Category: History - British
Dismissal and Resignation of Ministers--Parliamentary Inquiries into the loss of Minorca--Mr. Pitt’s Power and Popularity--Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Fox--Mr. Pitt’s conduct on the Inquiries--Passing of the Militia Bill--Great success of the King of Prussia--Various Plans for a...
Expedition to surprise Rochfort--Officers employed--The Fleet off the Isle of Oleron--Council of War--Difficulties of the Enterprise--Conway proposes an Attack on Fouras--Failur...
21. CHAPTER X.The War in Germany at the commencement of the year 1760--Prince Ferdinand detaches 12,000 men to the assistance of the King of Prussia--Value of contemporary Memoirs--Lord Bath’...
17. CHAPTER VI.History of Dr. Hensey--Election of a Pope--Cardinal Cavalchini excluded--Rezzonico elected--Taking of Cherbourg, and Cape Breton--Other Events in America--Disastrous Affair at S...
20. CHAPTER IX.Influence of Madame de Pompadour in the Councils of France--French reverses--Wolfe’s Embarrassments--His Conquest of Quebec--His death--Perfidy and cruelty of the French Governm...
22. CHAPTER XI.General Murray beaten at Quebec--Retreat of the French from that city--General Amherst takes Montreal--Our successes in the East Indies--Campaign in Germany--Prussians defeated-...
19. CHAPTER VIII.Opening of the Campaign in Germany under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick--Reports of the Battle of Minden--Lord Granby and Lord George Sackville--Reflections on the latter--His Lo...
13. CHAPTER II.The Duke of Newcastle’s difficulties in forming a new Government--Prince of Wales interferes to facilitate arrangements--Lord Waldegrave appointed first Lord of the Treasury--Re...
18. CHAPTER VII.The Author’s motives for continuing this Work in the year 1759--A memorable era--Election of Chancellor of Oxford--Exchange of Prisoners--Death of the Princess of Orange--Captur...
12. CHAPTER I.Dismissal and Resignation of Ministers--Parliamentary Inquiries into the loss of Minorca--Mr. Pitt’s Power and Popularity--Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Fox--Mr. Pitt’s conduct on t...
15. CHAPTER IV.Mr. Pitt’s political Influence at the commencement of the year 1758--Five Great Men--Opening of Parliament, and Speech of Mr. Pitt--Clive’s Victories in India--Military Appointm...
16. CHAPTER V.Death of Archbishop Hutton--Affair of Lord Tyrawley--New Treaty with Prussia--Sequel of the Habeas Corpus Extension Question--The Bill debated in the Lords--Lord Mansfield’s Spe...
24. iii. 11, 16, 20, 29, 34, 65, 68, 71, 91, 92, 93, 94, 157, 181,Bute, Earl of, i. 47, 136, 438; ii. 204, 205, 206, 221, 222, 223, 256, 257, 258, 259, 265; iii. 25, 28, 29, 39, 40, 99, 100, 121, 157, 183, 237, 251, 260, 274.
26. ii. 9, 11, 17, 36, 52, 81, 92, 93, 128, 144, 193, 252, 261,Onslow, Mr. Speaker, i. 21, 28, 29, 31, 50, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 216, 280, 282, 309, 342, 349, 390; ii. 3, 6, 15, 16, 61, 102, 126, 154, 159, 162, 175, 273, 312, 325, 328, 3...
40. i. 62;Fox, Mr., (Lord Holland,) conduct in the parliament of 1751, i. 8; on the Westminster petition, display of wit and abilities, 15, 20; decided conduct in Murray’s case, 27, 35; i...
53. iii. 16;Pelham, Right Hon. Henry, his political suavity, i. 3; parliamentary discussion on the constitutional queries, 11; political inconsistency, 18; financial expertness, 32; politic...
61. iii. 28;Walpole, Sir Robert, inconsistency of his political opponents at close of the Spanish war, i. 7; witticism on Sir W. Yonge, 23; financial expertness, 32; politic advice to the D...
45. iii. 135;Invasion of England threatened by a French armament in the Isle of Rhée, ii. 20; threats of, by France, in 1759, iii. 186; general plan of, defeated by Hawke’s victory, 232; Fre...
31. i. 333;Campbell, Mr. Hume, is brought forward again by the Duke of Newcastle in support of the German treaties, ii. 107, 108; quarrel with Pitt, 112; pensioned, 143; anecdote of his po...
25. ii. 37, 39, 41, 47, 48, 50, 54, 62, 85, 118, 127, 144, 146,155, 177, 179, 180, 181, 205, 206, 207, 257, 265, 268, 270, 273, 274, 284, 301, 302, 340, 375, 379; iii. 1, 5, 15, 31, 59, 111, 112, 118, 176, 177, 179, 182, 183, 184, 237.
27. i. 73;America, North, state of, and politics respecting, previous to the war of 1756, i. 394, et seq.; commencement of the war and first services of General (then major) Washington, 3...
56. i. 240;comes before Parliament, 242, et seq.; invaded by Prussia, and Dresden taken, ii. 241; its sufferings from the German war, iii. 247; character and anecdotes of the court of, ii....
49. ii. 223, 227;Navy, diminished number of seamen voted, i. 17; Lord Anson proposes a severe naval code, but fails, 38; an increased vote of seamen proposed by Lord Barrington, 211; approaching...
47. i. 26;Militia recommended by Fox on the opening of the war, ii. 97, et seq.; riots throughout the kingdom, in the apprehension of the regiments being sent abroad, iii. 41; plan first...
29. ii. 19;estimates on the opening of the war, 67, 86; affairs of the Militia Bill, of new-raised troops, of foreign troops employed, 156-204; camps formed and disturbances with the forei...
30. ii. 45;coalesces, approves of the German Treaties, but refuses office, 47; defends himself in the Lords, 49; objects to the proposed New road, out of jealousy to the Duke of Grafton, b...
51. ii. 92;Onslow, Mr. Speaker, witty remark on his official conduct, i. 21; reprimands Mr. Crowle on the Westminster election, _ib._; quarrels with Lord Coke, 28; contemptuous treatment o...
23. ii. 2, 33, 69, 184, 195, 228, 270, 305, 310, 317, 343, 356,Barrington, William Barrington Shute, Viscount, i, 12, 31, 211, 220, 388, 410; ii. 45, 86, 89, 106, 118, 141, 142, 144, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 188, 251, 320; iii. 88, 212, 213...
59. ii. 121;parliamentary squabble with Fox on the question of foreign troops in America, 173; extraordinary conduct and political shuffling on Byng’s affair, 349; witticism on Fox’s sinecu...
38. ii. 10;Egmont, Lord, opposes Address in 1751, i. 8; suspicion of treason, 9; parliamentary discussion, 11; political intrigues in Westminster, 14; opposes the Mutiny Bill, 35, 40; anec...
46. iii. 250;Lyttelton, George, Lord, character of, i. 39; political intrigues discovered by the opening of a letter, 201, 202; his character, _ib._; joins the Newcastle administration, and...
42. ii. 273;Hartington, Lord, political manœuvre between Pitt and the Whigs, i. 13; Westminster petition, 19, 20; his share in the ministerial negotiations on the death of Pelham, 381; succ...
39. ii. 141, 142;Erskine, Sir Henry, military and political debut, i. 41; military and political attack on General Anstruther, 56, 63, 68; is dismissed from the army for joining Mr. Pitt, and be...
48. ii. 28;Murray, Mr. A., conduct on the Westminster election, i. 17, et seq., 22; refuses to kneel, 29; further proceedings in the House upon his case, 34, 35; further insolence towards...
35. ii. 22;error in ordering enlistment in Germany without the concurrence of ministers, 156, 185; unfair conduct towards regiments raised for home service, 203; instance of moderation in...
60. i. 12;conduct of his party on the Westminster petition, 28; party politics, 39, 47; death, and its political consequences, 72, 86; his character, _ib._, et seq.; his debts, 87; songs...
54. ii. 45;Robinson, Sir Thomas, appointed secretary at war, i. 388; his character, _ib._; resigns the seals to make way for Fox; his gratitude and paternal feelings on receiving place and...
55. i. 41;his character and political influence in Ireland, 279; declares himself for Pitt in the House of Commons; political anecdotes and observations on the same, ii. 314, 315; acquire...
33. i. 13;41. ii. 33, 34;Harcourt, Lord, appointed governor of Prince George, i. 86; punctilious nicety in the education of Prince George, 284; his loss of royal favour, 289, et seq.; his speech on the...
36. i. 227;Devonshire, Fourth Duke of, character and anecdotes of, i. 195; consulted on choice of a premier on the death of Pelham, 378; death, and conscientious qualification of his young...
34. i. 17, 19;Cumberland, H. R. H. William duke of, political connexion with Lord Sandwich, i. 2; affairs in Flanders, 2; political and treasonable attacks on, 9; restoration of military disc...
28. iii. 32;ARMY, British. Votes in 1751, i. 25; debate on the staff, 31; military reformation and improvement by the Duke of Cumberland, 38; new Mutiny Bill, _ibid._; half-pay officers fir...
11. CHAPTER XI.44. iii. 31;58. ii. 12;acquire importance in the House by uniting to bold a balance between Fox and Newcastle, _ib._; further manœuvres in opposition to Fox, 13, et seq.; opinions on the calling in of...
6. CHAPTER VI.3. CHAPTER III.57. iii. 31;8. CHAPTER VIII.9. CHAPTER IX.1. CHAPTER I.2. CHAPTER II.7. CHAPTER VII.10. CHAPTER X.4. CHAPTER IV.5. CHAPTER V.43. ii. 49;50. i. 87, 283;Nugent, Lord, absurd parliamentary conduct, i. 20; his character, and anecdotes, 45, 46; refused by the people of Bristol as the king’s nominee, under most unprecedented circums...
37. ii. 320;Dorset, Charles, Duke of, appointed viceroy of Ireland, i. 5; anecdotes of, 96, 97; his character and political government of Ireland, 279, et seq.; his extreme moderation durin...
52. ii. 12;first meeting after the coalition of Fox and Bedford, 48; first notice of reporters and taking of notes in the Commons, 108; eloquence reviewed, 144, et seq.; session of 1756 op...
32. iii. 54;