ii. 273;

his conduct in regard to Admiral Byng’s trial, 317; refuses the seals on Pitt’s coalition with Fox, iii. 33; opposes the Militia Bill, 40.

Harley, Lord, speech on the Regency Bill, i. 144; moves for declaring against subsidiary treaties in time of peace, 254.

HARRINGTON, Earl of, (William) political and biographical notice of, i. 3, et seq., _notes_.

Harris, commissioner of wine licences, violent speech in the Commons on the abolition of his office, ii. 375.

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; succeeds the Duke of Dorset as Irish Viceroy, ii. 3, 18, 20, 23. --Vide _Devonshire_.

Hastenbecke, battle of, and defeat of the Duke of Cumberland, iii. 36.

Havre-de-Grace bombarded, iii. 186.

Hawke, Sir Edward, his naval operations, ii. 32; sent to supersede Byng in the Mediterranean, 215; takes the naval command in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. 50; attacks the French fleet under Conflans, and destroys them, 231.

Hawley, General, his military severity, i. 103; selected as the propagator of a pretended memorial on the prince’s education, and why, 302.

Hayter, Dr., vide _Norwich_ (Bp. of).

Heinnech, Monsieur, notice of, ii. 408, 409.

Henley, afterwards Lord Northington, character of, i. 96; impartial exercise of his office as a member of parliament, 108; appointed lord keeper in the Pitt and Newcastle administration, in 1757, iii. 33.

Hensey, Dr., convicted of treason, iii. 130.

Herring, Archbishop, political and ecclesiastical character, i. 148; interference in, and intrigues respecting, the education of the princes, 283, 290, et seq.; death and character, ii. 374.

Hertford, Earl of, appointed ambassador to Paris, in 1755, and why, ii. 2.

Hesse-Cassel, Prince of, turns papist, i. 405.

Hessian troops, sent for to assist against invasion, ii. 155, 185.

Highland regiments raised for American service, ii. 300.

Highlands of Scotland, defended from the charge of jacobitism in the House of Commons, as early as 1754, ii. 15.

Hillsborough, Lord, parliamentary character, i. 80; speech on the Regency Bill, 145; supports the Bill for the purchase and colonization of the Scottish forfeited estates, 259; political error and delay in the debate on the German treaties,