- Aberdour, Lord, 108.
- Adair, Mrs. William, 269.
- Adelaide, Queen, 5 (note).
- Adelsdorfer, Baroness, 146.
- Adelsdorfer, Madame, 244.
- Airey, Lord, 222.
- Albani, 116, 244, 263.
- Aldershot, 246.
- Allfrey, Lieutenant, 223.
- Algar, Major, 191.
- Alhambra, The, Granada, 258.
- Alexander, C. R., 66, 81.
- Alison, General Sir A., 181.
- Allen, Lieutenant, 223, 234, 247.
- Anderson, Brigadier-General, 264, 266.
- Andrä, Professor Dr., 124, 128.
- Andrews, Mrs., 218.
- Anglesey, Marquis of, 148.
- Annesley, Lieutenant-Colonel, 176.
- Armytage, Lieutenant, 205, 207.
- Arnold, Dr., 242.
- Arthy, Captain, 34.
- Ashburnham, Major, 191.
- Astor, Lord, 90.
- Auerbach, Berthold, 129.
- Aylmer, Percy, 93.
- Babington, Sub-Lieutenant, 183.
- Bagot, Colonel Sir Josceline, 101.
- Bagot, Adjutant A. G., 227, 247.
- Baird, George, 93.
- Baldock, Colonel, 82.
- Balfour, Charles, 81.
- Balfour, Miss Hilda, 81.
- Baring, Viscount, 182, 242.
- Barnard, Lord, 98.
- Batchelor, Veterinary-Surgeon, 205, 208, 213.
- Bean, Capt. and Mrs., 133.
- Beauclerk, Lieutenant, 186.
- Beauclerk, Miss, 143.
- Beaumont, Sub-Lieutenant, 206.
- Beck, Lieutenant, 236.
- Belgrave, Viscount, 76.
- Bell’s Life substitute for Bible, 47.
- Bennett, Viscount, 235.
- Bentheim, The Princes, 127.
- Benyon, Captain, 206.
- Berkeley, Earl of, 165.
- Berkeley, Lord, 245.
- Berkeley, Captain Lennox, 57, 59, 112, 113, 147, 157.
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 229.
- Bernstorff, Count, 126.
- Bethell, Lieutenant, 169.
- Bingham, Hon. Albert, 161, 260.
- Binz, Professor Dr., 123.
- Black Forest Adventures, 22.
- Blane, M., 9.
- Blewitt, Major, 176.
- Blocqueville, Marquise de, 158.
- Blount, Edward, 110.
- Bois-Hébert, Marquis de, 161, 164.
- Boland, Major, 110.
- Bonn, 123.
- Boulogne, 37.
- Bozzo, Mademoiselle Checchi, 245.
- Bromley, Capt., 33.
- Brown-Séquard, Dr., 270.
- Browning, Oscar, 74.
- Brownrigg, Capt., 242.
- Burgh, Capt. Hubert de, 161.
- Byron, Capt. John, 172, 179, 263.
- Cambridge, Duke of, 250.
- Campden, Viscount, 215.
- Campobello, Signor, 156.
- Candle, The diminishing, 209.
- Cantelupe, Lord, 143.
- Caracciolo, Duchesse de, 143.
- Card playing, 176.
- Carpenter, Captain, 225.
- Cartwright, General, 180.
- Cathcart, Lady Georgina, 83.
- Cathcart, Hon. Emily, 83, 84, 265.
- Cavendish-Bentinck, Arthur, 93.
- Cercle des Patineurs, 57.
- Chantilly, 163.
- Charcot, Professor, 270.
- Charleville, Lord, 51.
- Charltons, The, 173, 179, 236.
- Chatham Barracks, 175.
- Childe-Pemberton, Lieutenant, 241.
- “Christopher Inn,” 86.
- Christy Minstrels at Chatham, 227.
- Churchill, Lady, 85.
- Churchill, Lord Randolph, 46.
- Clanmorris, Lord, 161.
- Clarke, Sydenham, 191, 212.
- Clarke, Surgeon-Major, 250.
- Cockshot, Mr., 73.
- Collins, Major, 225.
- Combermere, Viscount, 235.
- Comerford, Surgeon, 268.
- Cotton, Lieutenant C. S., 222, 234, 249.
- Cramer, Captain, 223.
- Craven, Fulwar J. C., 68, 82, 93.
- Crawford, Colonel, 148.
- Crichton, Hon. Mrs., 249.
- Crofton, Lieutenant, 235.
- Crompton, Captain, 214, 215.
- Czartoryski, Princess, 140.
- Czerwinska, Countess, 137.
- d’Abrantès, Duchesse, 157.
- Dalton, Rev. W., 73.
- Dannecker’s statue, 14.
- Daram, Mademoiselle, 152.
- Darwin’s theory disproved, 131.
- d’Assailly, Vicomte Arthur, 146, 213, 246.
- d’Attainville, M. de Lesquier, 137.
- D’Aubigny, Comte, 37.
- Daudet, Alphonse, 245.
- d’Aumale, Duc, 163.
- Deane, Lieutenant-Colonel, 250.
- de Houghton, 178.
- Delaunay, 182.
- Delbrück, Hans, 135.
- Desart, Countess of, 6.
- Desclée, Aimée, 179.
- Dickenson, Lieutenant Fiennes, 192.
- Dillon, Lord, 116.
- Dillon, Sub-Lieutenant A., 173, 179, 181, 225.
- Disraeli, 55.
- Dorrien, Captain Frederick, 4, 27, 113.
- Douglas, General Sir John, 31, 264.
- Douglas, Captain Niel, 86, 264.
- Douglas, Charles, 88.
- Doyne, Lady Frances, 105.
- Doyne, James, 66, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81, 88, 93, 101, 103, 109, 136, 238, 241.
- Doyne, Mrs., 104.
- Doyne, Mr. Mervyn, 105.
- Drexel Brothers, 17.
- “Dry bobs,” 88.
- Duff, Folliot, 150.
- Dunn, Captain, 169.
- Durnford, Rev., 73.
- Dusauty, 147.
- Earning a living, 233.
- Edwards-Moss, 100.
- Egerton, Hon. Alfred, 250.
- Ehnn, Fräulein, 231.
- Elwes, Captain, 37.
- Erroll, Countess of, 84.
- Eschenheimer Thor, The, 13.
- Eton, Happy days at, 65 et seq.
- Etonian cachet, 63.
- Eugene, 199, 208.
- Falmouth, Lord, 250.
- Faverney, Comtesse de, 157.
- Featherstone, Lieutenant, 239.
- Ferrières, Château de, 162.
- Finch, Hon. Charles, 83.
- Finch-Hatton, Rev. William, 47.
- Finch-Hatton, Greville, 42, 48.
- Finis, Miss, 225.
- Fire burning for two hundred years, 98.
- Firing the eighty-ton gun, 239.
- FitzWilliam, Earl, 106.
- FitzWilliam, Charles, 107.
- FitzWilliam, Hon. John, 77.
- FitzWilliam, Hon. Thomas, 107.
- Foley, Lieutenant, 236.
- Football “colours,” 88.
- Four millionaires, 16.
- Francisco-Martin, M. de, 151.
- Franco-German War, 110.
- Frankfurt-on-the-Main, 1, 12.
- Frederick, Lady, 241.
- French girls and English girls, 140.
- Gambetta, 166.
- Gayarré, 263.
- Geary, General Sir H., 271
- German Crown Prince, 263.
- German girls, 133.
- Gilbert, Lieutenant, 262.
- Girard, Juliette, 246.
- Glen, Archibald, 178.
- Godfrey, Dan, 240.
- Goeben, General von, 255.
- Goethe, 15.
- Goldschmid, 10, 15.
- Goldsmid, Mrs., 143.
- Goltz, von der, 132.
- Gordon, Miss, 112.
- Græme, Colonel, 236.
- Grammont, Duchesse de, 143.
- Grandmaison, Marquis de, 160.
- Grant, General, 166.
- Graves, Hon. Mrs., 143.
- Greenock, Viscount, 42.
- Grenfell, Lord, 272.
- Greuze’s paintings, 60.
- Gridley, Harry, 80, 87.
- Gridley, Reginald, 93.
- Griebel, Herr, 92.
- Grosvenor, Earl, 76.
- Guilbert, Marquise Brian de Bois, 156, 157.
- Gull, Sir William, 272.
- Gunning, Sub-Lieutenant Robert, 223, 237.
- Hale, Mr., 73.
- Harris, Lord, 82.
- Hart, Lieutenant, 205.
- Hartopp, Sir Charles E. C., 117.
- Havre, Baron van, 165.
- Hawtrey, Mr. Stephen, 73.
- Headley, Lord, 117.
- Healy, Mrs., 116.
- Heaviside, Mr., 254.
- Hélène de España, Señorita, 259.
- Henley Regatta, 94.
- Herbert, Hon. Sidney, 82.
- Hobart, Captain, 205.
- Hochberg, Dr. Ritter von, 218.
- Hodgson, Charles Rice, 77.
- Hohler, Tom, 38, 245.
- Holled-Smith, Lieutenant, 223.
- Homburg, 4.
- Home-Purves, Colonel, 49.
- Hope, Lieutenant, 210.
- Hope-Johnstone, Lieutenant P., 233.
- Hornby, Dr., 87, 100.
- Horrocks, Capt., 126.
- Horrocks, Miss Edith, 134.
- Houghton, de, 178.
- Howard, Lieut. F., 241.
- Hozier, J. H. C., 99.
- Hudson, Major, 177.
- Hudson, Mrs., 11.
- Hungerford, Mrs., 244.
- Hunter, Captain, 236.
- Hunter’s, Mr., school, 42 et seq.
- Hutchinson, Sir Edward, 7.
- Hutchinson, General Coote, 7.
- Ind, Mrs., 29.
- Innes-Ker, Lord Mark, 86.
- Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, 244.
- Isabelle, 141.
- James, Rev. C. C., 63.
- Jenner, Sir William, 269.
- Joynes, Rev., 73.
- Kennedy, Lord Alexander, 84.
- Keogh, Mrs., 244.
- Kernave, Madame Alice, 164.
- Killarney, 104.
- Kilmaine, Vicomte Frédéric de, 136.
- Kineton School, 28, 42.
- King (Leopold) of Belgians, 32.
- King William I. of Prussia, 1, 3, 7.
- Kinglake, William, 88.
- Kinglake, Sophia, 112.
- Kinloch, Captain A., 187-8.
- Kinloch, Mrs., 187, 205.
- Kirchhofer’s, Herr, School, 18.
- Kisilieff, Madame, 11.
- Klenck, Freiherr von, 218.
- Knightley, Rev. Henry, 50.
- Knox, Lieutenant-Colonel, 170.
- Krauss, Madame, 245.
- Labitzky, Auguste, 219.
- Labouchere, Henry, 30.
- Lamoury (violinist), 110.
- Lane, General Ronald, 159.
- Lassalle, Ferdinand, and German women, 63.
- Laval, Mademoiselle de, 141.
- Lavaile, Eugénie de, 246.
- Lawn tennis, Origin of, 192.
- Lawrence, George, 37.
- Leigh, Austin, 72.
- Leigh-Pemberton, Lieutenant-Colonel W., 222, 271.
- Leinster, Duke of, 109.
- Leleu, Madame, 143.
- Leopold II. and his hairdresser, 32.
- Lesseps, M. de, 184.
- Lewinsky, 230.
- Leyton’s at Windsor, 92.
- Liegnitz, Princess, 7.
- Linda, Bertha, 231.
- Lister-Kaye, Cecil, 82, 98.
- Lister-Kaye, John, 82, 95, 98.
- Little, Lieutenant, 210.
- Lloyd, Lieutenant, 178.
- Lockwood, Sir Frank, 124.
- Lonsdale, Earl of, 49.
- “Lord’s,” 96.
- Lovell, Lieutenant, 170-172.
- Lovett, Hubert, 192, 194, 199, 203, 210, 212, 242.
- Lowther, Captain Francis, 166.
- Lumley, Savile, 250.
- Luxmoore, Mr., 67.
- Lyons, Lord, 60.
- McCall, Colonel, 163.
- McClintock-Bunbury, 100.
- McCormack, Surgeon-Major, 268.
- MacDonnell, Dr., 105.
- Macnamara, Surgeon-Major, 194, 210, 242.
- Magruder, Willing Lee, 12.
- Makart, 231.
- Malet, Sir Edward, 117.
- Malortie, Baron de, 144.
- Maltby, Lieutenant, 169.
- Mandeville, Lord, 77, 98.
- Manners, Henry F. B., 99.
- Marsham, Sub-Lieutenant, 208.
- Masini, Mademoiselle, 245.
- Massey, Lieutenant-Colonel, 206.
- Materna, Frau, 231.
- Ménier, 138.
- Metternich, Princess von, 117.
- Meux, Lady Louisa, 156.
- Milbanke, Frederick, 28.
- Misa, Señor, 258.
- Mitchell, R. A. H., 74.
- Moltke, Count von, 131.
- Montgomery, Colonel H. P., 190.
- Montgomery, Basil, 183, 267.
- Moore, Colonel Montgomery, 188, 202.
- Morny, Duc de, 7.
- Münchhausen, Baron von, 256.
- Murray, Lady Caroline, 5, 40.
- Murray, Lieutenant-General Hon. George, 55.
- Murree and Ischl compared, 201.
- Musard’s concerts, 58.
- Nares, Sir George, 241.
- Naylor-Leylands, 161.
- Neii, Baron von, 12.
- Neuss, Herr, 229, 230.
- New hats for old, 158.
- Newcastle, Duke of, 38.
- Newcastle, Duchess of, 246.
- Newenham, Mr. (“Sporting Parson”), 47, 49.
- Newlands, Lord, 99.
- Northey, Major, 224, 265.
- Oden Wald, The, 18.
- Olga, Grand Duchess, and Ludwig II., 30.
- Onslow, Earl of, 82.
- Oppenheim, Frau, 239.
- Orloff, Princess, 31.
- Orton, Surgeon-Major, 254.
- Ostend, 28, 31.
- Oyster, The, 193.
- Paganini, 157.
- Paget, Lord Henry, 37, 148, 252.
- Paradhenia, Garden of, 185.
- Paris, 116.
- Parnell, Hon. V. A., 99.
- Parnell, Miss Fanny, 153.
- Parry, Sir Hubert, 82.
- Paschinger, 232.
- Patti, Adelina, 54, 58, 263.
- Pauli, Captain, 191.
- Peabody Georges, 134.
- Pembroke and Montgomery, Earl of, 82.
- Peñafiel, Marchioness de, 151.
- “Penny Readings,” 172.
- Perponcher, Count, 8.
- Peterborough’s, Bishop of, “tip,” 107.
- Phipps, Hon. Harriet, 84.
- Phipps, Lieutenant Albert, 196, 210, 211.
- Piétri, Madame, 140.
- Piétris, The, 161.
- Plater, Countess Broel, 138.
- Plessen, Baron von, 135.
- Portman, Hon. E. W. B., 79.
- Prince Consort and Duchess of Sutherland, 56.
- Prussia, King of, 1, 3, 7, 17.
- Queñones de Léon, Doña, 250.
- Radziwill, Prince Jean, 137.
- Ralli, Augustus, 93.
- Rampa, Marquis de, 256.
- Rathdonnell, Lord, 100.
- Ranyard, Mr. (astronomer), 123
- Reeves, Sims, 116.
- Reid, Lieutenant, 216.
- Reszke, Jean de, 264.
- Reuss, Prince, 126.
- Rey, Marquis de, 158.
- Reynardson, Aubrey Birch, 48
- Ricardo, Horace, 100.
- Riddell, Captain, 29.
- Ridley, C. N., 96.
- Ridley, H. M., 95.
- Riggs, Mrs. Joe, 39.
- Ritter, 231.
- Robartes (11th Hussars), 237.
- Robeck, Captain de, 226.
- Robinson, Captain, 223, 243, 247.
- Ronalds, Mrs., 3, 17.
- Rossmore, Lord, 86.
- Rothschild, Baron F. de, 14.
- Rothschild, Baroness I. E. de, 217.
- Rothschild, Alphonse de, 162.
- Rueff, Mr., 258.
- Ruspoli, Princess, 39.
- Russell, Sub-Lieutenant, 206.
- Russell-Reynolds, Dr., 270.
- Russian Court secrets, 138.
- Rutland, Duke of, 99.
- Saba, Madame, 152.
- St. James’s Palace, 240.
- Saint Hilaire, Madame, 164.
- Salis Schwabe, Miss, 123.
- Salud, 255.
- Salvini, 244.
- San Carlos, Marquis de, 252.
- Sanford, Sub-Lieutenant, 193.
- Savile, Captain, 236.
- Seville, Archbishop of, 256.
- Saxe-Weimar, Prince Edward of, 250.
- Schiller, 14.
- Schneider, Hortense, 56.
- Schultz, Herr, 268.
- Schwender’s Dancing Hall, 231.
- Shorncliffe, Quarters at, 168.
- Sighicelli, 165.
- Simon, Jules, 111.
- Sivori, 245.
- Slade, Cecil, 140.
- Slade, Harry, 38.
- Smythe, General, 248.
- “Sock”-shops, 87, 88.
- Somerset, Lord Edward, 73, 92, 250.
- Southey, Lieutenant Richard, 168.
- Spa, 33.
- Stafford, Lady Grace, 103.
- Stafford, Marquis of, 90.
- Stormont, Viscountess, 40.
- Strauss, Johann, 231.
- Sully, Mounet, 229.
- Sunstroke, 268.
- Taaffe, Sub-Lieutenant, 183, 250.
- Taffanel, 165.
- Taille des Essarts, Comtesse de la, 158.
- Taintegnies, Baron de, 28, 30.
- Tarver, Mr. Henry, 76.
- Taylor, Charles, 47.
- Temple (“Mug”), 66.
- Tercin, Gabrielle, 246.
- Thackeray, 5.
- Thackeray, St. John, 74.
- The Alhambra, Granada, 258.
- The diminishing candle, 209.
- “The Oyster,” 193.
- Thorne, Lieutenant, 267.
- Thornton, C. I., 89.
- Thurlow, Lieutenant E. Hovell, 240.
- Torphichen, Lord, 256.
- Trafalgar, Lord, 77.
- Trianon, le Petit, 163.
- Tufnell, Captain, 225.
- Tufton, Captain, 240.
- Tugwell, Mr., 162.
- Vane, Henry de Vere, 98.
- Vane-Tempest, Hon. Henry, 97.
- Vaughan, Arthur Powys, 194.
- Vay, Baron de, 165.
- Versailles, 163.
- Victoria, Queen, 83, 85.
- Vyse, Howard, 129, 155, 261, 271.
- Wagner, 231.
- Walden, Lord Howard de, 27.
- Walden, Lady Howard de, 27.
- Waldteufel (composer), 159.
- Walker, H. B., 90.
- Warre, Rev. Edmund, 73.
- Warre-Malet, Sir A., 51.
- Warre-Malet, Miss Mabel, 51.
- Warre-Malet, Mrs., 51, 53.
- Warren, Miss Minnie, 153.
- Waterlot, Mademoiselle, 154.
- Wayte, Mr., 70, 71.
- Wellesley, Colonel, 248.
- Westminster, Duke of, 77.
- Wilkinson, Lieutenant E. O. H., 223.
- Williamson, C. D. Robertson, 78.
- Willing, Misses Lee, 12.
- Wilma, Tournay, 231.
- Winchester, 241.
- Windsor Fair, 86.
- Winkelmann, 231.
- Winsloe, Mrs., 35.
- Wolter, Charlotte, 230.
- Wombwell, Sir George, 249.
- Wood, Sub-Lieutenant, 208.
- Woodforde, Mrs. Charles, 112.
- Würtemberg, King and Queen of, 30.
- Wylie, Lieutenant, 226.
- York, Duke of, 56.
- Yorke, Hon. Mrs., 237.
- Zauerthal, Ritter von, 238.
- Zither, The, Lessons on, 165.
- Zither performances, 172, 227.
About This Book
The author offers a series of personal reminiscences that move from childhood memories through life at a leading public school, early military service, and extensive travel in Europe and abroad. Episodic chapters combine anecdotes about schoolmasters, classmates, sporting pursuits, theatrical entertainments, and social encounters with portraits of acquaintances and vignettes of continental society. The narrative blends humour and reflection, alternating intimate family recollections with descriptions of everyday rituals, disciplinary practices, mess life, and the social habits of the circles the author frequented.