Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court (64 page)

Nesbitt, Alexander,
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Netherlands,
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New England,
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Newcastle, Duke of,
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Newgate Jail,
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Newman, Aubrey,
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Newton, Isaac,
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Nithsdale, Lady,
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Norgate, Edward,
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North America: Seven Years’ War,
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visitors from,
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Northumberland, Countess of,
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Office of the King’s Works,
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Onslow, Lord,
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Orkney, Countess,
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Orléans, Duchess of,
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Osborn, Sarah,
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Osnabrück,
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Ottoman Empire,
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Oudenarde, Battle of (1708),
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Paine, Mrs (dresser),
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paint-making,
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Palladianism,
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Parliament: George II’s retention of power over,
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increasing power of,
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occasion of George II’s first speech,
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Prince George Augustus’s interest in,
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restricting of monarch’s political power,
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vote on Prince Frederick’s income,
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Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle,
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Peter I (the Great), Tsar and Emperor of Russia,
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Peter, the ‘Wild Boy’,
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arrival at court,
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background near Hanover,
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death and grave stone,
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in Dr Arbuthnot’s care,
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and life at court,
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retirement to Hertfordshire,
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social success and celebrity status,
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Peterborough, Lord,
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Pindar, Peter,
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Pitt, William,
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politics: behind reconciliation of royal family,
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opposition’s attempts to influence Prince Frederick,
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in popular press,
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power of monarchy,
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power of Whig party,
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reasons for leaving Prince Frederick in Hanover,
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reasons for rift in royal family,
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Pollard, Catherine,
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Pöllnitz, Baron,
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Pompadour, Madame de,
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Pope, Alexander,
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cruel verses about Caroline,
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and Henrietta Howard,
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on John Gay’s attempts to win favour,
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mocking lines on obsession with fashion,
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poem written from dog to dog,
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reaction to Molly Lepell’s marriage,
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savage caricature of John Hervey,
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popular ballads,
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popular press: gossip about King’s lady companions,
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obsession with Peter, the ‘Wild Boy’,
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Portland, Lady,
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Portsmouth, Duchess of,
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Pulteney, William,
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Purcell, Mrs (hairdresser and laundress),
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Pyne, William,
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Rambour, Jacob,
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Ranby, Dr John,
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Ricci, Sebastiano,
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Richmond, Caroline’s summer residence,
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‘Rotten Row’,
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Roussie, Lady Charlotte,
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Rowley, John,
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich,
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Royal Society,
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Rubens, Peter Paul,
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Rumpsteak Club,
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St Albans, Duchess of,
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St James’s Palace: arrival of party guests,
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arrival of Peter, the ‘Wild Boy’, 
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birth of Princess Augusta’s baby,
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origins,
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poor condition,
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St James’s Park,
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St James’s Place,
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St Paul’s Cathedral,
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Salic law,
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Salmon, Mrs (gallery of waxworks),
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Savile Row,
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Saxe-Gotha, Augusta, Princess of
see
Augusta, Princess

Saxe-Gotha, Duke of,
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Schröder (King’s valet),
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Schulenberg, Melusine (later Duchess of Kendal): bequest from George I,
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British disapproval of,
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daughters by George I,
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and death of George I,
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as mistress of George I,
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as recollected by Horace Walpole,
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Schutz, Augustus,
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Schütz, Mrs (Queen’s attendant),
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science: and ideas about female sexuality,
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see also
medical science

Scriblerus Club,
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Seven Years’War,
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sexuality, attitudes towards women,
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Shrewsbury, Duke of,
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Sloane, Sir Hans,
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smallpox,
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inoculation against,
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Smollett, Tobias,
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Somers, Will,
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Somerset House, masquerade event,
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Sophia, Electress of Hanover,
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Sophia Dorothea of Zell (wife of George I),
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Sophie Charlotte, Queen of Prussia,
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South Sea Bubble,
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Spanish War,
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Stanhope, Earl of,
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Strafford, Thomas, Earl of,
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Strawberry Hill,
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Stuarts: belief in healing power of hands,
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and failure of succession,
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Suffolk, Earl of,
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Sunderland, Earl of,
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Swift, Jonathan,
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fascination for Peter the Wild Boy,
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as friend to Henrietta Howard,
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Gulliver’s Travels
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