[No reference is made in this Index to the wives of the Prime Ministers in the chapters specially devoted to them.]

• Abercromby, Lady Mary, 87.
• Aberdeen, Lord, 59, 86, 186.
• — Lady, 206.
• Acland, Sir Henry, 192.
• Ada Reis, 41.
• Adelaide, Queen, 166.
• Ainslie, General, 45.
• Albert, Prince Consort, 57, 170.
• Alderson, Lord, 218.
• Almack’s, 102.
• Althorp, 3.
• Amberley, Lord, 96.
• — Lady, 92.
• Ashley, Lord, 106, 183.
• — Wilfrid W., 124.
• Bedford, Duke of, 113.
• Belmont Castle, 246.
• Berry, Miss, 66.
• Bessborough, Lord, 1, 5.
• Bismarck, 66.
• Brabazon, Lady, 163.
• Bradenham, 132, 133, 148.
• Braybrooke, Lord, 156.
• Breadalbane House, 128.
• Broadlands, 111.
• Brocket Hall, 17, 22, 32, 40, 101, 129.
• Brooke, Sir Richard, 163.
• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 201.
• Bruce, Sir Charles, 234.
• Brydone, Patrick, 63.
• Buccleuch, Duke of, 71.
• — Duchess of, 66.
• Bulwer, E. G. L., 29, 31 etc., 104, 140.
• — Rosina, 35, 131, 136.
• Bunsen, 170.
• — Baroness, 78.
• Byron, Lord, 8 etc., 26, 40.
• — Lady, 7, 16.
• Cambridge, Duke of, 159, 166, 167, 236.
• — Duchess of, 166.
• — House, 120.
• Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 235, 237, 238, 241, 243.
• Carnarvon, Lord, 225.
• Castlereagh, Lady, 103.
• Cavendish, Lady Frederick, 209.
• Cavour, 87, 88.
• Cecil, Lord Edward, 232.
• Chalon, A. E., 155.
• “Chapel of Ease,” The, 212.
• Chartist demonstration, 81.
• Charleville, Lady, 35.
• Chatham, Earl of, 156.
• Chorley Wood, 75.
• Cobden, 122.
• Cork, Lady, 35.
• Cowper, fifth Earl, 101, 107.
• — Lady, 3, 7, 102, 105, 107.
• — Lady Emily, 106.
• — Lady Frances, 106.
• Crimean War, 85.
• Davy, Sir Humphry, 52.
• Dawson, Geo., 155.
• Deepdene, 141.
• Derby (Lord Stanley), Lord, 170, 174, 221.
• de Rothschild, Lady, 144.
• — Sir A., 144, 145.
• — Baroness J., 146.
• de Tabley, Lord, 173.
• Devonshire, Duke of, 7.
• — Georgiana, Duchess of, 1.
• Dickens, 80, 142.
• — David Copperfield, 81.
• Disraeli, 39, 97, 109, 111, 134, 135, 141, 142, 149.
• — Coningsby, 147, 155.
• — Sybil, 104, 121, 144.
• Disraeli, Tancred, 145, 147.
• D’Orsay, Count, 132.
• Doyle, Sir F., 162.
• Drayton, 55, 56 etc.
• Duncannon, Lord, 123.
• Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 117.
• Edward VII., H.M. King, 177, 210, 244.
• Emsdorf, Battle of, 45.
• Erroll, Earl of, 76.
• Esterhazy, Princess, 103.
• EugÉnie, Empress, 90, 140.
• Evans, John, 131.
• Fasque, 165, 183.
• Fatal Passion, The, 39.
• Fleming, Wilmington, 37.
• Floyd, Anna, Lady, 51.
• — Henry, 47, 49.
• — Gen. Sir J., 44, 47 etc.
• — Rebecca, Lady, 47.
• Foster, Lady Elizabeth, 6.
• Franco-German War, 91.
• Frederick William IV., 170.
• — Empress, 177.
• Fry, Elizabeth, 170, 201.
• Fuller, Miranda, Lady, 52.
• Garbarino, Marchese, 90.
• Garibaldi, 89.
• Gaskell, Milnes, 161.
• George V., H.M. King, 210.
• Gladstone, W. E., 97, 120, 152, 153, 160, 161, 179, 182, 192, 208.
• — Budget (1853), 85.
• — Golden Wedding, 207.
• — Agnes, 177, 178, 179.
• — Catherine, 185, 187.
• — H. N., 188.
• — Helen, 187.
• — Jessie, 178.
• — Lord, 188.
• — Mary, 187.
• — Stephen, 178, 184.
• — Wm., 177, 178, 181.
• — W. G. C., 193.
• — W. H., 193.
• Glenarvon, 19, 38.
• Glynne, Sir John, 157.
• — Sir Stephen (eighth Bart.), 156, 158.
• — Sir Stephen (ninth Bart.), 160–1, 192.
• — Lady, 156.
• Goddard, Dr., 35.
• Godwin, W., 22, 25.
• Gower, Lord R., 153.
• Graham Hamilton, 40.
• Grenville, George, 156.
• — Lord, 156.
• — T., 169.
• Greville, Charles, 119.
• Grote, Mrs., 166.
• Guizot, 123, 166, 185.
• Harcourt, Sir Wm., 153.
• Hardinge, Lord, 139.
• Harrison, Frederic, 95.
• Hawarden Castle, 157–8, 193, 199.
• Hawtrey, Dr., 168.
• Hayward, Abraham, 128.
• Heathcote, Lady, 12.
• Herbert, Lord, 46.
• Herkomer, Sir H., 207.
• Hobhouse, J. C., 36.
• Holl, F., 207.
• Holland, Lady, 74, 115, 123.
• — House, 66, 74.
• House of Charity, the, Woolbeding, 141.
• Wyndham, Lewis, 131, 132.