*Impey, Sir Elijah, ii. 86 India, i. 349, 350, 357; ii. 280 Ireland, debates on, i. 338, 373; ii. 115, 137; effects of French Revolution on, ii. 320; Roman Catholics v. Protestants, ii. 320, 343, 350 Irish Parliament, i. 196 *Irnham, Lord (Earl of Carhampton), i. 146 *Irvine, Lord, i. 247 Italy, Gibbon's tour in, i. 64 J Jackson, Richard, ii. 19 *Jacobin Club, the, ii. 305 Jamaica, Light Dragoons for, ii. 289 Jenkinson, Charles. See Liverpool, Lord Jenyns, Soame, i. 366, 391; ii. 94 *Jephson, Robert, author of tragedy of Braganza, i. 252 "John the Painter" (Aitken), i. 301 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, on Lord Bolingbroke, i. 8; his description of Dr. Maty, i. 18; on courts and camps, i. 25; Lady Diana Beauclerk, i. 82; Dr. Heberden, i. 83; on Sir John Dalrymple's style, i. 131; Goldsmith's epitaph, i. 202; George Colman on, i. 213; his publishers, i. 222; Taxation no Tyranny, i. 271; his friend Lord Eliot, i. 273; "Single-Speech" Hamilton, i. 343; and Abbé Raynal, ii. 75 Johnson, Sir William, i. 291 *Johnston, Governor George, i. 308, 332 Jolliffe, William, M.P. for Petersfield, i. 111, 153, 171, 247, 346, 366 Jones, Paul, i. 317, 347 Joseph II., Emperor, i. 158, 313; ii. 137 *Jourdan Coupe-Tête, ii. 293 *Journal, Gibbon's, quoted, i. 27, 35, 40, 50, 57, 84 Junius, Letters of, i. 108, 146; ii. 22, 92 K Keene, Colonel, i. 302 *Kellerman, F. C. de, ii. 319 *Kelly, Hugh, School of Wives, i. 199 Keppel, Admiral Lord, and the French fleet, i. 339, 340, 343; Palliser's charges against, i. 349, 356, 357; M.P. for Surrey, i. 388; First Lord of Admiralty, ii. 13, 18, 34 Keppel, General, i. 346 Kimber, Captain John, ii. 295 *Kingsbergen, Admiral, ii. 247 *Kingston, Duchess of, i. 265, 281 *Kingston, Duke of, i. 265 *Kippis, Dr., ii. 305 Knight, Gowin, i. 18 *Kolbel, Baron, i. 319 *Korff, Baroness de, ii. 254

*Laborde, M. de, ii. 329 La Brunette, Fort, i. 59 Laclos, Fran?ois C. de, ii. 258 *Lacretelle, ii. 326 *Ladbroke, Sir R., i. 201 La Fayette, Marquis de, i. 305; ii. 311, 324, 329 Lake, Miss, Gibbon's landlady in St. James's Place, i. 82, 83 Lally, Comtesse, ii. 274, 284 Lally-Tollendal, M., ii. 19, 211; Burke's opinion of, ii. 274; Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 284, 337; his Strafford, ii. 284; at English Court, ii. 285; his opinion of Lord North, ii. 287; his escape to England, ii. 311; at Sheffield Place, ii. 322, 324; his Songe d'un Anglois and Plaidoyer pour Louis XVI., ii. 375; Sheffield's guest in Downing Street, ii. 377 *Lamballe, Prince de, ii. 312 Lamballe, Princesse de, ii. 312, 352 La Motte, i. 34; ii. 283, 293, 328 La Motte Piquet, i. 334 *Langara, Admiral, i. 376 Langer, M., ii. 227 Langlois, Benjamin, M.P. for St. Germains, i. 391 Lansdowne, Lord, ii. 350 Lascelles, Mr., i. 140, 191, 216, 240 Lauderdale, Lord, ii. 297, 320 *Laudohn, Field-Marshal, i. 158 Laurens, Henry, ii. 72 Lausanne, Gibbon at, i. 1-14, 37-55; ii. 74-157, 176-217, 219-223, 227, 241, 246-252, 255, 277-282, 290, 296, 308-319, 322, 325, 331-340, 345-348, 354-361, 369, 377-381 *Lauzun, Duc de (Duc de Biron), ii. 290 Lauzun, Duchesse de (Duchesse de Biron), ii. 289, 324, 333 Lavington, Lady, i. 319, 336 Lavington, Lord, i. 319, 336; ii. 214 Law, Rev. William, author of the Serious Call, i. 7, 398; ii. 218 Lee, Arthur, i. 334 Lee, Captain, i. 89 Lee, General, i. 284, 302 Lee, Mrs., i. 126, 184, 199, 201, 208 Leeds, Duke of, ii. 247, 302, 327 Leigh, Mr., i. 27 *Le Marchant, Sir Denis, i. 91 Lenborough Manor, Gibbon's Bucks estate, i. 69, 186, 384; ii. 64, 81, 83, 93, 96, 112, 124. See also Lovegrove, Mr. Lennox, Lord George H., i. 225, 226, 232 Leopold II., Emperor of Austria, at Pilnitz, ii. 271; his death, ii. 279, 292 *Lepel, General Nicholas, i. 21 Lepel, Molly (Lady Hervey), i. 21, 29 Le Rebours, Postmaster at Pontarlier, ii. 357, 361 Lescure's Correspondence Secrète sur Louis XVI., etc., i. 314; Vie de la Princesse de Lamballe, ii. 352 Lessart, Antoine de, Minister of Interior and Foreign Affairs, ii. 292 Lessart, M. de, Paris banker, ii. 94, 99 Lethieullier, Benjamin, M.P. for Andover, i. 240, 247 *Lethieullier, Smart, i. 240 Levade, M., ii. 268, 275, 339 *Lévis, Duc de, ii. 266, 290 Lewisham, Lord, ii. 86 *Leycester, Sir Peter, i. 90 Liancourt, Duc de (Rochefoucault), ii. 324 *Library, Gibbon's, its fate, ii. 300, 301 Lichfield, Earl of, Jacobite leader, i. 34 Ligne, Prince de, ii. 83, 137 *Ligonier, Lord, i. 180 Lincoln, Lord, i. 388 Lisburn, Lord, i. 376 Liskeard, Gibbon M.P. for, i. 229, 234 Liverpool, Lord (Charles Jenkinson), i. 264; Secretary at War, 349; ii. 2; Gibbon's host, ii. 9 Llandaff, Bishop of, i. 240 Lockwood, Mr., i. 134 *Loftus, Rev. Smyth, i. 328 *London Evening Post, i. 130, 180 *Long, Dudley, i. 391 Lonsdale, Earl of (Sir James Lowther), i. 82 Loughborough, Lord. See Rosslyn, Earl of *Louis XV., i. 218 Louis XVI., i. 218, 334; ii. 204, 226, 252; his escape and recapture, ii. 254 et seq., 285, 286, 311, 324; declares war against Francis Joseph, ii. 279; defended by Manuel, ii. 341; his murder, ii. 360, 365, 374; England's mourning for, ii. 374; Lally's Plaidoyer, ii. 375 Louis XVIII., ii. 265 *Louis Philippe, i. 326 *Louvois, Marquis de, ii. 211 *Lovat, Lord, i. 264 Lovegrove, Mr., tenant of Lenborough, i. 186, 201, 205, 207, 210, 235, 239, 261, 286; ii. 84 Lowther, Sir James (Lord Lonsdale), i. 82 Lucan, Earl of, ii. 135, 162, 392 Lucan, Lady, ii. 400 Lucca, the Opera at, i. 66 *Luckner, Baron de, ii. 269 Luff, Mr., i. 138, 167 Luna, Miguel de, i. 243 Luttrell, Colonel, i. 91, 146, 247, 249 *Luxembourg, Maréchale de, ii. 289 *Luynes, Madame de, i. 314 Lymington, Gibbon M.P. for, i. 387, 400; ii. 1 Lyons, Gibbon at, i. 77 Lyttelton, Lord, i. 65 Lyttleton, Hon. William, i. 273 M Macartney, Lord, i. 220; Governor of Caribbee Islands, i. 369 *Macaulay, Lord, on Sheridan's knowledge of stage-effect, ii. 172 *Mackay, member of Madras Council, i. 362 *Mackenzie, Hon. Stuart, i. 56 Macpherson, James, author of Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands, etc., i. 202; History of Opposition, i. 369 Madras Council, arrest of Lord Pigot, i. 308, 362 Mahrattas insurrection, the, i. 349, 350; peace with, ii. 26 Maine, Sir William, i. 240 *Malden, M. de, ii. 256 Mallet, Arabella. See Williams, Mrs. Mallet (or Malloch), David, author of the ballad William and Margaret,$1, 283; his tragedy Eurydice, i. 19 Mallet, Dorothea. See Celesia, Madame *Mallet du Pan, ii. 318, 329 Mallet, Mrs., i. 31, 34, 315 Malmesbury, James. Earl of, ii. 184; "the audacieux Harris," ii. 300; on Fox, ii. 306; his Diaries and Correspondence quoted, ii. 350, 363 *Malmesbury, Lady, on Duke of Portland, ii. 306; on England's mourning for Louis XVI., ii. 374 Malouet, Victor, ii. 311, 324, 329, 377 Manchester, Duke of, i. 154; ii. 67, 82, 86 Mann, Sir Horace, i. 65 Mansfield, Lord, Royal Marriage Bill, i. 154; Sayer's alleged plot, i. 272; on war with France, i. 339; trial of members of Madras Council, i. 362 Mansfield, 2nd Lord, President of Council under Pitt, i. 333, 383 Manuel, Louis Pierre, ii. 311, 341 Maret, Hugues B. (Duc de Bassano), ii. 367 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, i. 394 *Marie Antoinette, ii. 203, 285; her letter to Comte de Fersen quoted, ii. 292; her distrust of La Fayette, ii. 329 Marriage Bill, Royal, i. 146, 151, 154 Marseillais, march of the, ii. 293 Martin, Samuel, his duel with Wilkes, i. 50, 51 Marvell, Andrew, i. 284 *Mason's satire, An Heroic Epistle, etc., i. 190 Masquerade, the Soho (Carlisle House), i. 131 Massachusetts Charter Act, i. 329, 331 Massey, Miss, i. 118, 119 Massey, Mrs., i. 352 *Mathews, Henry, Diary of an Invalid, ii. 40; on fate of Gibbon's library, ii. 301 Matthews, Mr., i. 200, 207, 235, 269 Maty, Dr., i. 18, 20; quarrels with Gibbon, i. 21 Mauduit, Isaac, author of Considerations on the Present German War, i. 240, 243, 247 Maury, Abbé, ii. 252, 270 Mayence, siege of, ii. 382 Maynard, Mrs., ii. 271-273 Melmoth, William ("Pliny"), i. 326 Meluner, Captain, ii. 375 Melville, Lord. See Dundas, Hon. Henry Mémoire Justificatif, Gibbon's, i. 371 *Mémoires Littérraires de la Grande Bretagne pour l'An 1767, by Gibbon and Deyverdun, i. 82 Mentrond, M., ii. 267 Mercier, Sebastien, author of Tableau de Paris, ii. 82, 115 *Meredith, Sir W., i. 147 Mesery, M. de, i. 40 Mesery, Madame de, ii. 83 *Michaud, ii. 326 *Michelet, ii. 75 *Middleton, Dr., i. 83 Midleton, Lord, i. 210, 232, 236 Milan, Gibbon at, i. 60 Milbank, Sir Ralph, i. 344 Militia Bill, New, i. 366 Militia, calling out of the, ii. 348 *Millar, Andrew, i. 222 Miller, Anna, Lady, Letters from Italy by an Englishwoman, ii. 2 Miller, Sir John, i. 159 Miller, Sir John Riggs, ii. 2, 8 Miller, Sir Thomas, M.P. for Lewes, i. 240, 247 Milner, Sir William, i. 19 Milton, Lord (afterwards Earl of Dorchester), i. 139; ii. 350 *Ministerial Club, the, i. 84 *Minto, Earl of, ii. 25 Mirabeau, Marquis de, i. 35; his La Monarchie Prussienne, ii. 192; a king's dowry, ii. 203; his "corps," ii. 269; and M. de Narbonne, ii. 292; his description of Lord Malmesbury, ii. 300 *Miscellaneous Works, Gibbon's, referred to, i. 20, 84, 375; ii. 87, 400 Moira, Lord (afterwards Marquis of Hastings), ii. 396 Molesworth, Sir J., i. 273 Molyneux, Lord, ii. 262 Monciel, Terrier de, ii. 329 Monkeith, Mr., i. 168 Mont Cenis, i. 55 Montagny, M. de, i. 61; ii. 195, 203, 229 Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, Gibbon's opinions of her Letters, i. 53 *Montagu, Wortley, i. 6 *Montague, Mrs., i. 294 *Montconseil, Marquis de, ii. 211 Montesquieu, his invasion of Savoy, ii. 314, 315-317, 322, 326; escapes from arrest, ii. 345; report of the Diplomatic Committee on, ii. 346 *Montgomery, General, i. 275 Montolieu, Madame de, ii. 43, 154 Montolieu, M. de, ii. 43 *Moore, Dr. John, Archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 397 *Moore's Memoirs of Sheridan, ii. 172 *Mordaunt, Hon. and Rev. George, i. 19 *More, Hannah, ii. 75 *Morning Chronicle cited, i. 212; ii. 91, 172, 351 Morning Post, i. 291 *Mortimer-Ternaux, his Histoire de la Terreur quoted, ii. 352 Moss, Mrs., ii. 167, 249, 295, 300, 321, 331, 343 *Mouchy, Maréchal de, ii. 329 *Moultou, Pastor, i. 41 Mounier, J. Joseph, ii. 211, 274 Mountstuart, Lord, i. 56 Mouschkin Pouschkin, i. 227 *Moustier, M. de, ii. 256 Mulgrave, Lord, i. 376 *Munro, Sir Hector, i. 349 *Murphy's Grecian Daughter, ii. 29 Murray, John, Resident at Venice, and Ambassador at Constantinople, i. 76 *Mutiny Bill, the, ii. 95, 101 *Mysore, third war in, ii. 276 N Naijeiraud, ii. 367 Napier, Sir Gerard, i. 25 Naples, Gibbon at, i. 72 *Napoleon Bonaparte, Essai sur l'Histoire de la Corse, ii. 75 Narbonne-Lara, Comte de, ii. 292, 347, 375 Nassau, Madame de, ii. 43, 266 Nassau-Siegen, Prince of, ii. 265 National Assembly, the, ii. 279, 280; and English Nonconformists, ii. 305 Necker, Jacques, i. 41, 81; Directeur Général, i. 304; ii. 115; Mrs. Mallet's resentment, i. 316; "no sign of jealousy," i. 320; his Administration des Finances, ii. 115, 128; and the States-General, ii. 181; ordered to quit France, ii. 204; Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 237; his treatise, ii. 251; North's opinion of, ii. 287; his defence of the king, ii. 334, 347, 370; warmly attached to England, ii. 373 Necker, Louis (Germanie, M. de), i. 291 Necker, Madame (Suzanne Curchod), Gibbon engaged to, i. 40, 41; her description of Gibbon's visit, i. 81; Gibbon's friendship for, i. 281, 283, 306, 312; Mrs. Gibbon's suspicions, i. 306; at Lausanne, ii. 111, 115, 116, 122; Gibbon at Geneva with, ii. 291; Montesquieu's surprise visit to, ii. 345 Neville, Mr., i. 28, 30, 370 New Monthly Magazine, ii. 301 New River Share, the, i. 100, 167, 168, 335, 344; ii. 190 *Newcastle, Duke of, i. 50 Newhaven Estate (Meeching Farm), Gibbon's, ii. 218, 235, 240, 242, 244, 250 Newton, Mr., Gibbon's solicitor, i. 127, 132, 169, 205-207, 227, 261, 269; ii. 113, 127, 139, 146 Nicholls, Mr., ii. 169, 171 *Nichols' Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century quoted, i. 7, 263 Nichols, John, ii. 301, 313, 314, 328 Nicol, George, ii. 359, 374 Nivernois, Duc de, i. 31, 314; ii. 375 "No Popery" riots, the, i. 380-382 *Noailles, Comte Charles de, ii. 329 Noailles, Comtesse Charles de, ii. 329 Noailles, Marquis de, French Ambassador, i. 305, 333; ii. 259 Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, The, i. 200, 283 Nonconformists and the American war, i. 271; relief from Sacramental test demanded, i. 373; their sympathy with the French Revolution, ii. 305, 320; and Pitt, ii. 305, 320 *North Briton, the, i. 50, 91 *North, Lady, ii. 4 *North, Lady Anne, ii. 198 North, Lord, Prime Minister, i. 112; his opponent Barré, i. 145; his support of Church, i. 148; Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151; his somnolence, i. 173; proposed reconstitution of E. I. Co., i. 184; Boston Port Bill, i. 206, 208; conciliation for America, i. 250, 251, 271, 324, 329, 331; Gibbon's opinion of, i. 255; ii. 82, 87; his illness, i. 303; on Irish trade, i. 338, 373; on Sussex Militia, i. 341; his windows broken by mob, i. 356; Madras Council prosecution, i. 362; the Militia Bill, i. 366; on Burke's Establishment Bill speech, i. 376; a seat for Gibbon, i. 387; at Bushey, ii. 4; Sheffield's guest in Downing Street, ii. 11; resigns office, ii. 12; "balance of the country in his hands," ii. 21; Warden of Cinque Ports, ii. 23; Gibbon's attachment to, ii. 28; union with Fox and Rockingham, ii. 32; Secretary of State, ii. 34; eulogised in preface to Decline and Fall, ii. 170; succeeds to Earldom of Guilford, ii. 238; his kindness to Lally, ii. 285, 287; his death, ii. 311 North, Major Frank, ii. 238, 244 Northington, Lord, i. 142; ii. 34, 60, 135, 136 *Northumberland, Duke of, i. 82 Northumberland Militia and the Gordon Riots, i. 381; ii. 28 Norton, Sir Fletcher (Speaker), i. 238 *Notes and Queries, ii. 301 Nott, Mr., ii. 262 Nottingham, Countess of, and Lord Essex's ring, i. 276 Nowell, Rev. Dr., i. 151 Nugent, Lieut.-Colonel, i. 132 Nuneham, Lord (Earl of Harcourt), i. 9 O Ochs, M., ii. 262 *Oglander, Sir J., i. 90 *Oliver, Alderman Richard, i. 130 *Oliver, Lieut.-Governor Andrew (Massachusetts), i. 205, 240, 243 Oliver, Mr., i. 177 Onslow, Mr. and Mrs., i. 83 Orford, Lord. See Walpole, Horace Oriel, Lord (John Foster), i. 200, 261, 269; ii. 136 Origines Guelfic?, ii. 227 Osborne, Sir George, i. 91 Ossory, Earl of, i. 27, 274, 296, 333, 373 Ostervald, Madame, ii. 79 Oude, Sujah Dowlah, Nawab of, i. 187, 209 P Pache, Jean Nicolas (Mayor of Paris), ii. 368 Palliser, Sir Hugh, his charges against Admiral Keppel, i. 349, 356, 357 Palmer, Mr., arbitrator in Lenborough dispute, i. 205, 207 Palmerston, Lord (father of Prime Minister), i. 50; member of the Catch Club, i. 283 *Panin, M., Russian Foreign Minister, i. 270 Pantheon, the, The Pantheon Rupture, etc., i. 146; Boodle's masquerade at, i. 212, 215 Paris, Gibbon in, i. 28-36, 311-320; Treaty of, i. 28; Gibbon's opinion of, i. 317 *Parker, George Lane, i. 90 Parsons, Sir William, i. 204 Pascal, a parallel between his and Gibbon's writings, ii. 396 Patton, Miss Dorothea. See Gibbon, Mrs. (stepmother) Patton, W., i. 30, 51, 169 Pavillard, M., Gibbon's tutor, etc., at Lausanne, i. 1 et seq., 40; his description of Gibbon, i. 2 *Payba, Abraham, i. 6 Payne, Lady. See Lavington, Lady Payne, Sir R. See Lavington, Lord Peachy, Lady, i. 162 Peachy, Sir James, i. 162, 234 Pearson, General Sir Richard, i. 397 Pechell, Master in Chancery, i. 102 Pelham of Stanmer, Lord (Earl of Chichester), i. 200 Pelham, Thomas (2nd Earl of Chichester), ii. 60 *Pembroke, Earl of, ii. 375 Pembroke, Lady, ii. 106, 110 *Penthièvre, Duc de, i. 326 *Percy's Reliques quoted, i. 284 *Peterborough, Earl of, i. 19 Petier, M., ii. 258 *Petit Manin, ii. 351 Philadelphia, capture of, i. 323 Pigot, Admiral, i. 362; ii. 16 Pigot, Lord, Governor of Madras, i. 308, 362 Pigott, Charles, The Jockey Club; or, A Sketch of the Manners of the Age, ii. 297 Pilnitz, meeting of King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria at, ii. 271 Pitman, Mr., i. 197, 267 Pitt, General, i. 247 Pitt, George (Lord Rivers), i. 54, 56 *Pitt, Lady Harriet, ii. 22 Pitt, Mrs., i. 247 *Pitt, Thomas, M.P. for Old Sarum, ii. 32 Pitt, William, i. 45, 50; and the Stamp Act, i. 84, 85; Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. 19; Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 28, 127; resigns office, ii. 34; Prime Minister, ii. 86, 97; suggested union with Fox, ii. 92, 306, 307, 330; his moderation, ii. 96; his silence, ii. 97; waning popularity, ii. 136; scheme for Irish trade, ii. 137; "the Hero of the day," ii. 162; Fox's opinion of, ii. 180; the Regency Bill, ii. 181; Ellis' lines in Rolliad on, ii. 184; a desperate plunge, ii. 226; Corn Regulation Bill, ii. 239, 245; on war with Russia, ii. 247, 249; French view of, ii. 286; Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 294; the representative system, ii. 297; supported by Whigs, ii. 305; his rumoured Plan of Reform, ii. 330; meets Gibbon at Eden Farm, ii. 398 Poix, Prince de, ii. 329, 377 *Poix, Princesse de, i. 314; ii. 334 Poland, partition of, i. 158 *Poland, Stanislaus Poniatowski, King of, i. 29, 158 Polier, Colonel, ii. 43, 370 Polignac, Duchesse de, ii. 203 *Polignac, Prince de, ii. 204 *Pompadour, Madame de, i. 313 Ponsonby, William, Lord, i. 65 Porchester, Lord (afterwards Earl of Carnarvon), ii. 375 Porten, James, i. 2, 7, 101, 124 Porten, Lady (Mary Wibault), i. 220, 246, 250 Porten, Miss Catherine (Gibbon's aunt), i. 2, 17, 182, 220, 235, 241, 288, 304; ii. 1, 18, 21, 69, 82, 91, 121, 144; Gibbon's letters to, i. 2, 5 Porten, Miss Charlotte, ii. 201, 221 Porten, Miss Judith. See Gibbon, Mrs. (mother) Porten, Sir Stanier (Gibbon's uncle), i. 177, 204, 220, 246, 250, 266; ii. 10, 201 Porteous, Dr. Beilby (Bishop of London), i. 285 *Porter, General, M.P. for Stockbridge, i. 149 Portland, Duke of, i. 231; ii. 18, 34, 305; Lady Malmesbury's opinion of, ii. 306; Lord Sheffield's host at Bulstrode, ii. 329; on Fox's conduct, ii. 351; supports Alien Bill, ii. 363; enthralled by Fox, ii. 367, 368 Pouschkin, Mouschkin, Russian Ambassador in London, i. 227 *Powell, Harcourt, M.P. for Newtown, i. 89 Powell, Mr., his offer to pay Fox's debts, i. 198 *Powney, Portlock, M.P. for Windsor, i. 388 *Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, i. 331; ii. 97 Poyntz, Mrs., i. 33 *Poyntz, Stephen, i. 33 *Pratt, Lord Chief Justice, i. 51 Prev?t, Lieut.-Colonel, i. 81 Prev?t, Madame, i. 81 Price, Dr. Richard, ii. 210; Chairman of the Revolution Society, ii. 305 *Priestley, Dr., ii. 210, 305 Provence, Comte de (Louis XVIII.), ii. 265 Prowse, Mr., i. 33 Prussia, Prince Henry of, ii. 5, 111, 115-117 Prussia, King Frederick William of, his meeting with Emperor of Austria at Pilnitz, ii. 271 *Public Advertiser, Letters of Junius first published in, i. 108; Woodfall assistant editor of, ii. 91 Pully, Mademoiselle de, ii. 324 Putney Writings, the, i. 93, 106 Q Quebec Bill, i. 256 R *Rae, Fraser, ii. 172 Ragobat or Ragonant Ráo, i. 349, 350 Ranelagh Gardens, i. 89 *Ranelagh, Lord, i. 89 Ravaud, Mrs., ii. 2, 8 *Ravensworth, Lord, i. 27 Raynal, Abbé, ii. 75, 82, 111, 115 *Réaux, Taboureau des, i. 304 *Redding, Cyrus, Recollections of the Author of Vathek, ii. 301 *Rees, Dr., ii. 305 *Reeves, Mr., ii. 349 *Regency Bill, ii. 181, 306 Remonstrance Debate, the, i. 113 Rennell, Major James, ii, 212, 226 Revenue Returns (1798), ii. 276, 288 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, Queen of Denmark's portrait, i. 143; Colonel Barré's, i. 145; Mrs. Bonfoy's, i. 189; Gibbon's companion, i. 191; ii. 24, 162; Goldsmith's epitaph, i. 202; a friend of Eliot, i. 273; Gibbon's portrait, i. 364; ii. 114; Lord Sheffield's, ii. 212, 214, 216; his death, ii. 311 Rhodes, Mr., ii. 224 Richardson, Mr., and S. Sayer's arrest, i. 272 Richmond, Duke of, his reception of Gibbon at Paris Embassy, i. 30, 32, 35; his influence in Sussex, i. 225; at Madame du Deffand's, i. 312; his popularity in Paris, i. 316; his slight skirmishes with Gibbon, i. 317; in Sussex Militia, i. 336, 342; Master-General of Ordnance, ii. 13, 18, 86, 374; his house burnt, ii. 275; on French affairs, ii. 286; the Pitt-Fox union, ii. 307; his kindness to Madame de Biron, ii. 334 Ridley, Major, i. 81 *Ridley, Sir Matthew, i. 81 *Ridotto al fresco, i. 114, 124 *Rivarol, ii. 330 Rivers, Lord (George Pitt), i. 54, 56 Roach, Miss, i. 16 Roberts, Mr., i. 201 Robertson, William, author of History of Scotland, etc., ii. 132, 190, 292 *Robespierre, ii. 256, 311 Roche, Captain David, his quarrel with Lieut. Ferguson, i. 209 Rochefoucault-Liancourt, Duc de, ii. 324 Rochford, Lord, i. 272 Rockingham, Lord. ii. 13, 17 Rodney, Admiral Sir George, i. 91; defeats French at Cape St. Vincent, i. 376; M.P. for Westminster, i. 388; defeats French in West Indies, ii. 16 *Rogers, John, i. 69 *Rogers, Thomas, i. 393 *Roland, Madame, ii. 252 Roman Catholic Relief Bill (Ireland), ii. 115, 320 Romans Club, the, i. 89 Romanzov, Count Nicholas, ii. 266, 269 Romanzow, Peter A., 223, 227 Romberg, Messrs., of Ostend, ii. 191 Rome, Gibbon at, i. 66-72, 74 Ross, Sir John, i. 369 Rosset, M., ii. 283, 293, 328 Rosslyn, Earl of (Solicitor-General Wedderburn), i. 173; his defense of E. I. Co., i. 185; "artful and able," i. 240; his speech on America, i. 249; an agreeable companion, i. 302; on war with France, i. 339; Attorney-General, i. 347; Madras Council prosecution, i. 362; his kindness to Gibbon, i. 365; ii. 82, 91, 163; on war with Spain, i. 377;

and Mrs. Abington, ii. 4; "places are cheaper than mackerel," ii. 19; his second marriage, ii. 24; his Irish expedition, ii. 30; Lally a favourite of, ii. 274, 285; suggested Pitt-Fox coalition, ii. 306, 351; Lord Chancellor, ii. 344, 351, 367, 368; Gibbon's letter of congratulations, ii. 372; Gibbon's last visit to, ii. 397 Rotombeau, ii. 351, 353 Rous, Lady, i. 171, 173-175 *Rous, Sir John, i. 171 Rousseau, J. J., i. 41; ii. 261, 289; his Lettres de la Montague, ii. 318 *Rowe's Jane Shore, ii. 29 *Royal Foresters, the, i. 87 Royal Marriage Bill, the, i. 146, 151, 154 Royal Society, Gibbon a member of the, ii. 187 *Rumbold, Sir Thomas, President of Madras Council, ii. 85 Rumford, Count of (Sir Benjamin Thompson), ii. 72 Russell, Lady, i. 282 Russell, Sir John, i. 191, 196, 216, 218, 282; ii. 65 Russia, peace signed between Turkey and, i. 223; probability of war with, ii. 247; rupture with France, ii. 280 Russian mercenaries, proposed hire of, i. 270, 272 *Rutland, Duke of, ii. 86, 115 S Sackville, Lord (Lord George Germain), i. 198, 226, 240, 249, 296; Colonial Secretary, i. 278; his hope, i. 290; his wife's death, i. 328; Fox's censure, i. 333; his windows broken by mob, i. 356 Sainsbury, Mr., ii. 189, 199, 224, 233 St. Cierge, Madame de, ii. 43 St. Domingo, insurrection in Island of, ii. 280 *St. John, Sir H. Paulet, i. 142 *St. Omer, Bishop of, ii. 266 *St. Pierre, Bernardin de, ii. 75 St. Vincent, Earl, ii. 396 Sainte Croix, Bigot de, ii. 329 Salms, Princesse de, ii. 267 Sandwich, Lord, i. 356, 357; Lord of the Admiralty, ii. 374 *Sardinia, Charles Emanuel III., King of, i. 58; Victor Amadeus III., King of, ii. 265, 312, 315, 319 *Saville, Sir George, i. 375 Savoy, French invasion of, ii. 314 *Saxe-Teschen, Duke of, ii. 137 Sayer, Stephen, i. 272 *Scawen, Captain, i. 207 *Scholl, Dr., ii. 301 Schomberg, Count de, ii. 223 *Scindiah, i. 350 Scott, George, i. 130, 372, 393 Scott, James, Gibbon's intimacy with, i. 99-101; his death, i. 177; Gibbon's letters to, i. 82, 92, 115-117, 119, 126, 159, 161 *Scott, Sir Walter, his address to George Ellis in Marmion, ii. 184 Seeker, Archbishop, i. 285 *Selwyn, George, his Correspondence quoted, i. 29, 58, 82, 343, 347, 356, 388 Septchênes, Le Clerc de, translates part of Decline and Fall, i. 296 Serle's Coffee-House, i. 218 Servan, Joseph, ii. 315, 332, 368 Severy, Wilhelm de, ii. 162, 163, 165, 172, 176, 199, 206, 242, 287, 303, 316, 336, 358, 366, 369 Severy, Madame de, ii. 43, 178, 222, 335, 369 Sévigné, Madame de, i. 260 Shakespeare, Voltaire protests against French translation of, i. 294; Boydell's edition of, ii. 276 Sharrock, Captain Robert, i. 26 Sheffield, Lady (Miss Abigail Way), i. 85, 139; Gibbon's letters to, i. 241, 262, 301, 363, 386, 392; ii. 5, 11, 26, 65, 77, 115, 166, 168, 169, 335; her death, ii. 377 Sheffield, Lord (J. B. Holroyd), subjects of Gibbon's letters to:- Borromcan Islands, i. 57; amusements at Turin, i. 58; Gibbon's snuff-box, ibid.; Milan, i. 60; the Neckers, i. 81, 282, 305, 312; ii. 236, 251, 291, 345; Sheffield's marriage, i. 85; Gibbon's father's illness and death, i. 86, 115, 117; "Farmer Gibbon," i. 138; Denmark Revolution i. 144, 146, 149; "Datch," i. 145; the Pantheon, i. 146, 215; Parliament and the Thirty-nine Articles, i. 147; Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151; Dr. Nowell's sermon, ibid.; a sprained ankle, i. 161; Beriton, i. 164, 167, 196, 247, 344; ii. 6, 182 et seq., 222, 227; Lenborough, i. 165, 186, 205-207, 269, 296, 332, 335; ii. 64, 81, 83, 96, 112, 124; the New River Share, i. 167, 168, 335, 344; ii. 190; Lord North's somnolence, i. 173; ii. 24; the E. I. Co., i. 184, 186; ii. 85; Hume: W. Robertson, i. 190; Deyverdun, i. 191, 255; ii. 74-157 passim, 176, 178, 191, 194; Lord Holland and Fox's debts, i. 198; British Coffee-House, i. 201; Boston Port Bill, i. 206, 208; Mrs. Horneck, i. 207; Sujah Dowlah, i. 209; war with Spain, i. 212, 344; Boodle's masquerade at Pantheon, i. 215; Godfrey Clarke's illness, i. 223, 227, 239; Lord Sheffield and Sussex, i. 225, 232; Romanzow and Pouschkin, i. 227; offer of a seat, i. 229; Sheffield's withdrawal, i. 233; Gibbon M.P. for Liskeard, i. 234; Clive's death, i. 238; debate on Address, i. 240; troubles with America (see America); de Luna's book, i. 243; Decline and Fall, i. 263, 264, 277, 285, 361; ii. 151, 187; Spain and Barbary, i. 265; proposed hire of Russian mercenaries, i. 270; Sayer's arrest, i. 272; Hon. John Damer, i. 287; Howe's proclamation, i. 291; La Fayette in Paris, i. 305; Lord Pigot, i. 308, 362; Madame du Deffand, i. 312; Paris and the Parisians, i. 313, 317; Duke of Richmond, i. 317; Princesse de Beauvau, i. 319; Gibbon's gout, i. 321, 322; ii. 163-165, 215, 221, 233; Saratoga, i. 324; France and America, i. 333; the French fleet, i. 337, 338, 343, 347, 363; Admiral Keppel, i. 339; Tickell's Anticipation, i. 348; troubles in India, i. 349, 350, 357; Palliser and Keppel, i. 356; Militia Bill, i. 366; Macartney captured by French, i. 369; rumours of Civil War, i. 375; the Sussex protest, ibid.; Burke's Establishment Bill, i. 376; Rodney and the Spanish fleet, i. 376; the Sussex Dragoons, i. 384; ii. 23; Gibbon M.P. for Lymington, i. 387; the Coventry sheriffs, i. 393; Mrs. Abington, ii. 4; ships to warn West Indian fleet, ii. 5; list of new ministry (1782). ii. 19; Hyder Ali, ii. 19, 26; Lord Howe and Gibraltar, ii. 19, 20, 25; Lord Loughborough's marriage, ii. 24; Fox and American Independence, ii. 25; Lord Sheffield's Coventry speech, ii. 32; Gibbon's Lausanne scheme, ii. 56 et seq.; the custody of Gibbon's books, ii. 60, 62, 63, 149; an odd peace, ii. 67; the Triumvirate from Dover to Boulogne, ii. 72; Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the American States, ii. 73, 82, 148; Gibbon at Lausanne, ii. 74-157, 176-252, 255, 277-380 passim; Abbé Raynal, ii. 75, 82; Lady E. Foster, ii. 81; Fox and his India Bills, ii. 86; Gibbon's opinion of North, ii. 87; Miss Hester Gibbon, "the Northamptonshire Saint," ii. 91, 185, 187, 190, 193; Loughborough's kindness, ii. 91; Miss Frith's scissors, ii. 91, 97; Coalition Cabinet, ii. 92; "prudence and patriotism," ii. 93; Gibbon's hopes of compensation, ii. 101; "Fox's Martyrs," ii. 102; a free-spoken counsellor, ii. 103; ways and means, ii. 104, 110, 113, 127, 138, 146, 182-258 passim, 280, 281, 290, 300, 312, 360; Mrs. Fraser, ii. 105; society at Lausanne, ii. 111, 124, 135; Pitt's popularity on Continent, ii. 127; Sheffield's Observations, etc., on Ireland, ii. 128; Gibbon's reported death, ii. 132; Achilles Pitt and Hector Fox, ii. 136; Joseph II. and Frederick II., ii. 137; Aunt Kitty's death, ii. 144; Lord Auckland, ii. 148; Madame de Crousaz, ii. 154; the conscious shame of the French, ii. 162; Sheridan's speech, ii. 172; twelve hours' talk with Fox, ii. 180; George III.'s illness and recovery, ii. 181, 191; Hugonin's death and dishonesty, ii. 183-185; Gibbon's madeira, ii. 190, 211, 214, 223, 282, 327; de Montagny and the Swiss transaction, ii. 195, 202; the Severys, ii. 199, 206; Sir S. Porten's death, ii. 201; low spirits, ii. 202; the French Revolution, ii. 204, 209; French exiles at Lausanne, ii. 210, 222; Gibbon's loneliness, ii. 215; Reynolds' portrait of Sheffield, ii. 216; happy though unmarried, ii. 220; Aunt Hester's death, ii. 222; the Newhaven property, ii. 235, 242; Burke's French Revolution, ii. 237; Gibbon's hospitality at Lausanne, ii. 242; Louis XVI., ii. 255, 360; the Sheffields' visit to Lausanne, ii. 277; improvements in house and garden, ii. 278; peace or war, ii. 279; the St. Domingo insurrection, ii. 280; Madame de Sta?l and her father, ii. 292; march of the Marseillais, ii. 293; the "Friends of the People," ii. 295; Austrian Croats and Gallic cannibals, ii. 296; fate of the Gibbonian collection, ii. 301; Brunswick's march on Paris, ii. 311; Madame de Lamballe's murder, ii. 312; French invasion of Savoy, ii. 315; Geneva threatened, ii. 317, 322; preparations for flight, ii. 319; fears of siege removed, ii. 326; Mr. Nichols, ii. 328; treaty with France delayed, ii. 331, 345; the Gallic dogs, ii. 333; Montesquieu and the Neckers, ii. 345; Brunswick's retreat, ii. 346; Barthélemy, ii. 355; Geneva Revolution, ii. 355, 370; Fox deeply tinged with democracy, ii. 356; Gibbon's proposed return to England, ii. 357, 371, 379; plan of work, ii. 359; de Severy's death, ii. 369; Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 377; siege of Mayence, ii. 382; Lord Hervey's Memorial, ii. 388; the Althorpe library, ii. 392; Gibbon's serious illness, ii. 393-395; at Eden Farm, ii. 398. His letters to Gibbon, ii. 217, 224, 232, 238, 239, 243, 245, 253, 254, 256-258, 268, 272, 274, 275, 283, 294, 295, 302, 304, 319, 328, 343, 348, 350, 361, 367, 368, 373, 376, 382, 395; his pamphlets mentioned: Observations on the Commerce of the American States, ii. 72, 82, 148; - on the Manufactures, Trade, and Present State of Ireland, ii. 128; - on the French Treaty and Commerce, ii. 148; - on the Project for Abolishing the Slave Trade, ii. 217; - on the Corn Bill now depending in Parliament, ii. 239 Shelburne, Earl, i. 26, 373; Secretary of State, ii. 14, 17; Prime Minister, ii. 19, 25; resigns, ii. 33 Shelley, Sir John, i. 351 Shelley, Lady, ii. 31 Shelly, Mrs., ii. 386 Sheridan, i. 333; his speech on Begums of Oude, ii. 172; lines on Lord Glenbervie, ii. 180; "Friends of the People," ii. 297 Siddons, Mrs., Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 29 Sidney, Mr., i. 40 *Simolin, M., ii. 254 *Simpson, Mrs. J. Bridgman, i. 153 Sivrac, Duchesse de, ii. 111 Skipwith, Mr. (Gibbon's co-executor of Clarke's will), i. 239, 244, 245, 254 Slave Trade, Abolition of, ii. 239, 294 *Sloane, Sir Hans, i. 29, 89 *Smith, General, ii. 85 *Smithson, Sir Hugh (Duke of Northumberland), i. 82 Smyrna Coffee House, i. 19 Soho masquerade, the (Carlisle House), i. 131 *Southerne's tragedy of The Fatal Marriage, ii. 29 Southouse, Mr., Gibbon's solicitor, i. 93, 95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 127 *Southwell, Lord, i. 6 Spain, troubles with, i. 212, 344; Expedition v. Barbary, i. 265; Rodney's defeat of Spanish fleet, i. 376; war with France, i. 362; convention between England and, ii. 226 Speed, Miss Harriet (Comtesse de Viry), i. 314, 316 Spencer, Lady, i. 33, 370; ii. 300, 310, 312, 400 Spencer, Lady Diana. See Bolingbroke, Lady, and Beauclerk, Lady Diana Spencer Lady Elizabeth (Lady Pembroke), ii. 106, 110 Spencer, Lord, i. 33; ii. 135, 187, 305 Spencer, Lord Charles, i. 376 *Spencer, Lord R., i. 366 *Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, i. 114 Sta?l-Holstein, Baron de, ii. 292 Sta?l-Holstein, Madame de, i. 41, 115, 291, 292; escapes from Paris, ii. 311; birth of her sons, ii. 319, 347; rescues Princesse d'Hénin, ii. 324; Miss Burney on, at Dorking, ii. 375; Lord Sheffield's guest, ii. 377 Stafford, Marquis of, ii. 306 Stamford, Lord, i. 254 *Stamp Act, the i. 84 *Standish, Sir Frank, i. 90 *Stanhope, Mrs. Eugenia, i. 195 Stanhope, Philip (Lord Chesterfield's son), i. 188, 191, 195 *Stanislaus Poniatowski, King of Poland, i. 29, 158 Stanley, Lord, his Fête Champêtre, i. 219 Stanley, Rt. Hon. Hans, i. 29, 44, 148 *States-General, meeting of the, ii. 279 Stawell, Lord, ii. 26, 175, 182, 189, 199 *Steward, Colonel, i. 398 Steward, Mr., i. 18 Storer, Anthony Morris, i. 207; ii. 67, 86, 87 Stormont, Lord (2nd Lord Mansfield), i. 314, 333, 371; President of Council, ii. 34, 305 Strahan, William, printer to His Majesty, i. 222, 263, 279 Strange, Lord, i. 90 Strathmore, Lord, ii. 276 Stratton, member of Madras Council, i. 362 *Strode, William, i. 89, 90 *Struensee, Dr., i. 143 Stuart, Andrew, M.P. for Lanarkshire, i. 366 Stuart, Gilbert, View of Society in Europe, etc., ii. 22 Stuart, Mrs., ii. 11 Stuart, Sir Simeon, i. 84, 92, 105, 112 *Sturm's Religious Meditations, etc., i. 181 Suard, J. B. Antoine, translates Decline and Fall, i. 292 Suess, George, Gibbon's valet, ii. 49 Suffield, Lord, i. 250, 252 Sujah Dowlah, Nawab of Oude, i. 187, 209 Sulens, Mdlle., ii. 43 Sussex Militia, i. 336, 340, 361 Sutton, Sir Richard, i. 260 *Sweden, Gustavus III., King of, ii. 279 Swiss Guard massacred in Paris, ii. 312, 322, 355 Swiss Militia, i. 38 Sylva, Madame de, ii. 388, 400 Sydney, Lord (Tommy Townshend), i. 151, 210; ii. 19, 86 T Taaffe, i. 6, 35 *Taboureau des Réaux, i. 304 *Talleyrand, ii. 292, 326 *Tandy, Napper, ii. 115 *Tanjore, Rajah of, i. 209, 308 *Tankerville, Earl of, i. 67 Tavistock, Marquis of, i. 27 Temple, Lord, i. 50, 185-187; ii. 19; the "stormy petrel" of politics, ii. 86 Tessier, M., i. 278 Theodore, Charles, Elector of Bavaria, ii. 265 *Thiars, Comte de, ii. 324 *Thiers, M., ii. 326 Thomas, Dr., i. 223, 224, 241 Thompson, Sir Benjamin (Count of Rumford), ii. 72 Thompson, Sir Charles, i. 261 Thurlow, Lord, Attorney General, i. 173; Lord Chancellor, i. 341; ii. 13, 86; dismissed, ii. 306 Tickell, Richard, on Gibbon's snuff-box i. 58; his pamphlet Anticipation, i. 341; on Brooks's Club, i. 376 Tippoo (Hyder Ali's son), ii. 19; defeated by Cornwallis, ii. 276 Tissot, Dr. Simon André, ii. 77, 105, 108, 115, 130, 179 Titchfield, Marquis of, ii. 363 Tollemache, Hon. W., i. 386 Tonyn, Governor of Florida, i. 300 *Toussaint d'Ouverture, ii. 75 *Towers, Dr., ii. 305 Townley, Colonel, i. 148 *Townshend, C., i. 347 Townshend, Hon. John, i. 58, 376; ii. 18, 19, 179 Townshend, Lord, duel with Lord Bellamont, i. 180; Master of Ordnance, ii. 34; on Coalition Ministry, ii. 34 Townshend, Thomas. See Sydney, Lord Trade and Plantations. See Board of Trade Trajan's Pillar, i. 67 Tremlet, Life of Almanzor, i. 238, 243 Trevor, Mrs., i. 361; ii. 148, 153, 279, 284 Trevor, Hon. John Hampden, ii. 135, 274, 279, 294 *Truguet, Admiral, ii. 314 Tryon, Governor, i. 284 *Turgot, M., i. 304 Turin, Gibbon at, i. 55 Turton, Dr. John, attends Goldsmith, i. 16; Gibbon, i. 114, 150, 371, 378; Godfrey Clarke, i. 224 *Tyers, Jonathan, i. 114 Tylney, Lord, i. 60 Tyrconnell, Countess of, ii. 275 *Tyrconnell, Earl of, ii. 275 Tyrone, Lord, ii. 112 U *Unitarian Society, the, ii. 305 *Ushant, battle of, i. 349