phlet on the birth of the pre-
tender, iii. 245, 246, 307.active
for the prince of Orange, 355.
iv. 322.
Lob, Mr. iii. 249.
Locke, John, said to assist Ar-
gyle, iii. 23. iv. 18. answers
Lowndes on coin, 282. con-
futes Filmer, v. 424.
Lockhart, minister in France for
Cromwell and Charles II. i.
132.
London, fire of, i. 433. custom
of the lord mayor's drinking to
the sheriff elect, ii. 325. char-
ter of the city, 329, 337.
Londonderry, siege of, iv. 34.
Long, sir Robert, i. 464.
Lonsdale, lord, Memoir by,
quoted, iii. 40, 88, 178.
Lorrain, restoration of, iv. 360.
Lovat, Frazer, lord, v. 95.
"Love of our Country," prize
poem by bishop Butson, quot-
ed, ii. 399.
Louisa, princess, daughter of
James II. i. 396. vi. 42.
Louvois, justly punished, iv. 165.
advises the quartering of
troops on the protestants, iii.
73.
Lowick, colonel, iv. 292.
Lowndes, Mr. his Treatise on
Coinage, iv. 282, 310.
Lowther, sir John, iv. 86.
Lumley, lord, turns protestant,
iii. 262. Swift's opinion of,
264.
Lutterell, colonel, decision in
his favour rescinded, vi. 93.
Luxemburgh seized by France,
ii. 383.
Macclesfield, Gerard, earl of,
said to have proposed the
murder of James II. iii. 52.
his opinion of the abjuration,
and reply to the earl of Marl-
borough, iv. 77, 78.
Machiavel, v. 117.
Mackenzie, sir George, confutes
the warming-pan story, iii.
Maclean, sir John, v. 133.
Magdalen college, iii. 139, 140.
full account of their contest
with king James, 144, 145,147,
148, 149, 150, 303.
Magna charta, lord Dartmouth's
observation on the copy in
bishop Burnet's possession, i.
56. iii. 218.
Maiming act, i. 470.
Maitland, the historian of Lon-
don, his accuracy, v. 137.
Maintenon, Madame, iv. 354,
529.
Manchester, Charles Montague,
earl of, made secretary of
state, iv. 531. sent ambassador
to Venice, v. 140.
Mangey, Dr. iii. 100.
Mann, Mr. vi. 85, 93.
Manwaring, Arthur, iii. 268.
Mar, earl of, i. II. v. 353.
Marchmont, lord, v. 276, 287.
Marlborough, John Churchill,
earl, afterwards duke of, i.
458. prince Eugene's charac-
ter of, iii. 267. iv. 77, 86. his
disgrace, 147. reveals a secret
to his lady, 156. tampers with
the exiled court, 158. de-
tained, 178, 324. fears of his
power in case of princess
Anne's succession, 540. a con-
versation with lord Dartmouth,
ibid. 549. king William sends
him to command the troops
engaged for the States, in or-
der to insure a vigorous pro-
secution of the war in the
reign of his successor, v. 7.
accused of avarice, 8. the im-
mense sums spent in build-
ing Blenheim, 9. accused of
selling places, 63. his affectation
of state and consequence ridi-
culed, 147. abused and threat-
ened by the tories, 150. his
march to the Danube defend-
ed, ibid. 230. exposed to dan-
ger at the battle of Ramellies,
262. visits the king of Sweden,
310, 329, 332. said to com-
mand at sea as well as by
land, 333. lord Dartmouth
says he was rode hard by the
whigs, 341. offends the queen,
344. is offered money by
France to procure a peace,371,
382, 383. baron Aymouth in
Scotland, 387. his uncontrol-
lable power, ibid. attempts to
be made captain general for
life, 404, 405, 412, 440. vi. 8,
13. cringes to the queen, 30.
complains of his wife's con-
duct, ibid. instance of his
meanness, 31. curious minia-
ture of him, ibid. Guiscard in-
sinuates that the attempt was
intended for him, 39. is blam-
ed by lord Cobham, 58, 61.
sends a humble message to
the queen by lord Dartmouth,
70, 71, 73, 74, 87. highly
esteemed by prince Eugene,
95. gratuities given to him,
96, 104, 109, 127. accused
of having received the money
for the arrears at Blenheim,
136. goes abroad, 137. his
opinion of Burnet, 140. See
Churchill, John.
Marlborough, Sarah, duchess of,
(see Churchill,) her Memoirs,
iii. 268, 269, 270. her account
of the princess of Orange con-
tradicted, 385. supposed to
have suppressed, or altered,
parts of this History, iv. 156,
159, 242. makes Hervey a
baron, v. 66. her violence of
temper, 326. her character by
speaker Onslow and lord Wal-
pole, 327. out of favour, but
conceals it, 440. her last con-
ference with queen Anne, ibid.
her insolence towards the
queen, ibid. manner of sur-
rendering the gold key, vi. 30.
some of her assertions contro-
verted, 31. her abusive and
passionate manner, ibid. 32.
her letter to prince Eugene,
95, 134. goes to Holland,
135.
Marten, Henry, vi. 225.
Marvel, Andrew, i. 451.
Mary of Modena, queen of James
II. a phrase used by her, iii.
96. witty, but indiscreet, 114.
excused, and why, ibid. ac-
count of her pregnancy and
delivery, 236, 238, 239, 240,
241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246.
quits the kingdom, 325.
Mary, daughter of James II.
princess of Orange, and after-
wards queen of England, her
beauty, ii. 194. her remark on
bishop Ken's conduct, iv. 11.
her attachment to her father,
235. her death, 242. not well
treated by her husband, ibid.
her wishes relative to some
appointment not attended to,
and the reason which was given
for it at the time, v. 329. her
singular conduct at coming to
Whitehall, vi. 9.
Mary, queen of Scots, suggestion
in her favour, i. 544.
Masham, Mrs. her character and
rise, vi. 33, 134.
Massey, dean, sets up a Roman
catholic chapel, iii. 139.
Maurice, prince, i. 25. iv. 197.
May, Richard, his report of de-
bates in parliament, ii. 109.
Maynard, Dr. iii. 145.
Maynard, sergeant, Swift's opi-
nion of, ii. 174.
Meadows, sir Philip, i. 80.
Melvil, sir James, i. 31.
Methuen, Paul, iv. 388.
Meuschen, Heer, gives a false
account of Chamberlayne's
evidence, iii. 242.
Mew, bishop, iii. 303. iv. 320.
Middleton, earl of, reproaches
certain members for voting
against the king, iii. 86.
Milton, John, iv. 234.
Mindelheim, princess of, vi. 9.
Ministers, their responsibility as-
serted, iv. 468. king William's
ministers inefficient, iv. 520.
Mitchell, ii. 131, 299.
Modena, duchess of, time of her
death, iii. 235.
Modena, Mary of. See Mary.
Monk, general, dislikes lord Cla-
rendon, i. 150. his base con-
duct in respect to the marquis
of Argyle, denied by Campbell
and Rose, but proved by ser-
geant Heywood and others,
213. See Albemarle.
Monmouth, duke of, ii. 231,
380. confesses, 401. his letter
after surrender, 403. iii. 25.
lands, 42. his interview with
James II. 48. interview with
his wife, 50, 51. anecdote in
favour of him, 52, 84.·
Monmouth, duchess of, contra-
dicts Burnet, ii. 358. her cor-
roboration of the queen's de-
livery, iii. 242.
Monmouth, earl of, his charac-
ter, iv. 63, 71, 86, 338, 339.
a bad man, 340. Pope's hero,
341. See Peterborough.
Montague, Charles, afterwards earl
of Halifax, iii. 377. iv. 189. re-
flects on lord Sunderland, 216.
loses some credit, 388. Ralph's
opinion of, ibid. 395, 442.
Montague, Christopher, made
auditor of the exchequer, iv.
395.
Montague, Dr. of Trinity college,
Cambridge, i. 188.
Montague, Edward, reason of
his dismissal, ii. 140.
Montague, Ralph, afterwards
duke of, i. 522, 523. MS. letters
of his, 524. his mode of ob-
taining the embassy to France,
585. cheated of his bribe, ii.
173, 383, 385. iii. 68. desires
a dukedom, and his plea for
the request, 377. protests in
the case of sir John Fenwick,
iv. 68. duke of, his son, v.
147.
Montague, Sydney Wortley, iii.
377.
Montgomery, sir James, iv. 63.
Montrose, James Graham, mar-
quis of, bishop Burnet's ac-
count of him unfavourable,
and why, i. 67. 243. ii. 311.
Moore, Arthur, vi. 137. his rise
and character, 151, 152.
Moore, bishop, v. 287.
Mordaunt, viscount, made earl of
Monmouth, and why, iv. 71.
Morley, bishop, i. 321. his mes-
sage to king James II. ii. 428.
his generosity, ibid.
Morley, sir Charles, ii. 428.
Moss, Dr. v. 431.
Mulgrave, John Sheffield, earl of,
his account of the engagement
with De Ruyter, i. 561. ob-
tains the garter, and how, ii.
15. sharp speech concerning
the prince of Orange, 1 18.iv.68.
Murray, earl of, i. 32.
Muscovy, czar of, singular acci-
dent during the king's visit to
him, iv. 396.
Musgrave, sir Charles, iv. 432,
Musgrave, sir Christopher, a say-
ing of his, ii. 76. iv. 189. re-
ceives money from king Wil-
liam, 190. v. 10.
Naval affairs, engagement be-
tween the French and En-
glish and Dutch, iv. 92, 93-
English admirals accused of
neglect, 203.
Navarre, kingdom of, ii. 26.
Nelson, Robert, v. 185.
Nelthrop, iii. 59.
Nepotism, the bull against, drawn
up by pope Clement XI. (Al-
bano) in his predecessor's
time, v. 414.
Neve, Mr. i. 379.
Neufchatel, form of Common
Neville, Henry, "Plato Redivi-
vus," v. 329.
Newbourgh, duke of, description
of his daughter's person by
lord Peterborough, ii. 30.
New River company, i. 402.
Newton, sir Isaac, iv. 283. v. 314.
Newcastle, duke of, iv. 540.
Nimeguen, peace of, disgraceful
to England, and favourable to
France, ii. 143.
Norfolk, duchess of, her case of
divorce, iv. 222.
Norfolk, duke of, in danger, ii.
153. encourages his son to
turn protestant, iii. 262.
Norris, lord, attacks lord Sun-
derland in the house of com-
mons, iv. 369.
North, lord keeper, ii. 432. a
proposal of his relative to le-
vying the customs and excise,
not acted upon, iii. 9. a good
character of him, iii. 84. his
loyalty to James II. ibid. nick-
named Slyboots, ibid.
North's "Life of lord keeper
North" quoted and commend-
ed, iii. 84.
North's "Examen of the His-
"tory of England" quoted, i.
533. ii. 153, 168, 257.
Northampton, earl of, removed
from the lord lieutenancy of
Warwickshire, iii. 183.
Northumberland, earl of, letter
to lord Leicester, i. 53. his
son was the last Percy, vi. 31.
Nottingham, Finch earl of, duke
Wharton wrote a character of
him, ii. 38. Daniel, earl of,
his son, makes Hedges secre-
tary to keep out Vernon, iii.
147. a proposal to destroy
him, 266. his declaration, 383.
severely handled, iv. 25, 86,
156. a lord of the admiralty,
but gave dissatisfaction by
reason of his ignorance of sea
affairs, 164, 180, 188, 235,
468. v. 49, 179. out of favour
with queen Anne, 227. who
refuses to make him secretary
of state, vi. 8. he remonstrates
against yielding the British
flag, 28, 37. joins the whigs,
73. his character, ibid. 75.
gives a casting vote, 76, 78, 83.
Oates, Titus, i. 434. ii. 153.
quarrels with Tongue, 292.
iv. 178.
Occasional Conformity bill, its
rise, v. 49. passes, but is re-
pealed, vi. 78, 79.
Obrian, lord, ii. 316.
Oldmixon's History of the Stuarts
mentioned, i. 48.
Onslow, sir Richard, afterwards
lord, iii. 86. iv. 389. v. 229.
his character and nickname,
384. vi. 14.
Onslow, speaker, his character of
sir William Temple, ii. 61.
conversation with sir Robert
Walpole on severing Hano-
ver from the crown of Eng-
land, iv. 490. his opinion of
the power of the house of
commons, V. 114. tries to
lessen the fees of office in that
house, 243. forwards the de-
sign of the British Museum,
246. refuses an additional
salary from the queen, 314.
Orange, princess of, accused of
being too gay on her arrival at
Whitehall, iii. 385. See Mary,
queen.
Orange, William, prince of, i.
344. a severe saying about
him, ii. 118. thought unlikely
to have a family, 194. threatens
Charles the second's envoy,
iii. 12. said to encourage the
duke of Monmouth in order
to ruin him, 25, 84. looks for-
ward to being king of Eng-
land, 128. not a good hus-
band, 130. fancies he is be-
trayed, 314. See William III.
king of England.
Orford, Edward Russel, earl of,
iv. 442. impeached, 481. in-
stance of his peculation in
taking the king of Spain's pre-
sents intended for the fleet, v.
110, 341. attempt to bring him
back to the admiralty, 420.
Orford, Horace Walpole, earl of,
his Memoirs, v. 114.
Orford, Robert Walpole, earl of,
Orkney, lady, iii. 130. iv. 425,
430.
Orleans, Henrietta, duchess of,
i. 293. her character vindi-
cated, 522.
Ormond, James Butler, duke of,
communicates a design against
the author, iii. 202. iv. 393.
v. 60, 100. vi. 39, 96. his re-
straining orders, 119, 126,
127.
Osborn, Thomas, (afterwards
duke of Leeds,) his character
as a speaker, ii. 12. iv. 6.
See Danby, Carmarthen, and
Leeds.
Ottoboni, his death and beha-
Oxford, Robert Harley earl of,
answered rudely by bishop
Lloyd, i. 327. only ironically
condemned by Swift, 558. a
saying of his, ii. 195. iii. 323.
vi. 9. See Harley, Robert.
Oxford, university of, iii. 135.
suffers for its steadiness to the
church, 139. reception of Sa-
cheverel there, vi. 10.
Packington, sir John, iv. 239. v. 3.
Parker, chief justice, iv. 411.
reason of his promotion, v.
432.
Parker, bishop, iii. 137.
Parliament, motion in, ii. 76. sep-
tennial, 78. that of James II.
composed of men of fortune and
rank, iii. 16. division on the dis-
pensing power, 86. bill recog-
nising the king and queen,
(1690) debate and protest on,
iv. 72. abjuration bill, remarks
on, 77. divisions on, 79. grants
a large sum to the king, 113.
passes an act of indemnity for
illegal imprisonments, 114.
numbers on the bill to exclude
members from places, 184.
act concerning trials for trea-
son, 247. treating act, 285.
Grenville act to regulate elec-
tion committees, 285, 286.
bill in sir John Fenwick's
case, and protest against it, 343,
344. act against Roman Catho-
lics reprehended, 411. confu-
sion at the debates on the
Irish grants, 428. the benefits
arising from parliaments, 443.
annual meeting of, desirable,
ibid. debate on the partition
treaty, 476. proceedings on
the succession, 486. privilege
of, 491. that against legal pro-
secutions taken away, 492.
petition to, containing a resolve
to maintain "the parliamentary
"government," 539. speaker
Harley gives a casting vote,
542. bribery act, v. 53. lords'
proceedings according to law,
63. the representation in,
should be more equal, 274,
275. always able to keep mi-
nisters in awe, 278. party
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