CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
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CHAPTER
I
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1849-1874
EARLY YEARS
|
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PAGE
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Blenheim—Woodstock—Birth and parentage—Childhood—Cheam—Eton—The
family borough—Merton—The Blenheim harriers—Life
at Oxford—Cowes 1873—Miss Jerome—The
Woodstock election—Marriage
|
1
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CHAPTER
II
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1874-1880
MEMBER FOR WOODSTOCK
|
|
The Parliament of 1874—A maiden speech—A social
quarrel—Ireland—At the Little Lodge—FitzGibbon
and Howth—The Historical Society—Irish politics—Butt
and Parnell—The beginnings of obstruction—An
unguarded speech—Irish education—The Eastern
question—Correspondence with Sir Charles Dilke—The
County Government Bill—The Irish Famine Fund—Ministerial
embarrassments—Lord Beaconsfield's letter to the Duke of
Marlborough—The General Election of 1880—Mr.
Gladstone's triumph
|
58
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CHAPTER
III
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1880-1883
THE FOURTH PARTY
|
|
Position of parties—Tory depression—Bradlaugh—The
origin of the Fourth Party—The four friends—The
Employers' Liability Bill—Fourth Party tactics—Differences
with leaders—Sir Stafford Northcote—Activities of
the Fourth Party—The Fourth Party and Lord Beaconsfield—Lord
Salisbury at Woodstock—Correspondence with Wolff—Joyous
days
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119
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CHAPTER
IV
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1881-1882
IRELAND UNDER STORM
|
|
Outbreak of the storm—The Parnell movement—Irish
speeches—The Compensation for Disturbance Bill—The
winter of 1880—The Land League—The revolt of the
Boers—Coercion—Mr. Forster's misfortunes—The
Kilmainham Treaty—The Closure—Lord Beaconsfield
gone
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172
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CHAPTER
V
|
1883
ELIJAH'S MANTLE
|
|
The war in Egypt—The Conservative leaders—Minor
tactics in the House of Commons—Correspondence with Sir
Stafford Northcote—The Beaconsfield statue—Lord
Randolph's letter to the Times—Party displeasure—Elijah's
mantle—The Affirmation Bill—The Primrose League—An
Ishmaelite at bay—His father's death—An interlude
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224
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CHAPTER
VI
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1882-1885
TORY DEMOCRACY
|
|
A period of crisis—Conditions in the House of Commons—Conservative
paralysis—The new champion—Power and popularity of
Lord Randolph Churchill—The Tory Democrat—A
'Trilogy' at Edinburgh—The Blackpool speech—The
Birmingham candidature—'Peace, Retrenchment and Reform'—Tory
democracy and Fair Trade—Tory democracy and the
Constitution—The Church of England—The main
achievement
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268
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CHAPTER
VII
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1883-1884
THE PARTY MACHINE
|
|
A daring enterprise—The Fourth Party: final phase—The
National Union and the Central Committee—The conference
at Birmingham—The proceedings of the new council—Dispute
with Lord Salisbury—Lord Randolph elected chairman—The
'charter' letter—'Notice to quit'—A declaration of
war—Close fighting—Lord Randolph resigns—Satisfaction
in the House of Commons—Dismay in the Conservative party—Intervention
of the provincial leaders—Lord Randolph reinstated—Progress
of the conflict
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302
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CHAPTER
VIII
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1884
THE REFORM BILL
|
|
Embarrassments of the Ministry—'Too late!'—The
advent of the Reform Bill—Divisions in the Conservative
party—Lord Randolph and reform—The 'mud cabin'
argument—Power of Lord Randolph Churchill in the House
of Commons—The second vote of censure—The Reform
Bill in the Lords—Conflict between the two Houses—The
conference of the National Union at Sheffield—Lord
Randolph's victory—Agreement with Lord Salisbury—The
autumn campaign—Aston riots—The Aston debate—Correspondence
with Chamberlain—Differences with Gorst—An Indian
voyage
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332
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CHAPTER
IX
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1885
THE FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT
|
|
1885-1785: a comparison—Increasing weakness and
perplexities of the Ministry—Lord Randolph returns—His
authority over the Conservative party—Penjdeh and the
Vote of Credit—Correspondence with Lord Salisbury—Lord
Randolph's attacks upon Mr. Gladstone and Lord Granville—The
Crimes Act—A mortal blow—Strange constitutional
situation—Relations with the Irish party—Defeat of
the Government—A threefold crisis—Formation of
Lord Salisbury's First Administration—Lord Randolph
refuses to join—The Interregnum—Lord
Randolph's own account of these transactions—Appeals of
various kinds—At the Inns of Court—A Parliamentary
incident—Sir Stafford retires—Euthanasia of the
Fourth party—Moriturus te saluto
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375
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CHAPTER
X
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1885
THE 'MINISTRY OF CARETAKERS'
|
|
Lord Salisbury's difficulties—The last of the Woodstock
elections—The new ministry—A truce at Westminster—A
legislative feat—'Maamtrasna' and its consequences—Lord
Carnarvon's opinions—The 'empty house' meeting—The
Prime Minister's reticence—The Conservative Cabinet and
Home Rule—The election campaign—General confusion—The
'unauthorised programme'—Parnell's demand—The
lines of battle—Lord Randolph's exertions and activities—A
visit to Dublin—'Come over and help us'—Dispute
with Lord Hartington—The 'boa-constrictor' speech—The
contest in Birmingham—Popularity of the Conservative
Government—The poll—Victories of Tory Democracy in
the boroughs—The loss of the counties—The
Birmingham Election—'Low water-mark'
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423
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CHAPTER
XI
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1885
AT THE INDIA OFFICE
|
|
A serener sphere—The Council of India—Lord
Randolph in office—Railway development in India—Mr.
Moore—The Russian crisis—The Afghan boundary—Correspondence
with the Queen—Increase of the British and Native Armies
in India—Appointment of Sir Frederick Roberts—The
Indian Budget in the House of Commons—Lord Randolph and
Lord Salisbury as letter-writers—The Bombay command—Resignation
of Lord Randolph Churchill—Correspondence—Lord
Salisbury yields—Settlement of the dispute—Conquest
and annexation of Burma—The New Year's Proclamation
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474
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APPENDICES
|
|
I.
|
Three Election Addresses, 1874, 1880, 1885
|
527
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II.
|
Further Correspondence relating to the
National Union of Conservative Associations
|
537
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|
III.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill's Explanation of
His Action in regard to the Reform Bill, 1884
|
550
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IV.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill's Letters from
India, 1885
|
554
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ILLUSTRATIONS TO
THE FIRST VOLUME
|
1.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill, 1883 (Photogravure)
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Frontispiece
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TO FACE PAGE
|
|
2.
|
Lord Randolph at Eton and at Oxford (Photogravure)
|
12
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3.
|
Lord Randolph and His Father (Photogravure)
Lord Randolph and His Mother
|
28
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|
4.
|
Lady Randolph Churchill (Photogravure)
|
72
|
|
5.
|
Member for Woodstock (Photogravure)
|
108
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|
6.
|
The Fourth Party ('Vanity Fair'),
by Leslie Ward
|
168
|
|
7.
|
Athwart the Course (Cartoon from
'Punch')
|
232
|
|
8.
|
A Dream of the Future (Cartoon
from 'Punch')
|
252
|
|
9.
|
The First Diploma of the Primrose League
(facsimile)
|
260
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|
10.
|
The Waits (Cartoon from 'Punch')
|
472
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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
|
CHAPTER
XII.
|
1886
THE TWENTY-SIXTH OF JANUARY
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|
PAGE
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|
Mr. Gladstone's meditations—The Home Rule disclosures—Lord
Randolph's Irish policy—Hopes of a Coalition—Lord
Randolph's programme—Lord Salisbury's reply—Resignation
of Lord Carnarvon—Procedure discussions—Rumour and
report—Mr. Gladstone's offer—The Queen's Speech—Lord
Salisbury and Coercion—Divisions in the Cabinet—Meeting
of Parliament—The policy of the 26th of January—Mr.
Jesse Collings' Amendment—Defeat of the Conservative
Government—Their record
|
1
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|
CHAPTER
XIII.
|
1886
HOME RULE
|
|
Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule Administration—The reality of
the struggle—Mr. Chamberlain's position—Lord
Randolph and Home Rule—Ulster, 1886—'The Union
party'—Waiting for the Bill—Mr. Chamberlain
resigns—Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Randolph—The
great debate—Mr. Chamberlain's speech—The Whig
peers—The Land Bill—The dissentient Liberals—Mr.
Chamberlain and Birmingham—The Foreign Office meeting—A
critical interlude—'Never! Never!'—The Home Rule
Division—Parliament dissolved
|
48
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|
CHAPTER
XIV.
|
1886
LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
|
|
The General Election—'An old man in a hurry'—Birmingham—Triumph
of the Unionist party—Formation of Lord Salisbury's
second Administration—The lead in the House of Commons—Chancellor
of the Exchequer—The short session—Lord Randolph
as leader—Conduct of public business—Correspondence
with Lord Hartington—End of the session—Golden
opinions—Foreign affairs—A grave divergence—Eastern
policy—The Dartford programme—'Mr. Spencer's
journey'—Bradford—'The Grand Young Man'
|
115
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|
CHAPTER
XV.
|
1886
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
|
|
At the Treasury—Lord Randolph as an official—Secret
Service money—The Metropolitan coal and wine dues—Preparation
of the Budget—Democratic finance—The death duties—The
inhabited house tax—New stamp duties—Horses,
cartridges and theatre tickets—The Sinking Fund—Large
reductions of taxation—A fivepenny income tax—The
means for Local Government—The Budget in the Cabinet—A
silence
|
179
|
|
CHAPTER
XVI.
|
1886
RESIGNATION
|
|
Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation announced—Consideration
of rival forces and principles in the Conservative party—The
conflict in the Cabinet—Various differences—Retrenchment—The
Army Estimates—The Prime Minister's choice—Windsor
Castle—Letter of Resignation—Lord Salisbury's
reply—Publication of the news—General reflections
thereon
|
213
|
|
CHAPTER
XVII.
|
1887
THE TURN OF THE TIDE
|
|
A private member—Mr. Chamberlain's letters—Outcry
against Lord Randolph Churchill—Lord Salisbury and Lord
Hartington—Failure of a coalition—Protracted
Cabinet crisis—A New Year's Day letter—Explanation
to the Queen—Mr. Jennings—Mr. Goschen—Death
of Lord Iddesleigh—The Government reconstituted—Final
correspondence with Lord Salisbury—The two courses—Meeting
of Parliament—Lord Randolph's statement—Algiers
and Italy—Public results of Lord Randolph's resignation—Displeasure
of the Conservative party
|
251
|
|
CHAPTER
XVIII.
|
1887
ECONOMY
|
|
Difficulties of an ex-Minister—Lord Randolph's course—Mr.
Goschen's Budget—The Army and Navy Committee—Economy
and efficiency—Departmental mismanagement—Wolverhampton
speech—The Hartington Commission—Effect of Lord
Randolph's agitation—Lord Randolph abandons Fair Trade
|
302
|
|
CHAPTER
XIX.
|
1887-1888
THE NATIONAL PARTY
|
|
Ireland still—The Liberal Unionists—Coercion—Lord
Randolph Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain—Dream of a
central party—Difficulties of co-operation—A
severance—Correspondence with Lord Hartington—Weakness
of the Government—Irish educational schemes—Lord
Randolph in Russia—His conversation with the Czar
|
334
|
|
CHAPTER
XX.
|
1888-1889
CROSS CURRENTS
|
|
Irish Local Government—A disregarded pledge—Suakin—Vacancy
at Birmingham—Mr. Chamberlain's attitude—Mr.
Jennings' account—Lord Randolph withdraws—Disappointment
of Birmingham Conservatives—Mr. Balfour's intervention—Correspondence
with Mr. Chamberlain—Royal grants—Speeches in the
Midlands—'Mr. Podsnap'—Hostility of the
Conservative party
|
370
|
|
CHAPTER
XXI.
|
1890-1891
THE PARNELL COMMISSION
|
|
The Pigott letter—Action of the Government—Lord
Randolph's warning—The forgery exposed—Report of
the Special Commission—Mr. Jennings' amendment—Lord
Randolph's speech—Mr. Chamberlain replies—Mr.
Jennings offended—Wrath of the Conservative party—Estrangement
from Mr. Jennings—Tendency of Lord Randolph Churchill's
later views—Ministerial discredit—Lord Randolph on
the turf—At home and abroad—Barren years—Loyalty
to the Conservative party—Expedition to Mashonaland—Lion-hunting—Mr.
Balfour becomes Leader of the House of Commons
|
405
|
|
CHAPTER
XXII.
|
1892-1895
OPPOSITION ONCE MORE
|
|
A new situation—General Election of 1892—Lord
Randolph unopposed—Friendly dispositions of Conservative
leaders—Lord Randolph rejoins their councils—Speech
on the Home Rule Bill—Fatal symptoms—His last
success—Correspondence with FitzGibbon—Riot in the
House of Commons—Increasing infirmities—A
desperate campaign—Kissingen—Meeting with Bismarck—Preparations
for a long journey—The end
|
453
|
|
APPENDICES
|
|
V.
|
Two Election Addresses, 1886 and 1892
|
491
|
|
VI.
|
Parliamentary Procedure: The Closure
|
500
|
|
VII.
|
Political Letters of Lord Randolph
Churchill: Freedom of Contract; Temperance; Home Rule
|
504
|
|
VIII.
|
VIII. Mr. Jennings' Account of his Quarrel
with Lord Randolph Churchill: Lord Justice Fitzgibbon's Note
thereupon
|
512
|
|
IX.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill's Memorandum on
Army and Navy Administration
|
517
|
|
INDEX
|
|
525
|
ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME
|
1.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill, 1886 (Photogravure)
|
Frontispiece
|
|
TO FACE PAGE
|
|
2.
|
'Ulster will Fight and Ulster will be
Right' (Photogravure)
|
64
|
|
3.
|
The Grand Young Man (Cartoon
from 'Punch')
|
140
|
|
4.
|
Letter from Queen Victoria (facsimile)
|
154
|
|
5.
|
'Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the
Helm!' (Cartoon from 'Punch')
|
168
|
|
6.
|
Bellerophon Junior (Cartoon from
'Punch')
|
184
|
|
7.
|
Lord Randolph Churchill's Budget (facsimile)
|
192
|
|
8.
|
Lady Randolph Churchill (from a
drawing by John S. Sargent)
|
438
|
INDEX
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I,
J,
K,
L,
M,
N,
O,
P,
Q,
R,
S,
T,
U,
V,
W,
Z
Abergavenny, Marquess of, i. 315,
320
Admiralty expenditure, attack on, ii. 316
Affirmation Bill Speech, i. 252;
Punch cartoon, 255
Afghanistan, Policy in, ii. 362
Alcester, Lord, i. 262
Alfred Churchill, Lord, i. 19,
52
Algiers, Italy, &c., Journey to, ii. 287,
289
Althorp, Lord, ii. 125
Arabi Pasha, i. 226,
261,
289
Argyll, Duke of, i. 224
Ashbourne, Lord, i. 128,
213,
214,
220,
393,
408,
409,
445;
ii. 34,
78,
290
Ashley, Mr. Evelyn, i. 232
Ashmead-Bartlett, Mr., i. 311
Aston Riots, i. 361,
365
Balfour, Mr. A. J., i. 134,
141,
149,
211,
219,
265,
304,
339,
343,
425,
433,
466,
471;
ii. 29,
153,
195,
222,
301,
335,
350,
373,
91,
451,
452,
458,
460,
463,
470,
472
Barnaby, Sir N., ii. 318
Barnett, Mr. H., i. 52
Bartley, Mr., i. 318,
353
Baumann, Mr., ii. 415
Bayley, Mr. M., ii. 504,
505
Beach, Sir M. Hicks-, i. 76,
85,
307,
320,
347,
349,
350,
356,
359,
360,
368,
384,
385,
387,
398,
400,
403,
417,
418,
432,
438,
448,
515;
ii. 21,
34,
39,
45,
101,
109,
110,
116,
124,
125,
128,
145,
149,
207,
219,
224,
250,
285,
335,
337,
343,
371,
387,
392
395">395,
431
Beaconsfield, Earl of, i. 30,
64,
68,
84,
98,
112,
114,
120,
154,
157,
177,
197,
222,
334;
ii. 300,
362,
460
Beaconsfield statue, unveiling of, i. 240
Beale, Mr. P., ii. 390
Beckett, Mr. E., ii. 307,
388
Belfast visit, ii. 59
Berlin, ii. 368
Birmingham:
contests, i. 285,
466,
532,
544;
ii. 382
meeting at Aston Park, i. 361,
365
speeches, i. 287,
296,
365;
ii. 399
Bismarck, Prince von, ii. 360,
368,
477
Blackpool speech, i. 290
Blandford, Marquess of, i. 3,
19,
43,
165,
267
Blenheim Harriers, i. 25,
33,
267
Blunt, Mr. Wilfrid, i. 261
Borthwick, Sir A., i. 258;
ii. 431
Bradford speeches, ii. 175,
177
Bradlaugh, Mr. C., i. 122,
124,
129,
209,
276,
333,
350;
ii. 321,
428
Breteuil, M. de, i. 72;
ii. 435
Bright, Mr. John, i. 59,
225,
275,
285,
286,
287,
289,
292,
378;
ii. 53,
94,
109,
113,
116,
300,
384
Bright, Mr. J. A., ii. 390,
392,
393
Brodrick, Mr., i. 343,
428,
440
Bryce, Mr., i. 251
Budget:
amendment (1885), i. 398,
405
draft (1887-8), ii. 187
Bulgaria, ii. 154,
155,
165,
364
Buller, Sir R., ii. 138,
142,
143,
337
Burke, Mr., i. 207,
211
Burke, Sir J. Bernard, i. 95
Burma, i. 517;
ii. 43,
484
Burnaby, Col., i. 258,
285,
320,
361,
378
Butt, Mr., i. 58,
82,
175
Cadogan, Lord, i. 160
Caine, Mr., ii. 78,
421
Cairns, Earl, i. 227,
242
Cambridge University Carlton:
speech,
i. 295
undergraduates' deputation, i. 328
Cardwell, Lord, i. 65
Carnarvon, Lord, i. 251,
432,
440,
444,
460;
ii. 20,
22,
28,
30,
57,
111
Cavendish, Lord F., i. 124,
144,
207,
211
Central Committee, i. 305,
308,
356
Chamberlain, Mr. J., i. 58,
62,
170,
211,
222,
281,
286,
287,
349,
365,
370,
422,
428,
452,
462,
467;
ii. 48,
52,
53,
57,
58,
73,
74,
75,
80,
82,
85,
94,
96,
100,
108,
113,
118,
119,
120,
125,
133,
143,
153,
164
195,
216,
221,
243,
250,
252,
254,
262,
267,
284,
285,
286,
288,
336,
344,
345,
348,
349,
350,
351,
375,
382,
384,
386,
388,
392,
395,
403,
419,
420,
428,
463,
470,
472
Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 126,
179
budget of 1887-8, ii. 187
economies and reforms effected, ii.
184
resignation, ii. 213,
234,
240,
255,
268,
270,
282
Channel Tunnel Bill, ii. 381
Chaplin, Mr., i. 108,
245,
311,
313,
323,
355,
367;
ii. 126,
175,
286,
287,
328
Chenery, Mr., i. 160,
167,
241,
248,
276
Childers, Mr., ii. 205
Civil Servants' petitioning powers—speech, i. 260
Clarke, Mr., i. 311
Closure, i. 212,
214,
219,
220;
ii. 175,
176,
219
Coalition with Whigs, proposals for, ii. 6,
8
Cobden, Mr., i. 289,
292
Collings, Mr. Jesse, i. 251;
ii. 45,
164,
176
Compensation for Disturbance Bill, i. 179
Connaught, Duke of, and the Bombay Command, i. 503
Conservative Party:
Irish
policy—letter, ii. 3
leadership, question of dual
control, i. 227,
229,
242,
246,
251,
405
Parliamentary Reform, attitude
towards, i. 336
Cook, Mr., ii. 119,
133
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Suppression Bill, i. 264
Cotter, Mr., i. 320
County Government Bill, i. 106
Cowper, Lord, i. 185,
207;
ii. 90
Cranborne, Lord, i. 234
Cranbrook, Lord, ii. 35,
36,
40
Creighton, Dr., i. 24,
34,
36,
37,
255
Cromer, Lord, ii. 377
Cross, Sir R., i. 342,
378
Curzon, Lady, i. 430
Curzon, Lord, i. 428;
ii. 307
Curzon, Viscount, ii. 287,
290,
292,
295
Damer, Rev. L. Dawson, i. 22,
23
Darling, Sir C., i. 364
Dartford speech, ii. 163,
175,
176
D'Aunay, Count, ii. 172
Davitt, Mr. M., i. 175,
176
De Worms, Baron, i. 166
Derby, Lord, i. 105,
227;
ii. 49,
361
Dilke, Sir C., i. 70,
100-104,
276,
346,
347,
417
Dillwyn, Mr., i. 126
Disraeli. See Beaconsfield
Dixon Hartland, Mr., i. 258
Dodson, Mr., i. 143
Dolben, Mackworth, i. 7
Douglas, Mr. Akers-, ii. 264,
268,
388,
389
Duffield, Tom, i. 28
Dunraven, Lord, ii. 274,
432
Durham, Earl of, i. 281
Eastern Question, i. 98,
100-104;
ii. 154.
See also Bulgaria
Edinburgh speeches, i. 273,
278-281
Education, i. 3,
8,
21,
24,
38
Egypt and the Soudan:
Arabi
Pasha, i. 226,
261,
289
condition of, i. 225,
278,
334
Gordon, Gen., i. 349,
351,
376
policy, ii. 172,
365,
375
Soudan, evacuation of, i. 380,
382,
386,
387
Suleiman Sami, case of, i. 263
Tewfik, Khedive, i. 261
Egypt, visit to, ii. 437
Egyptian Loan Bill, i. 378
Elcho, Lord, i. 339,
343
'Elijah's Mantle,' i. 248
Employers' Liability Bill, i. 136
Escott, Mr. T. H. S., i. 15
Established Church, Defence of—speech, i. 296
Eton, i. 8
Expenditure, criticisms on, i. 143,
232
Fair Trade Movement, i. 290,
472;
ii. 327
Ferry, M. Jules, ii. 478
FitzGibbon, Lord Justice, i. 77,
79,
395,
434,
435,
459,
471,
525;
ii. 59,
89,
96,
124,
132,
263,
307,
351,
353,
386,
455,
462,
468,
513,
515
Forster, Mr., i. 63,
100,
174,
181,
185,
199,
201,
203,
207,
224,
349;
ii. 49,
113
Fourth Party:
Beaconsfield's
approval, i. 154,
223
Budget amendment (1885), i. 398
Coercion policy, opinion as to, i.
197
correspondence, i. 162
dual control question, i. 228
final phase, i. 303,
343
Front Opposition Bench hostility, i.
260
Gladstone's attitude, i. 152
Gorst's article—letter, i. 548
Lords' amendments to Redistribution
Bill, i. 417
obstruction, justification of, i. 150
origin of, i. 131
policy, i. 136,
158,
230
Reform Bill, attitude towards, i. 341
rupture and reunion, i. 199,
204,
209
Times statement, i. 168
Vanity Fair cartoon, i. 169
work of, i. 143,
149,
230;
ii. 150
France, relations with, ii. 365
Free Trade, i. 292
Freycinet, M. de, ii. 172-174
Gastein, visit to, i. 267
Gathorne-Hardy, Mr., i. 64,
66
German Emperor, i. 166;
ii. 368
Gibbs, Mr. V., ii. 472
Gibson, Mr. See Ashbourne
Gibson, Mr. Milner, i. 234,
289
Giers, M. de, ii. 358,
366,
367
Giffard, Sir H., i. 130,
368
Giles, Maj., ii. 447
Gladstone, Mr. H., i. 265
Gladstone, Mr. W. E., i. 58,
60,
64,
69,
145,
172,
222,
232,
234,
260,
261,
264,
271,
275,
282,
283,
284,
377,
416,
432,
441,
451,
472;
ii. 1,
3,
22,
24,
27,
62,
137,
143,
157,
169,
214,
219,
220,
229,
241,
300,
309,
312,
334,
340,
341,
360,
361,
365,
373,
428,
433,
454,
456,
463,
466,
469,
470,
471,
474,
477,
502
Affirmation Bill oration, i. 252
Bismarck's estimate of, ii. 479,
481
Bradlaugh case, i. 127,
210,
212,
350
Burmese policy, ii. 43
Disestablishment, views on, i. 454
Egyptian policy, i. 261,
279,
334,
349
Fourth Party, attitude towards, i.
152
Irish Home Rule proposals, i. 390,
409;
ii. 29,
41,
51,
62,
66,
67,
78,
92,
96,
98,
100,
104,
111,
116,
153,
327,
437,
491,
497
obstruction, opinion on, i. 150
Parnell Commission, ii. 413,
414
rebuke of the Chair, i. 347
Reform Bill (1884), i. 336,
342
resignation, i. 400,
402;
ii. 122
Suleiman Sami, i. 263
Transvaal, annexation of, i. 190,
192,
205,
208
vote of 11,000,000l., i. 380
Glasgow, invitation to, i. 163
Godley, Sir A., i. 476,
481
Gordon, Gen., i. 349,
351,
376
Gorst, Mr., i. 124,
133,
245,
262,
304,
305,
310,
320,
342,
352,
358,
373,
417,
421,
425,
438,
440,
471;
ii. 127,
461
Gorst, Sir J., i. 257
Goschen, Mr., i. 219,
220,
295,
453;
ii. 46,
47,
48,
53,
87,
90,
113,
116,
132,
200,
201,
207,
208,
243,
259,
268,
272,
282,
308,
335,
339,
350,
361,
470
Grant, Mr. Corrie, i. 427,
428,
431
Grantham, Mr., i. 126
Granville, Lord, i. 102,
103,
276,
389,
432;
ii. 361
Grey de Wilton, Lord, i. 60
Grosvenor, Lord R., i. 385
Hamilton, Lord Claud, i. 311,
323,
443
Hamilton, Lord George, ii. 228,
229,
231,
234,
236,
319,
323,
324
Hamilton, Sir R., i. 445
Hanbury, Mr., ii. 378
Harcourt, Sir W., i. 67,
71,
153,
170,
204,
434,
438;
ii. 49,
107,
145,
195,
205,
470
Hart-Dyke, Sir W., i. 435
Hartington, Lord, i. 58,
63,
103,
149,
179,
275,
349,
441,
453,
461;
ii. 2,
3,
7,
46-48,
53,
54,
58,
69,
80-82,
87,
90,
94,
98,
113,
116,
120,
122,
124,
125,
141,
147,
153,
220,
221,
250,
256,
258,
272,
302,
321,
322,
337,
344,
349,
361,
365,
388,
392,
395
Hatzfeldt, Count, ii. 158
Healy, Mr., i. 435;
ii. 4
Henry, Mr. Mitchell, i. 52
Herbert, Mr. A., i. 65
Holland, Sir H., ii. 127,
273
Holmes, Mr., i. 435,
436,
460
Home Rule:
attitude towards, i.
90,
280,
453;
ii. 3,
23,
117,
490,
494,
507,
508
Belfast visit, ii. 59
Bill, proposals as to, ii. 50,
55,
92,
97,
99,
115
Conservative policy, i. 448,
460;
ii. 21,
23,
28,
427
Gladstone's scheme, ii. 2,
29,
79
Queen's Speech (1886), ii. 32
Hope, Mr. B., i. 65
House of Commons disturbance (1893), ii. 472
Hull speech, i. 163
Iddesleigh, Lord, i. 64,
161,
219,
235,
265,
267,
326,
340,
354,
377,
398,
418;
ii. 40,
127,
153,
155,
156,
160,
172,
174,
203,
212,
250,
276,
277
Aston Park, i. 360,
363,
364
Beaconsfield statue, unveiling of,
i. 240
Bradlaugh case, i. 124,
128,
210,
333,
334
Egyptian policy, i. 262,
334
Fourth Party, hostility to, i. 158,
260
leadership of Conservative party, i.
145,
148,
157,
227,
242,
357,
381,
382,
403,
407,
408,
418
India:
North-West Frontier
delimitation, i. 379,
380,
483
visit to, i. 374,
377,
554-564
India Office administration, i. 425,
474
army reorganisation, i. 489
Bi-metallism discussion, i. 478
Bombay command, i. 503
Budget statement, i. 491
Burma, i. 517
railway construction, i. 477
Salisbury, Lord, correspondence
with, i. 498
Ireland, boycotting, origin of, i. 183
Coercion policy, attitude toward, i.
177,
189,
197,
203,
391,
393,
396,
404,
409;
ii. 34,
342
Conservative party, policy of—letter,
ii. 3
Home Rule. See that title
intermediate education question, i.
94,
97
land legislation, i. 205,
434;
ii. 92,
344
Maamtrasna incident, i. 436
Reform Bill (1884), i. 343,
344
residence in, i. 75,
80,
82,
110,
111
state of, i. 1,
82,
172,
183,
186,
199,
444;
ii. 33
visit to, i. 460
Irish County Government Bill, ii. 373
Irish Education Bill, plans for, ii. 352
Irish Educational Endowments Bill, i. 434
J. S., excerpt from Realm, i. 16
James, Sir H., i. 134,
155,
255,
265,
411;
ii. 47,
48,
58,
66,
113,
116,
250,
439,
Jennings, Mr. L., i. 298;
ii. 270,
286-288,
290,
307,
312,
320,
321,
327,
329,
378,
386,
387,
402,
413,
414,
419,
420,
424,
426,
512
Jerome, Miss, i. 39,
40,
57
Jerome, Mr., i. 43,
56
Kerans, Mr., i. 378
King-Harman, Col., ii. 137
Kissingen, ii. 476
Labouchere, Mr., i. 130,
213,
333;
ii. 27,
145,
150,
253
Lansdowne, Marquess of, i. 224;
ii. 273
Lanyon, Sir O., i. 193
Lawson, Sir W., i. 251
Leadership of the House. See Iddesleigh and Randolph
Churchill
Lee, Hans, ii. 447
Leigh, Mr. A., i. 16
Licensing question, ii. 430,
506
Liverpool meeting, i. 443
Lowther, Mr., i. 97,
245
Maamtrasna incident, i. 436
McCarthy, Mr. J., ii. 28
Maclean, Mr. J. M., i. 325;
ii. 137
Manchester speeches, i. 231;
ii. 69
Manners, Lord J., i. 340
Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 14,
30,
109,
115,
258
fund for relief of Irish distress,
i. 110
Marlborough, Duke of, i. 3,
20,
21,
32,
40,
92,
108,
114,
170,
178,
227,
266,
429;
ii. 463
Marriage, i. 57
Mashonaland, visit to, ii. 447
Matthews, Mr. H., i. 369;
ii. 119,
126,
133,
134,
461
Mattinson, Mr., ii. 387
May, Sir Erskine, ii. 6,
408
Melbourne, Lord, ii. 14
Middle Temple Grand Day, 1885, i. 414
Milner, Sir F., i. 428
'Mr. Podsnap,' ii. 399
Mr. Spencer's travels, ii. 169
Mitford, Mr. P., i. 258
Moore, Mr. A. W., i. 481
Morley, Mr. J., i. 125,
391,
392,
404;
ii. 1,
48,
78,
88,
153,
353,
377,
405,
433,
469,
471
Morris, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 23,
57
Mowbray, Sir J., i. 245
Mundella, Mr., ii. 397
National Union of Conservative Associations, i. 305,
307,
312,
315,
318,
320,
321,
324,
326,
327,
330,
352,
355,
356,
536-543
North, Col., ii. 386
Northbrook, Lord, ii. 273
Northcote, Mr. (senr.), i. 245
Northcote, Sir Stafford. See Iddesleigh
Norway, visit
to, ii. 123
O'Brien, Mr. B., i. 89
O'Brien, Mr. S., ii. 66,
67
Obstruction:
Closure, effect
of, on, i. 220
first use of, i. 87
opinion on, i. 150
O'Connor, Mr. A., ii. 152
O'Donnell, Mr. F. H., i. 128
Oldham speech, i. 163
Opposition, functions of, i. 233,
239
Oxford, i. 31
Territorial Military Centre—speech,
i. 66
Paddington, South, i. 471;
ii. 454,
461
election addresses, ii. 491,
496
Palmerston, Lord, i. 234;
ii. 260
Parliamentary procedure, reform of, i. 211;
ii. 10,
16,
17,
25,
42,
500,
502
Parnell, Mr., i. 83,
174,
175,
176,
183,
185,
202,
205,
393-395,
397,
446,
455;
ii. 1,
22,
24,
30,
51,
54,
66,
103,
109,
141,
143,
147,
149,
375,
452,
454
arrest and release, i. 206,
207,
210
Commission, ii. 405,
413,
431
Kilmainham treaty, i. 207,
210,
212
Maamtrasna, i. 438,
440
Parnellism and Crime, ii. 406,
408,
423
Peel, Mr., ii. 9,
136
Percy, Lord, i. 306,
312,
313,
317,
318,
323,
352,
355
Perkins, Mr., ii. 447,
450
Pigott case, ii. 412,
416
Plunket, Mr., ii. 67,
84
Ponsonby, Sir H., ii. 268
Preston speech, i. 185,
187
Primrose League, i. 256,
356
Prince Imperial, monument to, i. 142
Prince of Wales's wedding, i. 9
Protection of Persons and Property Bill, i. 200
Queen Victoria:
Bombay command appointment, i. 503
Indian affairs, i. 485
letter, ii. 154
resignation of Chancellor, ii. 234,
240,
255,
268
Radical party, principles of, i. 231,
288,
293
Raikes, Mr., i. 398;
ii. 126
Randolph Churchill, Lady, i. 167,
258,
429,
430,
431;
ii. 366-368
Randolph Churchill, Lord:
birth,
i. 3
Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 126,
179
characteristics, i. 6,
7,
14,
15,
33,
35,
48,
415;
ii. 434
chess, fondness for, i. 30
death and funeral, ii. 484
education, i. 3,
8,
21,
24,
38
hunting, delight in, i. 4,
25,
28
illness, ii. 464
India, Secretary for, i. 425,
474
leadership of House of Commons, ii.
126,
150,
154,
213
letters, style of, i. 12,
13,
162-168
maiden speech in Parliament, i. 66
marriage, i. 57
member of Parliament, i. 55
nicknames and caricatures of, i. 275
personal appearance, i. 15;
ii. 465
politics, early distaste to, i. 164,
166
popularity in 1882, i. 273
prediction in 1885, i. 473
public life, disinclination for, i.
48
speeches, style of, i. 276
Turf experiences, ii. 432
Redistribution Bill, Lords' Amendments to, i. 417
Redschid Pasha, i. 388
Reed, Sir E., ii. 319
Reform Bill (1884), i. 335,
337,
341,
343,
360,
372,
550
Richards, Mr. B., i. 15
Richmond, Duke of, i. 227
Ripon, Marquess of, i. 492
Ritchie, Mr., ii. 126
Roberts, Sir F., i. 458,
490
Roebuck, Mr., i. 58
Rosebery, Earl of, i. 29,
433;
ii. 49,
471,
478
Rowlands, Mr. J., i. 258;
ii. 119,
120,
387,
391
Royal Buckhounds, i. 232
Royal grants—speech, ii. 396
Russell, Lord J., i. 234
Russell, Mr. E., ii. 142
Russia:
aggression in India, i.
380,
382,
386,
387,
389
visit to, ii. 356
Rylands, Mr., i. 106;
ii. 90
Salisbury, Marquess of, i. 65,
227,
233,
245,
265,
281,
303,
347,
381,
423,
433,
458,
468;
ii. 6,
7,
14,
21,
26,
54,
58,
72,
75,
78,
89,
90,
116,
135,
153,
155,
187,
264,
273,
277,
278,
281,
294,
299,
361,
362,
368,
377,
431,
463
Bombay command appointment—letters,
i. 504
Burma policy, i. 522,
524
Cabinet of 1885, i. 400,
401,
402,
407,
413,
416,
419;
ii. 122,
124
Carnarvon and Parnell, meeting of,
i. 447
correspondence of, i. 499
Disestablishment, views on, i. 455
Eastern Question, ii. 157,
158,
160,
162,
165
Irish affairs, attitude towards, ii.
29,
30,
33-35,
37,
64,
138,
334,
448,
470
National Union, i. 312,
318,
319,
324,
330,
352,
357
resignation of Lord Randolph, ii. 214,
218,
220,
223,
228,
231-234,
236,
243,
250,
255,
261,
267,
282
Woodstock speech, i. 161
Schnadhorst, Mr., i. 276,
286,
467;
ii. 98,
119,
120,
134
Sclater-Booth, Mr., i. 106
Scott, Dr., i. 22
Sexton, Mr., i. 435;
ii. 4,
64,
144
Siam, ii. 478
Slade, Sir A., i. 257
Smith, Mr. W. H., i. 245,
344,
408,
503;
ii. 21,
36,
40,
42,
44,
90,
124,
137,
156,
171,
221,
226,
227,
229,
230,
232,
273,
281,
291,
295,
310,
311,
321,
335,
350,
381,
406,
407,
451
Soudan. See Egypt and the Soudan
South Africa:
affairs in, i. 190,
195
visit to, ii. 447
Spencer, Lord, i. 390,
438,
439,
441;
ii. 3,
48
Staal, M. de, ii. 157
Stanhope, Mr. E., i. 325,
330,
373;
ii. 127,
273
Stanley, Col., i. 342,
372
Stockton speech, ii. 328
Stuart-Wortley, Mr., i. 323,
353
Suakin, ii. 375,
376
Suleiman Sami, i. 263
Tabor, Mr., i. 3,
426
Tarbes, visit to, ii. 435
Temperance—letter, ii. 506
Tewfik, Khedive, i. 261
Thomas, Col., i. 4,
26
Tory democracy, i. 250,
290,
293,
295,
301,
302,
336,
349,
358,
411,
463,
465;
ii. 404
Transvaal, i. 190,
193-196
Trevelyan, Sir G., ii. 48,
74,
84,
336,
340
Turf experiences, ii. 432
Turkey and the Eastern Question—letters, i. 100-104
Tyrwhitt, Mr. H., ii. 287,
289,
292
United States, visit to, i. 73
Villiers, Mr. C., i. 292
Walsall speech, ii. 397
Walsh, Archbishop, ii. 4,
78,
353,
354,
356
War Office expenditure, attack on, ii. 316
Warren, Sir C., ii. 143
Watkin, Sir E., ii. 381
Webster, Sir R., ii. 407
Welby, Lord, ii. 182,
212
Welsh Church Suspensory Bill, ii. 466,
474
West, Sir A., i. 261;
ii. 205
Whitby meeting, ii. 326
Whitley, Mr., i. 443
Winston Churchill, Mr., ii. 294,
468
Wolff, Sir H. D., i. 124,
126,
129,
131,
132,
163,
264,
267,
304,
305,
310,
311,
342,
358,
367,
421,
425,
428,
430,
438;
ii. 236,
260,
261,
263
Wolverhampton speech, ii. 314
Woodstock:
elections, i. 52,
115,
426,
527-532
parliamentary history, i. 18
reform of borough—speech, i.
71
Salisbury's, Lord, speech, i. 160
Zulu War, i. 142,
191
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