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sudden death, ii. _208_

---- Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.B., wounded at Inkerman, iii. _52_; interview with the Queen, iii. 56, 60

Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. _224_

---- Major, iii. 78

---- Viscount, i. 420; ii. 393

Berkeley, Admiral, M.P., Gloucester, iii. 78

Bernadotte, Marshal, iii. 448

Bernard, Dr, trial of, iii. _261_, _274_

Bessarabia, cession of, iii. _152_, _158_, _208_

Bessborough, Earl of, _see_ Duncannon

Bethell, Sir Richard (afterwards Lord Westbury), Attorney-General, Divorce Bill, iii. _232_; India Bill, iii. _267_; Lord Chancellor, iii. 442

Beust, Baron, Minister in Saxony, iii. 151, _151_, 171

Beverloo Camp, i. 41

Beyens, Baron, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, ii. 436

Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 238; iii. _10_

Bickersteth, Robert, afterwards Bishop of Ripon, iii. _206_, 217

Bilbao, battle at, i. 67

Birch, Mr, formerly tutor to Prince of Wales, iii. 431

Birmingham, Chartist riots, i. 179; political condition, i. 506

Births, registration of, i. _43_

Bishops, seats in House of Lords, i. _56_; and Dr Hampden, ii. 139; appointments of, iii. 416, 417

Black Sea, Russia's Fleet, iii. 120; neutralisation of, iii. _152_, _158_; England sends fleet to, iii. _208_

Blagden, Mr, i. 14

Blanc, Louis, _organisation du travail_, ii. 168

Bloemfontein, ii. _200_

Blomfield, C. J., _see_ London, Bishop of

Bloomfield, Baron, ii. 256; Minister at Berlin, ii. 285; iii. 161, 253

Boers, defeat of, ii. _142_, _200_

Bois-le-Comte, Mons., French Minister at Madrid, i. 96

Bolgrad, iii. _208_

Bomarsund, capture of, iii. _36_

Bonaparte, _see_ Napoleon

Bordeaux, Duc de (afterwards Comte de Chambord), i. 495, 498, 499, 506, 508; visit to London, i. 509, 510; ii. 3, 177; rumoured visit to England, iii. 7; and the King of the Belgians, iii. 296

Borthwick, Peter, ii. _34_

Bourquency, Mons. de, iii. 151

Bouverie, Mr, iii. 131

Bowring, Edgar, C.B., iii. 477

---- Sir John, British Plenipotentiary, Hong-Kong, iii. _223_, _227_

Bowyer, Sir George, M.P., iii. 445

Brabant, Duchess Marie Henriette de (afterwards Queen of the Belgians), iii. 276

---- Dukes of, _see_ Leopold

Bracebridge, Mr and Mrs, iii. 62

Braganza, Duchess of, i. 51, 178

Breadalbane, Marquess of, i 429; Lord Chamberlain, ii. 425; review at Edinburgh, iii. 407

---- Marchioness of, Lady of the Bedchamber, i. 143

Brescia, ii. 269

Bresson, Count, ii. 98, 99, 107 [107 correct]

---- M., aids King Louis Philippe's escape, ii. 157

Bribery at elections, i. 90

Bridgewater, eighth Earl of, treatises, i. _349_

Bright, John, on war with Russia, iii. _20_; appeal for ending the war, iii. _63_; loses his seat, iii. _223_; India Bill, iii. _280_; Oudh Proclamation, iii. 281, _290_; Reform Bill, iii. 324; proposed honour, iii. 349; England and Savoy, iii. _394_; privilege resolutions, iii. 404; and Palmerston, iii. 429

Brighton, i. 140

British Columbia, name given, iii. 296

Broadfoot, Major, political agent, India, death, ii. 76

Broadstairs, Queen's visit to, i. 19

Brock, Mrs, Queen's nurse, i. 14

Brocket Hall, Lord Melbourne's house, i. 150; Queen's visit to, i. 296

Broglie, Duc de, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, i. 149; ii. _37_

Brougham, Lord, i. _56_; on Canadian difficulties, i. _102_, 128; advice against dissolution, i. 293; right of audience, i. 344; as a protectionist, ii. 81

Brown, Sir George, wounded at Inkerman, iii. _53_, 129

---- Sir William, Baronet, iii. _477_

Bruce, Commodore, ii. 366

---- Colonel, iii. 306

---- Lady Augusta, ii. 434; iii. 451

Brunnow, M. de, Russian Minister, i. 190, 232; ii. 250, 286, 408, 442, 456; iii. 176, 189, 466

Brunswick, House of, history of, i. 1, 6

Brussels, Russian Minister to, ii. 17

Brydon, Dr, i. _254_

Buccleuch, Duke of, i. 509; ii. 49, 63-65

---- Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, i. 310

Buchanan, Mr, afterwards Sir Andrew, Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg, ii. 221

---- Mr (afterwards President), American Minister to Great Britain,