Radical party, principles of, i. 231, 288, 293 Raikes, Mr., i. 398; ii. 126 Randolph Churchill, Lady, i. 167, 258, 429, 430, 431; ii. 366-368 Randolph Churchill, Lord: birth, i. 3 Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 126, 179 characteristics, i. 6, 7, 14, 15, 33, 35, 48, 415; ii. 434 chess, fondness for, i. 30 death and funeral, ii. 484 education, i. 3, 8, 21, 24, 38 hunting, delight in, i. 4, 25, 28 illness, ii. 464 India, Secretary for, i. 425, 474 leadership of House of Commons, ii. 126, 150, 154, 213 letters, style of, i. 12, 13, 162-168 maiden speech in Parliament, i. 66 marriage, i. 57 member of Parliament, i. 55 nicknames and caricatures of, i. 275 personal appearance, i. 15; ii. 465 politics, early distaste to, i. 164, 166 popularity in 1882, i. 273 prediction in 1885, i. 473 public life, disinclination for, i. 48 speeches, style of, i. 276 Turf experiences, ii. 432 Redistribution Bill, Lords' Amendments to, i. 417 Redschid Pasha, i. 388 Reed, Sir E., ii. 319 Reform Bill (1884), i. 335, 337, 341, 343, 360, 372, 550 Richards, Mr. B., i. 15 Richmond, Duke of, i. 227 Ripon, Marquess of, i. 492 Ritchie, Mr., ii. 126 Roberts, Sir F., i. 458, 490 Roebuck, Mr., i. 58 Rosebery, Earl of, i. 29, 433; ii. 49, 471, 478 Rowlands, Mr. J., i. 258; ii. 119, 120, 387, 391 Royal Buckhounds, i. 232 Royal grants—speech, ii. 396 Russell, Lord J., i. 234 Russell, Mr. E., ii. 142 Russia: aggression in India, i. 380, 382, 386, 387, 389 visit to, ii. 356 Rylands, Mr., i. 106; ii. 90 Salisbury, Marquess of, i. 65, 227, 233, 245, 265, 281, 303, 347, 381, 423, 433, 458, 468; ii. 6, 7, 14, 21, 26, 54, 58, 72, 75, 78, 89, 90, 116, 135, 153, 155, 187, 264, 273, 277, 278, 281, 294, 299, 361, 362, 368, 377, 431, 463 Bombay command appointment—letters, i. 504 Burma policy, i. 522, 524 Cabinet of 1885, i. 400, 401, 402, 407, 413, 416, 419; ii. 122, 124 Carnarvon and Parnell, meeting of, i. 447 correspondence of, i. 499 Disestablishment, views on, i. 455 Eastern Question, ii. 157, 158, 160, 162, 165 Irish affairs, attitude towards, ii. 29, 30, 33-35, 37, 64, 138, 334, 448, 470 National Union, i. 312, 318, 319, 324, 330, 352, 357 resignation of Lord Randolph, ii. 214, 218, 220, 223, 228, 231-234, 236, 243, 250, 255, 261, 267, 282 Woodstock speech, i. 161 Schnadhorst, Mr., i. 276, 286, 467; ii. 98, 119, 120, 134 Sclater-Booth, Mr., i. 106 Scott, Dr., i. 22 Sexton, Mr., i. 435; ii. 4, 64, 144 Siam, ii. 478 Slade, Sir A., i. 257 Smith, Mr. W. H., i. 245, 344, 408, 503; ii. 21, 36, 40, 42, 44, 90, 124, 137, 156, 171, 221, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 273, 281, 291, 295, 310, 311, 321, 335, 350, 381, 406, 407, 451 Soudan. See Egypt and the Soudan South Africa: affairs in, i. 190, 195 visit to, ii. 447 Spencer, Lord, i. 390, 438, 439, 441; ii. 3, 48 Staal, M. de, ii. 157 Stanhope, Mr. E., i. 325, 330, 373; ii. 127, 273 Stanley, Col., i. 342, 372 Stockton speech, ii. 328 Stuart-Wortley, Mr., i. 323, 353 Suakin, ii. 375, 376 Suleiman Sami, i. 263