his brothers' love of pleasure, 100-103; secret marriage of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, II, 106, 115; dissipation and debts of Henry, Duke of Cumberland, II, 107-109; secret marriage of the Duke, 111; Royal Marriage Act, 111-113; scandal concerning Caroline of Denmark, 112, 123; Dukes' wives not received, 116, 117; reconciliation with Duke of Cumberland, II, 119; marriage of Princess Augusta, 122, 133; endeavours to reassert his dignity in the American colonies, 129; Townshend's Act, 131; petitions from the colonies, 134, 139; in spite of lessons he redoubles his anti-colonial policy, 139; sanctions the Boston Port Bill, 141, 142; open rebellion of the colonies, 145; purchase of Hessian troops, 149; Chatham the hope of the nation, 152; North's plan of conciliation, 155, 156; failure of the Commission, 156; negotiations with Chatham, 156; death of Chatham and his ungenerous conduct, 161; still determined to pursue the war, 163, 164; North makes another effort to retire, 164; increase of his influence in Parliament, 165; surrender of Yorktown, 161; Fox proposes a committee to consider peace, 169; treaty with United States signed, 170; reception of John Adams, 170, 171, 172; resignation of North, 175; unwilling to place himself in the hands of the opposition, 175-178; arranges an administration with Shelburne, 178; rise of Fox, 180, 181; his undying enmity for him, 182, 183; who regards Fox's speech as a declaration of war against himself, 184; attempts to sow the seed of discord in the cabinet, 186, 187; ill-feeling between Shelburne and Fox, 188; death of Lord Rockingham, 189; resignation of Fox, Burke, Portland, and Lord John Cavendish, 190; first speech of William Pitt, 190, 191; opens Parliament, 192; the Coalition, 194; invites Pitt to form a ministry, who refuses, 195; Fox's India Bill, 197, 198; ministry dismissed, 199, 200; sends for Pitt, 200; prorogation of Parliament, election, and overwhelming majority of Pitt, 201; his fear of becoming corpulent, 202; his temperance, 203-205; breakdown of his health, 205, 206; goes to Cheltenham, 207; disorder increases, 207; sudden illness, 208, 209; account of Philip Withers, 209, 210, 211; complete madness, 213; removal to Kew, 215, 216; placed under the care of Dr. Willis, 216, 219; his treatment, 220; examination as to the state of his health before the Privy Council, 223; debate on the Regency Bill, 224, 225; improvement of his condition, 227, 228; infatuation for Lady Pembroke, 229; continued improvement of his health, 230; the last bulletin, 233; joy of London at his recovery, 234-236; trouble with his children, 237-250; Princess Royal, 238, 239; Princesses Augusta and Sophia, 241; Princess Elizabeth marries the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, 241-242; all his sons wild, 243; Duke of Sussex and Duke of Cambridge give least cause for anxiety, 243;