Weobly, election of Lord Perceval, i. 37. West, Admiral, his conduct in Byng’s affair, ii. 295, 296, 306. West Indian Colonies, attempt of Lord Halifax to bring them under the control of the Board of Trade, i. 199; further ministerial negotiations, 220; naval and military operations in 1759, iii. 169, 170. Westminster petition to the Commons against Lord Trentham, i. 13, 19; spurious patriotism and jacobitism united, and why, 33, 34; attempted opposition to the court, in favour of Sir George Vandeput, fails, 293. Westmorland, Earl of, his political character, and election to the chancellorship of Oxford, iii. 167. Whig Interest, alluded to in parliament, in regard to the Duke of Cumberland, in 1751, i. 10; young Whigs gain a parliamentary victory on the Westminster petition, 16; their conduct in support of party, 21; defeat the Tories in bringing Murray on his knees at the bar, 29; in favour of general naturalization, 45; change of politics on that bill, 55; take offence at Pitt, 60; proceedings on a breach of privilege, 95; their feelings on the dismissal of the Bedford party from power, through the Pelham intrigues, 196; political anecdotes of Scottish Whigs, 276; interference in the education of the prince of Wales, 291; affair of the pretended memorial respecting the education of the Prince of Wales, written by Horace Walpole, 298; political difficulties on the death of the premier Pelham, 379; first opposed by the Tories, as a party, in a political point of view distinct from the question of the Stuart succession, ii. 12. Whitehead, Paul, anecdote and character of, i. 201. Whitefield, the methodist, iii. 97. Willes, Lord Chief Justice, character and anecdotes of, i. 89. Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, witticism on Speaker Onslow, i. 21; witticism upon Lord Anson, 194; his foreign diplomacy, 205; persuades Fox to refuse the seals, but is never forgiven by him for it, 385; epigram by, on the Sackville family, 442; biographical notice of, ii. 393, 394, 395; character of the court, politics, and military force of the Elector of Saxony, 396, et seq. Wills, royal, anecdote of burning, i. 175; iii. 308, 309, 313, vide _Appendix to vol. iii._ Wilmington, Lord, his bon-mot on the Duke of Newcastle, i. 163; character and anecdotes, 178. Wilmot, Judge, his character, and appointment as a commissioner of the great seal, ii. 273. Winchelsea, Earl of, excellent political character, i. 173; brings forward a bill to commute transportation to working in the dock-yards, i. 255; behaves with true spirit, iii. 32. Window tax in Scotland, its inefficiency, i. 262. Wine licence office abolished, ii. 375. Winnington, Thomas, character and anecdotes, i. 174.