Clubs. See London.
Coalition ministry, the, 244-246, 249-250;
dismissed, 251.
Coalitions against France, the first, 349, 351, 363;
Cobenzl, imperial ambassador, 439, 440.
Coblentz, 331.
Coburg, Duke of, 350, 351, 353, 354, 360, 361.
Colberg, surrender of, 14.
Coleridge, Samuel T., 260.
Collier, Sir George, admiral, 197, 198.
Collingwood, Captain, R.N., 388, 389.
Colman, George (the younger), 258.
Colonial policy of Great Britain, 54-63, 69, 70-72, 84, 88-91, 109-110, 121-128.
Colooney, Vereker defeated by French at, 414.
Commutation tax, 284.
Conciliation bills, 138, 139, 145, 146.
Concord (U.S.A.), 140, 144, 145.
Condé, Prince of, 316, 350, 354.
Connecticut (U.S.A.), 61, 134, 143, 144, 167, 197, 225.
Constantinople, 327, 328, 418.
Constitutional Information, Society for, 335, 338.
Conway, Henry Seymour, 52, 59;
secretary of state, 68, 69, 73, 75, 80, 82;
resigns office, 87, 102, 103, 112, 225;
commander-in-chief, 229.
Cook, Captain, 263.
Cooke, Edward, Irish under-secretary, 446.
Copenhagen Fields, meeting in. See London.
Córdova, Don Luis de, Spanish admiral, 211, 388.
Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, speaker, 213;
death of, 313.
Cornwallis, Lord, general, 157, 167, 168, 174, 175, 198, 219-226, 249;
his mission to Frederick II., 299;
governor-general of India, 305;
master-general of ordnance, 366;
lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 412-414, 419, 446, 447, 449, 452.
Corsica, 74;
French annexation of, 98, 112;
English conquest of, 363, 375;
loss of, 382.
Cort of Gosport, 270.
Cowpens, battle at the, 221.
Crabbe, George, 259.
Crewe, Mrs., 283.
Crillon, Duc de, 236.
Crimea, conquest of, 327.
Criminal law, administration of the. See England.
Crompton, Samuel, inventor, 271.
Crosby, Brass, lord-mayor of London, 118.
Crown Point (Canada), fort, 144, 146, 166, 176.
Cuddalore, battle of, 237, 238.
Cumberland, William, Duke of (uncle of George III.), 4;
head of section of whigs, 34, 40;
helps the king to form a ministry, 65, 67;
Cumberland, Henry Frederick, Duke of (brother of George III.), 119.
Cumberland, Richard, dramatist, 258.
Curaçao, under British protection, 439.
Curtis, Captain, R.N., 236.
Customs duties, Pitt's bill for consolidation of the, 294, 295.
For Colonial see American Colonies.
Cuxhaven occupied by Prussians, 442.
D'Aché, French commodore, 2.
Dashwood, Sir Francis (afterwards Lord Despencer), chancellor of the exchequer, 35, 43;
Darlington, Countess of, 145.
Dartmouth, Earl of (William Legge), secretary for colonies, 124, 128, 136-138, 145, 153, 156, 157;
Daulat Ráo Sindhia (Maráthá lord), 419.
Dauphin, the. See Louis XVII.
Dawson, Nancy (afterwards Lady Maynard), 86.
Debates, publication of. See Parliament.
Debating societies, bill for restricting, 434.
Declaratory act, American, 71, 72, 160.
Declaration of independence, American, 158, 182.
Denmark, proposed defensive alliance with, 75;
joins the league of armed neutrality, 208;
quarrel with England, 441;
joins the maritime confederacy, 442.
Derby race, the first, 257.
Devonshire, Duke of (Cavendish), 8, 20, 29, 31, 34, 35, 40, 48.
Devonshire, Duchess of, Georgiana, 283.
Diamond (Ireland), battle at, 385.
Dickinson, John, The Farmer's Letters by, 85.
Dixon, Wexford rebel, 412.
Djezzar, pasha of Syria, 418.
Dogger Bank, battle off the, 212.
Dolben, Sir Samuel, 296.
battle off (Battle of the Saints), 235, 243, 377.
Donegal, Lord (Chichester), 92.
Dorchester heights (near Boston), 148, 154.
Douglas, Dr. John, Bishop of Salisbury, his Seasonable Hints, 16.
Douglas, Sir Charles, captain of fleet, 234, 235.
Dowdeswell, William, chancellor of the exchequer, 68, 99, 107, 108, 116, 117, 128.
Draper, Sir William, general, 38.
Duddingston, lieutenant, 125.
Duels and Duelling. See England.
Dugommier, 355.
Duncan, Admiral, 390, 393, 394, 398;
created Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 398, 399, 400.
Dundas, Henry (first Viscount Melville), 247;
India Bill introduced by, 249-250;
treasurer of navy, 251, 284, 286, 303-306, 309;
secretary of state, 366, 367, 377, 438, 451, 452, 454.
Dundas, Sir David, general, 362.
Dunmore, Earl of (Murray), 156.
Dunning, John (afterwards Baron Ashburton), 102, 139, 169, 170, 204, 229, 238.
Dutch. See Holland and United Provinces.
Dutens, Louis, 251.
East India Company. See India.
petitions for, from towns, 204.
Economic progress. See England.
Eden, William (afterwards Earl of Auckland), 233, 293;
created Lord Auckland, 350;
postmaster-general, 451.
Edgcumbe, Lord (Edgcumbe), treasurer of the household, 75.
Edgeworth, Maria, 260.
Effingham, Earl of (Howard), 159.
Egmont, Lord (Perceval), first lord of the admiralty, 54, 68.
Egremont, Earl of (Wyndham), secretary of state, 32, 46;
El Arish, captured, 418;
convention of, 432.
Eldon, Lord. See Scott, John.
Elections, general. See Parliament.
Elections, Grenville's act. See Parliament.
Eliott, George Augustus, general, 196, 211;
created Baron Heathfield, 236, 341.
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 33.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert (afterwards Lord Minto), 341, 437.
Ellis, Welbore (afterwards Baron Mendip), treasurer of navy, 192;
secretary of state, 228.
Emmet, Thomas, 368.
Emperor, the. See Francis II., Joseph II. and Leopold II.
Enclosures and enclosure acts. See England.
England:—
Criminal law, administration of the, 265-266.
Duels and duelling, 50, 204, 257, 403-404.
Economic progress, 269-279, 281.
Enclosures and enclosure acts, 274-276.
Machinery and steam and water power, 270-273.
glass, 202;
woollen, 202;
iron, 269;
silk, 276.
Mercantile system, 269.
Erskine, Thomas (afterwards Lord Erskine), 306, 324, 335, 358.
Essay on Woman, 50.
Estaing, Count d', 193, 195, 198, 199.
Eutaw springs, battle at, 223.
Ewart, Joseph, British ambassador at Berlin, 298, 299.
Factories, employment of children in, 278.
Falkland islands, Spain and the, 112-114.
Falmouth, Earl (Boscawen), 135.
Falmouth (Portland, Me.), 135, 154.
Family compact (Bourbon), 25, 28, 33, 74, 112, 320, 321.
Farren, Elizabeth (afterwards Countess of Derby), 288.
Feathers petition, the, 118, 119.
Ferdinand IV., King of Naples, 380, 382, 422, 423, 426-429, 431.
Ferguson, Major, 220.
Ferrol attacked, 439.
Fitzgerald, Lady Edward (Pamela), 386.
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 386, 406, 407.
Fitzgibbon, John (afterwards Earl of Clare), 369-371, 406, 446.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., 308.
Fitzwilliam, Earl (Wentworth-Fitzwilliam), 340;
president of council, 366;
lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 368, 369;
Flaxman, John, 263.
Fleurus, battle of, 361.
Flinders, Matthew, discoverer, 264.
ceded to Spain, 243.
Foley, Sir Thomas, captain, R.N., 417.
Fontainebleau, treaty of, 299, 338.
Foote, Samuel, dramatist, 258, 427.
Fort Edward, surrender of, 176-178.
Fort Lee, surrender of, 167.
Fort Pitt, 58.
Fort Royal (Martinique), 218, 226, 234.
Fort St. James (Africa), 243.
Fort Washington, surrender of, 167.
Fort Western (Augusta, Me.), 151.
Fox, Charles James (son of Henry Fox, Baron Holland), 95, 118, 120;
resigns office and re-enters the ministry, 121;
dismissed from office, 127, 160, 162, 169, 170, 186, 190, 191, 202, 204, 212-214, 226, 228;
foreign secretary, 229, 230, 232, 233, 238, 239;
forms a coalition with North, 244, 245;
secretary of state, 246;
India bills, 249, 254, 256-258, 280-284;
opposes Pitt's India bill, 286, 288, 290, 291, 293-296, 302, 303, 306-314;
views on the French revolution, 317, 318, 322, 323;
libel bill, 324, 327-330, 332, 333, 335-337, 340, 341, 343, 344, 347, 356;
desires peace, 357, 358-359, 373, 374, 378-380, 384, 388, 392, 399;
opposes Pitt's budget, 400;
removed from privy council, 402, 403, 404, 433, 434.
Fox, Henry (afterwards Lord Holland), 21, 35, 39-40, 43;
created Baron Holland, 44, 49, 67, 95.
"Fox's Martyrs," 254.
Fox, Stephen, 256.
France, loss of her colonies and maritime power, 1-2;
anxious for peace, 23;
Bourbon schemes of aggrandisement, 74;
annexes Corsica, 98;
navy of, 112;
refuses to help Spain against England, 114;