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Aberdeen,
1

Act of Settlement 1701,
1
,
2
,
3

Ahlden, castle of,
1
,
2

Albert, Prince,
1

Amelia, Princess,
1
,
2
;

at George II’s deathbed,
1
;

and ‘Booby’ Grafton,
1
,
2
;

daily routine,
1
;

and death of Queen Caroline,
1
,
2
;

and Lady Deloraine,
1
;

outspoken character,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
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retirement from court and later years,
1

Anne, Princess Royal,
1
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2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

Anne, Queen,
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8

Ansbach,
1

Arbuthnot, John,
1
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2
;

care of Peter the Wild Boy,
1
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2
,
3
;

death,
1
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friendship with John Gay,
1
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friendship with ladies of the court,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

gambling habit,
1

Augusta, Princess,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
;

after Frederick’s death,
1
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at mercy of royal family’s rivalries,
1
;

expulsion from St James’s Palace,
1
;

labour and birth of first baby,
1
,
2

Austria,
1

Bank of England,
1

Bartholomew Fair, Smithfield,
1

Bath,
1

Beefeaters
see
Yeomen of the Guard

Bellenden, Mary,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Berkeley, George,
1
,
2
,
3

Berkeley, Henrietta
see
Howard, Henrietta

Berkeley, Henry,
1

Berkeley of Stratton, Lord,
1
,
2

Berkeley Castle,
1

Berkhamsted,
1
,
2

Berlin,
1

Black, Jeremy,
1

Blenheim Palace,
1

Blickling Hall, Norfolk,
1

Board of the Green Cloth,
1
,
2

Boswell, James,
1
,
2

Bradshaw, Peggy,
1

breastfeeding,
1

Bridgeman, Charles,
1

Brill, Farmer (of Berkhamsted),
1

Bristol, Countess of,
1
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2
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3
,
4
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5
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6

Bristol, Earl of,
1

Bristol, Marquess of,
1

Britain: emerging sense of nationhood,
1
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George III’s declaration of loyalty to,
1
;

and interference of Hanover,
1
;

proposal for separation from Hanover,
1
;

support of Austria against Prussians,
1
;

threat of Young Pretender,
1
,
2

Brunswick, Dowager Duchess of,
1

Bucholz, Bob,
1

Buckingham Palace,
1
,
2

Burlington, Lady,
1
,
2

Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of,
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6

Burnet, Thomas,
1

Bussier, Dr,
1
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2

Butler, Elizabeth,
1
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2
,
3
,
4

Campbell, Richard,
1

Canada,
1

Cannon, Mrs (midwife),
1

Canterbury, Archbishop of,
1
,
2
,
3

Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales:

background and character,
1
,
2
,
3
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in ‘back-stairs’ incident,
1
,
2
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birth and christening of baby boy,
1
;

concerns over children,
1
;

desire for closer family life,
1
;

drawing room hospitality to gather support,
1
;

expulsion from St James’s Palace,
1
;

fascination for Peter, the ‘Wild Boy’,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

and Henrietta Howard,
1
,
2
;

high price paid for stand against King,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
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and important party at St James’s Palace,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
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love of learning and philosophy,
1
,
2
,
3
;

and petition referring to Pretender,
1
;

physical appearance,
1
,
2
;

redecoration of Hampton Court suite,
1
;

separated from her children by the King,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

see also
Caroline, Queen

Caroline, Queen: appearance at fifty,
1
;

building of new library,
1
;

cabinet of character,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
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close relationship with John Hervey,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
;

despair over marriage and family life,
1
;

eating and dressing routines,
1
,
2
,
3
;

employment of Peter Wentworth,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

feelings towards son, Prince Frederick,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
;

George II’s initial wooing of,
1
;

and Henrietta Howard,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
;

history of stomach and obstetric problems,
1
,
2
;

illness and final days,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

impact of her death,
1
,
2
,
3
;

and newborn granddaughter,
1
,
2
;

paranoia over provision of heir,
1
;

political power,
1
;

and Princess Augusta,
1
,
2
;

problems with gout and obesity,
1
;

reputation in history,
1
;

reunited with daughters at Kensington,
1
;

reunited in death with George II,
1
;

routines at Kensington,
1
,
2
;

support for inoculation against smallpox,
1
,
2
;

toleration of King’s mistresses,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
;

twilight occupations,
1
;

vigil over body and subsequent funeral,
1

Caroline, Princess (daughter of Prince and Princess of Wales),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Catholics, and succession to throne,
1
,
2
,
3

Celle,
1
,
2

Charing Cross, Royal Mews,
1

Charles II, King,
1
,
2
,
3

Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender),
1
,
2

Charlotte of Denmark, Princess,
1

Charlotte Sophia, Queen,
1
,
2

Cherokees,
1

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th

Earl of: on court life and etiquette,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
;

fall from royal favour,
1
;

on George I’s taste in women,
1
,
2
;

on Londoners’ appetite for gossip,
1
;

and marriage to illegitimate daughter of George I,
1
;

opinion of women,
1
;

poem about Molly Lepell,
1
;

view on drinking,
1
;

view on taking mistresses,
1

Chiffinch, William,
1

Chudleigh, Elizabeth,
1
,
2

Clarke, Dr Alured,
1
,
2

Clavering, Mrs (dresser),
1

Clayton, Charlotte,
1

Clerece, Robert,
1
,
2

clothes: fashionable attire in London,
1
,
2
;

King’s and Queen’s at drawing-room receptions,
1
;

male courtiers,
1
,
2
;

mantua,
1
,
2
,
3
;

mourning,
1
;

Peter the Wild Boy’s struggles with,
1
;

Queen Caroline,
1
,
2
;

young princesses’ winter wear,
1

Coke, Thomas,
1
,
2
,
3

Company of Barber-Surgeons,
1

Constantinople,
1

contraception,
1

cosmetics,
1

court etiquette,
1
,
2
;

George II’s rigid attachment to,
1
;

grand dinners,
1
;

on marriage of lady servants,
1
;

nuances of role between Lady and Woman of Bedchamber,
1
;

right of entry into drawing room,
1

Court Tales: Or, A History of the Amours of the
Present Nobility
,
1

Covent Garden,
1
,
2

Cowper, Mary,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Craftsman
, The,
1

Culloden,
1

Cumberland, Duke of
see
William Augustus, Prince

Cuyler, Margaret,
1