Keppel, Captain, afterwards admiral, one of Byng’s court-martial, his feelings on the approaching execution, ii. 339, 348; requests to be absolved from his oath, 334, 349, 364; gallantry in Hawke’s action, iii. 232. Kildare, Earl of, presents a memorial to the King against the Duke of Dorset, i. 354; party politics during the Bedford administration, in Ireland, iii. 72, et seq., 95, et seq. King, Dr., anecdote of, ii. 374. Knowles, Admiral, charged by Beckford with tyranny in Jamaica, but cleared triumphantly in the House, ii. 152. Lancaster, duchy of, regulations of that office, and political demands for it, iii. 23. Land Tax of three shillings opposed, but carried, i. 32; moved by Pelham, accompanied by a pitiful system of national policy, 218, et seq. Laudohn, Marshal, defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 294. Lawyers, parliamentary character of, in politics, i. 149. Lee, Sir George, anecdotes of, i. 90, 91; biographical notice of, _ib._; political errors, in the debate on army estimates, 214; as lord chief justice appointed chancellor of the exchequer _pro tempore_, on the death of Pelham, 378; quits Leicester-house politics, disgusted by Pitt’s influence with the princess dowager, iii. 28. Legge, H. B., Lord Stawell, character and anecdotes, i. 190, 191; becomes chancellor of the exchequer under the Duke of Newcastle, 381; refuses to sign the German subsidiary treaties, in opposition to the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 35; his share in the changes of administration on the Duke of Newcastle’s resignation, 265; humane observations in the House of Commons pending the question of Byng’s trial, 340; offers the House of Commons to serve in office without salary, provided others would, 375. Leicester-House politics, influence and interference in ministerial arrangements, on the rupture of Pitt and Fox, ii. 39. Leveson, William, political independence and loss of patronage, i. 226. Louis XV., extraordinary change of feeling in France towards him in old age, i. 216, et seq.; some notices of his amours, and their whimsical results, 334, 335; his contests with the parliament of Paris; loss of popularity, and attempted assassination, ii. 280, et seq. Libels, extraordinary conduct of Lord Mansfield, respecting one on the Princess Amelia, ii. 221. Ligonier, General, obliges the king with a church-living, i. 292; loses the ordnance to make room for the Duke of Marlborough, ii. 139; his character and services, _ib._ Limerick, James, Viscount, political character, i. 25; political censure and animadversions on the Regency Bill, 142, 143. Lincoln, Lord, political character of, i. 85.