letter from, on Gladstone's impending resignation, iii. 510;Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 294, 378; iii. 200;otherwise mentioned, i. 275; ii. 92, 141; iii. 322, 385, 524, 533.—— Princess of (Queen Alexandra), ii. 99, 189, 499; iii. 117, 417, 510.Walewski, i. 491; ii. 21.Wallace, D. Mackenzie, ii. 561.Wallachia, ii. 3.Wallenstein, ii. 101.Walpole, Sir R., i. 37; ii. 59, 61, 91, 638.—— Spencer H., i. 561, 583, 631; ii. 31, 39.—— Spencer, i. 467note.Walsh, Dr., iii. 449.—— Father, ii. 535.War:—Gladstone's opinion of, iii. 182-183and note; 547-548.Manchester school's view of, iii. 182.Popular fevers for, ii. 221, 574, 575.Preparations for, effect of, ii. 44.Taxation and loans for, i. 515-518.Ward, Mrs. Humphry, iii. 357-359.—— W. G., i. 274, 313-316, 331; ii. 165.Waste lands, committee on, i. 358.Waterford, Lord, iii. 143and note.Watson, Colonel, iii. 149.Watts, George, ii. 541-543.Webster, Daniel, ii. 369.—— Sir Richard, iii. 394, 398, 409.Welby, Lord, iii. 306, 526.Wellesley, Dean, i. 39; ii. 89, 273-275; iii. 92-94.Wellington, Duchess of, iii. 93.—— Duke of, retrenchments by, i. 121;unpopularity of, i. 122;at Drayton, i. 133;methodical ways of, i. 134;Gladstone's first interview with, i. 143;view of, on church question, i. 155;on China question, i. 225;Gurwood on, i. 228;on boundary question, i. 260;on 'the Queen's government,' i. 283;advises dissolution, i. 290;on Peel's view of party, i. 290;as premier, i. 300;on Ionian Islands, i. 598;leadership of Lords by, ii. 369;brevity of, ii. 532, 545;letters from, ii. 545;cabinet fight over statue of, iii. 5;Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 481;position of, iii. 485-486;otherwise mentioned, i. 68-69, 75, 110, 120, 149, 243, 376, 543, 641-642; ii. 641, 649, 653; iii. 277, 473.Wells, David Ames, ii. 373.Wesley, John, i. 319.West, Sir Algernon, ii. 279.Westbury, Lord (Sir Richard Bethell), Gladstone assisted by, i. 472note1, 501;views on Divorce bill, i. 570-571;on Ionian Islands, i. 620note2;on stamp duties, ii. 64;on Danish question, ii. 118;Essays and Reviewsjudgment, ii. 164;otherwise mentioned, i. 502, 518.Westminster, Duke of, iii. 523note.—— Lord, i. 239.—— Abbey, ii. 460; iii. 6, 533.Wharncliffe, Lord, i. 75, 242.Whately, Archbishop, i. 51, 57, 158.Whigs:—Characteristics of (1853), i. 446.Coalition of Peelites with (1853), i. 443et seq.Defeat of (1841), i. 237; ii. 203note2, 264.Finance of, i. 458, 459.Fusion of seceders with tory party, i. 139.Influence of, till 1868, iii. 293.Name of, discussed, 422.Opposition of, to Peel (1835), composition of, i. 419-420and note.Protectionist combination with, i. 290.Whitbread, S., iii. 12, 303note.White, Blanco, i. 57, 74, 217.—— Edward, ii. 134.Whiteside, Chief Justice, ii. 128.Wigan, i. 287.Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop (of Winchester), advice to Gladstone, i. 150-151;on marriage question, i. 569;advocates revival of convocation, ii. 162;on rise of Disraeli, ii. 230;archbishopric of York desired for, by Gladstone, ii. 430;death of, ii. 459;Gladstone's estimate of, 460;Lifeof, ii. 597;Gladstone's estimate of, i. 227; ii. 460;his estimate of Gladstone's position, ii. 134, 171;Gladstone's letters to, i. 387; ii. 149, 159, 162;otherwise mentioned, i. 568; ii. 183, 423, 534; iii. 96note.—— William, Gladstone's meeting with, i. 12;emancipation views of, i. 104;Gladstone's estimate of, i. 106-107;Peel's view of, i. 150;otherwise mentioned, i. 23, 213, 236.Wilbraham, Mrs., i. 234.Willes, Sir James Shaw, ii. 383.WilliamI., Emperor, on Russell's despatch, ii. 16;interviews with Benedetti, ii. 330-331, 333note;San Juan boundary question referred to, ii. 405.——III., King, iii. 284note.——IV., King, Melbourne government dismissed by, i. 118and note;death of, i. 140;perversity of, i. 144;otherwise mentioned, i. 103; iii. 653.William George Ward and the Oxford Movement, i. 313note2.Williams, Isaac, i. 111, 307note.—— R., i. 309-310.Wilmslow, ——, i. 46.Wilson, Sir Charles, iii. 165.Winchelsea, Lord, i. 279.Window duty, i. 106, 459.Wiseman, Cardinal, i. 173, 174, 318, 408.Wolf, F. A., iii. 543.Wolowski, Count, ii. 220.Wolseley, Lord, in South Africa (1879), iii. 25-26, 31note2;defeats Arabi at Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 83;at Gordon's send-off, iii. 150 andnote;advises preparations for relief expedition, iii. 163;appointed to command, iii. 164-165;asks reinforcement, iii. 178;position of, 179; cited, ii. 360.Wolverton, Lord, at Hawarden, ii. 474;letter on leadership, ii. 601-602;Gladstone's reply, ii. 602;discusses leadership with Gladstone, ii. 616-617;at Hawarden (June 1885), iii. 196;otherwise mentioned, ii. 462, 463, 485, 493, 563, 564, 584; iii. 102.Wood, Sir Charles,seeHalifax, Lord.—— General Sir E., on South Africa, iii. 37-41;on General Gordon, iii. 149.Woods and forests dismissal case, i. 520.Woolner, Thomas, ii. 191, 192.Wordsworth, Charles, Bishop of St. Andrews, i. 50, 74, 329.—— Dr. Christopher, i. 80, 213.—— William, Gladstone's estimate of, i. 96, 135, 220;intimacy with, i. 136-137;on Gladstone's first book, i. 176;on Kendal railway scheme, i. 269note; ii. 540;pension of, ii. 540note;Gladstone's reminiscences of, iii. 483-484, 488;otherwise mentioned, i. 159, 204and note.Wortleys, the, i. 123, 468.Wyndham, Sir W., i. 223note1.Wynford, first Baron, i. 75.York, address from, ii. 130-131.Young, Arthur, cited, i. 559.—— Sir John, i. 420, 595, 601, 611.—— Lord, ii. 469.Young England group with Disraeli, i. 304-305.Zambelli, Napoleon, i. 616.Zante, i. 599, 604.Zetland, Lord, ii. 78.Zobeir, iii. 155-160.Zulu war, ii. 583, 592, 595; iii. 6, 22.