Chapter 14

2,3"Gentleman's Magazine," the,279,280George I., cabinets,86George II., cabinets,87;the King's Speech,155;sayings of,quoted,243George III., relations with the Commons,9;correspondence with Lord North,10;creation of Peers,22;coronation,63;cabinets,96note1;Chancellors,106;and Thurlow,112;Parliaments,121,238,286;Speakers,128note2;the King's Speech,155;parliamentary privileges under,175,176;(Prince of Wales),256George IV., at Westminster Palace,62note1;accession,64;the King's Speech,156;(Regent),238George, Lloyd,207German sources of the English constitution,1,2Germans, early, manners of,1Gibbon,95note1,223;Sheridan and,282Gladstone, sayings of,quoted,13,58,95,199;"tacking,"30-31;on the relations between the two Houses,31;lying-in-State,63;and Disraeli,74;offices held by,83,note1;on etiquette,90;premiership,92,94,167,221;at debate,99;Chamberlain's attack on, summer 1893 ... ,130-31;the Bradlaugh incident,149;Queen's speeches,155;the hat incident,159,160;on obstruction,169;proposed alteration in procedure,171,172;speeches,207,212;on oratory,215;mentioned,239and note1Glasgow,20Glastonbury, Abbot of,104Godolphin,83Gordon, Duchess of,272Gordon, Lord George,235Gordon Riots, the,238note1Goschen, Lord, speeches,221Gower, Lord,10,264Gower, Lord F. L.,186Grafton, Duke of,32Grand Committees,232Grand Remonstrance, the,8,185,190Grange, Lord, speeches,214Grant, General,262Grant, "Recollections,"quoted,164and note,283Grantham, borough of,45Granville, Lady, "Letters,"quoted,86note3,115note1Granville, Lord,86note3,115note1Grattan, "Life and Times,"cited,92;speeches,120,216and note1,223;saying,quoted,169;motion for Catholic emancipation,204;on Pitt,quoted,217Gravel Pits, Kensington,200Great Council, the,84"Great Tom of Westminster," 66and note1,73Grenville, George,89,91,124,133,193,286Grenville, Lord, proposal regarding Westminster,65Grenville, Richard,217note1Grenville, on the presence of women in Parliament,270and note4Grey, Lord,266;his Reform bill,169Griffith, Darby,240Griffiths, Admiral,177Grimston, Edward,75"Guardian," the,213Guilford, Lord, Chancellor,108,109Guilford, Lord, son of Lord North,212and note1"Guillotine," the,172Gully, Speakership,125,141,142,181Gunter,164note1Guthrie, editor,279,280Gwydyr, Lord,62note1Habeas Corpus Act,224Hakewell,cited,120note1Halifax,277Halifax,1st Lord, saying of,quoted,19Halifax, Lord, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,214Hall, Arthur, member of Parliament for Grantham,175;punishment,179Hall, Sir Benjamin,73note2Hamilton, William Gerard, his speech,214Hampden,8,190,277Hampton Court,6Handel,217note3Hanmer, Sir John,190Hanoverian Parliaments, times of session,225Hansard, T. C., publication of debates,284,285Harcourt, Sir Philip,191Hardwicke, Lord, Chancellor,96,97;on Strangers,263,264Harley, Sir Robert, Speaker,53,83,133;Premier,90,91,278;Chancellor,110note1Harrowby, Lord,1151Harrys, Dr.,176Hartley, David, speech of,206,207Harwich, borough of,45note2Haselrig,8Hastings, Warren, impeachment,63,178,204,205,282Hatherton, Lord,32Hats, etiquette concerning,159,160Hatsell, Clerk of the House,139,140;"Precedents,"cited,75,152and note1,153note4,167Hengham, Sir Ralph de,66Henry I., reign,21,62note1,81;Chancellors,117Henry II.,64Henry III.,4;Parliaments,64,268note2Henry VI., reign,27,40,42;Parliaments,125note1,174,182,184Henry VII., reign,4Henry VIII., reign,3,60,62note1,81,144,145;Parliaments of,6,22,44,136,144,184,252;removal to Whitehall,62;death,107note2Heptarchy, the,2,20Heredity, the principle of,18-20"Herod,"130Herries,253Hewitt, speeches,207"Historical Register," the,279Hobart, Sir Miles,75Hogan,168Holland, Earl of,6Holles,8Holt, Lord Chief Justice,182Home Rule Bill, (1886),207;(1893),29,172"Honourable," the title,165Hopton, Sir Ralph,180Hotham, Lord,204"House-fright,"210-212Howard, Lord,70Howard, Francis, "Memoirs,"217note3"Hudibras"139andnote3Hughes, Hughes,17Hull, borough of,45note2Hume, David,68,76Hume, Joseph, in the House,71,139Hungerford, Sir Thomas, Speaker,119,120note1Hunt, first speeches,214Hutcheson, speech,206Hyde, Lord,95note1;see alsoClarendonIdiots, laws concerning,54,55Ireland, Act of Union,24Irish members in Bellamy's,79;suspension of,187,188Irish Municipal Bill,264Irish Office, the,239Irish Parliament,190Irish Party tactics,169-171Irish Peers,26;rights of,55,56;introduction in the Lords,151Isabella, Queen,105James I., creation of Peers,22;Parliaments,53,70,179,180,233;Councils,82James II.,164"Jane,"79Jeffrey, Lord, saying of,quoted,183;style,210Jeffreys, Chancellor,108and note1Jenkins, Judge,176,177Jewish Oaths Bill,29Jews, disabilities,27and note1,55,147John, King,4,21,22Johnson, Dr., and Dunning's resolution,9and note2;saying of,quoted,168;on oratory,215;and Cave,279,280Johnson, Sir Robert,269Johnstone, Captain,270Jonson, Ben, saying of,quoted,205Journals, Parliamentary,3,233,276,279"Judas,"130Judges at the opening of Parliament,152,153note1Judicature Act, 1873 ... ,107,note2"Juncto," the,82"Junius letters," the,281Justice, High Court of,110Katherine, Queen,190Keepership of the Great Seal,105Kendall, Captain, his reply to Middleton,6Kenealy, Dr., introduction to the House,152;speeches,210;the Tichborne case,253Khedive, the, visit to the House of Commons,166,167King, Dr., "Anecdotes,"quoted,24note1King's champion, the,63,64King's Speech, the,152-157Kingsdown, Baron,seeLeigh, PembertonKingston, Duchess of, trial,63Kneeling at the Bar of the House,177,178La Hogue, battle of,199Labouchère, sayings of,quoted,77Labour Members, the first,42;dress of,202Lacour, M. Challemel,167Ladies' Gallery, the, unruly scenes,273,274Lancelot,31Land Act, 1881 ... ,70Land League, the,176Lane, Mrs.,65note2Langres, Hercule,8Langrishe, Sir Hercules,285note2Language, "Parliamentary,"163Latour, Colonel,167Laud, "Diary,"cited,64,65Law Courts, London,64Law Courts, the, collisions with Parliament,182Law Lords, the,25,26Lawson, Sir Wilfrid,165note2,227,267Lawyers and the House of Commons,57,210Lecky,quoted,11,12Lefevre, Shaw, Speakership,134,141,159Leicester,60Leigh, Pemberton,26Leitrim, Lord, speech of,235Lenthall, Speaker,67note,1,120,121,122,131,139note3,186,187Levis, family of,37Lewes,4Lewes, Sir Watkin,77Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, sayings of,quoted,98,169Liberal Conservatives, the,14Liberal Unionists, the,33Licensing bills,238,278Life Peerages,25,26Limerick, Earl of,183Lincoln,60Lincoln's Inn,232Livy,203Llandaff, Bishop of, his amendment,55Local Taxation Bill,238Lock, Zachary,211Locke, report of Lord's debate,278"London Magazine,"280Long, Parliament, the,42,177,189,231note2,277,278Long, Thomas,44,45Lonsdale, Lord,86note1Lord Mayor, the, collision with Parliament,281Lords, House of, Journals,3;under Cromwell,7,8;the Royal Presence,8,9;the principle of heredity,18-20;origin and antiquity,20-22,39;number of Peers attending,22;the Lords Spiritual,22,23;election of the Irish and Scottish Peers,24and note2;judicial functions,24,25;introduction of the four Lords of Appeal,24,25;the Supreme Court of Appeal,25,26;numerical increase,25-27;composition to-day,27;the writ of summons,27;functions,28;public opinion on,29;rejection of bills,29,30;money bills and foreign matter,30,31;relations with the Commons,31-33;the Liberal Peers,33;Conservative character,33,34;proposed reform,34and notes-38;separation from the Commons,39,40;temporary abolition,55note2;the new Upper Chamber,73;the Chancellor's position,110;The Lords Commissioners,136,141,143,144,145,155,247;opening by commission,136-141;arrival of the Commons,141;approval of the Speaker-Elect,144,145;taking the Oath,145-47;introduction of a newly created peer,151;arrival of the King and Queen,152;the Gilded Chamber,152;rules of debate,160et seq;length of speeches,167;"call" of the Lords,186andnote3;maiden speeches,215;days of adjournment,227,228;divisions,251,253;voting by proxy,252;the presence of women,269;the Press gallery,284,285Lords, the old Irish House of,228note2Loughborough, Lord,95note1,96,


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