Grieve, George, destroyer of Madame du Barry, 104 _et seq._ Grieves, Mr. Mackenzie, the late, a well-known figure in Paris society, 309-310 Groome, Archdeacon Hindes (the late), 127; Misses, two survivals noted by, 127-128; Mrs., and the Cheltenham Sedan-chair, 128 Grosvenor Square, No. 9, drawing-room in, 152 Grote, Mrs., her claim to Norman descent, 56 Guinea-pigs as a table dish, 15 Gurney, Mr., his steam coaches, 294 Guy Fawkes celebrations, 143 Haliburton, Lord, 315 Hambro, Mr., 254 Hamilton, Emma, Lady, cabinets once owned by, 220 Hammersley and Morland, bankers of Madame du Barry, 104 Hammersmith, its nursery gardens and fine fruit, 310 Hancock’s steam omnibus, 294 Hanged man’s hand, curative power ascribed to, 277-278 Hanging in chains, 275, 277; the last case of, 276 Hanson, Mr., and others associated with the American “Dauphin,” 116 Harcourt, Sir William, and the _Owl_, 17; his _mot_ on “The Souls,” 15 Harold, King, and the battle of Hastings, 56, 57-58 Hastings, the battle of, 57-58 Haversham, Lord and Lady, artistic tastes of, 152 Hawkins, Mr., art collector, his eccentricities, 211 Hay, Lady Emily, afterwards Lady Emily Peel, marriage of, 27 Hay Hill, inn sign near, 148; robberies on, eighteenth century, 148-149 Hayward, Mr. Abraham, and the _Owl_, 17; his _Art of Dining_, 130; his powers of port wine drinking, 136 Henniker, Hon. Mary and Hon. Helen, 314-315 Hepplewhite, 212, 214 Herbert, Sir R., 226 Hertford, Marquis, as collector, 184; the Tilsit table, 208-210 Hervey, Lord, and his lovely wife, 178 Hewgill, Captain, military prints published by, 205 Higgins, Mr., the tailor, and the word “Piccadilly,” 154 Highclerc Castle, Napoleonic relic at, 80 Highwaymen in Mayfair, 148-150 Hinchingbrooke, 45 Hogarth, William, _mise en scène_ of his “Mariage à la Mode,” 155; paintings by, at Vauxhall, 247 Holard, Monsieur, Napoleon’s gardener, his tales of his imperial master, 84 _et seq._, his life-story, 86-87 Holland, Lady (_née_ Vassall), her first husband and life at Battle Abbey, 59; her elopement and marriage with Lord Holland, 60; her court at Holland House, 60, 63; her kinship with the author, 61; sham funeral of her daughter, 61; her ways and insolence, 61-63; some pleasanter traits, 63-64; a clever criticism, 64 — Lord, and his wife, 60; his character, 64 Holland House, duel fought behind, 174; in Lady Holland’s days, 60 _et seq._ Home Rule movement, the, and Mr. Gladstone, 77 Hone, Nathaniel, miniature by, of Horace Walpole, 179 Hooker, Sir Joseph, 239 Horsham gaol, scene of the last “pressing to death,” 278-279 Horsley, Mr. J. C., R.A., designer of the first Christmas card, 201 Hortense, Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, and the hortensia blooms, 85-86 Hortensia or hydrangea plant, 85; some famous lovers of, 86 Hôtel de Ménars, _boiserie_ of, now in London, 207 Houdin, Robert, conjurer, a story of, 259-260 Houghton, Lord, 155; and the _Owl_, 17 Hudson, Mrs., and her Malapropism, 37;