letter to Lord John on his rumoured marriage, 150; on the Durham Letter, ii. 122
Durham Letter, the, ii. 119-122, 172 Durham, Lord (Privy Seal), proposal for extension of suffrage, disfran- chisement of rotten boroughs, and triennial parliaments, i. 125; forms a committee for Parliamentary Re- form, 165; engaged on Irish Church Reform, 188; objected to by Lord Melbourne as a Cabinet minister, 285; mission to Canada, 295; 306, 307; returns home, 308; death of, 382
EAST INDIA COMPANY, its monopoly terminated, i. 193
Ebrington, Lord (afterwards Lord For- tescue), elected for Devonshire, i. 158; 169; motion on the rejection of the Reform Bill, 174; address to William IV., 177; in Ireland with Lord John, 195, 196; assures Lord John of the 'golden opinions' he has won, 247; petitions for the commu- tation of tithes, 257; is for a change in the personnel of the Melbourne Cabinet, 308; made Viceroy of Ire- land, 314; a warm and consistent Liberal, 321; on the treatment of the education question by the House, 330n; action in the Chartist riots, 332n; on the corn duties, 367; ii.
Ecclestiastical Titles Bill, ii. 124-128, 151
Eden, Dr. (afterwards Lord Auckland), i. 475; ii. 116
Edinburgh, i. 33; intellectual society of, in 1809, 44-46
Edinburgh Letter, the, i. 403, 406 Education, condition of, at the Queen's accession, i. 328; State, 455 Educational endowments, commission of inquiry into, i. 252
Egerton, Sir Philip, his account of Grillion's Club, i. 73 n, 305 n Egmont, Lord, i. 136 n Elba, Napoleon at, i. 74 Eldon, Lord, is of opinion that it is impossible to muzzle a fool,' i. 34; action on the Bribery Bill, 119; as an equity judge, 253 n Election petitions, i. 292
Eliot, Lord (Secretary for Ireland), i. 389
Ellenborough, Lord, i. 34; diary quoted, 155; boast regarding the Corporation
Bill, 244; a very able speaker,' 427; his scheme for the better government of India, ii. 297
Ellice, Mr., i. 308; quoted, 320 n; on colonial administration, 338; on war with France, 347 Elliot, Admiral, i. 364
Elliot, George (brother-in-law of Lord John), 353 n
Elliot, Gilbert (Dean of Bristol), ii. 226 Elliot, Lady Fanny (daughter of Lord Minto), i. 345; marriage to Lord John, 378; see Russell, Lady John Elliot, Lady Harriet (sister-in-law of Lord John), illness of, ii. 236; death of, 244
Elliot, Mr. (afterwards Sir H.; British
minister at Naples, and brother-in- law of Lord John), is advised by Lord John as to his action with the Neapolitan Government, ii. 322; on the effect in Italy of Lord John's Italian sympathies, 328; his diplo matic career in Italy, 423 n; his relationship with Lord John gives rise to a charge of jobbery on the part of the latter, 423 n; correspon- dence on the same, 424-428 Elwin, Mr., ii. 466 n Emmet, Mr., i. 249 Encumbered Estates Act, i. 473 Enfield, Lord, testifies to the devotion of Lord John's supporters, ii. 268; 297 Episcopate, proposal to increase, in 1846, i. 474, 475 Erroll, Lord, i. 449 Erskine, Lord, i. 35
Essex, Lord, i. 111n, 312 Euston, Lord, i. 29
Everett, Mr. (American minister in London), i. 421
Evictions in Ireland for religious belief, i. 263
Evora, convention of, ii. 10
Exeter, Bishop of, i. 479; declines to institute Mr. Gorham, ii. 117, 118
FACTORY ACT, the, i. 193 Fagging at Westminster School, i. 9 Famine, potato, in Ireland, i. 406, 431, 435, 437; ii. 76 Farini, Signor, ii. 277 Fellowes, Mr., i. 129 Fergusson, Cutlar, i. 236 n Fergusson, Dr., ii. 26
Ferretti, Cardinal, elected to the pon- tifical chair, ii. 38; liberal opinions of, 38; hesitation between progress and reaction, 39
Fielding, quoted, i. 12
Finlay, Mr. (historian), his complaint against the Greek Government, ii. 56 Fish, Mr. (American Secretary of State), ii. 361
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, i. 249 Fitzgerald, Lord William, i. 13 Fitzgerald, Mr., condemns Lord John's speech on the Irish Church, ii. 173 Fitzgerald, Vesey (President of the Board of Trade), i. 145 Fitzgibbon, Richard, i. 13
Fitzpatrick, General, i. 26, 29, 69 Fitzroy (at Dr. Moore's school), i. 4 Fitzwilliam, Charles, ii. 453 Fitzwilliam, Lord, i. 399 Flahault, Count, ii. 321
Fleetwood, Sir H., his motion for reducing the county franchise, i. 324
Fletcher, Mrs., ii. 226
Follett, Sir W., i. 309 Fordwich, Lord, i. 164 n Foreign Enlistment Bill, i. IIIN Forster, John (editor of the 'Examiner'), ii. 147; on the 'Alabama' claims, 36c, 365
Forster, Mr., Lord John introduces
him to a subordinate government office, ii. 409; his conduct in the Edu- cation Act of 1870, 440; letter to Lord John on the Act, 441 n Fortescue, Lord, i. 195, 196, 404; his letter to Lord John on Indian administration, ii. 293 Fortescue, Rt. Hon. Chichester, obtains the Irish Secretaryship, ii. 409 Foscolo, Ugo, i. 109 n
Fox, Colonel, retires from Stroud in favour of Lord John, i. 235 Fox, Miss (Lord Holland's sister), letter of, i. 277
Fox, Rt. Hon. C. J., i. 17, 22, 24, 26, 70, 405; letter on Horace's Odes, ii. 108 Fox Maule, Mr. (afterwards Lord Panmure; Secretary-at-War), would postpone the organisation of the Militia till the outbreak of war, ii. 17; 112, 150, 196; letter to Lord John on the differences regarding the Vienna Conference, 255 France, position of, after the peace of Tilsit, i. 36; Russia's ally, 36; treaty with Spain for the partition of Portugal, 37; revolution of 1830, 155; warlike attitude towards Eng- land in 1840, 346; feeling towards England in 1846, ii. 13; flight of
Louis Philippe from, 25; 31; for- mally occupies Roman territory, 53; action in the Greek dispute, 59; the coup d'état, 138; in the Crimean war, 177 et seq.
Francis, Don, ii. I
Fraser, Professor, i. 45 n
Frederick VI. of Denmark and the Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 373 Frederick VII. of Denmark, his rules for the better government of Schles- wig and Holstein, ii. 375 Free Trade, i. 408, 420 French, Fitzstephen, i. 440
Frost, Mr. (magistrate at Monmouth), i. 341
Fuad Pasha, Turkish Foreign Minister, ii. 179
Fuller, Major, i. 19 Fuller, Mr., i. 30
GALLOIS, M., i. 122
Garbarino, Marchese, his admiration for Lord John, ii. 438
Garibaldi, General, sails for Sicily, ii. 322; effects expulsion of Bourbon dynasty, 323, 324; lands in Cala- bria, enters Naples, and announces his intention of marching on Rome, 325; salutes Victor Emanuel as King of Italy, 325; visits Lord John Russell, 329; letter on the death of Lord John, 453
Garrard, Mr., A. R.A., his picture of sheep-shearing at Woburn, i. 22 n Garvey, Mr., i. 468
Gas-lighting of London, i. 35 n Gascoign, General, i. 168 Gasparin, M., quoted, ii. 339 General Association of Ireland, i. 272, 274, 275
George III., insanity of, i. 49 George IV., institutes proceedings against Queen Caroline, i. 121; an Anti-Catholic, 136; death of, 154 Gerard, Count, of Holstein, ii. 372 Germany, revolution in, ii. 40; and the Schleswig-Holstein question, 41, 132; war with France, 441 Germany, Crown Prince of, visits Lord John, ii. 439
Germany, Emperor of, his letter to Lord John on the struggle for re- ligious liberty, ii. 448
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, i. 29
Gibson, Rt. Hon. G. Milner, attacks Lord John for his conduct at Vienna, ii. 266
Gilbert, Davies, i. 120
Gilpin, Mr., i. 5 Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., ii. 155; for free trade, 157; wrecks Mr. Disraeli's Budget, 160; his first and greatest Budget, 170; 201; resigns office in Palmerston's Cabinet, 245; tho- roughly approves of Lord John's Italian policy, 333; loyally supported by Lord John in his financial mea- sures, 333, and #; his Budget, 333; 334; letter to Lord John on the latter going to the House of Lords, 337; splendid results of his fiscal reforms, 404; defeated at Oxford, 406; his letter to Lord John on the successorship to Lord Palmerston, 407; does not think a new govern- ment could be a continuation of Lord Palmerston's administration, 408; meets Lord John at the Duke of Buccleuch's, 408 n; introduces the Keform Bill of 1866, 410; his ad- ditional measures to complete the scheme, 411; his letter to Lord John on the latter's decision not to take office, 431; his motion regarding the Established Church in Ireland, 433; sent for by the Queen to form an ad- ministration, 434; invites Lord John to a seat in the Cabinet without other responsibility, 434; passes the Irish Land Bill, 437; his letter to Lord John on the same, 440 Glenelg, Lord (Colonial Secretary), abused by William IV., i. 240 n; the King's antipa hy to him, 268; at Bowood, 287; motion of want of confidence in him as Colonial Minis- ter, 296; Sydney Smith's satirical allusion to him, 303; Lord John's proposals with regard to his retire- ment, 308, 312; action in the West Indian crisis, 313; his colonial policy. 336
Gloucester, Duchess of, i. 275 n Gloucester, Duke of, i. 34 Goderich, Lord, formation of his minis- try, i. 134-136; resignation of, 137; see Ripon, Lord
Goito, Piedmontese victory at, ii. 45 Gordon, Lord Alexander (son of fourth Duke of Gordon), i. 22 Gordon, Lord William, i. 31 Gordon, Sir A., his correspondence with Lord John, ii. 186 n Gordon, Sir Robert, i. 152 Gore, Charles, i. 323 Gorham case, the, ii. 117-119 Gortchakoff, Prince (Russian Plenipo- VOL. II.
tentiary at Vienna Conference), re- fuses to consent to limitation of Russian force in the Black Sea, ii.
Goschen, Rt. Hon. G., appointed to the Cabinet by Lord John, ii. 409 Gosford, Lord (Governor of Canada), i. 294, 457
Gosset, Sir W. (Serjeant-at-Arms), i. 263
Goujon, M., i. 36 n
Goulburn, Rt. Hon. W., i. 176 Graham, Dr., made bishop of Chester, i. 480
Graham, Sir James, engaged in Parlia- mentary Reform, i. 165; retires from office, 200, 204; on the Con- servative benches, 243 n; impresses on Sir Robert Peel the necessity for moderation, 315; charges Lord John with encouraging Chartism, 341; motion on Chinese policy, 342; introduces Factory Bill, 388; on the Arms Act, 389; reintroduces the Factory Bill, omitting education clauses, 399; a bitter opponent, excellent tactician,' 427; on the Irish poor-law, 447; offered the Gover- nor-Generalship of India, ii. 98; declines the Admiralty, 98; on Lord John going to the Lords, 100; favours Lord John's Reform pro- posals, 102; arranges with Lord John a ministry of Whigs and Peel- ites, 124; reply to Lord John's me- morandum, 124; the latter's answer, 126; declines further negotiations, 127; endeavour of Lord John to in- duce him to enter the Cabinet, 129, 130; 143, 152; bears testimony to Lord John's endeavour to check cor- rupt election practices, 153; inde- cision in the Russo-Turkish question, 182; advises Lord John to concert with Lord Aberdeen on Reform, and the Eastern question, 198; against the postponement of the Reform Bill, 204; resignation of office in the Palmerston ministry, 245
Graham, Sir Thomas (afterwards Lord Lynedoch), i. 51; 58 n
Grammont, Duc de (French ambassa- dor at Rome), ii. 318 n Grampound, bribery at, i. 117, 118;
writ suspended, 119; 124, 125 Grant, Mr., i. 145; see Glenelg, Lord Granville, Lord, enters the Cabinet, ii.
134; President of the Council, 220, 221; thanks Lord John for
his conduct at the Vienna Conference, 269; letters from Palmerston and Lord John regarding dissensions in the Liberal camp, 205, 306; letter to Lord John on the question of leadership, 307; Lord John's reply, 308; resigns the commission which the Queen had entrusted to him, 308; his reply to Lord John's ad- dress relative to the Alabama awards, 363; on putting the fleet in motion, 392; on Lord John's de- cision not to take office, 432; quoted, 440n; appointed successor to Lord Clarendon, 441 n
Grattan, James, returned for Dublin, i. 30; 220 n
Greece, her struggle with Turkey, i.
151; English interference in behalf of Mr. Finlay's and Don Pacifico's claims, ii. 56; yields to the English demands, 59
Greek Church, the, in Turkey, ii. 177- 180, 187, 191, 192 Gregory XVI., death of, ii. 38 Grenville Committees, the, i. 292 Grenville, Lord, i. 88, 147
Greville, Charles, quoted and in- stanced, i. 47 n, 213, 218, 224, 239, 241, 265, 268, 276, 289, 294, 316, 319, 320, 348, 357, 362, 370, 374, 377, 387, 397, 400, 429, 432, 444, 447, 455, 470, 471, 472; ii. 2 n, 5n, 7n, 8n, 14, 27, 43 n, 72, 74 n, 100, 102, 107, 122, 130, 143, 203, 282 n, 287, 290, 297 n, 299 n, 304
Grey, Lady, her report of an Irish rising, ii. 73
Grey, Lord (2nd Earl), policy towards Spain, i. 42; his proposed mission to Mr. Adair, 50; at Holland House, 53; declines to act with Lord Lans- downe, 134; opposes the formation of a Central Association, 147; offers Lord John the Paymaster-General- ship, 158; troubles in the formation of a ministry, 160; plan of Parlia- mentary Reform, 165; advises the King to dissolve Parliament, 168; admits Lord John to the Cabinet, 169; resignation of, 177; returns to office with power to create peers, 178; conduct of Irish affairs, 183; accepts coercive legislation for Ire- land, 186; schemes of Irish Church Reform, 187; dealings with the tithe question, 197; resignation of, 204; letter to Lord John, 209; 'horror of the Radicals,' 219 n; declines
concert with the Radicals and Irish party, 224, 225; declines to reform the administration, 231; Lord Mel- bourne's memorandum to him offer- ing the Foreign Secretaryship, 232; on O'Connell, 234; death of, 403 Grey, Lord (3rd Earl); see under Howick, Lord
Grey, Sir Charles, William IV.'s violent language to him at a council, i. 240 #; observation on members of the Grey ministry, 304
Grey, Sir George, made Judge-Advo- cate, i. 314; on the Arms Act, 465, 467; ii. 16; his Crown and Govern- ment Security Bill, 67, 70; on the Chartist processions, 69; sponsor to Lord John's second son, 73; opposed to spending more money on Ireland, 78; account of the Queen's visit to Ireland, 85; weak health of, 88; small influence in debate, 90; action on the Pope's Bull concerning Eng- lish sees, 119; 150#, 151; exclu- sion from the Cabinet, 166; sent to the Home Office, 199; 201; sug- gests to Lord John the Presidency of the Council, 220; offered the Colonial Office, 219, 220; becomes Secretary for the Colonies, 222; 295,
Grillion's Club, i. 73; Lord John at, 305
Gros, Baron, mediates between Eng- land and Greece, ii. 57 Grosvenor, Lord, ii. 410 Grosvenor, Sir Richard, i. 458 Grote, Mr., motions on the ballot, i. 295, 324; ii. 367
Guizot, M., i. 348, 349, 356, 357, 358; his policy in the Spanish mar- riages, ii. 5-7; quarrels with Lord Normanby, 8; on the violation of the Treaty of Vienna, 37, 466 # Gunning, Mr., i. 5
Gurney, Mr., on the Chartist proces- sions, ii. 69
HABEAS CORPUS ACT, suspension of, in Ireland, ii. 64-66, 72, 81 Hailes, Solomon, his tribute to Lord John's character, ii. 269 Hallam, Mr., resigns the pension which he no longer needs, ii. 146 # Hallowell, Admiral, i. 71 Hamilton, Duke of, i. 31 Hampden, Dr., appointed Dean of Hereford, i. 475; action, of the bishops on his appointment, 478; consecration of, 480; ii. 116
Hardinge, Sir Henry, accuses Lord John of supporting the Birmingham Political Union, i. 173; Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, 227 Hardwick, Mr. (police magistrate), ii. 147
Hardy, Lady, i. 164 n, 176 n Harewood, Lord, i. 338
Harrington, Lord, commander of the forces in Ireland, i. 26 Hartington, Lord (afterwards Duke of Devonshire), at school at Woodnes- boro', i. 13; his dog Chance,' 19, 27
Hartington, Lord, appointed by Lord
John to first place in the War De- partment, ii. 409 Harvey, Whittle (member for Colches- ter), i. 140
Hatherton, Lord, ii. 109
Hawes, Sir B., i. 382 n, 395 Hawkesbury, Lord (afterwards Lord Liverpool), proposed as Pitt's suc- cessor, i. 17
Hawtrey, Dr. (Provost of Eton), ii. 281
Herbert (confidential servant), i. 6, 7 Herbert, Rt. Hon. Sidney, i. 424; ii. 155; urges Lord John not to resign, 209; would subsidise Sweden, 218; 229, 230, 236; resignation of office in Palmerston Cabinet, 245, 287, 407, 408
Herschel, Sir John, made Master of the Mint, ii. 145
Heywood, Lady, ii. III
Heywood, Sir Benjamin, ii. III Higgins, Mr., i. I
Hill, General, i. 53
Hind, Mr., grant to, ii. 146 Hinds, Professor, ii. 26 n, 116 Hoare, Mr., i. 23
Hobhouse, Sir J., on Abercromby as Speaker, i. 215; letter to Lord John, 220; ii. 90, 196 Holland, Lady, at Woburn, i. 35, 36; delicate state of her health, 40; letters to Lord John, 135, 338; on the Catholic question, 136; death of, 404; legacy to Lord John, 404 Holland, Lord (the first), i. 160 Holland, Lord, author of 'Lope de
Vega,' i. 25; at Woburn, 35, 36; tour in Spain, 38, 39; advises Lord John to study at Edinburgh, 43; the only remaining Whig in England,' 49, 50n; opinion of Lord John's translation of the Odyssey, 98; made of sterner stuff' than
Lord Lansdowne, 137; in Opposition in the Wellington administration, 139; in favour of a Central Asso- ciation, 147; letter on England's Russian policy, 152; letter on the Prince de Polignac, 156; urges Lord John to attack the strongest of the Tory strongholds in the election of 1831, 169; comment on Lord John's speech at Totness, 213; letter on the death of the Duke of Bedford, 340; opposes the treaty of European Powers in 1840, 346; death of, 358; inscription composed by Lord John for his monument, 359 n
Holy Places, struggle for the possession of, by the Greek and Latin Churches, ii. 177; settlement of the dispute, 179, 192
Hood, Tom, pension to his children, ii. 146
Hope, Professor, i. 45 Horner, Mr., i. 108
Horsman, Mr., i. 425; proposal to exempt professional and precarious incomes from the full weight of the income-tax, ii. 26
Houghton, Lord, his estimate of Lord John, ii. 454
Howick, Lord (3rd Earl Grey), at the meeting on the question of the Speakership, i. 224, 244; opposes the suspension of the Canadian consti- tution, 294; calibre as a Minister, 303; dissatisfied with the conduct of Colo- nial affairs, 312, 313; attitude to- wards the franchise, 324, 325; pro- position to promote him to the Post Office, and call him to the House of Lords, 336; resigns office, 336; refuses to take office if Lord Palmers- ton becomes Foreign Secretary, 411, 415, 416; letter to Lord John on the latter's formation of a Ministry, 412; reasons for including him in the Ministry, 427; his remonstrance at Lord Palmerston's conduct of foreign affairs, ii. 44; reduces the colonial garrisons, 50; dissatisfaction with Palmerston, 52; letter to Lord John on the Hungarian refugees, 54; views on Irish legislation, 65, 69; proposes a loan to Canada, 78; against further expenditure on Ire- land, 78; his Canadian proposal before the Cabinet, 80; accused of suppressing an important despatch, 94; one of the best Colonial Secre- taries, and the most unpopular of
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