Extinction of the Stuarts.
"Jacobo III., Jacobi Magn. Brit. Regis filio Carolo Eduardo et Henrico decano Patrum Cardinalium, Jacobi III. filiis, Regia Stirpis Stuardia Postremis, Anno MDCCCXIX.
Beati Mortui qui in Domino Moriuntur."
It was only after this that, among the staunchest Jacobites, coughing ceased at the mention of King George in the Prayers, and the charming songs could no longer be sung with more than a dreamy sense of loyalty.
The direct heirship of the elder line of Stuarts passed through Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, to her daughter, the Duchess of Savoy, and thence, through several Dukes, to the House of Modena. The wife of the Prince Regent of Bavaria at present represents the Stuart dynasty.
ACT OF SETTLEMENT, the, 170. Addison, Joseph, joint author of weekly papers, 210; verses of, 211; joint editor of Spectator, 223; writes invitation to George I., 227. Alberoni, Giulio, influence in Spain, 270, 271; quarrels with Duke of Escalona, 272; in correspondence with Stuarts, ib.; his fleet, ib.; opposed to Triple Alliance, 274; dis- missed from Spain, 277; at the Jacobite court, 283.
Alexis, Prince, of Russia, quarrels with Czar, 264; death of, 265.
Almanza, battle of, 190; second battle of, 193. Anne of York, marries Prince George of Den- mark, 62; suspects legitimacy of Prince of Wales, 118; forsakes her father, 124, 125; gives birth to a son, 153; quarrels with Mary, 158, 159; retires from court, ib.; reconciled to William, 162; at death of her son, 169. (See Queen Anne.)
Anne, Queen, accession of, 204; literary men of her reign, 205; churches of, 206; customs, in days of, 209, 210; changes her policy, 212; quarrels with Duchess of Marlborough, 213, 214; negotiates with Louis XIV. for peace, 217; interviews Prince Eugene, 219; Peace of Utrecht, 222; out of health, 224; at cabinet council, 225; death of, 226, 227; summary of her reign, 232.
Anne, Empress of Russia, 309; death of, 341. Anson, Commodore George, 333; fleet of, 335; dangerous passage of, ib.; shipwrecks of, 336, 338; seizes Paita, in Chili, 337; capture of Manilla galleon, 338.
Arcos, Duke of, 186; advances on Valencia, 187.
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 236; in com- mand against Jacobites, 242; at Edinburgh, 244; at Sheriffmuir, 246; at arrival of Pre- tender, 248, 249.
Argyll, Earl of, trial of, 34; escape of, ib.; implicated in Rye House Plot, 63, 70; pro- claims Monmouth king, 76; his followers, 77; his army in Scotland disperses, ib.; capture of, 78; executed, ib.
Armstrong, Sir Thomas, implicated in Rye House Plot, 64; escapes to Holland, ib.; tried and executed, 70.
Army, mismanagement of, in Ireland, 153, 154. Arnauld, a Jansenist, 86; tries to influence the
Pope, 88; approves of revocation of Edict of Nantes, 92.
Ashton, attempts to carry letter to James II., 155; captured and executed, 156.
Atterbury, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, at Jacobite council, 227; in correspondence with Jacobite court, 279; his plot, 280; arrested and im- prisoned, 281; exiled, 282; death and burial of, 283, 284.
Augsburg, the League of, 97.
Augustan Age, the, 210, 211.
Augustus the Strong, of Saxony, his court, 309; death of, ib.
BAILLIE of Jerviswood, Robert, arrested, 65: executed, 70.
Balmerino, Lord, trial of, 391; execution of,
Bambridge, Governor of Newgate, 324, 325. Bank of England, the, origin of, 152. Barcelona, siege of, 185; second siege of, 187; relief of, 188.
Barclay, Sir George implicated in Charnock's plot, 163; escapes, 165.
Barillon, French Ambassador, at Charles II.'s death-bed, 74; with James II., 105. Bedloe, William, assertions as to Godfrey's murder, 15, 16; discloses divers false plots, 16; accuses Prance of Godfrey's murder, 19; exonerates queen on his death-bed, 22. Bentinck, Earl of Portland, 150; result of William's favour, 163.
Berkeley, George, Dean of Derry, 285, 322; missionary efforts, ib.; Bishop of Cloyne, 323.
Berwick, Duke of, in Ireland, 136; in Char- nock's plot, 164; in Spain, 185; advice to Philip V., 188; in Madrid, 189; at Battle of Almanza, 190; power of, 311; invests Kehl, ib.; death of, 312.
Bill of Rights, the, 153; of Indemnity, the, 154.
Bishops, the seven, petition of, 111, 112; in council, 112, 113; imprisoned, 113, 114; trial of, 114, 115; acquitted, 115, 116. Bloody Assize, the, 82-84.
Bob of Dumblane, the, 247- Bolingbroke, Viscount in Paris, 221; desires appointment of Shrewsbury, 226; flight of, 235; at court of Pretender, 240, 241; aban- dons him, 252; pardoned and returns to England, 283.
Bossuet, at council of bishops, 87; on the four articles, 88; his exposition of Catholic doc- trine, ib.; approves of revocation of Edict of Nantes, 92; on the Jansenist question, 196; death of, 197.
Bothwell Bridge, battle of, 30.
Bourbon, Duke of, 200; a stock-jobber, 257; first minister to Louis XV., 289. Boyle, Robert, aids Irish bishops, 40. Boyne, the battle of the, 141, 142. Broghill, Lord, chief mover of restoration of lands in Ireland, 36; his bill, 37; created Earl of Orrery, ib.; Lord Justice of Ireland, 38.
Bull Unigenitus, acceptance of, 293.
Burgundy, Duke and Duchess of, 199; deaths of, 202.
Burke, Edward, guides Pretender in Scotland, 378-381.
Burnet, Dr., welcomes William, 121; proposes scheme for Bill of Rights, 153; educates Duke of Gloucester, 169.
Byng, Admiral, defeats Spanish fleet, 274. Byron, John, voyage in the Wager, 338-340. Brinvilliers, Marquise de, crimes of, 46; exe- cution of, 47.
CAMERON, Richard, declaration of, 31; at Aird's Moss, ib. ; killed, ib. Cameronians, the, 31, 32, 33. Camisard War, the, 181, 182.
Caroline, Queen, as Princess of Wales, 305; influence over ministers, 316; anger at Edin- burgh riots, 320; death of 320, 321. Carpenter, General, 244; at Preston, 245. Catharine of Braganza, Queen, accusations against, 17; removed to Whitehall, ib.; ac- cused of high treason, ib. ; at death-bed of Charles, 73; returns to Somerset House, 75; intercedes for Monmouth, 81; at birth of her nephew, 117; godmother, 120.
Caulet, Bishop, of Pamiers, refuses king's nominees, 87; his property spoiled, ib. ; death of, ib.
Cavalier, Jean, leader of Camisards, 181; treats with Villars, 182; enlists in Holland, 183.
Cevennes, rising in the, 180. Charles II., his opinion of Presbyterianism, 2; informed of Popish Plot, 11; examines Titus Oates, 12; speech in Parliament, 14; brings Queen Catharine back to Whitehall, 17; dis- gusted with Oates, 18; interviews Prance, 20; fears lest his Roman Catholic tendency should be suspected, 20, 21, 23; dissolves Parliament to protect Danby, 43; fails in attempt to shield him from New Parliament, 44; standard of morality during his reign, 49; dissolves Par- liament, 50; illness of, 51; governs by means of ministers, 52; his ability, ib.; Parliament
Oxford, 53; institutes inquiry into Cor-
poration of London, 56; summary of his reign, 72; last days, 72, 73; takes sacrament of the Romish Church, 75; death of, ib.; funeral of, ib.
Charles VI. of Germany, proclaimed King of Spain, 185; besieged by Philip V.in Barcelona, 187; delays, 188; desertion of army, 189; ingratitude to English, ib.; retires to Barce- lona, 190; re-enters campaign, 193; victory at Almanza, ib.; enters Madrid, ib.; retreats 194; resigns claims to Spain, 222; endeavours to ally with England, 313; death of, 341. Charles XII. of Sweden, in Turkey, 262; at Stralsund, 263; allies with Russia, 265; resolves on conquest of Norway, 266; death of, ib.
Charles Albert, Duke of Bavaria, 342; crowned King of Bohemia, 344; crowned Emperor of Austria, 345; death of, 353.
Charles Edward, the Pretender, leaves Rome, 355; lands in Scotland, 356; his followers, 357, popularity among the Highlanders, 358; at Perth, 359; at Edinburgh, 361; defeats English at Preston Pans, 362, 363; mani. festoes of, 366; collects money, ib.; at Carlisle, 367; at Manchester. ib.; at Derby, 368; re- treats, 369; in Scotland again, 370; at Dum- fries, 371; at Glasgow. ib.; at Falkirk, 372- 373; retreats towards Inverness, 375; at Culloden, 376, 377; wanderings of, 378-387; among Campbells, 380; guided by Flora Macdonald, 382-384; with the seven outlaws, 385, 386; embarks for France, 387; at Court of Louis, 396; in London, ib.; at Rome, 397; marries Louisa of Stolberg, ib.; death of, ib. Charles Emanuel, King of Sardinia, 308, 309. Charnock, his plot, 163-167; arrested, 165; executed, ib.
Châteauroux, Duchess of, at Metz, 350; dis- missed, 351; death of, 352.
Cheap, Captain, his voyage in the Wager, 338-
Church of England, the, improvements in, 205; popularity of, 208.
Church of Scotland, the, re-established, 2; state of, 206
Churchill, Lord John, with Duke of York, 51, 55; character of, 122; joins William, 123. (See Marlborough.)
Churchill, Lady, her influence with Anne, 62, 118; flies with her from London, 124. (See Duchess of Marlborough.)
Clarendon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1OI; recalled, ib.; visits Bishops in the Tower, 114; writes to James II., 155; sent to Tower, 156. Claverhouse, John Graham of, 27; at Drum- clog, 27, 28; clears himself at court, 31; in defence of, 32, 33.
Clement XI., Pope, issues Bull Unigenitus, 229, 230.
Clement, Prince of Bavaria, 98.
Clunes, Cameron of, guides Pretender, 386. Colbert, French financier, 41; death of, 57- Collier, Jeremy, outlawed, 166.
Coleman, trial and execution of, 18, 19. Compton, Bishop of London, trial of, 102; suspended, ib.; reinstated, 120; consecrates
Covenanters, the, persecution of, 1; boycotted, 7; meetings of, 8, 24; laws against, 33; martyrs among, 34. Cromarty, Lord, imprisoned, 391; trial of, ib.; pardoned, 392.
Culloden, battle of, 376, 377.
Cumberland, Duke of, at Dettingen, 346, 347; at Fontenoy, 354; in command in Scotland, 368, 369, 374; at Nairn, 375; at Culloden, 376, 377; barbarity of 388-390.
Das Minas, General, 189; at battle of Almanza, 190.
Dauphin, the, character of, 200; illness and death of, 201.
Dauphin, the, at Louis XIV.'s death-bed, 231. De Belzunce, Bishop of Marseilles, heroism during the plague, 286.
De Noailles, Cardinal Archbishop, 195; de- fends Quesnel, 197; penance over ruins of Port Royal, 198; dissatisfied with Papal Bull, 229; result, 230; expectations of Pope Clement XI., 293; death of, 294.
De Noailles, Marshal, at Dettingen, 346, 347; killed at Fontenoy, 354.
De Tresson, Bishop of Nantes; persecutes Huguenots, 296.
De Vintimille, Archbishop of Paris, 294. Declaration of indulgence, by James II., 103; command to read in churches, 107; refusal of clergy, 110; petition against, 111, 112. Delaunay, Mlle., in the Bastille, 276. Derwentwater, Lord, 243; at Preston, 245; in the Tower, 249; intercession for, 250; execu- tion of, 251, 252.
Dettingen, battle of, 346, 347. Drumclog, engagement at, 28.
Drummond, Lord, his plot, 241, 242; at Fal. kirk, 372, 373..
Dryden, on William III., 151; his Virgil, 211. Dubois, Abbé, 239; Cardinal, power of, 287; prime minister, 288; death of, 289. Duquesne, Admiral, bombards Algiers, 57, 58; Protestant opinions of, 92; monument to,
EDICT of Nantes, revocation of, 92. Edinburgh riots, 318-320.
Elcho, Lord, at Culloden, 377; flies with Charles Edward, 378.
Elections, importance of recognised, 163. Elliot, attempts to carry letter to James, 155; captured, 156.
Essex, Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 40; arrests Archbishop Plunket, ib.; resigns, ib.; his views, 63; implicated in Rye House plot, 65; suicide in the Tower, 66.
Eugene, Prince, in London, 219, 220; cam- paign of, 221; in command of Austrian troops, 312; death of, 313, 314.
FALKIRK, battle of, 372, 373; effect of in Eng- land, 374.
Fénelon, Abbé de, approves of revocation of Edict of Nantes, 92; on a mission to Hugue- nots, 95; grief at death of Dauphin, 203; death of, 233.
Fenwick, Sir John, plots against William, 163; tries to evade punishment, 166; trial and execution of, 167.
Feversham, Lord, in command against Mon- mouth, 80; at Sedgemoor, ib; executions by, 82; at birth of Prince of Wales, 117; escorts James II. back to London, 130.
Fleury, Bishop, Louis XV.'s tutor, 289; aims at cardinalate, 293; tries to prevent war with Germany, 343; death of, 345. Fontenoy, battle of, 354.
Forster, Mr., 243; at Preston, 245; escape of,
Frampton, Robert, Bishop of Gloucester, his career, 110; too late to appear with petition, 112; visits Jeffreys in Tower, 129; latter days of, 157.
France, under Louis XIV., 41; corruption in, 44, 46; crimes in, 47; religious troubles in, 87, 88; civil war, 182.
Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, 300; im- prisoned, ib.; released, 301. (See Frederick II.) Frederick II. of Prussia, 341; war with Ger- many, 342, 343; defeats Prince of Lorraine, 345; treaty with Germany, ib. ; alliance with France, 349; besieges Prague, 352; retreats, ib.
Frederick IV. of Denmark, 263.
Frederick, Count Palatine of Rhine, children of, 96.
Frederick Augustus of Poland, defeats Leck- sinski, 309; besieges Dantzic, 310; acknow- ledged King of Poland, 313.
Frederick William I. of Prussia, 300, 302, 303; death of, 341.
French invasion of England, attempt at, 349. Fürstenburg, Cardinal, 98.
GALWAY, Lord, at Badajos, 184; proclaims Charles of Germany King of Spain, 188; at Almanza, 190; defeated at Lazudina, 193. Gardiner, Colonel James, at Edinburgh, 359; levies troops, 360; killed at Prestons Pans, 363.
George I. proclaimed King of England, 234; his first Cabinet, 235; threatened by Sweden and Russia, 265; in Hanover, 268; his court, 305; death of, 306.
George II., as Prince of Wales, 305; his minis- ters, 306; his character, 316; his children, 316, 317; attitude towards Germany, 343; at Dettingen, 346, 347; fears arrival of Pre- tender, 368.
George, Prince of Denmark, marries Anne of York, 62; at Charles II.'s funeral, 75; joins William III., 124; in Ireland, 141; at battle of Boyne, 142; as a father, 169.
Georgia, foundation of colony by Oglethorpe, 326-330.
Gertruydenberg, conference at 199.
Gibraltar, siege of, 184; attempt to seize, 305. Gin, Duty on, 318.
Ginkel, General, in Ireland, 145, 146; defeats St. Ruth, ib.; at second siege of Limerick, 147.
Gloucester, William, Duke of, 168; education of, 169; death of, ib.
Glover, Richard, poet, 333.
Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, murder of, 13; funeral of, ib.
Godolphin, Sidney, 52; first Commissioner of Treasury, 155; correspondence with Jacob- ites, ib.; plots against William, 158; one of William's Council, 163; resigns, 166, 167; death of, 213.
Gortz, Minister to Charles XII. of Sweden, 263, 265; captured, ib.; beheaded, 266. Grammont, Duke of, at Dettingen, 347; at Fontenoy, 354..
Grey, Lord, Whig leanings of, 63; arrested in connection with Rye House plot, 64; escapes, 65; supporter of Monmouth, 79; flies from Sedgemoor, 80; captured, 81; buys respite for life, 82.
Grierson, Sir Robert, of Lag, 26.
Guiscard, Abbé, attempts to assassinate Har- ley, 216.
HABEAS CORPUS Act, 50.
Hackston, William, 24; at the murder of Arch- bishop Sharpe, 25; at Bothwell Bridge, 30; trial of, 31; execution of, 32.
Hales, Sir Edward, governor of the Tower, 113; escapes with James II., 127. Halifax, Lord, 235.
Hamilton, Duke of, Petitions for Covenantors, 8; leads the Covenantors, 27, 28; duel and death of, 222.
Hamilton, General, before Derry, 137, 138; at battle of Boyne, 142; prisoner, 143. Hampden, 63, implicated in Rye House Plot, 65; tried and imprisoned, 70. Hapsburg, House of, 58
Harley, Prime Minister, 215; attempt to as- sassinate, 216; created Earl of Oxford, ib.; removed from office, 225.
Harley, Robert, founder of South Sea Bubble, 258.
Hawley, General, a second Jeffreys, 371; derides Cope, 372; at Falkirk, 372, 373; at Culloden, 376, 377; barbarity of, in Scot- land, 389.
Hervey, Lord, descriptions of Caroline's court, 317.
Hoadley, Benjamin, his sermon censured by Compton, 206; Bishop of Bangor, further unorthodox sermons, 279.
Holland, Calvinistic plot with, 5, 6; war in,
Horn, Count, assassinates a broker in Paris, 257- Howard, Lord, of Escrick, 63; implicated in
Rye House Plot, 65; evidence of, 66, 68, 70. Huddleston, Father, at Charles II.'s death- bed, 74, 75; at Bath, 105.
Huguenots, persecution of, 88; La Caisse de Conversions, ib. ; liberty of, restricted, 89; conversion of, 90, 91; emigration of, 90, 92- 94; in England, 94, 95; at battle of Boyne, 143; persecution of, 180, 181, 296.
Hume, Sir Patrick, implicated in Rye House Plot, 65; in hiding, 66; escapes with family to Holland, 70.
Hyde, Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, 52.
INDULGENCE, The, for Presbyterians, 7; de- claration of, by James II., 103.
Innocent XI. Pope, his struggle with Louis | XIV., 87, 88; dislikes persecution of Hugue- nots, 95; quarrels with French ambassador,96; annuls election of Archbishop of Cologne, 98; moderation of, 100; godfather to Prince of Wales, 120.
Inverness, held by Loudon against Jacobites, 375.
Ireland, restoration of lands in, 36; supersti- tions of, 38; opening of new Parliament, ib.; Jacobite Parliament of, 140; war in, 141-147; under George I., 284, 285.
JACOBITES, nicknames of, 155; their schemes, 240; dispersed, 249; loyalty of in Scotland, 395.
James, Duke of York, in Scotland, 31; at Scotch Parliament, 34; retires to Belgium, 43; Bill of Exclusion against, 50; sent to Scotland, 51; wrecked, 54, 55; at death-bed of Charles II., 73-75; accedes to the throne, 75. (See James II.)
James II., accession of, 75; goes to mass, ib.; coronation of, 76; informs Parliament of Monmouth's plot,77; attitude towards rebels, 82; strengthened by rebellion, 84; his army, ib.; dispensing power, 85; aids Huguenot emigrants, 94; his obstinacy, 99; surprised at Tory resistance, 100; relaxes Test Act, 101; re-establishes Court of High Commis- sion, 102; declares Indulgence for all sects, 103; royal progress of, 104; at Bath, 105; fills public offices with Catholics, ib.; com mands Indulgence to be read in churches, 107; receives Bishops' petition, 111; indig nation against Bishops, 112; imprisons them, 113; at the birth of Prince of Wales, 117; hears of William's invasion, 119; redresses grievances, 120; christening of Prince, ib.; misjudges gravity of William's arrival, 121; illness of, ib.; attempts to send Prince to France, 124; desertion of his daughter, Anne, 124, 125; holds council, 126; succeeds
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