” Writings, 271
Bolivar, The, 52, 60, 68
Bonaparte, Jérôme, 206, 293
Bradenham, 174
British in Rome, 77
Brookfield, Charles, 124
Brougham, Lord, 33, 158, 176, 183, 185, 188, 252, 293
” Report of his death, 183
Brown, Major, 30
Brown, Mrs (Lady Mountjoy), 30
Brummel, Beau, xii
Buckingham, Duke of, xi
Buller, Charles, 176, 180, 182, 260
Bultera, Prince and Princess, 66
Bulwer, Sir Henry, Baron Dalling and Bulwer, 108, 210, 215
” France, Social, Literary and Political, 105
” Letters to Lady Blessington, 213, 284
Burdett, Sir Francis, 82, 220
Bush, John, 124
Byng, “Poodle,” 201, 202
Byron, Lady, 163
Byron, Lord, 106, 107, 145, 164, 165, 177, 223
” at Genoa, 48, 49
” Charmed with D’Orsay, 51
” Don Juan, quoted, 38
” Letter to Lord Blessington, 39
” Letter to Count d’Orsay, 40
” on Lord Blessington, 30
” on Count d’Orsay, 38
” on meeting Lady Blessington, 51
” on Rogers, 93
” Yacht Bolivar, 52
C
Cambridge, Duke of, 184
Campbell, Lord, 251
Campbell, T., 102
Canning, George, 33
Canterbury, Lady, 169, 170, 239
Canterbury, Lord, 169, 170, 177, 261
Carhampton, Lord, 94
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 187
” on D’Orsay, 267
Carlyle, John, 187
Carlyle, Thomas, 166
” on D’Orsay, 187, 188
” on Landor, 219
Caroline, Queen, 56
Castlereagh, Lord, 33, 140
Catholic Emancipation Act, 88
Cattermole, George, 264
Cavaliers as dandies, xi
Centolla, Princess, 66
Chalon, portrait of Lady Blessington, 282
Chambourcy, 287, 290, 304
Chambre, Major, Recollections of West-End Life, 150
Charles II., xi, xii
Chesterfield, Earl of, 118, 125, 151, 152, 158, 189, 241, 261
” Dinner to, 127
Chesterfield House, 266
Chesterfield, Lady, 266
Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 143, 166, 176, 183, 187, 261
Clésinger and D’Orsay, 305
Clonmel, 25, 26, 28
Cole, Sir Henry, story of D’Orsay, 231
Coleridge, S. T., 223
Colman, George, 102
Congreve, high priest of dandyism, xii
Conversation a lost art, 135
Cooper, Anne, on Lady Blessington, 276
Cotton, Sir St Vincent, 151
Cotton, Sir Willoughby, 134, 220
Courvoisier, F. B., murdered Lord William Russell, 262
Craven, Keppel, on Sir W. Gell’s last days, 78
Crawford, Mme. (Mrs O’Sullivan), 16, 17, 83, 84, 93
” Fond of her grandson, 18
Crean, Christopher, 155
Creighton, Commodore, 106
Crockford’s “Palace of Fortune”, 148 seq.
” Play-room, 151
Cunningham, Peter, on white-bait, 148
Curtis, Lady, 102
D
Damer, Colonel, 150
Dancing, 46
” Taglioni’s, 86, 87
Dandies, definition of, xiii
” Elizabethan, xii
” Gathering, 172
” in history, xi
” Psychology, xii
” “a public benefactor,” 103
” Three, 193
Dandyism, ix seq.
” History, ix, x
” Literature, varied, xi
” of D’Orsay and Disraeli, 140
” Universities and, x
D’Angoulême, Duc, 45
D’Arlincourt, Victor Prévost, Viscount, 131
Deacon, Captain, 106
De Contades, on D’Orsay and sheriff’s officer, 278
Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, 266
Dickens, Charles, 145, 261
” as a dandy, xii, 192, 193
” at Gore House, 265
” Bleak House, Lawrence Boythorn, 218
” Friendship with D’Orsay, 191
” Household Words on D’Orsay, 306
” in Paris, 293
” Invitation to Macready, 264
” Letters to Lady Blessington, 192
” on D’Orsay, 133
Dieppe, 302
Dinners, English, 127
Dino, Duchesse de, story of D’Orsay, 134
Disraeli, Benjamin, see Beaconsfield, Lord
D’Israeli, Isaac, 105, 188
Donzelli, 144
D’Orsay, Count Albert, 16, 82
D’Orsay, Comtesse Albert, 82, 99
D’Orsay, Countess Alfred, 70, 74, 82, 102, 146, 236, 245
” Leaves Seamore Place, 103, 267n
D’Orsay, Eléanore, Baroness de Franquemont, Comtesse, 16
D’Orsay, Gédéon Gaspard Alfred de Grimaud, Count, xii
” as artist, 225 seq.
” as a dandy, 194, 235, 314
” as gourmet, 126
” as leader of fashion, 116 seq.
” as a wit, 123 seq.
” Birth, 15
” Bonapartism, 20, see Relations with Louis Napoleon
” Bust of Lady Blessington, 234
” ” Emile de Girardin, 233
” ” Lamartine, 225, 292
” ” Duke of Wellington, 230, 231
” Characteristics, 21, 23, 51, 60, 145, 162, 185, 189, 195, 253, 254, 255, 259, 265, 294, 309, 310
” Connection with Lady Blessington, 45 et passim
” Death, 304, 310
” Dinner in Paris, 293
” Director of Fine Arts, 304
” Finances, 132, 162, 212, 215, 226, 245 seq., 270, 278
” Friends, 77, 145, 188, 189 seq., 260, 261, 263
” Gambling, 148, 151, 152
” Grief at Lady Blessington’s death, 289, 290
” Horsemanship, 20, 118, 195
” Illness, 302
” in London, (1821), 35 seq.
” in Paris, 18, 279, 284 seq.
” Invents paletot, 120
” Journal, 38, 39, 40, 41, 235
” ” on Lord Holland, 137
” Leaves London for Paris, 279
” Letters, 235 seq.
” ” to Duncombe, 251, 252
” ” Fonblanque, 205
” ” Forster, 233, 237 seq., 291
” ” Hayward, 294, 300, 301
” ” Landor, 85, 98, 236, 237
” ” R. J. Lane, 228, 290
” ” Madden, 229
” ” C. Mathews, 240
” ” Dr. Quin, 242, 244, 289
” Marriage, 74
” Monument, 304
” Monument to Lady Blessington, 287, 290
” on Coup d’État, 208, 299, 301
” Painting of Duchesse de Grammont, 220
” Personal appearance, 20, 116
” Portrait drawings, 226
” Portrait of Prince Borghese, 236
” Portrait of Byron, 165
” Portrait of Duke of Wellington, 232, 282
” Provision for, 70, 71, 75, 245
” Qualities, 313
” Railway scheme, 238, 239
” Relations with Louis Napoleon, 197, 202, 204, 208, 210, 211, 285
” Residence in London, 101 seq.
” Separated from his wife, 103, 246
” Sledge, 96
” Statue of Napoleon I., 228
” Statuette of O’Connell, 233
” Sta
tuettes of Duke of Wellington, 229, 230
” Stories of, 121 seq., 278
” Studio, 159
” Visits Disraelis, 174
Douro, Lord, 158
Drummond, Sir William, 67
Duchesnois, Mlle., 19
Dudley, Lord, 67
Duelling, 101, 109
Dufferin, Lord, 293
Dumas, Alexandre, 293
Dumas, Alexandre fils, 304
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, 151, 186, 250, 253
Dundas of Carron, 293
Dupont, Pierre, 307
Durham, Earl, 158, 176, 177, 179, 180, 260
Duval, Claude, xi
E
Ellis, Joseph, 155
Elphinstone, Lord, 140
English Spy, 249
Esterhazy, Prince, 172
Eugénie, Empress, 196
Euphuism, xi
Every Man in his Humour, 263
F
Fairlie, Mr and Mrs, 169, 170
Farmer, Captain Maurice St Leger, 26, 27, 28, 31
Feist, Moritz, 117
Florence, 53, 69, 222
Fonblanque, Albany, editor of Examiner, 123, 139, 140, 161, 205, 261, 291
” Letter to Lady Blessington, 185
Fonblanque, Edward Barrington de, 126, 261
Forester, Charles, 125
Forli, Duchess di, 66
Forster, John, 145, 166, 168, 188, 204, 260, 261, 264
” at Gore House, 265
” on Landor, 218
” Sub-editor of Examiner, 176
Funchal, Count, 106
G
Gardiner, Lady Harriet Anne Frances, Comtesse d’Orsay, 30.
See also d’Orsay, Comtesse Alfred
Gardiner, Luke Wellington (Viscount Mountjoy), 28, 30
” Death, 69
Gardiner, Lady Mary, 71
Gastronomy, French, 294
Gazes, Duc de, 86
Gell, Sir William, 56, 57, 66, 166
” Death, 78
” Letter to Lady Blessington, 79
Genoa, 38, 48, 69
Georges, Mme., 19
Girardin, Emile de, 293, 304
” on D’Orsay’s death, 307
Goldsmith, Oliver, 33
Gore House, 157 seq.
” Novelists at, 190, 191
” Sale at, 282
” Sunset of its glories, 270
Grammont, Count Alfred de, 304
Grammont, Duc de, 19, 35, 84, 220
Grammont, Duc et Duchesse de, 304
Grammont, Duc et Duchesse de Caderousse, 46
Grattan, advice to his son, 110
Greville, Charles, 94, 180, 261
” at Gore House, 175, 176
” on Blessington and D’Orsay, 45
Greville, Charles, on Lady Blessington, 177
” on D’Orsay, 45, 122
” on D’Orsay’s art work, 159
” on Lord Douro, 158
” on Sir William Gell, 56
” on Richelieu, 190
Greville, Henry, “Diary,” quoted, 94
” on Taglioni’s dancing, 87
Gronow, 117
” on Count d’Orsay, 36, 123, 304
” on Duc de Guiche, 35
Grosvenor, Hon. R., 66
Gudin, Theodore, 292
Guiccioli, Countess, 106, 107, 114, 144, 162, 163, 165
Guiche, Duc de, 19, 35, 71, 75, 81, 93, 220, 224n, 245.
See also Grammont, Duc de
Guiche, Duc and Duchesse de, jun., 286
Guiche, Ida, Duchesse de, 19, 35, 36, 71, 81
Guildford, Lord, 87
Guizot, M., 214
H
Hall, S. C., 261
Hall, Mrs S. C., on Lady Blessington, 274, 275
Hallam, Henry, Middle Ages, 78
Ham fortress, 201, 204, 207
Hatherston, Lord, 189
Hawes, Mr, 252
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 159, 188
” on D’Orsay, 233
Hayward, Abraham, 119
” in Paris, 293
” on English dinners, 127
Heath, publisher, death, 271
Heathcote, Sir T., 34
Herschel, Sir John, 57
Hertford, Lord, 282, 283
Hobhouse, Sir John Cam, 165
Holland House salon, 33, 136
Holland, Lady, 136, 137
Holland, Lord, 137
Honey, Mrs, 241
Horsemanship, 118
Hortense, Queen of Holland (Duchesse de St Leu), 197 seq.
” Diamonds, 199
Houssaye, Arsène, on d’Orsay, 297
Hugo, Victor, 141, 291
Hunt, Leigh, 107, 163
I
Irving, Washington, 33
J
Jeffrey, Lord, 268
Jekyll, Joseph, 33, 34
” on quinine, 243
” on Seamore House, 102
Jenkins, Captain Thomas, 28, 31
Jerdan, William, 261;
Autobiography, 271
” on J. Jekyll, 34
Jerrold, Douglas, 264
Josephine, Empress, 199
Joy now a stranger, ix
Julien le Jeune de Paris, Mes Chagrins, 111 seq.
K
Kemble, Charles, 87
Kemble, Fanny, Francis the First, 87
Kemble, John, 33, 87
Kenney, James, 169, 171
Kildare, 28
Knebworth, 239
L
La Presse, on D’Orsay as artist, 225
Lablache, facial expression of thunderstorm, 263
Lafitte, Charles, 140, 304
Lamartine, 145, 291, 293
Lamb, Charles, 222
” on plays, 311
Lamington, Lord, on D’Orsay, 154, 293
Landor, Walter Savage, 69, 78, 80, 84, 85, 125, 145, 188, 204, 216 seq.
” Autobiography, 216
” epitaph on Lady Blessington, 288
” Letters to Lady Blessington, 88, 89, 208, 220, 222
” on Lady Blessington, 65
” on D’Orsay’s death, 88, 89, 306
” on Duc de Guiche, 35
” Visits to Gore House, 166, 167, 219, 220
Landseer, Sir Edwin, 158, 261
Lane, Richard, 210
Lane, Richard James, on D’Orsay’s sketches, 227
Laval, Montmorenci, Duc de, 77
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 33, 34, 87
” Portrait of Lady Blessington, 282
” Portrait of Dauphin, 97
Leech, John, 264
Lennox, Lord William Pitt, 114, 124
” on D’Orsay, 18, 19
Léon, Count, 202
Lespare, Duke de, 304
Leveson Gore, Hon. F., on D’Orsay, 266
Lewis, C., 251
Lichfield, Lord, 151
Lillers, Marquis de, 82
Lind, Jenny, 188
Liston, 261
Liszt, 261
London in 1830, 100
Louis XIV., 43
Louis XV., 43
Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, 197
Louis Philippe, 204, 208
Lover, Samuel, 143;
Handy Andy, 144
Luttrell, 93, 94, 95
Lyly, a literary dandy, xi
Lyndhurst, Lord, 94, 142, 143, 145, 173, 177, 185, 188, 253
Lytton, Lord (Sir Ed. Bulwer), 104, 108, 139, 142, 145, 260, 291
” on Sir W. Gell, 79
” on Gore House, 158, 161, 173, 176, 186, 188
” Money, 189
” Pelham, xii
” Richelieu, 190
M
Macaulay, Lord, 136
Maclise, Daniel, 238, 291
Macready, 169, 176, 188, 189, 261, 264, 291
” as actor and man, 224
” Diary on D’Orsay 260
” Letter to Lady Blessington, 170
” on D’Orsay’s death
306
” on Richelieu, 190
Madden, Richard Robert, 62, 64, 112
” on Disraeli, 140, 142
” on Comtesse Albert d’Orsay, 99
” on Comtesse d’Orsay, 74
” on D’Orsay’s bons mots, 126
” on D’Orsay’s extravagance, 253
” on D’Orsay’s fascination for children, 259
” on Gore House, 161, 165, 265
” on Napoleon III., 206, 210
” Visits D’Orsay, 302
Malibran, 144
Malmesbury, Lord, on Louis Napoleon, 200
Marc Antony, xi
Marriott, Captain, 176
Marryat, Captain, 191, 261
Mars, Mlle., 19
Mathews, Charles James, 55 seq., 93
” on D’Orsay, 58
” on Palazzo Belvedere, 59
” Quarrel with D’Orsay, 60 seq.
Mathews, sen., 33, 34, 55, 92, 93
Mathias, Thomas James, Pursuits of Literature, 66
Meredith, George, x
Mignet, M., 95
Milligan, James, 67
Mills, John, 152
Milnes, Monckton, 261
Minton, Mr, 231, 232
Montaubon, Count de, 304
Montgomery, Alfred, 183, 185
Montholon, Count, 202
Moore, Tom, 33, 38, 43, 48, 94, 136, 177
” at Seamore Place, 139
” on duelling, 109, 110
” on Sir William Gell, 56
” Singing, 110
Morning Chronicle on D’Orsay’s statuette of Duke of Wellington, 230
Moskowa, Prince of, 140
Mountford, Lord, 101
Murray, Captain, 26
N
Naples, 53 seq., 69
Napoleon I., on Albert, Count d’Orsay, 16
Napoleon III., Louis Napoleon, 186, 195 seq., 205, 285
” at Gore House, 176n
” at Seamore Place, 114, 115
” Descent upon France, 200
” Projected duel with Léon, 115, 202
” Sketch of, 196
Napoleon, Prince, 293, 304
New Monthly Magazine, on D’Orsay, 234
Ney, Marshal, 82
Nicholson, T. H., 230
Ninon de l’Enclos, 17
Normandy, Lord, 261
Nugent, Lord, 201, 202
O
O’Connell, Dan, 108, 110, 111
Opera, 143, 144
Osborne, Bernal, 233, 288
Ossulton, Lord, 220
Ossuna, Duke of, 172, 173
P
Paget, Sir A., 184
Pahlen, Count, 139
Paletot invented, 120
Paris in 1815, 18
Paris, Lord Blessington’s house in, 82
Parquin, Colonel, 202, 203
Pasta, 144
Patmore, on D’Orsay, 118
Payne, George, 151
Pembroke, Lord, 130, 197, 219, 220
Perlet in Le Comédien d’Etampes, 19
Perron, Chef, 293
Persigny, 201
Phillips, Catalogue of Sale at Gore House, 282
Phipps, General, 102
Piazzi, astronomer, 67
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