The last letter of the year is on December 17, to Mr. West, from Sandleford. From this it appears Mrs. Montagu was extremely unwell, but anxious for the health of Mr. West, who had had one of his periodical gout attacks, which had rendered his hands temporarily incapable of use. In this mention of Mr. Hooke is made. Mr. Nathaniel Hooke[526] wrote a “History of Rome,” and other works. He assisted the old Duchess of Marlborough to write her “Memoirs of her Life,” for which she gave him £5000. He was a Roman Catholic, a disciple of Fenelon’s, and brought a Catholic priest to Pope on his death-bed. “Pray have you made a good Protestant of Mr. Hooke? If you cure heresy and schism, should you not have your doctor’s degree in divinity rather than law?” [526] Died in 1763. END OF VOL. I. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. [Illustration: GILBERT WEST.] INDEX. _The figures in italics refer to the notes only._ A Abbas, Shah, ii. 99 Abel, ii. 245 Achard, Mr., tutor, afterwards secretary to Duke of Portland, i. 44, 48, 61, 90, 158, 185 Adam, ii. 245 _Adventurer, the_, ii. 25 _Advertiser, the_, ii. 123 Æsop’s _Fables_, i. 73 Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, i. 259 Albemarle, George Keppel, 15th Earl of, ii. 220 Albemarle, Lady, ii. 259 Aldworth, Richard Neville, ii. 250 Alexander, William, ii. 98, 108 Alexander, Mrs. W. (_née_ Monsey), ii. 98 Allen, Lady, i. 267, 268; ii. 121 Allison, A., _i. 179_ Alnwick Castle, ii. 166 Alstone, Mr. and Mrs., i. 286 Ameen, Joseph. _See_ Emin, Joseph Amelia, Princess (daughter of George II.), ii. 152, 213, 214 Amesbury, i. 249 Amherst, General, ii. _134_, 140, 154 Amyand, Mr., i. 167; ii. 163 Ancaster, Duchess of, ii. 252 Ancaster, Peregrine, 3rd Duke of, i. 279 Ancram, Lady, i. 269 Andover, Mary, Lady (Mrs. Botham’s intimate friend and patroness), i. 55, 95, 102, 115, 144, 194; ii. 19; her letters to Mrs. Montagu, i. 230, 231 Andover, William, Lord, i. _55_, _144_, 224, 230 Anne, Queen, _i. 245_ Anson, Admiral Lord, i. 107, 268; ii. 89, 154; captures a Spanish treasure-ship, i. 186; _A Voyage round the World_, i. 259 Anson, Lady, i. 268, 269; ii. 142 Anstey, Christopher, _New Bath Guide_, i. 19, _256_; ii. 87 Anstey, Miss, i. 256, 259, 270, 275; ii. 54, 56, 70, 82; works a panel of Mrs. Montagu’s feather screen, i. 268; her death, ii. 87; letters from Mrs. Montagu to, i. 19, 281; ii. 18, 77; her letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 23 Apreece, Mr. and Mrs., i. 286 Archdeacon, Dominick, ii. 129 Archdeacon, Mrs. D. (Mary Creagh), ii. 129 Archdeacon, William, ii. 160 Arezzo, Collection of, ii. 15 Argyll, John, 2nd Duke of, and Duke of Greenwich, i. 117; ii. 38, 233 Argyll, Duchess of (Elizabeth Gunning), i. 270, 287, 288 Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of, ii. 165, 167, 195 Argyll, John, 5th Duke of, _i. 270_