Part 86

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

_Rivingtons, London, Oxford & Cambridge._]

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+------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Notes: | | | | P.889. 'overriden' changed to 'overridden'. | | P.1015. 'laxitv' changed to 'laxity'. | | P.1217. 'imposible' changed to 'impossible'. | | P.1264. 'Austri' changed toe 'Austrian'. | | P.1418. 'Excheque' changed to 'Exchequer'. | | Index: Palmerston, supports Wellington. '1795' changed to | | '1395'. | | The word secresy is the old spelling of secrecy, keeping. | | Fixed various punctuation. | +------------------------------------------------------------+