Guardian (journal), 847 851
Hague (Dewsbury banker), 43
Haigh family, 199
Haigh, Miss, 81
Hale, Charles, 969
Halifax: musical activities, 247 432 artistic and musical life, 407 libraries, 433
Halifax Guardian, 406 432 436 467 504 558 561 578 588 618 945
Hall, Dr, 750
Hall, William, 52
Halliley family, 385
Halliley, John, 40 199
Halliley, John (junior), 40 43 69
Handel, George Frederick: Messiah, 80
Hane, Mellany, 142
Harcourt, Edward, Archbishop of York: visits Haworth, 150 refuses Bardsley’s curacy at Haworth, 252
Hardacre, Mrs (servant), 159
Hardinge, Sir Henry, 577
Harewood, Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of, 254 279
Harrogate (Yorkshire), 116
Hartley, John, 299
Hartley, Joseph, 111
Hartley, Margaret, 341 356
Hartley, Samuel, 52
Hartshead-cum-Clifton (Yorkshire): Patrick’s living at, 39 50 69 married life in, 65
Hathersage (Derbyshire), 529 550
Haworth Auxiliary Bible Society, 166 252 298
Haworth Gas Company, 960
Haworth Mechanics’ Institute, 751 855 916 960
Haworth Operative Conservative Society, 308 310
Haworth Philharmonic Society, 245
Haworth (Yorkshire): church trustees, 92 99 254 Patrick nominated to, 91 Redhead attempts to occupy curacy, 96 Patrick appointed to perpetual curacy, 100 Mrs Gaskell on, 103 872 960 character and description, 105 population increase, 105 mortality rate, 110 116 750 sanitation and water supply, 110 255 514 750 793 826 960 church (St Michael and All Angels), 111 parsonage, 113 257 Archbishop visits, 150 poverty and unemployment in, 167 384 441 464 471 596 611 musical and artistic activities, 194 245 365 479 513 596 961 masonic society, 224 Charlotte depicts in ‘Angrian’ writings, 242 Temperance Society, 255 347 sends address to Peel, 259 opposition to church rate, 278 298 310 347 370 384 416 440 464 503 proposed separation of parish, 347 371 971 Chartist unrest in, 471 National School, 506 514 597 861 subscription library closed, 514 church bells, 522 596 Free Grammar School, 596 cholera, 713 weavers’ walkout, 822 fame and visitors, 955 959 978 Wade succeeds Patrick in, 969
Heald, Miss, 718
Heald, Revd William Margetson, 335 portrayed in Shirley, 718 740 writes to Ellen Nussey, 739
Heald’s House, Dewsbury Moor, 335 341
Heap, Revd Henry: as vicar of Bradford, 83 91 96 100 129 166 254 280 Branwell paints, 341 death, 347
Heaton family, 170 515
Heaton, Michael, 969
Heaton, Robert, 100
Heaton, William, 434
‘Heaven and Earth’ (Branwell Brontë; poem), 436
Heger, Claire Zoë, 446 449 461 481 495 500 665 928
Heger, Constantin Georges Romain: at Brussels school, 446 482 teaching methods, 449 458 462 484 religious faith, 458 praises Emily, 460 writes to Patrick praising Charlotte and Emily, 474 supervises Charlotte, 486 500 Charlotte’s relations with, 491 499 502 508 523 555 602 672 gives diploma to Charlotte on departure, 502 Charlotte corresponds with, 518 527 556 930 and Mrs Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte, 928 later career and death, 975
Herschel, Sir John, 633 727
Hewitt, Mary (née Gorham), 533 827 868 909 917
Heywood, Oliver, 73
Hodgson, Revd William: as Patrick’s curate, 281 379 398 disputes with Dissenters, 299 310 and poor law, 309 leaves Haworth, 312 introduces Pryce to Charlotte, 366
Hoffman, G.F., 480
Hogg, James (‘the Ettrick Shepherd’), 173 death, 270 Confessions of a Justified Sinner, 220 238 241
Holland, Mrs, 862
Holroyd, Abraham, 961
Hoppin, James, 959
Horne, R.H.: Orion, 649
Hornsea (Yorkshire), 875
Horsfall, William, 53
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 389 541 544 797 801 815 863 874 879 888 963
Houlston, Edward, 28
Hudson, Mr and Mrs John, 368 705
Hudson, John, 824
Hudson, Thomas Duckett, 172
Hulbert, Charles, 31
Hunt, Henry, 95
Hunt, Leigh, 470 633 A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, 649
Hunt, Thornton, 748
Ibbotson, Miss, 82
Ilkley (Yorkshire), 869
Ingham (née Taylor), Maria, 287
Ingham family, of Blake Hall, 358 371
Ingham, Dr, 905 911
Ingham, Joshua, 358
Ingham, Mrs Joshua (née Lister), 359
Inkersley, Thomas (printer and publisher), 153
Ireland: Charlotte and Arthur’s honeymoon in, 894
Irwine, Revd A.P., 794
James, John, 356
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë): school portrayed in, 82 138 142 601 644 663 718 945 reception and reviews, 103 328 632 636 678 715 717 722 770 864 Charlotte’s sister Maria portrayed in, 156 Thackeray on, 170 heroine’s autobiographical characteristics, 349 601 and renunciation of love, 532 village of Hathersage influences, 532 heroine in, 593 passion in, 602 on ‘Society’, 615 publication, 621 631 morality in, 633 639 success and sales, 634 638 647 674 701 955 second edition and preface, 638 647 second edition dedicated to Thackeray, 639 650 dramatised, 637 French translation, 648 third edition and preface, 650 authorship questioned, 651 663 724 writing, 614 621 628 631 Harriet Martineau praises, 732 read by local people, 741 cheap edition, 755
Jenkins, Mrs (of Brussels), 460
Jenkins, Revd (Brussels clergyman), 426 429 445 447 496 502
Jenkins, Revd David, 42 46 149
Jenkins, Edward, 461
Jenkins, Harriet, 149
Jenkins, John, 461
Jowett, Professor Revd Joseph, 16 19 34
‘K. T.’, 779
Kavanagh, Julia: correspondence with Charlotte, 648 Charlotte meets, 757 Women in France during the Eighteenth Century, 748
Kay Shuttleworth, Sir James: Charlotte stays with, 745 906 invites Charlotte to London, 751 753 meets Charlotte in London, 755 801 841 843 Charlotte visits on Lake Windermere, 767 782 Charlotte gives Villette to, 843 offers Padiham living to Arthur Nicholls, 902 906 visits Haworth, 902 letter from Patrick, 908 accompanies Mrs Gaskell to Haworth, 930 934 and publication of The Professor, 930 Patrick’s wariness of, 934 praises Mrs Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte, 941
Kay Shuttleworth, Janet, Lady, 123 746 753 768 783 874 920
Kaye family, 75 94
Kaye, Mercy (née Taylor), 93
Keighley Auxiliary Bible Society, 129 168
Keighley and Haworth Argus (newspaper), 172
Keighley Mechanics’ Institute, 171 379 385 611 961
Keighley Visitor (newspaper), 172
Keighley (Yorkshire): unemployment and poverty in, 167 611 Wilberforce visits, 168 circulating libraries, 171 248 musical activities, 247 St John’s Church, 503 mortality rate, 611
Killiner, Henry, 433 440
Kingsley, Charles, 938 941
Kingston, Eliza, 480
Kingston, Jane (née Branwell; Maria’s sister), 56 170
Kingston, John, 56 170
Kirby, Isaac, 341
Kirby, Mrs Isaac, 341 355
Kirk Smeaton (Yorkshire), 861
Kirklees Hall (Yorkshire), 45
Kirkstall Abbey (Yorkshire), 61
Lake District, 767 782
Lambert (Bradford churchman), 86
Lambert, Richard, 100
‘Last Sketch, The’ (Charlotte Brontë; fragment), 962
La Trobe, Revd James, 327 331
Law Hill school, Southowram, Halifax, 342 357
Lawford, Abraham, 46
Lawrence, Samuel, 852
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 249
Leader (journal), 748
Ledgard, Susan, 203
Leeds: artistic activities, 248
Lee
ds Intelligencer (newspaper), 93 96 98 128 136 152 182 195 253 259 300 307 310 373 467 473 503 505 557 612 738 781 851 942 945 956
Leeds and Manchester Railway; Branwell works for, 404 dismisses Branwell, 439
Leeds Mercury (newspaper), 43 46 51 84 96 128 152 184 195 247 299 505 612 656 850 945
Leighton, Abraham, 309 654
Lewes, George Henry: on Brontës’ books, 104 on Jane Eyre, 633 645 correspondence with Charlotte, 645 648 unfavourable review of Shirley, 723 learns identity of ‘Currer Bell’, 724 728 sets up Leader with Thornton Hunt, 748 Charlotte meets, 757 lends French books to Charlotte, 780 on Mrs Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte, 941 943
Leyland, Francis: On Old Bell Chapel, 74 on Branwell’s attempts to be portrait painter, 353 meets Branwell, 406 and Branwell’s published poems, 435 577 and Branwell’s dismissal by railway, 439 visits Patrick in old age, 947 and Branwell’s letters to brother, 963
Leyland, Joseph Bentley: and 1834 Leeds exhibition, 249 friendship and correspondence with Branwell, 356 407 434 555 576 sculpts memorial tablet for Thomas Andrews, 464 and Branwell’s dismissal from Thorp Green, 541 carves Midgeley memorial, 558 encourages Branwell’s poetry-writing, 558 560 579 medallion portrait of Branwell, 579 and Branwell’s rejection by Mrs Robinson, 584 and Branwell’s appeal to Mrs Robinson for financial help, 606 and Branwell’s dissolute habits, 641 and Branwells’ debts, 666
Lindsay, David, 3
Lindsay, John, 3
Lister, Accepted, 73
Lister, Ellis Cunliffe see Lister-Kay, Ellis Cunliffe
Lister, Harriet, 359
Lister, Thomas, 464
Lister-Kay, Ellis Cunliffe, 359 566
Liszt, Franz, 432 434
Literary Gazette, 632 847 918
Literary World (journal): reviews Wuthering Heights, 637
Liverpool, 365 538 553
Lockhart, John Gibson, 589
London: Charlotte visits, 442 659 729 754 795 841 875
London Committee for the Relief of the Distressed Manufacturers, 384
Longley, Charles, Bishop of Ripon (later Archbishop of Canterbury), 397 503 613 853 885 964
Lucas, Revd William, 40
Lud, Ned, 51
Luddenden Foot railway station, 430 435 439
Luddenden Library, 432
Luddites, 51 60 84 102 655
Lutwidge, Mary, 351
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron, 547
Macdonald, Frederika, 451
McNeile, Revd H., 365
Macready, William Charles, 730 799
MacTurk, Dr, 907
Madeley (Shropshire), 31 82
Manchester, 804 856 886
Manchester Athenaeum, 666
Manchester Athenaeum Album, 485
Mangnall, Richmal, 135 Historical Questions, 136 202
Manners, Lord John, 767 824
Mariner (Keighley banker), 154
Mariner, Miss (of Keighley), 130
Marriott family, 198
Marshall, Miss, 82
Marshall, Anne, 544 552 583 608
Marshall, Stephen, 18
Martin, John (painter), 229 756
Martineau, Harriet, 470 603 Charlotte sends Shirley to, 727 732 Charlotte meets, 731 Charlotte quotes on Jane Eyre, 745 Charlotte visits at Ambleside, 782 Charlotte complains of being treated as invalid by, 794 Smith, Elder read and reject novel, 807 816 Charlotte declines invitation to visit, 810 834, 836 on Joe and Amelia Taylor, 824 affronted by Charlotte’s letter to Miss Wooler, 837 critical review of Villette, 847 breach with Charlotte, 849 obituary of Charlotte, 914 917 in controversy over Gaskell biography of Charlotte, 948 Letters on the Law of Man’s Social Nature and Development (with Henry Atkinson), 784 ‘Oliver Weld’, 817 818
Martineau, James, 470
Martineau, Lucy, 732
Martineau, Richard, 732
Martyn, Henry, 8 12
Massey, Gerald, 961
Mayne, John, 968
Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount, 254 260 269 313
Merle d’Aubigné, Jean Henri, 798
Merrall family (of Haworth), 108
Merrall, Michael: friendship with Branwell, 227 and Haworth Mechanics’ Institute, 751 and Nicholls’ departure from Haworth, 861 on Charlotte’s death, 916
Metcalfe, Anthony, 213
Metcalfe, Richard, 885 891
Methodism, 31 36 68 290
Midgeley, Joseph, 558
Millais, Sir John Everett, 761
Miller, Maria, 497
Milligan, Dr John, 347 611 961
Milligan, Mrs John, 172
Mills, Susanna, 497
Milnes, Miss (singer), 365
Milnes, Richard Monckton see Houghton, Baron
Milton, Charles William Wentworth, Viscount, 418
Mingins, Thomas, 392
Mirfield (Yorkshire), 198
‘Missionary, The’ (Charlotte Brontë; poem), 532
Mitchell, Revd J.H., 916 968
Mitford, Mary Russell, 871
Moir, David ‘Delta’, 319
Montgomery, James, 467
‘Monthly Intelligencer’ (Branwell’s juvenile newspaper), 191 225
More, Hannah, 138 Moral Sketches, 169
Morgan, Jane Branwell (née Fennell; Maria’s cousin): friendship with Maria, 58 60 21st birthday, 62 marriage, 64 writing, 79 as Emily’s godmother, 89 death, 170
Morgan, Revd William: friendship with Patrick, 31 46 51 58 69 and Jane, 58 60 at Bradford Auxiliary Bible Society, 63 95 marriage, 64 on conversion, 76 reviews Patrick’s Cottage in the Wood, 79 appointed to Christ Church, Bradford, 80 baptizes Charlotte, 81 and Crosse, 82 baptizes Emily, 89 and Patrick’s appointment to Haworth, 101 baptizes Anne, 102 and Maria’s final illness, 118 officiates at Maria’s funeral, 119 financial help to Patrick, 120 at Keighley Bible Society meeting, 129 officiates at funerals of Patrick’s children, 158 at Haworth Bible Society meetings, 166 opposes Catholic Emancipation, 167 182 preaches at Haworth, 253 helps Branwell set up Bradford studio, 340 354 dispute with vicar (Scoresby), 371 399 417 supposed early interest in Charlotte, 595 officiates at Branwell’s funeral, 672 learns of Charlotte’s authorship, 741 leaves Bradford for Buckinghamshire, 807 visits Haworth, 808 revisits Bradford, 855 on Villette, 855 death, 959 The Parish Priest, 83
Morley Hall (Lancashire): Branwell’s proposed epic poem on, 579
Morpeth, Viscount see Carlisle, 7th Earl of
Mossman, Jane, 664
Mott, Dorothy, 19
Moxon, Henry, 572 576
Mozley, Anne, 864
Muhl, Madame, 485
Munro, Lieut. Alexander, 505
Murgatroyd, John, 434
Musgrove, Archdeacon Charles, 612 969
Napoleon I (Bonaparte), Emperor of France, 72 193 488
‘Narrow Way, The’ (Anne Brontë; poem), 684
National Review, 939
National School Society, 213 506
Nelson, Eleanor (later Armer): and son James, 390
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount, 439 470
Newby, Thomas Cautley (publisher): publishes Anne and Emily, 620 629 634 649 657 683 771 Charlotte and Anne visit in London, 662 and identity of ‘Currer Bell’, 719 makes payment to Charlotte, 881 Mrs Gaskell on, 943
Newman, Francis, 769
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, 781
Newsholme, near Oakworth, 597
Newsome brothers, 54
Newsome, Sarah (née Garrs), 89 119 126 150 154 925
Newsome, William, 155
Newton, Henry, 583
Ney, Marshall Michel, 72
Nicholls, Revd Arthur Bell: destroys Branwell portrait, 250 appointed curate at Haworth, 522 background, 522 895 name suggests Brontës’ pseudonym, 566 rumoured early interest in Charlotte, 595 626 boycotts Parker concert, 596 at Newsholme Sunday School anniversary, 597 home leaves in Ireland, 603 806 defeats Haworth washerwomen, 613 Charlotte’s hostility to, 625 806 officiates at Emily’s funeral, 682 and James Taylor’s call at Haworth, 713 portrayed i
n Shirley, 739 and health conditions at Haworth, 750 opposes papal aggression, 781 salary, 793 helps during Patrick’s illness, 827 proposes to Charlotte, 837 863 character and qualities, 638 Patrick’s hostility to, 843 855 860 863 869 applies for missionary post, 844 and Bishop of Ripon’s visit, 853 miseries at rejection, 855 859 862 withdraws missionary application, 855 departure from Haworth, 859 appointed curate at Kirk Smeaton, 861 Ellen Nussey’s antagonism to, 867 903 912 976 revisits Haworth and resumes relations with Charlotte, 867 870 878 Mrs Gaskell tries to arrange pension for, 875 878 courts Charlotte, 880 accepted as Charlotte’s suitor, 882 engagement to Charlotte, 882 883 returns to Haworth as curate, 882 health, 890 and Charlotte’s marriage settlement, 891 wedding and honeymoon, 894 pastoral duties at Haworth, 897 927 963 and Amelia Taylor, 900 urges burning of letters to Ellen Nussey, 900 Kay Shuttleworth offers Padiham living to, 902 906 and Charlotte’s illness and death, 908 in Charlotte’s will, 908 and popular reaction to Charlotte’s death, 918 and Mrs Gaskell’s biography of Charlotte, 923 926 935 940 944 950 in Patrick’s will, 926 and Charlotte’s writings, 931 and publication of The Professor, 932 955 defends Charlotte in controversy over Clergy Daughters’ School, 945 in controversy with Harriet Martineau, 950 lends manuscript of Charlotte’s ‘Last Sketch’ to George Smith for publication, 962 refuses to christen Greenwood’s child, 964 968 Mrs Gaskell criticises, 967 and Patrick’s death and funeral, 967 not appointed to Haworth incumbency, 969 officiates at Sowden’s funeral, 969 leaves Haworth for Banagher (Ireland), 973 remarries (Mary Bell), 974 death and burial, 974
Nicholls, Mary (née Bell; Arthur’s second wife), 974
Nicholls, William, 522
Nicholson, John, 434
Nicholson, Thomas, 666
Nightingale, Florence, 900
Noel, Baptist, 429
North American Review, 677 939
Northern Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Royal, 174 249 356
Nowell, William, 42
Nunn, Revd John: friendship with Patrick, 8 10 14 20 and Patrick’s attachment for Mary Burder, 25 curacy at Shrewsbury, 26 30 makes contact with Patrick in later life, 957 death, 967
Nussey, Anne, 616 711
Nussey, Ellen: on the Haworth Church Services, 112 and Emily’s gardening, 113 visits to Haworth, 115 224 378 480 515 615 737 744 788 805 813 828 900 and Brontës’ reading, 171 at Roe Head School, 200 205 Charlotte visits at home, 205 217 395 414 476 572 623 763 785 816 834 858 889 friendship and correspondence with Charlotte, 211 214 218 243 255 261 271 291 325 329 348 360 374 403 480 482 508 521 526 595 610 649 738 747 823 906 in London, 243 255 335 and party politics, 257 260 818 and Branwell’s plans to enter Royal Academy, 263 on Aunt Branwell, 328 piety, 329 and Charlotte’s return to teach at Dewsbury Moor, 341 and brother’s proposal to Charlotte, 351 and Charlotte’s governessing with Sidgwicks, 363 holiday with Charlotte, 365 and William Weightman, 380 382 courted by Vincent, 384 409 481 and Charlotte’s employment as White family governess, 412 415 and Charlotte’s proposed school schemes, 422 518 and Charlotte in Brussels, 449 460 462 481 494 496 501 Mary Taylor writes to, 484 James Smith pays court to, 515 civilities to men, 527 Charlotte visits at Hathersage, 529 550 letters from Emily, 534 573 and Charlotte’s attitude to Branwell after dismissal, 556 uninformed of publication of Brontës poems, 575 and Branwell’s rejection by Mrs Robinson, 582 585 cares for mother, 595 Charlotte asks for catering advice, 598 and Branwell’s debts, 606 and Charlotte’s concern for Branwell, 609 marriage prospects, 614 711 828 867 and writing of Jane Eyre, 614 Charlotte rebukes for not cancelling visit to Haworth, 618 and identity of Brontës authorship, 623 719 sends presents to Brontës, 624 teases Charlotte over Nicholls, 626 letter from Anne, 641 and Branwell’s fits, 642 and Charlotte’s literary success, 649 on Charlotte’s authorship of Jane Eyre, 651 663 and Charlotte on Branwell’s death, 672 Charlotte writes to of Anne and Emily’s illnesses, 673 and Emily’s death, 680 683 Anne admits authorship of poems to, 684 and Anne’s final illness, 689 693 accompanies Anne on dying visit to Scarborough, 697 and Anne’s death and funeral, 701 with Charlotte after Anne’s death, 704 sends shower-bath to Charlotte, 713 identification of characters in Shirley, 723 830 and Charlotte’s second visit to London, 730 Charlotte describes to Smith Williams, 738 illness, 750 Charlotte writes to on Joe Taylor’s engagement, 752 and Charlotte’s view of G.H. Lewes, 756 and Charlotte’s trip to Edinburgh with George Smith, 761 and Charlotte’s relations with George Smith, 767 785 and Charlotte’s revision of sisters’ writings, 775 and James Taylor’s interest in Charlotte, 789 810 mother’s illness and recovery, 806 Charlotte declines invitation to visit, 810 and Charlotte’s illness, 815 visits Sussex, 818 827 hypochondria, 823 and Charlotte’s writing delay, 824 and Arthur Nicholls’ proposal to Charlotte, 837 846 855 859 867 881 Charlotte sends Villette to, 843 and Upjohns, 858 breakdown in friendship with Charlotte, 867 and Charlotte’s resumed relations with Nicholls, 877 Charlotte resumes correspondence with, 881 Charlotte tells of engagement to Nicholls, 883 and Charlotte’s marriage, 889 893 and Charlotte’s views on marriage, 897 Arthur Nicholls urges burning of Charlotte’s letters to, 900 hatred of Arthur Nicholls, 903 912 920 976 and Charlotte’s pregnancy, 907 and Charlotte’s death, 911 Patrick writes to on Charlotte’s illness, 911 behaviour after Charlotte’s death, 920 Mrs Gaskell requests Charlotte’s letters for biography, 923 helps Mrs Gaskell over Charlotte biography, 923 929 934 976 on Arthur Nicholls’ indifference to Charlotte’s writing, 931 and controversy over Gaskell biography of Charlotte, 950 on Mary Taylor, 976 later life and death, 977
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