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Pembroke, Beatrix, Countess of, 268, 270
Pembroke, Earl of (Sidney Herbert), 7677 Pensions: Old Age Pensions Bill, 1908, 166-7, 188, 196; war, 34477 Perks, Sir Robert W., 121 Phillipps, Vivian, 47677, 485, 516, 519
Piggott, Richard, 48 Plymouth, Alberta, Countess of (Lady Windsor), 76/1
Ponsonby, Sir Frederick (Lord Ponson-by), 180, 268 Ponsonby, Lady, 268 Portsmouth, 5 th Earl of, 25 Portsmouth, 6th Earl of, 25, 183 Portugal, Amelia, Queen of, 212 Primrose, Neil, 223-4, 442; and see Rosebery
Pringle, W. M. R., 501, 516 Pulteney, Lt. Gen. Sir William, 309
Raleigh, Sir Thomas, 24 Reading, 1st Marq. of (Sir Rufus Isaacs), 90, 269, 445; and Marconi case, 250-4; as Lord Chief Justice, 254, 425; and fall of Asquith, 408, 431, 432, 433-4, 442; his later meetings with Asquith, 467, 475, 478 Redmond, John: mentioned as Irish
leader, 214, 227//, 246, 343, 363, 388; and Parnell, 5 m, 65; his following, 204//; Liberal agreement with, on Budget, 207, 209, 276n, 280; negotiations with, 1913-14, 293-4, 301, 302, 305, 316-17, 319, 320-1, 323, 546; refuses to join coalition, 367, 368; and Irish
rebellion, 395, 397, 399, 401, 402 Reform Club, 109, 184 “Relugas compact”, see Liberal Party Repington, Colonel, 358 Reynolds’ newspaper, 435 Rhodes, Cecil, 102
Ribblesdale, Lady (Charlotte Tennant), 54, 75
Ribot, Alexandre, 462/1 Ridley, Sir Matthew, 1st Viscount Ridley, 87
Ripon, Marq. of (G. F. S. Robinson)’ 87, 117, 150, 158, 182, 190, 191-2,
243
Ritchie, Charles T., 1st Viscount Ritchie of Dundee, 134, 136, 138, 160 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, 118, 310 Roberts, G. H., 390 Robertson, Sir Johnston Forbes-, 19 Robertson, Miss Madge (Mrs. Kendal), 19, 20, 28
Robertson, Sir William, 382-4, 387, 401, 405, 407, 408, 410, 416, 417, 419, 480-1
Robinson, Sir Hercules, 104 Rollit, Sir Albert, 69 Rome conference, March 1916, 391 Rosebery, 5th Earl of (A. P. Primrose), 57, 58, 59, 65, 156, 167, 199, 223, 257, 270, 362/1, 517; and Margot, 76, 78-9, 93«; his following in the Liberal party, 46, 72, 82-3, 89, 109, 117, 143/1; as Foreign Secretary, 60, 61; as leader of the party, 71-3, 74; resigns, 96-8, 100-1, 104-6, 108, no; Asquith’s letter to, m-12; as Prime Minister, 82-4, 86; resigns, 87, 88-9; and Boer war, 103, 104, 113, 115-16, 117, 122, 124-33; and education bill, 1902, 135; refuses to return to active politics, 141, 143-4, 146-7; his Bodmin speech, 149-50, 152/1
Roskill, John, 47, 49, 50, 89
Ross, Robert, 379-80
Rothermere, 1st Viscount (Harold S.
Harmsworth), 319 Rothschild, James A. de, 462 Rothschild, Nathan M., Lord Rothschild, 198-9
Roumania, Marie, Queen of, 512 Runciman, Walter, 1st Viscount Runciman, 238, 303, 341, 345, 397, 417,
478; and naval estimates, 195, 198, 299; and women’s suffrage, 248; and entry into war, 325; opposes conscription, 371, 373, 388-90, 394; and fall of Asquith, 446, 447, 449, 458, 471; and Liberal policy after the war, 478, 491-2, 513, 516-17 Russell, Sir Charles, Lord Russell of Killowen, 36/1, 38, 48-9, 50, 55, 90, 91, 92, 102
Rutland, Violet, Duchess of (Lady Granby), 76n Ryan, A. P., 309, 315
St. Aldwyn, 1st Earl (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach), 57, 133, 136, 229 Salisbury, 3rd Marq. of (R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil), 39; as Prime Minister, 4i, 58, 59, 72, 79, 87, 89, 101, 134, 185
Salisbury, 4th Marq. of (J. E. H. Gascoyne-Cecil): Asquith’s visit to, 154, 1 56m; consulted by the King, 229 Salisbury, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 507
Samuel, Herbert L., 1st Viscount Samuel, 205, 248, 333«, 341, 458, 472, 478; and Marconi case, 250-2, 253; and Ireland, 293; and naval estimates, 299; and the war, 325M, 328, 345, 363, 370; as Home Secretary, 403, 409 Sargent, J. S., 224M Saunders, William, 64 Scott, C. P., 492-3
Scott, Lady (Kathleen), 257, 390, 392, 393, 398, 399, 402, 405-6, 407, 409 Scott, James, 481 Scott, Dr. Robert, 20 Seely, J. E. B., 1st Lord Mottistone, 261, 306-9, 310M, 311-14, 315, 464
Selborne, 2nd Earl of (W. W. Palmer), 229, 376, 399
Selborne, Countess of, 269 Shaw of Dunfermline, Lord (Thomas Shaw), 507
Shaw, George Bernard, 344M, 379 Shawcross, Sir Hartley, (Lord Shaw-cross), 91
Shaw-Lefevre, George J., Lord Evers-ley, 70
Sheffield, Lord (Edward L. Stanley, Lord Stanley of Alderley), 258-9, 260, 262, 263, 309
Sheffield, Mary Katharine, Lady, 309 Simon, Sir John A., 1st Viscount Simon: at the Bar, 91, 205, 314, 317, 345; and outbreak of war, 325M, 327-9; opposed to conscription, 369, 371, 373, 388-9, 392, 397, 403 m; contests Spen Valley, 484, 486; Asquith’s relationship with, 259M, 267, 270, 299-300, 305, 341; and Asquith’s resignation, 497,
514, 516-17
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, Viscount Thurso, 261
Sinclair, John, Lord Pentland, 159 Skeffington, Sheehy, 389 and n Smartt, Sir Thomas W., 168 Smith, Arthur L., 480 Smith, F. E., see Birkenhead Smith, W. H., 42 Social Democratic Federation, 65 Somerset, Lady Kitty, 264 “Souls”, the, 76 and n, 79 South Africa: Jameson raid, 101-3
Boer war, 104, 113-33, I92m; Chinese Labour, 161-3; Independence of the Transvaal, 164, 169 Soveral, Marquis de, 483-4 Spectator, 32-3, 168
Spencer John, 5th Earl Spencer, 46, 61, 67, 72, 83, 89, 93«, 96, 105, 106, 109, in, 117; considered as possible premier, 1903, 143-4, 145, 147. 148
Spender, J. A., 130, 131, 142, 319, 422/1 Spen Valley election, 484, 486 Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur, 404 Sprott, E., 479
Stamfordham, Lord (Sir Arthur Bigge), 218-19, 226, 283, 285, 286, 309, 360, 376n, 408-9, 456
Stanley, see Mrs. Edwin Montagu, Lord Derby, Lord Sheffield Stanley, Arthur P., Dean of Westminster, 19
Stanton, Charles, 470 and ti Star, 65
Steel-Maitland, Sir Arthur, 491-2 Strachey, Giles Lytton, 507 Strachey, J. St. Loe, 32 Strikes: Featherstone, 1893, 68-9; 1911, 233-9; 1926, 514 Stuart Wortley, J. A., 91/1 Sutherland, Millicent, Duchess of, 76/1 Symonds, John Addington, 77
Taff Vale case, 170
Talbot, Edward S., Bishop of Winchester, 305
Tariff reform: Chamberlain’s campaign and its effect on parties, 134, 136-44, 150, 151; in 1906, 168, 174; in 1915, 369, 498
Tennant, Sir Charles (Margot’s father), 74, 77, 79, 161
Tennant, Charlotte (sister), Lady Ri-blesdale, 54, 75
Tennam, Dinah (niece) Lady Colquhoun, 267
Tennant, Edward (brother), Lord Glenconner, 57
Tennant, Emma (mother, nee Winsloe), 77
Tennant, Frank (brother), 175, 267 Tennant, H.J. “Jack” (brother), 262, 351, 359, 405, 458
Tennant, Kathleen (niece) Duchess of Rutland, 267, 48311
Tennant, Laura (niece), Lady Lovat. 262
Tennant, Lillian (niece), 257 Tennant, Lucy (sister), Mrs. Graham-Smith, 259
Tennant, Margot, see Asquith Tennant, Nan (cousin), 413-14 Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Lord Tennyson, 77
Terry, Marian, 488 Thomas, J. H., 374 Tichborne case, 27
Times, The, 35, 65, 67, 114/1, 128, 131, 137, 158, 159, 179, 180/1, 216, 304, 310/1, 319/1, 511, 516, 546; and Parnell case, 45, 48-9, 50, 92; attacks on Asquith in, 356, 358-9, 362, 415, 427, 444-7 Torby, Countess, 268 Townsend, Meredith White, 32 and n, 33 Tree, Lady (Maud), 348, 414, 488; see also Parsons
Trevelyan, (Sir) Charles, 183 and n Trevelyan, G. M., 447 Trevelyan, Sir G. O., 39, 91 n, 183/1 Troup, Sir Edward, 190, 191, 246 Tweedmouth, Lord (Edward Marjoribanks), 87, 108, 155, 159, 167-8,182 Tyrrell, Sir W., 327
United States of America: and Ireland, 396, 400, 403, 404; and the war, 415-16,425; and peace conference, 475, 477
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, 391 Victoria, Queen of England, 83, 87,190-and 1892 administration, 59-60, 61,
72; critical of Asquith, 64, 65, 66-7;
death of, 123 Viviani, Rene, 233 Vizetelly, Henry, 47
Walton, Sir John Lawson, 170 War, 1914-18: coming of, 148, 239-45; outbreak of, 264, 322-31; War Council, 344-5, 349, 352, 353; replaced by Dardanelles committee, 370, 375; reformed, 375-7, 382-6, 387, 417; re-creation of General Staff, 383-4; demand for a small War Committee, 420-43, 446, 449-50, 453, 454-
5, 456, 458; War Cabinet established, 459; Easterners v. Westerners, 349-51, 380-2, 387, 416; Dardanelles campaign, 351-6, 372, 375, 378, 381, 384-6; inquiry, 410-11; shell scandal, 355-60; campaigns in France, 349, 355, 357, 372-3, 387, 400-1, 410, 412-13, 416-17, 468; for end of, see Peace Warren, Sir Thomas Herbert, 24 Watts-Ditchfield, J. E., Bishop of Chelmsford, 480
Weardale, Lord (Philip James Stanhope), 115, 246
Webb, Sidney, Lord Passfield, 518ft Wedgwood, J. C., Lord Wedgwood, 471
Week's Survey, 147 Wells, H. G., 379
Welsh Church disestablishment, 56,
66-7, 84-5, 86, 256, 278-9, 289, 329, 344
West, Sir Algernon Edward, 70, 75 Westminster Gazette, 118 Whiteley, George, Lord Marchamley, 125
Wilde, Oscar, 379
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany, 148, 327
Willans, Emily see Asquith Willans, John (Asquith’s uncle), 16 Willans, William, 15 Wilson, Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet, 241, 242, 350, 360, 361 Wilson, Sir Henry, 239, 240, 308, 312, 383, 422, 468
Wilson, President Woodrow, 416, 475, 477, 478
Wimborne, Viscount (Sir Ivor C. Guest), 396-7, 402
Winterton, Earl (Edward Tumour), 225 Women’s suffrage, 57, 186, 245-51, 256, 282, 467, 486
Wood, Thomas MacKinnon, 237, 239, 267, 304, 325H, 34i, 345, 397, 458, 478
Wordsworth, Archdeacon Christopher, Bishop of Lincoln, 19 Worth, Charles F., 77-8 Wright, Sir Robert Samuel, 35-6, 3 6n 37, 47
Wyndham, George, j6n, 134, 229, 461 Yeats, William Butler, 267 Zola, Emile, 47