Granville, Lord, political retrospect in 1746, i. 6, 9; further, 105; in a speech on committal of the Regency Bill, developes the insidious policy of the French court, 121, 122; character and anecdotes of, 168, 197; political administration, 170; suspected of jacobitism, _ibid._; dislike to Pitt, 170; his conduct during the rebellion, 171, et seq.; becomes president of the council, 194; judicious and well-timed speech on the Saxon treaty, 252, 253; refuses the premiership, when offered to him by the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 43. Gray, Mr., his election petition from Colchester, i. 409. Gray, the poet, declines the laureateship, iii. 82. Great Seal put in commission, ii. 273. Grenville interest, parliamentary conduct in 1751, i. 13. Grenville, George, opens charges in the House of Commons of bribery on the part of France, ii. 82. Grierson, Mr., a minister, convicted of illegal marriages, and 1400 dissolved thereby, ii. 155. Guadaloupe, capture of, iii. 170. Guerini, Father, character of, ii. 408. Habeas Corpus, affair of, in Parliament, iii. 101, 103, 112. Hale, Colonel, offers to lead the footmen and chairmen of London against the best troops of France, iii. 234. Half-pay officers in the army, first subjected to military law, i. 38. Halifax, Lord, attempts to bring the West Indian Colonies under the Board of Trade, i. 199, 220; character, 397; supports the Saxon treaty in the House of Lords, 251; his exertions at the Board of Trade, to save the colonies from the ignorance of his colleagues, 397; supports Byng’s cause in the House of Lords, ii. 353. Hamilton, Lady Archibald, anecdote of, i. 74. Hamilton, Sir James, an Irish patriot, his honesty, i. 368. Hamilton, William Gerard, his extraordinary introduction into political life, ii. 44; first speech, 51; in office, 140. Hampden, Mr., parliamentary attack upon Pitt and Lyttelton, i. 18. Hampshire, an election there betrays Lord Bute’s secret politics, under the auspices of the Prince’s influence, iii. 237. Hanover, the King’s return from, in 1751, i. 1, 3; political pamphlets respecting, 11; political regulations and jealousies respecting, on the regency question, 104; its dangers from French invasion, and the king’s consequent alarm, ii. 33, 34; occupied by the French, its neutrality offered by them, but rejected by the king, iii. 12; occupied by the French in 1758, 104. Hanoverian troops sent for, to guard against invasion, ii. 186. Harcourt, Lord, appointed governor of Prince George, i. 86; punctilious nicety in the education of Prince George, 284; his loss of royal favour, 289, et seq.; his speech on the charges against the prince’s tutors, 323.