The Erringtons being Jacobites, Mr. Hoyle continues, “Their loyalty to the Stuarts cost them their estates, which now passed to a family of Rogers, related to the Earl of Sandwich.” As has been shown in this book, Mr. Edward Montagu, at the death of his cousin, Mr. Rogers, became owner, to quote his wife’s words, “of Denton; Mr. Montagu has half the estate by descent, a share by testamentary disposition, and a part by purchase.” At the death of Mrs. Montagu in 1800, the estate passed into the possession of her nephew and adopted son, Matthew Montagu, afterwards 4th Baron Rokeby, who let the hall to Mr. Richard Hoyle, and his descendants occupied the house till 1889. Henry, 6th Baron Rokeby, dying in 1883, left the estate of Denton to his grandson, Lord Henry Paulet, now 16th Marquis of Winchester, who in 1886 sold the whole estate. The hall was bought by Mr. John Henderson, of Allendale, who resold it to Mr. William Andrew I’Anson, the present owner. The Denton ghost, called “Old Silky” by the miners, one of the most authentic on record, is a beneficent spirit, for she is said on various occasions to have warned the miners against coal-damp. A song about her is still sung, I am told, in Newcastle, but hitherto I have failed to obtain it, or to discover who “Silky” was. A further account of her can be read in Ingram’s “Haunted Homes,” under “Denton Hall.” 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