Chapter 6

Corry, Montagu,121.SeeRowton

Corsican Brothers, The,155,183,186

County Fire Office, demolition,198

Court Theatre,195

Courtney, W. L., tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft,218-226

Coyne, Stirling,196

Critchett, Sir Anderson,61

Critchett, George,104,182

Criterion Theatre,211

Cromer, Earl of,54

Curzon, George, Marquess,142

Daudet, Alphonse,22

Davis, Mr.,148

Dead Heart, The,162,186-187

Derby, the,106,120

Desclée, Aimée,24; character of her acting,25; death,25

Devonshire House, fancy-dress ball at,122

Dickens, Charles,34,35,156;Christmas Carols,12;Household Words,73; opinion of Marie Wilton's acting,221

Dickens, "Mamie,"59

Dilke, Sir Charles,68

Diplomacy,111,173,175,214,233

Doyle, Dicky,59

Drury Lane Theatre,157,207

Dumas, Alexandre,22,25

Duse, Eleanora,22,167,203,220

Edward VII, H.M. King, date of his birth,1; at the Prince of Wales's Theatre,2; illness,5; attends a Thanksgiving Service,5; at Chelsea Hospital,6; entertains actors,7; stories of,8-11,13-16; presented with a cigar box,8; acts of kindness,11; at Marienbad,13,16; characteristics,14-16; death,16

Elgar, Edward,27

Eliot, George,34,35

Ellicott, Bishop, story of,42

Ellicott, Mrs.,42

Elliott, Rev. W. H., address at the Memorial Service to Lady Bancroft,238-242

Emery, Winifred,200,204

Esher, Lord, Master of the Rolls,65; letter to Lady Bancroft,63

Esher, Lady,66

Eze,11

Falkland, Lord,68

Farquhar, Gilbert,118

Farquhar, Horace,118

Fechter, Charles, character of his acting,154-156; death,156; bust,156

Fergusson, Sir William,104

Fife, Earl of,119

Fildes, Luke,77

Fisher, Viscount,54,122; date of his birth,16; religious views,123; compliment to Queen Alexandra,123

Fisher, Lady,122

Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston,60; tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft,233; at her funeral,237

Ford, Onslow,89

Fountains Abbey,47

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria,14

Frederick, Empress, illness,50; relations with her son,61

Frith, W. P.,84; pictures,85

Frohman, Charles,102

Fun,108

Gardner, Herbert,68.SeeBurghclere

Garrick Club,78,102,103,154,156,184

Garrick, David,164

Garrick Theatre,107,199

Gemmaert, Émile,Carillon,27

Geneva,61

George V, H.M. King,17; at Sandringham,13

Gilbert, Sir W. S.,94,107,168;Bab Ballads,108; plays,108; comic operas,108; humorous sayings,108-111;Sweethearts,234-236

Gill, Charles,75

Gleichen, Count,90

Glenesk, Lord,132.SeeBorthwick

Goldschmidt, Otto,18

Gordon, General, statue of,90

Goschen, Sir Edward,14

Got, Edmond,22,161; letter from,161

Gounod,96

Grace, W. G.,120; testimonial to,110

Grain, Corney,196

Granville, Such,108

Graves, Charles, lines from,146

Green, Paddy,71

Grenfell, Field-Marshal Lord,54

Grisi, Madame,20

Grossmith, George,7,196

Grossmith, Weedon,197

Hading, Jane,30,203

Hall, Sir Charles, at Sandringham,12

Hannen, Lord,66; President of the Divorce Court,67

Hare, Sir John,7,8,43,67,107,119,213; portrait,79; character of his acting,213-215

Harrison, Frederick,200

Hawkins, Henry,71.SeeBrampton

Hawtrey, Sir Charles,14,212

Haymarket Theatre,8,117,199

Healy, Father, story of,70

Herkomer, Sir Hubert,85;The Last Muster,6,86

Herschell, Baron, Lord Chancellor,70

Hesse, Prince Louis of, illness,10

Hicks, Seymour,195

His Majesty's Theatre,199

Hodson, Henrietta (Mrs. Labouchere),139

Holker, Lord Justice,69

Hood, Tom,168

Hope, Anthony,202

Houghton, Lord,100.SeeMilnes

Huddleston, Baron,67; funeral,68

Ibsen, H.,Hedda Gabler,205

Incubus, The,191

Inglefield, Admiral Sir Edward,124

Inglefield, Lady,125

Irving, Elizabeth,192

Irving, Sir Henry,7,180; banquet to,64; portraits,79,90,187,188; statue,89; at a fancy-dress ball,122; in Paris,181; acting inThe Bells,182; entertained at the Garrick Club,184; gift from Sir S. Bancroft,187; spends Christmas Day with him,183; hospitality,188; tribute to,189; sons,190

Irving, H. B.,190

Irving, Laurence,190; character of his acting,191

Irving, Laurence (son of H. B. Irving),192

Isaacs, Sir Rufus,65

James, David,7

James, Henry,101,203; Order of Merit conferred,102; death,102

James, Lord, of Hereford,67,68

Jefferson, Joseph, character of his acting,165; pictures,165

Jerrold, Douglas,160; tribute to Shakespeare,210

Jeune, Francis,65,69.SeeSt. Helier

Joachim, J.,60

Johnson, Dr.,87

Jones, Henry Arthur,109,202; plays,198; comedies,211

Karsavina,27

Kean, Charles,74,156,160

Keeley, Louise, marriage,74.SeeWilliams

Keeley, Mrs.,74

Keeley, Robert,74

Kelvin, Lord,122

Kemble, Henry, stories of,176; death,177

Kendal, Madge,29,108,201,203.SeeRobertson

Kendal, William,7,153,198,201; character of his acting,202

Key, Philip Barton,146

Kitchener, Field-Marshal Earl,126; tribute to,126

Knobloch, Edward,237

Knollys, Lord,7

Labouchere, Henry,68,139; stories of,140; "Letters of a Besieged Resident,"140; Privy Councillor,141

Langtry, Mrs. portrait,79

Lascelles, Sir Frank,54,55; Ambassador in Berlin,137

Lawson, Edward,134.SeeBurnham

Legault, Maria,22

Leighton, Lord, President of the Royal Academy,2; death,77; remarkable gifts,77;The Slinger,78

Lemon, Mark, editor ofPunch,111

Lever, Charles,102

Lewis, Sir George,63,68; tribute to,64

Lincolnshire, Lord,7

Lind, Jenny,18; story of,18-20; medallion,20

Lindsay, Sir Coutts, President of the Grosvenor Gallery,143

Linley, Elizabeth,125

Lockwood, Sir Frank,72,188

Löhr, Marie,87

Londesborough, Lord,119; member of the Coaching Club,120

Londesborough, Lady,10,119

London, blizzard,9; fog,140

Longfellow, Henry W., story of,99

Lonsdale, Frederick,76

Lord Dundreary,167

Lowell, J. R.,147

Lucas, E. V.,191

Lucy, Sir Henry,114; appearance,115

Lucy, Lady,114

Lyceum Theatre,149,166,182

Lyttelton, Hon. Alfred,135

Lytton, Bulwer,32,34;Money,66,173,212

Macduff, Viscount,118

Mackenzie, Sir Morell,202

Macready, General Sir Nevil,160

Macready, Jonathan,160

Macready, Major,160

Macready, W. C., opinion of Salvini's acting,159; of Marie Wilton's,219

Malibran, Maria,20

Marienbad,13,16

Mario, G.,20

Marks, Henry Stacey,86

Marlborough Club,7

Marlborough House, dinner at,7

Marshall, Robert, plays,113

Mary, H.M. Queen,117,242; at Sandringham,13

Mathew, Lord Justice,70

Mathews, Charles, Public Prosecutor,75

Mathews, Charles,149; speech at a banquet,150; letter from,151; opinion ofOur Boys,153; character of his acting,153

Mathews, William,67,75

Maude, Cyril,200

Maurice, Sir Frederick, biography of Lord Wolseley,127

Maurier, George du, Trilby,86,92; drawings in Punch,91

Maurier, Sir Gerald du,153; at the funeral of Lady Bancroft,237

Maxwell, Mrs.,31.SeeBraddon

Maxwell, W. B.,35

May, Phil,185

McConnell, W. R.,168

McDonnell, Schomberg or "Pom,"137

Melba, Dame Nellie,20; story of,128

Meredith, George,Diana of the Crossways,125

Merewether, Mr.,67

Meyerbeer, G.,20

Millais, Sir John Everett,67; President of the Royal Academy,78; pictures,78,79; portraits,79,187; landscapes,79

Milnes, Monckton,100.SeeHoughton

Modjeska, Helena, character of her acting,27

Mohammedan legend, sermon on,51

Monckton, Lionel,195

Montague, Henry, character of his acting,172; death,173

Monte Carlo,11,90

Morley, Rt. Hon. Arnold, Postmaster-General,68

Morley, Viscount,68

Morris, Clara,30

Mounet-Sully, M.,162

Nevill, Lady Dorothy,35; reminiscences,36

Nevill, Ralph,36

Neville, Henry,7

Nijinsky,27

Norton, Mrs.,125

O'Connor, Rt. Hon. T. P.,142

Ohnet, Georges,22

Olivia,214

Onslow, Lord,120

Orchardson, Sir W. Q., pictures,84

Orton, Arthur, claimant in the Tichborne trial,71

"Ouida,"31; novels,32; views on female suffrage,32; letter from,33.SeeRamée

Oxford and Cambridge cricket match,135

Paderewski, I. J.,20

Page, Dr. W. H.,147

Paris, siege of,173

Parker, Dr. Joseph,50

Parker, Louis N.,203

Parnell Commission,67

Parratt, Sir Walter,54,55,96

Parry, John,196

Parry, Serjeant,71

Partridge, Bernard,186

Passing of the Third Floor Back, The,115

Patti, Adelina,20

Peel, Sir Robert, conversion to Free Trade,125

Pellegrini, Carlo, caricatures,2,93; death,94

Phelps, Mr.,147

Phelps, Samuel,155,160

Phillips, Stephen,203

Piatti,60

Pickersgill, the engraver,87

Pierson, Blanche,22

Pigott, Edward, Reader of Plays,22

Pinero, Sir Arthur W.,14,202;Lords and Commons,177;The Profligate,199; knighthood conferred,200;The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,203-207;The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith,214;The Gay Lord Quex,214; tribute to the memory of Lady Bancroft,226-232; at her funeral,237

Planché, J. R.,The King of the Peacocks,149

Plat, Sir Charles du, at Sandringham,12

Plunket, David,132.SeeRathmore

Poe, Edgar Allan, lines from,74

Pontresina,95

Poynter, Sir Edward,188; President of the Royal Academy,80; pictures,81

Prince of Wales's Theatre,2,101,117,213,227,243

Prince's,110

Princess's Theatre,194

Prinsep, Anthony,87

Prinsep, Val,77,86

Probyn, Sir Dighton,7,12

Punch,59,91,110,145; editors,111

Queen's Theatre,139

Ramée, Louise de la,31.SeeOuida

Rathmore, Lord,132.SeePlunket

Reade, Charles,172;The Cloister and the Hearth,102; characteristics,103;Masks and Faces,225

Regnier, M.,162

Rehan, Ada,28,30

Réjane, Madame, character of her acting,26

Ridge, W. Pett,75

Ridgeway, Dr., Bishop of Chichester,54

Ristori, Madame,157

Rivière, Briton, pictures,86

Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl,126

Robertson, Madge,108,201.SeeKendal

Robertson, T. W.,104; comedies,1,101,105,217,224,227;Ours,8,222,233;Caste,105,119,139,227;School,138,164,233;Society,216; death,217

Robins, Elizabeth,205

Roebuck, Captain Disney,73

Rogers, Rev. William,63

Rothschild, Alfred de,137

Rowe, Mrs. Jopling, portrait,79

Rowton, Lord,121.SeeCorry

Russell, Charles, Lord Chief Justice, personality,62; tribute to Sir G. Lewis,63; story of,64

Russell, Sir William Howard,132

St. Helier, Lord, President of the Divorce Court,69

St. Helier, Lady,69

St. James's Theatre,202

St. Paul's Cathedral, Thanksgiving Service,5

Sala, George Augustus,106

Salvini, T., character of his acting,156-159; letter from,158


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