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Charles Greville
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N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  • Abbotsford, visit to, iii. 291
  • Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. Earl of, Foreign Secretary in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37; and the Spanish quarrels, 73, 74; at the ChÂteau d’Eu, 200; communications of, with the ‘Times,’ 200; Scotch Church Patronage Bill, 206; handsome behaviour of, to Lord Palmerston, 406; communications of, with the ‘Times’ on the Corn Laws, 311; reluctance of, to distrust M. Guizot, iii. 53; negotiations with, on the formation of a Government (1851), 383
  • Acland, Sir Thomas, motion of, i. 92
  • Adair, Sir Robert, anecdotes, iii. 212
  • Adelaide, Queen, at Exeter Hall, ii. 97
  • Afghanistan, expedition to, i. 241; events in (1842), ii. 85, 89; withdrawal from, 99, 101; recapture of Ghuznee and Cabul and release of the prisoners, 123, 125; indignation in England, 136
  • Aix-la-Chapelle, visit to, ii. 167
  • ‘Alarm,’ accident to, at the Derby, ii. 284; wins at Newmarket, 302; wins the Emperor’s Cup, 396
  • Alava, General, i. 241; conversation with, 241, 242
  • Albert, H.R.H. Prince, betrothal of, to the Queen announced, i. 247; proposed allowance for, 258; naturalisation of, 259; precedence of, 259, 263; refused, 265; Mr. Greville’s pamphlet on the Precedence Question, 266, 269; see Appendix, vol. i.; marriage of, 266, 269, 272; precedence conceded by the Duke of Cambridge, 270; name inserted in the Liturgy, 272; gazetted, 273; introduction of, 305; at Oxford, ii. 13; declines an invitation to the Waterloo Dinner, 15; and the King of Hanover, 192; hunting at Belvoir, 216; conversation with the Duke of Bedford, 264; elected Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, iii. 65; installed, 97; at Balmoral, 296; on Lord Palmerston’s conduct of foreign affairs, 317
  • Aldborough, Lady, at Baden Baden, ii. 183
  • Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Emperor Alexander II. of Russia), departure of, i. 215; munificence of, 215
  • Allen, Mr. John, i. 38; death of, ii. 153; account of, 154
  • Alliance meeting at Hertford, ii. 415
  • Althorp, library at, ii. 275
  • Alvanley, Lord, death of, iii. 304; character of, 305
  • America, case of McLeod, i. 383; boundary question settled, ii. 101; discovery of a missing map, 102
  • Ampthill, visit to, i. 250
  • Anglesey, Marquis of, the, speech of, at the Waterloo Dinner, i. 102-104; wounded at Waterloo, 135; visit to, in North Wales, ii. 16-17; reception of, at Carnarvon, 18
  • Anti-Papal Bil rance of the, in the House of Lords, 227; Lord Privy Seal, 243; on Eastern policy, 301; dissents from the treaty (1840), 304; conversation with M. Guizot, 305; offers to resign on the Eastern Question, 317; letter of, on Lord Holland’s death, and on French affairs, 341; confidence of the Queen in, ii. 403; President of the Board of Trade, 405; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, iii. 85; requires a Coercion Bill for Ireland, 105; and the Irish Catholics, 195; applies for more powers, 212; Proclamation of, 207; policy of, in Ireland, 217; interview of, with King Louis Philippe, 239; on Irish emigration, 251; on taking high office, 251; Irish relief, 285; conversation with Sir R. Peel, 286; success of the Queen’s visit to Ireland, 295; dismissal of Lord Roden, 310; explanation in the House of Lords, 313; Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, 314; conversation with the Queen and Prince Albert on foreign affairs, 317; conversation with Lord J. Russell, 361; spoken of as Foreign Secretary, 428, 431
  • Clifton, visit to, i. 222
  • Cobden, Richard, Mr. Greville’s letter to, in the ‘Times,’ iii. 123; see Appendix A, vol. iii.
  • Coburg marriage, fear of, in France, iii. 30
  • Colborne, Sir John, Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, i. 35
  • Coleridge, Stanza from ‘Ode to Tranquillity,’ i. 109
  • Colloredo, Count, and Lord Palmerston, iii. 282, 283, 288
  • Cologne, visit to the cathedral at, ii. 167
  • Commons, House of, select committee on pensions, i. 29; disorder in, 31; debate on insurrection in Canada, 34; discussions on Canada, 55; division on the ballot, 59; scene in, 68; Pendarves’ motion, 70; vote of censure on Lord Glenelg, 72; amendment on, 73; Lord Eliot’s motion on Spain, 83; motion of Sir George Strickland on emancipation, 84; motion on Lord Durham’s expenses, 86; the Appropriation Clause, 93; Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, 100; session of 1838, 127; debate on the Irish policy of the Government, 190; Jamaica Bill, 196; division on, 199; Sir H. Fleetwood’s motion, 215; Ballot an open question, 216; the privilege question, 257, 271; Prince Albert’s allowance, 258; Ministers defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, 279; debate on vote of censure on measures resulting in Chinese war, 283; debate on the Registration Bill, 287; two new Irish Registration Bills, 373; Government defeated on Lord Morpeth’s Bill, 391; division on the Sugar Duties, ii. 8; vote of censure carried by one, 10; dissolution, 14; Sir R. Peel’s Corn Bill, 83, 86; attack of Lord J. Russell on Lord Corehouse, 84; Sir R. Peel’s Budget, 87; Vote of Thanks to Lord Ashburton, 152; Irish Arms Bill, 188, 194; debate on Ireland, 228, 230; division, 232; the Ten Hours Bill, 236; Government defeated on the Sugar Duties, 246; Maynooth Grant, 276; debate, 279; Sir R. Peel’s measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357; protracted debate on the Corn Laws, 366, 367, 371; scene in the House, 392; debate on the annexation of Cracow, iii. 67; Irish Poor Law, 69; Mr. Strutt’s Railroad Bill, 93, 95; Irish measures (1847), 104, 106; obstruction, 161, 163; mismanagement of, 186; West India Committee, 187; alteration of the Oath Bill, 187, 192; debate on occurrences in Spain, 190; West India Sugar Bill, 193; subsequent crisis, 195; irritation, 197; Irish Bill, 209; Irish grant opposed, 267; committee of enquiry on Ceylon and British Guiana, 269, 309; debate on, 270; Sicilian arms affair, 271, 277; maiden speech of Mr. Frederick Peel, 288; debate on the Poor Laws, 319; Mr. Hutt’s motion on the African squadron, 324; Stamp Bill, 325, 327; Mr. Roebuck’s vote of confidence, 344; Mr. Locke King’s motion, 378; Anti-Papal Bill, 400; Lord Palmerston’s dismissal, 446; Militia Bill, 447, 449; dissolution, 454; Reform question, 469
  • Conference at Constantinople (1840), i. 328, 329
  • Conroy, Sir John, i. 14, 20
  • ‘Constitutionnel,’ indiscreet article in the, iii. 34
  • Conway Castle, ii. 16
  • Coplestone, Dr. (Bishop of Llandaff), publishes Lord Dudley’s letters, i. 166; hoax of Lord Brougham’s death, 243; party at, 255; JÉrÔme Bonaparte at, 277
  • Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, iii. 300-304; judgement, 323
  • Gorhambury, visit to, ii. 111; Bishop of London at, 111, 112
  • Goulburn, Rt. Hon. Henry, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37
  • Graham, Rt. Hon. Sir James, conduct of, i. 9; negotiation of, between Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell, 185, 189; Home Secretary in Sir R. Peel’s Administration, ii. 37; on the state of parties, iii. 51; and the Governor-Generalship of India, 87; on the Cumberland election, 89; declines the Governor-Generalship of India, 92; on colonial matters, 124; on obstruction in the House of Commons, 161; declines the Admiralty, 259; reasons for declining, 262, 264; on administrative reforms, 338; forebodings of, 382; negotiations with the Whigs, 383; on the state of parties, 390; vacillation of, 394; and the Whigs, 398, 401; Lord J. Russell’s overtures to, 410; mission of Sir G. C. Lewis to Netherby, 411, 412; on public affairs, and a possible coalition, 435-439
  • Granby, Marquis of, chosen leader of the Protectionist party, iii. 123; consistent conduct of, 471; appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 472
  • Grange, The, visit to, i. 137
  • Granville, Rt. Hon. (first) Earl, paralytic seizure of, i. 390
  • Granville, Rt. Hon. (second) Earl, Foreign Secretary, iii. 428; conversation with Lord Palmerston, 433; paper of, on foreign policy, 442
  • Greece, disputes with, iii. 308, 311, 314; disputes continued, 325; opinions of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, 326; further disputes, 334; debate in House of Lords on dispute, 341; Lord Palmerston on brigandage in, 418
  • Green, Mr., anatomical lecture by, iii. 375
  • Greenwich dinner, freaks of Lord Brougham at a, i. 229; Lord Normanby’s health drunk at a, 237
  • Gregory, Mr., house of, near Belvoir, i. 42
  • Grenville, Thomas, Mr., anecdote of, i. 80; dinner with, ii. 114; anecdote of Porson, 114; Julio Clovio, 115; recollections and anecdotes, 116; anecdote of Wolfe, 120; death of, iii. 1; character of, 2
  • Greville, Charles C., Mr., pamphlet of, on Prince Albert’s Precedence, i. 266, 269, 270 (see Appendix, vol. i.); book of, on Ireland, ii. 259; criticisms on, 260; publication of, objected to, 261, 266; publication decided on, 274; criticisms on, 276; opinions of the press on, 284; letters to France, 345; pamphlet ‘Sir R. Peel and the Corn Law Crisis,’ 350, 368; success of pamphlet, 354; visit to Paris (1847), iii. 16; birthday reflexions, 73; letter to Cobden in the ‘Times,’ 123 (see Appendix A, vol. iii.); removes to Bruton Street, 277; elected a member of Grillon’s Club, 321; letter of ‘Carolus,’ 372, 374 (see Appendix B, vol. iii.)
  • Greville, Harry, Mr., at Bath, i. 222
  • Greville, Mrs. Algernon, death of, i. 390
  • Grey, Rt. Hon. Earl, prevents the formation of a Whig Government, ii. 330, 331; explanation of conduct of, 341-344, 353; Colonial Secretary, 405; Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland, iii. 65; remonstrance of, on Lord Palmerston’s conduct, 185; speech of, on the suppressed despatches, 200; discredit of, 309
  • Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir George, Home Secretary, ii. 405
  • Grey, Sir George (formerly Chief Justice of Bengal), views of, on Chinese affairs, ii. 72
  • Grillon’s Club, dinner at, iii. 321
  • Grote, George, Mr., returned for the City of London, i. 13; Radical party reduced to, 215; visit to, iii. 122
  • Grove, The, visit to, ii. 111; agreeable party at, 289; Macaulay at, 415; return to, iii. 409
  • Guards, the, question of promotion on the birth of the Prince of Wales, ii. 51
  • Guernsey duties, affair of the, ii. 292
  • Guizot, M., French Ambassador in London, i. 282; on the Eastern Question, 302, 303; at dinner at Windsor, 310; conversations with, on Eastern affairs, 311, 315, 317; on the deposition of Mehemet Ali, 328; difficulty of dealing with Lord Palmerston, 330; conciliatory efforts of, 335; note from the French Government, 335; succeeds M. Thiers (1840), 343; letter of, to Baron Bourqueney, 348; speech in the Chamber, 355; critical position of, ii. 269, 270; amicable meeting with M. Thiers, 278, 288; alarm at possible return of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office (1845), 345; conduct of, in the Spanish Marriages affair, 425; iii. 6; note in reply to Lord Palmerston, ii. 433; explanation relating to the Spanish Marriages, iii. 17; conversation with, on the Spanish Marriages, 20-26; complaints of Lord Palmerston, 30; and Lord Palmerston’s despatch, 33; indignation of, 42; bad terms of, with Lord Normanby, 42; resentment at Lord Normanby and Lord Palmerston, 46, 47; invited to the British Embassy ‘by mistake,’ 59; continuance of the quarrel, 60; the quarrel made up, 66; escape of, to England, 137, 145; conduct of, in the Revolution, 138; Administration, iii. 451
  • Palace, the, dinner at, i. 77; balls at, 9, 109
  • Palmerston, Right Hon. Viscount, and Mr. Urquhart. i. 117, 119; and the ‘Portfolio,’ 159; policy in the East (1840), 297-304; objections to policy of, 301; coolness of, 304; conduct of, at the outset of the Eastern Question, 308; offers to resign, 308; independence of, at the Foreign Office, 309; the Eastern Question, 312-314; at the Cabinet on the Eastern Question, 321; hostility of, to France, 326; article in the ‘Morning Chronicle,’ 326; triumph of, 330; note from the French Government, 335; ignores his colleagues, 345; defends Lord Ponsonby, 347; hostility to France, 347, 353; and the Tories, 363; position of, 364; settlement of the Eastern Question, 377-383; jobbing at the Foreign Office, ii. 48; attack on, in a Berlin newspaper, 75; and consequent misunderstanding, 75; abuses the treaty of Washington, 104, 109; attacks on the Government, 105, 106; and the press, 130; commencement of coalition with M. Thiers, 267; consternation in France at possible return of, to the Foreign Office, 345; visit of, to Paris, 383; letter to King Louis Philippe, 388; Foreign Secretary, 405; incipient disputes with France, 409; Spanish marriages, 418, iii. 6; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 424; conversation with, on the Spanish marriages, iii. 15; conduct discussed by M. Guizot, 20, 26; effect of despatch, 25; M. Guizot’s complaints of, 30; mismanagement of, 40; and the ‘Morning Chronicle,’ 52; threatens a rupture with France, 62; consequences in Europe, 72; anecdote of, 121; dinner to M. Guizot, 157; despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, 169; conduct of, attacked in the House of Lords, 173; omission of, 178; and the Duc de Broglie, 185; Sicilian arms affair, 261, 271, 276; attacks on, 261; and Count Colloredo, 282, 283; suppression of a despatch, 288; the Greek dispute, 308, 311; quarrels with France, 330; Baron Brunnow complains, 332; able speech of, 346; Radical dinner to, 362; conversation with, 374; and Kossuth, 413, 416; Finsbury and Islington deputation, 415; claims on Naples, 419; dismissal of, from the Foreign Office, 426; own version of the affair, 428; succeeded by Earl Granville, 433; complete account of the affair, 434; further details, 444; explanations in Parliament, 446
  • Palmerston, Lady, conversation with, on Eastern affairs, i. 330
  • Panic in the money market, iii, 99; proposed measures of the Government, 101
  • Panshanger, party at, ii. 415
  • Papal aggression, iii. 366
  • Paris, visit to (1847), iii. 16-50; Mrs. Austin’s salon, 38; ball at the HÔtel de Ville, 42; ball at Mme. Pozzo di Borgo’s, 42; visit to M. Cousin, 44; the HÔtel Lambert, 44; Mme. de Circourt’s salon, 45; Mme. de Girardin’s salon, 45; farewell visits, 48; Revolution (1848), 132; state of, 149, 284; fighting in the streets of, 199; details of fighting, 202; the Archbishop of, killed on a barricade, 200, 203; the coup d’État of Louis Napoleon, 420
  • Parke, Rt. Hon. Baron, and Lord Brougham, i. 59
  • Parker, Admiral, instructions to, iii. 216
  • Parkes, Mr. Joseph, tour of, i. 194
  • Parliament, dissolution of, debated, ii. 5; resolved on, 9, 12, 13; dissolved, 14; opening of (1842), 81; opening of, and state of parties (1844), 222
  • Parliamentary proceedings, see Lords, House of, and Commons, House of
  • Payne, Knight, built Downton Castle, i. 218
  • Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert, informed of the moderation of Lord J. Russell, i. 188; caution of, 193; sent for by the Queen, 200; the Bedchamber difficulty, 201-209; coldness of, to Lord J. Russell, 259; thrown over on the Canada Bill, by the Duke of Wellington, 294; vote of censure on the Government, ii. 10; sent for to Windsor, 33; forms an administration (1841), 37; conversation with the Queen, 41; Corn Bill (1842), 83; Budget, 87; difficulties of, 189; unpopularity of, 191, 247; Maynooth Grant, 276; resignation of, 317; position of, 324; conduct of, 328; resumes office, 332; vindication of, in Mr. Greville’s pamphlet, 350, 368; measure for sliding-scale duties on corn, 357; discussions on the measure, 357-366; position of, 380; anecdote of, 387; conversation with, 389; assailed by the Protectionists, 392; behaviour to Mr. Canning, 397; resigns office, 401; resolution of, not to take office, 433; position of, iii. 94; unpopularity of, in Liverpool, 97; correspondence with Mr. Croker, 98; influence of, 100; position of, 146; on obstruction, 163; reluctance of, to take office, 199; anecdote of, and Huskisson, 216; conversation with Lord Clarendon, 286; on foreign affairs, 315; accident to, 347; death of, 348; character of, 349; career of, 3 nce of, near Baden, ii. 184
  • Syria, military operations in, i. 328; affairs of, 346, 354
  • Tahiti affair, the, ii. 252
  • Talleyrand, death of, and character, i. 94; and Napoleon, ii. 193
  • Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 10
  • Taylor, Mr. Henry, paper by, on the West Indies, i. 197
  • Taymouth, visit to, iii. 292
  • Temple Church, service at the, ii. 159
  • Temple, Sir William, award on the claims on Naples, iii. 419
  • Thiers, M., resignation of, i. 343; beginning of coalition with Lord Palmerston, ii. 267; amicable meeting with M. Guizot, 278, 288; visit to England, 298; interview with Lord Aberdeen, 299; bitterness of, towards Talleyrand, 299; visit to, and conversation, iii. 27-29; dinner at, 29; cordial relations of, with the British Embassy, 35; communications with Lord Normanby, 40; bitterness of, 48; conduct of, during the Revolution, 140, 144; reported communication of, to King Louis Philippe, 239; visit to London, 407; account of the coup d’État, 443
  • Thomson, Right Hon. Charles Poulett (Lord Sydenham), sent to Canada, i. 235; death of, ii. 117; abilities of, 117
  • Thynne, Rev. Lord John, visit to, iii, 207
  • ‘Times,’ the, on the Corn Laws, i. 158; on Lord Durham’s report, 163; on the Eastern Question, 324; and Lord Palmerston, 362; death of Mr. Barnes, ii. 2; Mr. Delane appointed editor, 3; communications with the Government, 200; Mr. Henry Reeve’s article on the Duc de Bordeaux, 216; article announcing the repeal of the Corn Laws, 309; contradiction, 312, 314; supports Lord J. Russell’s Administration, 406; anecdote, iii. 75; on Lord Palmerston’s breach of neutrality, 261, 272; letter of ‘Carolus,’ 272, 274, see Appendix B, vol. iii., letter to Cobden, Appendix A, vol. iii.
  • Tintern Abbey, visit to, i. 221
  • Tocqueville, M. de, letter of, i. 362; attacked by Lord Brougham, ii. 150; on the state of parties in France, iii. 41
  • Torrington, Viscount, attack on, iii. 269; defence of, 402
  • Tory-Radical, a, i. 19
  • Tower of London, fire at the, ii. 51
  • Treason, High, cases of, i. 289
  • Treaty, July 15, 1840, for settling the affairs of the East, i. 297 (for results of Treaty, see Eastern Question)
  • Trench, Sir Frederic, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington, i. 106
  • Troy House, visit to, i. 219; built by Duke of Beaufort, 1689, 219
  • Tuileries, reception at the, iii. 35
  • Turton, Mr., appointed by Lord Durham, i. 110; appointment criticised, 158; debate on, in House of Lords, 170
  • Underwood, Lady Cecilia, at dinner at Devonshire House, i. 278; created Duchess of Inverness, 282; at a ball at Lansdowne House, 282
  • Urquhart, Mr., and Lord Palmerston, i. 117; account of, 119; the ‘Portfolio,’ 158
  • Usk Castle, visit to, i. 220
  • Usk salmon, i. 220

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