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Bathurst, Lord, 50
Bedford, fourth Duke of, his ‘Correspondence’ edited by Lord John Russell, 278
— Francis, fifth Duke of, 3
— sixth Duke of, father of Lord John Russell, 3;
opinion of English Universities, 11, 16;
encouragement given to Lord John in political training, 14, 36;
characteristics, 16;
and Lord John’s leadership of the Opposition, 103;
and Joseph Lancaster, 115
— seventh Duke of, 202
— first Earl of, 2
Belgium: the question of its independence, 172, 340, 341
Bentinck, Lord George, 138, 140, 141, 150, 160, 201
Bessborough, Lord, 146, 151
Birmingham, unrepresented in the House of Commons, 23, 38, 51, 60, 71;
great meeting on the Reform question at, 79, 296
Bismarck, Count, 321-323
Blandford, Lord, 59
Blessington, Lady, 42
Blomfield, Bishop, 115
Bradlaugh, Mr., 332
Bribery and corruption before the era of Reform, 23, 61;
Lord John Russell’s resolutions for the discovery and punishment of, 43
Bridgeman, Mr. George (afterwards Earl of Bradford), 16, 18, 20
Bright, John, on the influences at work in the repeal of the Corn Laws, 130, 131;
on disaffection in Ireland, and the Arms Bill, 155, 156, 202, 206, 208, 287;
relations with Lord John Russell, 294, 329;
and the ‘Adullamites,’ 329
Brougham, Lord, 56, 67;
and the Reform Bill cry, 74;
speech on the second Reform Bill, 78, 83;
opinion of Lord John Russell, 110
Buccleuch, Duke of, 134, 136
Bulgaria, massacres in, 269, 352
Bulwer, Sir H., 174
Buol, Count, 261, 263
Burdett, Sir Francis, 25, 26;
his motion for universal suffrage, 35; 70
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 89
Byng, Hon. Georgiana, 3
Camelford, 40
Campbell, Lord, 157
Canada: the rebellion, 110;
Earl of Durham appointed Governor-General, 110
Canning, Mr., 43;
his Ministry, 50;
death, 51
Capital crimes, 107
Cardwell, Mr., 290
Carlisle, Earl of, 96
Carlyle, Thomas, and the Chartists, 166, 167, 358, 362
Caroline, Queen, proceedings against, 41
Cartwright, Dr., 5
Cartwright, Major, 5, 25, 26, 38, 39
Cassiobury, 36, 112
Castlereagh, Lord, 21, 40, 63
Catholics: political restrictions against them, 48;
agitation for Emancipation, 58, 59;
passing of the Emancipation Bill, 59;
and the decree of Pius IX., 182-184;
and the Durham Letter, 184-188
Cato Street Conspiracy, 40
‘Cave of Adullam,’ 329
Cavour, Count, 300, 301, 302
Chadwick, Sir Edwin, 162
Chartist movement, 163;
and Feargus O’Connor, 165-168;
and its literature, 166
Chatham, Lord, on borough representation, 24, 25, 26
Chelsea Hospital, 62
Cheshunt College, 365
China, opium war against, 121
Church of England, the, and its adoption of Romish practices, 185, 186
Clare, Lord, 6, 7
Clarendon, Lord, 119, 141;
his Vice-royalty of Ireland, 153, 182, 196;
at the Foreign Office, 221, 224, 231;
on Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, 260;
Count Buol’s proposals, 262, 263, 327
Clive, Mr. Robert, 16, 20
Clubs for the advancement of Reform, 26
Cobbett, William, 26, 64
Cobden, Richard, and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131, 132, 134;
and Wellington, 136, 202, 206, 208, 287;
relations with Lord John Russell, 294;
negotiates the Commercial Treaty with France, 295, 296;
death, 325
Coercion Act: Lord Grey proposes its renewal, 96;
Lord John Russell’s speech, 97, 98;
and O’Connell, 98, 99;
Peel’s proposal for its renewal, 140
Conspiracy Bill, the, 289, 290
Conyngham, Marquis of, 96
Corn Laws, 121;
John Bright on the influences working for their repeal, 130, 131;
of 1670 reproduced in 1815, 131 n.;
Sir Robert Peel proposes their gradual repeal, 138;
bill for repeal passes both Houses, 139;
total repeal carried by Russell, 145
Cranworth, Lord, 327
Crime, excessive penalties for, 24
Crimean War: causes, 213-235;
outbreak, 243, 246;
Alma, 246;
Balaclava and Inkerman, 247;
siege of Sebastopol, 246, 247;
privation and pestilence amongst the Allies, 248, 252;
Roebuck’s motion in the House of Commons to inquire into the condition of the army before Sebastopol, and Lord John Russell’s speech on the question, 254-257;
failure of Vienna Conference and renewal of the campaign, 267;
fall of Sebastopol, 268;
losses of Russia, and of the Allies, 268;
treaty of Paris, 268
Croker, J. W., 80, 139
Dalling, Lord, 180
Denmark and the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 322, 323
Derby, Lord, Administration of, 199, 200, 202, 206;
fails to form a Ministry on the resignation of Lord Aberdeen, 258;
succeeds to the Premiership on the resignation of Lord Palmerston, 290;
resignation, 293
Devonshire, Duke of, 49
Dickens, Charles, his tribute to Lord Russell, 354
Disraeli, Benjamin, and the ‘poisoned chalice,’ 135;
attacks Peel on the proposal to repeal the Corn Laws, 138;
and the Coercion Bill, 140, 141, 160;
and ‘Sybil,’ 166;
and the dismissal of Lord Palmerston, 180, 181;
on Lord John Russell’s position after the issue of the Durham Letter, 188;
his Budget of 1852, 199, 210;
leadership of the Conservative party, 201;
resolution condemning the Palmerston Ministry, 264;
on the exclusion of Lord John from Lord Grey’s Cabinet, 273, 290;
his Reform Bill, 291, 292;
on the Prince Consort, 309;
his ‘diabolical cleverness,’ 333 n.
Dissenters. See Nonconformists
‘Don Carlos,’ by Lord John Russell, 279
‘Don Pacifico’ affair, the, 175
Dufferin, Lord, 327, 363
Duffy, Sir Gavan, on Irish landowners, 149
Duhamel, General, his scheme for the acquisition of India by Russia, 218
Duncannon, Lord, 67, 91, 92;
appointed Home Secretary, 99. See also Bessborough, Lord
Dunkellin, Lord, 329, 331
Durazzo, Madame, 37
Durham, Lord, his advanced opinions and popularity with the Radicals, 66, 164;
and the preparation of the Reform Bill, 67, 68;
and the scene in the House of Commons during the introduction of the bill, 69, 89;
resigns office, 92;
appointed Governor-General of Canada, 110;
defended by Lord John Russell, 111;
popularity, 164
Durham Letter, the, 184-189, 191
East India Company, 89, 288, 289
East Retford, 51
Ebrington, Lord, 75;
moves a vote of confidence in Lord Grey’s Government, 79;
moves a second vote of confidence, 83, 91, 92
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 191-193
‘Edinburgh Letter,’ the, 133
Edinburgh Speculative Society, 13
— University, Lord John Russell at, 11-14;
and the influence of Professors Dugald Stewart and John Playfair, 12;
and the Speculative Society, 13
Education at the beginning of the century, 24;
Roebuck’s scheme, 89;
Bill of 1839, 114, 115;
measure for providing competent teachers for elementary schools, 159;
Lord John Russell’s scheme of National Education, 284;
Mr. Forster’s measure, 285
Egypt, war between Turkey and, 119
Elcho, Lord, 329
Eldon, Lord, 40, 50;
and the proposed repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 57, 58, 63
Elections, Parliamentary, cost of, 23
Elliot, Hon. George, 195, 279, 347, 362
Encumbered Estates Act, 157
Erskine, Lord, 25
‘Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution,’ by Lord John Russell, 274, 275
Factory Act, 159
Famine, Irish, 130, 146, 148, 149
Farnborough, Lord, 107
Fielden, Mr., 159
Fitzpatrick, General, 20
Flood, Mr., and Reform, 77, and note
Fonblanque, Albany, 47, 84, 196, 197
Forster, W. E., and the Irish famine, 149;
tribute to Lord John Russell for his work in the cause of education, 285, 327
Fortescue, Mr. Chichester, Lord John Russell’s ‘Letters on the State of Ireland’ to, 280, 342
Fox, Charles James, his influence on Lord John Russell, 8;
on Parliamentary Representation, 25;
and the Test and Corporation Acts, 54, 55;
Russell’s Biography of him, 98, 272,
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