CAROLINE THE ILLUSTRIOUS [Illustration: _Queen Caroline, and the Duke of Cumberland._ _Walter L. Colls Ph. Sc._] Caroline the Illustrious Queen-Consort of George II. and sometime Queen-Regent _A Study of her Life and Time_ BY W. H. WILKINS, M.A., F.S.A. AUTHOR OF “THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN” _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_ IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1901 CONTENTS. BOOK III. QUEEN CONSORT AND QUEEN REGENT. CHAPTER I. PAGE THE NEW REIGN 3 CHAPTER II. THE QUEEN AND WALPOLE 29 CHAPTER III. THE COURT OF QUEEN CAROLINE 53 CHAPTER IV. THE ROYAL FAMILY 83 CHAPTER V. CAROLINE’S FIRST REGENCY 112 CHAPTER VI. THE QUEEN AND THE NATION 136 CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN AND LITERATURE 156 CHAPTER VIII. THE EXCISE SCHEME 184 CHAPTER IX. FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES 203 CHAPTER X. CAROLINE AND THE CHURCH 223 CHAPTER XI. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL 249 CHAPTER XII. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES 269 CHAPTER XIII. CAROLINE’S LAST REGENCY 296 CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINCE AND THE PATRIOTS 325 CHAPTER XV. THE QUEEN’S ILLNESS AND DEATH 344 CHAPTER XVI. ILLUSTRISSIMA CAROLINA 361 APPENDIX 369 INDEX 373 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. QUEEN CAROLINE AND THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND _Frontispiece_ _to face page_ KING GEORGE II. From the painting by John Shackleton in the National Portrait Gallery 14 THE CORONATION BANQUET OF GEORGE II. AND QUEEN CAROLINE 34