Richmond, duke of, son of Rodney, admiral, bombards | Russell, William, lord, coir
Rights, Declaration of, 515. Bill of, 527, 544. Rikenild Street, 13 (see Ikenild).
Rinuccini, papal nuncio in Ireland, 429. Riot, on burning of the North Briton, 610. (see Gordon). Ripon, treaty of, 380.
earl of (see Goderich). Rivers, earl, tutor of Edward V., 219. Imprisoned by Gloucester, ib. Killed, 220. Rizzio, David, 299. Mur- dered, 300. Roads, 517, 739. Robert the Devil, 81.
-, son of William the Con- queror, rebels, 90. Obtains Normandy and Maine, 92. Agreement with Rufus, 95. Subdues Malcolm, 96. Mortgages his dominions, ib. Invades England, 99. Treaty with Henry I., ib. Captured by him, 100. Dies at Cardiff castle, ib. --, earl of Gloucester, re- volts from Stephen, 104. Invades England, ib. Cap- tures Stephen, 105. Cap- tured, ib. Exchanged, ib. Robert III. of Scotland, his misfortunes, 195. Robespierre, executed, 646. Robinson, sir Thomas, sec- retary, 597.
Mr. (see Goderich). Rochelle, Buckingham's ex- pedition to, 366. Sur- rendered, 369. Roches, Peter des, bishop of Winchester, 142. Rochester, bishopric founded,
castle, besieged by king| John, 139. Rochester, earl of (Hyde),
492. Treasurer, 500. Dis- missed, 504. Lord-lieu- tenant of Ireland, 540. Pre- sident of council, 560. Rochfort, viscount, brother of Anne Boleyn, 261.
viscountess, accuses Anne Boleyn, 261. Exe- cuted, 267. Rockingham, marquess of,
prime minister, 613. Again, 629. Death, 631. Roderick O'Connor, king of Connaught, 116, 117.
Havre, 601. Takes Mar- tinico, 607. Victory at Cape St. Vincent, 627. Takes St. Eustatius, 629. Defeats De Grasse, 631. Made a baron, ib. Roger, archbishop of York, crowns prince Henry, 113. -, earl of Hereford, 88, 89. Rogers, prebendary, burnt, 287. defeats
Rokeby, sir T.,
Northumberland, 194. Roliça, battle, 675. Rollo, or Rolf the Ganger, obtains Neustria, 80. Romans, abandon Britain, 13. Civilization under the,
ib. Rome, sacked by Bourbon's troops, 250. Evacuated by the French, 723. Rom-feoh, or Rome-scot, 37 (see Peter's-pence). Romilly, sir Samuel, 743. Rooke, admiral sir G., 533.
Attacks Vigo, 550. Takes Gibraltar, 554.
Rosen, marshal de, besieges Londonderry, 526. Roses, symbols of York and Lancaster, 210. Wars of, 212.
Rosetta Stone, 660 note. Ross, general, 689. Killed, ib. Rouen, peace of, 81. Prince
Arthur murdered at, 133. Surrendered to Philip, 134. Taken by Henry V., 199. Joan of Arc burnt at, 205. Roumania, 736. Roumelia, Eastern, 736. Roundheads, 389. Rouse, speaker, 439. Rowena, 24. Roxburgh, ceded to England, 118. Sold by Richard I., 121.
Royal George, sinks, 631. Royal Society, founded, 519. Ruim (Thanet), 38. Rumbold, engaged in Rye- house plot, 494. Rumsey, colonel, betrays Monmouth's conspiracy,
Runnymede, Magna Carta signed at, 137. Rupert, prince, cavalry battle near Worcester,399. Takes Bristol, 401. Defeated at Marston Moor, 405. Sur- renders Bristol, 412. Dis- missed, ib. Chased by Blake, 434. Commands an English fleet, 462. High admiral, 470. Russell, lord, quells insur- rection in Devonshire, 277.
spires against duke of York, 493. Projects an insurrection, ib. Trial and execution, 494. Attainder reversed, 527.
lady, pleads for her husband, 494.
admiral, a Jacobite, 531. Queen Mary's letter to, 532. Defeats the French fleet at La Hogue, ib. Earl of Orford, 542 (see Orford).
lord John, caries repeal of Test and Corpora- tion Acts, 699. Introduces Parliamentary Reform Bill, 702. Its provisions, 703. Declares against the corn-laws, 710. Premier, 711.
Foreign secretary, 722. Earl Russell (1861). Premier again, death, 725. Russia, subsidiary treaties with, 598, 645. League with, 666, 685. Attacks the Turkish dominions, 713. War with, ib., 732 sq. Designs against Turkey, 732 War, 733. Relations with England, 735. Ruth, St., 529. Killed, ib. Ruthven, lord, murders Rizzio, 300.
earl of Brentford, 406. Rutland, earl of, betrays a plot against Henry IV.,193. earl of, killed, 211. duke of, privy seal,
Rutupiæ, 14. Ruyter, de, admiral, 436. Defeated by Albemarle, 462. Sails up the Thames, 464.
Ryder, sir Dudley, 599.
hon. R., home secre- tary, 679. Rye-house plot, 494. Ryswick, treaty of, 536. S. Sacheverell, Dr., sermon, 559. Impeached, 560. Sus- pended, ib. Journey to Wales, 561. Sackville, lord George, misbehaviour Minden, 602. Dismissed, ib. Sadler, sir Ralph, 304. Sadowa, battle, 726. Saintes, Garnier des, de- nounces Pitt, 645. Saladin, takes Jerusalem, 119.
Richard's truce with. 122. Salamanca, French barbarity at, 683. Battle of, ib. Sale, gonal, 718. Salisbur,, all of, attacks
Salisbury.
e French harbours, 135. Defeats Louis VIII., 142. Salisbury, Nevil, earl of, be- headed, 211.
countess of, attainted, 264. Executed, 267. earl of (see Cecil). marquis of, Foreign secretary, 735. San Roque, lines of, 582. Sancroft, archbishop of Can- terbury, 507. A nonjuror, 524. Deprived, 529. Sandwich, lord, ridiculed by
Wilkes, 611. Sandys, chancellor of the ex- chequer, 585. Saragossa, battle, 558. Saratoga, convention of, 622. Sardinia, sends an army to the Crimea, 716. Sarsfield, 529.
Sautré, William, burnt, 193. Savage, John, sent over to assassinate queen Eliza- beth, 317. Saville, sir George, 625. Savoy, conference in the, 456. Savoy, duke of, joins Grand Alliance, 551. Invades France, 557. Saxe, marshal, 588. Saxon pirates, 11. Saxons, called in by the Britons, 13. Tribes, 21. Religion, 22. Ships, 23. Arms, ib. First settle- ment, 24. Conquest, 25. Historical value of, ib. note. Second settlement, 26. Third settlement, ib. Fourth and fifth settle- ments, 27. Sixth settle- ment, 28. Kingdoms united by Egbert, 38. Saxons amalgamate with Nor- mans, 132 and note. Say, lord, privy seal, 454. Saye and Sele, lord, refuses to pay the ship-money, 375. Scandinavians, 41 (see North- men, Danes). Scapula, Ostorius, 9. Scarsdale, earl of, 531. Schism Act, 562, 574. Schleswig, ceded to Prussia, 724, 726. Schomberg, marshal, 523. Lands in Ireland, 526. Killed, 528. Schönbrunn, peace of, 678. Schwartz, Martin, 232. Scindiah, 717. Scir-gemot (shire-mote), 73. gerefa (sheriff), 73. Scone, Charles II. crowned at, 432.
Scotia (Ireland), 12. Scotland, claims to crown of,
155 First alliance with
France, 157. Overrun by Edward I., 158. Again, 160. Delivered by Bruce, 164. Truce with, 165. Part of, ceded to Edward III., 170. Reduced under the Commonwealth, 435. Royal authority restored in, 455. William III. ac- knowledged in, 525. Par- liament rejects bill for Hanoverian succession, 555 sq. Effect in England, 556. Union with, 555, 556. Scots, 12, 17. Defeated by Edward I. at Falkirk, 160. Invade England, 167. Treaty with the, 168. De- feated at Halidon Hill, 170. Assist the dauphin (Charles VII.), 200. Routed at Solway, 268. Impose conditions on Charles I., 414. Deliver him up, ib. Displeased with English parliament, 420. Protest against the king's trial, 424. Proclaim Charles II., 428. Scott, sir John, 657 (see Eldon).
Scroggs, chief justice, 485,
Scrope, archbishop of York, rebellion and execution, 194.
lord, executed, 198. Scutage (escuage), 128, 137. Sebastian, San, taken, 687. Sebastiani, marshal, 672, 677. Sebert, king of Essex, 32. Secret-service money, 585. Limited, 630. Security, Act of (Scotch), 555.
Sedan, battle, 727. Sedgemoor, battle, 501. Segontiaci, 7. Selby, battle, 405. Selden, 363.
Select men, at Boston, 620. Self-denying ordinance, 408. Senlac (field of Hastings), 82. Septennial Act, 571. Serfs, 72.
Sergeantry, grand 126. Seringapatam, taken, 717. Servian war, 732, 736. Settlement, Act of, 541. Sevastopol, invested, 713. Taken, 716.
Seven Years' War, 600, 608. Severus, overruns Caledonia, 11. Dies at York, ib. Seville, treaty of, 582. Seymour, Jane, third wife of Henry VIII, 261, 262. Death, 265.
ries the queen dowager, 276. Executed, ib. Seymour, Mr., impeaches lord Clarendon, 464.
sir Edward, supports the prince of Orange, 511. Shaftesbury, earl of, dis- missed, 471. Abets the duke of Monmouth, 483. President of the council, 484. Advises the Exclu- sion Bill, ib. Dismissed, 486. Indicts the duke of York. 487. Indicted for treason, 491. Conspires against the duke, 493. Retirement and death, ib. Shah Alum, 637. Shannon, frigate, takes the Chesapeake, 689. Sharpe, archbishop of St. Andrews, 457. Murdered, 486.
Granville, 671.
Dr., sermon, 504, 505. Shaw, Dr., sermon at Paul's Cross, 221. Sheerness, destroyed by the Dutch, 464. Shelburne, earl of, secretary, 614, 629. Prime minister, 631. Resigns, 635. Sheldon, bishop, 458. Shepherd, betrays
mouth's plot, 494. Shere Ali, 737. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 630, 631, 641. Sheriffmuir, battle, 569. Ship-money, 366, 374. Op- posed by Hampden, 375. Ships, Saxon 23. Shires, or counties, 73. Shore, Jane, penance, 221. sir John, governor- general of India, 717. Shovel, sir Cloudesley, 554. Blockades Toulon, 557. Lost at sea, ib. Shrewsbury, battle, 194. Shrewsbury, earl of, super- intends the execution of queen Mary, 322.
duke of, lord chamber- lain, 560. Defeats Boling- broke's schemes, 565. Treasurer, ib. Resigns, 567. Sidmouth, lord (see Adding- ton). President of council, 665. Retires, 697. Sidney, sir Philip, 317, 516.
Algernon, joins Mon- mouth's conspiracy, 493. Apprehended, 494. His- tory, 495. Execution, ib.
Attainder reversed, 527. Sidonius, bishop, 23. Siegfrid, the pirate, 46.
Sluys, battle, 171. Smeton, 261.
Smith, sir Sydney, at Toulon,
645. Defence of Acre, 654. Smyrna fleet, attacked, 532. Sobraon, battle, 719. Societies, religious, 743. Society, Royal, 519. For the
Diffusion of Useful Know- ledge, 743. Socmanni (socmen), 72, 129. Solebay, battle, 460.
Somers, lord, 542, 549, 559. Somerset, duke of, minister of Henry VI., 209.
duke of, protector (see Hertford). Overturns Henry VIII's will, 274. Invades Scotland, 275. Ambition and unpopu- larity, 278. Executed, 280.
earl and countess of, sentenced for poisoning Overbury, 352. Pardoned, 353 (see Carr).
Somerset House, built, 278. Sophia, electress of Hanover, 541. Succession to the British crown established, 556. Death, 565.
Dorothea of Zell, consort of George I., 578. Soult, marshal, 675 sq., 679- 683, 685, 686. South Sea Company, 574. Collapse of, 575. South Saxons (Sussex), 26. Southampton, earl of (Wriothesley), removed by Somerset, 274. Helps to overthrow him, 278.
Spanish succession, 537.
War of, 543, 553, 556. Speaker, how elected, 483. Spensers, favourites of Edward II., 164. Exe- cuted, 166. Spinola, invades the palati- nate, 356.
Spinster, etymology of, 76. Stafford, lord, impeached, 480. Execution, 489 sq. Stair, earl of, 586. Stamford Bridge, battle, 67. Stamp Act (North Ameri- can), 611. How received in America, 612. Repealed,
Standard, battle of the, or Northallerton, 104. Stanhope, general, expedition to Spain, 558. Secretary, 567, 572. First lord of treasury, 573. Made vis- count and earl, ib. Con- cludes Quadruple Alliance, ib. Death, 576.
earl, chairman of Revo- lution Society, 642. Stanley, lord, declares for Richmond, 224.
sir William, services at Bosworth, 224, 230. Exe- cuted for treason, 235. lord (see Derby). Star Chamber, 239, 341. Ac- count of, 342, 373. Abo- lished, 386. Starenberg, count, 558. Steam engines, 739.
vessels, increase of,
Stefano, San, preliminary treaty, 734.
Steinkirk, battle, 532. STEPHEN, king, reign of, 103- 106.
Stewart, colonel, 628. Stigand, Saxon archbishop of Canterbury, 82, 84. De- graded, 87. Stilicho, 12. Stirling, taken by Monk, 435. Besieged by Pretender, 593. Stoke, battle, 232. Stolberg, Louisa of, marries the Pretender, 596. Stonehenge, 4, 24. Storm, great, 552. Strachan, admiral sir Richard, 669, 678. Strafford, earl of (Went- worth), chief minister of Charles I., 372. Impeached, 380. Trial, 383. Attainted, 384. Executed, ib. Strahan, defeats Montrose 435.
Strathclyde, kingdom, 30. Straw, J., 184.
Strode, acccd of treason, 390.
Swift. Strongbow, 116 (see Clare). Stuart, Arabella, plot in her favour, 347.
dynasty, review of, 516. - sir John, invades Italy, 670.
Sub-infeudation, 124. Succession, lineal, when esta- blished, 106. Regal, ques- tion respecting, 156, 338. Suetonius, 9 (see Paulinus). Suez Canal, 732.
Suffolk, de la Pole, earl of, besieges Orleans, 202. Ne- gociates Henry VI.'s mar- riage, 206. Made a duke, 207. Accused of treason, 208. Murdered, ib.
Edmund de la Pole, earl of, surrendered to Henry VII., 238.. Death, ib. note.
, Charles Brandon, duk of, marries Mary Tudor, dowager queen of France, 244.
- house of, appointed to succeed by Henry VIII.'s will, 346.
-, Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset, made duke of, 280. Declares for queen Mary, 283. Rebels, 285. Executed, 286. Sunderland, Robert Spencer, earl of, secretary, 484. Ad- vocates the Exclusion Bill, 488. Re-enters the min- istry, 492, 500. Turns Roman catholic, 504. Cor- responds with prince of Orange, 509. Corresponds with James, 533.
, Charles Spencer, earl of, son-in-law of Marlborough, 560. Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 567. Secretary, 573. Death, 576. Supremacy, Act of, 293. Surajah Dowlah, 609, 638. Surinam, conquered, 654. Surrey, earl of, minister of
Henry VIII., 241. Defeats the Scots at Flodden, 243. Lands at Calais, 247. De- feats Albany, ib. (see Nor folk, duke of).
earl of (son of Norfolk), executed, 271. Suspending power, 458 note. Sussex, earl of, 304. Suwarov, 654. Sweyn of Denmark, 54, 55.
-, son of Canute, 60. -, son of Godwin, 62, 63. -, king of Denmark, takes part against the Conqueror,
86. Swift, attacks Wood's half- pence, 577.
Sydenham.
Sydenham, proposes Crom- well's protectorate, 439. Sydney, lord, secretary, 635.
Tien-manna tale, 74. Tilbury, Elizabeth at, 327. Tillotson, archbishop of Can- terbury, 529. Death, 533. Tilsit, peace of, 672. Tinchebray, battle, 100.
Tacitus, account of Britons, 3. Tin-trade, British, 2. Taillefer, count of Angou-Tippoo, 639. Slain, 717.
lême, 133 sq. Talavera, battle, 677. Talbot, slain, 207. "Talents," party so called, 665. In office, 669. Tallages, 128. Tallard, marshal, 553. Talleyrand, 664. Talmash, general, slain, 533. Tangier, dowry of Catharine of Braganza, 457. Tasciovanus, 8.
Taxes collected by archbishop of Canterbury, 171. Taylor, parson, burnt, 287. Tea, introduction of, 519. Duties, American, 617. Ships, how treated in America, 618. Tignmouth, burnt by the French, 528. Temple, sir William, forms the Triple Alliance, 466. Recalled, 468. Plans a new privy council, 484. Tenants in capite, 125. Number of, ib. Tencin, cardinal, 587. Tenison, archbishop of Can- terbury, 533. Tenures, Anglo-Saxon, 72. Per baroniam, 126. Test Act, 470, 473.
parliamentary, 474, 480. and Corporation Acts repealed, 699. Tewkesbury, battle, 217. Thanes, 71.
Thanet, Isle of, 24, 38. Thelwall, prosecution of, 647. Theobald, archbishop of Can- terbury, 109. Theodosius, general, 12.
I., emperor, 12. Theotwin, legate, 115. Theo was (serfs), 72. Thiers, M., 728. Thistlewood, plot, 696. Thomas, archbishop of Can- terbury, impeached by the commons, 187.
St., of Canterbury (Becket), shrine pillaged,
263. Thor, 23. Throgmorton, sir Nicholas, ambassador to Scotland,
Thurlow, lord chancellor, 624, 629, 635. Tiberius, 7. Ticonderoga, taken, 602.
Titchfield, Charles I. at, 419. Tithe Commutation Act, 706. Tithes in England, 42. Toleration Act, 524. Tollendal, Lally, 610. Tomkinson, colonel, 454. Tone, Theobald Wolfe, 655. Tonge, Dr., 478, 488. Tonnage and poundage, what, 348 and note. How granted, 370. Levied without consent of parlia- ment, 372. Tonstal, bishop, 284. Tories, name, 487. Support William III., 530. Pre- dominance under Anne,
561 sq. Adopt name of
Conservatives, 705.
Torres Vedras, lines of, 680. Torrington, earl of (Herbert), conduct at Beachy Head,
Tosti, son of Godwin, 63, 64, 66, 67. Toulon, siege of, 557. cupied by English Spanish, 644. Toulouse, battle of, 687. Tourville, 528, 532, 533. Towns, Roman, in Britain,
Townshend, lord, secretary, 567. Dismissed, 572. Lord- lieutenant of Ireland, ib. Dismissed, 573. President of the council, 574. Sec- retary, 576. Resigns, 582.
Charles, chancellor of exchequer, 615. American taxes, ib. Death, ib.
Thomas, secretary, 631. Towton, battle, 214. Tracy, William de, 113. Trade, 722. Free, 740. Trafalgar, battle, 668. Transtamare, Henry of, 180. Treason, high, law of, 186, 284. Amended, 534. Treasurer, lord high, office
extinguished, 567. Tredings (ridings), 73. Trelawney, bishop of Bristol, 507.
Tresham, Francis, joins gun- powder plot, 349, 350. Trevor, sir John, speaker, expelled the house, 534. Triennial Act, first, 383. Repealed, 459. Second, 533. Repealed, 571. Trimmers, party of, 492.
Tyrone, earl of, rebellion, 333. Surrenders, 337. Tyrrel, shoots Rufus, 97.
sir James, murders Edward V. and duke of York, 221. Tythings, 74.
U. Uffa, king of East Anglia, 28. Uffingas, 28.
Ulster, kingdom of, 116. Planted, 351. Uniformity, Acts of, 276, 293, 456, 474. Union, Scotch, 554. Articles of, 555. Carried in Scot- land, 556. Act of, ib. Irish, 655, 656. United Irishmen, 655. States of America, independence recognized, 633. Pass non-intercourse act, 684. Declare war, ib. Universities, European, con- sulted on Henry VIII.'s divorce, 253. University bill, Irish, 730. of London, 743. Urban VI., pepe, 97.
Urban VIII., pope, obstructs | llenage, the Spanish match, 359. Ushant, action off, 624. Utrecht, conference at, opened, 562. Peace of,
Uvedale, sir William, 398. Uxbridge, conference at, 408.
Anglo-Norman,
129. Extinguished, 225. Villeneuve, admiral, 667. Villeroi, marshal, 535, 553. Defeated at Ramillies, 554. Villiers, Barbara, 497 note. -, George, 353 (see Buck- ingham).
Vimiera, battle, 675. Vincent, Cape St., battles off, 627, 650.
earl St., 650 (see Jervis). Vinegar Hill, battle, 656. Virginia, colony, 316, 354 Virius Lupus, 11. Viscount, title of, 227. Visitors, ecclesiastical, 275. Vittoria, battle of, 685. Vortigern, 13, 24.
Valenciennes, taken, 644. Valentia, 12. Valentine, holds the speaker in the chair, 370. Valentinian I., 12. Van Paris, burnt, 276. Vane, sir H., character, 381. Negociates the Solemn League, 403. An indepen-Vortimer, 24. dent, 407. Commissioner for Scotland, 435. Ex- cepted from indemnity, 454. Trial, 457. Execu- tion, ib. Vansittart, Mr., administra- tion of India, 636.
-, Mr., chancellor of the exchequer, 682. Varangians, 87. Vassalage, Scotch, 96, 118. Sold by Richard I., 121. Vassals, condition of, 125. Vaudois, the, supported by Cromwell, 447. Venables, admiral, 443. Vendôme, marshal, 558. Verdun, English detained at, 664.
Vere, earl of Oxford, governs Richard II., 186.
-, sir Horace, defends the palatinate, 356. Vernon, admiral, takes Porto Bello, 584.
Versailles, treaty, 600. Peace of, 633. Unpopular, 635. Peace of, with Prussia, 728. Verulamium, taken by Cæsar, 7. Vespasian, subdues the Isle of Wight, 8. Vicar-general, Thomas Crom- well appointed, 261. Victor, marshal, 677, 681.
Wade, marshal, 592. Wagram, battle, 678. Wakefield, battles, 211, 402. Wakeman, sir George, 478. Trial, 485. Walcheren expedition, 678. Wales, conquered,
United with England, 261. Wales, prince of, title, 154.
dowager princess, ap- pointed regent, 597. Walker, a clergyman, de- fends Londonderry, 526. Killed at the Boyne, 528. Wall, Roman, 16. Wallace, William, 160, 161. Waller, Edmund, the poet, conspiracy, 401.
-- sir William, parlia-
mentary general, 400, 401, 406, 408. Conspires against Cromwell, 446. Walpole, sir Robert, 559. Expelled the commons, 563. Restored, 568. Pay- master-general, 567. Re- signs, 573. Paymaster again, 574. Chancellor of exchequer, and first lord of the treasury, 576. System of corruption, 577. Re ceives the Garter, ib. Reappointed by George II., 581. Administration, 582, 583. Resigns, 585. Made earl of Orford, ib. Horace, Historic Doubts, 221 note, 585 note. Wälsch (Welsh), 30. Walsingham, secretary, 318,
Walters, Lucy, 483. Waltham Abbey, 69. Waltheof, earl, 84, 86, 89. Walworth, lord mayor, slays Wat Tyler, 185. Wandewash, battle, 610.
Wellesley. Wantsumu, the, 38. Wapentake, 73. Warbeck, Perkin, personates Richard, duke of York, 234-237.
Warburton, bishop, 611. Wardle, colonel, 676. Wardship (feudal), 128. Warehousing system, 740. Wargaum, battle, 639. Warham, archbishop of Can- terbury and chancellor, 244.
Warrenne, earl, 152. Gover- nor of Scotland, 158. De- feated by Wallace, 160. Wars, private, 126. Warwick, Guy de Beau- champ, earl of, 163.
earl of, grandson, banished by Richard II, 188.
Richard Nevil, earl of, tutor of Henry VI., 201. The Kingmaker, 207. Flies to Calais, 210. Defeated at St. Albans, 211. Victorious at Towton, 214. Alienated by Edward IV.'s marriage, 215. Agree- ment with queen Margaret, ib. Invades England, 216. Proclaims Henry VI., ib. Regent, ib. Slain at Bar. net, 217.
Edward Plantagenet, earl of, imprisoned, 231. Led through London, 232. Beheaded, 237.
-, earl of (Dudley), op- poses Somerset, 278. Earl marshal, ib. Becomes duke of Northumberland, 280 (see Northumberland).
Robert Rich, earl of, parliamentary general, re- signs, 408. His grandson marries Cromwell's daugh- ter, 445. Washington, George, ap- pointed commander-in- chief by the Americans, 619, 621, 629. Washington, American cap- ital, taken, 689. Waterloo, battle, 690. Watling Street, 13, 45. Watt, James, 739. Wealas ("Welsh kind "), 35. Wedderburn, solicitor-gene- ral, 617. Made chief justice and lord Loug- borough, 627. Retires,
Wedgewood, 739. Weights and measures, 137. Wellesley, marquess (lord Mornington), foreign secre- tary, 679, 682. Governor- general of India, 717.
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