Memoirs of a Highland Lady

by Elizabeth Grant

  Ironside, Eliza (cousin) 1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Ironside, Elizabeth (gandmother) 1, 2

  Ironside, Elsy (great-aunt) 1, 2, 3

  Ironside, Fanny (aunt) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 6, 7

  Ironside, Gilbert (uncle), 1

  Ironside, Grandfather 1, 2, 3

  Ironside, John (uncle) 1, 2

  Ironside, Judy (aunt) 1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Ironside, Julia (cousin) 1, 2, 3

  Ironside, Kate (later Mrs Barn-well) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ironside, Mary (aunt) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 at Castle Grant 1, 2

  at the Doune 1, 2, 3, 4

  and Dr Hope 1, 2

  and E.G. ’s mother 1, 2, 3

  and the Grant children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  and illness 1, 2

  marriage 1, 2

  and Mr Stalker 1, 2

  personality 1, 2

  and the Spey floaters, 1, 2

  at Twyford 1, 2, 3

  visits to relatives 1, 2, 3

  see also Bourne, Mary; Griffith, Mary

  Ironside, Mary (cousin) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ironside, Mrs Charles 1, 2, 3

  Ironside, Mrs Colonel 1, 2

  Ironside, Mrs Edward 1, 2

  Ironside, Mrs Ralph 1, 2

  Ironside, Peggy (great-aunt) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ironside, Ralph (uncle) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and Aunt Leitch’s death 1, 2, 3

  in debt 1, 2

  at the Doune 1, 2, 3, 4

  in Edinburgh 1, 2, 3

  personality 1, 2, 3

  visit of family to Edinburgh 1, 2

  Ironside, William (cousin) 1, 2, 3

  Ironside, William (uncle) 1, 2; 3, 4

  visit to Edinburgh 1, 2

  Ironside, William (uncle) 1, 2

  Irving, Edward 1, 2, 3

  Jameson, Major 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Jeffrey, Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4

  Jeffrey, Lord Francis 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Jeffrey, Mrs (later Lady), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jobson, Jane 1, 2

  Jobson, Mrs 1, 2

  Jones, Mr (tutor) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Jordan, Dorothea 1, 2, 3

  Kaufmann, Angelica 1, 2

  Kemble, John 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6

  Kemble, Stephen 1, 2, 3

  Kennedy of Dunure, Mr 1, 2

  Kent, Duchess of (mother of Queen Victoria) 1, 2

  Kilmerdinny 1, 2

  Kincorth 1, 2

  Kingussie 1, 2

  Kinloss, Abbey of 1, 2, 3, 4

  Kinrara 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 dinners at 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  and the Duchess of Gordon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  and Lady Susan Montague 1, 2

  Lord Huntly at 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6

  shooting parties at 1, 2, 3

  kirk services

  in the Highlands 1, 2

  L’Espinasse, M. (tutor) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Lacey, John 1, 2

  Lacey, Mrs Bianchi 1, 2, 3

  Lauder, Lady 1, 2, 3

  Lauder, Mrs George 1, 2

  Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 11, 12

  Lauderdale, Countess of 1, 2

  Lauderdale, James, 8th Earl of 1, 2, 3; 4, 5 debt due to 1, 2

  visit to 1, 2

  Launder, Miss Ursula 1, 2; 3, 4

  Law, Captain and Mrs 1, 2

  Lawrence, Miss of Studley Royal 1, 2, 3, 4

  Leeds, Duchess of 1, 2

  Leinster, Duke of 1, 2

  Leitch, Mrs (Elizabeth Ironside, aunt) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 death of 1, 2, 3

  dress 1, 2

  and Kate Ironside 1, 2

  at the theatre 1, 2

  visit to Edinburgh 1, 2

  Leitch, Uncle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Lely, Sir Peter 1, 2

  Lemprière, Mr and Mrs 1, 2

  Leopold, Prince 1, 2

  Leslie, Sir John 1, 2

  Ley den, visit to 1, 2

  Liege, visit to 1, 2, 3

  Lincoln Cathedral 1, 2

  Lincoln’s Inn Chapel 1, 2

  Liston, John 1, 2, 3

  Lockhart, John Gibson 1, 2, 3

  Lockhart, Mrs (Sophy Scott) 1, 2

  Loder, John David 1, 2

  Logie, Lady (great-aunt) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Logie, Lady (Mrs Cumming, nee Baillie) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 9, 10 in Edinburgh 1, 2, 3, 4

  and the Munros 1, 2

  Logie, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4 see also Cumming of Logie

  London amusements in 1, 2

  house at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  shops in 1, 2, 3

  Lovat, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lowe, Sir Hudson 1, 2

  Lynch, Mrs (mother’s maid) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; see also McKenzie, Mrs

  Lynedoch, Lord 1, 2

  McAlpine, see Grant, Patrick McAlpine

  Macbeth (Shakespeare) and theatricals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  McDonald of Alvie (minister) 1, 2

  Mclntosh, Duncan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 7, 8 at harvest home 1, 2, 3

  personality 1, 2; 3, 4

  and son’s disgrace 1, 2

  and the Spey floaters 1, 2, 3, 4

  as violinist 1, 2

  Mclntosh, (Mrs) Duncan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 6, 7

  Mclntosh, George 1, 2

  Mclntosh, Grace (wife of 5th Laird) 1, 2

  Mclntosh, Sir James 1, 2

  Mclntosh of Borlam, Mrs 1, 2

  Mackenzie, Henry 1, 2

  McKenzie, Jock 1, 2

  McKenzie, Mrs (formerly Lynch) 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6, 7; see also Lynch, Mrs

  McKenzie (servant) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  McKenzie of Applecross, M.P. Thomas 1, 2; 3, 4, 5

  McKenzie of Gairloch, Sir Francis l, 1

  Mackintosh, Balnespick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mackintosh, (Mrs) Blanespick 1, 2, 3

  Mackintosh, Fanny 1, 2

  Mackintosh, Jane (niece of E.G.), 1, 2

  Mackintosh, John 1, 2

  Mackintosh, Lady 1, 2

  Mackintosh, Sir James 1, 2, 3

  Mackintosh of Borlam 1, 2; 3, 4

  Maclean, Donald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 6, 7, 8

  Maclean, Jane (later Aitchieson) 1, 2

  Macpherson, Anne 1, 2, 3, 4

  Macpherson, Belle 1, 2

  Macpherson, Belleville 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 11, 12 appearance 1, 2

  and Dr Smith 1, 2, 3

  and E.G.’ s writing 1, 2

  in Edinburgh 1, 2

  and the Grants’ departure 1, 2, 3

  and John Clarke 1, 2

  and the trial of George Mclntosh 1, 2

  Macpherson, (Mrs) Belleville 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 in Edinburgh 1, 2

  and the Grants 1 last year at the Doune 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  and Jane’s marriage 1, 2

  Macpherson, Captain 1, 2

  Macpherson, Charles 1, 2

  Macpherson, James, 1, 2

  Macpherson, John 1, 2

  Macpherson, Juliet 1, 2

  Macpherson, Miss Bell 1, 2

  Macpherson, Miss Maddie 1, 2

  Macpherson, Ossian 1, 2, 3

  McPherson, Peter 1, 2

  Macpherson, Widow 1, 2

  Macpherson, widow of Major 1, 2

  McPherson of Invereschie 1, 2

  McTavish, Tam 1, 2

  Maestricht, visit to 1, 2

  Malcolm, Lady (Miss Shawe) 1, 2

  Malcolm, Sir Charles 1, 2, 3

  Malcolm, Sir John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Malcolm, Sir Pulteney 1, 2

  Malek (servant) 1, 2, 3

  Manchester, Duchess of 1, 2, 3; 4, 5

  Manchester, Duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Marcet, Jane 1, 2

  Marjoribanks of Lees, Sir John 1, 2

  Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of 1, 2

  Mary, Miss (sister of Mrs James Cameron) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 7, 8

  Mary (cook at Inverdruie) 1, 2, 3

  Mauritius (Isle of France) 1, 2

  Maxwell of
Monreith, Sir William 1, 2

  Michel, Sir John 1, 2

  Milbanke, Sir Ralph and Lady 1, 2

  Millar, Mrs (nurse) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 dismissal of 1, 2

  Millar, Sir William 1, 2

  Moises, Hugh 1, 2, 3

  Molesworth, Lady (née Mary Brown) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Molesworth, Sir William 1, 2

  Moncrieff, Lord 1, 2, 3

  Montague, Lady Caroline 1, 2

  Montague, Lady Elizabeth 1, 2

  Montague, Lady Emily 1, 2

  Montague, Lady Georgina 1, 2

  Montague, Lady Jane 1, 2; 3, 4

  Montague, Lady Susan 1, 2, 3

  Montague, Lord Francis 1, 2

  Moore, Tom 1, 2

  Moravian Mission House, visit to 1, 2

  Moray, Countess of (formerly Miss Scott) 1, 2

  Moy, visit to 1, 2

  Murray, John 1, 2, 3

  Murray, Lady Augusta, Duchess of Sussex 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  music in Brussels 1, 2

  at the Dell 1, 2

  and Dr Gordon 1, 2

  e.g.’s appreciation of 1, 2, 3

  e.g.’s singing of Crochallan 1, 2, 3

  harp classes 1, 2

  in India 1, 2

  of James Cameron 1, 2

  of Johnny Bell 1, 2

  and Lady Huntly 1, 2

  lessons 1, 2 in Brussels 1, 2

  in Edinburgh 1, 2, 3, 4

  in London 1, 2

  at Miss Lawrence’s 1, 2

  practice, under Miss Elphick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  see also concerts; opera

  Nairn, visit to 1, 2

  Naldi, Guiseppa 1, 2

  Napoleon, see Buonaparte

  Nasserwanjee (Indian servant) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Nattes, John 1, 2

  Need, Annie (née Grant) 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 E.G. ’s visit to 1, 2, 173- 3

  and the Grant’s departure for India 1, 2, 3, 4

  and Jane’s marriage 1, 2, 3

  see also Grant, Annie

  Need, Major General Samuel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Nelly (cook) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Neptune (dog) 1, 2

  Nesham, Cousin 1, 2

  Nesham, Jane (great-aunt) 1, 2, 3; 4, 5

  Nesham, John (uncle) 1, 2

  Netherlands, tour of 1, 2

  Newstead, visit to 1, 2

  Nightingale, Mr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Nimeguen, visit to 1, 2

  Norman by, Henry (later Lord) 1, 2

  Norman by, Lady 1, 2

  Norris, Mr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Norris, Mrs 1, 2, 3

  Northern Meeting 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6

  Nottinghamshire, visit to 1, 2

  O’Meara, Barry Edward 1, 2

  opera E.G.’s visit to 1, 2

  in Edinburgh 1, 2

  in London 1, 2, 3

  Orange, Prince of sons of 1, 2

  Owen, Robert 1, 2

  Oxford students at 1, 2, 3, 4

  Uncle Griffith’s house at 1, 2, 3

  visit to (1810 ) 1, 2, 3

  paintings in Antwerp 1, 2

  in Brussels 1, 2

  at the Doune 1, 2

  exhibition of, in York Place 1, 2

  in the Netherlands 1, 2

  Palmer, Mr 1, 2

  Palmerston, Lord 1, 2

  Parson John, Minister of Abernethy 1, 2, 3, 4

  Pasta, Giuditta 1, 2

  Peel, Sir Robert 1, 2; 3, 4

  Pennington, Colonel 1, 2, 3, 4 and the Duke of Wellington 1, 2

  and the Grants’ departure for India 1, 2, 3

  Jane Grant’s marriage to 1, 2

  and Mr Caw 1, 2

  Penninton, Jane (née Grant, sister) and the Duchess of Wellington 1, 2

  and E.G.’ s return from India 1, 2, 3, 4

  and the Grants’ departure for India 1, 2, 3

  house (Malshanger) in Hampshire 1, 2, 3,

  and William’s engagement 1, 2, 3

  Pennington, Mr (clergyman), 1

  Pennington, Robert 1, 2, 3

  Penson, Mr (tutor) 1, 2, 3

  Perceval, Spencer PM 1, 2, 3; 4, 5

  Perry, James 1, 2

  Persian ambassador E.G.’s meeting of 1, 2

  Perth, visit to 1, 2

  Peter the Pensioner 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6

  piracy 1, 2

  Pitmain Tryst 1, 2; 3, 4, 5

  Playfair, John 1, 2, 3, 4

  plays in Ceylon 1, 2

  at Covent Garden 1, 2, 3, 4

  at Oxford 1, 2

  strolling players at Scarborough 1, 2

  theatre visits 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6

  see also theatricals

  Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph 1, 2

  poetry E.G.’s attitude to 1, 2

  of Henry Mackenzie 1, 2

  and Uncle Griffith 1, 2

  ponies, at the Doune 1, 2

  Portland, Duchess of (formerly Miss Scott) 1, 2

  prisoners, French, at Jedburgh 1, 2

  Purgstall, Baroness 1, 2

  Ramsay, Miss (governess) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Ramsgate, visit to 1, 2, 3

  Raper, Admiral Henry 1, 2

  Raper, Elizabeth (later Grant, grandmother) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Raper, Harry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Raper, John (great-grandfather) 1, 2, 3

  Raper, Matthew 1, 2, 3, 4

  Raper, Moses 1, 2

  Raper Hall 1, 2

  Rawdon, Mrs 1, 2

  Rawlings, Miss (Mrs Edward Ironside) 1, 2

  reading see books religion attitude to, in the Highlands 1, 2

  in Belgium 1, 2

  and the Freres 1, 2

  kirk services, in the Highlands 1, 2

  see also clergymen Relugas house, visit to 1, 2

  Richelieu, Due de 1, 2

  Richmond, Charlotte, Duchess of 1, 2

  Richmond, childhood visit to 1, 2

  Ricketts, Admiral 1, 2

  Riddell, Campbell 1, 2, 3

  Riddell, Sir James 1, 2

  Rob Roy 1, 2

  Robertson, Colonel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Robertson, Mrs (wife of Colonel) 1, 2, 3

  Romilly, Sir Samuel 1, 2

  Rose, Charlotte (later Lady Burgoyne) 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Rose of Holm, Colonel and Mrs 1, 2; 3, 4

  Ross, George (gardener) 1, 2

  Koss, George (gardener’s son) l, 1, 2

  Ross, George (orraman) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Ross, Simon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Rothiemurehus, Lady (widow of 5th Laird) 1, 2

  Rothiemurchus Estate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 cottages at 1, 2; 3, 4

  farms 1, 2, 3, 4

  grandparents’ visit to, 1 2

  see also Doune, the; forest at Rothiemurchus

  Rotterdam, visit to 1, 2

  Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1, 2

  Rowley, Dr (Dean at University College Oxford) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 8, 9

  Roxburghe, Duke of 1, 2

  Russell, Lady William 1, 2

  Russell, Lord John 1, 2; 3, 4, 5

  Russell, Lord William 1, 2, 3

  St Helena 1, 2, 3

  St Pierre, Bernardin de 1, 2

  Saloman, John Peter 1, 2

  Saltoun, Margery, Lady 1, 2, 2; 3, 4

  Sandford, Erskine 1, 2

  saw mills 1, 2, 3; 4, 5

  Scarborough, visit to 1, 2

  Scott, Lady 1, 2

  Scott, Mr (tutor) 1, 2

  Scott, Sir Walter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 10, 11, 12 family of 1, 2

  and Jane Grant 1, 2

  Scott, Sir William (later Lord Stowell) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Seaforth, Lord 1, 2

  Seaham, visit to 1, 2

  Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of 1, 2

  servants in Ceylon 1, 2

  at the Doune 1, 2, 3 4; 5, 6, 7, 8

  in India 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  at Malshanger 1, 2, 3

  in Mauritius 1, 2

  of Mr and Mrs Griffith 1, 2, 3, 4

  on voyage from India 1,
2, 3

  Shakespeare, William 1, 2, 3

  Shawes of Rothiemurchus 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6

  grave of 1, 2

  Shelburne, Lord 1, 2

  Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1, 2

  Shelley, Sir Timothy 1, 2

  Shepherd, Sir William 1, 2

  shepherds at Rothiemurchus 1, 2, 3

  Shortridge, Mr (agent) 1, 2, 3

  Siddons, Elizabeth 1, 2

  Siddons, Henry 1, 2

  Siddons, Mrs Henry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Siddons, Sally William’s engagement to 1, 2, 3

  Siddons, Sarah 1, 2; 3, 4

  Sieyès, Abbé Emmanuel Joseph 1, 2

  Sinclair, Sir George 1, 2

  Sinclair, Sir John 1, 2

  Sinclair of Murkle, Sir John 1,

  slaves, in Mauritius 1, 2;

  see also servants Sligo, Old Lady 1, 2

  Smart, Mr (dancing master) 1, 2, 3

  Smith, Colonel (husband) 1, 2 arrival in England 1, 2, 3

  and E.G.’ s dress 1, 2, 3

  and E.G.’ s father 1, 2, 3

  E.G.’ s first meeting with 1, 2

  and the Grants’ visit to Mahableishwa 1, 2, 3

  health 1, 2, 3 in India 1, 2, 3

  on voyage home 1, 2, 3, 4

  marriage to E.G. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  in Poona 1, 2

  in Satara 1, 2, 3, 4 5

  and Sir John Malcolm 1, 2, 3

  on voyage from India 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Smith, Fanny 1, 2

  Smith, Janey (daughter) birth of 1, 2

  Smith, Dr 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Smith, Mrs (sister to Marchioness of Northampton) 1, 2

  smuggling 1, 2

  Sobieski, John and Charles 1, 2

  Spa, visit to 1, 2

  Spey floaters 1, 2, 3

  Staēl, Madame de 1, 2, 3

  Steen, Jan 1, 2

  Steenson, Mr (wood agent) 1, 2, 3

  Steuart, Misses (dressmakers) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 7, 8, 9, 10

  Steuart, Mr (editor) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Steuart of Garth, Colonel 1, 2

  Stewart, Dugald 1, 2

  Strutt, Jediah 1, 2, 3, 4, 5