Trentham, Lord, gives offence to his Westminster constituents, i. 13; judicious conduct, 14, 15. Troops raised by peers to guard against invasion, ii. 202, 203. Truth necessary for history, and why, i. 237, et seq. Turner, Sir Edward, his extraordinary disavowal of Mr. Fox, ii. 67. Tyrawley, Lord, sent to Portugal to settle complaints about smuggling money, i. 256; parliamentary affair with Lord George Sackville, iii. 109. Tyrrel, Sir John, shameful conduct of, on the Westminster petition, i. 26. Upton, Mr. (Lord Templetown), party affairs in Ireland, iii. 69, 70. Vandeput, Sir George, first brought forward in Westminster, by Lord Egmont, i. 14. Vane, Henry (afterwards Earl of Darlington), his political character, drunk or sober, i. 117. Vaudreuil, Mons. de, his perfidious conduct in Canada, iii. 223. Vernon, Admiral, outrageous speech on Murray’s affair, and the Westminster petition, i. 30, 31; anecdotes of, parliamentary and naval, i. 100, 101; biographical notice of, 101, 102. Viceroyship of Ireland, its lucrative advantages, iii. 93. Voltaire, character of, as an historian, i. 375; sends to England a letter from the Duc de Richelieu exculpating Byng, ii. 311. Waldegrave, Earl of, appointed warden of the stannaries, i. 91; appointed governor to the Prince of Wales, 291; character and anecdotes, _ib._; speech, 328; entrusted with negotiations for a projected change of ministry, 418; attempts to form a ministry, iii. 26; but is forced to abandon it, 30. Waldegrave, General, by a well-timed manœuvre, gains the battle of Minden, iii. 198. Wales, Frederick, Prince of, renewed intercourse with the Pitt party, i. 12; conduct of his party on the Westminster petition, 28; party politics, 39, 47; death, and its political consequences, 72, 86; his character, _ib._, et seq.; his debts, 87; songs by, 432, 433, 434.