Chapter 24
Danton, 141 Davis, Sir John, 17 Death of Nelson (poem), 360 Denmark, Prince Regent of, 320, 321 Disraeli, 302 Domingo, San (_see_ San Domingo) Dominica, Drake's arrival at, 50 Doughty, Thomas, 24, 38 Drake, Sir Francis-- as prototype, 17 and Panama, 18, 56 and Elizabeth, 20, 21, 22, 23, 43 and War Fund, 20 Portuguese Expedition, 20 death at Puerto Bello, 21, 60 on _Pelican_, 22, 43 and Doughty, 24, 38 and discipline, 24, 38 at Cadiz, 32, 39, 58 at Carthagena, 32, 54 at Corunna, 39 West Indian Expedition, 44 at Vigo, 47, 48 and Spanish Gold Fleet, 49 at Santiago, 49, 50 at Dominica, 50 at San Domingo, 51, 53 at Bahamas, 57 rescues Roanoke settlers, 57, 58 connection with East India Company, 59 Newbolt's poem on, 60 and Fleet Tradition, 63 a religious man, 134 Nelson compared with, 180 "Drake's Drum" (poem), quotation from, 60 Dresden, Electress of, 83 Dropmore manuscript, 179 Dumanoir, 244, 245, 255
East India Company, 59 Edward VII of England, 82 Electress of Dresden, 83 Elizabeth of England, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 34, 35, 43, 44 Elliot, Sir George, 122, 123 Emma, Lady Hamilton, 65, 73 _et seq._, 95, 97, 98 _et seq._, 118, 119, 120 _et seq._, 143, 149, 159, 160, 161, 215, 216, 226, 243 d'Enghien, Duc, 268, 276 _et seq._ Erskine, Sir James, 147
Featherstonehaugh, Sir Henry, 73 Fisher, Admiral Lord, 64, 95, 178, 180 Fitzwilliam, George, 26 Foote, Captain, 280, 281, 282 Fortescue's Dropmore MS., 179 Fox, Charles James, 282, 290, 301, 317, 318, 326, 327, 330 Francis Joseph of Austria, 312 Franklin, Benjamin, 329 Fremantle, Admiral, 208 Frobisher, Martin, 17, 40, 63, 134
George III of England, 81, 93, 296, 303, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331 George, Prince Regent (afterwards George IV), 87, 88, 96 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 17 "Give it to him, Charley!" (sea-song), 349 Gladstone, W.E., 301, 302 Goethe (on beauty of Lady Hamilton), 76 Graham, James, 73 Graves, Rear-Admiral, 92 Gravina, Admiral, 244 Greville, Charles, 73, 74, 80, 122 Grey, Earl, 301 Grey, Sir Edward, 297 "Gulliver's Travels," 318
Hallowell, Captain, 146, 218 Hamilton, Sir William, 65, 74, 76, 88, 100 _et seq._, 122 Hamilton, Lady (_see_ Emma, Lady Hamilton) Hardy, Captain (of the _Victory_), 92, 119, 225, 232, 235, 240, 242, 243, 251 Hart, Emily (afterwards Lady Hamilton), 73 Hawkins, Sir John, 17, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 40, 63, 134 Heine, Heinrich, anecdote of, 311 Hood, Admiral, 72 Horatia (Nelson's daughter), 84, 87, 110 _et seq._, 219, 227, 243 Hotham, Admiral, 118 Howard, Admiral Lord, 17, 40
Inquisition, Spanish, 17, 22, 23, 34, 37
Jackson, Mr. (British representative to Denmark), 320, 324 Jellicoe, Admiral, 64 Jervis, Admiral (_see_ St. Vincent, Admiral Lord) Joseph of Austria (_see_ Francis Joseph of Austria) Joseph Bonaparte (_see_ Bonaparte, Joseph)
Keats, Captain, 210 Keith, Lord, 139, 158, 160, 162 Kitchener, Lord, 178
Leslie, General, 130, 134 Louis XVIII of France, 294 Louis Philippe of France, 314 Louis, Captain, 146, 147 Lowe, Sir Hudson, 295 Lyon, Amy (afterwards Emma, Lady Hamilton), 73
Mack, General, 147 Malmesbury, Lady, 122 Malmesbury, Lord, 325 Marat, 141 Marengo, battle of, 162 Maria Carolina (_see_ Naples, Queen of) Marie Louise of Austria, 107, 170 Marlborough, Duke of, 104, 105 Marmont, General, 308 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, 26 Mary Tudor, Queen of England, 35 Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, 19, 40, 41 Melbourne, Lord, 107 Meneval, Baron de, 171 Milas, General, 162 Minto, Lord, 103, 104, 155, 159, 209, 210, 217 Moreau, 276 Mulgrave, Lord, 328 Müller (Swiss historian), 287 Murat, 145, 169
Naples, Ferdinand, King of, 120, 128, 129, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 163 _et seq._ Naples, Maria Carolina, Queen of, 77, 79, 118, 129, 148, 162, 163 _et seq._, 260 Napoleon Bonaparte-- and Prussianism, 69, 298 aphorisms, 71, 131, 134, 205, 291, 314 comparison with Nelson, 94 and Marie Louise, 107, 170 his opinion of Nelson, 118 his opinion of Wellington, 117 Cromwell compared with, 133 and the French fleet, 191 and Villeneuve, 199, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268 and Madame Walewska, 217 comparison of his love letters with Nelson's, 218 his "Farewell to France" (poem), 274 as a statesman, 132, 133, 275 and plots against his life, 276 and Pitt, 287 _et seq._, 304 Müller's opinion of, 287 Wieland's opinion of, 288 and his family, 292 his return from Elba, 294 his letter to George III, 296 his son's death, 308 and Alexander of Russia, 310 and Treaty of Tilsit, 310 compared with William II of Germany, 313 contemporaneous testimony, 315 _et seq._ Neipperg, Count, 170 Nelson, Rev. Edmund, 64 Nelson, Horatia (_see_ Horatia) Nelson, Horatio, Admiral Lord-- and contemporary admiration, 31 and Fleet Tradition, 63 joins _Raisonable_, 64 joins _Triumph_, 64 joins _Agamemnon_, 64 loses right eye at siege of Calvi, 64 loses right arm at Santa Cruz, 65 created K.C.B., 65 at the court of Naples, 65, 76 _et seq._, 141 _et seq._, 163 _et seq._ at the Nile, 66 created Baron, 72 and gambling scandal, 80, 150 returns home after Nile, 81 and Lady Hamilton, 65, 73, 76 _et seq._, 95, 97, 98 _et seq._, 159, 210 _et seq._, 215, 216, 228, 231 at battle of Copenhagen, 91, compared with Napoleon, 94, 218 joins _St. George_, 95 returns home in _Kite_, 98 at Merton, 100, 210 _et seq._ letter to his niece, 111 incident of gipsy's prediction, 114 and Carraciolli, _118 et seq._, 279 hatred of the French, 135, 173 at Toulon, 136 at Palermo, 149 and starvation of Neapolitans, 151 and "cracking on," 155 as "Duke of Thunder," 167, 172 homecoming _via_ Magdeburg and Hamburg, 176 and Ministers of State, 139, 174, 180 _et seq._, 210 _et seq._ and privateering, 181 sails to West Indies, 197 returns to England, 207 gift of coffin to, 218 joins _Victory_, 220 and Calder, 221 _et seq._ at Trafalgar, 225 _el seq._ last letters, 226, 228, 231 last prayer before battle, 231 death in action, 240, 242 _et seq._ the nation's sorrow, 256 _et seq._ Collingwood, compared with, 261 chronological data, 363 Nelson and Collingwood (sea-song), 347 Nelson, Lady, 78, 84, 85, 86, 88 Newbolt, Sir H., 60 Nile, Battle of the, 66 _et seq._ Nile, Battle of the (sea-song), 337 North, Lord, 329 Norton, Hon. Mrs., 108
O'Meara, Dr., 265, 295 Oquendo, 42 Orange, _William the Silent_, Prince of, 34 Orde, Sir John, 184, 185, 195, 196, 203
Pahlen, Count, 97 Parker, Sir Hyde, 89, 90, 91, 92, 184 Parma, Duke of, 42 Pasco, _Yeoman of Signals_, 235 Paul of Russia, 97 Philip of Spain, 17, 18, 26, 28, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42 Pichegru, 276 Pitt, William, 134, 213, 287, 289, 290, 296, 298, 299, 301, 303, 344, 318, 326, 327 Poems, 60, 274, 337 Pole, Sir Charles, 98
Radstock, Lord, 213, 214, 259 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 57 Recaldo, 42 Riou, Captain, 91 Roanoke, settlers of, rescue by Drake, 57, 58 Robespierre, 141 Rome, King of, 308 Romney, George, 73 Rosebery, Lord, 301 Rotherham, Captain, 237, 238 Ruffo, Cardinal, 286
Salisbury, Lord, 302 San Domingo, Drake's attack on, 32, 51, 53 San Philip, 58 Santa Cruz, action at, 65 Santa Cruz, Admiral, 18, 37, 39, 41 Santiago, Drake's attack on, 49, 50 Sardanapalus, 141 Scott, Dr., 243 Sea Songs, 333 Seymour, Admiral Lord, 40 Sidmouth, Lord, 221 Smith, Sir Sydney, 174 Southey, Robert, 128, 174 Strachan, Sir Richard, 245, 255 St. George, Mrs., 123 St. Vincent, battle of Cape, 65 St. Vincent, Earl, 63, 64, 65, 78, 92, 98, 174, 184, 185, 234 Suckling, Captain Maurice, 64
Thiers, M., 191, 305 Thurn, Count, 119 Tierny, 301 Touche-Treville, Admiral la, 136, 137 Trafalgar, battle of, 43, 225 _et seq._ Trafalgar, Battle of (sea-song), 345 Troubridge, Admiral, 80, 98, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 151, 158, 159, 233, 234
Ulloa, San Juan d', catastrophe of, 26
Valdes, Don Pedro de, 19 Verde, Cape de, pursuit of Spanish to, 48 Vigo, Drake's attack on, 47, 48 Villeneuve, Admiral, 116, 189, 190, 199, 200, 206, 210, 225, 229, 244, 259, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268
Walewska, Madame, 217 Washington, George, 329 Wellington, Duke of, 39, 114, 295 Wieland (German historian), 287, 288 William II of Germany, 52, 311, 313
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