Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
O'Connell, Daniel, 53;
his election for Clare, 58, 90, 92;
on the revenues of the Irish Church, 97;
and the Coercion Bill, 97, 99, 140, 146;
and Lord John Russell, 147;
and the potato famine, 149, 158
O'Connor, Feargus, 165-168
Old Sarum, 23, 71
Oltenitza, battle of, 230
Omar Pacha, 230
Opium war, the, 121
Orloff, Count, 214
Orsini conspiracy, the, 289, 290
Oxford Movement, the, 161, 182-186, 189
PALMERSTON, Lord, 21, 56, 119;
and the despatch to Metternich, 120;
Foreign Secretary under Lord John Russell, 141;
compared with Russell, 144;
early official life and politics, 169;
his independent action, 169, 174, 175, 177;
his despatch to France on the Spanish marriages, 171;
foreign policy, 173, 174;
despatch to Sir H. Bulwer at Madrid, 174;
and the 'Don Pacifico' affair, 175;
popularity, 177;
and the Queen's instructions, 178;
and the Kossuth incident, 179;
and the _Coup d'Etat_ in Paris (1851), 179;
dismissed from the Foreign Office, 180;
declines the Irish Viceroyalty, 181;
his amendment on the Militia Bill, 195;
offered a seat in Lord Derby's Cabinet, 201;
Home Secretary under Lord Aberdeen, 207;
urges the despatch of the fleet to the Bosphorus, 225;
resignation, and its withdrawal, 237, 238;
succeeds Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, 258;
and Count Buol's proposals, 262, 263;
defeat on the 'Arrow' question and return to power after the General
Election, 287;
defeat and resignation on the Conspiracy Bill, 290;
renewal of friendly relations with Russell, 293;
forms a Ministry on the defeat of Lord Derby, 293, 295;
indifference to Reform, 296;
on Cabinet opinions, 323;
death, 325;
Lord Lyttelton's opinion of him, 326
Panmure, Lord, 243, 258
Papal aggression, and the decree of Pius IX., 182-184;
and the Durham Letter, 184-188
Paris, Treaty of, 268
Parliamentary representation before the era of Reform, 22, 23
Parnell, Sir H., 62
'Partington, Dame,' and Sydney Smith's speech on Reform, 80
'Peace with honour,' 227, 349
Peel, Lady Georgiana, 357
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