Boscawen, Mrs. Edward (Frances Glanville), i. 277; ii. 69, 74, 81, 83, 170, 196, 217, 229, 230, 242, 247, 257; Mrs. Montagu’s letters to, i. 278; ii. 20, 40, 52, 70, 88, 118; her letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 133 Boswell’s _Life of Johnson_, ii. 161, 174 Boteler, Sir Philip, ii. 227 Botham, Rev. John, i. 55, 265, 278; ii. 43, 46, 73, 88, 129, 241, 259; a legacy, i. 84; his “sermonical lullaby,” i. 96; rector of Yoxall, Staff., and chaplain to Lord Aylesford, i. 144; wishes for a King’s chaplaincy, i. 180, 181; the Albury living, i. 230; “such a Johnny,” i. 231; farming his glebe, i. 235; his appeal for further preferment, ii. 2, 3; inoculation of his children, ii. 17; his wife’s last illness and death, ii. 26–29; a school-girls’ bill, ii. 48; in the North with Edward Montagu, ii. 51, 53; appointed to Ealing, ii. 54, 55, 58; his letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 76 Botham, Mrs. John (Lydia Lumley), i. 3, 55, 95, 143, 152, 194, 224, 265, 268; ii. 4; an opportune legacy, i. 84; her character, i. 180, 181; excessive melancholy of, i. 230; Mrs. Montagu’s advice, i. 233; curious remedies, i. 235; her state of health, ii. 11, 19, 20; her five children inoculated, ii. 16; illness and death of, ii. 26–29; her letters to Mrs. Montagu, i. 84, 228 Botham, Miss, ii. 29, 33, 37, 46, 185 Botham, Miss Kitty, ii. 47, 48 Botham, Miss Molly, ii. 47, 48 Bower, Archibald (_History of the Popes_), ii. 11, 15, 16, 19, 35, 42, 70, 72, 90, 178; his letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 50, 81, 94 Bower, Mrs. A., ii. 16 Bowes, George, of Streatlam Castle, and Gibside, Durham, i. 234, 290; ii. 36, 138, 201, 203 Braganza, Catherine, wife of Charles II., i. 111 Braganza, Duke of, ii. 158 Branson, Mr., i. 241 Braybrooke, Lord, ii. 250 Breadalbane, Lord, ii. 165, 168 Bridport, 1st Viscount, _i. 278_; ii. 135 Bridport, Maria, Viscountess (_née_ West), i. 278; ii. 10, 22, 30, 32, 40, 57, 86, 87, 92, 115, 135 Bridgewater, Dowager Duchess of, ii. 95, 191 Bridgewater, Scroop, 1st Duke of, ii. 191 Bristol, George William, 2nd Earl of, i. 234; ii. 266 Bristol, Viscount, _i. 265_ British Museum, established at Montagu House, Harleian MSS. in, i. 8, 83; ii. 243; Cottonian MSS. in, ii. 243 Broadley’s Bath Collection, _i. 255_ Brocchi, Carlo (Farinelli), i. 16 Brockman, James, of Beachborough, i. 15, 76, 108, 225,; ii. 13, 15 Brockman, Miss, i. 147 Bromedge, Mr., i. 294 Brown, Lieut.-General George, i. 222; ii. 142 Brown, D.D., John, _Essays on Lord Shaftesbury’s Characteristics_, ii. 18 Bruce, Lord, i. 250 “Brusher” Mills, the New Forest snake-catcher, ii. 151 Brydges, Sir Egerton, _Biography_, ii. 93 Brydges, Mary, Lady (_née_ Robinson), _ii. 93_ Buchan, Earl of, i. 33 Buckley, Mr., i. 125, 202, 234 Bullstrode, i. 13, 49