, 493.

Portsmouth, Lucie de Querouaille, Duchess of, 244.

Poyntz, Sidney, 117.

Preston, battle of, 481.

Punjab medal, 594.

Pyrenees, battles of; medal awarded to 88th Regiment, Connaught Rangers, 575; clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Quadruple Alliance, war of the, 483, 484.

Quebec taken, 502.

Queen Anne's bounty, 435, 436.

Queen's German Regiment or 97th; medal awarded for battle of Alexandria, 571.

Ramillies, battle of, 440.

Rebellion, fortunes of, 346.

Reede, Baron de, 110.

Regiment, 88th: _see_ Connaught Rangers.

Regiment, 99th: _see_ Queen's German Regiment.

Restoration of Charles II., 182, 183, 194—197; badges, 184—188.

Richmond, Frances Stuart, Duchess of, as Britannia, 196; portrait, 245.

Rodney, Admiral Sir George, captures Island of St. Eustatius, 525.

Rodriguez, Island of, capture; E. I. C. medal, 613.

Roleia, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Roman Catholic Chapels destroyed, 329.

Rose, badge of, 2.

Rossiter, Edward, General, 120.

Royal family of England, 490.

Rupert, Prince, 108.

Russell, Admiral, commands at battle of La Hogue, 381, 382.

Russia, war with; medals, 597—599.

Rye House Plot, 240.

Ryswick, Peace of, 406—410.

Sacheverell, Dr. Henry, 472, 473.

Sackville, Richard, Earl of Dorset, Lord Buckhurst; portrait by Passe, 67.

St. Eustatius, Island of; capture, 525.

St. Sebastian, capture of, 557.

St. Vincent, Admiral John Jervis, Earl of; engagement off Cape St. Vincent, 536.

St. Vincent, Cape of; engagement off, 536.

Salamanca, battle of, 547; victories up to, 548; clasp for; _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Salamander, emblem of fortitude, 136.

Sancroft, Archbishop and Bishops, 273, 275, 276; and Pleiades, 274; and Church, 277.

Saragoza, victory of, 470.

Sardinia taken, 457.

Scheveningen, embarkation of Charles II. at, 192.

Schomberg, Marshal; death of, 357; memorial, 417.

Scobell, Henry, 173.

Scone, coronation of Charles II. at, 181.

Scotland, attempted invasion by Elder Pretender (1708), 450—453; rebellion of Elder Pretender (1715), 481, 482; (1746), 498.

Scotland and England, union of, 444, 445; celebrated at Leipsic, 446.

Scottish coast attacked by American fleet, 522.

Scottish coronation of Charles I., 74, 75; return from, 76—78.

Scottish Parliament, opening of (1685), 263.

Sebastopol, clasp for: _see_ Crimean campaign, medal for, 597.

Sedgemoor, battle of, and defeat of Monmouth, 266.

Seringapatam, taking of, E. I. C. medal, 611.

Service against six ships, 153.

Services acknowledged by Charles II., 191.

Seven Bishops, trial of, 273—277.

Seven Years' War, 506, 507, 517.

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley, Earl of, 256.

Shelley, Richard, Grand Prior of England, 28.

Sheriff-Muir, battle of, 482.

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 561.

Sikh War, First (1845—6), medals for, 590, 591; Second (1848—9), medal for, 594.

Simon, Abraham, portrait, 253.

Simon, Thomas, portrait, 252.

Sinde campaign (1843), medals for, 588, 589.

Sligo taken, 371.

Slingesby, Sir Henry B., 172.

Smith, Adam, 565.

Sobraon and Aliwal, medal for, 591; _see also_ Moodkee, &c.

Solebay, battle of, 226.

"Soleil Royal" burnt at battle of La Hogue, 382.

South Africa, campaigns in, medal for, 596.

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesly, Earl of, 249, 250.

Spain, Peace with (1604), 42—44; proposed commercial treaty with (1666), 214; victories of the Allies in (1706), 442; war with (1739—41), 493, 494; (1782), 528, 592; (1797), 535—538; (1850), 544.

Spanish Succession, war of, 423—434, 437—443, 447—449, 454—471, 474—478, 492.

Stanley, Thomas, Master of the Mint, 34.

Steinkirk, battle of, 386.

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 88.

Strangeways, Giles, 140.

Swedish troops withdrawn from Silesia, 449.

Swift, Dr. Jonathan, Dean of St. Patrick's, 486.

Syria, campaign in (1840), Turkish medal for, 578.

Taku Forts 1858, and Taku Forts 1860, clasps for: _see_ Chinese War, Second, medal for, 604.

Talavera, battle of, 545; clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Throne of England established (1691), 376, 377.

Thurloe, John, 174.

Thurlow, Edward Lord, Lord Chancellor, 558.

Tippoo Sahib, wars with; E. I. C. medals, 609—611.

Toleration Act, 347.

Torbay, landing of William III., 325—327.

Torres Vedras, lines of, 546.

Touch-pieces, 320—324.

Toulouse, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Toulouse, Louis Alexander, Count of, commands at Malaga, 434.

Tournay, capitulation of, 462, 463.

Tower of London, 140; bishops imprisoned in, 276.

Trafalgar, battle of, 544.

Trezzo, Giacomo, medals by, 15—18.

Triumph, saving of the, 158.

Turkey, medals granted by, for Egyptian campaign (1801), 572, 573; naval award for Syrian campaign, 578; Crimean medal, 599.

Uncertain portraits by A. Simon, 123, 251; another by T. Simon, 177.

Union of England and Ireland, 541.

Union of England and Scotland, 444, 445; celebrated at Leipsic, 446.

United Provinces, action of, in Quadruple Alliance, 484.

United Provinces, England and France, alliance of, 46, 47.

Utrecht, Peace of, 474—478 (preliminaries discussed, 474).

Van Gelder, Captain, memorial of, 229.

Vernon, Admiral, taking of Porto Bello, 493; attempt on Carthagena, 494.

Victoria, military and naval medals; service in India, 577; Afghan war, 582—584; first Chinese war, 585—587; Sinde campaign, 588, 589; first Sikh war, 590, 591; military services (1793—1814), 592; Indian general service, 593; second Sikh war, 594; second Burmese war, 595; war in South Africa, 596; war with Russia, 597, 598; Persian war, 600; Indian Mutiny, 601; Arctic discoveries, 602; war in New Zealand, 603; second Chinese war, 604; Abyssinian war, 605; Ashantee war, 606.

Vienna, second treaty of, 492.

Vigo Bay, expedition to, 424, 425.

Vimiera, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Vittoria, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Wadham, Nicholas and Dorothy, 55.

Walker, defender of Londonderry; death, 357.

Waller, Sir William, 104.

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford, 508.

Washington, George, President of the United States, 566.

Washington, Lieut-Colonel, commands at battle of Cowpens, 523.

Wasp and Frolic, action between, 549.