Part 85

Philip V., his claim to Spain, 863, 869; becomes King, 870; marries Princess of Savoy, 877; supported by the Castilians, 890; proposal to dethrone him, 894, 902; retires from Madrid, 915; renounces his claim on France, 921; marries Elizabeth of Parma, 944; dismisses Alberoni, 946; candidate for the Empire, 989; dies, 1010

Pichegru, his victories, 1169, 1171, 1172; meditates treachery, 1174; his conspiracy, 1251

Pigot, Governor in Madras, 1126

Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Opposition, 978; his first speech, 982; excluded from Wilmington's Ministry, 987; does not oppose Pelham, 996, 997; George II. dislikes him, 997, 1018; Paymaster of the Forces, 1010; popularity of, 1017; refuses to support subsidies, 1020; dismissed, 1021; Secretary of State, 1022; his vigorous rule, 1022; apparent change of policy, 1024; his energy, 1025; appoints fresh generals, 1026; raises the English spirit, 1028; his plan for the capture of Quebec, 1030; discovers Wolfe's merits, 1029, 1031; his success, 1033; he opposes peace, 1038, 1039; resigns, accepts a pension, 1039; interview with George III., 1042; supports Wilkes, 1044; his negotiation with Cumberland, 1049, 1050; retires, 1050; his speech on America, 1051, 1052; refuses to join Rockingham, 1052; Prime Minister, Lord Chatham, 1053; his grand plans, his illness, 1054; retires, 1055; reconciliation with Temple and Grenville, his speech on America, 1058; supports the press warrants, 1062; his Reform Bill, 1063; opposes Rockingham, 1064; his motion of conciliation, 1071; his speech for America, 1083; his energy, 1084; his death, 1086; his plans for India, 1054, 1123

Pitt, William, with Chatham, 1086; in Parliament, 1103; refuses office, 1105; his Reform Bill, 1107; Chancellor of the Exchequer, quarrels with Fox, 1111; the support of the old Tory party, 1112; Premier, 1132; his India Bill, 1133, 1135; popular admiration for, 1133; his first budget, 1134, 1135; his Irish legislation, 1136, 1137; his Reform Bill, 1137, 1138; his sinking fund, 1138; supports the charge against Hastings, 1140; his Regency Bill, 1143; his power, 1144; effect of the French Revolution on, 1145, 1160, 1161; his foreign policy, 1146-1148; dreads Russia, 1147; procures the Convention of Reichenbach, 1149; his opinion of the French Revolution, 1154; his hopes of peace, 1157; opposes reform, 1162; determines on repression, 1164; desires peace, 1166; his energy, 1170; recalls York, 1172; interferes in Spain, 1173; negotiates with De Puisaye, 1174; popular confidence in, 1177; his repression, 1178; his energy, 1180; paramount in Parliament, 1182; desires peace, 1184; his first negotiations, 1187; desires peace, 1189; his loan, 1190; desires the Union, 1199, 1206, 1208; desires Catholic relief, 1204, 1205, 1229; resigns, 1230, 1231; approves of the peace, 1234; leaves Parliament, 1239; negotiations for his return, 1240; in Parliament, 1243; his volunteers, 1244, 1248; offers himself as Premier, 1245, 1246; his ministry, 1247, 1252; sad close to his life, 1257; his friendship for Melville, 1259; forms the coalition, 1250, 1261; dies, 1266; his funeral, 1267; his efforts against the slave trade, 1271

Polignac, signs the Treaty of London, 1398; French minister, 1413; unpopularity of, 1415

Pompadour, influence over Louis XV., 1023

Ponsonby, Attorney-General, 1208; opposes the Union, 1217; Home Secretary, 1450

Popham, takes Gwalior, 1127; rescues Hastings, 1128

Popham, Sir Home, at Buenos Ayres, 1280; in Spain, 1317

Poor Law, misery caused by, 1228, 1333, 1361; reformed, 1451-1453

Porter, his conspiracy, 847

Porteous riots, 979

Portland. [See Bentinck.]

Portland (grandson of Bentinck), First Lord of the Treasury, 1112; joins Pitt, 1163; Secretary of State, 1181; his Irish views, 1208; remains in office, 1246; resigns, 1252; offers to form a ministry, 1273; Premier, 1274; resigns, 1323

Pragmatic Sanction, Charles VI. desires guarantee of, 959, 970; guaranteed, 960, 971, 976, 989, 1011

Pratt, acquits Wilkes, 1043; Lord Camden, Chancellor, 1053; attacks the ministry, 1058; in the ministry, 1105

Preston, his conspiracy, 825; captured, 831

Pretender. [See James and Charles Edward.]

Prideaux, secures Montreal, 1029

Priestley, his house burnt, 1156

Princess of Wales. [See Augusta.]

Prior, his negotiations, 918, 919

Pulteney, his opposition to Walpole, 958; friendship with Bolingbroke, 962; joins the Prince of Wales, 978; Lord Bath, 987; candidate for the Premiership, 988

Quebec, siege of, 1029, 1030

Queensberry, Lord Commissioner, 925

Quiberon, expedition to, 1174-1177

Ragotski, threatens Vienna, 882; invades Austria, 945

Rawdon, in Carolina, 1098; his severity, 1098; at Hobkirk's Hill, 1100; at Charleston, 1101; Lord Moira, at Quiberon, 1175; friend of Prince of Wales, 1245; Master of the Ordnance, 1267; quarrels with Grey, 1325; Marquis of Hastings, Governor-General of India, 1467-1471

Reform, Chatham's plan for, 1054; need of, 1052, 1055; Dunning's agitation for, 1091, 1092; Pitt's Reform Bills, 1107, 1137, 1138; Flood's Bill, 1155; agitation for, 1162, 1163, 1179, 1352; of Scotch burghs, 1360; effect of the Queen's trial on, 1366, 1368; the Reform Bill, 1423-1434

Revenue. [See Civil List.]

Revolutionary Societies, 1155, 1162, 1164; prosecuted, 1179, 1180; meetings of, 1183

Reza Khan, minister, 1122; apprehended, 1124

Rice, Colonial Secretary, 1447

Richmond, his speech, 1086; in the ministry, 1105; supports Pitt, 1107

Ripon. [See Robinson.]

Ripperda, his intrigues, 959, 960

Robespierre, his rule, 1185; his fall, 1186

Robinson, Leader of the House, 1018; dismissed, 1020

Robinson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1377; his financial measures, 1378; Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary, 1392; Premier, 1394; resigns, 1395; his Turkish policy, 1400; Colonial Secretary, 1423; Earl of Ripon, Privy Seal, 1439; resigns, 1447

Rochambeau, at New York, 1096

Rochester, Privy Councillor, 870; opposes Marlborough, 877, 905; dislikes the war, 906; resigns, 906; Lord President, 915

Rockingham, removed from his Lord Lieutenancy, 1041; First Lord of the Treasury, 1050; retires, 1053; leader of the old Whigs, 1058; character, 1104; First Lord of the Treasury, 1105; death, 1109, 1111

Rodney, at Havre, 1028; his successes, 1040; his victory, 1094; captures Eustatia, 1098; returns home, 1099; defends Jamaica, 1109

Roman Catholic, [See Catholic.]

Romilly, quoted, 1274, 1299; in Parliament, 1359

Rooke, at La Hogue, 838; guards the Smyrna fleet, 841; takes Gibraltar, 887; vote of thanks to, 909; dismissed, 910

Rousseau, his influence, 1152

Runjeet Singh, treaty with, 1467; intrigues with the Mahrattas, 1468

Russell, Admiral, 826; his treason, 832; effect of Mary's letter on, 837; Whig leader, 842; head of the Admiralty, 843; pursues Tourville, 846; guards the Channel, 854; accused of treason, 855; made Earl of Orford, 856; parliamentary attack on, 865; impeached, 871; excluded from the Privy Council, 877; head of the Admiralty, 913

Russell, John, member of the Friends of the People, 1162; his Reform Bill, 1368; moves for the repeal of the Test Act, 1401; Paymaster-General, 1423; introduces the Reform Bill, 1425; his motion on the Irish Church, 1458

Rutland, in the Privy Council, 1132

Ruvigny. [See Galway.]

Sacheverell, a Whig leader, 821, 823

Sacheverell, his sermons, 914

Sackville, joins Ferdinand, 1027; at Minden, 1032

St. John. [See Bolingbroke.]

St. Just, in Alsace, 1169; in Flanders, 1171; his rule, 1185; arrested, 1186

St. Ruth, organizes the Irish army, 829; killed, 830

St. Vincent. [See Jervis.]

Salisbury, impeached, 823

Sancroft, his letter to James II., 831

Sandwich, Secretary of State, 1043; prosecutes Wilkes, 1044; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1063; opposes Chatham, 1072; escapes censure, 1089

Sandys, proposes a Pension Bill, 972; his motion against Walpole, 984; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 987

Sarsfield, his skill, 828; prudence, 829; at Aghrim, 830

Saunders, at Quebec, 1030

Savile, proposes Catholic relief, 1087; presents a petition, 1091; his house burnt, 1093

Saxe, at Dunkirk, 995; in Flanders, 996; at Fontenoy, 998

Saxe-Coburg, defeats Dumouriez, 1168

Schérer, in Italy, 1187, 1222

Schill, in Saxony, 1301

Schomberg, in Ireland, 822; killed, 827

Schomberg, at the Boyne, 827; in Portugal, 887

Schuyler, defeats Burgoyne, 1081, 1082

Scotland, character of the Revolution in, 817, 818; Killiecrankie, 819, 820; re-establishment of order, 830; massacre of Glencoe, 834-836; the Darien scheme, 865-867; discontent in, 896; the Union, 924-928; the rebellion of 1715, 932-938; disturbances in, 957, 958; the rebellion of 1745, 999-1009

Scott, Hastings' agent, 1125, 1139

Sebastiani, his report, 1239; at Constantinople, 1281

Selim, his war with Russia, 1281

Selwyn, Mrs., quarrel in her house, 972, 978

Seymour, Tory leader, 848; in the Privy Council, 877; dismissed, 909

Shah Allum, defeated, 1119; taken prisoner, 1121; receives a dominion, 1122; deprived, 1124; restored, 1126; restored by Lake, 1257

Shelburne (Marquis of Lansdowne), Secretary of State, 1053; retires, 1055; leader of the Whigs, 1104; Secretary of State, 1105; his Irish legislation, 1106; his conduct of American affairs, 1108; First Lord of the Treasury, 1111; resigns, 1112

Sheridan, his speeches against Hastings, 1140, 1141; his sympathy with the French Revolution, 1161, 1162; friend of George IV., 1324

Shiel, his opinion of Ireland, 1405

Shippen, leader of the Jacobite party, 947, 968

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, in Spain, 889; Commander-in-chief, 910

Shrewsbury, Secretary of State, 810; remonstrates with William, 824; rejoins the ministry, 843; accused of treason, 855; Lord Chamberlain, 914; Lord Treasurer, 924; his influence, 930

Sidmouth. [See Addington.]

Sindia, his power, 1126; defeated, 1127; extent of his territory, 1254; war with Wellesley, 1255, 1256; his treaty with Hastings, 1469; his treachery, 1471

Slavery, first motion for abolition, 1142; abolition supported by Pitt, 1157; abolition of the trade, 1271, 1272; in the Mediterranean, 1347; Canning's circular, 1382, 1383; the Emancipation Bill, 1443-1445

Smith, Sir Sydney, at Acre, 1223; in Egypt, 1231

Smith, the missionary, persecuted, 1383

Smyrna fleet, loss of, 841

Solmes, at Steinkirk, 839

Sombreuil, at Quiberon, 1176, 1177

Somers, Whig leader, 842; Lord Keeper, 843; on the Currency Commission, 849; Lord Chancellor, 856; objects to disband the army, 860; remonstrates with William, 864; attacked, 868; removed, 869; impeached, 871; acquitted, 872; excluded from the Privy Council, 877; his declaration, 912; President of the Council, 913; his Alien Bill, 926

Sophia of Hanover, proposal to name her in the succession, 823; succession settled upon her, 871; dies, 923; her nomination rejected by Scotland, 925

Sophia of Mecklenburg, marries George III., 1048

Soubise, at Kirch-Denkern, 1037

Soult, in Spain, 1295; pursues Moore, 1296; at Corunna, 1297; takes Oporto, 1298; retreats, 1303; at Palencia, 1305; attacks Cadiz, 1306, 1308; at Albuera, 1310; at Tarifa, 1313, 1314; joins Joseph, 1317; threatens Hill, 1318; in command, 1320; his skill, 1321

South Sea Company, 918, 949-953; trade of, 981

Spencer, his interview with Parker, 1195; resigns, 1230; disapproves of the peace, 1235; alliance with Fox, 1243; Home Secretary, 1267

Stair, at Glencoe, 834, 835; friendship with Orleans, 934; dismissed, 975; at Dettingen, 991, 993

Stanhope, General, in Spain, 915, 916; Whig leader, 923; Secretary of State, 931; his friendship with Orleans, 934; at Hanover, 940; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 942; Secretary of State, 945; his foreign policy, 946; his toleration, 947, 986; dreads the accession of George II., 948; dies, 954

Stanhope, Charles, his share in the South Sea frauds, 954

Stanhope, William (Lord Harrington), character, 969; dismissed, 987; Secretary of State, 996; resigns, 1009

Stanhope, Charles, President of the Revolutionary Society, 1155

Stanislas of Poland, 1066

Stanley, Hans, ambassador in Paris, 1038; at Berlin, 1054

Stanley, Secretary for Ireland, 1423; his Church policy, 1435, 1437; his Coercion Bill, 1438; his speech against O'Connell, 1439; Colonial Secretary, 1439; supports slave emancipation, 1445; resigns, 1447; refuses to join Peel, 1456

Staremberg, in Spain, 901, 916

Stevenson, in India, 1255, 1266

Stofflet, Chouan leader, 1175, 1177

Stormont, in the Cabinet, 1112; votes against Pitt's India Bill, 1131

Strangford in Portugal, 1288

Strathallan, collects an army for Charles Edward, 1004; joins him, 1005

Suchet, in Valencia, 1313, 1317

Suffolk, Secretary of State, 1063

Sujah Dowlah, 1121, 1122, 1128

Sullivan, his dispute with Clive, 1121

Sullivan, General, 1088

Sunderland, advises a Whig ministry, 842; son-in-law of Marlborough, Secretary of State, 910; dismissed, 915; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 931; at Hanover, Secretary of State, 942; disliked by George II., 948; leaves the ministry, dies, 954

Surajah Dowlah, 1118, 1119

Suwarrow, in Italy, 1222, 1224

Swift, his Drapier's Letters, 957; writes against Walpole, 978

Sydney, Secretary of State, 1132

Talbot, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 812; his intrigues, 813, 814; invites James over, 814; evacuates Dublin, 828; returns from France, 829

Tallard, ambassador to London, 862; in Alsace, 881, 882; at Augsburg, 884; at Blenheim, 886; taken prisoner, 887

Talleyrand, at Amiens, 1234; negotiates with Fox, 1268, 1270; deserts Napoleon, 1329; at Vienna, 1336; opposes Russia, 1338

Talmash, General, in Ireland, 829; killed at Brest, 846

Tandy, Irish demagogue, 1136; raises the National Guards, 1206; escapes, 1216

Tarleton, in Carolina, 1098; defeated, 1100

Tate, invades Bristol, 1191

Temple, his selfish claims, 1033; supports Pitt, 1039, 1042; visits Wilkes, 1043; deprived of his Lord Lieutenancy, 1043; his connection with Grenville, 1049, 1050; forsakes Pitt, 1053; reconciled with him, 1058; opposes Fox's India Bill, 1131

Tessé, in Spain, 890; at Toulon, 895

Thelwall, trial of, 1180, 1181

Thistlewood, a Spencean, 1352; in Cato Street Conspiracy, 1365

Thurot, blockaded, 1028; defeated, 1029

Tierney, opposes Government, 1374; joins Canning, 1392; supports Althorp, 1394

Tippoo, war with Hastings, 1128; intrigues with France, 1219; killed, 1224

Tone, Irish malcontent, 1189; corresponds with Clark, 1190; character, 1203; his Society, 1204; raises National Guards, 1206; his hopes sink, 1207; goes to France, 1209; dies, 1216

Tooke, trial of, 1180, 1181

Torcy, French ambassador, 902; desires peace, 918

Torrington. [See Herbert.]

Tourville, at Beachy Head, 826; burns Teignmouth, 828; prepares to invade England, 836; at La Hogue, 837; in the Mediterranean, 846

Townshend, Charles, Secretary of State, 931; head of the ministry, 940; his policy, 941; dismissed, Viceroy of Ireland, 942; Lord President, 948; Secretary of State, 954; makes the Treaty of Hanover, 962; quarrels with Walpole, 967, 972; retires, 973

Townshend, Charles (grandson of the above), Secretary at War, 1037; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1053; his rash measures, 1054

Trade. [See Commerce.]

Treaties-- 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