nobly supports Nelson in his initiative at the Battle of St. Vincent,i. 271-273, 277-282;advises and accompanies Nelson in the Teneriffe expedition, 296-306;limitations of, 300, 301,and admirable qualities, 304-306,ii.141;sent with a detachment of ten ships-of-the-line to join Nelson in the Nile campaign,i. 323, 325, 326;mentioned, 328, 329, 333, 340, 341, 343;his ship, the "Culloden," unfortunately grounds before getting into action at the Nile, 352;Nelson's praise of, 364,ii.10;incidental services in the waters of Italy and Malta,i. 393, 405, 414-416, 419, 420, 437, 444,ii.6,13,29;remonstrates with Nelson on his life at Palermo,i. 398;sent by Nelson on a special mission to Alexandria, 401;singular anecdote of, 411;letters of, to Nelson, 453,ii.29,35;Nelson's petulant reproach to,ii.28;strong remonstrances of, to Nelson, against quitting the blockade of Malta,29,30,35;return of, to England,41;impression of, that Nelson will not serve again,42;advice to Miss Knight concerning the Hamiltons,48;letter of Nelson to, concerning the sailing of the Baltic fleet,66;beginning alienation of Nelson from,111,140,141,142,170;St. Vincent's opinion of,116,140.Tunis,Nelson's mission to, in 1793,i. 113-116;maintains formal war with Naples and Portugal, for the purposes of piracy, 409,ii.7;Nelson's diplomatic difficulties with,i. 409, 410.Turkey,co-operates with Russia and Great Britain in the Mediterranean, 1798,i. 392, 404-406, 419, 420, 429,ii.16-18;Nelson's sympathy with, against Russia,i. 406, 408;makes separate convention of El Arish with French, regardless of her allies,ii.19,20;interests of, threatened in the Morea and in Egypt by the French in 1803-5,185-188,195,211-213.Tuscany, attitude of, towards France, in 1794,i. 156, 161;importance of ports of, to France, 157, 158;difficult neutrality of, 185, 233;Nelson imagines a French enterprise against, by sea, 214, 217, 218, 219;control of, obtained by the French, 233;Nelson's operations on the coast of, 236;blockade of Leghorn and seizure of Elba, 237;political condition of, in 1803-5, during Nelson's Mediterranean command,ii.182.Two Sicilies, the Kingdom of the, (Naples and Sicily,)Nelson's successful mission to, to obtain troops for the occupation of Toulon,i. 110;attitude towards France, 1795, 158;sends flotilla to aid Nelson, but too late in the season, 192;makes an armistice with France, 1796, 233;Nelson's interest keenly excited for, 247, 248;makes peace with France, 1796, 251;dissatisfaction with course of France, in 1798, 319;attitude of, towards France, during the campaign of the Nile, 329-331, 340, 341, 342;Nelson's anxieties for, 339;Nelson's extreme interest in, throughout his life, after his return from the Nile, 369, 388, 412, 417, 427, 442-446, 448, 450-452,ii.4,5,6,39,183,190-194,264-266,282,285-287;joy of, upon receipt of the news of Battle of the Nile,i. 371, 372;strategic weight of, in the counsels of Bonaparte, 391;Nelson persuades, to declare war against France, 389-393;overwhelming defeat of, and flight of Court to Palermo, 394, 395;restoration of the royal authority in Naples,ii.6;refusal of the king to reside in Naples,5,6;occupation of Adriatic coast of, by Bonaparte, 1803-5,179.Vado, Bay of,occupied by Austrians in 1795,i. 178;best anchorage between Nice and Genoa, 186;importance of, to France, 187, 214, 215;evacuated by Austrians after the Battle of Loano, 201, 208;held definitively by French, 223.Valetta,French in Malta shut in,i. 392, 407, 409,ii.7;Nelson's difficulties in maintaining the blockade,ii.7-10,12-14;urgency of Spencer and Troubridge upon Nelson to await the capitulation of,28-30,32-35."Vanguard," British ship-of-the-line,Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile, commissioned,i. 310;dismasted off Corsica, 323;at the Battle of the Nile, 348, 349, 350;arrives at Naples, 371;Nelson's flag shifted from, to the "Foudroyant," 423.Vansittart,British envoy to Copenhagen in 1801,ii.71-73;report of Danish defences,73;explanations conveyed from Nelson to the Admiralty by,73."Victory," British hundred-gun ship, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar,Jervis's flagship at Battle of St. Vincent,i. 275;Nelson sails in, for the Mediterranean,ii.175;his long stay on board of,222,313;returns to England,318;again sails with Nelson,338;at Battle of Trafalgar,370,378-380,384-389,390-394,397.Villeneuve, French admiral,commands the rear at the Battle of the Nile,i. 357;escapes with two ships-of-the-line and two frigates, 357;indecision of, 358,ii.349;commands the Toulon squadron, after the death of Latouche Tréville,ii.257,271;Napoleon's orders to,271,272;first sailing of, and disasters encountered by,272,275,276,277;second sailing of, from Toulon,284;arrival at Cadiz and in the West Indies,285;Nelson learns of his passing the Straits,287,and of his destination to the West Indies,292-295;leaves West Indies for Europe, on learning Nelson's arrival,301;followed by Nelson,302;engagement of, with Calder's fleet,313;arrives at Ferrol,314;sails from Ferrol,323;arrival in Cadiz,328;dispositions for battle, before Trafalgar,349,369,370,379,380;commander-in-chief of the entire combined fleet,363;encounter of his flagship and Nelson's,384-387;surrender of,391.Villettes, British general, at the siege of Bastia,i. 130;Nelson's criticism on, when commander of the troops at Malta, 1803,ii.193;characteristic letters of Nelson to,200,250.Wellington, Nelson's one meeting with,ii.321.West Indies, Nelson's early service in,i. 17-30;called by Nelson "the station for honour,"i. 37;Nelson enforces Navigation Act in, 53-65;wishes to return to, in search of more active service, 108, 115;conjectures destination of French Toulon fleet to, in 1804,ii.249,270;importance of, to Great Britain,270;rendezvous fixed by Napoleon, for the concentration of his fleets, in 1805,271,283;Toulon squadron goes to,284,285;Nelson pursues to,296,297;Nelson's week in, in June, 1805,298-303;his estimate of his services rendered by going there,301,305;Nelson returns to Europe from,302-310.William Henry, Prince, son of George III., and captain in the British navy,first meeting of Nelson with,i. 38, 39;description of Nelson at twenty-four, by, 39;accompanied by Nelson in visit to Havana, 41;Nelson's association with, in 1786-87, 74, 75;gives away the bride at Nelson's wedding, 75;intimacy of Nelson with, 86-88;returns with his ship from America, contrary to orders, 88;at variance with the King, 88, 89;made Duke of Clarence, 89;effect of intimacy with, upon Nelson, 89;subsequent correspondence between Nelson and, 239, 244, 256, 284, 451;continues his friendship to Lady Nelson, after her husband's alienation,ii.55.Woolward, Frances Herbert, maiden name of Lady Nelson,i. 65.Wurmser, Austrian marshal, succeeds Beaulieu, after the latter's defeat by Bonaparte, in 1796,i. 238;raises the siege of Mantua, 238;Nelson's enterprise against Leghorn dependent on the success of, 240;defeated by Bonaparte, at Castiglione and Lonato, 241.Wyndham, British minister to Tuscany, mention of Nelson and the Hamiltons by,ii.38,39;strained relations of, towards Nelson and the Hamiltons,39.