by Susan Nagel
Burns, Robert, 20, 141
Byron, Lord (George Gordon), 3, 140–41, 182
Campbell, Mary (aunt), 14, 17, 25, 228, 238, 246
Captain Pasha (Hassan Bey), 54–59
and Elgin family, 78, 83–84, 146
and freed slaves, 115–16
and Mary, Lady Elgin, 4, 58, 64, 69, 71, 72–73, 77, 85
and military campaigns, 32, 76–77, 100–102
Carlyle, Joseph Dacre, 34, 75, 104, 261, 263
Carnegie, Andrew, 20
Caroline of Brunswick, 23, 235
Carrey, Jacques, 132
Catherine of Aragon v. Henry VIII, 5
Charles V, emperor of Spain, 148
Charlotte, Princess, 23, 236
“Chilinque Amathist,” 84
Choiseul-Gouffier, Comte de, 133, 144, 158, 263
Christopher, Robert (Dundas), 252, 255
Christopher Nisbet Hamilton, Constance (Mary Georgina Constance Dundas), 246, 253, 255–58
Christopher Nisbet Hamilton family, 255
Churchill, Winston, 258
Corn Laws, 239
Cornwallis, Gen. Charles, 37
Crawford, Quinton, 197
Curie, Marie, 233
Custody of Infants Act, 226, 248
Cuvier, Georges, 154–55
Davie, John, 234, 243
Davy, Sir Humphry, 231
Donizetti, Gaetano, 233
Doupouy, Monsieur, 164–65
Dover, Thomas, 120
Dubucq de Rivery, Aimée, 108–9
Dundas, Henry, 22, 207, 277
Dundas, James, 30, 175, 183, 198
Dundas, Mary Georgina Constance, 246, 253, 255–58
Dundas, Robert (Christopher), 246, 247, 255
Dunfermline Abbey, 183
Effendi, Yusuf Aga, 20, 31
El Arish, Treaty of, 75–77, 93
Elgin, pronunciation of name, 278
Elgin, Charles Bruce, Earl of, 20–21
Elgin, earls of, 20–21, 216
Elgin, Elizabeth Oswald, Lady, 226–27, 248
Elgin, Martha Whyte, Lady, 21–24
as Charlotte’s governess “Eggy,” 23, 29, 236
and daughter Charlotte Bruce, 29
death of, 226
grandchildren of, 79–81, 87, 153
health of, 177
and Mary, 29, 30–31, 46–47, 83, 90, 96, 170, 195, 208
and smallpox vaccine, 86–88
social life of, 27
and son’s affairs, 26, 30–31, 176–77, 190–91
and son’s career, 22, 84–85, 95, 96, 115, 195
and son’s debts, 24, 30, 193, 195
and son’s imprisonment, 160, 164
and son’s marriage, 29–30, 32
Elgin, Mary, Countess of, see Nisbet, Mary Hamilton
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of:
as ambassador to Turkey, 2, 20, 23–24, 27, 33, 34, 61–62, 66–68, 73, 75–76, 83, 84, 85, 91, 92–95, 100, 102, 104–6, 111, 112–17, 209
archaeological interests of, 1–3, 5, 35–36, 57–58, 97, 103, 105, 117–18, 128–29, 130–42, 196–97, 224
artists hired by, 2, 3, 41–42, 51, 105, 117, 126, 130, 134, 137, 139, 197, 261, 263
children of, 79–80, 99, 174, 183, 189, 203, 204, 210; see also Bruce entries
courtship of Mary and, 24–28, 198
death of, 249
divorce of, 5–6, 209, 211–14, 215–27, 242
dynasty desired by, 183
early years of, 21–22, 27
and Elgin marbles, 1–2, 3–4, 5, 134–42, 147, 151, 158, 177, 200–202, 211, 224, 226, 261–74
enemies of, 3, 73–76, 84, 144, 152, 177
estate of, 30, 204, 206, 210, 249–50
family background of, 20–22, 24, 26, 216
and Ferguson, see Ferguson, Robert
financial concerns of, 23–24, 27, 30, 50–51, 69, 92–93, 104, 175, 191, 192–200, 208–9, 223, 224, 227, 249
gifts to, 57–58, 66, 95, 105, 112–14, 129
health of, 27, 71, 79, 88, 120–23, 148
letters and diaries of, 43, 53, 74, 171
Mary attacked and mistrusted by, 166–69, 171, 190–91, 199, 211
and Mary’s money, 5, 30, 69, 97, 135, 138, 158, 165, 197–200, 211, 212, 223, 224, 225, 241–42
nose disfigurement of, 121–22, 124, 221
personal traits of, 24, 25, 26, 36, 171, 172, 174, 178, 199, 223–24
political career of, 2, 6, 22–24, 92–95, 223, 245
as political prisoner, 150–51, 152–53, 155–61, 162–70, 171, 173–74, 175, 178, 183–84, 190, 208, 223, 224, 280
release of, 208–9
remarriage of, 226–27
separations of Mary and, 136, 145, 161, 162–70, 171–73, 183–91, 199, 206, 209
social life of, 27, 62
travels of, 54–59, 81–82, 117–18, 124–29, 143–45, 147, 149
wedding anniversaries, 78–79, 122, 173, 223
wedding of Mary and, 28, 29–30; see also Nisbet, Mary Hamilton
and women, 26
Elgin, William Bruce, Earl of, 21
Elgin marbles:
in British Museum, 1, 5, 224
collection of, 1–2, 3–4, 5, 134–42, 147, 151, 158, 177, 190, 208, 211, 225, 226
debate on, 139–41
display of, 200–202
government purchase of, 6, 201, 224
Hunt’s letter about, 261–74
Erskine of Cardross, 30
Fargues, Senator, 162, 167
Ferchenbeck, Madame, 26
Ferguson, Charles Robert, 243
Ferguson, Frances Davie “Fanny,” 243, 246, 253
Ferguson, Harriet Ann, 243
Ferguson, Henry (Henry’s son), 243
Ferguson, Henry Robert (Robert’s son):
birth of, 180
childhood of, 182–83, 229–30, 233, 234–35
as Ferguson-Davie, 243, 252
inheritance of, 243–44, 252
marriage and family of, 243, 253–54
and Mary, 214, 229–30, 233, 234–35, 246, 247, 251, 254
political career of, 252–53
Ferguson, Jane, 246, 247, 251
Ferguson, Jean Munro, 234
Ferguson, John, 243
Ferguson, Robert:
death of, 249, 255
descendents of, 179, 251
and Elgin divorce, 215–23, 225
and Elgin marbles, 201–2
as Elgin’s friend, 153, 155, 165–66, 168, 170, 177, 180, 182, 183, 201–2, 207, 208
estate of, 216, 227, 231
family background of, 153–54
in France, 162–66, 168, 170
as geologist, 154–55, 180, 233
and Henriette, 178–80
letters to Mary from, 210–11, 212, 215
love of Mary and, 209–11, 212, 213–14, 221–22, 235, 236–37
and married life, 229, 230, 231–37, 245
as Mary’s friend, 163–66, 170, 172, 173, 178, 180, 182, 201–2, 207
personal traits of, 178
political interests of, 154, 173, 178, 207, 218, 223, 232, 242, 243, 244–46, 247
socializing, 155, 231–32, 245–46, 247, 248–49
sons and descendents of, 179, 180, 181, 182–83, 243–44
travels of, 157, 159, 240–41
wedding of Mary and, 228–30
Ferguson, Robert (nephew), 234
Ferguson, Ronald, 153, 154, 229, 230, 234, 244, 251
Ferguson, William (Berry), 153–54, 180, 231
Ferguson, William (Henry’s son), 243
Ferguson-Davie family, 243, 251, 252
fergusonite, 233
Flaxman, John, 177
Fox, Charles James, 173, 231
France:
Auld Alliance of Scotland and, 7
Mary and Robert’s visit to, 240
peace treaties with, 114–15
in Sublime Porte, 19, 31
wars with Britain, 2, 8, 18
–20, 32, 100, 149–51, 152–53
war with Turkey, 32, 45, 103
see also Bonaparte, Napoleon
Franklin, Benjamin, 22
Frederic, Duke of York, 93–94
George III, king of England, 20, 22, 23, 153, 225, 236, 248, 249, 256, 257, 275
George IV, king of England, 23, 213, 235, 241, 242, 243
Gérard, Baron François-Pascal-Simon, 161
Giudiuchi, Giovanni, 122
Glennie, John, 234
Gosling, Sarah, 185, 221–22
Grand Vizier (Yusuf Ziyauddin), 4, 32, 63–68, 76–77
Grant, John, 246, 247
Grant, John Patrick (grandson), 258
Great Britain:
Corn Laws in, 239
divorce laws in, 5–6, 215, 218
and Elgin’s finances, 92–93, 104, 193–97, 198, 208–9
expanding empire of, 8, 98
Golden Jubilee in, 256
industry and inventions in, 8, 248, 253
national debt of, 238
and political prisoners, 161, 162, 167
political reform in, 244–45
poor laws in, 226
slavery abolished in, 225
treaties with Turkey, 75–77, 93–94, 95, 113–15
as United Kingdom, 7
voting rights in, 244
wars with France, 2, 8, 18–20, 32, 100, 149–51, 152–53
women’s rights in, 6, 218, 223, 224, 226, 235, 241–42, 248, 256–57
Grenville, Lord George, 23, 74, 95, 225
Greville, Charles, 40
Grey, Earl, 245
Habershon, S. O., 120
Haidinger, Wilhelm, 233
Hall, Sir Benjamin, 251, 252
Hamilton, Lady Emma, 39–44, 110
Hamilton, Sir William, 39–43, 48, 272
Hamilton, William Richard, 34, 105, 177, 190, 200, 216, 273–74
Hanum (Pasha’s sister), 55, 64, 69, 72, 84, 107, 110, 146
Harrison, Thomas, 25
Hassan Bey, see Captain Pasha
Hawkesbury, Lord (Robert Banks Jenkinson), 94, 95, 117, 149, 161
Hazlitt, William, 141
Hellenic culture:
artifacts of, 92, 97, 126, 127–29, 131–42, 158; see also Elgin marbles
destruction of, 2–3, 131
sites of, 143–45
and Society of Dilettanti, 132–33
Holland, Lord, 243
Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, 240
Hope, George, 254
Hospitalers of St. John, 148
Hoste, Captain, 130, 135–39
Hume, David, 8
Hunt, Rev. Philip, 34, 36–37, 62, 80, 91, 99, 100, 124
and collections, 105, 134–35, 261–74
and Elgin children, 80, 99–100
letter to Mary’s mother from, 261–74
travels of, 34, 36–37, 62, 124, 157, 263–64, 274
Hutchinson, Christopher, 100–102, 103, 105
Hutchinson, General, 93–94, 100–101
Ireland, political strife in, 225
Isaac Bay (prince), 55–57
Jacobites, 8
James, Henry, 159
Jenner, Edward, 86–89
Kemble, Fanny, 245, 249
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 5, 249, 255
Kincardine, earls of, 2, 20
Kléber, Jean-Baptiste, 75, 76–77, 93
Koehler, General, 19, 31–32, 263
Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry, 231–32
Leopold II, emperor of Austria, 23
Levant Company, 20, 61, 73, 74, 115, 193
Leven, Countess of, 14–15
Linnaeus, 154
“Logotheti,” Ioannis Stamou Khondrodimas, 125, 127, 138, 147
Louisiana Purchase, 150
Louis XIV, king of France, 262
Louis XVI, king of France, 3, 57
Lucia de Lammermoor (Donizetti), 233
Lusieri, Giovanni Battista, 41–42, 51, 126, 136, 138, 147, 267, 274
Macdonald, Flora, 8
Malta, 147, 148–49
Manners, George (uncle), 187, 244
Manners, Lucy (Aunt Bluey), 14, 15, 16, 96, 187, 192, 228, 246
Manners, Lady Robert (grandmother), 12, 14, 32, 90, 95, 145, 187–88, 246, 257
Manners, Gen. Robert (uncle), 70, 228, 244
Manners, William (Uncle WG), 14
Manners family, 4, 5, 9, 12, 187–88, 218
Maria Carolina, queen of Naples, 1, 43–44
Marie Antoinette, queen of France, 1, 165, 235
Married Women’s Property Law, 226, 256–57
Masterman (maid), 34, 38, 55, 65, 116, 124, 127, 128, 145, 155
Maxwell, Sir John, 246, 252
McLean, Hector, 34
Meighan, C., 156–57
Melville, Henry Dundas, Lord, 207, 246, 277
Mendelssohn, Felix, 233
Menou, Jacques-François de, 92, 93
Mentor, 135, 139, 146, 147, 194, 197, 199
Mercury, medicinal, 27, 79, 120–21, 153, 241
Mercury, Freddie, 249
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 45–46, 66, 81, 86, 108, 132
Montague, Lady Caroline, 14
Montague, Lady Jane, 232
Montagu family, 24
Morier, John, 34, 36, 104–5, 216
Morosini, General, 131
Morris, Captain, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42
Munro, Gen. Hector, 234
Munro, Mr., of Novar, 229, 230
Murad Bey, 146
Napoleon, see Bonaparte, Napoleon
Nelson, Horatia, 42
Nelson, Horatio, 1, 19, 75, 101
and art objects, 2, 130, 137, 139, 158
death of, 186
mistress of, 39–44
Nisbet, Mary Hamilton:
and birth control, 203–4, 206, 208, 209, 211, 213, 224, 225, 237
birth of, 9, 248
childhood of, 10–13, 236
children of, 5, 6, 79–80, 98, 123, 153, 157, 172, 173, 176, 181, 188–90, 203–6, 227, 240–41, 246–47; see also Bruce entries
in Constantinople, 59, 60–77
as Countess of Elgin, 1, 6, 29–30, 77, 169, 210, 225
courtship of Elgin and, 24–28, 198
death of, 5, 254, 255
diplomatic skills of, 4, 62–63, 64–65, 77, 83, 95, 101–2, 114–16, 130, 160–61, 164, 167
divorce of, 5–6, 209, 211–14, 215–27, 228, 232, 242
education of, 11, 27
and Elgin marbles, 2, 5, 127, 135–39, 141–42, 147, 158, 200–202, 224, 225, 262
and Elgin’s business and finances, 36, 69, 135, 138, 158, 191, 192–202, 223
and Elgin’s career, 33, 38, 58, 61–65, 77, 84–85, 91, 102, 136, 195–96
and Elgin’s imprisonment, 160–61, 162, 164–70, 175, 183–84, 188, 190
family background of, 4, 9, 12, 14–15, 16, 24, 101, 217, 222–23, 232, 246
and Ferguson, see Ferguson, Robert
in France, 155–61, 162–70, 171–81, 183–85
full names of, 236
gifts to, 57, 69, 72, 84, 85, 95–96, 112–14, 128, 193, 195, 198
health of, 26–27, 33, 47–48, 80, 85, 88, 136
independence of, 63, 64–65, 73, 165, 169–70, 188, 191, 200, 206, 213, 223, 224, 225–26, 236
letters and diaries of, 5, 11, 15, 25, 33, 39, 44, 45–59, 63, 68–70, 74, 87, 96–97, 137, 182, 185–87, 189, 190–91, 207, 211, 219–21, 225, 253
in literary works, 232–33
and married life, 63, 78–79, 231–37, 245
and motherhood, 79–84, 85, 88–89, 130
pain of childbirth, 80, 88, 90, 203–4, 206, 237
parents of, 9, 49–50, 51–53, 63, 70–71, 82, 83, 90, 93, 96–97, 124, 158–59, 188, 207–8, 246
personal traits of, 1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 16, 17, 24, 27, 77, 199–200, 223–24, 225, 232, 234–35, 236, 245, 253
pregnancies of, 33, 35, 38, 51, 58, 63, 64, 66, 68, 71, 85, 88, 90, 96, 121, 124, 127,
138, 145, 153, 157, 159, 162–63, 164, 168, 169, 183–85, 187, 202, 203–6, 222
reputation of, 53, 60–61, 63–68, 70, 73, 85, 127, 145, 159, 164, 166, 225–26, 228, 230, 239–40, 252
separations of Elgin and, 136, 145, 161, 162–70, 171–73, 183–91, 199, 206, 209
and smallpox vaccine, 85–89, 99, 111, 147
social life of, 12–17, 25, 28, 31, 32–33, 38, 52, 56–57, 62, 63, 67–75, 85, 90, 91, 125, 145, 190, 208, 229, 230, 231–32, 236, 241, 245–46, 247, 248–49, 251–54
travels of, 33, 34–38, 39, 45, 49, 54–59, 81–82, 117–18, 124–29, 143–45, 147, 149, 184–85, 187, 229, 240–41, 247, 251–52
wealth of, 2, 5, 9, 16–17, 24, 27, 30, 33, 69, 96, 191, 192, 195–96, 199, 223, 226, 230–31, 235, 236, 238–40, 242–43, 244–45, 254, 255–56
wedding of Elgin and, 28, 29–30
and William’s death, 181, 182–83, 185–86, 188, 189, 190
Nisbet, Mary Manners (mother), 14, 27, 53
aging and death of, 246
and Elgin’s finances, 193–94, 196, 197
grandchildren of, 84–85, 100, 138, 153, 169, 174, 188, 191
letter from Hunt to, 261–74
and Mary’s divorce, 213
travels of, 83, 84–85, 90, 91–93, 95, 96–97, 125–26, 134, 145, 194
wedding of, 9
Nisbet, William Hamilton (father), 254
and Elgin, 25, 30, 50–51, 91–92, 95, 135, 191, 193, 195–96, 197, 198
and Elgin’s collections, 196–97
estate of, 10, 174–75, 238, 241
grandchildren of, 84–85, 100, 158, 169, 174–75, 189, 191
and Mary’s divorce, 213, 214
and Mary’s letters, 15, 51, 207
and Mary’s money, 30
political career of, 12, 15, 195
travels of, 83, 84–85, 90, 91–93, 95, 125–26, 134, 145, 194, 196
wedding of, 9
Nisbet family, 4, 5, 16–17, 53, 74, 90, 188, 218, 228, 235, 243, 244, 251, 252, 255–59, 275–76
Nisbet Hamilton Ogilvy arms, 257
Ogilvy, Frederick, 258 Ogilvy, Gertrude Sherbrooke, 258 Ogilvy, Henry (grandson-in-law), 257
Ogilvy, Henry (great-grandnephew), 258
Ogilvy, Herbert, 259
Ogla, Zaria Osmon, 146
Oglu, Adam, Bey, 58
O’Hara, Charles, 37–38
Opie, John, 231
Oswald, James, 30, 175, 183, 198, 226–27
Ottoman Empire, 276–77, 279
French invasions of, 3, 19, 71, 76
and Hellenic culture, 2, 139–40
and Sublime Porte, 19, 31
women’s power in, 109–10
see also Turkey
Paine, Thomas, 153
Paracelsus (physician), 120
Parthenon, 131–42
creation of, 11, 131
destruction of, 3, 131
Elgin marbles from, 1–2, 3–4, 134–42, 151, 263–70
Pelham, Henry, 16
