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abortion
Act for Regulating Private Madhouses (1774)
Adam, Robert
Adcock, James
Adelphi Tavern, London
Aiton, William: Hortus Kewensis
Almack’s club, London
Alston, Charles
Amelia, Princess
American War of Independence (1775-83)
Angerstein, Reinhold
Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves, Queen of Henry VIII
Appeal of an Injured Wife against a Cruel Husband (pamphlet)
Argyll, Elizabeth, Duchess of
Armstrong, General Bigoe
Armstrong, General John
Armstrong, M[ary]
Arthur, Ann and George
Ashhurst, Sir William
Astell, Mary; Reflections upon Marriage
Augusta, Princess (George III’smother)
Banks, Sir Joseph
Barnard Castle, County Durham
Bate, Revd Henry: characte
r and behaviour; in supposed duel with Stoney; and Morning Post’s gossip on Mary; in Sheridan’s School for Scandal
Bath, Thomas Thynned Viscount (later 1st Marquis of)
Beattie, James
Beauclerk, Topham
Behn, Aphra
Bennett, Francis
Bentley, Katherine
Bessborough, Harriet, Countess of see Duncannon, Viscountess
Bickley, John
Blackett, Sir Walter
Blackstone, William
Blue-Stocking Club, London
Bolingbroke, Frederick St Johnd Viscount
Bon Ton Magazine
Boscawen, Frances
Boswell, James
botany: women’s interest in; and plant collecting
Boteler, Lady Anne
Boteler, Sir Oliver
Bourn, Henry
Bowes, Sir Adam
Bowes, Andrew Robinson (Stoney): appearance and character ; in supposed duel with Bate ; reported quarrel with Mary; early relations with Mary; marries Mary; military career; in Newcastle; portrayed in Thackeray’s Barry Lyndon ; birth and background; temper and indiscipline ; debts and financial mismanagement ; charm; courts Hannah Newton; marriage to Hannah; treatment of servants and subordinates; mistreats Hannah; frustrated hopes for heir; bequest from Hannah; retires from army on half-pay; and Hannah’s death ; courts Anne Massingberd ; pursues Mary; plans Mary’s visit to fortune-teller; mistreats and brutalises Mary in marriage ; and Mary’s prenuptial deed safeguarding wealth ; adopts name Bowes; stands unsuccessfully for Parliament ; gains control of Mary’s fortune ; and birth of Mary’s child by Gray; mistresses and illegitimate children ; publishes Mary’s “confessions”; visits family in Ireland (1778); social life in Newcastle; despoils estates ; tyrannises sister Mary; obsession with horse racing; elected High Sheriff of Northumberland; entertains at Gibside; aspires to Irish peerage; fights and wins Parliamentary seat in Newcastle (1780); Parliamentary attendance and career ; and sister Mary’s escape and return to Ireland; makes use of St Paul’s Walden Bury; in Downman family portraits; insures Mary’s life ; fall from social grace; loses Parliamentary seat in 1784 election; marriage plans for stepdaughters; abducts Anna Maria and flees to France ; demands Mary write Book of Errors; leaves Paris for England; and Dorothy Stephenson’s confinement ; induces Mary to take laudanum; attempts to gain custody of Strathmore children; threatens Mary’s life or confinement in asylum; Mary escapes from ; Mary brings legal actions against; removes and constrains children during Mary’s legal actions; Mary sues for divorce ; proposes arbitration; dismisses and threatens estate tenants; appeals against divorce verdict ; traduces Mary; follows and intimidates Mary; abducts Mary; flees Streatlam Castle with Mary; apprehended and conducted to London; tried before Buller and remanded in custody ; lampooned and caricatured ; slanders Mary in divorce action ; released on bail; tried for conspiracy and convicted; appeals to courts against prenuptial ruling; exploits Mary Farrer against husband; Mary finally wins divorce from; separates Mary from younger children ; and custody and support of children; relinquishes claim on children; life as prisoner ; death and will; The Confessions of the Countess of Strathmore