Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)Walpole, Horace
History
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)
Walpole, Horace
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760
Ireland, removal of Lord Harrington from viceroyship, i. 5;
appointment thereto of the Duke of Dorset, 5;
judicious observations of Lord Hillsborough on the Protestant
settling of mountain districts, 260;
affairs in 1752, and history of the factions there, 278, et seq.;
further troubles, 354;
intrigues in parliament, 356;
factious disputes, 362, 363;
successes of opposition, 367, et seq.;
theatrical and political riots, 389;
results of the Newcastle administration, 390;
Lord Hartington succeeds the Duke of Dorset, ii. 3, 18;
its state in 1755, 23;
general politics on the arrival of Lord Hartington, 23, et seq.;
division of the vice-treasurership, 153;
state of, in 1756, 183;
a change of ministry gives the viceroyship to the Duke of Bedford,
271;
affairs in 1757, iii. 14, 68, 69;
violence of parties in 1758, 91;
proposed union in 1759, 239;
Thurot’s piratical expedition, 262, et seq.
Irish parliament, experiments tried on it by Hely Hutchinson, and
anecdote of Sir Richard Cox, iii. 245, 246.
Isle of Aix, expedition to, iii. 48, et seq.
Jacobites, supposed political attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. 9;
dislike to the Gowers, 13;
their activity and caution on the Westminster election, 17;
their ingenuity in saving their consciences under oaths and
salaries, 33;
death of the last active one, Sir John Cotton, 255;
anecdotes of their conduct in the rebellion in Scotland, and
subsequent patronage, 266.
Jacobitism silenced towards the year 1752, i. 239;
receives its death blow by the Tories uniting for party politics
distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. 12,
et seq.
Jamaica, charges of tyranny at, against admiral Knowles, but they
fail, ii. 152.
Jansen, Alderman, defends the conduct of the sheriffs in releasing
Murray from Newgate, i. 212.
Jenyns, Soames, comes into office, ii. 140.
Jesuits, their state and opinions in France and the attempted murder
of Louis XV., ii. 279, et seq.;
their influence in Portugal, and its consequences to their Order,
iii. 142, et seq.
Jew Bill of Naturalization, warm opposition to, i. 357, et seq.
Jews exempted in the Marriage Bill, i. 340.
Johnson, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, proposed as preceptor to the
princes, i. 291, 314.
Johnson, Sir William, gains a victory in Canada, ii. 46.
Jones, Neville, his prosecution in Ireland, through party principles,
i. 280, 364.
Justice, instance of political, in Pitt’s conduct on Byng’s affair,
ii. 349.
Kaunitz, Count, politics and foppish effeminacy, ii. 234.
Keene, Sir Benjamin, diplomatic services at the court of Spain,
previous to the war of 1756, i. 398; ii. 33.
Keith, the Mayfair parson, anecdotes of his marriages and burials,
i. 339.
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