George I. and II., their family life one long offence against propriety, 8; the feeling of hatred betwixt them, _ib._ George II., his detestation of his son, 3; his character, 3, 4; lampoon on, 4, _note_; his unforgiving spirit, 4. George, Prince of Wales (afterwards George III.), 14; anecdotes of his early life, 16 _et seq._; his governors and tutors, 20 (_see_ George III.). George III., his first speech after ascending the throne, 3; vices of his reign, 10; character of, 25; anecdotes of, 26; his speech respecting the marriage of Caroline Matilda, 40; his dislike to Christian VII., 134; his cold reception of him, 135 _et seq._; Walpole's sarcastic account of the meeting, 137, 138; treated with coldness by his sister Caroline Matilda, 249; his feelings and impressions respecting his sister's conduct, 250. German, the language of Denmark, 209; Struensee's use and abuse of, _ib._ Gesvres, duc de, 172. Gleichen, von, the Danish envoy to France, 68, 176. Gloucester, duke of, juvenile anecdotes of, 16. Gottorp, von, raised to the rank of count, 129. Government, mode of, by different sovereigns, 4, _note._ Grafton, duke of, and Nancy Parsons, 11. H. Hanoverian dynasty, 7; coarseness of manners introduced by the, 8. Harcourt, lord, his resignation as governor to Prince George, 18, 19; anecdotes of, 20. Hay, lord Charles, anecdote of, 174. Hayter, bishop, 20. Hell-fire club, blasphemous travesties of the, 9. Hesse, Prince Charles of, 81; biographical notices of, 81, _note_. Hesse Cassel, Princess Mary of, Caroline Matilda's letter to, 196. Hirschholm, palace of, presented to Count Moltke, 57; the most magnificent of all the royal residences, 265-7; royal hunt at, 282. Hjorth, a royal runner, 103. Holck, Conrad von, Count, 100; the courtier, 104; his insolence towards the young queen, 104; appointed court marshal, 105; his influence, 109; invested with the Star of the Dannebrog order, 117; his marriage, 120; charges against, 123; appointed grand maître de la garderobe et des plaisirs, 191; his offer of marriage refused by Lady Bel Stanhope, 192; his boundless extravagance, 194; his second marriage, 198; his impertinent assumption, 199; his intrigues, 227; his dismissal, 235. Holderness, lord, secretary of state, 21. Holidays, abolition of superfluous ones, 281. Holm, von, dismissed, 318. Holstein, Russians claims to, 130; its maritime importance, _ib._ Holstein, count, his appointment, 325. Holstein Gottorp, Charles Frederick sovereign duke of, 129; house of, a formidable power, _ib._ Horace, prince of Scandalia, 32. Horse races, established by Von Warnstedt, 285.