Part 23

Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, 3rd Lord: meets Lady Webster, i. 116; marriage, i. 147; his character, i. 121; ii. 58; his speech on Assessed Taxes, i. 169; on Land Tax, i. 189; on case of Benjamin Flower, i. 248–9; on Russian Subsidy, i. 264–5; his manner of speaking, i. 183; and Prince of Wales, i. 178; and Lord E. Fitzgerald, i. 186; and Lord Lansdown, i. 221; and Lord Thanet, i. 250, 269; and Mr. Adderley, i. 273; and Lord Sidmouth, ii. 217; and peace negotiations, ii. 29–30, 31, 44–5; and the Divorce Bill, ii. 77; and Public Debtors Bill, ii. 90; and Catholic Emancipation Bill, ii. 76, 201–3, 215–16; and Jacobinical Party, ii. 101–2; his _Foreign Reminiscences_, i. _231_; at Court, i. 253–4; and the mission to Paris, ii. 167, 168; successor to C. J. Fox, ii. 170, 171; Commissioner on American Question, ii. 173, 174; Privy Seal, ii. _182_, 183, 186, 187; advice to Prince of Wales, ii. 197–8; Recorder of Nottingham, ii. 249; his lines ‘To a Lady on Her Birthday,’ i. 130, Appendix A, 294–6

Holland, Elizabeth, Lady: on Sir Godfrey Webster, i. 6, 30, 33, 38, 42–3, 53, 68, 83, 92, 159; on his death, ii. 90–1; her marriage with Sir G. Webster annulled, i. 147; on Lord Holland, i. 117, 125, 159, 166, 170, 183, 265; on the Papal Government, i. 174–5; on Lord E. Fitzgerald’s arrest, i. 187, _188_; on Napoleon in Egypt, i. 199–201; on cliques, i. 257; on Harriet Webster, i. 263–4; on the death of C. J. Fox, ii. 179–182; her early education, i. 158–9; her reading, and studies, i. 5, 7, 130, 173, 192, 199, 213, 215–16; ii. 24, 37, 41, 61; her criticisms on art, i. 18, 19, 32–8, 48, 84–5, 132, 134, 137–8, 140, 141–2; ii. 151–2, 250–1

Holroyd, Maria Josepha, on Lady Webster, i. 3

Hood, Admiral Lord, at Toulon, i. _98_, 115, 119, 120

Horner, Francis, on the Regency, ii. 280

Horsley, Samuel, Bishop of Rochester, and the Divorce Bill, i. _86–7_; ii. 96

Howick, Lord, _see_ Grey, Charles

Humanitarians, the, ii. 55

Huskisson, William, _The Depreciation of the Currency_, ii. 272

Ingenhousz, John, i. 205, 273; ii. 11; his death, ii. 16–17

_Intercepted Letters_, the, i. 200; ii. 44, 57

Ireland, civil war in, i. 190

Italinski, M., Russian Secretary at Naples, i. _16_, 27, 29, 122, 123, 124; and Lady Holland’s portrait, i. 138, 142

Jamaica, ii. 51

Jekyll, Joseph, i. _175_, 204, 254; ii. 24, 129

Jemappes, battle of, i. 87

Jena, battle of, ii. _187_

Jenkins, Thomas, i. _31_

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, i. 72; ii. 65

Kenyon, Lord Justice, i. 204, 246, 248; and Mr. Wakefield, i. 241; and Lord Holland, i. 249; and General Fitzpatrick, ii. 48; and Lord Carlisle, ii. 93, 95–6

King, Peter, 7th Lord, ii. 27–8, 45

Knight, Richard Payne, ii. _8_, 9, 79, 136–7

La Fayette, Marquis de, i. 71, 72, 105, 151, 152, 208

Lally-Tollendal, Comte de, ii. 155

Lamb, Hon. William (afterwards 2nd Viscount Melbourne), i. 225; ii. 100, 280

Landau, siege of, i. 109, 114

Lansdown, William Petty, 1st Marquess of, i. 100, 127, 191, 209–211, 239, 245; his character, i. 175–7; and Lord Wycombe, i. 209–10; and Lord Holland, i. 221; ii. 76; on the Fitzgerald Attainder Bill, i. 231; and Dr. Ingenhousz, ii. 11, 16–17

Lansdowne, John, 2nd Marquess of, _see_ Wycombe, Lord

Lauderdale, James, 8th Earl of, i. 164–5, 198, 227, 270–1, 272; ii. 162, 183, 268; and Association of the Friends of the People, i. 101; on Mr. Canning, i. _217_; peace negotiator at Paris, ii. 167, 169, 172, 173, 175–9, 185, 191, 195

Law, Edward (afterwards Lord Ellenborough), i. 246–7; ii. 103

Leinster, Duchess of, i. 232, 234, 236, 240, 244

Lennox, Lady Sarah, at Holland House, ii. 66

Lens, Serjeant, and Norfolk Committee, ii. 194, 197, 204

Leveson-Gower, Lord Granville (afterwards 1st Earl Granville), i. 116, 121, 167; ii. 32–3, 253; his debut in House of Lords, i. 213; and the Czar, ii. 236

Lewis, Matthew Gregory (‘Monk’), _The Monk_, i. 166–7; and Sheridan, i. 184; his translation of Juvenal, i. 224–5; _Alonzo and Imogene_, i. 239; _Reflections in a Royal Burying-ground_, ii. 39; and Duke of Somerset, ii. 45–6, 60; _Address from Friendship to Youth_, ii. 74–5, 87

Lille, Abbé de, ii. 67–8

Lima, M. de, ii. 176

Lisbon, departure of Portuguese Royal Family from, ii. 261–2

Llandaff, Richard Watson, Bishop of, and Mr. Wakefield, i. 179; and Benjamin Flower, i. 248–9

Lorne, George William, Marquess of (afterwards 6th Duke of Argyll), i. 199, 233; ii. 46

Louis XVIII., i. 145, 229

Lucchesini, M., ii. _184_, _187_

Ludlow, Edmund, at Vevey, i. 69

Macartney, George, 1st Earl, i. 136, 228–9, 272; ii. 30; on Warren Hastings, i. 240; and Mr. Hare, i. 241

Macdonald, General, ii. 48–9

Mackintosh, Sir James, his principles, i. 251–2; his _History of Holland House_, ii. _63_

MacMahon, Col., ii. 273, 278

Malherbe, his _Consolation_, i. 183

Malmesbury, James, 1st Earl of, i. 104, 105–6, 153, 169

Manfredini, Prime Minister of Tuscany, i. _48_, 49, 54, 114, 145

Marat, assassination of, i. 71, 72

Marengo, battle of, ii. _85_

Marie Antoinette, Queen, i. 85, 87

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, her vindication, i. 192–4

Marsh, Rev. Matthew, i. 122, 216, 244–5, 246

Martial Law Bill, Protest against, ii. 140–1

Masséna, General, ii. _30_, _264_, 265

Matarosa (Count Torreno), ii. 245

Maurice, Thomas, his _Indian Antiquities_, i. 275

Mayence, siege of, i. 78–80, 81–3

_Memoirs of the Whig Party_, Lord Holland’s, i. _47_; ii. _61_, _121_, _168_, _183_, _200_, _235_

Mexico, Commission to, ii. 292

_Microcosm_, the, i. 13, _265–6_

Millar, Professor John, ii. 100

Milton, John, quoted, i. 130

Minto, Lord. _See_ Elliot, Sir Gilbert

_Miscellaneous Reminiscences_, Lord Holland’s, i. _265_

Moira, Francis Rawdon, 2nd Earl of, i. 105, 109, 114–15, 178, 222; ii. 137, 284; his character, i. 165–6; and Duc de Luxembourg, i. 203–4; discontented with his party, ii. 195–6, 222; and Prince of Wales, ii. 268–9, 283

Monroe, James, ii. 174, 209

Moore, Capt. (afterwards Admiral Sir Graham), ii. 261

Morla, Don Thomas, succeeds Solano at Cadiz, ii. 242

_Morning Post_, the, ii. 237

Morpeth, George, Viscount (afterwards 6th Earl of Carlisle), i. 70, 122, 218; ii. 82, 134; on Arthur O’Connor, i. 186; his qualities, i. 238–9; and negotiations with Prussia, ii. 186

Morris, Capt. Charles, ii. 11

Murat, General, massacre at Madrid, ii. _241_; and King of Prussia, ii. 183–4

Murray, Lady Augusta, i. _35_

Mutiny Bill, the, in Ireland, ii. _199_, 200, 201, 213, 214, 216, 218

Naples, i. 15–16, 220; ii. 12–13

Napoleon Bonaparte, ii. 51, 56, 85, 109, _110_, 151, 153, _187_; in Egypt, i. 199–201; ii. 42; and Sir Sidney Smith, ii. 12, 31; Grand Consul, ii. 40; and Mme. de Staël, ii. 101; attempted assassination of, ii. 142–4; receives C. J. Fox, ii. 150; and Russian Treaty, ii. 169

National Defence Fund, i. _170_

Nelson, Lord, at Naples, ii. 12

Nepean, Evan, ii. 27

Nile, battle of the, i. _199_

Norfolk, Charles, 11th Duke of, ii. 9–10; his seditious speech, i. 177, 191

Northumberland, Duke of, and Prince of Wales, i. 179–80

Nugent, Baroness (formerly Lady Buckingham), and George III., ii. 130

O’Coigly, James, in court, i. 185

O’Connor, Arthur, trial of, and attempted rescue, i. 184–6, 233, 246–7; and Lady Lucy Fitzgerald, i. 235–6

O’Hara, General, at Toulon, i. _98_, 108, 113

Ossulston, Charles Augustus, Lord, i. _272_, 275

Ostrach, battle of, i. _237_

Oxford, Lady, ii. 8–9, 136–7

Paget, Sir Arthur, ii. 235

Park, Mungo, i. 172, 213

Parr, Dr., i. 230; ii. 18, 72, 79

Pelham, Hon. Thomas (afterwards 2nd Earl of Chichester), i. 1, 13, 47, 54, 96, 97–8; his letter on the Association, i. _15_; and siege of Dunkirk, i. 104; and ‘Virtuous Triumvirate,’ i. 118–19; resigns the Irish Secretaryship, i. 206; Secretary of State, ii. 147–8

Perceval, Spencer, speaks against C. J. Fox, ii. 196–7; the Prince of Wales and, ii. 276, 280, 289, 290

Petty, Lord Henry (afterwards 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne), i. 176; ii. 54, 186, 208, 211; his character, ii. 100–1; and Lord Wycombe’s will, ii. 247

Piron, M., i. 202–3, 212–13

Pitt, William, i. 153, 267; and Mr. Grey, i. 100–1; and the Coalition, i. 102; and Lord Abercorn, i. 202; and the Union, i. 220; on Mr. Tierney, ii. 50–1; resigns office, ii. 128–9

Pius VI., Pope, i. 125

Plymouth, Sarah, Lady (afterwards Lady Amherst), i. 16, _20_, 29, 122, 123; ii. 7, 264

Polignac, Duchesse de, i. 111–12

Pollen, ‘Prodigy,’ i. 222–3

Pondicherry, siege of, i. 114–15, 116

Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. George, ii. _34_, 225, 254; elected for Wicklow, ii. 133–4; Leader of the Opposition, ii. 235; and Danish Expedition, ii. 239

Ponsonby, John, 2nd Baron, his letters to Lord Howick, ii. 205–6; and the Irish Catholics, ii. 212, 223, 225

Popham, Admiral Sir Home, and capture of Buenos Ayres, ii. _185_, _189_, 192

Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of, ii. 223, 225, 291; and Sir Gilbert Elliot, i. 99–100; supports the war, i. 118; at the Home Office, i. 182, 186; and Henry Grattan, i. 191–2

Presburg, treaty of, ii. _161_, 176, 177

Priestley, Joseph, ii. 55

Prussia, Prince Ferdinand Augustus of, ii. 117

Prussia, Prince Henry of, his qualities, ii. 119–120

Public Debtors Bill, ii. _89_, 90, 94–5

Queensberry, William, 4th Duke of, ii. 281

Quesnoy, siege of, i. 53, 89–90, _93_

Rastadt, murder of French Deputies at, i. 249, 250

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, ii. 244

Richmond, Charles, 3rd Duke of, and Duke of York, i. 94; and Lord E. Fitzgerald, i. 188; and Lady Lucy Fitzgerald, i. 235–6; his death, ii. 191–2

Rose, Mr., and Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 205

Rosslyn, James, 2nd Earl of, and Mission to Lisbon, ii. 167, 171, 175

Royal Institution, the, ii. _52_, 60–1

Rumford, Count von (Sir Benjamin Thompson), Prime Minister of Bavaria, i. 12, 59, 108; in England, i. 206–7, 279; ii. 52

St. Januarius, ceremony of the liquefaction of blood of, i. 21

St. Vincent, Admiral Viscount (Sir John Jervis), and Admiral Duncan, i. 160–1; First Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 132; and Mission to Portugal, ii. 162, 174–5

San Leucio, Colony of, i. 27–8

Santa Croce, Princess, i. 34, 35, 125

Scarlett, James (afterwards Lord Abinger), ii. 38

Scott, Sir William, on Divorce Bill, ii. 88

Selwyn, George, ii. 66

Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, Lord, i. _2_, 97

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, i. 98, 102, 123, 249, 255, 258, 278–9; ii. 55; and ‘Monk’ Lewis, i. 184; and Mr. Canning, i. 217; and Mr. Tierney, i. 220–1; and Prince of Wales, i. 221–2; ii. 283–4; James Hare on, i. 224; and the O’Connor trial, i. 246–7; and _Pizarro_, i. 255; and George III., ii. 81; and Abbot’s Bill, ii. 95; and Divorce Bill, ii. 96; on the successor to C. J. Fox, ii. 170; his intrigues, ii. 172–3

Sheridan, Charles Francis, i. 268, 274–5

Sicily, ii. 164–5, 263–4, 290–1

Sidmouth, Lord, _see_ Addington, Henry

Simon, General, ii. 265

Slavery Bill, the, i. 271, 275; ii. 205

Smith, Robert Percy (‘Bobus’), i. 248, 275; his marriage, i. 163; and Lord Lansdown, i. 210; his vaunted independence, ii. 17

Smith, Sir Sidney, and Napoleon, ii. 12, 31; and treaty of El Arish, ii. 72; takes Capri, ii. 167; in Sicily, ii. 212

Solano, M., Governor of Cadiz, his murder, ii. 240–2, 246

Somerset, Edward Adolphus, 11th Duke of, his character, ii. 21–2; and ‘Monk’ Lewis, ii. 45–6, 60

Southey, Robert, ii. 231–2, 257

Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl, and Catholic Emancipation Bill, ii. 221, 223

Spencer, Lord Henry, i. 257; ii. 19; at the Hague, i. 13, 86; ordered to Stockholm, i. 61, 97; in Parliament, i. 123; on Baron d’Armfeldt, i. 124

Staël, Mme. de, and Talleyrand, ii. 57; and Napoleon, ii. 101

Stahremberg, Prince, ii. 236–7, 254–5

Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of, ii. 102

Strangford, Lord, at Lisbon, ii. 261

Stroganoff, M., Russian Ambassador in England, ii. _168_, 177, 178

Talleyrand, M., his sarcasms, ii. 57; and peace negotiations, ii. 163–5, 176–7

Tandy, James Napper, ii. 109

Thanet, Lord, indicted for attempting to rescue Arthur O’Connor, i. 233, 241, 248; Sheridan’s evidence, i. 246–7; desires a pardon, i. 249–250, 251; sentenced to the Tower, i. 262, 269; released, ii. 102; at Appleby, ii. 232

Thurlow, Lord, on Triple Assessments, i. 164; and Lord Auckland, ii. 71

Tierney, George, i. 171–2, 179, 241, 260–1, 272, 274, 278; ii. 76; on Arthur O’Connor, i. 203; and Mr. Nicholl, i. 205; his speech on the Income Bill, i. 221; speech on Finance, i. 265; and Evan Nepean, ii. 27; his loyalty questioned, ii. 50–1, 53; his parody on Lewis’s _Address from Friendship to Youth_, ii. 75; and Mr. Grey, ii. 137–140

Tilsit, treaty of, ii. _173_, 230

Tooke, Horne, his trial, i. _186_, 247; ii. 48; at Westminster, ii. 52–3; elected for Old Sarum, ii. 134, 140; on C. J. Fox, ii. 146

Toulon, siege of, i. _98_, 99, 108, 112, 113, 115

Treating Act, the, Messrs. Windham and Coke and, ii. 193, 194

Trebbia, battle of, i. 278

Turkey, the war with Russia, ii. 209

Tyrwhitt, Sir Thomas, ii. 266–7

Valenciennes, siege of, i. 54, 70–3, 80, 88–90, 99

Van Dyke, his portrait of the Earl of Holland, ii. 63

Vassall, Florentius, ii. _92_

Vassall, Richard, father of Lady Webster, his illness, i. 19–20, 69, 96; his death, i. 131

Vega, Don Andres de la, ii. 245

‘Virtuous Triumvirate,’ the, i. 118

Voltaire, and Piron, i. 202–3, 212–13; and Lord Bristol, i. 219; personated by M. Chauvet, i. 234; Condorcet’s Life of, ii. 15–16; his _Memoirs_, ii. 23; on the Collège de Montaigne, ii. 67–8

Wakefield, Gilbert, and Bishop of Llandaff, i. 178–9; his trial and imprisonment, i. 241, 248, 258

Walcheren Expedition, inquiry into, ii. 253

Wales, George, Prince of, ii. 49, 266, 275–6; and Mr. Grey, i. 178; and Duke of Northumberland, i. 179–180; at Holland House, i. 190; ii. 82; and Sheridan, i. 221–2; ii. 283–4; and Mrs. Fitzherbert, i. 258; on Lord Holland’s succession to Mr. Fox, ii. 183, 186–7; on the Princess of Wales, ii. 197–9; and the Catholic Question, ii. 222; and Duke of York, ii. 268, 281–2; and Mr. Adam, ii. 273–4; and the Regency, ii. 278, 281–4; and Mr. Perceval, ii. 276, 280, 289, 290; and the Queen’s letter, ii. 289; and Dr. Vaughan, ii. 290

Wales, Caroline, Princess of, ii. 199; charges against, ii. 192–3, 207; her defence, ii. 210

Washington, George, ii. 52

Webster, Sir Godfrey, his character, i. 6, 30; he returns to England, i. 132; his marriage annulled, i. 147; and Harriet Webster, i. 263, 264; his death, ii. 90–1; the guardianship of his children, ii. 104

Webster, Harriet Frances, her birth, i. 126; restored to her father, i. 263–4; her fortune, ii. 98

Webster, Lady, _see_ Holland, Elizabeth, Lady

Webster, Godfrey Vassall (‘Webby’), i. 113, 143, 237; ii. 67, 98, 104–5

Wellesley, Sir Arthur (afterwards Duke of Wellington), ii. 246, 254, 264

Wellesley, Richard Colley, Marquess of, ii. 247–8, 249, 254

Westmoreland, John, 11th Earl of, in Ireland, ii. 14–15; and George III., ii. 278

Whig Club, the, i. 214, 227

Whitbread, Samuel, and secession, ii. 38; on Lord Lauderdale’s negotiations, ii. 196–7; and Lord Howick, ii. 208, 211; at Southill, ii. 244; his unpopularity, ii. 285; and Lord Grenville, ii. 287–8

Whitelocke, General, ii. 204

Whitworth, Charles, Lord, and the Czar, ii. 73

William V., of Holland, ii. 107

Wilson, General Sir Robert, in Portugal, ii. 271–2

Windham, William, refuses office, i. 118; refuses a peerage, ii. 184; and Lord Grenville, ii. 226; his death, ii. 255–6

Wordsworth, William, ii. 231

Wycombe, Lord (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne), i. 137, 240, 256, 266, 271–2; ii. 127; his character, i. 126–7; in Ireland, i. 191; his disputes with his father, i. 176, 209–10, 239; ii. 85; his journal quoted, ii. 142–5; his death, ii. 247

Wyndham, Hon. William Frederick, i. 1; British Ambassador at Florence, i. 103; the appointment criticised, i. 104, 116; quarrel with Lady Holland, i. 133, 135

Wyndham, Mrs., and Lady Holland, i. _96_, 127, 136; and Harriet Webster, i. 126; she quits her husband, i. 133

Yarmouth, Francis, Earl of (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Hertford), i. 69, 80, 104; and peace negotiations, ii. 163–5, 167–9, 177, 179

York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of, i. 89, 104; and siege of Valenciennes, i. 80, 87, 91; at Dunkirk, i. 93–5; in Holland, ii. 13, 23, _32_, 59; and Catholic Bill, ii. 224; and Prince of Wales, ii. 268, 281–2

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Sir George Lyttelton (1709–1773), created Baron Lyttelton in 1756. He married, first, in 1742, Lucy, daughter of Hugh Fortescue, Esq., of Filleigh, co. Devon; and secondly, in 1749, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Rich, Bart. His son, Thomas, born in 1744, succeeded his father, but died without issue in 1779, when the peerage expired. It was, however, re-created in 1794 in favour of a cousin, from whom the present owner of Hagley, Viscount Cobham, is directly descended.

[2] These trees were sent as a present to Queen Mary by a Dutch merchant. The vessel in which they were placed was wrecked, and its contents were claimed by the Lord of the Manor, the owner of Margam. He afterwards offered to restore them, but was given them as a present by the King.

[3] Thomas Mansel Talbot married, in 1794, Lady Mary Lucy Fox-Strangways, second daughter of Henry Thomas, second Earl of Ilchester, and his first wife Mary Theresa, daughter of Standish O’Grady, Esq. After Mr. Talbot’s death Lady Mary married, in 1815, Sir Christopher Cole. She died in 1855. Margam belonged originally to the Mansel family, and came to the Talbots by marriage. The female line of the Mansels became extinct in 1750.

[4] Lord Plymouth died the preceding June, and their son, Other Archer, who succeeded as sixth Earl, was at this time a boy of ten.

[5] Edward, fifth Earl of Oxford of that creation (1773–1848), who succeeded his cousin in 1790. He married, in 1794, Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. James Scott, rector of Itchen, Hants. She died in 1824, at the age of fifty-one. Their eldest son, born in 1800, was drowned in a shipwreck off Jersey in 1828, and the peerage became extinct after their second son’s death. He succeeded his father in 1848.

[6] Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), son of Rev. Thomas Knight, Rector of Bewdley, Worcestershire. He inherited Downton Castle from his grandfather, Richard Knight, about 1764, but spent many years in Italy, where he laid the foundations of his collection of coins, bronzes, and marbles. These he left at his death to the British Museum. He sat in the House of Commons from 1780 until 1806, and was looked upon as a recognised authority on the customs and arts of ancient times.

[7] Charles, eleventh Duke of Norfolk (1746–1815), who succeeded his father in 1786. He married, first, in 1767, Marian, daughter of John Coppinger, Esq. She died the following year, and, in 1771, he married Frances, only child of Charles Fitzroy Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, co. Hereford. On the Duke’s death in 1815 he was succeeded by his cousin. When the Duchess died in 1820, her property devolved on the heirs-at-law of her grandfather, the descendants of his sister Mary, wife of Sir Giles Brydges. The Duke was a firm supporter of the Whigs, and was dismissed by George III. from the Lord-Lieutenancy of Sussex in 1798, for an injudicious speech. See _ante_, i. 177.

[8] Edward Bolton Clive, a connection of Lord Clive, and sometime M.P. for Hereford. He was eldest son of George Clive and Sydney, daughter of Thomas Bolton, Esq. He married, in 1790, Harriet, daughter of Andrew, second Lord Archer.

[9] Captain Charles Morris was born in 1745. He entered the cavalry and exchanged into the Life Guards. He was an intimate associate of the Whigs, and many of his songs were directed against their political opponents. A constant guest at Carlton House, he was subsequently given a pension by the Prince of Wales, and lived for many years near Dorking previous to his death in 1838, in his ninety-third year.

[10] After the departure of Macdonald and the French from Naples, the town was seized by the Royalist bands and only two or three isolated fortresses garrisoned by Frenchmen and Neapolitan rebels held out. The sequence of subsequent affairs is most complicated. It appears a capitulation under terms was arranged, but was disallowed by Nelson until the sanction was obtained of the King, who was expected in the course of a few days. The result was to hand over to the popular fury many of those who had surrendered on the understanding that their lives were safe.

[11] A landing was effected near the Helder on August 27, and three days later the Dutch fleet, consisting of twelve ships of the line, obeyed Admiral Michell’s summons to surrender. The seamen were inclined to the Royal cause and forced their officers to take this course. Until the arrival of the Russians a fortnight later the English remained on the defensive, then an advance was commenced which proved unsuccessful. Various small engagements took place with varied result, but by the middle of October it was found impossible for the allies to win their way from the islands on which they were encamped. Retreat was therefore necessary, and a capitulation was arranged.

[12] Sherborne was granted in 1616 to Sir John Digby, first Earl of Bristol, his father. It now belongs to Mr. Frederick Wingfield Digby.

[13] Sir Richard Colt Hoare, second Baronet (1758–1838), only son of Sir Richard Hoare, of Barn Elms, by his first wife, Anne, daughter of Henry Hoare, Esq., of Stourhead. The first Baronet had also a large family by his second wife, Frances Ann, daughter of Richard Acland, Esq.

[14] John, eleventh Earl of Westmorland (1759–1841). He succeeded his father in 1774, and married, against the wishes of her family, in 1782, Sarah Ann, only daughter of Robert Child, Esq., of Osterley Park. Her death took place in 1793, and Lord Westmorland married, in 1800, Jane, daughter of R. H. Saunders, Esq., M.D. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1790 to 1795, and Lord Privy Seal from 1798 until 1827, with a short interval in 1806–7.

[15] William Wingfield Baker, son of George Wingfield, of Cotham, co. Durham, and Mary, niece of George Sparrow, Esq. He married Charlotte Marie, daughter and sole heiress of Henry, first Earl Digby, in 1796. She died in 1807, and Mr. Wingfield married, in 1813, Elizabeth, daughter of William Miles, Esq., of Bisterne, Hants. He assumed the name of Baker by royal licence in 1849, and died in 1858.

[16] Lord Archibald’s father succeeded his nephew in August 1799, as ninth Duke of Hamilton, and sixth Duke of Brandon.

[17] Thomas Chaplin, of Riseholme, Lincolnshire, second son of Charles Chaplin and Elizabeth Thornton. He married Elizabeth, Sir Godfrey Webster’s sister, and was appointed guardian to the Webster children after Sir Godfrey’s death.

[18] He did not obtain this post, but was appointed Advocate-General in Bengal, through Lord Lansdown’s influence, in 1803.

[19] Sherborne.

[20] A yellow and white spaniel.

[21] Lord Henry Spencer.

[22] Colonel the Hon. Thomas Onslow (1755–1827), eldest son of George Lord Onslow, who was created Earl of Onslow in 1801. He sat in Parliament for Rye from 1775 to 1784, and for Guildford from 1784 till 1806. He succeeded his father as second Earl in 1814.

[23] Sir John Frederick, of Burwood Park, Surrey, fifth Baronet (1749–1825); for some years M.P. for Surrey.