Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount, I, 21, 36, 207
--, Augusta, Duchess of. _See_ Augusta, Princess
Burke, Edmund, I, 8, 285, 286; II, 4, 22, 22 note, 25, 45, 49, 75, 78, 114, 129, 137, 161, 178, 180, 187, 189, 190, 190 note, 191, 196, 197, 226 note
--, Frances, I, 209, 210, 211-16, 222, 223, 227, 230-1, 233; II, 204, 207, 211, 218, 229-30, 246, 252-3, 255
Bute, Lord, I, 43, first meeting with Frederick Prince of Wales, 44; his ascendency 45; much detested, 46, 47; character according to Walpole, 48; alleged intimacy with the Princess Dowager, 47, 48, 49; his absolutist theories, 49, 50; appointed groom of the stole, 68; prepares the King's first speech, 137-138; introduces a bill to secure the judges in their office for life, 141,; advises King to cede prize money, 143; his ascendency, 144; made ranger of Richmond park, 144; suspicion of the City of London, 144, 145; scheme to place at head of affairs, 146; unpopularity of, 150; his henchmen attack Pitt, 150; violently attacked in the city, 152; becomes first Lord of the Treasury, 154; great feeling against him, 156, 157; his inordinate craving for power, 158, his patronage of literature, 159; his employment of bribery, 160; introduces a cyder tax, 163; resigns, _ibid._; his character and failings, 164, 165; founds the "Auditor" and the "Briton," 235; negotiations with the king over a coalition government, 273, 276; great unpopularity with the Whigs, 289; II, 27, 28, 29
Byron, George, Lord, I, xiii, 172, 268; II, 13, 90, 93, 290
Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of, II, 237 note, 243, 287
Camden, Charles, Earl of, I, 85, 239, 252, 287; II, 24, 33, 48, 69-70, 143 note, 163
--, Frederick, Earl of, I, 196, 226; II, 53, 146, 155, 204
Carnarvon, Marquis of, I, 21 note, 35 note, 181
Caroline, Queen (Consort of George II), I, 5, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30
-- Matilda, Princess (sister of George III), Queen of Denmark, II, 99, 112, 123-5
Carpenter, Lady Almeria, II, 100 note, 118
Charles Edward (Young Pretender), I, 31, 140, 141, 141 note
Charlotte, Queen (Consort of George III), letter to King of Prussia, I, 121, 122; extreme simplicity of her training, 126, 127; formal betrothal, 127; leaves Strelitz, 128; arrives at Harwich, 129; progress to London, 130; arrives at the Palace, 131; description of personal appearance, 132, 133, 134; her Puritanism, 198; in her early married life little better than a prisoner, 206; which causes a certain bitterness in her character, 208; influence of Mdlle. Schwellenberg, 209; dislike of Fanny Burney, 211-213; the Queen takes English lessons, 220, 221; fond of the theatre, 222, 223; her anxiety for her children, 226, 227; interests herself in trinkets, 227; not popular with her subjects, 227, 228; her domineering spirit, 229, 230; no endearing qualities, 231; a hard woman, 232; becomes patroness of the Magdalen Hospital, _ibid._; concern at the King's illness, II, 209, 211, 212; opposition to the Prince of Wales, 247; amusing encounter with Colonel Landmann, 255-257; illness and death, 289, 290