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Part 18

Richmond, Frances Stuart, Duchess of, as Britannia, 196; portrait, 245.

Rodney, Admiral Sir George, captures Island of St. Eustatius, 525.

Rodriguez, Island of, capture; E. I. C. medal, 613.

Roleia, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Roman Catholic Chapels destroyed, 329.

Rose, badge of, 2.

Rossiter, Edward, General, 120.

Royal family of England, 490.

Rupert, Prince, 108.

Russell, Admiral, commands at battle of La Hogue, 381, 382.

Russia, war with; medals, 597—599.

Rye House Plot, 240.

Ryswick, Peace of, 406—410.

Sacheverell, Dr. Henry, 472, 473.

Sackville, Richard, Earl of Dorset, Lord Buckhurst; portrait by Passe, 67.

St. Eustatius, Island of; capture, 525.

St. Sebastian, capture of, 557.

St. Vincent, Admiral John Jervis, Earl of; engagement off Cape St. Vincent, 536.

St. Vincent, Cape of; engagement off, 536.

Salamanca, battle of, 547; victories up to, 548; clasp for; _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Salamander, emblem of fortitude, 136.

Sancroft, Archbishop and Bishops, 273, 275, 276; and Pleiades, 274; and Church, 277.

Saragoza, victory of, 470.

Sardinia taken, 457.

Scheveningen, embarkation of Charles II. at, 192.

Schomberg, Marshal; death of, 357; memorial, 417.

Scobell, Henry, 173.

Scone, coronation of Charles II. at, 181.

Scotland, attempted invasion by Elder Pretender (1708), 450—453; rebellion of Elder Pretender (1715), 481, 482; (1746), 498.

Scotland and England, union of, 444, 445; celebrated at Leipsic, 446.

Scottish coast attacked by American fleet, 522.

Scottish coronation of Charles I., 74, 75; return from, 76—78.

Scottish Parliament, opening of (1685), 263.

Sebastopol, clasp for: _see_ Crimean campaign, medal for, 597.

Sedgemoor, battle of, and defeat of Monmouth, 266.

Seringapatam, taking of, E. I. C. medal, 611.

Service against six ships, 153.

Services acknowledged by Charles II., 191.

Seven Bishops, trial of, 273—277.

Seven Years' War, 506, 507, 517.

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley, Earl of, 256.

Shelley, Richard, Grand Prior of England, 28.

Sheriff-Muir, battle of, 482.

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 561.

Sikh War, First (1845—6), medals for, 590, 591; Second (1848—9), medal for, 594.

Simon, Abraham, portrait, 253.

Simon, Thomas, portrait, 252.

Sinde campaign (1843), medals for, 588, 589.

Sligo taken, 371.

Slingesby, Sir Henry B., 172.

Smith, Adam, 565.

Sobraon and Aliwal, medal for, 591; _see also_ Moodkee, &c.

Solebay, battle of, 226.

"Soleil Royal" burnt at battle of La Hogue, 382.

South Africa, campaigns in, medal for, 596.

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesly, Earl of, 249, 250.

Spain, Peace with (1604), 42—44; proposed commercial treaty with (1666), 214; victories of the Allies in (1706), 442; war with (1739—41), 493, 494; (1782), 528, 592; (1797), 535—538; (1850), 544.

Spanish Succession, war of, 423—434, 437—443, 447—449, 454—471, 474—478, 492.

Stanley, Thomas, Master of the Mint, 34.

Steinkirk, battle of, 386.

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 88.

Strangeways, Giles, 140.

Swedish troops withdrawn from Silesia, 449.

Swift, Dr. Jonathan, Dean of St. Patrick's, 486.

Syria, campaign in (1840), Turkish medal for, 578.

Taku Forts 1858, and Taku Forts 1860, clasps for: _see_ Chinese War, Second, medal for, 604.

Talavera, battle of, 545; clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Throne of England established (1691), 376, 377.

Thurloe, John, 174.

Thurlow, Edward Lord, Lord Chancellor, 558.

Tippoo Sahib, wars with; E. I. C. medals, 609—611.

Toleration Act, 347.

Torbay, landing of William III., 325—327.

Torres Vedras, lines of, 546.

Touch-pieces, 320—324.

Toulouse, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Toulouse, Louis Alexander, Count of, commands at Malaga, 434.

Tournay, capitulation of, 462, 463.

Tower of London, 140; bishops imprisoned in, 276.

Trafalgar, battle of, 544.

Trezzo, Giacomo, medals by, 15—18.

Triumph, saving of the, 158.

Turkey, medals granted by, for Egyptian campaign (1801), 572, 573; naval award for Syrian campaign, 578; Crimean medal, 599.

Uncertain portraits by A. Simon, 123, 251; another by T. Simon, 177.

Union of England and Ireland, 541.

Union of England and Scotland, 444, 445; celebrated at Leipsic, 446.

United Provinces, action of, in Quadruple Alliance, 484.

United Provinces, England and France, alliance of, 46, 47.

Utrecht, Peace of, 474—478 (preliminaries discussed, 474).

Van Gelder, Captain, memorial of, 229.

Vernon, Admiral, taking of Porto Bello, 493; attempt on Carthagena, 494.

Victoria, military and naval medals; service in India, 577; Afghan war, 582—584; first Chinese war, 585—587; Sinde campaign, 588, 589; first Sikh war, 590, 591; military services (1793—1814), 592; Indian general service, 593; second Sikh war, 594; second Burmese war, 595; war in South Africa, 596; war with Russia, 597, 598; Persian war, 600; Indian Mutiny, 601; Arctic discoveries, 602; war in New Zealand, 603; second Chinese war, 604; Abyssinian war, 605; Ashantee war, 606.

Vienna, second treaty of, 492.

Vigo Bay, expedition to, 424, 425.

Vimiera, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Vittoria, clasp for: _see_ Peninsular War medal, 592.

Wadham, Nicholas and Dorothy, 55.

Walker, defender of Londonderry; death, 357.

Waller, Sir William, 104.

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford, 508.

Washington, George, President of the United States, 566.

Washington, Lieut-Colonel, commands at battle of Cowpens, 523.

Wasp and Frolic, action between, 549.

Waterloo, battle of; medal by Pistrucci, 552; medal for, 576.

Wellington, Arthur, Duke of; battle of Talavera, 545; lines of Torres Vedras, 546; battle of Salamanca and entry into Madrid, 547; victories up to Salamanca and entry into Madrid, 548; battle of Busaco, 553.

Whitelock, Bulstrode, 176.

Wilberforce, William, 563.

Wilkes, John, prosecuted for libel in "North Briton," 518.

William (II.) Prince of Orange and Princess Mary; betrothal, 81; marriage, 82.

William III.; peace of London, 230; invited to England, 283; expedition to England and landing at Torbay, 325—327; arrival in England, 328; liberty and religion restored to England, 331; coronation, king on globe, 338; Toleration Act, 347; rebellion in Ireland (1690), 348—351, 356—362 (relief of Londonderry, 348; called to Ireland, 350; departure for Ireland, 351; battle of the Boyne, 356—358; enters Dublin, 359; amnesty to Ireland, 361, 362); return to Holland, 364; rejoicings at the Hague, 365; entry into the Hague, 366; and Louis XIV. contrasted, 367; presides at Congress of Allies, 368; rebellion in Ireland (1691), 370, 373, 374 (battle of Aghrim, 370; suppression of rebellion, 373; pacification of Ireland, 374); throne established, 376, 377; literary prize-medal, 378; battle of La Hogue and dominion of the sea, 383, 384; execution of Grandval, 387; battle of Landen, 388; defeats in Low Countries, 390; Prince of Baden in London and bombardment of Dieppe, 392; bombardment of Havre, 393; and of Dunkirk, 394; taking of Huy, 395; retaking of Namur, 401—403; assassination plot, 404, 405; Peace of Ryswick, 407—409; presents new collar to Dublin, 411; death, 413—415; memorial, 416.

William (III.) of Orange and Charles II., 190.

William III. and Mary, marriage, 231; Roman Catholic chapels destroyed, 329; coronation, 332—342, 344, 345 (Perseus and Andromeda, 332; Jupiter and Phaethon, 333; Papal emblems destroyed, 334; bird ejected from nest, 335; crowned by Archbishop, 337; James and Father Petre flying from orange-tree, 339; Belgic Lion with Bible, 340; Britannia welcoming Belgia, 341; festival at Amsterdam, 342); peace restored to Britain, 343; action off Beachy Head, and regency, 354, 363; rebellion in Ireland (1691), 369, 371, 372, 375 (battle of Aghrim, 369; taking of Athlone, Galway, and Sligo, 371; taking of Limerick, 372; pacification of Ireland, 375); battle of La Hogue, 379, 380.

William III. and Monmouth; fortunes contrasted, 346.

Withipoll, Edmund, 32, 33.

Wolfe, Major-General James, 512.

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EDWARD IV—ELIZABETH.

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JAMES I—CHARLES I.

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CHARLES I—COMMONWEALTH.

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CHARLES II-STUART FAMILY.

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WILLIAM & MARY—ANNE.

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GEORGE I—GEORGE IV.

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THE WATERLOO MEDAL N^o. 552.

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MILITARY & NAVAL MEDALS.

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Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]