Bagot, Bishop, discards the wig, 268 Bancroft, Sir Squire and Lady, souvenir of their retirement, 257 Banks, Lady, her art treasures, 197, 200 Bantling’s cure for fat, verses, etc., on, in the _Owl_, 17-18 Bardelin, Chevalier de, his life in exile, 79; before and after his marriage, and daughter, 80 Bartolozzi, engraved benefit tickets by, 200 Bath, Marquis of, and his election, 44-45 Marquis of (_late_), and his wife, as hosts, 44-45 Battersea Park, old nursery gardens near, 310 Battle Abbey, its owners, 55-57, 59; historical associations and surroundings of, 57; relics from, fate of, 282 Beaconsfield, Countess of (Mrs. Wyndham Lewis), 36, 72, 73, 155; her dinner-parties, 71; her bad writing, 70-71 — Earl of (Disraeli), 51, 190; letter from, on _Henrietta Temple_, 42; great ladies befriending him, 68, 69; early days of, 74; his Reform Bill, 75-76; his real views on politics and distrust of Gladstone, 75; his motto, 70; his friendship with the author and her brother, a letter showing, 73-74; his marriage and devotion to his wife, 72-73; his carelessness as to money, his tact, 73; his death in Curzon Street, 154 Bean, attack by, on Queen Victoria, 165 Beauclerk, Lady Diana, her riding dress, 170 Beaufort, Duchess of (a former), her “lover’s tragedy,” 169-170 Bedford, Duke of, duel of, in Kensington Gardens (1822), 173 — Paul, comedian, 256 Belgrave Square, art treasures in, 207 Belvoir Castle, lamps at, in former days, 272 Bentinck, Lord George, his good looks, 50-51 Berkeley Chapel, its famous incumbent, 150 — Square, associations of, and notable inhabitants, 145, 150, 151 Bernal, Mr., collection of, present-day value of, 184; tragic death of his wife, _ib._ Berri, Duchesse de, 98, 195 Berry, the Misses, in Curzon Street, 154 Bertall, caricaturist, 308 Bessborough, Earl of, 163 Best, Mr., duel of, with Lord Camelford, 174, 177-178 Bewick, Thomas, drawings by, of gibbets, 277 Bexhill, smuggling affray at (1828), 275 Bill-heads, engraved, author’s collection of, 200 Bird pets of the author, 234 _et seq._ Bismarck, Count, on non-indispensableness, 20 Blanchet, portrait of Prince Charles Edward by, its past and present owners, 194 Blarenberghe, Von, snuff-box painted by, 209 Blessington, Countess of, 179, 235 Blomfield, Bishop, two stories of, 268-269 Boileau, Sir Francis and Lady, Memorial set up by, to Mrs. Atkyns, 112 Bookbindings in human skin, 279-280 Bookplates, 257 Borghese, Princess Pauline, sister of Napoleon I., 81 Borrow family and the West Norfolk Regiment, 47 Bourbon family, devotion inspired by, instances of, 98 _et seq._ Bourgogne, Duchesse de, her portrait in a Sussex cottage, 183 Bradlaugh, Mr., and the House of Commons, 301 Braham, the singer, 39; his singing of “The Midnight Review,” 94; beauty of his voice, 262 Brick Street, associations of, 153 Bridge-playing, 298-299 Brienne, Napoleon I.’s early days at, 84 British Museum, Banks’ collection of engraved benefit tickets in, 200