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1831, 114, 115–16, 118–20
1832–33, 266–8
George II, King, 227
George III, King, 2, 3, 6, 106, 122, 227
George IV, King, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 21, 71, 72, 106, 129, 132, 134, 194
Germany, 7
Gladstone, William Ewart, 2, 121–2, 139, 145, 161
Glasgow, 19
Glengall, Countess of, 225
Globe, 169
Glorious Revolution 1688, 2
Gloucester, HRH Prince William, Duke of, 57, 105, 117, 149
Glynne, Sir Stephen, 77
Goderich, Viscount (later 1st Earl of Ripon), 58, 130
Goodall, Joseph, 127
Goodwood, 29, 45
‘Goodwood Set’, 183
Gordon, Sir Willoughby, 170
Gorgon, 75
Graham, Sir James, 34, 46–7, 58, 99, 212, 266
Grant, Charles, 58, 73–4
Grant, James, 30, 31, 32, 66, 174
Granville, Harriet Cavendish, Countess, 44–5, 150
Great Fire 1834, 276
Great Marlow, 119
Great Reform Bill; see Reform Bill
Greville, Charles
on Durham, 206
on Grey, 22
on Harrowby, 178, 253
on Lady Lyndhurst, 56
on the Lyndhursts’ different views about Reform, 230
on Macaulay, 82
on Queen Adelaide, 6, 7, 72
on Reform Bill, 96, 97–8, 216
on Richmond, 45
on severe weather, 13
on Talleyrand, 2–3
on Tories, 251
and Wellington, 24, 25
on William IV, 6, 8, 134
on William’s coronation day, 133, 134
on William’s illegitimate children, 73
Grey, 2nd Earl
and Fox, 2
and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 2, 22
and death of George IV, 4
disliked by George IV, 9
early supporter of Reform, 10–11, 23
happy family life, 21–2
appreciation of female company, 22
appearance, 22–3
nepotism, 23, 52, 57–8
believes the time has come for Reform, 23–4
conversation with Brougham, 35–6
political leadership is untried, 37
speech after Opening of Parliament, 40–1
comments on Wellington’s ‘blind presumption’, 44
and the vote against the Government, 47
asked to form a government by the King, 48
wealth, 50
forms a government, 55–60
and appointment of Lord Chancellor, 56–7
and appointment of Foreign Secretary, 57
concerned about ‘large assemblages’, 60–1
and formation of Committee of Four to consider Reform, 62
relationship with Durham, 66, 129–30, 175–6, 188, 206, 266
reads draft of proposals of Committee of Four, 69
correspondence with William IV about Reform, 69–71
shows Reform Bill to William, 71
remains confident, 87
Creevey remarks on renewed vitality of, 91
backed by Birmingham Political Union, 93
decides to proceed with Reform Bill in spite of defeat on Timber Duties, 94
is informed of the King’s opposition to dissolution, 94–5
announces that he will not amend the Bill, 98
described by Creevey, 99
private correspondence with Taylor, 106–7
the King agrees to see, 107
at dissolution of Parliament, 110
gratitude to the King, 111
becomes Knight of the Garter, 117–18
and payments, 120
letter to Holland about creation of new peers, 122
and Eton, 127
and his grandson’s illness, 129–30
moves second reading of Bill in House of Lords, 139–41, 142–3
and death of his grandson, 139
accused of trying to ‘overawe ’ the House, 145
speaks in House of Lords shortly before the vote on Bill, 149
urges dismissal of Howe from Royal Household, 154
Queen Adelaide is hostile towards, 154, 202
meets delegation led by Place, 158–9
correspondence between William IV and, 163–4
and Bristol riots, 168
and date of next meeting of Parliament, 175
scene caused by Durham, 175–6
issue of creation of peers raised in Cabinet by, 184–5, 187, 188
visited by Holland, 188
informs the King about events in Ireland, 189
reads letters to Cabinet about creation of peers, 190
meets the King to discuss creation of peers, 190–2
the King sends written response to, 192–3, 201
kept informed about the King by Taylor, 195
declares unalterable commitment to Reform, 202
Althorp writes to, 206–7
letter to Althorp, 207
and debate in House of Lords, 211–12, 214–15
speaks in Lords on 7th May, 218
presents Cabinet minute about resignation to the King, 224–5
at public house in Hounslow, 225
announces Government resignation, 226
at Court reception, 227
and the Tory attempt to form new administration, 232, 240–1
communications between the King and, 242, 244, 245–6
and speeches of Wellington and Lyndhurst, 244
discusses reinstatement of Ministers, 246–7
thanks Attwood, 247, 277–8
news of his return spreads, 249
angry exchanges in House of Lords, 250–1
comments on the blunder made by the Opposition, 251
and debate in House of Lords on third reading of Bill, 252, 253–4
congratulated on the success of the Bill, 254
and the King’s refusal to attend House of Lords, 255
and Royal Assent, 257
and Haydon, 260–1
depictions of, 262
on the unions, 264–5
in Doyle’s cartoon following General Election, 268–9
inspirational character of, 273–4
retirement, 274–5
brief references, 25, 39, 54, 76, 81, 84–5, 102, 124, 144, 151, 155, 156, 177, 194, 238, 248, 256, 259
Grey, Lady Georgiana, 69
Grey, Lady Hannah, 58
Grey, Lady Louisa; see Durham, Lord
Grey, Mary Ponsonby, Countess, 6, 21, 39, 69, 99, 145, 188–9, 211, 260–1
Grosvenor, Earl (later 2nd Duke of Westminster), 77, 119
Grosvenor, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Countess, 77, 112, 113, 169
Grote, George, 159, 160, 249
Essentials of Parliamentary Reform, 160
Grote, Harriet, 159–60, 183, 184, 245
Guildford, 88, 178
Guildhall Banquet 1832, 260
painting of, 260–1
Gunpowder Plot 1605, 173
Gurney, Hudson, 88–9
Guy Fawkes Day 1831, 173–4
Hansard (Hansard ’s Parliamentary Debates), 32, 144, 145, 199, 216, 254
Hansard, Thomas, 32
Harborne, 26
Hardinge, Sir Henry, 109, 238–9
Harrowby, 1st Earl of, 145–6, 178, 197, 205, 218, 252, 253
Hastings, 2nd Marquess of, 110
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 2, 19, 24, 27, 35, 51, 60, 111 221, 222, 260–1
Hepburne Scott, Henry, 96
Hetherington, Henry, 152, 208
founds Poor Man’s Guardian, 75
Hobhouse, Sir John (later 1st Baron Broughton)
reaction to 1830 Revolution in France, 12
and Russell’s introduction of Reform Bill, 79, 81–2
at meeting in Crown and Anchor Tavern, 88
and voting on Reform Bill, 95
comments on the new London Bridge, 128
and the meeting between Grey and Place’s delegation, 158
and attacks on country houses, 171–2
reflects on the fate of Bristol rioters, 196
conversation with Althorp, 206
asks Place to declare his intentions, 245
Place visits, 248
and the King’s decision not to attend House of Lords, 255
comments on ‘this great national exploit’, 278
brief references, 2, 109, 257
Holkham, 54, 190, 261, 262
Holland, Elizabeth Vassall, Lady, 52, 53, 65, 198
Holland, 3rd Baron
response to 1830 Revolution in France, 12
admits that Grey is susceptible to women, 22
and Brougham, 35, 149
wealth, 50
criticizes the self-educated, 51
devoted to his wife, 53
appearance, 54
turns down Foreign Secretaryship, 57
and Durham, 67, 205–6
and Secret Ballot, 102
and creation of new peers, 122, 184, 186, 187–8, 188–9
at Eton, 127–8
and occasion of royal assent to Queen’s dower-bill, 129
verdict on Sydney Smith, 155
visits Grey at East Sheen, 188
and William IV, 210, 273
comment about Lyndhurst, 218
responds to Grey’s depressed communication, 232
writes to Grey about possible reactions if Wellington were to move a Bill, 238
meeting with Attwood and companions, 247
in the Lords for Royal Assent to Reform Bill, 257–8
writes in Diary about impact of individual character on government, 271
brief references, 2, 59, 65, 134, 141, 152, 176, 197, 214, 241, 274
Holland House, 6, 17, 52–4, 217
Holyoake, George, 25, 27
Holyrood Palace, 11, 83, 243
Hounslow, 225
Houses of Parliament
1834 fire, 276
see also Commons, House of; Lords, House of
Howe, 1st Earl, 72, 118, 129, 153–4, 197, 202, 204, 254
Howick, 21, 35, 260
Howick, Viscount (later 3rd Earl Grey), 17–18, 58, 219
Howley, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 142, 146–7, 188, 216, 227
Huddersfield, 173–4
Hume, Joseph, 100–1, 158, 194, 196, 264, 265
Hunt, G.W., 127
Hunt, Henry ‘Orator’, 13–14, 38, 44, 85, 100, 101, 102, 179, 180, 194, 200
Hunt, John, 68
Hunt, Leigh, 68, 75, 237
Huntingdon, 178
Huntly, 8th Marquis of, 2
Hurst Green, 28
Huskisson, William, 119, 181
Huskissonites, 33, 43, 47; see also names of individuals
Hutton, Revd, 222
Hyde Park, 125
Industrial Revolution, 18
Inglis, Sir Robert, 80–1, 83, 87, 240
Ireland, 10, 15, 59, 66, 156, 189, 224, 269
Irish MPs, 16, 66, 93–4, 98
Irish peers, 16, 186, 192
Irish Reform Bill, 213, 215, 265
Irving, Edward, 198
Itchen Abbas, 61
Jacobite Rebellion 1745, 2
James II, King, 2, 140
Jeffrey, Lord, 51, 59, 63, 104, 110
Jersey, Sarah Fane, Countess of, 48, 91
Jordan, Mrs Dora, 6, 73, 116
Kay, Dr James, 237
Kay, James Phillips, 198
Kemble, Fanny, 209
Kensington, 52
Kent, civil unrest in, 14, 28–9
Kent, Duchess of, 129, 133
Kent, HRH Prince Edward, Duke of, 6, 8
Kenyon, 2nd Baron, 250–1
Kerry, Knight of, 44
Kilkenny, 189
Kingsley, Charles, 168
Kirkby, Sergeant John, 172
Knaresborough, 105
Knights of the Garter, 117–18
Knowles, James Sheridan: Alfred the Great or the Patriot King, 112
Lafayette, Marquis de, 143, 190
Lamb, Lady Caroline, 60
Lamb, George, 138
Lamb, William, Lord Melbourne; see Melbourne, William Lamb, Lord
Lambton, Charles William, 129–30, 139
Lambton, Harriet, 252
Lambton, John George ‘Radical Jack’, Lord Durham; see Durham, Lord
Lansdowne, 3rd Marquess of, 54, 57, 82, 89, 102, 120, 130, 182, 187, 190, 261, 267
Lansdowne House, 52
Lascelles, Caroline, 68
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 19
‘The Red Boy’, 129
Leeds, 19, 36, 103, 267
Leeds Mercury, 74–5, 180
Leicester, 37
Le Marchant, Sir Denis, 64, 86, 87, 88–9, 105, 126, 135, 136, 149–50, 156, 177, 197, 211, 219, 226, 227
Lennox, Lord William, 180
Leopold, Prince, 57
Leveson-Gower, Elizabeth, 32; see Grosvenor
Lieven, Princess
and Durham, 67
and France, 11
and George IV, 3, 4
and Grey, 22, 44, 47, 56, 57, 71, 139, 244
and Peel, 241
and Queen Adelaide, 154
and Reform Bill, 82
and Wellington, 44, 48, 117, 212
and window-breaking by the crowds, 113
Littleton, Edward, 83, 148–9, 182, 207, 226, 227–8, 268
Liverpool, 112, 119, 181, 249
Liverpool, Lord, 9, 79, 118
Liverpool-Manchester Railways, 1
London
cholera epidemic, 198
civil disturbances, 43, 44–5, 46
Clubs, 54–5
concerns about shooting of dogs in, 125
gathering of National Political Union in, 220
great Whig houses in, 52
march takes place in, 157–8
meeting of Radicals in, 232–5
police force founded in, 1
see also names of locations in London
London Bridge, 128
Londonderry, 3rd Marquess of, 45, 72–3, 110, 128, 139, 146, 151, 195, 197, 254, 269
Londonderry House, 132
Lords, House of
Byron’s maiden speech in, 13
seats in, 16
the King’s speech at Opening of Parliament, 39–40
Grey’s speech on need for Reform, 40–1
Wellington’s speech, 25, 41–2
Richmond states his position on Reform, 45–6
and assassination attempt on Wellington, 61–2
Grey announces that Reform Bill will be presented in Commons, 76
members listen to presentation of Bill in Commons, 78
Grey announces that he will not amend the Bill, 98
William IV agrees to go to, 108
dissolution of Parliament, 109–11
inbuilt majority of Tories in, 122
possibility of creating peers to get Reform Bill through, 122–3, 130, 144, 152–3, 158, 159, 163, 183, 184–9, 190–3
William IV attends to give consent to Queen’s dower-bill, 128–9
Althorp pessimistic about Bill being passed in, 130
debates on Reform Bill, 139–41, 142–3, 144–9
bishops in, 141–2, 156
petition of Birmingham Political Union presented to, 144
vote against the Bill, 149–50
situation after the vote in, 151–62, 166
Bill formally presented to, 209
canvassing of uncommitted peers, 209–10
debate on the Bill, 211–15
vote on second reading, 215–16
debate on 7 May, 218–19
Government defeated in, 219
Attwood asks Brougham to present petition to, 220
Government resignation announced in, 226
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angry speeches following the return of Whig Government, 250–1
debate on third reading of the Bill, 252–4
vote in favour of the Bill, 254
the King declines to attend, 255–6
Royal Assent given, 257–8
emerges with membership intact, 270–1
Louis XIV, King of France, 52, 181
Louis XVI, King of France, 7, 140, 181, 193, 251, 257, 258
Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 3, 11, 39, 53, 187
Lovat, Lord, 2
Lulworth Castle, 11
Lyndhurst, Lady, 22, 56, 230
Lyndhurst, 1st Baron
and post of Lord Chancellor, 55, 56
background, 55–6
and his wife, 56, 230
and dissolution of Parliament, 109–10
and Brougham’s fall/genuflection, 148
asks about possibility of moderating the Bill, 175
as one of the Waverers, 175, 178, 218
proposes changes to the Bill, 218
acts as intermediary between William IV and Wellington, 226
sets condition for returning to post of Lord Chancellor, 230
Wellington’s response to, 231
reaction to listening to Manners-Sutton, 232
speech on 17 May 1832, 244
absents himself from vote in Lords, 254
absent from Lords for Royal Assent, 257
brief references, 219, 246, 256, 265
Lyttelton, Sarah Spencer, Lady, 162–3
Lytton, Edward Bulwer, 1st Baron, 30–1, 34, 57, 65, 83, 93
Macaulay, Hannah, 125, 204–5
Macaulay, Margaret, 205
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
on Industrial Revolution, 18
and Lady Holland, 53
and journalists, 67
and Calne constituency, 82, 89, 182
brilliance, 82–3
speech during debate on first Reform Bill, 83–4
Mahon’s response to, 84
Hunt’s attack on, 85
and the vote on the Bill, 96, 97
views on Universal Suffrage, 101
and cholera epidemic, 125
on William IV’s coronation, 133
speech following defeat of second Bill in Lords, 156
speech in debate on third Bill, 180–1
Croker’s long-running battle with, 182
comments on public disorder, 189
writes to his sisters on the Bill, 204–5
on Grey’s speech in Lords, 211
on Wellington’s behaviour, 239–40
on William IV, 256
at Guildhall Banquet, 260
transfers to Leeds constituency, 267
on Althorp, 275
comments on ‘the victories of reason’, 278
brief references, 2, 120, 216
Macready, William Charles, 112
Mahon, Viscount (later 5th Earl Stanhope) 84
A Leaf from the Future History of England, 102–3
Maidstone, 28
Manchester, 19, 26, 60–1, 80, 100, 103, 139, 170, 171, 196; see also Peterloo Massacre