i. 201

Harris, John, Lenborough Estate Agent, i. 95, 127, 165, 167, 170; ii. 104

Harrison, John Butler, Gibbon's opinion of, i. 27

Harrison, Mrs., i. 87

Hartley, David, M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull, i. 240

Harvey, Stephen, i. 95

Hastings, Marquis of. ii. 396

Hastings, Warren, i. _209_, _349_; Governor-General of India, ii. _26_, _85_; his trial, ii. _172_; Gibbon dines with, ii. 173

*Hawkins, Sir Cæsar, ii. 393

Hayes, Mrs., i. 21

Hayley, Mrs., i. _399_; 11, 14

*Hayley, Thomas, ii. 17

Hayley, William, i. _398_; ii. 8, 162; his _Essay on Epic Poetry_, etc., ii. 17, 21

*Hayti, independence of, ii. 280

*Hazlitt, on Thos. Amory, i. 189

Heathfield, Admiral Lord, his defence of Gibraltar, ii. 25, 27; his Sussex estate, ii. 240

Heberden, Dr. William, called by Dr. Johnson "Ultimus Romanorum," i. 83

Helvétius, Claude Adrien, author of _De L'Esprit_, i. 29

*Hénault, President, i. 312

Henley, Lord. _See_ Northington, Lord

*Henry, Robert, ii. 23

Herbert, Lady Charlotte, ii. 106

*Herbert, General the Hon. W., ii. 375

Herefordshire Militia, and the Bristol riots, ii. 390

*Hertford, Lord, i. 190; ii. 32; interdicts Foote's _The Capuchin_, i. 265

Hervey, Lady ("Molly Lepel"), i. 21, 29

Hervey, Lady Elizabeth. _See_ Foster, Lady Elizabeth

*Hervey, Bishop (of Derry), ii. 388

*Hervey, Lord, the "Sporus" of Pope's Prologue to the _Satires_, i. 21

Hervey, John Augustus, Lord, Ambassador at Florence, ii. 388

Hesse, Landgrave of, i. _272_, 277

Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg, Prince Charles of, ii. 332

*Hill, Dr. G. B., i. 83, 273

Hill, Sir Roger, i. _139_; ii. 4

Hillsborough, Lord (Marquis of Downshire), ii. 5

Hobart, Harry, i. 212

Hobson, Mrs. (Miss Comarque and Madame de Bavois), i. 82, 83, 220

*Holcroft, Thomas, ii. 154

Holland, Lady (Lady Mary Fitzpatrick), i. 247

Holland, Lady (Elizabeth Vassall), ii. 257

Holland, 1st Lord, i. 198

Holland, 2nd Lord (Stephen Fox), i. 198, _247_

*Holland, 3rd Lord, ii. 257

Holland, Gibbon in, i. 15; fears of war with, i. 348, 353; war with France, ii. 362; "abject state" of, ii. 376

*Holland's _Memoirs of the Whig Party_ quoted, ii. 388

Holmes, Mayor of Newtown, i. 88

*Holmes, Sir Robert, i. 89

Holmet, i. 89

Holroyd, Hon. Maria (afterwards Lady Stanley of Alderley), her letters to Gibbon, ii. 157, 167, 216, 245, 271, 273, 322, 340, 353; Gibbon's letters to, ii. 259-266, 337

Holroyd, Isaac, i. _180_, 237

Holroyd, J. B. _See_ Sheffield, Lord

Holroyd, John William, i. 160

Holroyd, Miss Sarah M., i. _180_, 237, 336, 342, 345

Holroyd, Mrs. (Sheffield's mother). Gibbon's letter to, i. 160

Home, John, author of _Douglas_, etc., i. 202

*Hood, Lord, ii. 179

Horneck, Captain Charles, i. 207

Horneck, Mrs., i. 207

*Hornsby, William, President of Bombay Council, ii. 85

Horton, Mrs. (Duchess of Cumberland), i. _146_, 150, 154

*Hotham, Commodore, i. 349

Howe, Admiral Lord, i. _283_, 291, _332_; the relief of Gibraltar, ii. 19, 25, 27; First Lord of Admiralty, ii. _86_; dock-yards shut to strangers, ii. 173; his search for the French fleet, ii. 397

Howe, General Sir William, his campaign in America, i. 249, 287, 300, _303_; his American mission, i. _283_, _332_; occupies New York, i. 290; captures Fort William, i. _298_; captures Philadelphia, i. 323

Howe, Thomas, i. 91

Hugonin, Francis, i. 7, 128, 157, 163-165, 196, 199, 213, 246, 277, 344, 348; ii. 138, 183, 185, 234

Hume, David, i. 8, 22; referred to in Mason's satire, i. 190; his essay on _Polygamy and Divorces_, i. 202; his _Philosophical Works_ quoted, i. _203_; Parisian civilities to, i. 307

Hume, Sir Abraham, i. 201, 255, 261

Hunter, Dr. John, his Lectures on Anatomy attended by Gibbon,