Talbot, Richard (Duke of Tyrconnel), 4
Tallard, Marshal Camille de, 271
taxation: and war expenses, 195–6; on clergy, 263; on malt, 497
Tenison, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 224–5, 266, 292, 316, 318, 320, 540
Test Acts, 14, 61, 64, 73, 75, 79, 81
Thanet, Elizabeth, Countess of, 66
Theatre Royal, London, 233
Thynne, Thomas, of Longleat, 405, 464
Toleration Act (1689), 118, 197, 200, 248, 438
Torbay, Devon, 98
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de: Gaultier reports to on English affairs, 428, 430, 461, 472; sends Gaultier to Duke of Berwick, 444; and Pretender’s hopes of succession, 449, 491, 506–7; Prior visits, 450; Oxford reassures over Eugene’s visit, 467; and Utrecht peace conference, 470–1; and Philip V’s aspirations for French throne, 473; on Landrecies victory, 480; and return of Tournai to France, 481; and death of Duke of Hamilton, 486; Bolingbroke writes to on Marlborough’s return to Europe, 487; instructs Pretender to return to Lorraine, 530
Tories: origins, 31, 189; and War of Spanish Succession, 167; and election of 1701, 169; and Anne’s succession, 170; policies, 189; support for Church of England, 189, 197–8; view of monarchy, 189–90; William favours, 191; accept Hanoverian succession, 192; foreign policy, 192; Jacobite sympathisers, 192, 200; rivalry with Whigs, 192; organisation, 194; and party loyalty, 194–5; strength in Commons, 194, 208, 248; resentment of taxes, 196; hostility to dissenters, 197–8; in everyday life, 198–9; Anne favours, 199, 537; accept abjuration oath, 201; in Anne’s first government, 201, 203–4, 207–9; favour banning Occasional Conformity, 248, 275; Sarah Marlborough’s hostility to, 260–1, 268, 272, 274; criticise Marlborough’s military strategy, 270; contest 1705 election, 280; favour bringing Sophia of Hanover to England, 288–92, 304; outmanoeuvred in debate on Church, 293–4; criticise war in Spain, 336; resignations on Harley’s dismissal, 341; and planned 1708 Jacobite invasion, 344; lose Parliamentary majority in 1708 elections, 351; attack Godolphin in Parliament, 376; support Anne in resisting dismissal of Abigail, 398; dominance in 1710 Parliament and government, 424–5, 438; peace policy, 425; form ‘October Club’, 438–9, 446, 453; hope for dominance after war, 496; object to commercial treaty with France, 498; internal divisions in 1713 election, 499
Toulon, 219
Tournai, 385, 481–2, 494
Townshend, Charles, Viscount, 383–4, 470, 495
Treasury: commission appointed after Oxford’s dismissal, 525–6
Trelawney, Sir John, Bishop of Winchester, 318
Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 186
Triennial Act (1694), 193
Tuke, Mary, Lady, 22
Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Anne visits, 56, 59, 69, 71, 91–2, 122–3
Turin, 299
Tweeddale, John Hay, 2nd Marquis of, 256, 269
Union, Act of (with Scotland, 1707), 316
United Provinces see Holland
Utrecht: Treaty (1713), 230, 493, 498, 511, 538; peace conference (1712), 457, 461, 467, 470, 475, 478, 481, 538–9
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 233, 235–7, 278–9, 344–5
Vendome, Louis-Joseph, Duke of, 429
Verelst, Antonio, 443
Verney, Sir John, 183
Vernon, James, 160, 192, 372
Verrio, Antonio, 234
Vienna: threatened in War of Spanish Succession, 258, 270
Vigo Bay, 249
Villars, Marshal Claude Louis Hector, Duke of, 477, 480
Villiers, Lady Frances, 8, 12, 16, 28
Wake, William, Bishop of Lincoln (later Archbishop of Canterbury), 318
Waldegrave, Dr, 69
Waldegrave, Dame Isabella, 97
Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, 444, 456
Walpole, (Sir) Robert: replaces St John as Secretary at War, 349; on Sacheverell trial, 402; and Marlborough’s promotion list excluding Jack Hill and Samuel Masham, 410; accused of misappropriating funds, 468; defends Steele, 510; and Hanover’s demands, 516; Anne requests secrecy of, 544
Webb, Major General John, 377
Wells: Dean vacancy, 464, 482
Wentworth, Isabella, 85
Westmorland, Anne, Countess of, 67
Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount, 201
Wharton, Thomas, 1st Marquis of: on birth of Pretender, 106; William refuses to appoint, 191; in Whig Junto, 194; declines Cabinet post, 195; defecates in pulpit, 197; deprived of offices, 207, 294; supports Godolphin, 277; speech on Regency Bill, 291; in debate on Church, 294; consulted on Church preferments, 319; Anne opposes appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 349, 351, 367; appointed Lord Lieutenant, 373, 376–7; refuses cooperation with Harley, 419; resigns (1710), 424; in debate on 1711 peace proposals, 462; and Anne’s illness, 502; in debate on Protestant Succession, 511–12; on Spanish trade treaty, 521
Whigs: origins, 31, 189; and exclusion crisis, 33; William III favours, 116, 169; Anne’s antipathy to, 186, 199, 330–1, 349–52, 367, 376; favour limiting powers of Crown, 189, 191, 245; policies, 189; party split, 191; foreign policy, 192; rivalry with Tories, 192; Junto, 194, 301, 334–5, 349, 366–8, 377, 408; and party loyalty, 194–5; strength in Lords, 194; religious views, 197, 199; Tories accuse of moral depravity, 197–9; in everyday life, 198–9; represented in Anne’s first government, 207–8; coolness over Union with Scotland, 214; Sarah Marlborough’s adherence to, 245; oppose financial settlement for Prince George, 250–1; Godolphin and Anne make concessions to, 278, 281, 284–7, 300, 302, 308–9, 311; contest 1705 election, 280; reluctance over Union with Scotland, 283; reject offer of Cabinet post for Sunderland, 308; and ecclesiastical preferments, 318–20, 334, 336; threaten George Churchill, 334, 336; attack naval policy, 335, 366–7; favour bringing Hanover member to England, 359, 498, 516; demands on Anne, 366–8; exploit death of George, 373; support for war, 376, 383, 425, 537; press for further offices, 377, 393; and failed peace negotiations (1709), 384; and treaty with Holland (1709), 384–5; Sacheverell attacks, 393; and Sacheverell trial, 402; Harley aims to split, 408, 410; underrepresented in Harley’s 1710 government, 424; oppose peace proposals (1711–12), 458, 462, 478; ally with Nottingham, 460; Eugene supports, 467–8; threaten Oxford with Tower, 476; losses in 1713 election, 498; rejoice at Anne’s illness, 502, 509; oppose accepting Pretender as monarch, 504–5; dominance in army, 509; accuse Anne of intention to bequeath crown to Pretender, 540
Whitehall Palace: burnt down, 156
Wilkes, John, 493
William I (the Silent), Prince of Orange, 27
William III (of Orange), King: disdain for Anne Hyde, 5; marriage to Mary, 27–9; entertains Anne and Mary Beatrice in Holland, 30–1; disapproves of Anne’s marriage to George, 42; pacifies dissenters, 75–6; invasion of England, 83, 94, 98, 103; invited to invade England, 90–1; issues Declaration of Reasons for invasion of England, 97; James’s commissioners negotiate wth, 103–4; enters London and takes over government, 105–6; welcomes James’s flight, 105; claims English throne, 107; as joint sovereign with Mary, 110, 181; succession to, 110, 164–5, 170; attitude to Marlborough, 112–13, 123, 150; contempt for Prince George, 113, 120; disagreeable manner, 113, 119; and Anne and George’s financial difficulties, 115–18, 119; financial uncertainty, 116; coolness to Church of England, 118; unpopular policies, 118–19; asthma, 119; on campaign in Ireland, 120, 177; suspicion of George’s naval service, 122; war against France, 122, 128; and James’s continuing threat, 128; suspected of seeking peace with France, 129; dismisses Marlborough, 130; mutual dislike with Anne, 132, 142, 151, 160; orders Anne to leave Cockpit, 132; fondness for Anne’s son William (Duke of Gloucester), 142–3, 145; continuing rift with Anne, 147; refuses peace deal with France (1693), 147; and Mary’s illness and death, 148–9; Anne visits after Mary’s death, 149; dismissive treatment of Anne and George, 151–2, 158; Anne gives ball for, 153; peace negotiations with Louis XIV (1697), 154; bestows Irish estates on Dutch favourites, 155; and Duke of Gloucester’s hous
ehold and attendants, 157–8; grief at death of Duke of Gloucester, 164; and War of Spanish Succession, 167; signs alliance wth Holland and Habsburg Empire (1701), 168; adopts partial mourning for death of James II, 169; dissolves Parliament (1701), 169; health decline and death, 171–3; funeral, 173; assassination plot against (1696), 190, 273; relations with Tories and Whigs, 190–2; and government expenditure, 195; advocates Union with Scotland, 212; and foreign affairs, 217; in Cabinet, 218; discontinues touching for ‘King’s evil’, 226; purchases Kensington Palace, 232
Wilson, James, 223
Winchester: palace planned, 44, 233; Anne’s progress to, 286
Winchilsea, 7th Earl of see Nottingham, 2nd Earl of
Windsor, 161, 234–5, 238
Wise, Henry, 236
women: and party politics, 198–9
Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Anne grants to Marlborough, 278; see also Blenheim Palace
Worcester, Bishop of see Lloyd, William
Wren, Sir Christopher, 234, 279, 366
Wright, Sir Nathan, 208, 285–6
Wyndham, Sir William, 517
Wynendale, Battle of (1708), 377
Yarborough, Lady, 150
York, Anne, Duchess of (née Hyde; Anne’s mother): and birth of Anne, 1; as maid of honour to Princess Mary, 2–3; marriage and first child, 3–4; reputation, 4–5; birth of other children, 5, 7, 10, 13; London homes, 6; personality and wit, 6; death, 8, 12–14; relations with children, 8; converts to Catholicism, 12–13
York, James, Duke of see James II, King
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