FB’s relations with 161, 311, 362, 369, 375
and FB’s writings 90, 105
and Gordon riots 153, 154, 155
marriages 188, 277
motherhood 188, 356
relations with step-family 87, 162
and Susan’s marriage difficulties 271–2
widowhood 251, 301
Burney, Edward Francesco (FB’s cousin) 97–9, 101–2, 362
portraits by 69, 171, 255
Burney, Elizabeth (formerly Allen, nèe Allen, FB’s stepmother) 76, 241
d’Arblay’s relations with 246–7, 254
Dr Burney’s relations with 32–3, 45–6, 49–50, 52
death 273
FB’s relations with 48, 52–4, 73, 81, 101–2, 118, 130, 161, 177–8, 273–4
friendship with Esther (Sleepe) Burney 16
and Gordon riots 154, 155
marriage 47, 177
personality of 52, 80–1, 102
portrait in Memoirs xxi, 48–50
pregnancies 51, 251–2
relations with stepchildren 51, 62, 80–1, 87n, 161–2, 278, 279
sexual jealousy 81–2
wealth of 32, 47–8
Burney, Esther (Hetty, née Burney, FB’s sister) 72, 278, 311, 359, 362
on Alex 366
birth 12
death 375
and Dr Burney’s will 320
education 33, 34
FB’s correspondence with 194–5, 285, 298, 299, 305–6, 312, 355, 361, 362, 364
and Gordon riots 154, 155
marriage 65–6, 73, 74, 131–2
motherhood 66, 77, 161, 163, 188
musical talents xx, xxiv, 18, 22, 28, 66
personality 44
relations with parents 22–3, 25, 27
relations with stepmother 103
social life 59, 60, 65
Burney, Esther (née Sleepe, FB’s mother) xxviii; death 25–8, 30, 39, 49, 51. 214
family background 8–9
FB’s relations with 17, 25, 28, 74
friendships 16
ill health 25
illegitimate pregnancy 8, 10–11
literary interests 15–16, 22
marriage 11, 12
as mother 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27–8
religion 10
as translator 63
Burney, Frances (Fanny, FB’s niece) 362, 375
BURNEY, FRANCES (Fanny, later Mme d’Arblay): appearance 14, 69–70, 311–12
birth 15, 16
as celebrity l, 131, 141, 148, 151, 370
childhood 18, 21, 22–3, 25, 28–30, 34, 40
conservatism 41, 58, 229–30, 232
at Court 197–212, 214, 215, 217–22, 225, 226–7
d’Arblay’s courtship of 234–6, 239–40, 242–7, 249–50
death 381
as dramatist 69, 135, 224–7, 259, 289, 329
early reading difficulties 23–4, 28, 33, 67
eating disorder 71–2, 127
egotism 373–4, 383
family background 1–4, 8–10
and feminism 41–2, 58, 94, 167, 256–7, 272, 325–6
financial situation 89, 170, 241–3, 251–2, 259, 261, 268, 276, 287, 288, 300, 301, 315, 316, 317, 320
foreign residence 295–301, 331–47
homes 253, 254, 275–6, 296, 299–300, 348, 361, 375, 380
ill health 70, 101, 146, 163, 222–3, 227, 258, 260, 312
imagination 22–3, 208
juvenilia 43–5, 53–4
literary style 55–8, 84–5, 122, 149, 209–10, 226–7, 270, 327–9, 372, 373, 374–5, 389–94
marriage 253, 254
married life 236, 254–5, 257–9, 288–9, 302, 330, 332, 355, 361
mastectomy 304–8, 309, 312
memoranda 304
mental fragility 208–9, 226
motherhood 258, 274
musical interests 22, 28
naivety 215, 238
as novelist 4, 17, 30, 42–3, 44, 56, 57, 61, 67, 72, 96, 160, 186, 192, 227
observational powers 181
in old age 369–70, 379–80
personality 28–30, 44–5, 123, 126, 368
as poet 66–7
portraits of 69–70, 171, 182n, 311–12
powers of memory xx-xxi, 24, 43, 149, 387–8
prudery 44, 192, 238, 290
reading tastes 40–3, 129, 256
relations with men 59–60, 67, 72, 131–2, 152, 179–80, 181–6, 200, 214, 217–18, 221–2
relations with Royal Family 340, 358, 362–3,
see also above, at Court.,
relations with siblings 22, 29, 132, 188
religion 10, 33, 179, 356
self-consciousness/shyness 30, 44, 67–8, 99, 128–9, 212, 235, 313, 375
short-sightedness 70
self-education 18, 22, 51–2, 56
sensitivity 18, 44, 52, 55
widowhood 361–2
will 381
as writer xix-xxv, 42, 53, 56, 58, 61–2, 85–6, 98–9, 116–17, 125, 130, 131, 139, 169, 209–10, 224, 244, 322, 362, 374–5, 384; see also under titles of individual works
Burney, Hannah Maria see Bourdois, Hannah Maria
Burney, James (FB’s brother) 76, 212, 253, 277, 362
Alex’s relations with 343
birth 14
childhood 18, 22
death 159, 365–6
and death of Cook 156–8
elopement with Sarah Harriet 159, 238, 278–80, 301
friendship with Phillips 159–60, 271, 281
marriage 170, 188
married life 249, 278–9, 311
naval career 20, 25, 33, 78, 80, 95, 160, 163, 186–7, 222, 365
personality 160
political views 186, 229
relations with father 320, 356
writings 311
Burney, James (FB’s grandfather) 2–6, 12
Burney, Martin Charles (FB’s nephew) 249, 381
Burney, Rebecca (FB’s aunt) 13, 97
Burney, Richard (FB’s uncle) 3, 7–8, 22
Burney, Richard Allen (FB’s nephew) xix, 77
Burney, Richard Gustavus (FB’s cousin) 99–100
Burney, Richard Thomas (Dick, FB’s half-brother) 52, 76, 213–14, 301
Burney, Sarah (Sally, nèe Payne, FB’s sister-in-law) 170, 188, 249, 279, 311n, 362
Burney, Sarah Harriet (Sally, FB’s half-sister) 228, 319, 376
birth 76
childhood 77, 85, 103, 161
and d’Arblay 244, 246, 247
on Diary 383–4
and Dr Burney’s will 320
education 213
elopement with James Burney 159, 238, 278–80, 301
FB’s relations with 186, 273
and FB’s will 381
letters xviii; as novelist 246, 280, 311, 384
relations with mother 212–13
Burney, Sarah (Rosette, nèe Rose, FB’s sister-in-law) 186
Burney, Susanna (FB’s aunt), 2, 3
Burney, Susanna Elizabeth (Susan, FB’s sister) 76, 79, 102, 195, 237, 260
birth 17
childhood 25, 33, 46
and d’Arblay 232, 251, 253
death 159, 283, 284–5, 381
FB’s correspondence with 55, 72, 112–13, 115–16, 118, 130, 132, 133, 146–7, 149, 153, 161, 162, 163, 169, 173, 176, 183, 189–90, 200, 201, 205, 208–9, 222, 226, 227, 243, 285
FB’s relations with 29, 45, 53, 54, 101, 156, 160, 161, 178, 190, 247, 283
and FB’s writings 90, 98, 105–6, 111, 139–40
and Gordon riots 154, 155
journal 213
marriage 159, 160–2, 163, 169–70;
married life 188, 251, 270–3, 281
musical interests xxiii, 28
papers of xviii; personality 22, 28
physical frailty 161, 190, 281–2
politics of 229–30, 326
on siblings 44
Busy Day, A (FB) 289
, 290–4, 327
Byron, Augusta 147, 152
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Lord xvii, 315, 328
Cambridge, Charlotte 197, 306
Cambridge, George Owen 197, 199–200, 225
as Alex’s patron 362, 366, 368, 379
FB’s love for 180, 181–6, 200
Cambridge, Kitty 184
Cambridge, Richard Owen 181, 182, 183, 184–5
Cambridge University 87, 88, 316–17, 350
Camden Chapel 368, 375, 379
Camilla (FB) 28n, 185, 276, 326, 327, 329
autobiographical elements 89, 184, 213n
composition 249, 261–2, 289
dedication 210, 211, 249, 374
Gothic elements 265–6
influence on Austen 269
plot 262–7
published by subscription 267, 268
reception 268–9
revisions 268, 288, 384–5
sermonising tone of 261, 267, 272
Camilla Cottage 275–6, 295, 298, 300, 317
Campbell, Thomas 313
Canning, George 370
Careless Husband, The (Cibber) 67
Caroline, Princess of Wales 313
‘Caroline Evelyn’ (FB) 45, 54, 85, 115
Carter, Elizabeth 151
Carter, Molly 7
Catholic Relief Act 152, 153
Cecilia (FB) 92n, 244, 263, 327
autobiographical elements 61, 89, 208
composition 162–4, 168
earnings from 170, 241
introduction 168–9, 385
plot 143, 164–7
publication 169–70
realism of 166, 167, 168
reception 170, 192, 269
satire 166, 168
Ceiestini (violinist) 80
Chapone, Mrs 133, 176, 179
Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal 363
Charlotte Sophia, Queen 227, 274, 373
d’Arblay’s presentation to 357–8
FB in retinue of 197–8, 201–3
FB’s relations with 208–9, 222, 223, 239, 241
and FB’s writings 170, 249, 268
friendship with Mrs Delany 191–3
and King’s illness 216
portrait in Diary 199, 210–11
Chatham, 2nd Earl of 222
Chateaubriand, François-René de xvii, 335
Châtre, Marie-Charlotte, comtesse de la 231
Chavagnac, Adrienne de 295
Chelsea College 196, 212, 227–8, 273, 311
Che[s]sington 38–40, 67, 101, 113, 114, 162, 163, 170, 187–8, 205, 249
Chester 5–6, 12, 356
Cholmondeley, Mary (née Woffington) 101, 112, 114n, 116, 118, 129, 131
Chudleigh, Miss 60
Cibber, Coliey 67, 150
Cibber, Susannah (née Arne) 6, 38
Clarentine (Sarah Harriet Burney) 246, 280
Clark, Lorna J. 213n, 279
Cleland, John 22, 68
Clerke, Captain Charles 156, 157
Clifford, James 107
Clive, Kitty 6
Coke family 15
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 99
Colla, Giuseppe 78–9
Condover 4, 5
Constant, Benjamin 330
Cook, Captain James 1, 78, 156–8
Cooke, Cassandra (née Leigh), 270, 315n
Cooke, Mary 270
Cooke, Papilian Catherine (Kitty) 40, 101–2, 139, 171, 187, 249–50
Cooke, Revd Samuel 270
Cooper, Ann, see Burney, Ann Cooper
Corneley, Mrs 22, 60
Coussmaker, Catherine 104, 105
Covent Garden 21, 285, 291
Coventry, Earl of 37
Coventry, Lady Mary (nèe Gunning) 37
Crabbe, George 370
Crewe, Lady Frances (née Greville) 11, 267, 312
Crisp, Samuel 65, 148
death 171, 178
on Dr Burney 170
as dramatist 37–8, 143, 261
FB’s correspondence with xxii, xxiii-xxiv, 55, 73, 77–8, 80, 83–4, 114–15, 123, 136–9, 151, 164, 170
on FB’s personality 45, 72
FB’s relations with 36, 40, 67, 101, 137
and FB’s writings 103, 116, 117–18, 124, 133, 137–8, 139–42, 143, 150, 162–3, 170, 384
friendship with Dr Burney 19, 36–7, 47
musical interests 37
on Phillips 159
portrait 171
relations with Elizabeth Burney 81, 102, 161–2
retirement to Chesington 38–40
Critic, The (Sheridan) 142n
Critical Review 65, 101, 268
Croker, John Wilson xxi, 327, 374, 383
Crutchley, Jeremiah 172, 215
Cumberland, Richard 142, 143n, 148
Cunning-Man, The (Charles Burney) 34–6
Dahl, Michael 2
D’Arblay, Alexander Charles Louis Piochard (Alex, FB’s son) 309, 347, 361
birth 259
childhood 276, 295
Church career 362, 366, 368, 375, 379
death 320, 375, 379
education 89n, 302–4, 315, 316–17, 330–1, 349–50, 352, 359
engagement 377–8
on FB’s writing 329, 343–4
health 287, 299, 302, 303, 317
and Memoirs 371
mental problems 352–3, 378, 380
papers of 379
personality 274, 302, 304, 311, 331, 352–3, 368
as poet 366–7, 376
relations with FB 342–4, 349, 355, 366, 377, 378
relations with women 367–8, 376
D’Arblay, Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste Piochard (FB’s husband): appearance 235
arrival in England 231
as civil servant 300–1, 318
correspondence with FB 235, 242–3, 247
courtship of FB 233–6, 239–40, 242–7, 249–50
death 320, 360
diary 358
ennoblement 348
financial situation 241–3, 248, 250, 259, 276, 287, 300, 350
French kin 255, 275, 287–8, 298
ill health 344, 346, 357–60
love for FB 235, 259, 330, 355, 358, 360, 361
marriage 253
married life 236, 254–5, 257–9) 275–6, 332
military career 231–2, 247, 294–5) 329–37, 341) 346, 351
personality 232, 235, 236, 243, 247–8, 333, 361
portrait 350–1
relations with Lockes 318
returns to France 287–8, 294–5, 329, 350, 352
Dawson, Nancy 113, 115
Deal 310
Delany, Mary (née Granville) 201, 255
autobiography 191
death 215
FB’s friendship with 190–1, 198, 205
personality 191
portrait in Memoirs xxi; royal connections 170, 191–3, 195, 219
Delany, Dr Patrick 190, 191
Delap, Revd Dr John 71, 142–3
Devin du village, Le (Rousseau) 34
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of 131, 238, 262
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of 238
Dewes, Bernard 192
Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay (ed. Barrett) 363–4
address to Nobody xx, 54–5
Court section 199, 210–11
editions xviii, xxvii; ‘Ilfracombe Adventure’ 353–5, 363
‘Journey to Trèves’ 344, 363
literary style 54–6, 148–9
Macaulay’s essay on xix, 327, 374
‘Narrative of the Illness & Death of General d’Arblay’ 359
publication 383
reception 383–4
reliability of xix-xxi, 53, 354–5
reviews 327
‘Waterloo Journal’ 338, 341, 363
Dickens, Charles 92, 168
Dictionary of Love (Cleland) 68
Dictionary of the English Language (Johnson) 19, 63, 108
Didero
t, Denis 19, 64
Digby, Col. the Hon. Stephen 214, 217, 218, 220, 221–2, 225
Disraeli, Benjamin 376
Dobson, Austen xviii, xxvii, 53
Dodsley, James 90
Doody, Margaret Anne xxvii, 7n, 12, 182, 225–6, 265
Drury Lane Theatre 6, 14, 21, 31, 34–6, 37, 96, 99, 260
Dubois, Frances, see Sleepe, Frances Dubois
Dubois, Pierre 9, 10
Dumouriez, General Charles-François 247
Early Journals and Letters of Frances Burney (ed. Troide and Cooke) xviii, 112
East Indian, The (Anon.) 143
Eclectic Review 383
Edgeworth, Maria 268, 269, 313, 372, 373
Edinburgh Review 328, 343
Edwy and Elgiva (FB) 135, 224–6, 285
composition 217, 223–4
performance 259–61
revisions 289
Effingham, Elizabeth Howard, Countess of 216
Elberta (FB) 225, 261
Elizabeth, Princess 340, 363
Ellis, Annie Raine xviii, 113
Ellis, Rebecca, see MacBurney family
Elsham 7
Emma (Austen) 269, 270
Encyclopedic (Diderot) 16, 19
Epstein, Julia 195, 267n
Essay towards a history of the principal comets… (Charles Burney) 62–3
Evelina (FB) xviii, 1, 84–106, 111–18, 165, 193, 263, 292, 327
author’s anonymity 86, 90, 96, 97–101, 103–4, 123–5, 129–31, 147, 384
autobiographical elements 22, 46, 89, 96, 105
epistolary form 84
literary style 57, 84–5, 375
moral purpose 43
plot 91–2
preface 90–1
publication 85–6, 97, 370–1, 374, 384
reception 100–1, 104–6, 111, 112–19, 122, 123–4, !34> 146–7. 188
as satire 35, 68–9, 91, 92–6, 129
transcribed 90
Eversley, George John Le Fevre, 1st Baron 354
FarinelH (pseud. Carlo Broschi, singer) 64
Fay de Latour-Maubourg, Catherine de 298
‘Female Caution’ (FB) 66
Fielding, Henry 22, 42, 96, 105
Fielding, Sir John 60
Fielding, Mrs 204
Flint, Bet 126
Folcher, Betty 23
Foley, Sir Thomas and Lady Lucy 310
Fordyce, James 41, 42, 68, 257
Foster, Lady Elizabeth 238
Fox-Strangways, Lady Lucy 26, 214
France 255, 275, 287–8, 295–7
Revolution 220–1, 229–30, 233–4
wars with England 237, 300–1, 318–19
Francis, Charlotte (FB’s niece), see Barrett, Charlotte
Francis, Charlotte (FB’s sister), see Burney, Charlotte Ann
Francis, Clement (FB’s brother-in-law) 188, 215, 251, 277
Francis, Clement Robert (FB’s nephew) 310, 311, 316, 375
Francis, Marianne (FB’s niece) 301, 311, 312, 313, 314. 356, 368, 369. 375
Frasi, Giulia 13
Friendship in Death (Rowe) 28
Fanny Burney Page 53
