Godwin, Mrs William (née Clairmont: 2nd wife), 168, 170, 171, 223, 269, 270; her jealousy and dislike of Mary Godwin, 232, 353; and account of Shelley’s suicide threat, 233 & n.; Shelley’s elopement with Mary and Claire and, 235–6; her condemnation of Shelley, 312; and Fanny’s suicide, 347; present at marriage of Shelley and Mary, 355–6; Claire bids farewell to, 412
Godwin, William, Jr, 170, 174, 407
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 221, 332, 344, 490, 612, 673, 678, 691–4
Gordon Riots, 76
Goring, Lady Augusta, 732
Goring Castle, 10, 266
Gothic (horror) fiction, 8, 13, 14, 30, 31, 33–5, 39, 261 n., 328, 330, 627 n.
Grabo, Carl, xii
Graham, Edward, 61, 75, 81; friendship with Shelley, 31, 33, 34, 35, 51, 56; and accused of adulterous relationship with Shelley’s mother, 88 & n.
Grattan, Henry, 123
Gray, Thomas, 293
Greece, 613, 619, 641; war of independence (1821), 646, 652, 677; Shelley’s declaration of Philhellenism in Hellas, 677–81; Byron and Trelawny in, 731
Greek exiles, patriots in Europe, 624, 686
Greenlaw, Dr, 5, 13
Grenville, Lord, 54
Grove, Charles, 29, 77, 78, 79, 89
Grove family, 23, 28, 56, 73
Grove, Harriet, 23, 28–30, 33, 40, 46, 48, 62, 64, 73, 135, 326, 632
Grove, John, 61, 62, 77, 88 n.
Grove, Thomas, Shelley stays at Cwm Elan with, 73–7, 143–5
Gryll Grange, T. L. Peacock, 733
Guercino, 459
Guiccioli, Count, 664
Guiccioli, Countess Teresa, 571, 664, 666, 669, 671, 672, 673, 676, 677, 682, 685, 686–7, 697, 706, 710
Guido da Siena, 459
Guildford, Lord, 486
Habeas Corpus, threat of suspension in Ireland, 129, 131; suspended in England (1817), 363
Halliday, Walter, 24
Hamilton, Samuel (Weybridge printers), 308, 309
Hamilton, Sir William, 505 n.
Hampden Clubs, 52, 165 & n., 363, 366
Hampstead, 255, 257, 258, 261; Hunt’s house in Vale of Health, 63–4, 351, 359–63
Hardy, treason trial of, 8, 576
Harlowe (painter), 369
Hartley, David, 153, 295 & n.
Hassan-ben-Sabbah, 243 n.
Hay, Captain, 695, 706, 707
Haydon, Benjamin, 359, 360–1
Hayward (solicitor), 313, 321
Hazlitt, William, 87, 170, 275 n., 365, 371, 382, 554, 591, 649; his portrait of Godwin, 169; and view of Shelley, 45 n. 359, 361–2; and of Southey, 101 n–102 n.; and of genteel liberalism, 540–1 n.; and of Crossing the Alps, 340
Headlong Hall, T. L. Peacock, 174 & n., 311
Healy, Dan (Shelley’s Irish servant), 132, 145, 147, 149, 150, 199; arrested and imprisoned in Barnstaple, 158–9, 160, 161; arrives in Tremadoc, 187, 191; and shooting incident, 192, 193; moves back to London, 199, 200; discharged by Shelleys, 216
Heatherington and Watson (publishers), 209, 210, 660
Helvetius, 152
Helyer, William, 29
Hermit of Marlow pamphlets, see Shelley, Prose Works: A Proposal for Putting Reform to the Vote . . .; An Address to the People on the Death of Princess Charlotte
Herodotus, 181, 307, 427
Hexter (Eton master), 19
Hidalgo, Miguel, 117
Hindu Pantheon, Tom Moore, 182
Hippolytus, Euripides, 288 & n., 424
Histoire du Jacobinisme, Abbé Barruel, 53, 126–7, & n., 242
History of Art, J. J. Winckelmann, 463, 485
A History of a Six Weeks Tour, Mary Shelley, 249, 341
History of the French Revolution, Jean Lacretelle, 369
The History of Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Earl of Clarendon, 542
Hitchener, Elizabeth, 157, 415, 474, 632, 667; Shelley’s friendship with, 71–2, 87; and Shelley’s correspondence from Field Place with, 72–3, 89; and from Wales, 74, 75–6, 135, 140–2, 143–4, 145; and from York, 77, 84–6, 90, 91, 228; and from Keswick, 93–117 passim; and Xmas Day Letter (1811), 98, 99–100; and Harriet’s letters and postscripts, 112, 114, 117, 129, 136; and Shelley’s correspondence from Dublin with, 117, 119, 120, 124, 126, 127, 128; discovery of box containing propaganda material sent from Dublin to, 131, 136–7; and plans for her to join Shelley family, 133, 134, 139–44, 145; Home Office agent assigned to watch, 137, 142; and local gossip in Sussex about, 140–2; joins Shelleys in Lynmouth, 147–8; Godwin’s view of, 147; and Harriet’s view, 148; distributing of propaganda by, 148–9; Shelley’s relationship with, 153; and departure from Lynmouth, 161; loses favour with Shelleys, 171–2, 175; and returns to Hurstpierpoint, 175; Shelley’s callous attitude towards, 175–6; and Harriet’s antagonism, 176; her letters of recrimination to Shelley, 189–90
Hitchener, Thomas, 140–1, 142–3
Hobhouse, John Cam, 316, 342; visits Byron in Geneva, 345; and Byron’s letters to, 418–19, 420, 623–4
Hogg, James, 316
Hogg, John, 41, 81
Hogg, Prudentia, 731
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, x, xi, 11, 16, 17, 26, 33, 34, 64, 65 n., 77, 99, 174 n., 175, 219, 222, 227, 250, 258, 261, 286, 308, 412, 486, 597, 662, 676, 711; on Shelley’s interest in occultism, 24–5; and on chaotic state of Shelley’s rooms at Oxford, 37–8; his intimate friendship at Oxford with Shelley, 40–6, 48–9, 78; on Shelley’s nocturnal fantasies, 41–2; correspondence with Elizabeth, 44, 45; and with Shelley, 45–7; Necessity of Atheism published, 48, 49–51, 54, 56; and methodical society plan, 52; expelled from Oxford, 55; and goes to London with Shelley, 55; and takes rooms in Poland Street, 57; meeting with Timothy Shelley at Miller’s Hotel, 57–8; returns home from London, 60; his correspondence with Shelley, 61–2, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 78; his view of Westbrooks, 66; and of Harriet, 68; visits Field Place, 71, 75; his view of Elizabeth Hitchener, 71; stays with Shelleys in Edinburgh, 79–80; and moves to York, 82, 83, 85; Shelley’s community plan and, 86, 90; and Harriet left in care of, 87; his infatuation with Harriet leads to break with Shelley, 89–93, 95; reunited with Shelley in London (1812), 172–3; at farewell dinner for Elizabeth Hitchener, 175; Shelley’s correspondence from Tan-yr-allt with, 183, 184; and invited to stay at Tremadoc, 183; and shooting incident, 187, 189, 194–5, 196; abortive visit to Dublin, 199; and meets Shelley in London (1813), 199–200; his relationship with Harriet in London, 214–15; on Shelley’s hypochondria, 218; his Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff published, 221; Mrs Boinville’s letter to, 224; and his description of Shelley at Bracknell, 224–5; and Shelley’s letters revealing his feelings to (1814), 225, 227, 228–9, 230, 256–7; his meeting with Shelley in London (1814), 257, 268; and becomes regular visitor to Nelson Square, 271, 275, 277; Shelley’s review of his Prince Alexy Haimatoff, 271–2; friendship between Mary and, 275, 276, 278–9, 282; and love-notes from Mary to, 277; and Shelley’s experiment in ‘shared’ household, 277–9; joins Shelley ménage at Arabella Road, 281; Shelley’s correspondence from Bishopsgate with, 290–1, 296–7; and visits Bishopsgate, 297; not informed of Shelleys’ departure for Geneva, 321; Shelley’s letter from Switzerland to, 338; and Will, 346 n.; dines with Hunts, 359; at Albion House, Marlow, 368, 374, 405; and spends Xmas with Peacock in Marlow, 389; in London with Shelleys (1818), 408, 409; and sonnet competition at Lisson Grove, 410; Shelley’s correspondence from Italy with, 422, 464, 465, 523, 598, 682–3; and invited to Italy, 580–1; Jane Williams becomes his common law wife, and his later career, 731
d’Holbach, Paul Henri, Baron, 8, 106, 147, 201, 202
Holbert, Ludwig, 258 n.
Holcroft, Thomas (playwright), 170, 423
Holland, 247, 249
Holyhead, 133, 199; Shelley’s propaganda material examined at, 136–7, 160
Homer, 181, 220, 306, 501 n.; Shelley’s translations and adaptations of, 600, 611, 612
Home Office intelligence service, development of surveillance network by, 8, 9; and i
nvestigation of Shelley’s subversive propaganda material and activities, 137–9, 142, 146–7, 148, 149, 158–60
Hone, William, 155, 363, 366, 370 n., 392, 539, 590 n.
Hood, Thomas, 402
Hookham, Thomas (bookseller), 147, 153, 154, 156, 157, 173, 174, 182, 185, 186, 197, 200, 212, 229, 233, 241, 250, 251, 254, 255, 273, 274, 353, 359, 383; invited to stay at Tremadoc, 183; assassination attempt of Shelley and, 188, 189; and Harriet’s letter to, 190–4; money owed by Shelley to, 223; condemns Shelley’s elopement with Mary, 236; betrays Shelley to bailiffs, 265; helps Shelley to negotiate loan, 266–7, 269; and visits Shelley at Nelson Square, 276; refuses to take Alastor, 309; informs Shelley of Harriet’s suicide, 352
Hooper (ex-landlord of Nantgwillt), 136, 143
Hoppner, Mr and Mrs Richard Belgrave, 440–1, 442, 443, 446–7, 449, 458, 551; Elena affair and, 467–8, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 481, 666, 667, 668, 669, 678, 701, 703
Horace, 184, 434
Horsham, 1, 4, 10, 11, 18, 23, 58, 61, 70, 77
Humboldt, Alexander von, 505 n., 623
Hume, David, 43, 54, 106, 202, 298 n., 626
Hume, Dr and Mrs Thomas (foster parents to Charles and Ianthe Shelley), 327, 648–9
Hunt, Henry, 349, 401, 530, 531, 537 & n., 590 n.
Hunt, John, 186, 540, 675
Hunt, Leigh, 43, 144, 147, 154 n., 155, 210, 238 n., 348, 355, 356, 364, 365, 366, 374, 383, 385, 389, 404, 410, 412, 414, 442, 486, 521, 530 n., 538, 544, 551, 570, 580, 597, 610, 613, 661, 662, 682; on Shelley’s view of society, 12–13; Shelley’s letter about Illuminism to, 52–3; and Shelley’s first visit to Hampstead, 63–4; prosecuted for libel, 186; Shelley’s friendship with, 350–3, 528; and financial aid to, 350, 351, 352; publishes Shelley’s ‘Hymn’ in Examiner, 356; Shelleys stay in Hampstead with, 359–63, 371; and visits Shelley at Marlow, 368–9, 370, 371, 373; moves to Lisson Grove, 377; his advocacy of Revolt of Islam, 403; Shelleys’ visits in 1818 to, 408; Mary’s letters from Italy to, 423–4, 628; Shelley’s translation of Symposium and, 431 & n.; attack in Quarterly on, 448; Shelley sends copy of ‘Julian and Maddalo’ to, 457, 539; and letters from Italy to, 464–5, 526, 538–9, 558, 561, 569; sends his portrait to Shelley, 528; and The Cenci dedicated to, 528; The Mask of Anarchy sent to, 538, 539; and decides not to publish The Mask, 539–40, 541; his review of ‘Peter Bell’ I and II, 551; and Peter Bell the Third sent to, 556; political differences between Shelley and, 558, 590; his lack of response to Shelley’s literary contributions, 569, 580; invited by Shelley to Italy, 580; A Philosophical View of Reform and, 583, 591, 593; and refuses to publish ‘Popular Songs’, 593, 594; informs Shelley of death of Keats, 647; reference in Adonais to, 657; Shelley’s proposal for joint publishing ventures in Pisa with, 673–5; his arrival in Pisa prepared for and awaited, 676, 687, 710, 711, 717; and journey postponed, 694–5, 697; Shelley secures loan from Byron for, 703–4; arrives in Genoa, 726; and reunion with Shelley, 728; Mary advises him against coming to Lerici, 728; and Shelley’s death, 730; his later activities and death, 733
Hunt, Marianne, 63, 351, 361, 363, 412, 423, 691; stays with Shelleys in Marlow, 368–9, 370, 371, 372; Mary’s letters from Italy to, 486, 519, 562, 576–7; and Shelley’s letter about Keats to, 613–14; journey to Pisa postponed, 694; and arrival in Italy, 728; and seriously ill, 728
Hunt, Thornton, 362–3, 373, 583, 637–8
Hurstpierpoint (Sussex), 71, 131, 136, 137, 141, 142, 143–4, 145, 172, 175
Hutchinson, Thomas, 288
‘Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni’, S. T. Coleridge, 340 n.
Hyperion, John Keats, 613, 614, 647, 648, 656, 657, 659
‘The Idiot’, Claire Clairmont, 316
Ilfracombe (Devon), 144, 145, 160, 161
Illuminism, 46, 52–3, 118, 126–7, 198, 200, 242, 331, 504
Imlay (American lover of Mary Wollstonecraft), 124 n., 169
Imlay, Fanny, see Godwin, Fanny
The Indicator, 595
Inferno, Dante, 227, 228, 620, 718, 720
Ingpen, Roger, 737
The Investigator, 210
Ion, Plato, Shelley’s translation of, 432
Iphigenia in Tauris, Sgricci’s improvisation of, 628
Ireland, 99, 105–6, 112, 114, 115, 576; Shelley’s stay in, 117–32
Irwin, Lady, 10
The Italian, Ann Radcliffe, 14, 274
Italy, 7, 143, 208, 268, 275, 292, 298 n., 299 n., 305, 309, 310, 343, 373, 378, 392, 403, 406; Shelley’s life in (1818–22), see individual towns
James, Henry, 733
James, M.R., 259 n.
James I, King, 9, 434, 584
Jesus Christ (the Jewish Messiah), 571, 678
John Bull’s British Journal, 660
Johnson, Dr Samuel, 38, 585
Johnson, James, 593, 610–11
Jones, F.L., xi–xii, 353 n., 747, 754, 756, 757
Jones, Mary, murder of, 163 & n.
Jones, Sir William, 38
Jonson, Ben, 426
The Journals of Claire Clairmont, xii, 227, 270, 276, 485, 518, 736, 765
Jowett, B., 430–1
Juvenal, 434, 554
Kaiser, Georg, 402 n.
Kant, Immanuel, 182, 298 n., 677
Kate of Horsham, Shelley’s first known letter to, 18
Kean, Edmund, 263, 525
Keate, Dr (‘Flogger’), 19
Keats, John, ix, 87, 310, 350, 351, 360, 365, 368, 404, 408, 425, 529, 649, 666, 730; his view of Shelley, 359, 361, 362; visits Shelley at Mabledon Place, 383; sonnet competition at Lisson Grove, 410; his illness, 601; impact of his poetry on Shelley, 613–14; and his visit to Italy, 614; death of, 647–8; and Shelley writes Adonais, 655–50
Kent, Elizabeth, 361, 368, 412; visits Shelleys at Marlow, 368–9, 371, 373
Kentish Town, see London
Keswick (Cumberland), 219–20; Shelley’s stay in (1811–12), 89, 91–116, 153, 157, 172, 215, 608
Killarney, 189, 197, 199
King Lear, 247–8
Kinnaird, Douglas, 327 n.
‘Kubla Khan’, S. T. Coleridge, 348
Lackington, Allen & Co. (booksellers), 307; Frankenstein published by, 376, 389
Lacretelle, Jean, 369
Lake Como, 379, 421; pistol incident at, 417–18, 472
Lamb, Charles and Mary, 170, 171, 359
Lambert (merchant), 266
Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems, John Keats, 613–14, 648
Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de, 8, 220
La Segati, Marianna (Byron’s Venetian whore), 420
Last Judgement, Michelangelo, 479
The Last Man, Mary Shelley, xi, 733
Lausanne, 337
Lawless, John (‘Honest Jack’), 127 & n., 128, 129, 130, 156, 161, 189, 199, 200
Lawrence, Chevalier J.H., 153, 156, 202, 206
Lawrence, Sir William (surgeon), 286, 287, 290, 377
Lechlade, 291, 292, 293–4
Leeds Mercury, 530 n.
Leeson, Hon. Robert, 177, 184; hostility between Shelley and, 178, 180, 181, 185, 187; and his attitude to labour force, 179–80; sends Shelley’s Irish pamphlet to government authorities, 186, 194; and shooting incident at Tan-yr-allt, 188–9, 190, 193, 194, 195
Leigh, Augusta, 316, 324, 325, 442
Leonardo da Vinci, 479
Leonora, T. J. Hogg, 42, 45
Lerici, 70, 696; Shelleys’ stay in Casa Magni in, 712–29
Letters, ed. Jones, xii, 735
Letters During a Tour of 1818, Thomas Raffles, 342
Lewis, M. G. (‘Monk’), 3, 8, 14, 31, 33, 274, 344, 627, 693
Leyn Peninsula disturbances (1812–13), 180
Libel, Blasphemous and Seditious, 9, 50–1, 59, 154–5 & n., 186, 369–70 n., 386, 557
The Liberal, 674, 696, 728; Shelley’s translation of Faust published in, 694; and Byron’s ‘Vision of Judgement’, 728; collapse after four issues of, 731
Life of Byron, Tom Moore, 335
Life of Nelson, Robert Southey, 100
Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edward Dowden, xi, 666 n., 737
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, T. J. Hogg, 41 & n., 276, 296, 731, 733
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Medwin, 5, 474 n.
Life of Scott, J. G. Lockhart, 405 n.
Lima river, 424, 427, 429, 439
Lind, Dr James, 326; influence on Shelley of, 25–8, 30, 98, 431
Lisle, Sales de, 243 n., 244 n.
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