Wellington (40 page)

Grant, Lt Colonel Colquhoun (El Bueno) 218–19

Grassina, Giuseppina 204

Grattan, Henry 23, 34, 98

Grattan, Lt William xvi-xvii, 161–2, 200

Great Exhibition (1851) xvi, 292

Grenville, Lord 94, 98

Greville, Charles 267, 274, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 286, 288, 290, 298, 299, 303

Greville, Lady Charlotte 227, 262–3

Grey, Lord Charles 271, 282, 284, 287, 288

Griffith, Paddy xvii

Griffon
, HMS 202

Grimaldi 178

Grolmann, Major General Karl von 230

Gronow, Howell Rees 189, 191, 238, 242, 244–5, 277–8

Grosvenor Major General Thomas 101

Grouchy, Marshal 220, 226, 236

Guedalla, Philip:
The Duke
xix, 4, 133, 134

Gunning, Dr John 248

Gurwood, Lt Col John:
Dispatches of
…
Wellington
xviii, 290

Halkett, Major General Colin 231–2, 246, 249

Hamilton, Sergeant Anthony 138

Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lady 227

Hanger, Colonel George 14

Hardinge, Sir Henry 151, 218, 229, 233, 275

Harris, Rifleman Benjamin 116–17

Harris, Lt General George 41, 47, 48–9, 51, 52, 56–7, 58, 63, 93

Wellington to 62

Harrowby, Lord 259

Harvey, Felton 238

Hastings, Warren 38

Hawkesbury, Lord 107

Haydon, B. R.: portrait of Wellington 290

Haythornthwaite, Philip:
The Armies of Wellington
xix

Hennell, George 160

Hibbert, Christopher:
Wellington: A
Personal History
xix, 204

Hickey, William 38, 39, 41

Hill, Arthur (later Lord Dungannon) 7

Hill, Major General Rowland (‘Daddy’) (
later
Lord) 136–7, 155, 163, 164, 175, 191, 192, 211, 271

death 291

Hobhouse, John Cam 198

Hofschröer, Peter xvii, 212–13, 217, 222, 223

Holkar, Jeswant Rao 68, 70, 82–3

Howe, Major General Sir William 10

Hulke, Dr 293

Hume, Dr John 250, 264–5, 275

Hunt, ‘Orator’ 258

Huskisson, William 269, 272, 273, 278

death 281–2

Hussey, John 213, 223

Hyder Ali 42, 63

Iberian Peninsula
110–11; see
Peninsular War

India 43

Clive in 38, 44–5

East India Company bases 37–8, 42

Europeans in 38–40

expedition against Tipoo Sultan 42, 44–9, 51,
see
Seringapatam
and
Sultanpettah Tope

French in 44

influence on Wellington 85–8

Maratha wars
see
Maratha wars

Richard Wellesley as governor-general 41, 42, 44, 45–6

Wellington’s defeat of Dhoondiah Waugh 64–5

Ireland 4–6

and Catholic Emancipation 4, 270, 271, 273–4, 276–7

contribution to British army 26–7

nationalist movement 23

opposition to Union 98–9

Wellington’s birth and childhood in 3, 7–8

Wellington’s political posts 23–4, 98

‘Year of Liberty’ (1798) 34

see also
Dublin

Jacobite rebellion (1715) 10

James II, of England 5

Jena, battle of (1806) 212

Jenkins, Anna Maria 288–9, 291

Joffre, Marshal 182

John, Prince Regent of Portugual

Jones, George xiv

Jourdan, Marshal 134, 185, 187

Junot, General Andoche 103, 113, 119, 120–1, 122, 122–3

Kaitna River 75, 76, 77

Kellermann, General François Etienne 120, 121, 245

Kempt, Major General James 161, 191

Kendall (valet) 293, 297, 301

Kennedy, Captain Arthur 200

KGL
see
King’s German Legion

Kielmansegge, Major General Count 246

Kihaud, General 245

Kincaid, Lt John 156, 157, 174, 178, 199, 240, 243, 249

King’s German Legion (KGL) 136, 140, 209, 236, 239

Kittoor, Rajah of 88

‘Ladies of Llangollen’ 21, 107

Lake, Lt General Gerard A.F. 82, 83, 84, 112

Landsheit, Sergeant George 116

Larpent, Francis Seymour 165, 181, 210

on the British Army 165–6, 190

on Wellington 177, 180, 182, 183–4, 191, 194

Lawrence, Sir Thomas: portrait of Wellington 218, 267

Leith, General 159, 161

Le Marchant, Major General John Gaspard 30, 167

Lennox, Lady Jane 215

Lennox, Lord William 238

Lieven, Princess 268

Ligny, battle of (1815) 229–30, 233

Limerick, Treaty of 5

Lisbon 130, 143

Liverpool, Lord 143, 158, 268

and Wellington 145, 198, 205–6, 215

Wellington to 147, 150, 157, 162, 173

Lobau’s corps 245

Loison, General 112, 113

Londonderry, Lord 284

Longford, Elizabeth xix, 7, 20, 86, 92, 130, 182, 189, 207, 262, 284

Longford, Thomas Pakenham, Lord 25–6, 28

Louis XVI, of France 25

Louis XVIII, of France 20, 190, 194, 204, 208, 216, 219, 252

Louis-Philippe (
formerly
Duc d’Orléans) 208, 281

Lowe, Major General Sir Hudson 211

Lutzen, battle of (1813) 212

Lyndhurst, Lord 270, 274

Macdonell, Lt Colonel James 236, 239, 240

McGrigor, Dr (
later
Sir) James 160, 169–70, 173, 179–80, 181, 210

Mackenzie, Major General 132, 139

Mackinnon, Dan 178

MacPherson, Lt 161

Madras 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48

Madras army 58–9, 86

Madrid: rising against the French 104

Maguilla, battle of (1812) 117–18, 163–4

Mahon, Lord: Wellington to 20

Máida, battle of (1806) 98

Maitland’s brigade 247, 248, 249

Malavelly, India 52, 54

Malcolm, Captain (
later
Sir) John 49, 62, 94

Manchester: demonstrations (1819) 258–9

Mansfield, Lord 284

Maratha wars 67–71, 82–4, 86–7, 88, 94

Assaye campaign xviii, 15–16, 72, 73–5, 76, 77–82, 86, 87

battle of Ahmednugger 73–4

battle of Argaum 82, 87

battle of Gawlighur 82

March, Lord 180, 181

Marmont, General 155, 158–9, 163, 164, 166, 167

Masséna, Marshal André 145–6, 147–8, 149–50, 177, 203–4

Maxwell, Lt Colonel Patrick 77, 79, 80, 81

Melbourne, Lord 291, 299

Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount 124

Mercer, Captain Cavalié 234, 252

Metternich, Prince Clemens von 207

Meuron, Regiment de 39, 59

Middlemore, Major 139, 141

Mills, Ensign lohn xvii, 105–6, 171, 172–3, 174

Mir Allum 49

Miranda, Francisco de 102–3

Moira, Lord 28, 30

Mondego Bay 108

Monson, Lt Colonel William 83

Moore, Lt General Sir John 109, 113, 120, 123, 124, 132

Mornington, Anne, Countess of (
née
Hill) 7, 8–9, 20, 21, 91, 202

Mornington, Garrett Wesley, Earl of 6–7, 8

Morris, Sergeant Tom 243, 244

Mountnorris, Lord 216

Müffling, Major General Baron Friedrich von 218, 229, 236, 238, 247, 248

Wellington to 226, 233–4

Murray, Colonel: Wellington to 86–7, 88

Murray, Major General George 179, 183, 191, 210, 211

Murray, Major General Sir John 185

Napier, General Charles 26, 100

Napier, General Sir George 26, 157

Napier, Lady Sarah 26, 181–2

Napier, General Sir William 26, 152

Napoleon Bonaparte 13, 34, 91, 100, 197, 261

abdication 193–4

comparisons with Wellington xix, 239

escapes from Elba 207–8, 218

and Peninsular War 103, 104, 124, 142–3, 188

proclaims brother king of Spain 104

retreat from Moscow 174–5

on St Helena 85

shares lover with Wellington 204

victories at Austerlitz 93, and Jena 98

Waterloo campaign 213, 216, 219–20, 226, 227–8, 239, 240, 243, 245, 247, 254

on Wellington’s Paris appointment 203

wills money to Wellington’s failed assassin 253

Navarino Bay, battle of (1827) 270

Nelson, Admiral Horatio 92, 93, 297

Ney, Aglaé 204, 253

Ney, Marshal Michel 130, 146, 203, 226, 230, 231, 239, 253

Nicholas I, Tsar 267

Nizam of Hyderabad 42, 49, 70, 71

Nostitz, Count 229

Obidos, Portugal 112

O’Connell, Daniel 273

Odonoju, Major General 133–4, 135, 136

Ompteda, Colonel Baron 246

Oporto, Portugal 103, 108, 130

battle of (1809) 130–2

Orléans, Duc d’ 208, 281

Orrock, Lt Colonel William 77, 78, 79

Orthez, battle of (1814) 192–3, 202, 262

Oxford University 288

Paget, Lt General Henry, Lord
see
Uxbridge, Lord

Paine, Tom:
The Rights of Man
258

Pakenham, Edward (Ned) 25, 165, 166–7, 181, 199, 206–7

Pakenham, Captain Hercules 112

Pakenham, Captain Thomas 33, 34

Pamplona, siege of (1813) xv, 189

Panipat, battle of (1761) 68

Parma, Marie-Louise, Duchess of 265

Pauli, James 94

Pearse, Lt William 145

Peel, Sir Robert 260

becomes prime minister 280, 289, 292

and Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 276

opposes Canning 269

and Wellington 271, 272, 283

Peninsular War 103–9, 112, 214

battles and sieges:

Albuera 151–3, 154

Almeida 146, 148, 149, 153

Badajoz 115, 151–3, 152, 154, 158–63

Burgos xvi, 170–3, 184

Busaco 146, 148

Ciudad Rodrigo xvii, 155–7, 290

Coruña, La 124, 129

Fuentes de Oñoro xvii, 148–50, 153, 154, 170

Maguilla 117–18, 163–4

Oporto 130–2

Orthez 192–3, 202, 262

Roliça 112–13, 123, 180

Salamanca 115, 165–8, 268

San Sebastian 188

Sorauren 187–8

Talavera 115, 134–41, 142

Toulouse 193

Vimiero 113–14, 115, 116–18, 120, 123, 124

Vitoria 170, 186–7, 189, 200

casualties 132, 137, 138, 140, 146, 148, 151, 153, 156, 170–1, 186, 192, 193

see also
Torres Vedras

Perceval, Spencer 143, 157, 158

Perponcher, General 226, 227, 230

Phillipon, Major General Armand 158, 161

Phipoe, Maria 11

Picton, General Sir Thomas 161, 162, 210, 238, 241

leads 3rd Division 155, 159, 160, 161, 186, 209, 223, 230, 231

Pignerolle, M. de 19, 20

Pistrucci, 287

Pitt, William, the Younger 27, 41, 91, 92–3, 94, 98

Plassey, battle of (1757) 38

Pococke, Private Thomas 149

Pohlmann, Colonel 71, 75, 77, 79, 81

Ponsonby, Colonel Frederick 171. 193

Ponsonby, Sir William 241

Porteous, Captain John 12

Portland, Duke of 98, 143, 262

Princess Charlotte
(Indiaman) 40

Prussian army: Waterloo campaign 208, 212, 213, 216–17, 218, 222–3, 225, 226, 228–30, 233, 236, 237–8, 245, 247, 249