Part 25

Waddesdon, art treasures at, 208 Waldegrave, Frances, Countess of (_née_ Braham), her character, her place in society, her doings at Strawberry Hill, 39, 40 Wallace, Lady, 186 — Sir Richard, 309 Wallace Collection, the, and its founder, 184; why not left to France, 185; treasures of French art, 80, 208, 211 Walpole, characteristics, 315-316 — portraits and relics owned by the author, 179 _et seq._ — Admiral Galfridus, his portrait and his sword, 180 — Colonel Walpole of Heckfield Place, Stuart relics owned by, 195 — Colonel John, and his crest, 110 — Hon. Thomas, his wife and misfortunes, 181; his honesty, 182; his second wife, _ib._ — Horace, 109, 163; as a child, miniature of, by Hone, 179; another portrait, _ib._; a relic of, 182; his old Opera Pass, 253-254 — Lady, author’s great grandmother, her carpet work and spinning, 50 — Madame, her garden, 110 — The Hon. Frederick, father of present Lord Orford, 317 — Sir Spencer, 113; his great-grandmother, 181; a “serious” Walpole, 315 — Sir Robert, connection of, with Nelson, 180; his otter hounds, in St. James’s Park (1739), 161; some secret negotiations of the Pretender with, 317 _et seq._ — Robert, father of Mrs. Atkyns, 110 Walpole Street, Chelsea, 318 Ward, Messrs. Marcus, and Co., and Christmas cards, 202 Wassailing, 265-266 Watch-papers owned by the author, 199-200 Watch-stands, old, 203-204 Watts, G. F., the late, letter from, 34; interest of, in Zazel, 251 Wealth, modern dominance of, 32 Webb, John, designer of scenery, etc., 194 Webster, an artist, his pictures, 191-193 — Sir Augustus, present owner of Battle Abbey, 59 — Sir Godfrey, first husband of Lady Holland, 59 Weddings, former-day, stories of, 10-13; a Jewish, 262-263; rural (Norfolk), customs at, 313 Weir, Mr. Harrison, 226 Wellington, 1st Duke of, French residence of (1817), 85; his meeting with Nelson, 180 — 2nd Duke of, his dislike of press publicity, 27 West, Colonel and Mrs. Sackville, and the Knole art treasures, 224, 225 Westminster, Duke of, 140 Westminster Aquarium, Zazel’s cannon feat at, 250-251 West Norfolk Regiment of Militia, some names associated with, 47 Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady, and the _Owl_, 17 “White Rose League,” origin and fate of, 19 White’s Club, its bow windows, 158 Wilberforce, Rt. Rev. S., Bishop of Oxford, and the _Owl_, 17 Wilkie, Sir David, 193 William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings, 56-58 William IV., 194; and Mrs. Jordan, his love for children, a story of, 197-198 Williams, Eleazar, the American pretended Dauphin (Louis XVII.), 115 _et seq._ Wimborne House, Arlington Street, its names and occupants, 155 Windham, Mr., 168 Wine-drinking, past and present, 136-137 Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond, and the _Owl_, 18; his powers as _raconteur_, 18; one of the Fourth Party, 18; the originator of the Primrose League, 19; stories of Napoleon I. told to, at Elba, 84 _et seq._ Wolterton Hall, and its treasures, 81, 174, 195, 317; a permanent guest at, 46 Woolett J., watch-paper by, 200 _Worcester Journal_, antiquity of, 304 Wortley, Mr. James Stuart, and the _Owl_, 16

York, Duke of (eighteenth century), 148 — Cardinal, portrait of, at Heckfield Place, 195

Zamor, Madame du Barry’s black page, 107; his latter days, 108 Zazel and her performance, 250-251 Zouche, Baroness de la, and the smugglers, 274

THE END _Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, _Edinburgh_.

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