Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court

by Lucy Worsley

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  Index

  Aberdeen, 1

  Act of Settlement 1701, 1, 2, 3

  Ahlden, castle of, 1, 2

  Albert, Prince, 1

  Amelia, Princess, 1, 2;

  at George II’s deathbed, 1;

  and ‘Booby’ Grafton, 1, 2;

  daily routine, 1;

  and death of Queen Caroline, 1, 2;

  and Lady Deloraine, 1;

  outspoken character, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  retirement from court and later years, 1

  Anne, Princess Royal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Anne, Queen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Ansbach, 1

  Arbuthnot, John, 1, 2;

  care of Peter the Wild Boy, 1, 2, 3;

  death, 1;

  friendship with John Gay, 1;

  friendship with ladies of the court, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  gambling habit, 1

  Augusta, Princess, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  after Frederick’s death, 1;

  at mercy of royal family’s rivalries, 1;

  expulsion from St James’s Palace, 1;

  labour and birth of first baby, 1, 2

  Austria, 1

  Bank of England, 1

  Bartholomew Fair, Smithfield, 1

  Bath, 1

  Beefeaters see Yeomen of the Guard

  Bellenden, Mary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Berkeley, George, 1, 2, 3

  Berkeley, Henrietta see Howard, Henrietta

  Berkeley, Henry, 1

  Berkeley of Stratton, Lord, 1, 2

  Berkeley Castle, 1

  Berkhamsted, 1, 2

  Berlin, 1

  Black, Jeremy, 1

  Blenheim Palace, 1

  Blickling Hall, Norfolk, 1

  Board of the Green Cloth, 1, 2

  Boswell, James, 1, 2

  Bradshaw, Peggy, 1

  breastfeeding, 1

  Bridgeman, Charles, 1

  Brill, Farmer (of Berkhamsted), 1

  Bristol, Countess of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Bristol, Earl of, 1

  Bristol, Marquess of, 1

  Britain: emerging sense of nationhood, 1;

  George III’s declaration of loyalty to, 1;

  and interference of Hanover, 1;

  proposal for separation from Hanover, 1;

  support of Austria against Prussians, 1;

  threat of Young Pretender, 1, 2

  Brunswick, Dowager Duchess of, 1

  Bucholz, Bob, 1

  Buckingham Palace, 1, 2

  Burlington, Lady, 1, 2

  Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Burnet, Thomas, 1

  Bussier, Dr, 1, 2

  Butler, Elizabeth, 1, 2, 3, 4
/>   Campbell, Richard, 1

  Canada, 1

  Cannon, Mrs (midwife), 1

  Canterbury, Archbishop of, 1, 2, 3

  Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales:

  background and character, 1, 2, 3;

  in ‘back-stairs’ incident, 1, 2;

  birth and christening of baby boy, 1;

  concerns over children, 1;

  desire for closer family life, 1;

  drawing room hospitality to gather support, 1;

  expulsion from St James’s Palace, 1;

  fascination for Peter, the ‘Wild Boy’, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and Henrietta Howard, 1, 2;

  high price paid for stand against King, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and important party at St James’s Palace, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  love of learning and philosophy, 1, 2, 3;

  and petition referring to Pretender, 1;

  physical appearance, 1, 2;

  redecoration of Hampton Court suite, 1;

  separated from her children by the King, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  see also Caroline, Queen

  Caroline, Queen: appearance at fifty, 1;

  building of new library, 1;

  cabinet of character, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  close relationship with John Hervey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  despair over marriage and family life, 1;

  eating and dressing routines, 1, 2, 3;

  employment of Peter Wentworth, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  feelings towards son, Prince Frederick, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  George II’s initial wooing of, 1;

  and Henrietta Howard, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  history of stomach and obstetric problems, 1, 2;