INDEX

[No reference is made in this Index to the wives of the Prime Ministers in the chapters specially devoted to them.]

• Abercromby, Lady Mary, 87.
• Aberdeen, Lord, 59, 86, 186.
• — Lady, 206.
• Acland, Sir Henry, 192.
• Ada Reis, 41.
• Adelaide, Queen, 166.
• Ainslie, General, 45.
• Albert, Prince Consort, 57, 170.
• Alderson, Lord, 218.
• Almack’s, 102.
• Althorp, 3.
• Amberley, Lord, 96.
• — Lady, 92.
• Ashley, Lord, 106, 183.
• — Wilfrid W., 124.
• Bedford, Duke of, 113.
• Belmont Castle, 246.
• Berry, Miss, 66.
• Bessborough, Lord, 1, 5.
• Bismarck, 66.
• Brabazon, Lady, 163.
• Bradenham, 132, 133, 148.
• Braybrooke, Lord, 156.
• Breadalbane House, 128.
• Broadlands, 111.
• Brocket Hall, 17, 22, 32, 40, 101, 129.
• Brooke, Sir Richard, 163.
• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 201.
• Bruce, Sir Charles, 234.
• Brydone, Patrick, 63.
• Buccleuch, Duke of, 71.
• — Duchess of, 66.
• Bulwer, E. G. L., 29, 31 etc., 104, 140.
• — Rosina, 35, 131, 136.
• Bunsen, 170.
• — Baroness, 78.
• Byron, Lord, 8 etc., 26, 40.
• — Lady, 7, 16.
• Cambridge, Duke of, 159, 166, 167, 236.
• — Duchess of, 166.
• — House, 120.
• Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 235, 237, 238, 241, 243.
• Carnarvon, Lord, 225.
• Castlereagh, Lady, 103.
• Cavendish, Lady Frederick, 209.
• Cavour, 87, 88.
• Cecil, Lord Edward, 232.
• Chalon, A. E., 155.
• “Chapel of Ease,” The, 212.
• Chartist demonstration, 81.
• Charleville, Lady, 35.
• Chatham, Earl of, 156.
• Chorley Wood, 75.
• Cobden, 122.
• Cork, Lady, 35.
• Cowper, fifth Earl, 101, 107.
• — Lady, 3, 7, 102, 105, 107.
• — Lady Emily, 106.
• — Lady Frances, 106.
• Crimean War, 85.
• Davy, Sir Humphry, 52.
• Dawson, Geo., 155.
• Deepdene, 141.
• Derby (Lord Stanley), Lord, 170, 174, 221.
• de Rothschild, Lady, 144.
• — Sir A., 144, 145.
• — Baroness J., 146.
• de Tabley, Lord, 173.
• Devonshire, Duke of, 7.
• — Georgiana, Duchess of, 1.
• Dickens, 80, 142.
• — David Copperfield, 81.
• Disraeli, 39, 97, 109, 111, 134, 135, 141, 142, 149.
• — Coningsby, 147, 155.
• — Sybil, 104, 121, 144.
• Disraeli, Tancred, 145, 147.
• D’Orsay, Count, 132.
• Doyle, Sir F., 162.
• Drayton, 55, 56 etc.
• Duncannon, Lord, 123.
• Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 117.
• Edward VII., H.M. King, 177, 210, 244.
• Emsdorf, Battle of, 45.
• Erroll, Earl of, 76.
• Esterhazy, Princess, 103.
• Eugénie, Empress, 90, 140.
• Evans, John, 131.
• Fasque, 165, 183.
• Fatal Passion, The, 39.
• Fleming, Wilmington, 37.
• Floyd, Anna, Lady, 51.
• — Henry, 47, 49.
• — Gen. Sir J., 44, 47 etc.
• — Rebecca, Lady, 47.
• Foster, Lady Elizabeth, 6.
• Franco-German War, 91.
• Frederick William IV., 170.
• — Empress, 177.
• Fry, Elizabeth, 170, 201.
• Fuller, Miranda, Lady, 52.
• Garbarino, Marchese, 90.
• Garibaldi, 89.
• Gaskell, Milnes, 161.
• George V., H.M. King, 210.
• Gladstone, W. E., 97, 120, 152, 153, 160, 161, 179, 182, 192, 208.
• — Budget (1853), 85.
• — Golden Wedding, 207.
• — Agnes, 177, 178, 179.
• — Catherine, 185, 187.
• — H. N., 188.
• — Helen, 187.
• — Jessie, 178.
• — Lord, 188.
• — Mary, 187.
• — Stephen, 178, 184.
• — Wm., 177, 178, 181.
• — W. G. C., 193.
• — W. H., 193.
• Glenarvon, 19, 38.
• Glynne, Sir John, 157.
• — Sir Stephen (eighth Bart.), 156, 158.
• — Sir Stephen (ninth Bart.), 160–1, 192.
• — Lady, 156.
• Goddard, Dr., 35.
• Godwin, W., 22, 25.
• Gower, Lord R., 153.
• Graham Hamilton, 40.
• Grenville, George, 156.
• — Lord, 156.
• — T., 169.
• Greville, Charles, 119.
• Grote, Mrs., 166.
• Guizot, 123, 166, 185.
• Harcourt, Sir Wm., 153.
• Hardinge, Lord, 139.
• Harrison, Frederic, 95.
• Hawarden Castle, 157–8, 193, 199.
• Hawtrey, Dr., 168.
• Hayward, Abraham, 128.
• Heathcote, Lady, 12.
• Herbert, Lord, 46.
• Herkomer, Sir H., 207.
• Hobhouse, J. C., 36.
• Holl, F., 207.
• Holland, Lady, 74, 115, 123.
• — House, 66, 74.
• House of Charity, the, 194.
• — of Lords, 94.
• Houseless Poor Act (1864), 194.
• Hughenden, 137, 148.
• Humboldt, 66.
• Ireland, 82.
• — Coercion Bill (1846), 75.
• — Disestablishment, 129.
• — Policy, 94.
• Italy, Victor Emmanuel of, 89.
• Jarnacs, M. and Mme, 185, 186.
• Jeffrey, Lord, 74.
• Jersey, Lord, 56, 61, 181.
• — Lady, 7, 101, 129, 167.
• Jocelyn, Lord, 113.
• — Lady, 114.
• Keate, Dr., 168.
• Lamb, George, 22.
• — William. See Melbourne, second Visct.
• Liddon, Dr., 231.
• Lieven, Princess, 103, 106.
• Lister, Lady Theresa, 161.
• — Miss, 68, 70.
• Liszt, 160.
• London, distress in (1844), 183.
• — Hospital, 195.
• Louis-Philippe, 55, 83.
• Lulworth Castle, 52.
• Lyndhurst, Lord, 167.
• Lyttelton, Lord, 162, 163, 188.
• — Lady, 188.
• — Sarah, Lady, 176.
• Manners, Lord and Lady J., 153.
• Manning, Cardinal, 182.
• Marienbad, 244.
• Medwin’s Conversations with Byron, 36.
• Melbourne, first Visct., 99.
• — first Viscountess, 5, 7, 16, 28.
• — second Visct. (Wm. Lamb), 1, 6, 7, 27, 34, 66, 115.
• — defeat of (1841), 72.
• — House, 7, 9, 21, 101.
• Mendicity Society, 173.
• Milnes, Monckton, 119.
• Minto, second Earl of, 63, 66, 67.
• — House, 64, 71.
• Moore, T., 9, 40, 108.
• Morgan, Sir C., 2.
• — Lady, 2, 18, 21, 27.
• Murray, John, 21, 41.
• Napoleon III., 82, 90, 140.
• Nathan, Isaac, 36, 42.
• Neville, Hon. George, 158.
• Newport Market Refuge, 195.
• — Army Training School, 195.
• Nicholas I., 184.
• North Pole, expedition to (1773), 44.
• O’Connor, T. P., 246.
• Opie, Mrs., 218.
• Palgrave, Francis, 219.
• Palgraves, the, 219.
• Palmerston, Lord, 58, 68, 105, 123, 126, 181.
• — death of, 127.
• — resignation of, 118.
• Palmerston, Lady, 7, 78.
• Panshanger, 7, 125.
• Papal Bull (1850), 117.
• Paper Duties Bill, 113.
• Parnell Commission, 205.
• Peel, Eliza, 56.
• — General, 225.
• — Georgiana, Lady, 93.
• — Julia, 55, 56.
• — Lord, 56.
• — Sir Robert, 52, 55, 58, 141, 161, 167, 172, 173, 176, 182, 185, 186.
• — William, 61.
• Pembroke, Lord, 46.
• Pembroke Lodge, 77.
• Persigny, 112.
• Petersham, 83.
• Pitt, William, 186.
• Political secrets, 165.
• — standards, 86.
• Poyntz, Louisa, 4.
• — Stephen, 3.
• Punctuality, 212.
• Ribblesdale, Lord, 69, 84.
• Richardson, Miss, 35.
• Richmond, 180.
• Rideout, J. C., 45.
• Ripon, Lord and Lady, 170, 175.
• Rogers, Samuel, 9, 66, 80, 107, 171, 180.
• Rosebery, Lord, 181, 209.
• — Lady, 231.
• Russell, Earl, 59, 67, 68, 84, 119, 172.
• — on Italy, 87.
• — Prime Minister, 89.
• — resignation of (1855), 86.
• Russell, Hon. Rollo, 93.
• — Lady Agatha, 84.
• — Lady John, 84, 172.
• — Lady Victoria, 67.
• — Mr., 32.
• Rutland, Duke of, 210.
• Salisbury (Lord Robert Cecil), Marquis of, 221, 224.
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of, 178.
• Sheridan, 8.
• Shiel, 183.
• Sketchley, Rev. M., 48.
• Snaresbrook Convalescent Home, 196.
• South African War, 238.
• Spence, Miss, 35.
• Spencer, first Earl, 1.
• — Herbert, 95.
• — Lady, 3.
• Sutherland, Duchess of, 171.
• Tait, Dr., 231.
• Tankerville, Lady, 101, 129.
• Taylor, Sir Henry, 98.
• — Tom, 127.
• “Temple of Peace,” The, 212.
• Tennyson, 92.
• Thackeray, 80.
• Times, the, 117, 147.
• Torlonia, Duchess of, 55.
• Tyndall, Prof., 231.
• Unpunctuality, 122, 125.
• Vathek, 17.
• Victoria, H.M. Queen, 57, 60, 92, 137, 143, 152, 166, 181, 184.
• Villa Garbarius, 90.
• Viney, Sir James, 131.
• Walmer Castle, 126.
• Walsh, Miss, 19.
• Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 39.
• Wellington, Duke of, 78, 103, 166, 167, 171, 174, 176, 184.
• Westmoreland, Lady, 9.
• White, Miss Lydia, 35.
• Willoughby, Lady, 101, 103, 129.
• Wilson, Sir R., 53.
• Wolseley, Lord, 237.
• Women in politics, 201.
• Woolbeding, 141.
• Wyndham, Lewis, 131, 132.