GEORGE II. Return from Hanover in 1751, i. 3; harshness towards the South Sea Company, 6; approves of the young Whigs in parliament, 21; his patronage of General Anstruther, 61; candid opinion respecting his ministers, 62; refuses to hear Bishop Secker preach at the Royal Chapel, 65; behaviour on the demise of the Prince of Wales, 78; marked condescension and tenderness to the prince’s family, 83; conduct on the regency settlement, 99; anecdote of his love of money, 105; observations on the Commons’ amendments to the Regency Bill, 157, 158; extraordinary self-command under political differences, 174; his character, 175; curious anecdote of his love of money, 176; dislike to Lord Sandwich, and why, 187; change of ministry and triumph of the Pelhams, 194; gives advice to the new minister, and a reprimand to the Pelhams, 198, 199; conversation with Mr. Fox, on the Duke of Cumberland’s dangerous accident, 212; paternal feelings on the loss of his children, 227; political interference with the election of the Romans, 240, 241; visits Hanover in 1752, attended by the Duke of Newcastle, 278; unlucky in his German alliances, 288; returns to England, 289; curbed by ministers in church preferments, 292; his conduct respecting the charges against the prince’s tutors, 283, 309; judicious conduct in the cabinet respecting the accusations against Fox, on occasion of the Marriage Bill, 352; haughty reply to Lord Kildare’s memorial on the affairs of Ireland, 355; his political character and influence in the state towards the close of his life, 376; his feelings on the death of Pelham, 378; his objections to Legge as a cabinet minister, 381; conversation with Fox, on his declining the seals, 386; also in regard to his partial opposition, 417; informs the Commons of the French preparations for war, ii. 18; determines to revisit Hanover, 20; is alarmed for the safety of that electorate, 33, 34; returns, just as opposition begins to the German treaties, 41; comes to an accommodation with the King of Prussia respecting Germany, 152; his feelings towards Hanover, 170; _bon mot_ of Doddington on his avarice, 186; proposes taking the prince from his mother’s tuition, 207, et seq.; his feelings on the change of ministry and Pitt’s accession to power, 254, 266; refuses to read Pitt’s long speech, and sends it back to be shortened, 276; sends a complimentary gratulation to the French king on his escape from assassination, which is well received, 283; deceived by the Newcastle administration in regard to Byng, 294, 306; refuses Pitt’s solicitation for mercy, 331; but consents to a temporary reprieve, _ib._; his dislike to long speeches in the cabinet, 378;