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ABJURATION

BJURATION, Act of, passed, i.
36, 37
Addison, Joseph, his party writings,
ii. 290. His rise in authorship,
ii. 299. His Cato, ii. 299. His
character of Sir Roger de Coverley,
ii. 304

Albemarle, Earl of, in favour with
William III., i. 5, 12. Defeated
at Denain, ii. 276

Almanza, battle of, ii. 9
Almenara, battle of, ii. 162
Anne, Princess, afterwards Queen,
her overture to the exiled King, i.
10. Prejudiced against William
III., i. 38. Succeeds to the Crown,
i. 42. Her character, i. 43. Her
first measures, i. 46. Crowned in
Westminster Abbey, i. 48. Visits
Oxford, i. 69. And Bath, i. 70.
Goes in state to St. Paul's, i. 72.
Attends the debates, i. 185. Visits
Cambridge, i. 193. Gradually
alienated from the Duchess of
Marlborough, i. 296, ii. 30. Her
choice of Bishops, ii. 32.

In-

censed at the Scottish expedition,
ii. 61. Her aversion to Somers,
ii. 88. Unwilling to receive any
of the Hanover Princes, ii. 95.
Her widowhood, ii. 96. Harassed
by the Duchess of Marlborough,
ii. 126. Her controversy with the
Duke, ii. 134. And with the
VOL. II.

BADEN

Duchess, ii. 145. Favours the
Tory party, ii. 168. Insists on
the Duchess's dismissal, ii. 200.
Her remark on the project of a
Peace, ii. 229. Sharp answer to
the Duke of Somerset, ii. 239.
Her letters to Godolphin, ii. 279.
Purity of her Court, ii. 310
Argyle, Duke of, part taken by him

in Scotland, i. 224. His enmity
to Marlborough, ii. 162, 224.
Commands in Catalonia, ii. 219,
224

Ashby and White, the action at law,
i. 131, 192

Athlone, Earl of, commands a divi-
sion in Flanders, i. 55. His tes-
timony to Marlborough, i. 61.
His death, i. 109
Atterbury, Dr., a leader in Convoca-
tion, i. 122. Supports Sacheverell
during his trial, ii. 138, 140. His
petition for fifty new churches,
ii. 214. His eloquence, ii. 287
Aylesbury case, account of the, i.
131, 192

BADEN, Margrave of, besieges

Landau, i. 56. Defeated by
Villars, i. 63. His bickerings
with Marlborough, i. 145. Be-
sieges Ingolstadt, i. 153. Marl-
borough thwarted by him, i. 199.

at Blenheim, i. 168. With the
French in Flanders, i. 202. De-
feated at Ramillies, i. 243
Bay, Marquis of, gains the battle of
La Gudiña, ii. 125. Loses the
battle of Zaragoza, ii. 163
Belhaven, Lord, his great speech
against the Union, i. 289. His
imprisonment and death, ii. 92
Benbow, Admiral, his exploits in the
West Indies, i. 68. Dies of his
wounds, i. 68

Berwick, Duke of, his campaign in
Portugal, i. 181. Again in com-
mand, i. 262. Encamps on the
Guadarrama range, i, 264.
Takes
Cuenca, i. 273. Gains the battle
of Almanza, ii. 9
Blenheim, battle of, i. 156

Blenheim Palace, grant and building
of, i. 190

Bolingbroke, Viscount (see St. John),

his opinion of Marlborough, i. 82,
84. His remark on the battle of

Malplaquet, ii. 121. Goes to
Paris, ii. 272. His secret nego-
tiations, ii. 278. His peremptory
despatch, ii. 283. Concludes the
peace, ii. 286. His friendship
with men of letters, ii. 288. His
retort on Addison's Cato, ii. 301.
Perfection of style in his writings,
ii. 301
Boufflers, Marshal, his admirable
defence of Lille, ii. 77, 79. Joins
Marshal Villars, ii. 115. Succeeds
to the command at Malplaquet,
ii. 119

CADOGAN, General, afterwards

Earl, much trusted by Marl-
borough, i. 151. Leads the van
at Oudenarde, ii. 69, 70. Aids in
the success at Wynendale, ii. 78.
Sent to the outposts at Malplaquet,
ii. 122. Recalled by the new
Ministry, ii. 196. With the van-
guard, ii. 221

Calais and Boulogne, suggestion for
surprising, ii. 151, 156

Cameronians oppose the Scottish
Union, i. 287, 292

Carleton, Captain George, account
of his Memoirs, i. 217
Cavalier, Jean, chief in Languedoc,
i. 180. Enters the English ser-
vice, i. 180

Cevennes, insurrection in the, i. 104.
Suppressed, i. 197, 237

Charlemont, Lord, his panic, i. 217,

CHARLES

to Lisbon, i. 127. Proceeds to
Altea, i. 213. Enters Barcelona
in triumph, i. 223. Besieged by
the French, i. 255. Enters Zara-
goza, i. 267. Marches to Castille,
i. 268. His retreat to the Valen-
cian frontier, i. 246. Quits the
army, ii. 7. His marriage, ii. 81.
Refuses Marlborough's applica-
tion, ii. 147. Takes part in the
campaign of 1710, ii. 158. Quits
the army again, ii. 183. Inherits
the Austrian states, ii. 215. Elect-
ed Emperor, ii. 224. Dissatisfied
with the Preliminaries, ii. 236
Charles XII., of Sweden, his early
victories, i. 11. Encamped at Alt
Rastadt, ii. 14. Marches into
Muscovy, ii. 17. Utterly defeated
at Pultawa, ii. 125
Chesterfield, Earl of, his character

of Marlborough, i. 79. His ac-
count of Queen Anne's Court, ii.
310

• Church in danger,' a popular cry,
i. 228, 230, 231
Churchill, Admiral George, aimed

at by the Whigs, ii. 33, 34.
Dismissed at Prince George's
death, ii. 96

Chevalier de St. George, see James
Colepepper, Thomas, his case, i. 26,

36, 92. Convocation heats be-
tween the two Houses, i. 122
Cowper, William, afterwards Earl,

his eminent qualities, i. 196.
Appointed Lord Keeper, i. 226.
His reproof to Harley, i. 234.
Resigns, ii. 169

Cutts, Lord, his gallant conduct at
Venlo, i. 59. And at Blenheim,
i. 161

GALWAY

Joins Lord Peterborough, i. 214.
Killed at Montjuich, i. 217
Dartmouth, Lord, afterwards Earl
of, named Secretary of State, ii.
154. His conference with Marl-
borough, ii. 198

Defoe, D., his letter to Gen. Stan-
hope, ii. 292

Denain, success of the French at, ii.

276

Drummond, Captain, his alleged
murder, i. 223

UGENE of Savoy, Prince, his

EU

surprise of Cremona, i. 63.
Gives battle at Luzzara, i. 65.
His meeting with Marlborough, i.
144. Forward in the battle of
Blenheim, i. 168. Sent to com-
mand in Italy, i. 199, 210. His
victory at Turin, i. 251. Be-
sieges Toulon, ii. 20. Takes
Susa, ii. 22. Negotiates with the
German Princes, ii. 63. Com-
mands on the Moselle, ii. 66.
Joins Marlborough in the battle
of Oudenarde, ii. 70. And in the
battle of Malplaquet, ii. 117.
Detained at Vienna, ii. 219. His
visit to England, ii. 248. Com-
bined with Ormond in Flanders,
ii. 258, 262, 270. Views the
disaster at Denain, ii. 276

GAULTIER

263. Retreats from that city, i.
267. Offers the command to
Peterborough, i. 268. His defeat
at Almanza, ii. 10. Returns to
Portugal, ii. 62. Loses another
battle at La Gudiña, ii. 124, 125.
Recalled, ii. 180. His defence to
the House of Lords, ii. 200
Gaultier, Abbé, his secret negotia-
tions, ii. 203, 239, 250, 256, 260,
278, 283

General Election of 1701, i. 33.
Of 1702, i. 68. Of 1705, i. 193.
Of 1708, ii. 88. Of 1710, ii. 174
George, Prince, of Denmark, his
character, i. 43. Desires to com-
mand the Allied army, i. 48.
Named Lord High Admiral, i. 52.
Supports the Occasional Con-
formity Bill, i. 91. His adminis-
tration of the Navy complained
of, ii. 33. His two mortal mala-
dies, ii. 37. His death, ii. 95
George, Elector of Hanover, after-
wards George I. of England, ap-
pointed to command on the Rhine,
ii. 19. His dissatisfaction, ii. 64.
Visited by Marlborough, ii. 65.
An efficient chief, ii. 80, 123.
Resigns his command, ii. 150.
Complains of the Preliminaries,
ii. 236

George, Prince of Hanover, after-

wards George II. of England,
joins the army of Marlborough,
ii. 69. His brave conduct at
Oudenarde, ii. 72

Glencoe, massacre of, i. 39, 302
Gibraltar taken by the English, i.
182. Besieged by the Spaniards,
i. 210

Gloucester, Duke of, his death and
character, i. 9
Godolphin, Lord, afterwards Earl,

named First Lord of the Treasury,
i. 13. And Lord Treasurer, i. 50.
Wanting in courage, i. 184, 185.
Makes overtures to the Whigs, i.
196. Swayed from side to side,
ii. 30, 47. His views on the war

HARLEY

in Spain, ii. 82.
Sunderland, ii. 93.
complaints, ii. 98.

Suspected by
His Own
His timid

Dismissed

course, ii. 135, 146.
from office, ii. 168. His death,
ii. 278. Disposal of his papers,
ii. 279

Grace and Free Pardon, Act of, ii.
101

Gregg, William, his treason, ii. 48.
Executed, ii. 55

Griffin, Lord, his life spared, ii. 93.
Guardian, account of the, ii. 308
Guiscard, Marquis de, his project of
a descent in France, i. 237. As-
sails Harley, ii. 210, 211. Dies
in prison, ii. 212

HALI

ALIFAX, Lord, raised to the
peerage, i. 14. Impeached,
22. Supports Lord Rochester, ii.
39. Claims to be Plenipotentiary
at the Congress, ii. 98. Moves
an Address against the Peace, ii.
256. His friendship with men of
letters, ii. 288

Hamilton, Duke of, in favour with
the people at Edinburgh, ii. 289.
His timorous course, ii. 300. In
communication with the Exiled
Family, ii. 45. Arrested in Lan-
cashire, ii. 61. His cabal with
the Whig chief, ii. 90. Created
Duke of Brandon in England, ii.
240. Killed in a duel, ii. 275
Hanover. See George and Sophia.
Harcourt, afterwards Sir Simon and
Lord, impeaches Somers, i. 23.
Becomes Attorney-General, i. 309.
Resigns, ii. 54. Chief of Sache-
verell's Counsel, ii. 138.
Ap-
pointed Lord Keeper, ii. 170
Harley, Robert, chosen Speaker, i.
34. Chosen again, i. 71. Named
Secretary of State, i. 136. His
dinner to some leading Whigs, i.
234. Clause carried by him in
the Scottish Union, i. 318. His
cabals with Mrs. Masham, ii. 30.