Cumberland, H. R. H. William duke of, political connexion with Lord Sandwich, i. 2; affairs in Flanders, 2; political and treasonable attacks on, 9; restoration of military discipline, 38; jealousy of the Prince of Wales, 72; behaviour on his demise, 78; popular suspicions, 98; affair of the regency, and rupture with the Duke of Newcastle, 99; his character, 100, et seq.; quarrels with the Pelhams on the regency business, 104, 105; the king’s feelings towards him expressed in conversation with Fox, 157; accident in hunting, 212; judicious conduct in regard to parties, 240; gives his private encouragement to the opposition to the Saxon treaty, 250; takes offence at the bill for colonizing the forfeited estates, 262; forms connexion with the Duke of Bedford, 263; his advice to Fox on the ministerial arrangements after Pelham’s death, 384; injudicious conduct of the ministry towards him in the war in America, 401; his sentiments on a projected change of ministry in 1754, 419; placed at the head of the regency, on the king’s visit to Hanover, ii. 22; error in ordering enlistment in Germany without the concurrence of ministers, 156, 185; unfair conduct towards regiments raised for home service, 203; instance of moderation in command, 373; becomes a favourite with the king, 376; joins in the intrigues against Pitt, 377; is appointed to command the army in Germany, 377, 379; checks the confederacy against the King of Prussia, iii. 35; but is forced to retire from Hanover, and defeated, though not disgraced, at Hastenbecke, 36; convention of Closter Seven, 58; returns to England, 60; offers to resign, 61; repartee when his return to command is talked of, 233. Cummins, John, an active jacobite, yet patronized, i. 266. Cunnersdorf, battle of, and Prussians, defeated, iii. 203. Cunningham, Captain, patriotic and spirited conduct of, at Minorca, ii. 226. Custrin, battle of, Russians defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 138. Dacre, Lord, opposes the bill for Swiss troops, on constitutional grounds, ii. 176. Damiens, attempts to murder the King of France, but fails, and suffers horrid tortures, ii. 281. Dashwood, Sir Francis, disclaims Jacobitism in parliament, i. 10; opposes the Regency Bill on the first reading, 122, 123; anecdotes of, 123; his exertions in the House of Commons in Byng’s case, ii. 318, 323, et seq., 336. Daun, Marshal, defeated at Lissa, iii. 80; outmanœuvred by the King of Prussia, 292; compelled to raise the siege of Schweidnitz, 295; defeated at Torgau, 297. Dauphin of France, father of Louis XVI., anecdotes and character of, ii. 280; iii. 244. Debt, national, iii. 151.