left without a ministry in 1757, iii. 11; Hanover occupied by the French, 12; refuses their offer of neutrality for that electorate, _ib._; demands support from parliament during the contests of parties for power, 16; his personal feelings strongly expressed, 30; loses Hanover for a time, 36; conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, 59; anecdotes of munificence, 100; prohibits Sackville’s appearance at court, 273; death, 302; character of, 303, 304, 305. GEORGE III., vide _Prince George_. German Treaties, and their consequences, ii. 34, et seq., 103. Germany, political state of, in 1751, i. 7; unfortunate turn of politics there, 81; our politics in regard to the election of the Archduke Joseph of Austria, as king of the Romans, 204; affairs arranged with the King of Prussia, ii. 152; Empress-Queen joins with France, 219, 220; origin and causes of the war, 231, 232; a French army sent to the Rhine, 373; Hanover occupied by the French, its neutrality offered by them, but rejected, iii. 12; successes of the King of Prussia in Bohemia, 13; campaign of 1757, 57; convention of Closter Seven, 58; campaign of 1758, 90; successes of the King of Prussia and Prince Ferdinand, 123, 127, et seq.; state of the English army, 147; advantages taken of English liberality, 174; campaign of 1759, 188; Pitt labours to increase our army there, 226; objects of the war, 247; campaign of 1760 in, 289-297. Gibraltar, vide _Byng_, _Minorca_, and _Galissoniere_. Gibson, the upholsterer, contumacy on the Westminster petition, i. 22; committed to Newgate, _ib._; petitions, is reprimanded and released, 32. Gilbert, Archbishop, curious anecdote of, at York, ii. 374. Gin Bill, proceedings on, i. 44, 66, 106. Gooch, Bishop of Ely, political and ecclesiastical character, i. 148. Goree, captured, iii. 169. Gower, Lord, his political character, i. 188; death and political influence, 422. Gower family, connexion with the Bedfords, i. 3; resentment of the Jacobites, 13; Westminster politics, 17, et seq.; connexion with the Pelham faction, in opposition to the Bedfords, 188; resignation of Lord Trentham from the Admiralty, in opposition to his father’s wishes, 192; the young Lord Gower receives the privy seal, ii. 139. Grafton, Duke of, political repartee, i. 48; character of, and anecdotes, 180, 181. Granby, Marquis of, observations on the affair of the Highland regiments, ii. 301; appointed Colonel of the Blues, and serves at St. Maloes, iii. 124; second in command in Germany, 147; battle of Minden, 194, et seq.