INDEX
- A.
- Ædes Walpolianæ, the, 75-77, 288.
- Amelia, the Princess, 171, 228, 234.
- American Colonies, the war with the, 252, 291.
- An Account of the Giants, 189.
- Anecdotes of Painting, 142, 150, 241, 295.
- Ashe, Miss, 127-130.
- Ashton, Thomas, 16-19, 58, 59.
- B.
- Balmerino, Lord, trial and execution of, 93-97.
- Beauclerk, Lady Diana, 159, 161, 193, 243, 260, 286.
- Beauties, The, 104.
- Beauty Room, the, 211.
- Benedict XIV., Pope, 50.
- Bentley, Richard, 136, 137, 146, 148, 161, 214, 224.
- Berry, the Misses Mary and Agnes, 233, 235, 244, 259-263, 265, 285, 286, 291.
- Bland, Henry, 12.
- Bologna, visited by Walpole, 42, 43.
- Bracegirdle, Anne, 83.
- Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, 16, 175.
- Burney, Frances, 193, 257.
- Byng, Admiral, 142, 143.
- C.
- Castle of Otranto, The, 161, 163, 164, 168, 192, 195.
- Catalogue of Engravers, 155.
- Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, 142, 149-152.
- Catalogue of Strawberry Hill, 262.
- Charles X. (Comte d'Artois), 172.
- Chartreuse, La Grande, visited by Walpole and Gray, 38.
- Chartreux, Convent of the, described by Walpole, 34, 35.
- Chatterton, Thomas, 196-200.
- Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 86, 131, 177;
- his Letters parodied by Walpole, 236.
- Choiseul, Madame la Duchesse de, 174, 176, 177, 180, 212.
- Christopher Inn, the, 17.
- Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston, 230.
- Churchill, Lady Mary (Maria), 49, 63, 67, 100.
- Chute, John, 52, 68, 118, 134, 171, 208.
- Clement XII., Pope, 45.
- Clinton, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, 56.
- Clive, Kitty, 83, 121, 133, 140, 143, 192;
- bon mot of, 181;
- allusions to, 213, 217;
- death of, 255.
- Cocchi, Dr. Antonio, 56.
- Coke, Lady Mary, 169.
- Cole, William, 13, 19, 161, 206, 285.
- Congreve, William, 83.
- Conway, Henry, 12, 31, 35, 36, 38, 40, 82, 87, 91, 105, 108, 150, 182, 201.
- Cope, Gen. Sir John, 89.
- Crawford, James, 179.
- Culloden Moor, the battle of, 91, 92.
- Cumberland, William, Duke of, 19, 86, 91, 92, 99, 108, 120, 122, 171.
- Cunningham, Peter, 10;
- his account of a drive with Walpole, 227, 229, 231;
- his specimens of Walpole's letters, 255;
- quoted, 212, 231.
- D.
- Damer, Anna (Miss Conway), 203, 242, 270.
- Deffand, Madame du (Marie de Vichy-Chamrond), 177, 212;
- Walpole's first impression of, 177, 178;
- her conquest of Walpole, 178;
- Walpole's letter to Gray concerning, 178, 179;
- her fondness for Walpole, 179, 180;
- the episode of the snuff-box, 180;
- Walpole's second visit to, 187, 188;
- death of, 252;
- Walpole's letters to, 248, 249;
- Walpole's adieu to, 251;
- will of, 252.
- Delenda est Oxonia, 124.
- Dodington, Bubb, 92, 120.
- Dryden, John, imitated by Walpole, 60;
- claimed as great-uncle by Catherine Shorter, 210.
- E.
- Easton Neston (Northamptonshire), 23.
- Epitaphium Vivi Auctoris, 264.
- Eton College, 11-17.
- F.
- Falkirk, the battle of, 91.
- Fielding, Henry, 79, 83, 160, 161, 230, 285.
- Fielding, William, 160.
- Florence, visited by Walpole and Gray, 43-45.
- Fontenoy, the battle of, 87, 88, 104.
- Foote, Samuel, 173.
- Forcalquier, Madame de, 174.
- Fortescue, Lucy, 105.
- Fox, Charles James, his verses on Mrs. Crewe, 240.
- Francklin, Richard, 111, 123.
- Fraser, Simon, Lord Lovat, 97.
- Frederick, Prince of Wales. (See Wales.)
- Freethinking in France, 167, 170.
- French court, presentation of Walpole at the, 171, 172.
- G.
- Garrick, David, 83, 140, 146, 186.
- Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, Madame de, 173, 257.
- Geoffrin, Madame, 175, 182.
- George I., Walpole's visit to, 8-10;
- the story of the raven, 286.
- (See Reminiscences.)
- George II., 63. (See Reminiscences.)
- George III. (See Memoirs.)
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 19, 32, 105, 143, 198, 242;
- Walpole's contempt for, 238, 285.
- Gordon Riots, the, 253.
- Granby, Lord, 129, 131.
- Gray, Thomas, at Eton, 16, 19, 22, 25;
- travels with Walpole, 29-32;
- Versailles described by, 32, 33;
- at Rheims, 35;
- at Lyons, 38;
- at La Grande Chartreuse, 38;
- in Italy, 40-44, 49, 50, 53, 57;
- his misunderstanding with Walpole, 52-55;
- subsequent reconciliation, 55, 135;
- praises Walpole's verse, 59;
- quoted, 25, 30-34, 37, 38, 51, 59, 83, 97, 105, 115, 134, 135, 137, 148, 149, 219;
- resumes his intimacy with Walpole, 103, 106, 173;
- visits Strawberry Hill, 135;
- his indebtedness to Walpole, 135;
- his Elegy published by Dodsley, 135;
- the Poemata-Grayo-Bentleiana, 137;
- publication of the Odes at Strawberry Hill, 142-148;
- detects the Rowley forgeries, 197;
- portrait of, 213;
- Walpole's relations with, 285.
- Grenville, George, 290.
- H.
- Harrison, Audrey, Lady Townshend, 101, 156.
- Hawkins, Miss, 160, 244;
- her description of Walpole, 277-279.
- Hénault, Charles-Jean-François, President, 177, 183, 188, 195, 212.
- Hervey, Baron, 123;
- said to be Walpole's father, 4.
- Hervey, Lady, 120, 171, 175, 201, 224.
- Hill, Robert, the learned tailor, 150.
- Historic Doubts on Richard III., 190, 191, 237.
- Hogarth, William, 69, 79, 161, 213, 222, 242.
- Houghton, the seat of the Walpoles, 1, 24, 65, 66, 69, 71, 80, 81;
- the Houghton pictures sold to Catherine of Russia, 69, 246, 247;
- Walpole buried at, 268.
- Hume, David, 167, 171, 181-185.
- Hyde Park, robbers in, 125, 126.
- I.
- Inn, the Christopher, 16, 17.
- Inscription for the Neglected Column, 61.
- J.
- Jennings, Frances, Duchess of Tyrconnell, anecdote of, 7;
- head of, 222.
- Jenyns, Soame, quoted, 127, 131.
- Jephson, Capt. Robert, 237, 239.
- Johnson, Samuel, 55, 84, 236, 285.
- K.
- Kendal, the Duchess of, 8, 228, 287.
- Ker, Lord Robert, 91.
- Kilmarnock, Earl, 92;
- trial and execution of, 93-98.
- King's College, Cambridge, 18-20, 28.
- Kirgate, Thomas, 150, 195, 235.
- L.
- Lens, Bernard, 19.
- Lessons for the Day, 75.
- Letter from Xo Ho, 143, 144, 295.
- Louis XVI. (Duc de Berry), 172.
- Louis XVIII. (Comte de Provence), 172.
- M.
- Macaulay, Lord, 229;
- reviews Lord Dover's edition of Walpole's letters to Mann, 271-273;
- letters to Hannah Macaulay quoted, 271, 272;
- Lady Holland irritated by, 272;
- his opinion of Walpole, 273-275.
- McLean, James, robs Walpole, 125, 126;
- is imprisoned, 126;
- becomes a fashionable lion, 126;
- is executed, 126.
- Mann, Sir Horace, 43, 44, 47, 61, 69, 201, 254;
- death of, 255;
- Walpole's affection for, 286.
- Mason, Rev. William, 53, 197, 202.
- Memoirs of the Reign of King George III., 189, 292.
- Middleton, Dr. Conyers, 286;
- praises Walpole's attainments, 57, 58.
- Montagu, Lieut.-Gen. Charles, K. C. B., 14.
- Montagu, Brig-Gen. Edward, 14.
- Montagu, George, M. P., 14, 17, 21, 29, 187, 201, 286.
- Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 4, 48, 133;
- described by Walpole, 49-51;
- quoted, 50, 102.
- Mont Cenis, 40.
- Moore, Edward, 131.
- More, Hannah, 258, 264, 285.
- Müntz (German artist), 138, 142, 146, 210, 279.
- Mysterious Mother, The, 190-193;
- Byron's praise of, 193;
- printed at the Strawberry Hill Press, 195;
- illustrated by Lady Di. Beauclerk, 243.
- N.
- Nature will Prevail, 239.
- Neale, Betty, 130.
- Neuhoff, Baron ('Theodore, King of Corsica'), 132, 142.
- Nolkejumskoi. (See Cumberland, William, Duke of.)
- O.
- Officina Arbuteana. (See Strawberry Hill.)
- Orford, George, third Earl of (nephew of Horace Walpole), 69, 141, 202, 245, 247, 263.
- Orford, Horace, fourth Earl of. (See Walpole, Horace.)
- Orford, Robert, first Earl of. (See Walpole, Sir Robert.)
- Orford, Robert, second Earl of. (See Walpole, Robert.)
- Ossory, Lady, 202;
- letters of Walpole to, 207, 233, 246, 247, 252, 260, 266.
- P.
- Paris, Walpole's first visit to, 31, 32;
- state of society in, 166-168;
- second visit to, 169, 173-181;
- third visit to, 186, 187, 189;
- fourth visit to, 249.
- Parish Register of Twickenham, The, 158, 160, 161, 245.
- Parodies by Walpole, 77, 236.
- Patapan, 66.
- Petersham, Lady Caroline, 127-130, 285.
- Picture Gallery at Houghton, 69, 71, 246, 247.
- Pinkerton, John, his Walpoliana quoted, 3, 10, 84, 220, 258, 279, 280, 281;
- a favourite of Walpole, 256;
- his description of Walpole, 279-282.
- Pomfret, Lady, 47-50, 101.
- Pope, Alexander, 103, 109, 139, 216.
- Preston Pans, the battle of, 89.
- Prévost d'Exiles, M. l'Abbé Antoine-François, 31.
- Prior, Matthew, criticised by Walpole, 76, 77.
- Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, 62, 64, 151, 228.
- Q.
- Quadruple Alliance, the, 14;
- ended, 18, 19.
- Queensberry, the Duke of, 231.
- Quinault, Jeanne-Françoise, 32.
- R.
- Radnor, Lord, his Chinese summer-house, 119.
- Ranelagh Gardens, the, 85, 86.
- Reminiscences of the Courts of George the I. and II., written for the Misses Berry, 262.
- Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 241.
- Richardson, Samuel, 167, 171.
- Robinson, William, 146, 147, 150, 156.
- Rochford, Lady, 156, 157.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 181, 182;
- sham letter from Frederick the Great to, 182, 183;
- anger of, 184;
- his quarrel with Hume, 184.
- S.
- Saint-Cyr, Walpole's visit to, 188.
- Saunderson, Professor Nicholas, 20.
- Scott, Samuel, 139.
- Scott, Sir Walter, his study of the Castle of Otranto, 164, 165.
- Selwyn, George Augustus, 13, 138, 168, 231.
- Sermon on Painting, The, 71-76.
- Shenstone, William, 149.
- Shirley, Lady Fanny, 160.
- Shirley, the Hon. Sewallis, 102, 103, 202.
- Shorter, Catherine (Lady Walpole), 3, 4, 210;
- death of, 24;
- burial of, 25;
- Dryden claimed as great-uncle to, 210.
- Shorter, Sir John, Lord Mayor of London, 3.
- Short Notes, Walpole's, quoted, 5, 11, 17, 35, 56, 80, 124, 152, 189, 239.
- Skerret, Maria, 4, 49, 63, 210.
- Smollett, Tobias, 101, 105.
- Spence, Professor Joseph, 50, 55, 56, 150.
- Sterne, Laurence, 173.
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham), Walpole removes to, 86;
- description of, 107-124, 146, 147, 208;
- previous tenants of, 109, 110;
- additions to, 111, 204, 205;
- the Gothic castle at, 113-119;
- views executed by Müntz, 138;
- private printing-press at, 142, 145, 146;
- described by William Robinson, 146-148;
- works published at the Officina Arbuteana, 149-151 (see Appendix), 152;
- Description of the Villa at, 195, 201, 208;
- fêtes at, 205, 206;
- ground plan of the villa at, 208;
- China Closet and China Room at, 210;
- the Yellow Bedchamber (Beauty Room), 211;
- Breakfast Room, 212, 213;
- plan of principal floor, 212;
- Green Closet, 213;
- Library, 214;
- Blue Bedchamber, 214;
- Armoury, 214;
- the Red Bedchamber, 216;
- the Holbein Chamber, 216;
- the Star Chamber, 217;
- the Gallery, 204, 218;
- the Round Tower, 220;
- the Cabinet (Tribune), 220;
- collection of rarities, 220, 221;
- the Great North Bedchamber, 218, 221;
- the Great Cloister, 223;
- the Chapel, 223;
- the Flower Garden, 112, 224;
- Gothicism of the villa, 225, 226;
- bequeathed to Mrs. Damer, 270;
- subsequent disposal of, 270.
- Stuart, Prince Charles Edward (the Chevalier), his descent on Scotland, 88, 96;
- temporary success of, 90, 91, 96;
- escape of, 91.
- Stuart, Lady Louisa, her Introductory Anecdotes quoted, 14-16, 22, 23.
- Suffolk, the Countess of (Mrs. Howard), 9, 122, 139, 157, 201.
- Swift, Jonathan, 19, 103, 139.
- T.
- Townshend, Charles, Viscount, 6, 156.
- Townshend, Lady. (See Harrison, Audrey.)
- Tragedy in England, Walpole's opinion of, 194, 195.
- Triumvirate, the, 14.
- Twickenham. (See Strawberry Hill.)
- V.
- Vane, Henry, Earl of Darlington, 128.
- Vauxhall, 84, 128-131.
- Versailles, visited by Walpole, 32, 171-173.
- Verses on the Suppression of the Late Rebellion, 98-100.
- Vertue, George, the engraver, 69, 70, 77, 154, 216.
- Voltaire, François-Marie-Arouet de, 178, 190.
- W.
- Wales, Frederick, Prince of, 24, 61, 86, 87;
- composes a chanson on the battle of Fontenoy, 87;
- wins £800 from Lord Granby, 131.
- Walpol, Sir Henry de, 1.
- Walpole, Dorothy, Lady Townshend, 6, 210.
- Walpole, Sir Edward, Knight of the Bath, 2.
- ——, Sir Edward (brother of Horace), 100, 202, 203;
- the daughters of, 203;
- death of, 256.
- ——, George (third Earl of Orford), 141, 202, 245.
- ——, Horace (Horatio), his ancestry, 1-4;
- scandal regarding his birth, 3, 4;
- early childhood, 5-10;
- his visit to George I., 9;
- his appearance as a boy, 11;
- his school-days at Eton, 11-17;
- his scholarship, 12, 19, 20;
- his companions at Eton, 13-16;
- enters Lincoln's Inn, 16;
- enters King's College, Cambridge, 18;
- his university studies, 19, 20;
- the 'triumvirate,' 19;
- the 'quadruple alliance,' 18, 19;
- literary productions at Cambridge, 24;
- appointed Inspector of Imports and Exports, 27;
- becomes Usher of the Exchequer, Controller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats, 27, 28;
- leaves college, 28;
- travels with Gray, 29;
- visits France, 30-39;
- in Switzerland, 39;
- crosses the Alps, 40;
- in Italy, 41-56;
- his description of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 49;
- his misunderstanding with Gray, 52-55;
- his illness in Florence, 55;
- his return to England, 56;
- becomes Member of Parliament for Callington, 56;
- poetical Epistle to Thomas Ashton, 58, 59;
- praised by Gray, 59;
- his letters to Mann, 61, 65, 88;
- his first speech in Parliament, 64;
- his Sermon on Painting, 71-75;
- the Ædes Walpolianæ, 75-77;
- his parodies, 78, 236;
- his paper against Lord Bath, 78;
- his father's death, 79, 80;
- receives legacy from his father, 80, 81;
- his criticism of Mrs. Woffington and of Garrick, 83;
- removes to Twickenham, 86;
- his Verses on the Suppression of the Late Rebellion, 98, 99;
- epilogue to Tamerlane, 98;
- marriage of his sisters, 100;
- his criticism of Lady Orford, 101, 102;
- his contributions to The Museum, 103;
- his poem, The Beauties, 104, 105;
- resides at Windsor, 106;
- his description of Strawberry Hill, 107-120, 147, 195, 205, 206, 227 (see Strawberry Hill);
- his papers in The Remembrancer, 124;
- his tract, Delenda est Oxonia, 124;
- is robbed in Hyde Park, 125, 126;
- his account of Vauxhall, 128-131;
- his papers in The World, 131;
- his reconciliation with Gray, 134;
- his admiration of Gray's poetry, 135-137;
- is chosen Member of Parliament for Castle Rising, 141;
- for Lynn, 142;
- his Castle of Otranto, 142, 163, 168, 169;
- publishes Gray's Odes, 142, 148;
- his Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, 142, 149, 151;
- his first Memoirs, 142;
- his Letter from Xo Ho, 143, 145, 295;
- his other Catalogues, 145, 149, 151;
- establishes the Officina Arbuteana, 145;
- his publications, 149-151 (see Appendix), 153, 154, 165;
- his Catalogue of Engravers, 155;
- his Anecdotes of Painting, 152, 156, 241, 243;
- his occasional pieces (The Magpie and her Brood, Dialogue between two Great Ladies, The Garland, The Parish Register), 157, 158, 245;
- his second visit to Paris, 167-181;
- is presented to the royal family, 171-173;
- sham letter to Rousseau, 182;
- visits Bath, 186;
- his third visit to Paris, 187;
- his Account of the Giants, 189;
- begins his Memoirs of the Reign of George III., 189;
- retires from Parliament, 189;
- his letters to the Public Advertiser, 190;
- his Historic Doubts on Richard III., 190, 191;
- his tragedy, The Mysterious Mother, 191, 192, 195;
- his relations with Chatterton, 196-200;
- his fondness for his nieces, 203;
- his correspondence, 235;
- his minor writings, 236-239;
- his Nature will Prevail, 239;
- his fourth visit to Paris, 249;
- his correspondence in French, 248;
- his farewell to Madame du Deffand, 251, 252;
- his acquaintance with Hannah More, 258;
- his friendship with the Misses Berry, 259-263, 265, 286, 291;
- his Reminiscences, 262;
- his Catalogue of Strawberry Hill, 262;
- succeeds his nephew as Earl of Orford, 263;
- his Epitaphium Vivi Auctoris, 264;
- his last letter to Lady Ossory, 267, 268;
- his death and burial, 268;
- disposal of his estate, 269, 270;
- Lord Macaulay's criticism of, 271-276;
- portraits and descriptions of, 276-278;
- Pinkerton's reminiscences of, 280-282;
- his character as a man, 284-287;
- as a virtuoso, 288, 289;
- as a politician, 290-292;
- as an author, 293, 294.
- —— of Walterton, Horatio, Baron, 6, 219.
- ——, Maria (Lady Waldegrave), 203, 205.
- ——, Lady Mary (Countess of Cholmondeley), 67, 100.
- ——, Reginald de, 1.
- ——, Sir Robert (first Earl of Orford), ancestry of, 1, 2;
- first marriage of, 3;
- second marriage of, 49;
- decline of his political power, 61, 62;
- resigns the premiership, 63;
- is created Earl of Orford, 63;
- intrigues against Pulteney, 64;
- prevents his own disgrace, 64, 65;
- death of, 78-80;
- will of, 81.
- ——, Robert (second Earl of Orford), 85, 102, 129.
- ——, Lady Robert (Countess of Orford), 48, 101, 102, 202;
- death of, 256.
- ——, Col. Robert, M. P., 2.
- ——, William, 3.
- Walpoles of Houghton, pedigree of the, 1;
- spelled Walpol, 1.
- Walpoliana, Pinkerton's, 3, 10, 84, 256, 258, 279-282.
- Walsingham, Melusina de Schulemberg, Countess of, 9.
- Wesley, John, Walpole's description of, 186.
- West, Richard, 15, 16, 103.
- Whitehead, Paul, 139.
- Wilkes, John, 173.
- Williams, George James, 138, 168, 203.
- Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 13, 131.
- William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, marries Maria Walpole, 203.
- Woffington, Margaret, 83.
- X.
- Xo Ho, Letter of, 143, 144.
- Y.
- Yarmouth, the Countess of (Madame de Walmoden), 9.
- Z.
- Zouch, Rev. Henry, 196;
- Walpole's letters to, quoted, 152-155, 285.