Bessborough, Earl of, II, 50 note Betterton, Mrs., I, 221 Betts, Mr., I, 28 Bladen, Colonel, II, 7 note Blake, William, I, 193 Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount, I, 21, 36, 207 Bolton, Harry, Duke of, II, 95 Boswell, James, I, 143, 160 Bridgwater, Duke of, I, 21 note Bristol, Lord, II, 60 Brougham, Henry, Baron, II, 30-1, 89 Brown, Launcelot, I, 202 note Brudenel, Hon. James, I, 69 Brunswick, Adolphus, Duke of, I, 127 --, Augusta, Duchess of. _See_ Augusta, Princess --, Charles, Duke of, II, 120-3 Buckingham, Lady, I, 177 Buckinghamshire, Lord, II, 279 Buggins, Lady Cecilia. _See_ Underwood Bunbury, Lady Sarah. _See_ Lennox --, Sir Thomas Charles, I, 117 Buononcini, I, 9 Burgoyne, General John, II, 83, 147 Burke, Edmund, I, 8, 285, 286; II, 4, 22, 22 note, 25, 45, 49, 75, 78, 114, 129, 137, 161, 178, 180, 187, 189, 190, 190 note, 191, 196, 197, 226 note Burney, Dr. Charles, I, 213 --, Frances, I, 209, 210, 211-16, 222, 223, 227, 230-1, 233; II, 204, 207, 211, 218, 229-30, 246, 252-3, 255 Burns, Robert, I, 55-6 Bute, Lord, I, 43, first meeting with Frederick Prince of Wales, 44; his ascendency 45; much detested, 46, 47; character according to Walpole, 48; alleged intimacy with the Princess Dowager, 47, 48, 49; his absolutist theories, 49, 50; appointed groom of the stole, 68; prepares the King's first speech, 137-138; introduces a bill to secure the judges in their office for life, 141,; advises King to cede prize money, 143; his ascendency, 144; made ranger of Richmond park, 144; suspicion of the City of London, 144, 145; scheme to place at head of affairs, 146; unpopularity of, 150; his henchmen attack Pitt, 150; violently attacked in the city, 152; becomes first Lord of the Treasury, 154; great feeling against him, 156, 157; his inordinate craving for power, 158, his patronage of literature, 159; his employment of bribery, 160; introduces a cyder tax, 163; resigns, _ibid._; his character and failings, 164, 165; founds the "Auditor" and the "Briton," 235; negotiations with the king over a coalition government, 273, 276; great unpopularity with the Whigs, 289; II, 27, 28, 29 Byron, George, Lord, I, xiii, 172, 268; II, 13, 90, 93, 290 Calcraft, John, I, 277 Calderwood, Mrs., I, 104 Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of, II, 237 note, 243, 287 Camden, Charles, Earl of, I, 85, 239, 252, 287; II, 24, 33, 48, 69-70, 143 note, 163 Campbell, Lady Archibald, I, 12, 14 --, Colonel, I, 183 --, Lord Frederick, I, 291 Cantalupe, Lord, I, 207 note Cantilo, Miss, I, 223 Carhampton, Earl of, II, 109 Carlisle, Henry, Earl of, I, 21 note --, Frederick, Earl of, I, 196, 226; II, 53, 146, 155, 204 Carlyle, Thomas, I, 2-3 Carnarvon, Marquis of, I, 21 note, 35 note, 181 Caroline, Queen (Consort of George II), I, 5, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30 -- Matilda, Princess (sister of George III), Queen of Denmark, II, 99, 112, 123-5