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INDEX
Acre, 203
Adam, Robert ( 1728-92), 101
Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
( 1757-1844), 205, 206
Agrarian revolution, 77 ff., 151
Agriculture, 17, 18, 82 ff., 152 ; Board of
( 1793), 152 ; machinery, 152 ; rentals, 82,
83 ; size of farms, 153 ; survey, 152 ; value
of estates, 153. See also Enclosure
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of ( 1748), 172
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, 204
Allen, William, 168
Alliances, 194 ; cost of, 57 ; English, 55, 65,
106, 118 ; France and America, 130 ;
France and United Irishmen, 184, 185 ;
Quadruple, 53
America, 71, 124, 135, 139, 184, 188 ; alliance
with France, 130 ; Declaration of Inde-
pendence ( 1776), 126, 129 ; definition of,
131 ; English relations with, 122, 126, 182,
183, 209 ; Indian policy, 127 ; Louisiana
purchase, 205 ; Southern States, 130 ;
trade balance, 126 ; trade with Ireland,
179 ; War of Independence, 124 -32, 175 ;
Wesleyanism in, 94. See also Ireland
American colonies, 191 ; population, 125
American war, payment for, 191
Amiens, Treaty of ( 1802), 204
Anne, Queen, reigned 1702-14; 23, 52, 58
Argyle, Duke of, 19, 55
Arkwright, Sir Richard ( 1732-92), 23, 78
Armed form, English, 49, 111, 130, 138,
200 ; used to suppress civil riots, 153 ;
volunteers, 206. See also Navy
Armed Neutrality, 130, 204
Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester
( 1662-1732), 61
Aurangzeb, Mogul Emperor (d. 1707), 172
Austen, Jane ( 1775-1817), 166
Austerlitz, 208
Austria, 64, 65, 68, 213
Badajoz, 212
Bakewell, Robert, 83
Bank of England, 14, 25, 107 ; notes, 146 ;
suspends cash payments, 201
Banks, rural, 146
Banks, Sir Joseph ( 1743-1820), 168, 169
Beddoes, Dr, 169
Bedford, 27, 38, 39 ; Dukes of, 18, 39, 110,
152, 168
Bengal, 172, 173, 176
Benson George D. D. ( 1699-1762), 29
Bentham, Jeremy ( 1748-1832), 87, 133,
138, 144, 187
Berkeley, George ( 1685-1753), 44
Berzelius, Jöas Jakob, Baron ( 1779-1848)
168
Birmingham, 11, 36, 86, 102, 135, 145, 149
Bishopries, 50 ; political value of, 42, 43 ;
vacancies filled, 61
Black, Joseph ( 1728-99), 102
Blake, William ( 1757-1827), 163
Blücher, Gebbard von ( 1742-1819), 214
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount
( 1678-1751), 15, 29, 47, 53, 54, 65, 68,
105, 116
Bolton, Duke of, 45, 69
Bonaparte, Joseph, 209, 210
Bonaparte, Louis, 209
Bonaparte, Napoleon, see Napoleon
Boscawen, Edward, Admiral, 113
Boston, 125, 128, 129 ; Tea Party ( 1773), 128
Boulter, Archbishop, 181
Boulton, Matthew ( 1728-1809), 80
Bowood House, 138, 187
Brest, 111, 113, 198, 200, 207
Brewster, Sir David ( 1781-1868), 168
Bridgwater, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke o
( 1736-1803), 80
Brindley, James ( 1716-72), 80
Bristol, 12, 13, 36, 118, 148, 167, 169,
bishopric, 42 ; population, 11, 144
Bunker Hill, 129
Burgh, James ( 1714-75), 136
Burgoyne, General, 29, 130
Burke, Edmund ( 1729-97), 71, 116, 125,
133, 138, 139, 156, 175, 176, 187, 193,
195, 196, 208
Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of, 33
Burn, Richard, the Reverend, 35, 44
Burns, Robert ( 1759-96), 99, 163
Bute, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of ( 1713-92),
116, 117, 118, 120, 126
Butler, Joseph ( 1692-1752), 44
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron ( 1788-
1824), 161, 164, 166
Cabinet Council, 49 ; inner, 49, 50
Calder, Sir Robert ( 1745-1818), 207
Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl, 120
Camperdown, 201
Canada, 110, 131, 193 ; trade, 110, 112
Canning, George ( 1770-1827), 210
Cape Finisterre, 207
Cape St Vincent, 201, 202

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