Delaval, Mr., makes a very absurd speech on the Regency Bill, i. 124. Denbigh, Lord, attacks Lord Marchmont in the House, upon his jacobitical principles, iii. 106. Denmark, King of, takes offence at the preamble of an English mutiny bill, i. 253. Denmark, Queen of, daughter of George II., her death and character, i. 227; extraordinary policy of her husband, _ibid._ Dennis, Captain, one of Byng’s court-martial, makes application to the throne for mercy, ii. 318. Devonshire, Fourth Duke of, character and anecdotes of, i. 195; consulted on choice of a premier on the death of Pelham, 378; death, and conscientious qualification of his younger sons for the House of Commons, ii. 86. Devonshire, Fifth Duke of, (Lord Hartington), receives the king’s commands to form a new ministry, ii. 263; accepts the treasury, 268. Dice and Cards taxed, ii. 177. Dickinson, Lord Mayor, his cold and unfeeling conduct on proposed petition in favour of Byng, ii. 368. Digby, Captain (Admiral), gallantry of, in Hawke’s action, iii. 232. Diggs, the actor, in Dublin, produces a riot by political allusions, i. 389. Divisions of the Commons, falsified by Potter, ii. 11; extraordinary arrangement on the question of the German treaties, 61, et seq. Doddington, his versatile politics, i. 87, 88; G. B., Lord Melcombe, biographical notice of, 437; gaming anecdote, 77; further anecdotes, 88, 89; impugns the justice of Byng’s sentence, in the House of Commons, ii. 320; supports the question of mercy towards Byng, in the House, 321, 339. Doneraile, Lord, anecdote of, i. 75. Dorset, Charles, Duke of, appointed viceroy of Ireland, i. 5; anecdotes of, 96, 97; his character and political government of Ireland, 279, et seq.; his extreme moderation during the factious disputes in Ireland, 354, 368; transactions respecting his removal from the viceroyship of Ireland, ii. 10; appointed master of the horse, 19; attacked by the rioters on the Militia Bill, iii. 41. Douglas, Dr., the opponent of Lander, assists the Earl of Bath in a political letter, iii. 250. Drury Lane Theatre, representation of Othello at, produces an adjournment of the House of Commons, i. 61. Dublin, tumults at, in consequence of a projected Irish union, in 1759, iii. 240. Duke, the; see _Cumberland_. Dukedoms refused by the Earls of Northampton and Aylesbury, and why, ii. 272. Duncannon, Lord, his share in Irish politics, ii. 19. Dunkirk man-of-war, extraordinary chance in Hawke’s action, iii. 232. Duplin, Lord, his share in the Newcastle administration, i. 388. East Indies, affairs in 1757, iii. 57; 1758, 90, 217.