Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)Walpole, Horace
History
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)
Walpole, Horace
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760
of the Duke of Newcastle, 163;
of Pelham, 167;
of Lord Granville, 168;
of the dismissed cabinet in 1745, 170;
amatory and avaricious one of George II., 176;
of Lady Suffolk, 177;
of Lady Yarmouth, _ibid._;
of Cheselden, the surgeon, _ibid._;
of Lord Chesterfield, 177;
of Queen Caroline, 179, 182;
of the Duke of Grafton, 182;
of Mr. Legge, 191;
of the Duke of Devonshire, 195;
of Paul Whitehead, 201;
of the Princess of Orange, 206, 207;
of the King and Mr. Fox, 212;
of Lord Stair and Queen Caroline, 221;
of Pope and Lord Bolingbroke, 224;
political, of the Duchess of Bedford, 242;
parliamentary, of Fox and Pelham, 254;
of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, 276;
of the education of the young princes, 284, 289;
of General Ligonier and the King, 292;
of Lewis XV. and Miss Murphy, 334;
of the marriage Bill, 339;
of Charles Townshend, 340;
parliamentary one, 341;
punning one of Jones, the Irish architect, 364;
of Newcastle’s geographical ignorance, 396;
of General Washington and George II., 400;
of Pitt and Murray, 412, 413;
of the quarrel between Pitt and Lyttelton, 414;
of Sir Thomas Robinson, ii. 44;
of old Horace Walpole and the Speaker, ii. 175;
of Madame Pompadour, 176;
of Doddington, 186;
of Lord Bute and Leicester-house, 205, et seq.;
of Queen Caroline, Princess Amelia, and Richmond Park, 220, 221;
of Charles Townshend respecting the squabbles of party, 224;
of caricatures and libels during Byng’s affair, 228, 229;
of Counts Bruhl and Kaunizt, 234;
of Fox’s rupture with Newcastle, 251, et seq.;
of Damiens’ tortures for stabbing the King of France, 283;
of Admiral Byng on his trial and condemnation, 286, 287;
most extraordinary one, 371;
of Archbishop Gilbert, 374;
of Dr. King, _ib._;
of Lord Temple and the King, 378;
of Harry Conway, iii. 54;
of the Princess Caroline, 82;
of the King and Archbishop Secker, 180;
of Pitt and Lord Shelburne, 227;
of Macklyn, Lord Bute, and Love à la Mode, 250, 251;
of Dr. Smollett, 259.
Anne, Princess Dowager, of Orange, death and politics, iii. 168.
Anson, Lord, proposes several articles of war, but fails, i. 38;
appointed to the Admiralty, in room of Lord Sandwich, 194;
character, 194, 195;
careful selection of officers, and pledge to the king on that
subject, ii. 33;
his feelings in regard to Byng’s execution, 317;
observations on him in regard to Byng’s sentence and execution,
343;
restored to the admiralty under Pitt and Newcastle, in 1757,
iii. 32;
his restoration to the admiralty, highly unpleasing to the city,
84.
Anspach, Margrave of, opposes English politics in Germany, i. 288.
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