Alexander I, Tsar 77
Amelia, Princess 59
America 9–10, 12, 20, 21, 22, 48, 50
Arbuthnot, Harriet 69
Armitstead, Elizabeth 21
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess 17
Augustus, Prince, Duke of Sussex 93
Austen, Jane 66
Baring, Sir Thomas 70
Bird, Edward 71
Birmingham 49
Blücher, Field Marshal 77
Boehm, Mrs 78
Bolton, Charles Powlett, Duke of 40
Boston 9–10
Brighton Royal Pavilion 33, 54, 66, 70, 71–5, 91, 98
British Guiana 79
Bristol 49
British Museum 66
Brougham, Henry 76, 83, 84, 85
Brussels 88
Buckingham Palace 64–5, 69, 70, 71–2, 77, 90, 91, 98
Burke, Edmund 37
Cape Colony 78
Carême, Antonin 74
Caribbean, the 49
Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of 37
Carlton House 17, 22, 30, 32, 38, 55, 57, 62–3, 66, 69, 70, 90, 91
Caroline, Queen 42, 43–7, 47–8, 52–3, 57–9, 83–94
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark 10, 18, 86
Castle Howard 37
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount 85
Ceylon 79
Charlotte, Princess of Wales 52, 53, 57–8, 75–6
Charlotte, Queen 3, 6–7, 8, 36, 46, 46–7, 86
China 50
Clarence House 77
Clarke, James Stanier 66
Conyngham, Elizabeth, Marchioness 75, 87, 91, 96
Copenhagen 10
Crace, John and Frederick 73
Croker, John Wilson 74
Crouch, Anna Maria 40
Cumberland House 19
Douglas, Sir John 58–9
Douglas, Lady Charlotte 58–9
Dublin 87
Dunning, John 21
Edinburgh 89
Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent 76
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of 56
Elizabeth Charlotte of Bavaria, Princess Palatine 65
Elliott, Grace Dalrymple 26
Fenton, Lavinia 40
Finch, Lady Charlotte 9
Fitzherbert, Maria 29–34, 40, 41, 51, 53–4, 55–7, 63, 85, 97
Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Earl 37, 55
Fox, Charles James 20–2, 29, 34, 35–6, 39, 40, 55, 92
France 12, 19, 30, 31, 38–40, 48, 50, 51, 54–5, 55, 68, 76–8
Frederick, Prince, Duke of York 11–13, 14, 22, 36, 37, 43, 75
Frederick, Prince of Wales 4
Frederick William III, King of Prussia 77–8
George I, King 4
George III, King 3, 4, 6–8, 10–11, 12–13, 14, 15, 16–19, 21–3, 27, 30, 33, 34–7, 38, 39, 42, 44, 48, 51–2, 52–3, 55, 58–60, 61, 62–3, 83
George IV, King: birth 3; relationship with father 3, 4, 12–13, 15, 18–19, 22–3, 33, 38, 47, 58; status 3–4; lack of purpose 5–6; background 6–8; siblings 6; childhood 8; appearance 8–9, 13, 89–90; education 9, 11–12; upbringing 11–14, 24; as Prince of Wales 3–4, 4, 5–6, 11–23, 24–41, 43–7, 52–60; cartoonists’ portrayals 14; own establishment 14, 16–17; character 15, 15–16, 19, 24, 61; weight 16, 54, 68, 89, 90; attains majority 16–17; income 16–17, 34, 91; George III’s codes of behaviour 18–19; rebellion 19; political involvement 19–21; extravagance 22, 62–3; love life 24–7, 28; the Regency Crisis 34–7; private life 27–8; health 28–9, 90; marriage to Maria Fitzherbert 29–34, 40, 85; debts 31, 40, 62; finances 31, 33–4; drinking 37, 54; womanizing 37, 40–1, 45, 53–4; portrayal as A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion 38; and the French Revolution 39–40; breaks with Maria Fitzherbert 41–2; marriage to Caroline of Brunswick 42, 43–7; relationship with Caroline 46–7, 52–3, 57–8, 83–94; relationship with press 4–5, 47–8; correspondence 50–1; separation from Caroline 52–3; renews relationship with Mrs Fitzherbert 53–4; relationship with Princess Charlotte 57–8; appointed Regent 60; as Regent 3–4, 61–81; pension bill 63; patronage 63–4; interest in music 64–5; reading 65–6; clothing 67–8; habit of accumulation 68–9; Armoury 69; painting collection 70–1; death of Princess Charlotte 75–6; and the Peterloo Massacre 79–80; accession 83; reign 83–96; and Caroline’s trial 84–5; coronation 85; and death of Caroline 86–7; Irish tour 87–8; Wilkie portrait 89; expenses 91; and Catholic Relief Act 92–5, 98; health declines 95–6; death 3, 96–7; will 85, 97; obituary 3; funeral 97–8; legacy 98–9
Gillray, James 38
Glasgow 49
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount 92
Godwin, William 80
Göttingen 89
Greenwich 45
Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron 55
Greville, Charles 74, 74–5, 82–3, 83, 90–1, 95–6, 98
Grey, Charles, Earl 55, 84, 99
Grosvenor, Richard, Earl 10
Halford, Sir Henry 97
Hamilton, Mary 24–5
Harris, James later Earl of Malmesbury) 15, 44–6
Harwich 86
Henry, Prince, Duke of Cumberland 10–11, 19, 27
Hertford, Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of 53–4, 56, 63, 75
Hertford, Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marquess of 56
Hillisberg, Louise 54
Holdernesse, Robert Darcy, Earl of 11
Holland, Henry 54
Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Baroness 16, 55
Holland, Henry Vassall-Fox, Baron 29, 30, 55
Holyhead 86
Horton, Anne 19
Howth 86–7
Hunter, Richard 35
Ireland 48–9, 51–2, 86, 87–8, 92–3
Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of 41, 46, 53–4
Johnson, Joseph 80
Jones, Robert 73
Jordan, Dorothy 76
Kensington Palace 8
Knighton, Sir William 91, 96–7
Laeken 88
Lamb, Charles 4–5
Leipzig 77
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prince 75, 76
Lieven, Dorothea, Princess 65, 74
Liverpool 49
Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson, Earl of 62, 78, 91, 92
London 6, 25, 37, 49, 63–4, 77, 80, 84–5, 90, 98
Louis XVI, King of France 39, 40, 55
Louis XVIII, King of France 77
Lunardi, Vincenzo 64
Macalpine, Ida 35
Malibran, Maria 96
Manchester 49
Massereene, Countess of 54
Mauritius 79
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Charles, Duke of 6
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Charles, Prince (later Duke) of 7, 8, 44
Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount 47
Meyer, Madame de 54
Moira, < Francis Rawdon-Hastings, > Earl of 55, 61
Montague House 58
Moscow 77
Nash, John 72–3
Nepal 78
North, Frederick, Lord 17–8, 21, 27
O’Connell, Daniel 87, 88, 92–3
Oldenburg, Grand Duchess Catherine of 77
Ord, James 32
Peel, Robert 91–2
Percy, Major < Henry > 78
Pergami, Bartolomeo 84
Peterloo Massacre 49, 79–80, 80–1, 81, 82
Pitt, William (the Younger) 22, 35–6, 40, 48, 49, 51–2, 55
Platov, Count Matvei 77
Priestley, Joseph 80
Rembrandt 70–1
Reynolds, Sir Joshua 70
Robinson, Mary 26–7
Robinson, Peter Frederick 54
Rossini, Gioachino 64–5
Russia 77
St Albans 10
St Lucia 79
Seymour, Lady Horatia 55–6
Seymour, Mary 55–7
Sezincote House 73
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 63, 80–1
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 55
Slane Castle 87
Smythe, Mary Anne 32
Spain 77
Steen, Jan 71
Sweden 77
Tobago 79
Trafalgar, Battle of 54
Trinidad 78–9
Turton, Dr John 29
Warwick House 57
Waterloo, Battle of 48, 78, 88
Wellesley, Richard, Marquess 61
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 65, 69, 76, 85, 88, 91, 92, 92–5, 97, 97–8, 98
Wentworth Woodhouse 37
West, Benjamin 71
Wilberforce, William 40
William, Prince, Duke of Gloucester 10
William III, King 87
William, Prince of Orange 75
Wilson, Harriette 54
Windsor Castle 3, 14, 15, 69–70, 70–1, 71–2, 98
Woburn House 82
Wollstonecraft, Mary 80
Wordsworth, William 81
Yarmouth, Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of 8
Yorkshire 49
Yorktown 21