Wishart, James, captain (afterwards
admiral), 13, 215.
tion of protestant refugees, 141, 200; Wintoun, Earl of (George Seton), 250,
attacks on by tories in commons,
201; invite the Elector of Hanover,
203; denounce the treaty of Utrecht,
206, 207, 210; and the queen's ill-
ness, 211; and Dunkirk, 213; over-
tures of, to the Hanover tories, 214;
preparations of, against the pretender,
221; their majority in the parliament
of 1715, 233; deaths of leaders of,
238; form the government, 267;
ascendancy of, 280.
Whiston, William, 358, 481.
Withers, Henry, general, 153, 154.
Wittelsbach, family of, 7.
Woffington, Margaret, actress, 490.
Wolfe, James, General, 375, 456, 457,
463; takes Quebec, 464-466; dies,
466.
Wolverhampton, 314.
Wood, William, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319.
Wootton Bassett (Wilts), 45.
Whitshed, William, chief-justice of Ire-Worcestershire, riots in, 238.
land, 318, 319.
Whitworth, Sir Charles, afterwards Lord
Whitworth, envoy to Berlin, 286.
Widdrington, Lord (William Widdring-
ton), 250, 252, 253; impeachment of,
Wight, Isle of, 19, 306, 347.
Wightman, Joseph, general, 256, 257,
284.
Wigtoun, Earl of (John Fleming), 247.
Willes, Lord Chief Justice, 395.
William III., his relations to the Prin-
cess Anne, I; the news of his death
at Vienna and the Hague, 3; his in-
fluence over Heinsius, 6; his conven-
tions with the allies, 8; entertains
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt,
12; last parliament of, 45, 68; dis-
solved, 25; reflection on memory of,
25; whigs and, 26; tories and, 27;
grants of, 29; employed De Foe, 31;
domestic policy of, 36, 40; and the
Harleys, 43; his toleration act, 71,
90 n. 1; and Scotland, 93, 95, 103;
and Somers, 122; and the revolution,
166, 168; his reign, 180; his great
officers, 183; and subsidies to the
allies, 192; his grants to favourites,
206; his foreign policy, 226; court
of, 230.
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 370;
and King of Poland, 425.
Wills, Charles (afterwards Sir Charles),
general, 156, 253, 254, 267.
Wilmington, Earl of. See Compton,
Spencer.
Wilson, Alexander, lord provost
Edinburgh, 352.
Wilson, Andrew, 352.
Worms, treaty of, 376.
Wratislaw, Count, imperial minister, 84.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 497.
Wright, Sir Nathan, lord-keeper, 25 n.
I, 68.
Würtemberg, Duchy of, 53, 114.
Würtemberg, Duke of, 17.
Würtemberg, Prince of, 55.
Wusterhausen, treaty of (1726), 327.
Wyndham, Sir William, secretary at
war, 203; supports treaty of commerce
with France, 207; chancellor of the
exchequer, 208; brings in the schism
bill, 218; first lord of the treasury,
220; Bolingbroke to, 242; arrest of,
248, 249; defends schism act, 291;
allied with Pulteney, 335; inspired by
Bolingbroke, 339; advocates repeal
of the septennial act, 348; secedes
from Parliament, 354; and Prince of
Wales's allowance, 356; secession of,
361.
Wynendaele, victory of, 118, 203.
Yarmouth, Lady, sides with Pitt 445.
Yonge, Sir William, 368, 412.
York, archbishops of:-
Dr. John Sharp, 4, IOI.
Sir William Dawcs.
Bishop of
John Dolben, 166.
York Building Company, the, 296.
York, Duke of (Ernest Augustus, Duke
of Brunswick-Lüneburg), 332.
York, titular Duke of (Henry Stewart),
396.
Yorke, Charles, solicitor-general, 446.
of Young, Edward, 484.
Winchilsea, Earl of. See Finch, Lord.
Winnington, Thomas, 365, 368, 378.
"Young Glengarry," 427-428.
Ypres, 82.
Yssche, river, 77.
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