AAbercromby, General, ii. 276, 285Abingdon, Earl of, i. 90Abingdon, Lady, i. 90Abington, Mrs. (Fanny Barton), ii. 4Abolition of Slave Trade, the, ii. 239, 294Acland, Colonel John Dyke, i. 325*Acland, Sir Thomas, i. 273Acton, Dr., his kindness to Gibbon, i. 36, 37;his misfortunes, i. 67Acton, Mrs., Gibbon's opinion of, i. 38*Acton, Lord, i. 37*Acton, Sir John F. E., i. 37Adam, Père, i. 92Addington, 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. 301Albemarle, Lady, i. 207Alien Bill, the, ii. 363*Allen, Ethan, i. 270Almack's Club, i. 283Althorpe, Lord, ii. 18America, resolutions of Congress, i. 242;Declaration of Independence, i.283;troubles with, i. 249-251, 256-265passim, 270, 272, 278, 284, 287et seq., 316, 324, 325, 329; ii. 9, 25, 69, 151;treaty with France, i. 333Amherst, Colonel, i. 174*Amory, Thomas,The Life of John Buncle, i. 189*Amyand, Sir George, ii. 184Ancaster, Duchess of, ii. 300, 315Ancram, Earl of, ii. 275Andrews, Richard, ii. 126, 138, 184*Annual Register, quoted, i. 17, 108, 146, 156, 220, 371*Anselme, General, ii. 314Apsley, Lord, i. 149*Arbuthnot, Admiral, i. 363, 384Arles, Archbishop of.SeeDulau, J. F. M.Armitstead, Mrs., marries C. J. Fox, ii. 179*Arnold, Benedict, i. 270, 275, 294*Arnould, Sophie, ii. 211Arras, Bishop of (M. H. de Conzie), ii. 266*Articles, Parliament and the XXXIX., i. 147Ashburnham, Lord, i. 225; ii. 305Ashburton, Lord, i. 90, 238;Madras Council prosecution, i.362;Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, ii. 13, 96Ashby, Mrs., i. 253, 287; ii. 22Associations, formed to support the Government, ii. 349, 352*Astley, Sir John, i. 148Aston, Lady, i. 38; ii. 135Aston, Sir Willoughby, i. 38; ii. 135Atwood's Club, Gibbon joins, i. 152Auckland, 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;hisJournal and Correspondencequoted, ii.19,35,57,92,157,158,162,172,265,397-399Augusta, Princess (Duchess of Brunswick), i. 65, 149Austria, Emperor Leopold of, his meeting with King of Prussia at Pilnitz, ii. 271Austria, Empress Maria Theresa of, i. 394*Autobiography, Gibbon's, quoted, i. 25, 29, 173*Avranches, Bishop of, ii. 324BBach, Johann Christian, appointed Director of Public Concerts in London, i. 204*Baddeley, Mrs., i. 146Bagshot camp, review at, ii. 304Baker, the Jesuit, receives Gibbon into Roman Catholic Church, i. 1*Ball, Dean of Chichester, i. 399Balsamo, Giuseppe.SeeCagliostro, Comte deBaltimore, Lord, i. 91*Bankes, Mr., M.P. for Corfe Castle, ii. 97Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 218, 226, 239Barazzi, M. (Banker at Rome), i. 71, 72Barbary, and Spain, i. 265Barré, 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. 89Barrington, Shute (Bishop of Durham), i. 195Barrymore, Lord, ii. 303Barthélemy, Marquis de, ii. 355, 370Bartoli, M., i. 59Barton, Mr., i. 142, 193Barton, George (Lord Sheffield's footman), i. 250, 252Bassano, Duc de, ii. 367Bathurst, Earl, i.341, 393Batt, 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, 349Batten, Mr., i. 162*Bavaria, Elector of, i. 334Bavois, Madame de (Miss Comarque), i. 82, 83, 220Bayley, Mr., i. 17, 119, 152, 249Bayley, Dr., ii. 394Beauchamp, Lord, i. 247,393; ii. 6,32, 102Beauclerk, Lady Diana, i.82, 279, 304, 348Beauclerk, Topham, i.82, 279, 280, 299, 304, 333, 348*Beaumarchais, i. 371*Beaumont and Fletcher'sKnight of the Burning Pestle, i. 284Beauvais, Bishop of, ii. 342Beauvau, Princess de, i. 314, 319*Beckford, Lord Mayor, presents "Remonstrance" to King, i. 113*Beckford, Mr., and Gibbon's library, ii. 300Bedford, Duchess of, i. 262Bedford, Duke of, ambassador to France, i. 30, 32, 35;and the British Coffee-House, i.201*Bedford Correspondence, the, quoted, i. 28Belmore, Lady, ii. 275*Belmore, Lord, ii. 275Bellamont, Lord, his duel with Lord Townshend, i. 180, 182*Benfield, Paul, i. 308*Bengal, famine in, i. 184*Bentinck, Lord Edward, ii. 350Beriton, Gibbon's Hants Estate, i. 128, 153; ii. 6, 138, 175, 182, 189, 199et seq., 222et seq., 227, 234, 240Berkeley, Lord, i. 58, 74Berne, Canton of, ii. 283, 295, 299, 316, 370*Berry, Miss, on Gibbon's library, ii. 301Bertrand-Molleville, Marquis de, ii.311, 329Besançon, Gibbon at, i. 36*Besson, Madame, i. 60*Best'sPersonal and Literary Memorials quoted, i. 396*Biographie Universelle, ii. 326Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 366*Biron, Duc de, ii. 290Biron, Duchesse de, ii. 289, 324, 333Black Musqueteers, the, i. 26Blackstone'sCommentaries, quotation from, ii. 205Blessington, Earl of, i. 2Blondel, Gibbon's valet, ii. 124, 131Board of Trade, Gibbon appointed Commissioner of, i. 354, 366;vote passed against: Burke on value of, i. 378;suppressed, ii. 14Bobbin, Benjamin, i. 35Boissier, i. 94, 105Bolingbroke, Lady (Lady Diana Spencer), i. 82, 85Bolingbroke, Lord, "the Bully," i. 82, 85,312*Bollmann, M., ii. 292Bolton, Duke of, i. 39, 44,153Bolton, 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, 265Bonfoy, Mrs. Hugh (néeEliot), i. 189, 220, 266; ii. 386Bonham, Mr., ii. 175, 182Bontemps, Madame, i. 31, 35Boodle's Club, Masquerade given by, at the Pantheon, i. 212, 215Bordot, M., i. 22Borromean Islands, i. 57Boston, attack upon the teaships in the harbour, i.205;Port Bill, i. 206, 208;investment of, i. 257, 258*Boswell'sLife of Johnsonquoted, i. 273*Boufflers, Duc de, ii. 289*Boufflers, Marquise de, i. 312Bouillé, Marquis de, ii. 254, 256,270, 285, 286,329Bouillon, Duc de, ii. 256,334Bouillon, Madame de, ii. 334Boulogne, Gibbon at, i. 27Bourbon, Abbé de, ii. 115Bourbon, Duc de, ii.237, 269Bourcard, M., ii. 45Boydell, John (Lord Mayor), his edition of Shakespeare, ii. 276, 359, 374Bradley, Thomas, i, 35*Bramston'sThe Man of Taste, i. 124*Brandt, i. 143*Brathwaite, Colonel, ii. 19*Brentès, Madame de, i. 81Bricknall, Mr. Gibbon's lawyer, i. 131, 133, 141, 150, 153Bridgewater, Duke of, i. 27, 28*Brienne, Cardinal de (Archbishop of Sens), ii. 162, 181Brighton, Gibbon's house at, ii. 3, 7Brissoné, Madame de, i. 2Brissot, J. Pierre (de Warville), ii.258, 259,318,325, 350*Bristol, Earl of, i. 21, 265; ii. 15Bristol, Countess of.SeeKingston, Duchess ofBristol, toll-gate riots at, ii. 390Bristow, Miss, ii. 105, 117British coffee-house, the resort of Scotchmen, i. 201Broglie, Duc de, ii. 269Bromwich, Mr., i. 93*Brooke, Member of Madras Council, i. 362*Brooklyn, battle of, i. 287*Brooks's Club, i. 283, 376Brown, Lancelot (the landscape gardener known as "Capability Brown"), i. 203Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, ii. 226Brunswick, Antiquities of the House of, ii. 228-232Brunswick, Hereditary Prince of, ii. 115, 117Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of, (Princess Augusta of Wales), i. 65, 149Brunswick-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. 302Buckinghamshire, Lord, i. 394; ii. 275Budé, General, ii. 302, 327*Bull, Lord Mayor, i. 201*Burges, Sir James Bland, his account of Gibbon's first meeting with Pitt, ii. 28Burgoyne, 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'sMaid of the Oaks, i. 219Buriton.SeeBeritonBurke, Edmund, i. 148;Goldsmith's Epitaph, i.202;meeting at Captain Horneck's, i. 207;description of, in Goldsmith'sRetaliation, 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'sAnticipation, 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;hisReflections 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'sRights 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. 375Burrard, Sir H., ii. 84, 93Burtenshaw's Manifesto, i. 221, 228*Burton, Rev. David, Canon of Christ Church, ii. 135Bute, Lord, i.45,50,82;the Ministerial Club, i.84;the Irish Catholics in arms, ii. 350Byng, John, i. 60*Byron, Lord, his definition of "ridotto," i. 124;his attack on Hayley, i. 398CCadell, Thomas, Gibbon's publisher, i. 222, 279, 282, 285, 364; ii. 152, 157, 158, 176, 243, 282;Gibbon's letter to, ii. 313Cadogan, Dr., ii. 123, 310Cagliostro, Comte de (Giuseppe Balsamo), ii. 45, 54Calonne, Chas. Alexandre de, ii. 162, 237, 269Cambis, Madame de, i. 312; ii. 290*Cambis, Vicomte de, i. 312Cambridge, Richard O., i. 108, 279; ii. 226;his family called by Gibbon "eloquent nymphs of Twickenham," i. 192, 197;"the Cantabs," i. 228, 233Camden, Lord, i. 149, 333;President of the Council, ii.13, 306*Campazas, Friar Gerund de, i. 144*Campbell, Lord, and the Rosslyn MSS., ii. 372Cane, Eliz. Bridget (Mrs. Armitstead), ii. 179Caplin, Gibbon's servant, i. 197, 230, 248; ii. 8, 9, 59, 110, 119, 131, 166*Carey, General, i. 282*Carhampton, Earl of, i. 146Carleton, Sir Guy (Gov.-General of Canada), i.270,276, 277, 286, 290;siege of Ticonderoga, i. 294Carlisle, Lord, his opinion of Madame Geoffrin, i.29;appointed American Commissioner, i. 332;Lord Privy Seal, ii.34Carmarthen, Marquis of, ii.28,86, 327Carnarvon, Marquis of, i. 39,44; ii. 303*Carnatic, Nabob of the, i. 209, 308Carter, Miss, ii. 135Castries, Marquis de, ii. 210, 267, 269Catch Club, The Noblemen and Gentlemen's, i. 200, 283Catherine, Empress of Russia, i.158, 270; ii. 247*Cavendish, Lord George, i. 232; ii. 350Cavendish, Lord John, his amendment on American affairs, i. 240,273; ii.32;Chancellor of Exchequer, ii.13, 18,34Cazalès, Jacques Marie de, ii. 252, 269, 274Celesia, Madame (néeMallet), i. 18, 21, 62, 124Celesia, Pietro Paolo, i.18, 20, 62Chandieu, Mdlle. de, ii. 43*Charlemont, Lord, i. 85*Charles Emanuel III., King of Sardinia, i. 58Charles X. (Comte d'Artois), ii. 203,204, 251,266Charrières, Madame de, ii. 43Chateauneuf, M. de, French Resident at Geneva, ii. 317Chateau-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. 338Chatillon, Marie Jeanne de.SeeBontemps, MadameChauvelin, M., ii. 362,366, 367, 370Chelsum, Dr. James, onDecline and Fall, i. 295*Chermont d'Amboise, Marquis de, i. 314Chesterfield, Lord, i.25, 150, 158;hisLetters, i. 195;hisPortraits, i.313*Cheyte Singh, Rajah of Benares, ii. 26Chichester, Earl of (Lord Pelham of Stanmer), i. 200Chichester, Lady, i. 200*Child, Mr., author ofEnglish and Scottish Popular Ballads, i. 283*Chimay, Prince de, i. 312Choiseul, Duc de, i. 312,314, 318; ii. 286Cholmondeley, Earl, i. 262Christian VII., King of Denmark, i. 143Christie, Mr., ii. 69, 83*Chudleigh, Miss.SeeKingston, Duchess of*Cibber and Vanbrugh'sThe Provoked Husband, i. 366; ii. 29*Clare, Lord, i. 132Clarges, Lady (néeSkrine), ii. 135*Clarges, Sir Thomas, ii. 135Clarke, Godfrey Bagnal, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 144, 148, 155, 201, 205, 208, 211, 214, 219, 222-224, 229, 232, 238, 241, 244Clarke, George Hyde, i. 61*Clarke, Jervoise, i. 89, 90Clavière, Etienne, ii. 315*Cleland, John, i. 53*Clermont-Tonnerre, ii. 329Cline, Henry, ii. 393Clinton, Sir Henry, i.349, 384; ii. 71, 153, 240, 377Clinton, General Sir William, i. 249, 300; ii.71Clive, Lord, i.184, 238Clive, Mrs., i. 175Coalition Ministry, the (1783), ii.34, 86, 92Cobham, Lady, i.314, 316*Coblentz, the rallying-point of theEmigrés, ii. 265Cocoa-Tree Tavern, i. 84*Coke, T. W., M.P. for Norfolk, ii. 33Coleraine, Lord, i.146, 148, 310Colman, George, "The Luminous Historian," etc., i.59; ii.154;Gibbon's opinion ofThe Man of Business, i. 202;his description of Gibbon inRandom Records, i.213Comarque, Miss.SeeBavois, Madame deConcord, the March to, i. 257*Conches, M. Feuillet de, ii. 257, 352Condé, Louis Joseph, Prince de, ii. 237, 265, 269Congress, American, i. 242, 250Conway, General, i. 84,85,287;Commander-in-Chief, ii.13, 18, 20,32Conway, Hon. and Rev. Edward, ii. 112Conway, Hon. William, ii.7,18, 20, 32Conway, T., i. 247Conzie, 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. 26Corcelles, Madame de, ii. 43*Corisande, La belle, ii. 265*Cork, Earl of, i. 34Corn Regulation Bill, ii. 239*Cornelys, Mrs. Theresa, and the Soho Masquerades, i. 131Cornwallis, Hon. F. (Archbishop of Canterbury), i. 319Cornwallis, Lord, in America, ii.171;campaign against Tippoo, ii. 275, 285Courtenay, Hon. Charlotte, ii. 24Courtenay, Harry, i. 18Courtenay, Lord, ii. 24Coventry election petition, i. 393Cowper, Earl, i. 65*Cowper, William, i. 83Coxheath Camp, i. 340, 346;Lord Sheffield at, ii. 18, 25*Cradock, Joseph, i. 143*Craon, Prince de, i. 314Crauford, "Fish," ii. 67*Crauford, "Flesh," ii. 67Crauford, Mrs., Gibbon's landlady, ii. 164Craufurd of Auchinames, ii. 388, 400Craven, Lord, i. 148*Crewe, Lord, ii. 350*Cromwell, Major Henry, ii. 72Cromwell, Oliver (solicitor), ii. 72*Crosby, Lord Mayor Brass, i. 130Crousaz, Catherine, ii. 81Crousaz, Madame de.SeeMontolieu, Madame deCumberland, Duchess of (Mrs. Horton), i.146, 150, 154Cumberland, Duke of, i.146,149, 150, 154; ii. 3, 111*Cumberland'sFashionable Lover, i. 143*Cunningham, Captain, i. 310Curchod, Mdlle. Suzanne.SeeNecker, MadameCustine, Adam de, his incursion into Germany, ii. 319, 332Cuthbert, Dr., attends Gibbon's father, i. 115Dd'Agnesseau, Madame, ii. 333*d'Allonville, Comte, ii. 326Dalrymple, Sir John,Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, i. 131Damas, Comte, ii. 286Damer, Hon. John, i. 139, 144, 287*Damer, Hon. Lionel, ii. 350*d'Arblay, Madame,Diary and Letters, quoted, i. 108; ii. 15, 211, 284, 302Darby, Captain, i. 257, 258, 260*d'Argenteuil, M., i. 294d'Argout, Comte, ii. 280Darrel, Mr., i. 7, 20, 74Darrel, Mrs., i. 7, 17, 38Darrel, Robert, ii. 34, 280, 376, 400Dartmouth, Lord, i. 258,278d'Artois, Comte (Charles X.), ii. 203,204, 251,266*d'Assas, Chevalier, ii. 204d'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. 139Dawkes, Mrs., i. 204*d'Ayen, Duc, i. 305; ii. 333*Dean, Sir Robert, i. 85Deane, Silas, i.301, 334; ii. 66Decline 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, 230Deffand, Madame du, on Madame Geoffrin, i.29;on Voltaire'sLa 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'sMemoirs of Captain Carleton, i. 273*de la Borde, Jean Benjamin, ii. 54Delacour, 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. 237Denhoff, Countess, i. 149Denmark, Christian VII., King of, i. 143Denmark, Juliana Maria, Queen Dowager of, i. 143Denmark, Queen Caroline Matilda of, i. 143Denmark, Revolution in, i. 143, 144, 146, 149*d'Ennery, Comte, ii. 280Denton, Mrs., i. 130Denys, Madame (Voltaire's niece), i. 43, 92*Derry, Bishop of, ii. 15, 388d'Estaing, Comte, i. 337, 350, 370,384, 395Devonshire, Duchess of, i.33, 370; ii. 300, 310, 312, 315, 319, 327, 339, 388Devonshire, Duke of, ii.15, 305Deyverdun, George, Gibbon's intimate friend, i. 82, 83, 110, 158, 188-214passim, 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. 75et 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., hisSalon de Madame Necker, i. 40,41*d'Hénin, Prince, ii. 211d'Hénin, Princess, ii. 211,290, 322, 324, 329, 334, 342, 349, 377Diary, the (newspaper), ii. 351, 370*Dictionary of National Biographyquoted, i. 283Digby, Captain, i. 334*Dillon, Mr., i. 180*Dillon, General, murdered, ii. 299*Disraeli'sCalamities of Authorsquoted, i. 23*Dodsley's tragedy ofCleone, i. 18Dorchester, Earl of, i. 139; ii.350d'Orleans, Regent Duc, i.312, 326Dorset, 1st Duke of, i. 139Dorset, 3rd Duke of, Ambassador at Paris, i. 226; ii.86*d'Orvilliers, Count, i. 349Douglas, Lady Catherine, ii. 377, 387*Dowling, Surgeon, ii. 295Down, Charles, i. 244Downes, Rev. Dr. Dive, i. 205Downshire, Marquis of, ii. 5Draper, General Sir William, ii. 22*Drouet, Postmaster, ii. 254, 326Drummond, Andrew, i. 71Duane, Mr., i. 201, 218, 226, 234, 261, 264Dulau, J. F. M. (Archbishop of Arles), ii. 322, 325;his murder described, ii. 333, 341*Dummer, Thos. Lee, i. 90, 250Dumont, M., ii. 258Dumouriez, M., ii.299,319, 326, 368Duncannon, Lady, ii. 310, 312Duncannon, Lord, ii.18, 19*Duncombe, Thomas, i. 250Dundas, 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. 365Dunning, John.SeeAshburton, Lordd'Ursel, Duke, ii. 83Dutch, fears of war with, i. 348, 353Dutens, Louis, i. 56, 59*Dutensiana, i. 314Dux, George, i. 52E*Eames, John, i. 89Eardley, Lord (Sir Sampson Gideon), i. 225, 332; ii. 216East India Company, the, i. 184, 186, 209, 308; ii. 85*Eccentricities for Edinburghquoted, i. 59*Eden, Sir Robert, ii. 397Eden, William.SeeAuckland, LordEgerton, Sir Thomas, i. 148Egremont, Lord, i. 247, 249; ii. 175, 182, 305, 388Elgin, Thomas, Lord, Envoy at Brussels, ii. 383Elkin, Sir George, i. 16Eliot, Captain John, i. 62Eliot, Hon. Edward James, i. 390, 394; ii. 19, 20, 22, 143Eliot, Hon. John, i. 217, 229, 380Eliot, Lady, i. 98, 110, 122, 131, 132, 365Eliot, 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, 389Eliott, Admiral Sir George A.SeeHeathfield, LordElizabeth, Queen, story of Lord Essex's ring, i. 276Elliot, Grey, ii. 69*Elliot, Lady, ii. 374Elliot, Sir Gilbert, i. 251;on treaty between France and U. S. A., i.333;his daughter's marriage, ii. 25;hisLife and Lettersquoted, ii.172,306,351,374;his support of Government, ii. 305;Duke of Portland's views of Alien Bill, ii. 363Ellis, George, editor ofFabliaux, etc., i.139;Sir Walter Scott on, ii. 184;lines on Pitt inRolliad,ibid.Ellis, Governor Henry, i. 73*Elliston, Mrs., of South Weald, i. 70Elmsley, Peter, the bookseller, i. 372; ii. 60, 94, 105, 113, 126, 158, 214, 314, 388*Elstob, Lewis, i. 118, 372Elstob, Mrs., i. 372Ely, Lady, i. 266Ely, Lord, i. 265Ely, Madame, ii. 386Erskine, ii. 297Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature, Gibbon's first published work, i. 20, 80Essex, Earl of, i. 276Establishment Bill, i. 376Etienne, Gibbon's valet, ii. 243, 253Exchequer Bills, issue of, ii. 382Exeter, Lord, i. 65Exilles, Fort, i. 59*Eyre, Mr., printer, i. 263F*Falkland, Lord, i. 282*Fanshaw, Miss, ii. 284Farquhar, Sir Walter, ii. 393, 395, 398, 401*Farquhar'sThe Twin Rivals, ii. 102Faukier, Mr., i. 163Featherstonhaugh, Lady, i. 232, 235, 246, 249Featherstonhaugh, Sir H., i. 162, 214, 235, 247, 249Featherstonhaugh, Sir M., i. 56,67, 83, 84, 131, 162,247Fenestrelle, Fort, i. 59*Ferguson, Lieut. James, killed by Captain Roche, i. 209Ferrières, M. de, ii. 318*Fersen, Comte de, ii. 292*Feuchéres, Madame de, ii. 237Firth, Miss, ii. 82, 91, 98, 334;Gibbon's letter to, ii. 98;and Severy's studies, ii. 167Fischer, M., ii. 260,283, 375*Fitzherbert, Mrs., ii. 150Fitzjames, Duchess of, ii. 324Fitzmaurice, Lord.SeeShelburne, Earl ofFitzpatrick, Lady Mary.SeeHolland, LadyFitzroy, Mrs., i. 90Fitzwilliam, Lord, ii. 305Flanders, invasion of, ii. 299*Fleming, Sir John, i. 261Flood, Henry, i. 264Florence, Gibbon at, i. 63*Floyer, Mr., Member of Madras Council, i. 362Foley, Mr., English banker at Paris, i. 33, 36Foote, Samuel, hisBankrupt, i. 192;A Trip to Calaisstopped by Duchess of Kingston, i. 265Ford, Mrs., Gibbon's housekeeper, i. 192; ii. 8Fordwich, Lord.SeeCowper, EarlFort Louis, surrender of garrison to Austrians, ii. 396Foster, 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. 380Foster, John.SeeOriel, Lord*Foster, John Thomas, ii. 15Fothergill, Dr., i. 177Fowler, Mr., ii. 340Fox, 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'sAnticipation, 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. 368Fox, Hon. Stephen.SeeHolland, 2nd LordFrance, 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, 374Francillon, M., ii. 283*Francis Joseph, of Austria, ii. 279, 292Frankland, Miss Anne (Lady Chichester), i. 200*Frankland, Sir Thomas, i. 200Franklin, Dr., i. 162,243, 310, 313Fraser, General, i. 264, 299, 363Fraser, General Simon, i. 325Fraser, Mrs., "Donna Catherina," i. 300; ii. 105, 117Fredennick, M., ii. 260*Frederick the Great, i. 158; ii. 210Frederick II. of Prussia, i. 143; ii. 137Frederick William of Prussia at Pilnitz, ii. 271French 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, 365Frey, M., escorts Gibbon to Lausanne, i. 1*"Friends of the People," an association for reform of representative system, ii. 297Fullarton, Colonel, ii. 168Fuller, Miss, called "Sappho" by Gibbon, i. 196, 198, 202, 208, 241Fuller, Rose, i.196, 208GGage, General, i. 206, 257, 258, 260, 266Gage, William Hall, Viscount, "the green plumb," i. 225, 227*Galovkin, Comte Fédor, i. 81*Gansel, Major-General, i. 109Garrick, David, as "Sir John Brute," i. 19;Gibbon a friend of, i. 201, 289, 333;inHamlet, i. 203;letter from Gibbon to, quoted, i.317Gascoyne, Bamber, i. 366*Gates, General, i. 325Gazette, the, i. 257,392*Gazetteer, the, i. 146Gee, Mr., i. 3, 6*Genlis, Comte de, i. 326Genlis, Madame de, her opinion of Madame de Cambis, i.313;of Princesse de Beauvau, i.314;onDecline and Fall, i. 326;on Dr. Tissot's skill, ii.77;her story of Gibbon and Madame de Montolieu, ii. 154Geneva, threatened by French, ii. 317, 322;the Government at, ii. 318;treaty with France, ii. 325, 331, 345;new constitution of, ii. 370Genoa, Gibbon at, i. 61Gentleman's Magazinecited, ii.289,301, 302, 314,349Geoffrin, Madame, i. 29*George II., ii. 321George 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'sPlaidoyer, ii.375.George IV.SeeWales, Prince ofGermain, Lady George, i. 328Germain, Lord George.SeeSackville, Lord*Germain, Sir John, i. 198Germanie, M. de, ii. 291*Gibbon, Mrs.,néePorten (Gibbon's mother), i. 2Gibbon, Mrs.,néePatton (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;