ABERCORN, Duchess of (half-sister to Lord John), i. 61 n Abercorn, Duke of (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland), ii. 445
Abercromby, Lady Mary, i. 448; ii. 165, 284
Abercromby, Mr. (Master of the Mint), i. 215, 216; declines the Speakership, 224; becomes Speaker, 226; O'Connell's support of, 229; resignation of the Speakership, 335; made Lord Dunfermline, 336; death of, ii. 449 Abercromby, Sir R. (afterwards 2nd Lord Dunfermline), British minister at the Hague, ii. 241
Aberdeen, Lady, letter to Lord John,
Aberdeen, Lord, brings the dispute with America in 1846 to a peaceful issue, i. 438; disapproves of Prince Leopold's selection as husband for the Queen of Spain, ii. 2; memo- randum from M. Guizot on the Spanish marriages, 6n; his con- ciliatory policy towards France, 14; letter from Lord John on the Austro- Italian conflict, 45; enjoined by the Queen to submit all important drafts to her before the despatches leave the office, 49 n; negotiations with Lord John on formation of a Ministry, 124; reply to Lord John's memo- randum, 124; Lord John's answer, 126; declines further negotiation, 127; asked to form a Ministry and declines, 128; letter from Lord John, 156; his reply, 157; sent for by the Queen to form a Ministry, 161; accepts office, 161; proposes ulti- mately to retire from the Premiership
in Lord John's favour, 164; corre- spondence with the Duke of Bedford thereon, 164; completes his Ministry, 165; difficulties because of the jeal- ousies of Whigs and Peelites, 166; misunderstanding with Lord John, 166; letters to and from Lord John on the latter's tenure of office, 167- 170; letters from and to Lord John on the latter's speech on the Irish Church, 174, 175; letter to Mr. Mon- sell assuring him that Lord John's opinions on the Irish Church are not shared by many members of the Government, 175; on the necessity of circumspect instructions to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe on his mission to Constantinople, 179; does not credit the Czar's alleged hostile in- tentions towards Turkey, 181; con- flict of views with Lord John on the Russian difficulty, 181, 182, 183; labours for peace, 184; hopes that Russia will accept the Porte's modi- fications of the Vienna Note, 187; Lord John's memorandum on the Eastern question laid before him, 188; letter to Lord John on the situation, 190; desires to draw up a new Note to be submitted to the Porte by the four Powers, 196; ob- jections to his handing over the Premiership to Lord John, 196; agreement with Lord John on Reformi and the Eastern question, 200, 201; explains and defends Prince Albert's action in public affairs, 205; against the postponement of Lord John's Reform Bill, 207; uneasy at the pros- pects of war, 207n; on the further postponement of the Reform Bill,
209; asks Lord John to postpone same, 210; congratulates Lord John on his speech on the postponement of his Reform Bill, 213; Punch's cartoon of him and Lord John, 2142; divergence of policy between him and Lord John in the Crimean War, 215; his treatment of the offer of an Austrian alliance, 216; his dilatori- ness in the execution of the plan for the division of the War and Colonial departments, 220; against subsidis- ing Sweden, 220; prefers to subsidise Austria, 220, 221; letters to and from Lord John on changes in the Minis- try, 223; concurs in Lord John's acceptance of the Presidency of the Council, 223; reasons for avoiding the introduction of Sir George Grey into the Cabinet, 225; agrees gene- rally to Lord John's proposed Minis- terial changes, 226; letter to Lord John in reply to the latter's proposed resignation, 229; declines to advise the Queen to appoint Palmerston as War Minister, 234; disclaims any want of confidence in Lord John as leader of the House of Commons, 236; declines to concert with the French a new plan of campaign, 240; letter in answer to Lord John's re- signation, 242; interview with Lord John respecting the latter being asked to form a government, 295 Acheson, Lord, i. 475
Acland, Sir Thomas, i. 4n, 176, 312n, 318 n
Adair, Mr. (afterwards Sir Robert), i. 52 Adam, Captain (afterwards Admiral Sir C.), i. 75
Adam, Rt. Hon. William (Duke of Bedford's agent), i. 21, 28 Adams, Mr. (astronomer), pension to, ii. 146
Adams, Mr. (American minister to England), his correspondence with Lord John regarding the Alabama, ii. 365; asks redress for the injuries inflicted by that vessel, 368 Adams, President, i. 437 Adams, Serjeant, i. 295 Adrianople, Treaty of, ii. 194 Adye, Captain, i. 78
Aïdé, Hamilton, his poetical tribute to the character of Lord John, ii, 411 Alabama case, the, ii. 365 Albemarle, Lord, his doggerel Latin lines on the Masters of Westminster School, i. 7 n
Albert, Prince, on vastly good terms with Lord John,' i. 450; interest in the Cracow matter, ii. 8; distrust of Lord Palmerston, 9; on the action of the King of Piedmont in the Italian revolt against Austria, 34; attitude in the Austro-Italian conflict, 41; objects to the wording of a despatch to the Porte on the Hungarian re- fugees, 50; letter to Lord John on Palmerston's conduct in the Greek dispute, 55; criticism of Lord John's scheme of Reform, 129; differs with Lord Palmerston on the Schleswig- Holstein question, 132; charged with interfering unconstitutionally in foreign and domestic affairs, 205, 357; death of, 359
Ali Pacha, Turkish Plenipotentiary at the Vienna Conference, ii. 263 Alice, Princess, visits the Russells, ii. 454
Alien Acts, the, i. 76
Allen, Mr., i. 44, 45, 117, 118; letter to Lord John, 121 Althorp, Lord, undertakes conduct of Lord John's Bribery Bill, i. 135, 137; proposals for suppression of bribery, 139; his rumoured 'falling off,' 143; discourages Lord John's project of a Central Association, 153; becomes leader of the Whig party, 160; letter to Lord John, 160n; wishes to settle the new civil list, 161; offers office to Lord John, 166; not on the Reform committee, 172; aids Lord John in passing a Reform Bill, 178; coincides in coercive Irish legisla- tion, 194; introduces Bill for Irish Church reform, 196, 201; hoped, on Lord Grey's resignation, that the King would send for Sir Robert Peel, 213; succeeds to the peerage, 216; letter to Lord John, 219; his principle in respect to Church rates, 290 n; ii. 198 Amberley, Lady, death of, ii. 466 Amberley, Lord (eldest son of Lord John), i. 403, 418; Landseer's sketch of, ii. 112; in private theatricals at Woburn, 114; writes to his father as to his future education, 287; his marriage, 418; defeated at Leeds in the general election, 420; birth of a son, 420; begins his Parliamentary career, 445; death of, 467 American Civil War, causes of, ii. 349, 350
Ampthill, Lord; see Russell, Lord Odo
Anglesey, Lord (Viceroy of Ireland), i. | Azeglio, Signor, ii. 284
Anti-Corn Law League, the, i. 381, 403; ii. 199
Antonelli, Cardinal, sends the Pope's blessing to the young King of Naples, ii. 333
Antwerp, bombardment of, ii. 190 Apponyi, Count (Austrian minister to England), ii. 331, 405-407 Appropriation Clause, i. 256, 289, 310, 312, 314, 448
Arguelles, Señor, ii. 43
Argyll, Duke of, i. 37; ii. 176, 203; quoted, 248; letter to Lord John re- specting the detention of the Ala- bama, 366 n
Armagh, Archbishop of, consulted by Lord John on reforms in the Irish Church, 312
Arms Bill, the, i. 404, 447, 485, 486 Arnould, Sir J., quoted, i. 497 Arrouca, convent of, i. 63 Arrow question, the, ii. 294 Ashley, Lord (afterwards Shaftesbury, Earl of), his diary quoted, i. 415; letter to Lord John, 473 Ashley, Mr. E., his publication of Lord Palmerston's letters, ii. 158 Atherton, Sir William, his advice soli- cited on the Alabama question, ii. 366
Atkin, Mr., i. 5 Attwood, Mr., i. 181 n Auckland, Lord, i. 427; ii. 17; his measures of national defence, 22; letter from Lord John on the naval estimates, 29; death of, 77, 96 、 Augustenburg, Prince, his claim to the Duchy of Holstein, ii. 399 Australia, i. 352; French plan for in- vading and holding, ii. 177 Austria, loses Milan, ii. 33-35; sug- gested transfer of Ionian Islands to, 36; seeks a compromise with the Italians, 40; refuses a conference on Italian affairs, 44; suppresses the Hungarian rebellion and demands the extradition of Hungarian re- fugees from Turkey, 49; action in the Montenegrin difficulty, 178; pro- position to subsidise, in the Russian War, 220, 222
Austria, Emperor of, his abdication, ii. 26; a fugitive, 44
Austrian alliance with England, pro- posals of an, in the Russian War, i. 216, 222
Aylmer, Lord, i. 279 n, 280
Ball, Mr. John, quoted, i. 243, 244 Ballot, the, i. 299, 308, 339 Bandon Bridge, borough of, i. 138 Bank of England charter revised, i. 202; in the crisis of 1847, 476 Bank Restriction Act of 1797, i. 86 Bannister (actor), i. 8
Barillon, M., despatches of, i. 107, 119 Baring, Sir Francis, i. 185; in the Cabinet, 349; at the Exchequer, 380; Budget proposals of, 383, 384; asks for a committee on the sugar duties, 389; succeeds Lord Auckland in the Cabinet, ii. 77; relationship to Sir Charles Wood and the Greys, 77; a stern economist, 77; accepts the Admiralty, 97; votes for the Militia Bill, 150 n; protests against Lord John's supersession in the leader- ship, 160; quoted, 213; consulted by Lord John on a Ministerial crisis, 295
Barker, Mr. Russell, quoted, i. 11 Barnes, Mr. (editor of the Times), i. 246
Barnstaple, writ suspended, i. 125 Barrymore (actor), i. 9 Bath, Lady, i. 28
Bath, Lord (uncle by marriage of Lord John), i. 28
Bathurst, Lord, i. 139 Baxter, Sir David, ii. 416 Baynes, Sir Christopher, i. 31 Beaumont, M. de (French minister in London), ii. 41
Beauvale, Lord, i. 441 Bedford, Duchess of (Georgiana, mother of Lord John), letters of, i. 3, 4; chronic ill-health, 3; death of, 4 Bedford, Duchess of (Georgiana, step- mother of Lord John), i. 5, 11, 119; ii. 112; death, 175 Bedford, Duchess of (Lord Tavistock's wife); see under Stanhope, Lady A. M.
Bedford, fourth Duke of, i. 2 Bedford, Francis, fifth Duke of, i. 2, 3 Bedford, Francis, seventh Duke of; see under Tavistock, Lord Bedford, John, sixth Duke of, i. 2; death of his wife (a daughter of Lord Torrington), 4; second marriage to a daughter of the Duke of Gordon, 5; made Viceroy of Ireland, 19; his part in the fall of the Talents Ad- ministration, 29; retirement from the
Viceroyalty, 29; on tour in Eng-| land, 31; visits Sir Walter Scott in Selkirkshire, 32; opinion of English universities, 46; pleasure at Lord John's début at the Speculative Society, 50; encourages him to con- tinue the Whig Register, 51; sug- gests to Lord John a tour through the English manufacturing towns, 57; discourages Lord John's going to Cambridge University, 59; on the riots and discontent in 1816, 92; con- tinental trips of, 119; opposes the Canning Ministry of 1827, 140; re- nounces a political career, 141; illness of, 170 n; on Triennial Parliaments, 203; deprecates Lord John's assump- tion of the Opposition leadership, 223; approves of Lord John's mar- riage to Lady Ribblesdale, 241; paralytic seizure, 261; death of, 254 Bedford citizens' contribution to Lord John's expenses at the Devonshire election, i. 244
Belcher, Young (pugilist) i. 10 Belgium, fears of its incorporation in the French Empire, ii. 37; revolt of, from Holland, 43; letter of the King of, to Lord John, 457 Bennet, Mr., i. 5
Bennett, Mr., ii. 118
Bentinck, Lord Frederick, i. 75 Bentinck, Lord George, i. 386, 439, 459; scheme for Irish railways, 460, 461; ii. 13; proposal on the in- come-tax, 28, 76; obtains a com- mittee on the sugar colonies, 92 Beresford, Marshal, i. 64 Berkeley, ii. 30
Berlin, on the eve of a revolution, ii. 44
Bernal Osborne, Mr., ridicules the idea of Lord John waiting for a breeze,' ii. 102 Bernstorff, Count (German minister to England), thanks Lord John for his sympathies in the Franco-German War, ii. 458
Berry, Miss, her introduction to Lord John, i. 57; quoted, 100 n Bessborough, Lord (Irish Viceroy), i. 438, 447; on the employment of Irish poor in the potato famine, 452, 454, 457, 464; dying advice to Lord John, 468, 469; death of, 470 Betty, Master (actor), i. 19 Bexley, Lord, i. 139,
Bickersteth, Mr. (afterwards Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls), i. 263
Birmingham, i. 142; great Reform meeting at, 180; Political Union, 180, 181; Chartist riots in the Bull- ring, 346; constabulary for, 347 Bismarck, Count, willing to accept the mediation of Great Britain in the Danish question, ii, 396; supports the claim of the Prince of Augusten- burg to the Duchy of Holstein, 399; instructs the German Emperor's thanks to be given to Lord John for his sympathies in the Franco-German War, 458
Blackburne (Attorney-General), i. 215. Blackfeet and Whitefeet, i. 193 Blake, General, i. 41 Blake, Mr. (Remembrancer), i. 229 n Blakeney, Sir E., i. 346 n, 347, 477, 486 Blandford, Lord, scheme for disfran- chisement of rotten boroughs, i. 161 Blennerhasset, Sir R., on Orangeism, i. 275 n
Bloomfield, Dr. (Bishop of London), i. 344
Bolingbroke, Lord, i. 133 n Bonaparte, Joseph, made King of Spain, i. 39
Bourbon dynasty expelled from Sicily, ii. 333
Bourqueney, M. (French ambassador at Vienna), ii. 216; proposes the neutralisation of the Black Sea, 258,
Bowring, Sir John (British consul at Canton), ii. 294
Bowyer, Sir J., remonstrates with Lord John on his action in the religious struggle between the Pope and the German Emperor, ii. 462, 463 Boyne, battle of the, anniversary of, in 1849, and its results, ii. 82 Bradford, Lord (uncle by marriage to Lord John), i. 24, 28, 37 Brand, Mr., i. 89
Breadalbane, Lord, ii. 112 Brent (Westminster scholar), i. 8 Bribery Bill, i. 125, 130, 134, 150 Bridgeman, George (afterwards Earl of Bradford), i. 4 n, 28, 61, 62 n, 63, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74 Bridgeman, Lady Lucy, i. 78 Bright, Rt. Hon. J., i. 425; condemns
Lord John's speech on the Irish. Church, ii. 174; the Cave of Adul- lam, 426; his letter to Lady Russell on the death of her husband, 470 Bristol, riots in, on the Lords' rejection of the Reform Bill, i. 179; testimo→
nial of the Reformers of; to Lord | Bulwer, Sir E. Lytton, his motion that John, 261
British and Foreign School Society, i.
British North America, i. 353
Broome, Mr., i. 37
Brougham, Lord, views on Parliamen- tary Reform, i. 122; his sneer at Lord John's phrase, New lamps for old,' 125 ; one of a little faction at Brooks's,' 141; motion for Par- liamentary Reform, 165; 'stands between Lord Grey and rest,' 167; excluded from the Melbourne Cabi- net, 243; made chairman of the Commission on eaucational endow- ments, 263; on the ballot, 299; attacks Lord Melbourne for not giving him the Chancellorship, 303; defends Lord John's attitude towards Reform, 304; his measure of indem- nification to Lord Durham, 320; pro- cures a grant for the National and British and Foreign School Societies, 342; urges Lord John to write on the constitution of England, 401; opposes the Bill for repealing the Navigation Acts, ii. 97 Brown, Dr. Thomas, i. 47 Brown, Mrs., i. 41 Browning, J. F., i. 233
Bruce, John (Professor of Logic), i. 26, 48 Brunnow, Baron, i. 369; recalled, ii. 206; his description of Lord John's famous despatch on Italian affairs, 337
Brunswick Clubs, i. 153
Buccleuch, Duchess of, i. 358, 394 n Buchanan, Mr. (President of the United States), his declaration on the question of secession, ii. 351 Buchanan, Sir A., ii. 433 n Buller, Charles, i. 297, 302, 402, 411; death of, ii. 96
Buller, Sir John (afterwards Lord Churston), i. 191, 222, 355 Bulteel, John Croker (Lord Grey's son- in-law), i. 191 n, 213, 222 Bulwer, Mr. (afterwards Sir H.), British minister at the Court of Madrid, connives at the selection of Prince Leopold for the hand of the Queen of Spain, ii. 1-3; des- patches from Lord Palmerston, 6, 8 n; instructions in the Portuguese rebellion, 10; his procedure in Spanish affairs, 37-39; requested to quit Spain, 39; sent o Washing- ton, 40, 439 n
Lord John's conduct at Vienna has shaken the confidence of the House in the Ministry, ii. 273
Buol, Count, interviewed by Lord John in Vienna, ii. 255; declares the Black Sea neutralisation beyond the scope of the Vienna Conference, 259; his scheme regarding the Black Sea, 264; his version of interviews with English and French ministers re- garding the termination of the war, 271
Burdett, Sir Francis, on Lord John's speech against the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, i. 95; motion on Parliamentary Reform, 114, 115; one of a little faction at Brooks's,' 141; motion for the relief of Roman Catholics, 145; ii. 477
Burge, Mr. (agent for Jamaica), i. 352 Burgoyne, Sir John, letter to, from the Duke of Wellington, on invasion, ii.
Burke, Mr., i. 167; ii. 199 Butler, Lady Mary, i. 5 n Butler, Richard (afterwards Lord Cahir), i. 13, 37
Byng, George (afterwards Lord Straf- ford), and his five wishes, i. 379; ii. 206, 305
Byron, Lord, i. 14, 97, 119, 142, 409
CAMELFORD, writ suspended, i. 125 Camp, Miss de (actress), i. 8 Campbell, Sir J. (afterwards Lord; Attorney-General), i. 262, 263; his analysis of Lord John's character, 449; proposal for dealing with dis- turbances in Ireland, 490; ii. 63, 70 Canada, origin of the rebellion in, i. 306; Lord Durham's mission and line of action, 319, 320; proposed loan to, for railway building, ii. 75; proposed removal of the differential duties on timber in, 76 Canning, Lord, ii. 225 Canning, Rt. Hon. G., speech against
Lord John's proposals on Parliamen- tary Reform, i. 133; forms a Minis- try, 139; death of, 140, 141, 142; references to, ii. 135; quoted, 443 Canning, Sir Stratford (afterwards Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, minister at the Porte), urges the Porte not to give up the Hungarian refugees, ii. 50; further action therein, 135; returns to Constantinople, 179; settles the Holy Places dispute, 180,
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