Aberdeen, Earl of,25andnoteActon, Lord—Career—Birth,xv; Oscott,xvi; Munich,xvii; visit to France,xix; toUnited States,xx; Moscow,xx-xxi; Aldenham,xxii; memberfor Carlow,xxii; in Parliament,xxv; stands for Bridgnorth,xxvii; editorship of theRambler(Home and Foreign Review),xxvii,xxx-xxxiii,xxxv; at Congress of Munich,xxxiii; marriage,xxxv; lectures at Bridgnorth,xxxv-xxxix,xvi; again stands forBridgnorth,xxxix; at the Œcumenical Council,xlii-xlvii;peerage,xlix; honorary Doctorate of Philosophy at Munich,l;reply to Gladstone's "Vatican Decrees" pamphlet,lii-liii; deathof his daughter,lxxv,105, andnote; residence in Germany andthe Riviera,lix; foundsEnglish Historical Review,lxiv; D.LL.,D.C.L., and All Souls Fellowship,lxv; made lord in waiting,lxv;appointed Professor of Modern History at Cambridge,lxvi,lxix;death,lxxivCharacteristics—Caution in expressing opinions,xii,lx,lxxivConversational ability,xii-xiv,lxixCosmopolitanism,xiv,xv,xx,lixCritical temperament,xiii,lxiiForeign languages, facility in,xv,xviii,lxvIntegrity of mind,liiIrony of manner,xiiiLearning,xi,lxxvii; range of subjects,xvLiberalism,xxviMorality, high estimate of,xiiPersonal appearance,xiiiPrudence,xxxivReading, fondness for,xi,xiv,xxxv,lxxiiiReligious views,xvSociability,xii,lixEstimates of,xi,lxxi,lxxvAffirmation as substitute for oath,23andnoteAfghanistan,20note,78,81,208andnoteAfricanders,seeBoersAirlie, Earl of,17Aldenham library,xviii,lv,lxxiiiAlexander,47,111Alexandria,156Alison cited,7America,seeUnited StatesAmiel,207Ammergau,33,34Ampthill, Lord (Odo Russell),xlvii,195andnoteAnglo-Indians,17Antonelli, Cardinal,xiv,xlviAppearancesv.realities,15Arco, Louis, Count,172Argyll, Duke of, incompatibility of, with Chamberlain,13; resignationof,87andnote[119]; misunderstandings of Gladstone by,106;otherwise mentioned,lx,11,25,29,30,70,89,96,108Arnim, Count,53,134Arnold, Matthew,59,70,105—— Dr.,146Ashburnham MSS.,162-163Atterbury,52Aumale, Duc d',88Austen, Jane,83Authorities, list of,69Bacon,93Banneville, Marquis de,xlvBarère,136Barnes,140Battersea, Lady (Mrs. Flower),42andnote,43Baxter,146Beaconsfleld, Earl of (B. Disraeli)—Bryce on,130Croker, views on,201andnote[247]"Endymion" criticised,52First speech of,109Gladstone's eulogy on,lx,99-101Granville, Earl, dinner with,66Illness of,85Memorial to,97andnote[132],98,107andnote[145]Peel attacked by,114notePress opinions on,96Supporters of,91Otherwise mentioned,xxiii,lxxvi,11,40Beard's Hibbert Lectures,173Bedford, Duke of,195"Belgique et le Vatican, La,"54Benedictines,137Benjamin, J. P.,97andnote[131]Berlin, treaty of,179Berryer, xxiv,47,49Bessborough Report,88Bible, Revised Version of,120Bisaccia,61Bismarck, Prince, Minghetti on,lxiii; Gladstone contrasted with,35;mentioned,13Blachford, Lord,4Blennerhassett, Lady, estimate of,44; otherwise mentioned,17,23,161,174—— Sir Rowland, estimate of,44; on Forster,73; mentioned,23Blignieres,191Blondel,146Bluntschli,xixBoers—Characteristics of,77Peace made by Gladstone with,81,91Bohme,139Bond,149-150Bonghi—essays of, on Gladstone,4andnotes[5,6]Roman History by,123,174; mentioned,80andnote[103]Books, list of hundred best,69; Acton's list of,166-168,176Borromeo, St. Charles,lxxi,135,186-187Bossuet,93,133,150Boutmy,3Bradlaugh, Charles, re-election of, for Northampton,126andnote[166];Manning's protest against admission of,130note[169]; otherwisementioned,23note,95,121,151,214Bradley's Recollections,166Bramhall,127,133,134Brand, Speaker (Viscount Hampden),73andnoteBrewer,128-129,149,196Bright, Rev. J. F., Master of University, lxiv,160,173andnote[206],177—— Rt. Hon. John, lx,25,30,94,156,213Brodrick, Hon. George,54andnote[62],177Broglie, Duc de,2andnote[2],11,161Brontë, Charlotte,83Brougham, Lord,47,57Browne, Bp., of Shrewsbury,liv—— Bp. Harold,70andnote[85]Browning, Oscar,166Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, paper of, on Disraeli,130; cited,ix,xiv;quoted,xviii-xix,lx,lxviii; otherwise mentioned,84,197Burke, Edmund—Electioneering speeches of,4-5Estimate of,49,56-57Gladstone compared with,5,49,57,81Lecky on,152Party policy of,14,49andnote[54]Otherwise mentioned,xxix,45Burials Bill,33andnote[43]Burnett,47Butler, Bp.,xxxiv,203Byron,63Cæsar Borgia,144Cairns, first Earl,90andnote[124],108Cambridge, Acton's visit to (1884),177note,181,191"Cambridge History,"lxx,lxxiii,lxxivCambridge University—Acton refused admission to, as a student,xvii,lxvi,104; madeD.LL. at,lxv; appointed Professor of Modern History at,lxviAldenham library presented to,lxxivScholarship at, for Northumberland miners, scheme of,192andnote[230]Cannes,lix,33,54,80,83,160,162,198,205Canning, estimates of,45,47; otherwise mentioned,46,56,99,200Capua, Archbishop of,87Cardwell, Lord,xxii,11,54,66,77Carlingford, Lord,87note[120],108,195Carlyle, Thomas—Estimate of,70-71,82,85,104,144Froude's Life of,151Palgrave on,84Scherer on,74Carnarvon, Earl of,16,24Carnegie, Andrew,lxxiiiCarnot, President,136Caron, Father,133,140Casaubon,207Cassander,134Castlereagh, Visct.,46,99Cavendish, Lady F.,41,155—— Lord F.,66,154-156Cavour,xxv,xxviii-xxix,49Cetewayo,174Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J., incompatibility of, with Argyll,13;indiscretions of,66; policy regarding House of Lords,102;Döllinger's view of,170; defection of,214; on Gladstone'ssocialism,212; otherwise mentioned,24,43,153,164,205,211Chambord, Count of,86,161Channing,146Charles I.,136Chateaubriand,78Chatham, Lord,45,56,81Chenery,13,24,34-35Cheney,40Childers, Rt. Hon. H. C. E.,114noteChillingworth,133,134Chronicle(1868),xxxviiChurch, Dean, at Munich,170andnote[204]; on Liddon,180,192,204;over-estimation of,203; otherwise mentioned,70Churches—Anglican—Distinguished men in, overmuch made of,203Establishment of,182High Church party, attitude of, towards Gladstone's alliancewith democratic nonconformity,16Ireland, in,xxxixRitualism in, Gladstone's pamphlet on,liThirty-Nine Articles,127,133Cavour's ideal,xxixEstablishments,xxvi,xl; Gladstone's progress of thoughtregarding,48andnote,89Roman Catholic—Benedictines,137Burnings of,141,146"Conflicts with Rome,"xxxiiiConversions to—Obstacles to,185,187Protestant sanction of,134Identification of, with morality and religion,xxxiiInfallibility dogma,xli,xliii-xlviii; civil allegiance inrelation to,xlviii,liInquisition,141,146,185Jansenism,131,140Jesuits (see that title)Legate and Nuncio,137Legitimacy supported by,86Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister, attitude towards,169andnoteMass, the,136Modern thought, Encyclical letter against,xxxivMolinism,131Œcumenical Council (1869),xli-xlixPapacy (see also belowUltramontanism)Creighton's work on,lxiv,197andnote[243]Ethics of,127Inquisition the work of,185Temporal power of, xlii,86-87Perilous opinions enforced by,127Persecution in,148Roman Catholic—Quietists,139Rosmini's attempted reform of,171,176,185Syllabus of Errors (1864),xxxiv,xlii,135,141Thirty-Nine Articles, views on,127Transubstantiation,132Ultramontanism—Acton's attitude towards,xviImmorality of,lv,131Irish clergy, of,73,165,170Nature of,185-187Policy of (1869),xliv"Vatican Decrees" pamphlet,let seq.Vaticanism, Frère-Orban on,54Cicero,88Circourt,40Clare, Lord,201Clark, Dr. A.,29Clay,49Clifford, Bishop,livClub, The,lix,50Cobden, Richard—Economy urged by,xxivLife of,111andnote,112-113Otherwise mentioned,19,27Coercion,xxviii(see also underIreland)Colebrooke, Sir E.,125Coleridge, S. T.,71,151Collard, Roger, cited,84Colquhoun, Miss (Lady Limerick),64Commynes, cited,35Conolly,xlixConscience—Development of,168Independence of,15Jesuit attitude towards,39"John Inglesant," case of,145Consent, government by,68Conservatism,seeToryism"Consuelo,"83Contract, freedom of,92Coombe Warren,188Copenhagen, battle of,lxxiCopernicus,lxviiCoriolis,161Corker,134Coulanges, Fustel de,xixCounty Franchise Bill,108note[146]Courtney, Rt. Hon. Leonard,53,197Cowper, Earl,16,153—— Henry,1Craven, Mrs.,161,171Creighton, Bishop, editor ofEnglish Historical Review,lxiv;estimate of,197Cressy,140Croker Papers,199-201Cromwell, Oliver,5-6,71,93Cross, Mr.,64andnote[70],117,162,166,173,198,205Dante,40,57; "Inferno,"44,143andnote; "Paradiso,"83,159andnote[185]Darboy, Archbishop,xlii-xliv,xlixDavenport,140"David Copperfield,"34Davitt, Michael,68Decazes,161Deceased Wife's Sister Bill,169andnoteDelane,13,24Delisle, Leopold,162-163Democracy—Danger of,91Disraeli's transformation of England into a,86Doctrines of, distinct from wishes of Democrats,7Government by, success of,93Inconstancy of,9,91,101Principles of,48Progress of, a certainty,44Unity of power the tendency of,124"Democracy" (American novel),58,159-160"Democracy in America,"xix"Democracy in Europe,"lviiiDemocrats—Constructive power of,117Murder identified with insurrection by,103Whig dependence on,108Demosthenes,88Dempster, Miss,77note[97]Derby, 14th Earl,xxiii,65,69——, 15th Earl, estimate of,109; otherwise mentioned,72,87,108,110,117,174——, Lady,108-109Descartes,130,146De Serre,68andnote[80],75Detachment,71,105Devonshire, Duke of (d.1891),10andnote[16]D'Harcourt, Marquis,1Diary of Miss M. Gladstone, extract from,113andnoteDiary-keeping,14,30Diaz, Porfirio,xxxviiiDickens, Charles,34,41,163Dilke, Sir Charles, Gladstone's estimate of,114note; at Cannes,205;otherwise mentioned,24,43,214Dillon, John,103Disraeli,seeBeaconsfieldDöllinger, Dr.—Acton's studies under,xvii,xix; article on,lxxv; estimate of,2Bryce's estimate of,lxChamberlain, views on,170Congress of Munich, plea at,xxxiiiExcommunication of,xlixGladstone's visit to,liLiddon, views on,182,191Otherwise mentioned,xliii,57,80,192Donne,131Drew, Mrs.,viii,lxiiiDufaure,2Duff, Sir M. Grant,