Lord Randolph Churchill

ii. 29, 41, 51, 62, 66, 67, 78, 92, 96, 98, 100, 104,

Chapter 463,036 wordsPublic domain

111, 116, 153, 327, 437, 491, 497 obstruction, opinion on, i. 150 Parnell Commission, ii. 413, 414 rebuke of the Chair, i. 347 Reform Bill (1884), i. 336, 342 resignation, i. 400, 402; ii. 122 Suleiman Sami, i. 263 Transvaal, annexation of, i. 190, 192, 205, 208 vote of 11,000,000_l._, i. 380

Glasgow, invitation to, i. 163

Godley, Sir A., i. 476, 481

Gordon, Gen., i. 349, 351, 376

Gorst, Mr., i. 124, 133, 245, 262, 304, 305, 310, 320, 342, 352, 358, 373, 417, 421, 425, 438, 440, 471; ii. 127, 461

Gorst, Sir J., i. 257

Goschen, Mr., i. 219, 220, 295, 453; ii. 46, 47, 48, 53, 87, 90, 113, 116, 132, 200, 201, 207, 208, 243, 259, 268, 272, 282, 308, 335, 339, 350, 361, 470

Grant, Mr. Corrie, i. 427, 428, 431

Grantham, Mr., i. 126

Granville, Lord, i. 102, 103, 276, 389, 432; ii. 361

Grey de Wilton, Lord, i. 60

Grosvenor, Lord R., i. 385

Hamilton, Lord Claud, i. 311, 323, 443

Hamilton, Lord George, ii. 228, 229, 231, 234, 236, 319, 323, 324

Hamilton, Sir R., i. 445

Hanbury, Mr., ii. 378

Harcourt, Sir W., i. 67, 71, 153, 170, 204, 434, 438; ii. 49, 107, 145, 195, 205, 470

Hart-Dyke, Sir W., i. 435

Hartington, Lord, i. 58, 63, 103, 149, 179, 275, 349, 441, 453, 461; ii. 2, 3, 7, 46-48, 53, 54, 58, 69, 80-82, 87, 90, 94, 98, 113, 116, 120, 122, 124, 125, 141, 147, 153, 220, 221, 250, 256, 258, 272, 302, 321, 322, 337, 344, 349, 361, 365, 388, 392, 395

Hatzfeldt, Count, ii. 158

Healy, Mr., i. 435; ii. 4

Henry, Mr. Mitchell, i. 52

Herbert, Mr. A., i. 65

Holland, Sir H., ii. 127, 273

Holmes, Mr., i. 435, 436, 460

Home Rule: attitude towards, i. 90, 280, 453; ii. 3, 23, 117, 490, 494, 507, 508 Belfast visit, ii. 59 Bill, proposals as to, ii. 50, 55, 92, 97, 99, 115 Conservative policy, i. 448, 460; ii. 21, 23, 28, 427 Gladstone’s scheme, ii. 2, 29, 79 Queen’s Speech (1886), ii. 32

Hope, Mr. B., i. 65

House of Commons disturbance (1893), ii. 472

Hull speech, i. 163

Iddesleigh, Lord, i. 64, 161, 219, 235, 265, 267, 326, 340, 354, 377, 398, 418; ii. 40, 127, 153, 155, 156, 160, 172, 174, 203, 212, 250, 276, 277 Aston Park, i. 360, 363, 364 Beaconsfield statue, unveiling of, i. 240 Bradlaugh case, i. 124, 128, 210, 333, 334 Egyptian policy, i. 262, 334 Fourth Party, hostility to, i. 158, 260 leadership of Conservative party, i. 145, 148, 157, 227, 242, 357, 381, 382, 403, 407, 408, 418

India: North-West Frontier delimitation, i. 379, 380, 483 visit to, i. 374, 377, 554-564

India Office administration, i. 425, 474 army reorganisation, i. 489 Bi-metallism discussion, i. 478 Bombay command, i. 503 Budget statement, i. 491 Burma, i. 517 railway construction, i. 477 Salisbury, Lord, correspondence with, i. 498

Ireland, boycotting, origin of, i. 183 Coercion policy, attitude toward, i. 177, 189, 197, 203, 391, 393, 396, 404, 409; ii. 34, 342 Conservative party, policy of--letter, ii. 3 Home Rule. _See that title_ intermediate education question, i. 94, 97 land legislation, i. 205, 434; ii. 92, 344 Maamtrasna incident, i. 436 Reform Bill (1884), i. 343, 344 residence in, i. 75, 80, 82, 110, 111 state of, i. 1, 82, 172, 183, 186, 199, 444; ii. 33 visit to, i. 460

Irish County Government Bill, ii. 373

Irish Education Bill, plans for, ii. 352

Irish Educational Endowments Bill, i. 434

J. S., excerpt from _Realm_, i. 16

James, Sir H., i. 134, 155, 255, 265, 411; ii. 47, 48, 58, 66, 113, 116, 250, 439

Jennings, Mr. L., i. 298; ii. 270, 286-288, 290, 307, 312, 320, 321, 327, 329, 378, 386, 387, 402, 413, 414, 419, 420, 424, 426, 512

Jerome, Miss, i. 39, 40, 57

Jerome, Mr., i. 43, 56

Kerans, Mr., i. 378

King-Harman, Col., ii. 137

Kissingen, ii. 476

Labouchere, Mr., i. 130, 213, 333; ii. 27, 145, 150, 253

Lansdowne, Marquess of, i. 224; ii. 273

Lanyon, Sir O., i. 193

Lawson, Sir W., i. 251

Leadership of the House. _See_ Iddesleigh _and_ Randolph Churchill

Lee, Hans, ii. 447

Leigh, Mr. A., i. 16

Licensing question, ii. 430, 506

Liverpool meeting, i. 443

Lowther, Mr., i. 97, 245

Maamtrasna incident, i. 436

McCarthy, Mr. J., ii. 28

Maclean, Mr. J. M., i. 325; ii. 137

Manchester speeches, i. 231; ii. 69

Manners, Lord J., i. 340

Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 14, 30, 109, 115, 258 fund for relief of Irish distress, i. 110

Marlborough, Duke of, i. 3, 20, 21, 32, 40, 92, 108, 114, 170, 178, 227, 266, 429; ii. 463

Marriage, i. 57

Mashonaland, visit to, ii. 447

Matthews, Mr. H., i. 369; ii. 119, 126, 133, 134, 461

Mattinson, Mr., ii. 387

May, Sir Erskine, ii. 6, 408

Melbourne, Lord, ii. 14

Middle Temple Grand Day, 1885, i. 414

Milner, Sir F., i. 428

‘Mr. Podsnap,’ ii. 399

Mr. Spencer’s travels, ii. 169

Mitford, Mr. P., i. 258

Moore, Mr. A. W., i. 481

Morley, Mr. J., i. 125, 391, 392, 404; ii. 1, 48, 78, 88, 153, 353, 377, 405, 433, 469, 471

Morris, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 23, 57

Mowbray, Sir J., i. 245

Mundella, Mr., ii. 397

National Union of Conservative Associations, i. 305, 307, 312, 315, 318, 320, 321, 324, 326, 327, 330, 352, 355, 356, 536-543

North, Col., ii. 386

Northbrook, Lord, ii. 273

Northcote, Mr. (senr.), i. 245

Northcote, Sir Stafford. _See_ Iddesleigh

Norway, visit to, ii. 123

O’Brien, Mr. B., i. 89

O’Brien, Mr. S., ii. 66, 67

Obstruction: Closure, effect of, on, i. 220 first use of, i. 87 opinion on, i. 150

O’Connor, Mr. A., ii. 152

O’Donnell, Mr. F. H., i. 128

Oldham speech, i. 163

Opposition, functions of, i. 233, 239

Oxford, i. 31 Territorial Military Centre--speech, i. 66

Paddington, South, i. 471; ii. 454, 461 election addresses, ii. 491, 496

Palmerston, Lord, i. 234; ii. 260

Parliamentary procedure, reform of, i. 211; ii. 10, 16, 17, 25, 42, 500, 502

Parnell, Mr., i. 83, 174, 175, 176, 183, 185, 202, 205, 393-395, 397, 446, 455; ii. 1, 22, 24, 30, 51, 54, 66, 103, 109, 141, 143, 147, 149, 375, 452, 454 arrest and release, i. 206, 207, 210 Commission, ii. 405, 413, 431 Kilmainham treaty, i. 207, 210, 212 Maamtrasna, i. 438, 440

Parnellism and Crime, ii. 406, 408, 423

Peel, Mr., ii. 9, 136

Percy, Lord, i. 306, 312, 313, 317, 318, 323, 352, 355

Perkins, Mr., ii. 447, 450

Pigott case, ii. 412, 416

Plunket, Mr., ii. 67, 84

Ponsonby, Sir H., ii. 268

Preston speech, i. 185, 187

Primrose League, i. 256, 356

Prince Imperial, monument to, i. 142

Prince of Wales’s wedding, i. 9

Protection of Persons and Property Bill, i. 200

Queen Victoria: Bombay command appointment, i. 503 Indian affairs, i. 485 letter, ii. 154 resignation of Chancellor, ii. 234, 240, 255, 268

Radical party, principles of, i. 231, 288, 293

Raikes, Mr., i. 398; ii. 126

Randolph Churchill, Lady, i. 167, 258, 429, 430, 431; ii. 366-368

Randolph Churchill, Lord: birth, i. 3 Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 126, 179 characteristics, i. 6, 7, 14, 15, 33, 35, 48, 415; ii. 434 chess, fondness for, i. 30 death and funeral, ii. 484 education, i. 3, 8, 21, 24, 38 hunting, delight in, i. 4, 25, 28 illness, ii. 464 India, Secretary for, i. 425, 474 leadership of House of Commons, ii. 126, 150, 154, 213 letters, style of, i. 12, 13, 162-168 maiden speech in Parliament, i. 66 marriage, i. 57 member of Parliament, i. 55 nicknames and caricatures of, i. 275 personal appearance, i. 15; ii. 465 politics, early distaste to, i. 164, 166 popularity in 1882, i. 273 prediction in 1885, i. 473 public life, disinclination for, i. 48 speeches, style of, i. 276 Turf experiences, ii. 432

Redistribution Bill, Lords’ Amendments to, i. 417

Redschid Pasha, i. 388

Reed, Sir E., ii. 319

Reform Bill (1884), i. 335, 337, 341, 343, 360, 372, 550

Richards, Mr. B., i. 15

Richmond, Duke of, i. 227

Ripon, Marquess of, i. 492

Ritchie, Mr., ii. 126

Roberts, Sir F., i. 458, 490

Roebuck, Mr., i. 58

Rosebery, Earl of, i. 29, 433; ii. 49, 471, 478

Rowlands, Mr. J., i. 258; ii. 119, 120, 387, 391

Royal Buckhounds, i. 232

Royal grants--speech, ii. 396

Russell, Lord J., i. 234

Russell, Mr. E., ii. 142

Russia: aggression in India, i. 380, 382, 386, 387, 389 visit to, ii. 356

Rylands, Mr., i. 106; ii. 90

Salisbury, Marquess of, i. 65, 227, 233, 245, 265, 281, 303, 347, 381, 423, 433, 458, 468; ii. 6, 7, 14, 21, 26, 54, 58, 72, 75, 78, 89, 90, 116, 135, 153, 155, 187, 264, 273, 277, 278, 281, 294, 299, 361, 362, 368, 377, 431, 463 Bombay command appointment--letters, i. 504 Burma policy, i. 522, 524 Cabinet of 1885, i. 400, 401, 402, 407, 413, 416, 419; ii. 122, 124 Carnarvon and Parnell, meeting of, i. 447 correspondence of, i. 499 Disestablishment, views on, i. 455 Eastern Question, ii. 157, 158, 160, 162, 165 Irish affairs, attitude towards, ii. 29, 30, 33-35, 37, 64, 138, 334, 448, 470 National Union, i. 312, 318, 319, 324, 330, 352, 357 resignation of Lord Randolph, ii. 214, 218, 220, 223, 228, 231-234, 236, 243, 250, 255, 261, 267, 282 Woodstock speech, i. 161

Schnadhorst, Mr., i. 276, 286, 467; ii. 98, 119, 120, 134

Sclater-Booth, Mr., i. 106

Scott, Dr., i. 22

Sexton, Mr., i. 435; ii. 4, 64, 144

Siam, ii. 478

Slade, Sir A., i. 257

Smith, Mr. W. H., i. 245, 344, 408, 503; ii. 21, 36, 40, 42, 44, 90, 124, 137, 156, 171, 221, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 273, 281, 291, 295, 310, 311, 321, 335, 350, 381, 406, 407, 451

Soudan. _See_ Egypt and the Soudan

South Africa: affairs in, i. 190, 195 visit to, ii. 447

Spencer, Lord, i. 390, 438, 439, 441; ii. 3, 48

Staal, M. de, ii. 157

Stanhope, Mr. E., i. 325, 330, 373; ii. 127, 273

Stanley, Col., i. 342, 372

Stockton speech, ii. 328

Stuart-Wortley, Mr., i. 323, 353

Suakin, ii. 375, 376

Suleiman Sami, i. 263

Tabor, Mr., i. 3, 426

Tarbes, visit to, ii. 435

Temperance--letter, ii. 506

Tewfik, Khedive, i. 261

Thomas, Col., i. 4, 26

Tory democracy, i. 250, 290, 293, 295, 301, 302, 336, 349, 358, 411, 463, 465; ii. 404

Transvaal, i. 190, 193-196

Trevelyan, Sir G., ii. 48, 74, 84, 336, 340

Turf experiences, ii. 432

Turkey and the Eastern Question--letters, i. 100-104

Tyrwhitt, Mr. H., ii. 287, 289, 292

United States, visit to, i. 73

Villiers, Mr. C., i. 292

Walsall speech, ii. 397

Walsh, Archbishop, ii. 4, 78, 353, 354, 356

War Office expenditure, attack on, ii. 316

Warren, Sir C., ii. 143

Watkin, Sir E., ii. 381

Webster, Sir R., ii. 407

Welby, Lord, ii. 182, 212

Welsh Church Suspensory Bill, ii. 466, 474

West, Sir A., i. 261; ii. 205

Whitby meeting, ii. 326

Whitley, Mr., i. 443

Winston Churchill, Mr., ii. 294, 468

Wolff, Sir H. D., i. 124, 126, 129, 131, 132, 163, 264, 267, 304, 305, 310, 311, 342, 358, 367, 421, 425, 428, 430, 438; ii. 236, 260, 261, 263

Wolverhampton speech, ii. 314

Woodstock: elections, i. 52, 115, 426, 527-532 parliamentary history, i. 18 reform of borough--speech, i. 71 Salisbury’s, Lord, speech, i. 160

Zulu War, i. 142, 191

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Seven Years at Eton_, Brinsley Richards, p. 377.

[2] _Randolph Spencer-Churchill_, by T. H. S. Escott, M.A. (Hutchinson & Co., 1895).

[3] _Fortnightly Review_, October, 1874, vol. xvi., p. 412.

[4] Byron, _Don Juan_, Canto ix. lxxxiv.

[5] B. O’Brien, _Life of Parnell_, second edition, i. 163.

[6] ‘That this House, having been informed in her Majesty’s gracious Speech that the conditions on which her Majesty’s neutrality is founded have not been infringed by either belligerent engaged in the war in the East of Europe, and having since received no information sufficient to justify a departure from the policy of neutrality and peace, sees no reason for adding to the burdens of the people by voting unnecessary supplies.’

[7] ‘Elijah’s Mantle,’ _Fortnightly Review_, May, 1883.

[8] I have been greatly assisted in this chapter by the excellent accounts of the Fourth Party proceedings contributed by Mr. Harold Gorst to the _Nineteenth Century_ from November 1902 to January 1903. In relating some incidents, notably on pages 153 and 161, I have by his permission used his actual words.

[9] _Life of Parnell_, R. Barry O’Brien, vol. i. 247.

[10] _Cf._ Mr. Forster’s ‘village ruffians.’

[11] _Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa_, p. 23.

[12] Abridged.

[13] Mr. Gladstone.

[14] Mr. Chamberlain.

[15] A quotation from Mr. Gladstone’s famous pamphlet of 1876.

[16] Preface to Lord Randolph Churchill’s speeches, by L. J. Jennings, p. xxiv.

[17] Mr. Harold Gorst’s articles, _Nineteenth Century_, November and December, 1902.

[18] Appendix II.

[19] Appendix II.

[20] See J. M. Maclean’s _Reminiscences_, p. 68.

[21] Appendix II.

[22] Letter to Mr. Wainwright, M.P., June 9, 1884, Appendix III.

[23] Mr. W. H. Smith.

[24] See especially his letter to Mr. Harold Gorst of January 5, 1903, published in the _Times_, included as an Appendix.

[25] _Nineteenth Century_, January 1903, by Mr. Harold E. Gorst.

[26] Now Sir Charles Darling.

[27] Appendix IV. See especially his description of the tiger hunt.

[28] January 17, 1885.

[29] A note upon this chapter by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.

[30] August.

[31] This was public-spirited. (See page 440.)

[32] House of Lords, May 3, 1888. _Hansard_, 325, 1179.

[33] Issued November 21, 1880.

[34] See Lord Randolph’s Letters from India, Appendix.

[35] ‘Ireland’s Eye.’

[36] Lord Ashbourne.

[37] Our Very Good Lord: Ex-Chancellor Ball.

[38] _Times._

[39] Appendix I.

[40] This appears to have been an outside estimate. (See p. 490.)

[41] Sir John Gorst’s eldest son, now Sir Eldon Gorst.

[42] The italics are mine.--W. S. C.

[43] Mr. Smith to the Duke of Cambridge, October 9, 1885.

[44] Official memorandum.

[45] Colonel Burnaby was killed in action at Abu Klea, January 18, 1885.

[46] This was written ten days ago. Its contents are not much affected by recent events.--R. H. S. C.[*]

[*] The Memorandum and Lord Randolph’s footnote are both undated, but Lord Salisbury’s reply on the 9th shows that he had waited some days before replying. I conclude therefore that November 26 or 27 would be the latest date at which this document was written.

[48] Mr. Labouchere, who has checked and confirms this account of the conversation, remarks: ‘As a matter of fact, Lord Randolph Churchill had asked me some time before to tell Mr. Gladstone that he would urge Ulster to resist by arms Home Rule, which I had done, and he now begged me to repeat to him his declaration of war.’

[49] _Life of Gladstone_, vol. iii. p. 270.

[50] Lost. The passage ultimately adopted reads as follows:--

‘The social no less than the material condition of that country engages my anxious attention. Although there has been during the last year no marked increase of serious crime, there is in many places a concerted resistance to the enforcement of legal obligations, and I regret that the practice of organised intimidation continues to exist. I have caused every exertion to be used for the detection and punishment of these crimes, and no effort will be spared on the part of my Government to protect my Irish subjects in the exercise of their legal rights and the enjoyment of individual liberty. If, as my information leads me to apprehend, the existing provisions of the law should prove to be inadequate to cope with these growing evils, I look with confidence to your willingness to invest my Government with all necessary powers.’

[51] This was accompanied by the promise of a Bill dealing with the Land Question, pursuing in a more extensive sense the policy indicated by the Land Purchase Act in 1885.

[52] At the Colonial Office, February 15, 1898 (O’Brien’s _Life of Parnell_, chap. xix. vol. ii.).

[53] Appendix V.

[54]

Lord Randolph Churchill 2,576 Rev. J. Page Hopps 769

[55] Wrongly stated in the _Annual Register_ of 1886 as the Board of Trade.

[56] An expression quoted from Mr. Gladstone.

[57] ‘Lord Randolph as an Official,’ _Nineteenth Century_, October 1896, by the Right Hon. Sir Algernon West, K.C.B.

[58]

Scale of 1886, still in force:--

Where the packet, box, bottle, pot, &c., did not exceed the price or value of _s._ _d._ 1_s._, the duty was 0 1½ Exceeded 1_s._, but did not exceed 2_s._ 6_d._ 0 3 ” 2_s._ 6_d._ ” 4_s._ 0 6 ” 4_s._ ” 10_s._ 1 0 ” 10_s._ ” 20_s._ 2 0 ” 20_s._ ” 30_s._ 3 0 ” 30_s._ ” 50_s._ 10 0 ” 50_s._ 20 0

Lord Randolph Churchill’s proposed scale:--

_s._ _d._ Not exceeding 2_d._ in value 0 0½ ” ” 6_d._ ” 0 1½ ” ” 1_s._ ” 0 3 ” ” 2_s._ ” 0 6 ” ” 4_s._ ” 1 0 ” ” 8_s._ ” 2 0 ” ” 12_s._ ” 3 0 ” ” 20_s._ ” 5 0 ” ” 40_s._ ” 10 0 Exceeding 40_s._ ” 20 0

[59] The exact figure is 291,666_l._ 13_s._ 6_d._, but some reduction would probably occur in practice.

[60] Lord Ashbourne.

[61] Viscount Curzon, M.P. for South Buckinghamshire.

[62] Viscount Curzon, February 21. _Hansard_, 311, 179.

[63] Secretary to the Treasury.

[64] _Times_, April 20, 1887.

[65] See his letter to Mr. Arnold White, p. 459.

[66] No. 119, Egypt No. 8, 1888, published January 12, 1889.

[67] Letter to _Birmingham Daily Post_, April 18.

[68] _Life of Gladstone_, Book X., chapter iii.

[69] _Hansard_, March 1890.

[70] See Appendix, Mr. Jennings’s Memorandum and Lord Justice FitzGibbon’s note thereupon.

[71] Appendix VIII.

[72] Local Taxation Bill, June 17--228 to 224.

[73] Addison, _Spectator_, No. 68.

[74] _Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa._

[75] The Hon. Lionel Holland.

[76] _Life of Pitt._

[77] Abridged.

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