Walpole, old Horace, political character, with anecdotes, i. 140, et seq.;
his remarkable speech on the Saxon treaty, 242;
speech and vote different, 254.

Walpole, Lord, his replies to Lord Bolingbroke’s letters and principles, i. 222.

Walpole, Sir Robert, inconsistency of his political opponents at close of the Spanish war, i. 7;
witticism on Sir W. Yonge, 23;
financial expertness, 32;
politic advice to the Duke of Cumberland, 105;
his reasons for supporting the Duke of Newcastle, 163;
contrasted with Bolingbroke, 225;
parallel between him and Pelham, 229, et seq.

War of 1756, as so called, first announced to the House of Commons by order of the King, ii. 18.

Warburton, Dr., promoted to the see of Gloucester, iii. 239.

Washington, General, his first action, whilst a major in British service, in the war of 1756, i. 399;
his curious despatch, and the king’s remark, 400.

Watson, Admiral, retakes Calcutta, iii. 57;
his successes and death, 89, 90.

Ways and Means, vide Commons.

Weobly, election of Lord Perceval, i. 37.

West, Admiral, his conduct in Byng’s affair, ii. 295, 296, 306.

West Indian Colonies, attempt of Lord Halifax to bring them under the control of the Board of Trade, i. 199;
further ministerial negotiations, 220;
naval and military operations in 1759, iii. 169, 170.

Westminster petition to the Commons against Lord Trentham, i. 13, 19;
spurious patriotism and jacobitism united, and why, 33, 34;
attempted opposition to the court, in favour of Sir George Vandeput, fails, 293.

Westmorland, Earl of, his political character, and election to the chancellorship of Oxford, iii. 167.

Whig Interest, alluded to in parliament, in regard to the Duke of Cumberland, in 1751, i. 10;
young Whigs gain a parliamentary victory on the Westminster petition, 16;
their conduct in support of party, 21;
defeat the Tories in bringing Murray on his knees at the bar, 29;
in favour of general naturalization, 45;
change of politics on that bill, 55;
take offence at Pitt, 60;
proceedings on a breach of privilege, 95;
their feelings on the dismissal of the Bedford party from power, through the Pelham intrigues, 196;
political anecdotes of Scottish Whigs, 276;
interference in the education of the prince of Wales, 291;
affair of the pretended memorial respecting the education of the Prince of Wales, written by Horace Walpole, 298;
political difficulties on the death of the premier Pelham, 379;
first opposed by the Tories, as a party, in a political point of view distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. 12.

Whitehead, Paul, anecdote and character of, i. 201.

Whitefield, the methodist, iii. 97.

Willes, Lord Chief Justice, character and anecdotes of, i. 89.

Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, witticism on Speaker Onslow, i. 21;
witticism upon Lord Anson, 194;
his foreign diplomacy, 205;
persuades Fox to refuse the seals, but is never forgiven by him for it, 385;
epigram by, on the Sackville family, 442;
biographical notice of, ii. 393, 394, 395;
character of the court, politics, and military force of the Elector of Saxony, 396, et seq.

Wills, royal, anecdote of burning, i. 175; iii. 308, 309, 313, vide Appendix to vol. iii.

Wilmington, Lord, his bon-mot on the Duke of Newcastle, i. 163;
character and anecdotes, 178.

Wilmot, Judge, his character, and appointment as a commissioner of the great seal, ii. 273.

Winchelsea, Earl of, excellent political character, i. 173;
brings forward a bill to commute transportation to working in the dock-yards, i. 255;
behaves with true spirit, iii. 32.

Window tax in Scotland, its inefficiency, i. 262.

Wine licence office abolished, ii. 375.

Winnington, Thomas, character and anecdotes, i. 174.

Wolfe, General, first employed in the war, in the expedition to Rochfort, iii. 50;
patronized by Pitt, 75;
goes to America second in command, 91;
expedition to Quebec, 171;
difficulties of the siege, 217;
takes Quebec, but falls in the moment of victory, 219;
monument voted by parliament, 229.

Worcester, Bishop of (Dr. Maddox), speech on the Regency Bill, i. 120.

Words, parliamentary meaning of, whimsically misinterpreted by Henley and Murray, both state lawyers, i. 345.

Yarmouth, Countess of, anecdotes and character, i. 177;
prudent refusal to interfere in foreign politics, iii. 12.

Yonge, Sir W., anecdotes and character of, i. 22, 23, 24;
proposes that offices on the prince’s establishment shall vacate seats in the House, 116;
seconds a motion for repeal of the Bribery Oath, i. 369.

Yorke, Charles, speech on the Regency Bill, i. 125;
parliamentary sparring with Fox on the Marriage Bill, 343.

Yorke, Colonel (Lord Dover), resident at the Hague, receives an extraordinary memorial from the French court, ii. 150.

Yorkshire, riots on the Militia Bill, from fears of foreign service, iii. 41.

Yvory, House of, bibliographical anecdote of, i. 37. Note.