A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-GeneralHolt, Winifred
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A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General
Holt, Winifred
Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884
his love of salt, 140;
his campaign in Southwark, 146-50;
his flutter on the Stock Exchange, 151;
his intractability, 176, 189;
opposes the ministry, 176-81;
his hair cut, 203;
his love of being read to, 204, 239, 307;
as M.P. for Hackney, 230-2, 243, 310;
advocates peace, 242;
his handshaking proclivity, 253, 254;
his temperance, 264;
his sense of fairness, 287;
his chivalry, 289;
his illness, 300;
his honorary degrees, 308;
his death, 311, 312;
tributes to, 312-334.
Fawcett, Mrs., mother of Henry, 5, 44, 98, 107, 160.
—— Mrs. Henry, advocates Woman Suffrage, 133, 135-7;
her accident at Brighton, 133;
her marriage, 130-3;
her necklace from India, 245;
her portrait, 137;
on her husband, 171;
shares her husband’s interests, 209, 239, 290-2, 307, 310;
sympathy shown to, 319-21.
Fawcett, Philippa, daughter of Henry Fawcett, 210, 291, 311.
—— Sarah Maria, sister of Henry Fawcett, 6, 35, 39, 44-51, 107, 161,
204, 222, 297, 303.
—— Thomas Cooper, 6.
—— William, as Mayor of Salisbury, 3-5;
causes his son’s blindness, 43-45;
death of, 318;
encourages his son, 10;
Gladstone’s letter to, 317;
his Cornish mines, 152;
his marriage, 5;
his memory of Waterloo, 3;
his son’s affection for, 298;
sends his son to Cambridge, 21, 25, 33;
supports his son’s elections, 153, 158, 160, 232.
—— —— junior, 6.
—— scholarship, the, 323.
Fearon, Mr. and Mrs., Fawcett lives with, 19, 20.
Fishing, Fawcett’s love of, 17, 60-63, 67, 268.
Flunkeyism, Fawcett on, 139.
Forster family, the, 107.
_Fortnightly Review, The_, Fawcett’s articles in, 176, 201.
Franchise, Fawcett on the, 135, 153, 158.
Free Trade, Cobden and Bright’s campaign for, 8, 19.
_Free Trade and Protection_, Fawcett’s, 115.
Freedom, Fawcett’s love of, 133, 135-7, 157.
Gambling, Fawcett on, 28, 151.
Garibaldi, in America, 20;
in London, 157.
Garrett, Millicent, her marriage, 130-3.
Germany, evolution in, 96;
sends an official to the Post Office, 269.
Gladstone, William Ewart, as Liberal leader, 161, 164, 167, 173,
179-81, 235, 243, 259, 281;
endorses Fawcett’s policy in preserving Commons, 199;
Fawcett on, 38, 231, 282;
his eulogy of Fawcett, 314, 317;
his Indian policy, 221, 236, 243, 244;
his Irish policy, 282, 283;
offers Fawcett Postmaster-Generalship, 250-3;
on Bulgaria, 239, 241, 242;
on Professor Clifford, 281;
portrait of, 103.
Glasgow University, elects Fawcett as Rector, 308.
Gog Magog hills, the, 81.
Granville, Lady, Fawcett visits, 292.
Guildford postal arrangements, 263.
Hackney, Fawcett M.P. for, 230-2, 243, 310.
Hampstead Heath, 187.
Harcourt, Sir William, as an orator, 31.
Harmony Hall, 9.
Harnham, 99.
Harnham Hill, Fawcett on, 43.
Harris, Mrs., 6.
Hartington, Lord. _See_ Devonshire.
Helvellyn, Fawcett climbs, 57.
Henry Fawcett Club for Workmen, the, 121.
Herschel’s philosophy, 47.
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