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...
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...
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...
14. CHAPTER III.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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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-...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
32. iii. 54;33. i. 13;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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
43. ii. 49;44. iii. 31;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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
57. 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...
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...
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...
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...