Chapter XIX: Part 19

*I must at length withdraw the veil before my state of health, though the naked truth may alarm you more than a fit of the gout. Have you never observed, through my _inexpressibles_, a large prominency _circa genitalia_, which, as it was not at all painful, and very little troublesome, I had strangely neglected for many years?[322] But since my departure from Sheffield-place it has increased, most stupendously, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Yesterday I sent for Farquhar,[323] who is allowed to be a very skilful surgeon. After viewing and palping, he very seriously desired to call in assistance, and has examined it again to-day with Mr. Cline,[324] a surgeon, as he says, of the first eminence. They both pronounce it a _hydrocele_ (a collection of water), which must be let out by the operation of tapping; but from its magnitude and long neglect, they think it a most extraordinary case, and wish to have another surgeon, Dr. Bayley, present. If the business should go off smoothly, I shall be delivered from my burthen, (it is almost as big as a small child), and walk about in four or five days with a truss. But the medical gentlemen, who never speak quite plain, insinuate to me the _possibility_ of an inflammation, of fever, etc. I am not appalled at the thoughts of the operation, which is fixed for Wednesday next, twelve o'clock; but it has occurred to me that you might wish to be present, before and afterwards, till the crisis was past; and to give you that opportunity, I shall solicit a delay till Thursday, or even Friday. In the mean while, I crawl about with some labour, and much indecency, to Devonshire-house, where I left all the fine ladies making flannel waistcoats;[325] Lady Lucan's, &c. Adieu. Varnish the business for the ladies; yet I am afraid it will be public;--the advantage of being notorious. Ever yours.*

[322] Gibbon had, in 1761, consulted Mr. (afterwards Sir Cæsar)
Hawkins, the surgeon, who wished to see him again. But he never
returned, or consulted any other medical man till November, 1793.

[323] Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart. (cr. 1796), was originally an
army doctor. He died in 1819.

[324] Henry Cline (1750-1827) was a pupil of Hunter, and at this
time surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital.

[325] For the soldiers serving in Flanders under the Duke of York.

640.

_To his Stepmother._

St. James's Street, No. 76, Nov. 21, '93.

MY DEAR MADAM,

My friend Lord S. having left me to return into Sussex, I thought you would not be sorry to receive a short assurance of my health under my own hand. You may justly reproach me with the long neglect of a growing complaint, but I am now in the hands of the most skillful physicians and surgeons, who have given me immediate relief, and promise me a safe and radical cure. With their approbation I live as usual, and dine abroad every day, and in a fortnight, when my friends return from Brighton, I shall meet them at S. P. and remain there till after Christmas.

I am
Ever yours,
E. G.

641.

_To Lord Sheffield._

St. James's, Nov. 25, '93.

[Sidenote: A SECOND OPERATION NEEDED.]

*Though Farquahar has promised to write you a line, I conceive you may not be sorry to hear directly from me. The operation of yesterday was much longer, more searching and more painful than the former, but it has eased and lightened me to a much greater degree: no inflammation, no feaver, a delicious night, leave to go abroad to-morrow and to go out of town when I please _en attendant_ the future measures of a radical cure. If you hold your intention of returning next Saturday to S. P., I shall probably join you about the Thursday following, after lying two nights at Beckenham.[326] The Devons are going to Bath, and the hospitable Craufurd follows them. Yet I do not want dinners. I passed a delightful day with Burke; an odd one with Monsignor Erskine, the Pope's Nuncio.--Of public news, you and the papers know much more than I do. We seem to have strong sea and land hopes; nor do I dislike the Royalists having beaten the _Sans-Culottes_ and taken Dol. How many minutes will it take to guillotine the seventy-three new members of the Convention who are now arrested? Adieu. I embrace the Ladies.*

Ever yours,
E. G.

[326] At Lord Auckland's, at Eden Farm.

642.

_Lord Sheffield to Edward Gibbon._

Brighton, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1793.

We are very much content with the account of you, especially Mr. Farquar's. His is really excellent. As this air does not particularly suit Louisa, & as I brought a bowel complaint with me from London and cannot bathe, the Ladies will settle at Sheffield Place to-morrow & I shall settle there on Thursday. We shall expect you on the Thursday following, at furthest, perhaps sooner. I suppose you write to Mrs. Gibbon, but I do not know why I suppose it. There is little or no Society here. I have had one pleasant dinner with Gerrard Hamilton, who is tolerably well, and am to dine with him to-morrow.

I have seen an officer just come from Portsmouth, who says that the Fleet, with Sir Charles Grey,[327] dropped down to St. Helens yesterday, & that Lord Moira[328] has ordered all his officers to be on board to-morrow. I understand that Lord Moira will have from ten to fifteen thousand troops. They are to rendezvous at Jersey, & afterwards, if circumstances are favourable, their destination is somewhere about Cancale. There are good accounts of the encreasing scarcity of provisions among the Infidels & murderers. The garrison at Fort Louis[329] have judiciously preferred the surrendering prisoners of War to the deadly privilege of going home.

A letter from Lord Auckland talks of going for three or four days to Lambeth soon. I have mentioned in a letter that you proposed to pass two nights with him. I shall be sorry if you should not see him.

Ever yours,
SHEFFIELD.

Aunt shall be much obliged if Mr. G. can obtain for her Louisa _Les pensees de Paschal_[330] in one Vol. to bring down with him.

[327] Sir Charles Grey, afterwards first Earl Grey (1729-1807),
sailed November 23, in joint command with Jervis, afterwards Earl
St. Vincent, on an expedition against the French West Indian
Islands.

[328] Francis Rawdon Hastings, second Earl of Moira and first
Marquis of Hastings (1754-1826), had served with distinction
in the American War. The expedition here alluded to was that
which sailed in December, 1793, to aid the French royalists in
Brittany. The expedition returned without effecting anything.

[329] Fort Louis, part of the position held by the French army
in Alsace, was besieged by the Austrians, November 10, 1792. It
surrendered on November 14, and the four thousand French troops
who formed its garrison became prisoners of war.

[330] Gibbon was a diligent student of Pascal, and his irony
was cultivated by constant reading of his works. One curious
parallel may be noted in their writings. "Abu Rafe," writes
Gibbon (_Decline and Fall_, ed. 1862, vol. vii. p. 252), "was an
eye-witness, but who will be witness for Abu Rafe?" Similarly
Pascal, in the _Lettres Provinciales: neuvième lettre_, p. 154
(ed. Firmin Didot, 1853), writes, "'Mais, mon père, qui nous a
assuré que la Vierge en répond?' 'Le père Barry,' dit-il, 'en
répond pour elle.' 'Mais, mon père, qui répondra pour le père
Barry?'"

643.

_To Lord Sheffield._

St. James's Street, Nov. 30, '93.

[Sidenote: DINNER WITH THE CHANCELLOR.]

*It will not be in my power to reach S. P. quite so soon as I wished and expected. Lord Auckland informs me that he shall be at Lambeth[331] next week Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: I have therefore agreed to dine at Beckenham on Friday. Saturday will be spent there, and, unless some extraordinary temptation should detain me another day, you will see me by four o'clock Sunday the ninth of December. My conversation with the Ambassador in what relates to you shall be _proper_: but a Swiss Philosopher is not a match for his Excellency. I dine to-morrow with the Chancellor[332] at Hampstead, and what I do not like at this time of the year, without a proposal to stay all night. Yet I would not refuse, more especially as I had denied him on a former day.--My health is good but I shall have a final interview with Farquhar before I leave town.--We are still in darkness about Lord Howe[333] and the French ships: but hope seems to preponderate.--Adieu, nothing that relates to Louisa can be forgot.*

Ever Yours,
E. G.

[331] Dr. John Moore (1730-1805), Archbishop of Canterbury
(1783-1805), was, by his marriage to Catherine Eden, daughter of
Sir Robert Eden, connected with Lord Auckland.

[332] Lord Loughborough.

[333] Richard, Earl Howe (1726-1799), had sailed (November 9) in
search of the French; but he was compelled to return to Spithead
(November 29) without bringing them to action. "We continue in
the same eternal state of anxious expectation of news from Lord
Howe. Nothing is yet heard" (Lord Auckland to Lord H. Spencer,
December 3, 1793: _Correspondence_, iii. 151). Gibbon did not
live to hear of the victory of June 1, 1794.

644.

_To Lord Sheffield._

St. James's Street, Dec. 6th, 1793.
16 du mois Frimaire.

The man tempted me and I did eat--and that man is no less than the Chancellor, whose frigid reserve has thawed into sudden kindness and civility. I dine and lye to-day, as I intended, at Beckenham: but he recalls me (the third time this week) by a dinner to-morrow (Saturday) with Burke and Windham, which I do not possess sufficient fortitude to resist. Sunday he dismisses me again to the aforesaid Beckenham, but insists on finding me there Monday, which he will probably do supposing there should be room and wellcome at the Ambassador's.[334] I shall not therefore arrive at Sheffield till Tuesday the 10th instant, and though you may perceive that I do not want society or amusement, I sincerely repine at the delay. You will likewise derive some comfort from hearing of the spirit and activity of my motions. Farquhar is satisfied, allows me to go, and does not think I shall be obliged to precipitate my return. Shall we never have anything more than hopes and rumours from Lord Howe? Pray embrace the Ladies for me, and assure Mr. Greg. Way of my concern that our different arrangements have not permitted us to meet at Sheffield.

Ever yours,
E. G.

[334] Gibbon met Pitt at Eden Farm. "He was much pleased," writes
Lord Sheffield, December 17, 1793, of this stay at Beckenham,
"with his visit there, and his occurrence with the minister,
in a family way, was a great satisfaction to him" (_Auckland
Correspondence_, iii. 158).

645.

_To his Stepmother._

Sheffield-place, Dec. 12, 1793.

MY DEAR MADAM,

I should have continued to write from London, if the state of my health, or rather my particular complaint, on the subject of which it is not easy to be explicit, had afforded any events. But you may rest assured that I am now in the best hands, and that my occasional relief will be concluded in due time by a safe and radical cure. I have not been advised to make any change in my way of life, and after enjoying as usual the best Society in London, my physician has allowed me to visit Sheffield-place. I arrived here yesterday, and shall remain in this quiet retirement till the middle of January. Lord Sheffield is nervous and rather low-spirited, complains of his eyes and bowels, and appears to me more affected with his loss than he was some months ago. The three Ladies pass the winter in the Country, but he will frequently visit town and the house of Commons. They all wish to be remembered to you, and Mrs. H. has enclosed a letter for her maid. Adieu, my Dear Madam, believe me with the warmest feelings of affection and gratitude,

Ever Yours,
E. GIBBON.

646.

_Mrs. Gibbon to Edward Gibbon._

A thousand thanks to you, my Dear Sir, for your very kind letter; none ever gave me so much joy. I truly congratulate you on your recovery, and sincerely hope it will improve every day to good & lasting health, yet I fear you will make too free with the liberty you have obtain'd, & therefore beg you to remember it is the middle of winter; I am too happy at present to reproach you, & too much rejoiced to express myself as I wish. I love L^d. Sheffield dearly, indeed I cannot say how much, & shall be glad to hear you are at S. P.

I cannot help thinking you have had some share in certain appearances at Court. Has L^d. S. refused the Irish vice royalty? Next to you, I think of my Country. Ah, what a falling off from Roman Fortitude. I shall add no more, but that I hardly know myself how much I am interested in your health & happiness; may both attend you, & alway think of me as

Your most affectionate
D. GIBBON.

647.

_To Lord Sheffield._

St. James's Street, four o'clock, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1794.[335]

[Sidenote: RETURN TO LONDON.]

*This date says every thing. I was almost killed between Sheffield-place and East Grinsted, by hard, frozen, long, and cross ruts, that would disgrace the approach of an Indian wigwam. The rest was something less painful; and I reached this place half dead, but not seriously feverish, or ill. I found a dinner invitation from Lord Lucan; but what are dinners to me? I wish they did not know of my departure. I catch the flying post. What an effort! Adieu, till Thursday or Friday.*

* * * * *

Gibbon died at 76, St. James's Street, on January 16, 1794. He was buried in Lord Sheffield's family burial-place in Fletching, Sussex.

[Sidenote: LAST MOMENTS OF GIBBON.]

The following account of his last moments is given by Lord Sheffield in his edition of Gibbon's _Miscellaneous Works_ (1814), vol. i. pp. 422-425:--

"After I left him on Tuesday afternoon, the fourteenth, he saw some company, Lady Lucan and Lady Spencer, and thought himself well enough at night to omit the opium draught, which he had been used to take for some time. He slept very indifferently; before nine the next morning he rose, but could not eat his breakfast. However, he appeared tolerably well, yet complained at times of a pain in his stomach. At one o'clock he received a visit of an hour from Madame de Sylva, and at three, his friend, Mr. Craufurd, of Auchinames, (for whom he had a particular regard,) called, and stayed with him till past five o'clock. They talked, as usual, on various subjects; and twenty hours before his death, Mr. Gibbon happened to fall into a conversation, not uncommon with him, on the probable duration of his life. He said, that he thought himself a good life for ten, twelve, or perhaps twenty years. About six, he ate the wing of a chicken, and drank three glasses of Madeira. After dinner he became very uneasy and impatient; complained a good deal, and appeared so weak, that his servant was alarmed. Mr. Gibbon had sent to his friend and relation, Mr. Robert Darell, whose house was not far distant, desiring to see him, and adding, that he had something particular to say. But, unfortunately, this desired interview never took place.

"During the evening he complained much of his stomach, and of a disposition to vomit. Soon after nine, he took his opium draught, and went to bed. About ten, he complained of much pain, and desired that warm napkins might be applied to his stomach. He almost incessantly expressed a sense of pain till about four o'clock in the morning, when he said he found his stomach much easier. About seven, the servant asked, whether he should send for Mr. Farquhar? he answered, no; that he was as well as he had been the day before. At about half past eight, he got out of bed, and said he was '_plus adroit_' than he had been for three months past, and got into bed again, without assistance, better than usual. About nine, he said that he would rise. The servant, however, persuaded him to remain in bed till Mr. Farquhar, who was expected at eleven, should come. Till about that hour he spoke with great facility. Mr. Farquhar came at the time appointed, and he was then visibly dying. When the _valet de chambre_ returned, after attending Mr. Farquhar out of the room, Mr. Gibbon said, '_Pourquoi est-ce que vous me quittez?_' This was about half past eleven. At twelve, he drank some brandy and water from a tea-pot, and desired his favourite servant to stay with him. These were the last words he pronounced articulately. To the last he preserved his senses; and when he could no longer speak, his servant having asked a question, he made a sign, to shew that he understood him. He was quite tranquil, and did not stir; his eyes half-shut. About a quarter before one, he ceased to breathe.

"The _valet de chambre_ observed, that Mr. Gibbon did not, at any time, shew the least sign of alarm or apprehension of death; and it does not appear that he ever thought himself in danger, unless his desire to speak to Mr. Darell may be considered in that light."

[335] "The Gibbon is better, but I am by no means without
inquietude on his account. It is thought necessary that he should
go to London on Tuesday; probably I shall follow him shortly
for two days, for I shall be impatient to see how he goes on"
(Lord Sheffield to Lord Auckland, January 5, 1794: _Auckland
Correspondence_, iii. 168).

INDEX.

[Names, etc., marked with an asterisk occur only in the notes;
where names occur in both text and note (on different pages),
the numerical note-references are printed in italics.]

A

Abercromby, General, ii. 276, 285

Abingdon, Earl of, i. 90

Abingdon, Lady, i. 90

Abington, Mrs. (Fanny Barton), ii. 4

Abolition of Slave Trade, the, ii. 239, 294

Acland, Colonel John Dyke, i. 325

*Acland, Sir Thomas, i. 273

Acton, Dr., his kindness to Gibbon, i. 36, 37;
his misfortunes, i. 67

Acton, Mrs., Gibbon's opinion of, i. 38

*Acton, Lord, i. 37

*Acton, Sir John F. E., i. 37

Adam, Père, i. 92

Addington, Dr. Anthony, attends Gibbon's father, i. 122;
predicts recovery of George III., i. _122_;
attends Godfrey Clarke, i. 238, 241

*Adelaide, Madame, i. 326; ii. 292

*Aitken ("John the Painter"), the Bristol incendiary, i. 301

Albemarle, Lady, i. 207

Alien Bill, the, ii. 363

*Allen, Ethan, i. 270

Almack's Club, i. 283

Althorpe, Lord, ii. 18

America, resolutions of Congress, i. 242;
Declaration of Independence, i. _283_;
troubles with, i. 249-251, 256-265 _passim_, 270, 272, 278,
284, 287 _et seq._, 316, 324, 325, 329; ii. 9, 25, 69,
151;
treaty with France, i. 333

Amherst, Colonel, i. 174

*Amory, Thomas, _The Life of John Buncle_, i. 189

*Amyand, Sir George, ii. 184

Ancaster, Duchess of, ii. 300, 315

Ancram, Earl of, ii. 275

Andrews, Richard, ii. 126, 138, 184

*_Annual Register_, quoted, i. 17, 108, 146, 156, 220, 371

*Anselme, General, ii. 314

Apsley, Lord, i. 149

*Arbuthnot, Admiral, i. 363, 384

Arles, Archbishop of. _See_ Dulau, J. F. M.

Armitstead, Mrs., marries C. J. Fox, ii. 179

*Arnold, Benedict, i. 270, 275, 294

*Arnould, Sophie, ii. 211

Arras, Bishop of (M. H. de Conzie), ii. 266

*Articles, Parliament and the XXXIX., i. 147

Ashburnham, Lord, i. 225; ii. 305

Ashburton, Lord, i. 90, 238;
Madras Council prosecution, i. _362_;
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, ii. 13, 96

Ashby, Mrs., i. 253, 287; ii. 22

Associations, formed to support the Government, ii. 349, 352

*Astley, Sir John, i. 148

Aston, Lady, i. 38; ii. 135

Aston, Sir Willoughby, i. 38; ii. 135

Atwood's Club, Gibbon joins, i. 152

Auckland, Lord (William Eden), American Commissioner, i. _332_;
Gibbon's colleague on Board of Trade, i. _366_;
his advice to Gibbon, i. 387;
M.P. for Woodstock, i. 390;
created a peer, ii. 25;
squib on his mission to France, ii. 148;
signs treaty between England and France, ii. _152_;
Gibbon's claret, ii. 282, 288;
at the Hague, ii. 365;
Gibbon's host at Beckenham, ii. 395, 397;
his _Journal and Correspondence_ quoted, ii. _19_, _35_,
_57_, _92_, _157_, _158_, _162_, _172_, _265_,
_397-399_

Augusta, Princess (Duchess of Brunswick), i. 65, 149

Austria, Emperor Leopold of, his meeting with King of Prussia at
Pilnitz, ii. 271

Austria, Empress Maria Theresa of, i. 394

*Autobiography, Gibbon's, quoted, i. 25, 29, 173

*Avranches, Bishop of, ii. 324

B

Bach, Johann Christian, appointed Director of Public Concerts in
London, i. 204

*Baddeley, Mrs., i. 146

Bagshot camp, review at, ii. 304

Baker, the Jesuit, receives Gibbon into Roman Catholic Church, i. 1

*Ball, Dean of Chichester, i. 399

Balsamo, Giuseppe. _See_ Cagliostro, Comte de

Baltimore, Lord, i. 91

*Bankes, Mr., M.P. for Corfe Castle, ii. 97

Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 218, 226, 239

Barazzi, M. (Banker at Rome), i. 71, 72

Barbary, and Spain, i. 265

Barré, Colonel Isaac (the Black Musqueteers), i. 26, 145, 238,
240, 250;
Paymaster of the Forces, ii. 19

*Barri, Madame du, i. 313, 314

*Barrington, Viscount, i. 349

*Barrington, Sir J., i. 89

Barrington, Shute (Bishop of Durham), i. 195

Barrymore, Lord, ii. 303

Barthélemy, Marquis de, ii. 355, 370

Bartoli, M., i. 59

Barton, Mr., i. 142, 193

Barton, George (Lord Sheffield's footman), i. 250, 252

Bassano, Duc de, ii. 367

Bathurst, Earl, i. _341_, 393

Batt, John Thomas ("Lawyer Batt"), Master in Chancery, and
Commissioner for auditing Public Accounts, i. 191, 196,
216, 240, 261, 265, 273, 279, 390; ii. 136, 158, 163,
218, 225, 239, 244, 313, 330, 349

Batten, Mr., i. 162

*Bavaria, Elector of, i. 334

Bavois, Madame de (Miss Comarque), i. 82, 83, 220

Bayley, Mr., i. 17, 119, 152, 249

Bayley, Dr., ii. 394

Beauchamp, Lord, i. 247, _393_; ii. 6, _32_, 102

Beauclerk, Lady Diana, i. _82_, 279, 304, 348

Beauclerk, Topham, i. _82_, 279, 280, 299, 304, 333, 348

*Beaumarchais, i. 371

*Beaumont and Fletcher's _Knight of the Burning Pestle_, i. 284

Beauvais, Bishop of, ii. 342

Beauvau, Princess de, i. 314, 319

*Beckford, Lord Mayor, presents "Remonstrance" to King, i. 113

*Beckford, Mr., and Gibbon's library, ii. 300

Bedford, Duchess of, i. 262

Bedford, Duke of, ambassador to France, i. 30, 32, 35;
and the British Coffee-House, i. _201_

*_Bedford Correspondence_, the, quoted, i. 28

Belmore, Lady, ii. 275

*Belmore, Lord, ii. 275

Bellamont, Lord, his duel with Lord Townshend, i. 180, 182

*Benfield, Paul, i. 308

*Bengal, famine in, i. 184

*Bentinck, Lord Edward, ii. 350

Beriton, Gibbon's Hants Estate, i. 128, 153; ii. 6, 138, 175,
182, 189, 199 _et seq._, 222 _et seq._, 227, 234, 240

Berkeley, Lord, i. 58, 74

Berne, Canton of, ii. 283, 295, 299, 316, 370

*Berry, Miss, on Gibbon's library, ii. 301

Bertrand-Molleville, Marquis de, ii. _311_, 329

Besançon, Gibbon at, i. 36

*Besson, Madame, i. 60

*Best's _Personal and Literary Memorials quoted_, i. 396

*_Biographie Universelle_, ii. 326

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 366

*Biron, Duc de, ii. 290

Biron, Duchesse de, ii. 289, 324, 333

Black Musqueteers, the, i. 26

Blackstone's _Commentaries_, quotation from, ii. 205

Blessington, Earl of, i. 2

Blondel, Gibbon's valet, ii. 124, 131

Board of Trade, Gibbon appointed Commissioner of, i. 354, 366;
vote passed against: Burke on value of, i. 378;
suppressed, ii. 14

Bobbin, Benjamin, i. 35

Boissier, i. 94, 105

Bolingbroke, Lady (Lady Diana Spencer), i. 82, 85

Bolingbroke, Lord, "the Bully," i. 82, 85, _312_

*Bollmann, M., ii. 292

Bolton, Duke of, i. 39, 44, _153_

Bolton, Theophilus, i. 81

*Bombelles, Madame de, ii. 115

*Bondeli, Julie von, her account of Gibbon and Mdlle. Curchod, i. 40

*Bonfoy, Captain Hugh, R.N., i. 189, 265

Bonfoy, Mrs. Hugh (_née_ Eliot), i. 189, 220, 266; ii. 386

Bonham, Mr., ii. 175, 182

Bontemps, Madame, i. 31, 35

Boodle's Club, Masquerade given by, at the Pantheon, i. 212, 215

Bordot, M., i. 22

Borromean Islands, i. 57

Boston, attack upon the teaships in the harbour, i. _205_;
Port Bill, i. 206, 208;
investment of, i. 257, 258

*Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ quoted, i. 273

*Boufflers, Duc de, ii. 289

*Boufflers, Marquise de, i. 312

Bouillé, Marquis de, ii. 254, 256, _270_, 285, 286, _329_

Bouillon, Duc de, ii. 256, _334_

Bouillon, Madame de, ii. 334

Boulogne, Gibbon at, i. 27

Bourbon, Abbé de, ii. 115

Bourbon, Duc de, ii. _237_, 269

Bourcard, M., ii. 45

Boydell, John (Lord Mayor), his edition of Shakespeare, ii. 276,
359, 374

Bradley, Thomas, i, 35

*Bramston's _The Man of Taste_, i. 124

*Brandt, i. 143

*Brathwaite, Colonel, ii. 19

*Brentès, Madame de, i. 81

Bricknall, Mr. Gibbon's lawyer, i. 131, 133, 141, 150, 153

Bridgewater, Duke of, i. 27, 28

*Brienne, Cardinal de (Archbishop of Sens), ii. 162, 181

Brighton, Gibbon's house at, ii. 3, 7

Brissoné, Madame de, i. 2

Brissot, J. Pierre (de Warville), ii. _258_, 259, _318_, _325_, 350

*Bristol, Earl of, i. 21, 265; ii. 15

Bristol, Countess of. _See_ Kingston, Duchess of

Bristol, toll-gate riots at, ii. 390

Bristow, Miss, ii. 105, 117

British coffee-house, the resort of Scotchmen, i. 201

Broglie, Duc de, ii. 269

Bromwich, Mr., i. 93

*Brooke, Member of Madras Council, i. 362

*Brooklyn, battle of, i. 287

*Brooks's Club, i. 283, 376

Brown, Lancelot (the landscape gardener known as "Capability Brown"),
i. 203

Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, ii. 226

Brunswick, Antiquities of the House of, ii. 228-232

Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. 115, 117

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of, (Princess Augusta of Wales),
i. 65, 149

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of, i. _149_, _272_, 277;
Commander-in-Chief of Austrian and Prussian armies, ii. 311, 319;
his retreat, ii. 319, 326, 346;
his manifestoes, ii. 368

*Brydges, Sir Egerton, ii. 302

Buckinghamshire, Lord, i. 394; ii. 275

Budé, General, ii. 302, 327

*Bull, Lord Mayor, i. 201

*Burges, Sir James Bland, his account of Gibbon's first meeting
with Pitt, ii. 28

Burgoyne, General John, his motion on the E. I. Co., i. 184;
in America, i. 249, 291;
his surrender at Saratoga, i. 324, 325;
refused admission to Court, i. 338

*Burgoyne's _Maid of the Oaks_, i. 219

Buriton. _See_ Beriton

Burke, Edmund, i. 148;
Goldsmith's Epitaph, i. _202_;
meeting at Captain Horneck's, i. 207;
description of, in Goldsmith's _Retaliation_, i. _210_;
"a watermill of words and images," i. 240;
"a Committee of Oblivion," i. 248;
the New York Remonstrance. i. 256;
on E. I. Co., i. 294;
Tickell's _Anticipation_, i. 348;
the Madras Council prosecution, i. 362;
his Establishment Bill, i. 376; ii. 28;
on literary value of Board of Trade, i. _378_;
Paymaster-General, ii. _18_, _34_;
Sheridan sinks into arms of, ii. 172;
criticises Dr. Price's work, ii. 210;
his _Reflections on the Revolution in France_, ii, 237, 249;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 237, 251;
his speech on Quebec Bill, ii. _246_;
his strictures on Lally, ii. 274;
attacks Paine's _Rights of Man_, ii. 297;
"Mr. Fox's coach stops the way," ii. _306_;
Irish Roman Catholics, ii. _321_;
Philosophers in France, ii. 325;
plan for settlement of French refugees, ii. 331

*Burney, Dr., ii. 375

*Burney, Miss, i. 148;
on Miss Sarah Holroyd, i. 181;
Lawyer Batt, a "prime favourite" of, i. 240;
on Lord Eliot, i. 273;
her reference to "Pliny" Melmoth, i. 326;
her opinion of Lord Sheffield, i. 392;
Lady Miller at Bath, ii. 2;
Lady E. Foster, ii. 15;
Madame de Staël at Dorking, ii. 375

Burrard, Sir H., ii. 84, 93

Burtenshaw's Manifesto, i. 221, 228

*Burton, Rev. David, Canon of Christ Church, ii. 135

Bute, Lord, i. _45_, _50_, _82_;
the Ministerial Club, i. _84_;
the Irish Catholics in arms, ii. 350

Byng, John, i. 60

*Byron, Lord, his definition of "ridotto," i. 124;
his attack on Hayley, i. 398

C

Cadell, Thomas, Gibbon's publisher, i. 222, 279, 282, 285, 364;
ii. 152, 157, 158, 176, 243, 282;
Gibbon's letter to, ii. 313

Cadogan, Dr., ii. 123, 310

Cagliostro, Comte de (Giuseppe Balsamo), ii. 45, 54

Calonne, Chas. Alexandre de, ii. 162, 237, 269

Cambis, Madame de, i. 312; ii. 290

*Cambis, Vicomte de, i. 312

Cambridge, Richard O., i. 108, 279; ii. 226;
his family called by Gibbon "eloquent nymphs of Twickenham,"
i. 192, 197;
"the Cantabs," i. 228, 233

Camden, Lord, i. 149, 333;
President of the Council, ii. _13_, 306

*Campazas, Friar Gerund de, i. 144

*Campbell, Lord, and the Rosslyn MSS., ii. 372

Cane, Eliz. Bridget (Mrs. Armitstead), ii. 179

Caplin, Gibbon's servant, i. 197, 230, 248; ii. 8, 9, 59, 110,
119, 131, 166

*Carey, General, i. 282

*Carhampton, Earl of, i. 146

Carleton, Sir Guy (Gov.-General of Canada), i. _270_, _276_, 277,
286, 290;
siege of Ticonderoga, i. 294

Carlisle, Lord, his opinion of Madame Geoffrin, i. _29_;
appointed American Commissioner, i. 332;
Lord Privy Seal, ii. _34_

Carmarthen, Marquis of, ii. _28_, _86_, 327

Carnarvon, Marquis of, i. 39, _44_; ii. 303

*Carnatic, Nabob of the, i. 209, 308

Carter, Miss, ii. 135

Castries, Marquis de, ii. 210, 267, 269

Catch Club, The Noblemen and Gentlemen's, i. 200, 283

Catherine, Empress of Russia, i. _158_, 270; ii. 247

*Cavendish, Lord George, i. 232; ii. 350

Cavendish, Lord John, his amendment on American affairs, i. 240,
_273_; ii. _32_;
Chancellor of Exchequer, ii. _13_, 18, _34_

Cazalès, Jacques Marie de, ii. 252, 269, 274

Celesia, Madame (_née_ Mallet), i. 18, 21, 62, 124

Celesia, Pietro Paolo, i. _18_, 20, 62

Chandieu, Mdlle. de, ii. 43

*Charlemont, Lord, i. 85

*Charles Emanuel III., King of Sardinia, i. 58

Charles X. (Comte d'Artois), ii. 203, _204_, 251, _266_

Charrières, Madame de, ii. 43

Chateauneuf, M. de, French Resident at Geneva, ii. 317

Chateau-Vieux, Swiss regiment of, ii. 270

*Chatham, Earl of, returns to public life, i. 112;
his American Bill, i. 251;
his boast, i. 290;
conciliation for America, i. 324;
his death, i. 338

Chatillon, Marie Jeanne de. _See_ Bontemps, Madame

Chauvelin, M., ii. 362, _366_, 367, 370

Chelsum, Dr. James, on _Decline and Fall_, i. 295

*Chermont d'Amboise, Marquis de, i. 314

Chesterfield, Lord, i. _25_, 150, 158;
his _Letters_, i. 195;
his _Portraits_, i. _313_

*Cheyte Singh, Rajah of Benares, ii. 26

Chichester, Earl of (Lord Pelham of Stanmer), i. 200

Chichester, Lady, i. 200

*Child, Mr., author of _English and Scottish Popular Ballads_,
i. 283

*Chimay, Prince de, i. 312

Choiseul, Duc de, i. 312, _314_, 318; ii. 286

Cholmondeley, Earl, i. 262

Christian VII., King of Denmark, i. 143

Christie, Mr., ii. 69, 83

*Chudleigh, Miss. _See_ Kingston, Duchess of

*Cibber and Vanbrugh's _The Provoked Husband_, i. 366; ii. 29

*Clare, Lord, i. 132

Clarges, Lady (_née_ Skrine), ii. 135

*Clarges, Sir Thomas, ii. 135

Clarke, Godfrey Bagnal, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 144, 148, 155,
201, 205, 208, 211, 214, 219, 222-224, 229, 232, 238, 241,
244

Clarke, George Hyde, i. 61

*Clarke, Jervoise, i. 89, 90

Clavière, Etienne, ii. 315

*Cleland, John, i. 53

*Clermont-Tonnerre, ii. 329

Cline, Henry, ii. 393

Clinton, Sir Henry, i. _349_, 384; ii. 71, 153, 240, 377

Clinton, General Sir William, i. 249, 300; ii. _71_

Clive, Lord, i. _184_, 238

Clive, Mrs., i. 175

Coalition Ministry, the (1783), ii. _34_, 86, 92

Cobham, Lady, i. _314_, 316

*Coblentz, the rallying-point of the _Emigrés_, ii. 265

Cocoa-Tree Tavern, i. 84

*Coke, T. W., M.P. for Norfolk, ii. 33

Coleraine, Lord, i. _146_, 148, 310

Colman, George, "The Luminous Historian," etc., i. _59_; ii. _154_;
Gibbon's opinion of _The Man of Business_, i. 202;
his description of Gibbon in _Random Records_, i. _213_

Comarque, Miss. _See_ Bavois, Madame de

Concord, the March to, i. 257

*Conches, M. Feuillet de, ii. 257, 352

Condé, Louis Joseph, Prince de, ii. 237, 265, 269

Congress, American, i. 242, 250

Conway, General, i. 84, _85_, _287_;
Commander-in-Chief, ii. _13_, 18, 20, _32_

Conway, Hon. and Rev. Edward, ii. 112

Conway, Hon. William, ii. _7_, _18_, 20, 32

Conway, T., i. 247

Conzie, Marc Hilaire de (Bishop of Arras), ii. 266

*Cook, Captain, ii. 218

*Cooke, Dr., Provost of King's, Cambridge, i. 108, 157

*Cooke, Thomas, known as "Hesiod" Cooke, i. 284

*Cooper, John, M.P. for Downton, i. 250

*Coote, Sir Eyre, ii. 26

Corcelles, Madame de, ii. 43

*Corisande, La belle, ii. 265

*Cork, Earl of, i. 34

Corn Regulation Bill, ii. 239

*Cornelys, Mrs. Theresa, and the Soho Masquerades, i. 131

Cornwallis, Hon. F. (Archbishop of Canterbury), i. 319

Cornwallis, Lord, in America, ii. _171_;
campaign against Tippoo, ii. 275, 285

Courtenay, Hon. Charlotte, ii. 24

Courtenay, Harry, i. 18

Courtenay, Lord, ii. 24

Coventry election petition, i. 393

Cowper, Earl, i. 65

*Cowper, William, i. 83

Coxheath Camp, i. 340, 346;
Lord Sheffield at, ii. 18, 25

*Cradock, Joseph, i. 143

*Craon, Prince de, i. 314

Crauford, "Fish," ii. 67

*Crauford, "Flesh," ii. 67

Crauford, Mrs., Gibbon's landlady, ii. 164

Craufurd of Auchinames, ii. 388, 400

Craven, Lord, i. 148

*Crewe, Lord, ii. 350

*Cromwell, Major Henry, ii. 72

Cromwell, Oliver (solicitor), ii. 72

*Crosby, Lord Mayor Brass, i. 130

Crousaz, Catherine, ii. 81

Crousaz, Madame de. _See_ Montolieu, Madame de

Cumberland, Duchess of (Mrs. Horton), i. _146_, 150, 154

Cumberland, Duke of, i. _146_, _149_, 150, 154; ii. 3, 111

*Cumberland's _Fashionable Lover_, i. 143

*Cunningham, Captain, i. 310

Curchod, Mdlle. Suzanne. _See_ Necker, Madame

Custine, Adam de, his incursion into Germany, ii. 319, 332

Cuthbert, Dr., attends Gibbon's father, i. 115

D

d'Agnesseau, Madame, ii. 333

*d'Allonville, Comte, ii. 326

Dalrymple, Sir John, _Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland_, i. 131

Damas, Comte, ii. 286

Damer, Hon. John, i. 139, 144, 287

*Damer, Hon. Lionel, ii. 350

*d'Arblay, Madame, _Diary and Letters_, quoted, i. 108; ii. 15,
211, 284, 302

Darby, Captain, i. 257, 258, 260

*d'Argenteuil, M., i. 294

d'Argout, Comte, ii. 280

Darrel, Mr., i. 7, 20, 74

Darrel, Mrs., i. 7, 17, 38

Darrel, Robert, ii. 34, 280, 376, 400

Dartmouth, Lord, i. 258, _278_

d'Artois, Comte (Charles X.), ii. 203, _204_, 251, _266_

*d'Assas, Chevalier, ii. 204

d'Augny, M., i. 31, 35

*d'Aunoy, Madame, _Mémoires de la Cour d'Espagne_, quoted, i. 202

*Davis, Henry Edward, i. 355

*Davy, Sir Humphrey, i. 139

Dawkes, Mrs., i. 204

*d'Ayen, Duc, i. 305; ii. 333

*Dean, Sir Robert, i. 85

Deane, Silas, i. _301_, 334; ii. 66

_Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, History of_, i. 259, 261,
264, 275, 277, 279, 285, 295, 304, 342, 355, 366, 396;
ii. 21, 119, 143, 152, 170, 230

Deffand, Madame du, on Madame Geoffrin, i. _29_;
on Voltaire's _La Princesse de Babylone_, i. _91_;
her reference to the Neckers, i. _281_;
her life in Paris described by Gibbon, i. 312;
on Gibbon and Madame de Cambis, i. _313_;
on Bishop of Arras, ii. 266

*Deffand, Marquis du, i. 312

*Defoe's _Memoirs of Captain Carleton_, i. 273

*de la Borde, Jean Benjamin, ii. 54

Delacour, Dr., i. 268, 304, 336, 337, 394; ii. 10

*Delaval, Lord, ii. 275

*Delaval, Sir Francis, ii. 275

*de la Warr, Lord, i. 107

*d'Enghien, Duc, ii. 237

Denhoff, Countess, i. 149

Denmark, Christian VII., King of, i. 143

Denmark, Juliana Maria, Queen Dowager of, i. 143

Denmark, Queen Caroline Matilda of, i. 143

Denmark, Revolution in, i. 143, 144, 146, 149

*d'Ennery, Comte, ii. 280

Denton, Mrs., i. 130

Denys, Madame (Voltaire's niece), i. 43, 92

*Derry, Bishop of, ii. 15, 388

d'Estaing, Comte, i. 337, 350, 370, _384_, 395

Devonshire, Duchess of, i. _33_, 370; ii. 300, 310, 312, 315,
319, 327, 339, 388

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. _15_, 305

Deyverdun, George, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 82, 83, 110, 158,
188-214 _passim_, 232, 236, 255, 262, 291;
offers his house to Gibbon, ii. 41, 108;
his description of Lausanne society, ii. 43;
Gibbon's host at Lausanne, ii. 75 _et seq._;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 89, 118;
his illness, ii. 176, 179, 188;
and death, ii. 194, 207, 229;
Gibbon's letters to, ii. 35, 45, 54;
his letters to Gibbon, ii. 39, 52

*d'Haussonville, M., his _Salon de Madame Necker_, i. 40, _41_

*d'Hénin, Prince, ii. 211

d'Hénin, Princess, ii. 211, _290_, 322, 324, 329, 334, 342, 349, 377

_Diary_, the (newspaper), ii. 351, 370

*_Dictionary of National Biography_ quoted, i. 283

Digby, Captain, i. 334

*Dillon, Mr., i. 180

*Dillon, General, murdered, ii. 299

*Disraeli's _Calamities of Authors_ quoted, i. 23

*Dodsley's tragedy of _Cleone_, i. 18

Dorchester, Earl of, i. 139; ii. _350_

d'Orleans, Regent Duc, i. _312_, 326

Dorset, 1st Duke of, i. 139

Dorset, 3rd Duke of, Ambassador at Paris, i. 226; ii. _86_

*d'Orvilliers, Count, i. 349

Douglas, Lady Catherine, ii. 377, 387

*Dowling, Surgeon, ii. 295

Down, Charles, i. 244

Downes, Rev. Dr. Dive, i. 205

Downshire, Marquis of, ii. 5

Draper, General Sir William, ii. 22

*Drouet, Postmaster, ii. 254, 326

Drummond, Andrew, i. 71

Duane, Mr., i. 201, 218, 226, 234, 261, 264

Dulau, J. F. M. (Archbishop of Arles), ii. 322, 325;
his murder described, ii. 333, 341

*Dummer, Thos. Lee, i. 90, 250

Dumont, M., ii. 258

Dumouriez, M., ii. _299_, _319_, 326, 368

Duncannon, Lady, ii. 310, 312

Duncannon, Lord, ii. _18_, 19

*Duncombe, Thomas, i. 250

Dundas, Hon. Henry (afterwards Lord Melville), Treasurer of Navy,
ii. _19_, _86_;
Lord Advocate, ii. _85_;
Secretary of State, ii. _247_, 306;
Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. 294;
suggests coalition between Pitt and Fox, ii. 306;
king's message for augmentation of forces, ii. 365

Dunning, John. _See_ Ashburton, Lord

d'Ursel, Duke, ii. 83

Dutch, fears of war with, i. 348, 353

Dutens, Louis, i. 56, 59

*_Dutensiana_, i. 314

Dux, George, i. 52

E

*Eames, John, i. 89

Eardley, Lord (Sir Sampson Gideon), i. 225, 332; ii. 216

East India Company, the, i. 184, 186, 209, 308; ii. 85

*_Eccentricities for Edinburgh_ quoted, i. 59

*Eden, Sir Robert, ii. 397

Eden, William. _See_ Auckland, Lord

Egerton, Sir Thomas, i. 148

Egremont, Lord, i. 247, 249; ii. 175, 182, 305, 388

Elgin, Thomas, Lord, Envoy at Brussels, ii. 383

Elkin, Sir George, i. 16

Eliot, Captain John, i. 62

Eliot, Hon. Edward James, i. 390, 394; ii. 19, 20, 22, 143

Eliot, Hon. John, i. 217, 229, 380

Eliot, Lady, i. 98, 110, 122, 131, 132, 365

Eliot, Lord (of St. Germans), i. 70, 84, 183, 188, 193, 228, 230,
231, 254, 273, 342, 367, 369, 374;
Gibbon's appeal to and defence, i. 385, 389

Eliott, Admiral Sir George A. _See_ Heathfield, Lord

Elizabeth, Queen, story of Lord Essex's ring, i. 276

Elliot, Grey, ii. 69

*Elliot, Lady, ii. 374

Elliot, Sir Gilbert, i. 251;
on treaty between France and U. S. A., i. _333_;
his daughter's marriage, ii. 25;
his _Life and Letters_ quoted, ii. _172_, _306_, _351_, _374_;
his support of Government, ii. 305;
Duke of Portland's views of Alien Bill, ii. 363

Ellis, George, editor of _Fabliaux_, etc., i. _139_;
Sir Walter Scott on, ii. 184;
lines on Pitt in _Rolliad_, _ibid._

Ellis, Governor Henry, i. 73

*Elliston, Mrs., of South Weald, i. 70

Elmsley, Peter, the bookseller, i. 372; ii. 60, 94, 105, 113, 126,
158, 214, 314, 388

*Elstob, Lewis, i. 118, 372

Elstob, Mrs., i. 372

Ely, Lady, i. 266

Ely, Lord, i. 265

Ely, Madame, ii. 386

Erskine, ii. 297

_Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature_, Gibbon's first published
work, i. 20, 80

Essex, Earl of, i. 276

Establishment Bill, i. 376

Etienne, Gibbon's valet, ii. 243, 253

Exchequer Bills, issue of, ii. 382

Exeter, Lord, i. 65

Exilles, Fort, i. 59

*Eyre, Mr., printer, i. 263

F

*Falkland, Lord, i. 282

*Fanshaw, Miss, ii. 284

Farquhar, Sir Walter, ii. 393, 395, 398, 401

*Farquhar's _The Twin Rivals_, ii. 102

Faukier, Mr., i. 163

Featherstonhaugh, Lady, i. 232, 235, 246, 249

Featherstonhaugh, Sir H., i. 162, 214, 235, 247, 249

Featherstonhaugh, Sir M., i. 56, _67_, 83, 84, 131, 162, _247_

Fenestrelle, Fort, i. 59

*Ferguson, Lieut. James, killed by Captain Roche, i. 209

Ferrières, M. de, ii. 318

*Fersen, Comte de, ii. 292

*Feuchéres, Madame de, ii. 237

Firth, Miss, ii. 82, 91, 98, 334;
Gibbon's letter to, ii. 98;
and Severy's studies, ii. 167

Fischer, M., ii. 260, _283_, 375

*Fitzherbert, Mrs., ii. 150

Fitzjames, Duchess of, ii. 324

Fitzmaurice, Lord. _See_ Shelburne, Earl of

Fitzpatrick, Lady Mary. _See_ Holland, Lady

Fitzroy, Mrs., i. 90

Fitzwilliam, Lord, ii. 305

Flanders, invasion of, ii. 299

*Fleming, Sir John, i. 261

Flood, Henry, i. 264

Florence, Gibbon at, i. 63

*Floyer, Mr., Member of Madras Council, i. 362

Foley, Mr., English banker at Paris, i. 33, 36

Foote, Samuel, his _Bankrupt_, i. 192;
_A Trip to Calais_ stopped by Duchess of Kingston, i. 265

Ford, Mrs., Gibbon's housekeeper, i. 192; ii. 8

Fordwich, Lord. _See_ Cowper, Earl

Fort Louis, surrender of garrison to Austrians, ii. 396

Foster, Lady Elizabeth, described by Gibbon as "a bewitching
animal," "goddess," "still adorable," "Bess," etc., ii. 15,
81, 117, 300, 308, 310, 312, 319, 339, 388;
Gibbon's letter to, on Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 380

Foster, John. _See_ Oriel, Lord

*Foster, John Thomas, ii. 15

Fothergill, Dr., i. 177

Fowler, Mr., ii. 340

Fox, Charles James, supports Church of England, i. 148;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151;
his debts, i. 198, 264;
on troubles with America, i. 249, 256, 303, _324_, _328_;
the king's debts, i, 308;
on the Canadian Expedition, i. _333_;
Tickell's _Anticipation_, i. 348;
his lines on Gibbon as Commissioner of Trade, i. 354;
on Sheffield's Regiment of Horse, i. _380_;
M.P. for Westminster, i. 388, 390;
"the black Patriot," ii. 4;
Secretary of State, ii. _13_, _34_;
resigns office, ii. 18;
and American independence, ii. 25;
George III.'s behaviour to, ii. _34_;
sale of his library, ii. _68_;
his two India Bills, ii. _86_;
Gibbon's opinion of, ii. 85, 92, 96, 251, 356, 360, 372;
suggested union with Pitt, ii. 92, 306, 307, 330;
no compromise, ii. 97;
his "Martyrs," ii. 102;
"the man of the people," ii. 179;
his marriage, _ibid._;
twelve hours' talk with Gibbon, ii. 180;
speech on treaty between Russia and Turkey, ii. 246;
on Abolition of Slave Trade, ii. _294_;
his half-support of Grey's motion, ii. 297, 320;
"but fifty followers," ii. 305;
rejoices at retreat of Prussians, ii. _320_;
"detestable" on French affairs, ii. 330;
on the calling out of the Militia, ii. 349, 350;
his motion for an Embassy to France, ii. 350, 353;
opposes Alien Bill, ii. 364;
Duke of Portland's adherence to, ii. 367, 368;
opposes augmentation of forces, ii. 368

Fox, Hon. Stephen. _See_ Holland, 2nd Lord

France, fears of war with, i. 289, 317;
treaty with America, i. 333;
war with, i. 339; ii. 362, _374_;
treaty with England, ii. _152_;
war declared against Francis Joseph, ii. _279_;
war with Austria and Prussia, ii. 319;
treaty with Geneva, ii. 325, 331, 345;
war with England, Holland, and Spain, ii. 362, 374

Francillon, M., ii. 283

*Francis Joseph, of Austria, ii. 279, 292

Frankland, Miss Anne (Lady Chichester), i. 200

*Frankland, Sir Thomas, i. 200

Franklin, Dr., i. 162, _243_, 310, 313

Fraser, General, i. 264, 299, 363

Fraser, General Simon, i. 325

Fraser, Mrs., "Donna Catherina," i. 300; ii. 105, 117

Fredennick, M., ii. 260

*Frederick the Great, i. 158; ii. 210

Frederick II. of Prussia, i. 143; ii. 137

Frederick William of Prussia at Pilnitz, ii. 271

French Revolution, ii. _246_, 249, 270, 287, 293, 311;
massacres of September, 1792, ii. 312, 321, 351;
and Ireland, ii. 320;
murder of Louis XVI., ii. 360, 365

Frey, M., escorts Gibbon to Lausanne, i. 1

*"Friends of the People," an association for reform of
representative system, ii. 297

Fullarton, Colonel, ii. 168

Fuller, Miss, called "Sappho" by Gibbon, i. 196, 198, 202, 208, 241

Fuller, Rose, i. _196_, 208

G

Gage, General, i. 206, 257, 258, 260, 266

Gage, William Hall, Viscount, "the green plumb," i. 225, 227

*Galovkin, Comte Fédor, i. 81

*Gansel, Major-General, i. 109

Garrick, David, as "Sir John Brute," i. 19;
Gibbon a friend of, i. 201, 289, 333;
in _Hamlet_, i. 203;
letter from Gibbon to, quoted, i. _317_

Gascoyne, Bamber, i. 366

*Gates, General, i. 325

_Gazette_, the, i. 257, _392_

*_Gazetteer_, the, i. 146

Gee, Mr., i. 3, 6

*Genlis, Comte de, i. 326

Genlis, Madame de, her opinion of Madame de Cambis, i. _313_;
of Princesse de Beauvau, i. _314_;
on _Decline and Fall_, i. 326;
on Dr. Tissot's skill, ii. _77_;
her story of Gibbon and Madame de Montolieu, ii. 154

Geneva, threatened by French, ii. 317, 322;
the Government at, ii. 318;
treaty with France, ii. 325, 331, 345;
new constitution of, ii. 370

Genoa, Gibbon at, i. 61

_Gentleman's Magazine_ cited, ii. _289_, _301_, 302, 314, _349_

Geoffrin, Madame, i. 29

*George II., ii. 321

George III., i. _45_;
grants pension to M. de Viry, i. _56_;
his intervention in Denmark, i. 143;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 154;
reviews fleet at Spithead, i. _186_;
the King's speech and America, i. 238;
negotiates for hire of Russian mercenaries, i. 270;
and Sir H. Palliser's leg, i. _356_;
his behaviour to Fox, ii. _34_;
refuses to dismiss ministers, ii. 100;
his illness and recovery, ii. _181_, 191;
and Lally, ii. 285;
reviews troops at Bagshot, ii. _304_;
proclaims tumultuous meetings, etc., ii. _305_;
Lally's _Plaidoyer_, ii. _375_.

George IV. _See_ Wales, Prince of

Germain, Lady George, i. 328

Germain, Lord George. _See_ Sackville, Lord

*Germain, Sir John, i. 198

Germanie, M. de, ii. 291

*Gibbon, Mrs., _née_ Porten (Gibbon's mother), i. 2

Gibbon, Mrs., _née_ Patton (Gibbon's stepmother), her opinion
of Miss Catherine Porten, i. 2;
marries Gibbon's father, i. 7;
Gibbon's inquiries about, i. 8;
subjects of Gibbon's letters to:--
Dr. Turton, i. 16, 114, 150, 371;
money troubles, i. 19, 352, 359;
his own health, i. 83, 114, 150, 158, 246, 321, 322, 371,
377-379, 399; ii. 12, 108, 129, 141, 166, 248;
his father's accident, i. 26;
Paris and the Parisians, i. 28-32, 315, 320;
Duke of Bedford, i. 30, 32;
M. d'Augny: Madame Bontemps, i. 31;
Dr. Acton at Besançon, i. 36;
his life at Lausanne, i. 39, 42, 49, 50; ii. 76, 88-141
_passim_, 177;
Mdlle. Curchod, i. 40;
Voltaire, i. 43, 91;
Lady M. W. Montagu's _Letters_, i. 53;
his tour in Italy, i. 63;
English visitors at Lausanne, i. 65;
Rome to Naples, i. 73;
Venice, i. 75;
Deyverdun and Miss Comarque, i. 83;
the "School of Vice," i. 84;
Ranelagh Gardens, i. 89;
his father's reproaches, i. 98;
his father's illness and death, i. 97, 105, 106, 118;
fall of the ministry, i. 112;
the "Remonstrance" debate, i. 113;
Lenborough, i. 126, 158, 182, 185, 187, 210, 289;
Beriton, i. 128, 153; ii. 175, 206, 248;
"the formal Mr. Bricknall," i. 131-133, 141;
Danish revolution, i. 143;
Royal Marriage Bill, i. 154;
house-hunting in London, i. 171, 172, 175, 179;
James Scott's death, i. 177;
the Townshend-Bellamont duel, i. 180, 182;
his "notions" of London life, i. 188;
his friend Deyverdun, i. 188, 210, 262; ii. 89 _et seq._,
177, 207;
"an approaching daughter-in-law," i. 197;
Johann C. Bach, i. 204;
masquerade at Pantheon, i. 215;
"Mrs. Gibbon of Northamptonshire, not of Bath," i. 216;
Madame de Bavois, i. 220;
offer of a seat in Parliament, i. 230, 231;
M.P. for Liskeard, i. 234;
Godfrey Clarke's illness and death, i. 238, 244;
his Parliamentary life, i. 248, 253, 289, 325, 331, 365, 373;
his History, see _Decline and Fall_;
story of Essex's ring, i. 276;
the Neckers, i. 283, 306, 320; ii. 122;
Garrick, i. 289;
two answers to his History, i. 295;
Dr. Hunter's Anatomy Lectures, i. 304;
her groundless fears, i. 305, 306;
his Paris friends, i. 315;
Duke of Richmond, i. 316;
Madame de Genlis, i. 326;
at Coxheath Camp, i. 346;
his views on matrimony, i. 351;
a Lord of Trade, i. 366, 378;
Lord Eliot, i. 369, 374, 386, 391;
his _Mémoire Justificatif_, i. 371;
Mrs. Williams, i. 372, 374;
Irish trade, i. 373;
Lord Sheffield's first speech, i. 380;
a dissolution expected, i. 380;
the Gordon riots, i. 381, 382;
Sheffield and the Northumberland Militia, i. 381;
Sir Henry Clinton, i. 384;
weary of political life, i. 391;
George Scott's death, i. 393;
M.P. for Lymington, ii. 1;
at Brighthelmstone, ii. 3, 7;
Hayley, the poet, ii. 8, 17;
North's resignation, ii. 13;
Board of Trade suppressed, ii. 14;
Lady Elizabeth Foster, ii. 15;
Rockingham's death, ii. 17;
at "Single-Speech" Hamilton's house, ii. 21;
Mrs. Ashby, ii. 22;
Pitt, ii. 28;
Mrs. Siddons, ii. 29;
the Coalition Ministry, ii. 34;
retires from Parliament, ii. 58;
his Lausanne plans, ii. 58, 61, 64, 71;
his propensity for happiness, ii. 88;
society at Lausanne, ii. 89, 90, 122;
climate at Lausanne, ii. 129;
changes in English politics, ii. 131;
a regimen of boiled milk, ii. 142;
his house and garden, ii. 142, 248;
a ministry of respectable boys, ii. 143;
intention to visit England, ii. 155;
the two Mr. Gibbons, ii. 159;
Sheffield Place, ii. 160;
Bath, ii. 161;
his compliment to Lord North, ii. 170;
Cadell's discretion, ii. 176;
Hugonin's neglect, ii. 207;
the French Revolution, ii. 249, 308;
the Sheffields' visit to Lausanne, ii. 309;
her illness and recovery, ii. 348;
his return to England, ii. 381, 384;
at Althorp, ii. 391;
his illness, ii. 394, 398.
Her letters to Gibbon, ii. 385, 399

Gibbon, Edward (father), subjects of his son's letters to:--
First impressions of Lausanne, i. 1;
Voltaire, i. 5;
a stepmother, i. 10;
studies under Pavillard, _ibid._;
proposed Swiss tour, i. 13;
Holland, i. 15;
Sir George Elkin's marriage, i. 16;
the Lottery, i. 17;
King's Scholars' play, i. 18;
the Celesias, i. 18, 62;
Dr. Maty: Mdlle. de Vaucluse and M. Celesia, i. 20;
his London friends, i. 21;
hopes of Parliament, i. 23, 45;
paternal doubts and suspicions, i. 34;
Taafe, i. 35;
gambling losses, i. 36, 47;
Dr. Acton and Besançon, i. 37;
the Swiss Militia, i. 38;
financial troubles, i. 45-48, 51, 52, 55, 69, 71, 73, 93-107
_passim_;
Mont Cenis, i. 55;
Turin, i. 56;
Venice, i. 61;
his friend Guise, i. 62;
Rome, i. 66;
Trajan's Pillar, i. 67;
Barazzi the banker, i. 71;
Sir T. Worsley, i. 78;
a burgess of Newtown, i. 88;
the Putney Writings, i. 93;
Gosling's mortgage, i. 94, 95.
His death, i. 117