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by Richard Holmes

29 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 191.

  30 Greville p. 51.

  31 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 191.

  32 Gronow p. 247.

  33 Greville pp. 51—2.

  34 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 199.

  35 Ibid., p. 201.

  36 Ibid.

  37 Gurwood op. cit., p. 918.

  38 Ibid., p. 927.

  39 Cooper op. cit., p. 14.

  40 Greville p. 65.

  41 Ibid., pp. 76–7.

  42 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 224.

  43 Guedalla op. cit., p. 391.

  44 Greville p. 80.

  45 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 245.

  46 Ibid., p. 257.

  47 Ibid., p. 267.

  48 Gleig p. 363.

  49 Sweetman p. 99.

  50 Greville p. 102.

  51 Kenneth O. Morgan (ed) The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain (Oxford 1992) p. 441.

  52 Guedalla p. 407.

  53 Ibid., p. 409.

  54 Greville p. 107.

  55 Guedalla op. cit., p. 419.

  56 Ibid., p. 425.

  57 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 313.

  58 Guedalla p. 427.

  59 Greville p. 139.

  60 Sweetman op. cit., p. 116.

  61 Ibid., p. 120.

  62 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 363.

  63 Lady Longford suggests that this may well be apocryphal, but it is worth including ‘for its distillation of the Wellingtonian spirit’. (Longford Pillar p. 390.)

  64 Guedalla op. cit., p. 433.

  VII ENVOI

  1 Gleig op. cit., p. 457.

  2 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 402.

  3 Gleig p. 459.

  4 Greville p. 239.

  5 Guedalla op. cit., p. 462.

  6 Ibid.

  7 Sweetman op. cit., p. 150.

  8 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 400.

  9 Greville p. 237–8.

  10 Gleig pp. 495–6.

  11 Ibid., p. 493.

  12 Greville p. 239.

  13 Gleig op. cit., p. 483.

  14 Longford Pillar op. cit., p. 409.

  15 Gleig op. cit., p. 492.

  16 Ibid., pp. 485–6.

  17 Ibid., p. 489.

  18 Greville p. 237.

  INDEX

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  Abercromby, Major General Sir Ralph 30–1

  Aberdeen, Earl of 251, 283, 299

  Adam’s brigade 245, 249

  Ahmednuggur, siege of (1803) 73–4

  Alava, General Miguel de 166, 175, 192, 194, 265–6, 267

  Albemarle, Lord 290

  Albert, Prince Consort 298, 299

  Wellington to 293

  Albuera, battle of (1811) 151–3, 154

  Alexander I, Tsar 20, 100, 208, 221

  Almeida fortress (1810) 146, 148, 149, 153

  Alten, Lt General Sir Charles 191, 209, 210, 231, 246

  American War of 1812 199, 206

  American War of Independence 9–10, 11, 23

  Angers: Royal Academy of Equitation 19

  Anglesey, Marquess of see Uxbridge, Lord

  Angoulême, Duc d’ 190–1, 198

  Angoulême, Duchesse d’ 204

  Apsley House, London 20, 84, 271–2, 283, 285, 287, 288, 300

  Arbuthnot, Charles 271, 301

  Arbuthnot, Harriet 271, 288

  Wellington to 96, 261–2, 263, 267, 277, 280

  Argaum, battle of (1803) 82, 87

  Armytage, John 9

  Ashton, Colonel Henry Harvey 46, 47

  Assaye campaign (1803) xviii, 15–16, 72, 73–5, 76, 77–82, 86, 87

  Aurungabad 71, 74

  Aylmer, Lord 177

  Badajoz: siege of (1811) 151–3, 152, 154

  storming of (1812) 115, 158–63

  Baird, Major General David 51, 53, 59, 61–2, 66–7

  Barnes, Adjutant-General Sir Edward 211

  Barrington, Sir Jonah 84

  Bassein, Treaty of 68–9, 70–1

  Bathurst, Lord 158

  Wellington to 168–9, 185, 186, 191, 201, 250

  Bayonne, siege of (1814) 192

  Beaufort, 7th Duke of (formerly Marquess of Worcester) 180, 251

  Beckerman (orderly) 181, 301

  Beethoven, Ludwig van 187

  Bentham, Jeremy 276

  Berar, Rajah of 68, 71, 82

  Beresford, Lt General Sir William 95, 131, 148, 151–3, 164

  Wellington to 184

  Berri, Duc de 216

  Berthier, Marshal 219

  Bessborough, Lady 204

  Bevan, Lt Colonel xvii, 150

  Blake, George 71

  Blake (Spanish army commander) 151

  Bligh, Helena 283

  Blücher, Marshal Gebhard von 212, 252

  relationship with Wellington 212, 214, 215

  Waterloo campaign 216–17, 218, 223, 226, 229, 230, 233, 237, 238, 247, 249, 254

  Blunt, Rev. Mr 40–1

  Bock, Major General von 268

  Boigne, Comtesse 198

  Bombay 37, 38

  Bonaparte, Betsy (née Patterson) 266

  Bonaparte, Prince Jerome 239, 266

  Bonaparte, Joseph: as King of Spain 104, 105, 134, 140, 163, 185, 187

  Bonnet, General 167

  Borghese, Princess Pauline 203, 204

  Bowles, Captain George 228, 233

  Bragge, Captain William 184–5

  Brazen, HMS 120

  Brennier, Major General 149–50

  Brinjarries 47, 52, 75

  Briscall, Chaplain Samuel 181

  Bristol riots (1831) 285, 286

  British Army 9–10, 13–15, 16–19, 28–9, 31–2, 209–10, 213, 214–15

  battalions: 33rd 232

  48th 139, 140–1

  69th 232

  73rd 232

  Divisions: 1st 232

  3rd 155, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 181, 186, 209, 223, 230, 231

  4th 151, 159, 162, 181

  5th 159, 161

  6th 167

  7th 148

  Light 155, 157, 159, 162

  Regiments: 1st Foot Guards 189, 232

  3rd (Old Buffs) 137

  4th xv

  7th Fusiliers 154, 161

  8th 30

  10th Hussars 233

  12th 46, 58, 62

  15th Light Dragoons 187

  16th Light Dragoons 171

  18th Hussars 200

  20th Light Dragoons 116–17

  23rd Light Dragoons 140

  27th 246

  29th 112, 153–4

  31st 29

  33rd 17, 28, 30–1, 32, 33–4, 40–1, 44, 46–7, 49, 51–3, 56–7, 60–1, 62, 84

  36th 117, 118

  42nd Highlanders 231

  43rd Light Infantry 138

  44th 30, 45th 145, 146, 161

  50th 114, 120

  52nd 249

  56th 29

  57th 27, 151–2

  71st 149

  73rd 62, 243

  74th 78–80

  78th Highlanders 73, 78, 80–1

  79th Highlanders 149, 171

  88th (Connaught Rangers) xiv–xv, 27, 149

  92nd Highlanders 27, 231, 232, 233

  94th 160, 95th 13, 112, 113, 116, 156, 159, 161, 252

  Brooke, Alan 182

  Brougham, Henry 260

  Browne, Captain Thomas Henry 176, 177, 182–3, 187

  Bruce, Michael 204

  Brunswick, Duke of 211, 231

  Buckingham, Lady 22

  Buckingham, Lord 21, 24

  Bülow, General von 237

  Burghersh, Lord 180

  Burgos 186

  siege of (1812) xvi, 170–3, 184

  Burrard, Sir Harry 109, 113, 117, 118, 119–20, 125

  Burrows, Assistant Surgeon George 172

  Busaco, ba
ttle of (1810) 146, 148

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord 264

  Childe Harold 123

  Cádiz 185

  Caesar, Julius: Commentaries 302

  Calcutta 37, 38, 40, 41, 42

  Cambacérès: Wellington to 175–6

  Camden, Lord 33

  Cameron, Lt Colonel John, of Fassiefern 232

  Campbell, Major General Alexander: Wellington to 150

  Campbell, Captain 211

  Campbell, Colin 20, 73, 78

  Campbell’s brigade 138–9

  Canning, George 100, 106, 143, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268–9

  death 269

  cannon 15

  ‘Captain Swing’ 283

  Carlyle, Thomas 303

  Caroline of Brunswick, Queen 259–60, 261

  Castaños (Spanish army commander) 151

  Castlereagh, Lord 91, 108–9, 119, 158, 206

  and Convention of Cintra 123

  duel with Canning 143

  madness and suicide 263–4

  and Wellington 91–2, 94, 100, 198

  Wellington to 107, 121, 122, 125, 132, 135, 141, 208

  Catallani, Madame 209

  Cathcart, Lt General Lord 100, 101, 119

  Catholic Association 273, 276

  Cato Street Conspiracy (1820) 10, 259

  Cauvery rivers 53, 54

  Chandler, David 220

  Charles II, of England 5

  Charles IV, of Spain 103–4

  Charles X, of France 20, 281

  Charlotte, Queen 96

  Chartist demonstrations 291, 292

  Cintra, Convention of (1808) 121, 122, 122–3

  enquiry into 123–4, 125

  Ciudad Rodrigo 146, 148, 154, 163, 183–4

  storming of (1812) xv, 155–7, 290

  Clarke, General Sir Alured 48, 68

  Clarke, Mary Anne 126

  Clarkson, Thomas 205

  Clausel, General 167, 170, 185, 198

  Clausewitz, Karl von 217, 300

  Clinton, Sir Henry: Division 209, 210, 221

  Clive, Lord Robert 38, 44–5

  Close, Lt Colonel Barry 46, 47, 61, 62, 69

  Wellington to 65, 69

  Coburg, Prince of 30

  Cocks, Major the Hon Edward Somers 170–1

  Codrington, Admiral Sir Edward 270

  Coimbra, Portugal 147

  Colborne, Colonel Sir John (later Field Marshal Lord Seaton) 191, 200, 249, 298–9

  Cole, Colonel the Hon Galbraith Lowry 95, 151, 175, 181, 183, 221

  Collins, Colonel John 70, 71, 73, 74

  Colville 209, 210

  Coningham, Lady 261

  Constant-Rebecq, Major General 227

  Cooper, Duff 203

  Cooper, Private John Spencer 154, 161, 199, 280

  Copenhagen (Wellington’s horse) 101–2, 238, 250, 271

  Copenhagen, siege of (1807) 100–1, 119

  Corn Laws 215, 272, 292

  Cornwallis, Lord 42, 45, 51, 84

  Corrigan, Gordon: Wellington: A Military Life xix

  Coruña, La, battle of (1809) 124, 129

  Costello, Sergeant Edward 161, 252

  Cotton, Admiral Sir Charles 108

  Cotton, Lt General Sir Stapleton (later Lord Combermere) 139, 167, 211

  Cradock, Sir John 84, 125, 130

  Crane, Tom 183

  Craufurd, Major General Robert 144, 146, 148, 155, 156–7

  Creevey, Thomas 175, 215, 251

  Wellington to 259

  Crocodile, HMS 107–8

  Croker, John Wilson 22, 106, 271, 300

  Wellington to xvi, 61–2, 97, 106–7, 268, 288

  Cromwell, Oliver 5

  Cuesta, Don Gregorio de la 132–3, 134–6

  Cumberland, Duke of 278, 280–1

  Dalrymple, Sir Hew 109, 118–19, 120, 121, 124

  Dangan Castle, County Meath 6, 7, 10, 24

  Danish expedition (1807) 100–1, 102, 103

  Danvers, Charles 38–9

  Delaborde, General 112, 113

  De Lancey, Lady Madeleine 223

  De Lancey, Colonel Sir William 211, 216, 222, 223, 229, 238, 248

  d’Erlon, General 147, 240, 241

  Dhoondiah Waugh 64–5, 118

  Dickson (Royal Artillery commander) 179, 180

  Diomed (Wellington’s horse) 47, 53, 78, 80

  Disraeli, Benjamin 289–90, 299

  Donegal, HMS 107

  Donnellan, Lt Colonel Charles 139

  Dörnberg, Major General Sir William 219, 226

  Douro, Arthur Richard Wellesley, Lord 98, 202, 262, 266, 267, 278, 297–8

  Douro, Lady 291, 297, 301

  Drewe, Lieutenant 238

  Dublin 7, 22, 98, 102, 124–5

  Dulong, Major 131

  Dundas, General Sir David 123

  Dungannon, Lady 8, 21

  Durrani, Ahmad Shah 68

  Duthilt, Captain 241–2

  Dyas, Ensign 27, 154

  East India Company 37–8, 42, 64, 67, 68–9

  Edgeworth, Maria 96

  Elers, Captain George 58, 67, 86, 201

  Ellenborough, Lord 272

  Enniskillen, Lord: Wellington to 125

  Erskine, Lt General Sir William 150, 169

  España, General Don Carlos de 157, 168

  Eton College 8

  executions 10–11

  Falmouth, Lord 275

  Ferdinand, King of Spain 187, 198–9, 265

  Ferrers, Earl 11

  Ferrey 167

  Filoze, Colonel Baptiste 71

  Fingall, Lord: Wellington to 99

  Fitz William (Indiaman) 44

  Fitzgerald, Lord Edward 26

  Fitzgerald, Lieutenant 57

  Fitzgerald, Vesey 273

  Fitzherbert, Maria 280, 290

  Fletcher, Ian: Galloping at Everything 164, 174

  Fletcher, Colonel Richard 158, 179, 180

  Wellington to 142, 143

  flintlock muskets 13–14

  Fortescue, Sir John 28, 29, 209–10

  Fox, Charles James 94, 98

  Foy, General Maximilien 146, 168, 205, 239

  Francis, Sir Philip 38

  Franco, General Francisco 162

  Frederick William III, of Prussia 20

  Freese, Captain John William 86

  Freire, Major General Bernadino 109, 112

  French Revolution 22, 300

  Freneida, Spain 173, 175, 177, 184

  Frere, John Hookham: Wellington to 133, 141

  Fuentes de Oñoro, battle of (1811) xvii, 131, 141, 148–50, 153, 154, 170

  Gaikwar of Baroda 68

  Garth, Thomas 280–1

  Gawilghur, storming of (1803) 82

  Gazan, Madame 187

  Genappe, battle of (1815) 234

  George III, of England 259

  George IV, of England 20

  appoints Wellington Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 278–9

  and Canning 264, 268–9

  and Caroline of Brunswick 259–60, 261

  against Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 277

  death 280

  disliked by Wellington 259–60, 266, 277

  pays tribute to Wellington 202

  Gladstone, William E. 290

  Gleig, G. R. 177, 302

  The Life of … Wellington 8, 22, 135, 165, 178, 190, 270, 275, 285, 297, 302

  Glover, Michael: Wellington’s Army xix, 124

  Gneisenau, August Wilhelm von 212, 230, 232

  Goderich, Frederick Robinson, Viscount 269, 270

  Godoy, Manuel 103

  Gordon, Lt Colonel the Hon Alexander 180, 233, 248, 250, 251

  Gordon, Lord George/Gordon riots 11–12, 13

  Goubert, Louis 9

  Goya, Francisco: sketch of Wellington 169

  Graham, Lt General Sir Thomas (later Lord Lynedoch) 148, 158, 184, 188

  Wellington to 164, 168, 221

  Grant, Charles 273

  Grant, Lt Colonel Colquhoun (El Bueno) 218�
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  Grassina, Giuseppina 204

  Grattan, Henry 23, 34, 98

  Grattan, Lt William xvi-xvii, 161–2, 200

  Great Exhibition (1851) xvi, 292

  Grenville, Lord 94, 98

  Greville, Charles 267, 274, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 286, 288, 290, 298, 299, 303

  Greville, Lady Charlotte 227, 262–3

  Grey, Lord Charles 271, 282, 284, 287, 288

  Griffith, Paddy xvii

  Griffon, HMS 202

  Grimaldi 178

  Grolmann, Major General Karl von 230

  Gronow, Howell Rees 189, 191, 238, 242, 244–5, 277–8

  Grosvenor Major General Thomas 101

  Grouchy, Marshal 220, 226, 236

  Guedalla, Philip: The Duke xix, 4, 133, 134

  Gunning, Dr John 248

  Gurwood, Lt Col John: Dispatches of … Wellington xviii, 290

  Halkett, Major General Colin 231–2, 246, 249

  Hamilton, Sergeant Anthony 138

  Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lady 227

  Hanger, Colonel George 14

  Hardinge, Sir Henry 151, 218, 229, 233, 275

  Harris, Rifleman Benjamin 116–17

  Harris, Lt General George 41, 47, 48–9, 51, 52, 56–7, 58, 63, 93

  Wellington to 62

  Harrowby, Lord 259

  Harvey, Felton 238

  Hastings, Warren 38

  Hawkesbury, Lord 107

  Haydon, B. R.: portrait of Wellington 290

  Haythornthwaite, Philip: The Armies of Wellington xix

  Hennell, George 160

  Hibbert, Christopher: Wellington: A Personal History xix, 204

  Hickey, William 38, 39, 41

  Hill, Arthur (later Lord Dungannon) 7

  Hill, Major General Rowland (‘Daddy’) (later Lord) 136–7, 155, 163, 164, 175, 191, 192, 211, 271

  death 291

  Hobhouse, John Cam 198

  Hofschröer, Peter xvii, 212–13, 217, 222, 223

  Holkar, Jeswant Rao 68, 70, 82–3

  Howe, Major General Sir William 10

  Hulke, Dr 293

  Hume, Dr John 250, 264–5, 275

  Hunt, ‘Orator’ 258

  Huskisson, William 269, 272, 273, 278

  death 281–2

  Hussey, John 213, 223

  Hyder Ali 42, 63

  Iberian Peninsula 110–11; see Peninsular War

  India 43

  Clive in 38, 44–5

  East India Company bases 37–8, 42

  Europeans in 38–40

  expedition against Tipoo Sultan 42, 44–9, 51, see Seringapatam and Sultanpettah Tope

  French in 44

  influence on Wellington 85–8

  Maratha wars see Maratha wars

  Richard Wellesley as governor-general 41, 42, 44, 45–6

  Wellington’s defeat of Dhoondiah Waugh 64–5

  Ireland 4–6

  and Catholic Emancipation 4, 270, 271, 273–4, 276–7

  contribution to British army 26–7

  nationalist movement 23

  opposition to Union 98–9

  Wellington’s birth and childhood in 3, 7–8

  Wellington’s political posts 23–4, 98

 

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