Alexander, Emperor, Tsar 33, 98–9, 108, 101–2, 142
Andover, Captain John 15
Antommarchi, Dr Francesco 17, 89, 180–3, 184–7, 210, 211
Archambault 89
Arnott, Dr Archibald 183–5, 210
Balcombe family, Napoleon stays with 46–50; caught out by curfew 52–3; interrogated by Lowe and Reade 109; leave island 177
Balcombe, Betsy 24, 52–3; describes St Helena 42; Recollections 44; relationship with Napoleon 46, 47, 48–9, 78, 107, 112, 116, 135, 149; described by Madame Bertrand 47
Balcombe, Miss Jane 46, 101, 107, 112, 195
Balcombe, Mrs Jane 94, 101, 107, 112
Balcombe, William 46, 85, 88, 109, 133, 195
Barre, Captain 70
Bathurst, Lord 60, 132, 133, 135, 177; Napoleon’s opinion of, 134, 141; sacks Barry O’Meara 175–6
Baxter, Dr 61, 101, 153, 154, 162
Bernadotte, Count 167–8
Bertrand, Comte Henri de, 20, 22, 26, 44, 48, 51, 52, 61; writing military history 54; and Hudson Lowe 66; condemned to death 76, 78, 87; money for 143; at Napoleon’s reburial 202; at post-mortem 210
Bertrand, Countess 22, 26, 29, 40, 44, 51, 62, 76, 80, 85, 99, 122, 181; birth of son 103; and Napoleon 104, 105; letter to Montchenu 128, 181; commissions Barry O’Meara to make purchases 162
Blucher, General Gerhardt von, 17
Bonaparte, Bonaventura, monk, 160
Bonaparte, Joseph 17, 62, 96, 176
Bonaparte, Napoleon see Napoleon, Emperor
Bonaparte, Pauline 175
Boys, Rev. 148
Brooke, Thomas 144–5
Brougham, Lord 70
Bruix, Admiral 39
Bunbury, Sir Henry 25
Burton, Dr 210
Byron, Lord 81; admires Barry O’Meara, 189
Cambacérès, Jean Jacques de (instigator of code Napoleon) 136
Campan, Madame 143–4
Caracciolo (executed by Nelson) 103
Carlyle, Thomas, on Barry O’Meara’s diaries 63
Carolina, Queen (of Naples) 103
Caroline, Princess (of Wales) 128
Castlereagh, Lord 12, 18, 121, 151
Chateaubriand, Francois-René 126, 147
Cipriani (maître d’hôtel) 76, 107, 125, 145, 204; dies 171
Clarke, Marshal Henri 110
Clausel, General 40
Cockburn, Admiral Sir George 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 46, 61, 127–8, 153; and Napoleon 29, 38; prepares Longwood 49–50; sets elaborate security 52; Napoleon’s opinion of 65–6
Cook, Captain 119
Cornwallis, Lord 36; Napoleon’s opinion of 121
Crookshank, Captain 146
Desaix, General 97
Dillon, General Arthur 22
Dillon, Madame 111
Dournatan, M. 12
Doveton, Sir William 181
Ellis, Mr (author) secretary to Lord Amherst 166
Elphinstone, Hon. Mr 137
Enghien, Duc de 116
Fehrzen, Major 130
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward 8
Forshufvud, Sven 202–4
Forsyth, William 41
Francis, Emperor of Austria 101–2, 125, 160
Fraser, General Alexander McKenzie 10–12
Frederick William III, King of Prussia 81, 99, 129
Ganteaume, Admiral 39
George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, 18,19, 36; his brothers 169
Gorrequer, Major 61, 78, 133, 134; reduces Longwood expenses 83; witnesses Lowe’s ill temper 101, 139, 167
Gourgaud, General 18, 44, 48, 51, 78, 83, 122; duel with Montholon forbidden 52; writes military history 54; leaves island 177
Grouchy, General, at Waterloo 108, 118
Harness, Dr 16
Hobhouse, John Cam 164
Holland, Lady, 174, 192–3; opinion of Lowe 60; sends ice machine 74
Holland, Lord and Lady 24; give dinners for Hudson Lowe 60
Holland, Lord, protests at treatment of Napoleon 72, 132
Home, George 19–20, 21–2, 22–3
Hotham, Admiral Sir Henry 20, 21
Josephine, Empress 30, 90, 95; divorce 32, 105
Keith, Admiral Lord 22, 23, 25, 26
Lannes, General 97
Las Cases, Count Emanuel de 18, 19,44, 46, 48, 51; moves into Longwood 50; called ‘a Jesuit’ 52; writing military history 54, 78; imprisoned 95; journal 95, 96, 97, 101; leaves St Helena 102
Las Cases, Emanuel de (Count’s son) 44, 46, 51; moves into Longwood 50, 78, 83, 84; poor health 101; leaves St Helena 102, 177; assaults Lowe 195
Leake, William, surgeon 8
Leopold, Prince 128
Liverpool, Lord 24, 155, 167, 169
Livingstone, Dr 210
Lofft, Capell 24
Louis Philippe, King of France, 201
Lowe, Lady 57, 60, 61, 70–1; daughters 60–1, 189; visits Countesses Bertrand and Montholon 99; attends Napoleon’s funeral 188; visits Longwood 188
Lowe, Sir Hudson 75, 77, 90, 91, 104, 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 128, 179; arrives in St Helena 57; career 57–8; Wellington’s opinion of 58–9; Lady Holland’s opinion of 60; marries 60; meets Napoleon 61–2, 66, 68, 78–80; learns of plans to rescue Napoleon 62, 74, 178; imposes restrictions on Longwood inhabitants 62, 73–4, 87–8, 94–5, 102, 111, 115, 119, 131–2, 173, 174; sees Bertrand 66; threatens to replace O’Meara 67; offers to send Napoleon’s letters to England 73; Napoleon’s opinion of 75, 116, 163; rows/disagreements with Napoleon 78, 79–80, 106, 140; ill-temper 80–1, 101, 158, 162; and Barry O’Meara 67, 87, 88, 92; complains actions misconstrued 98; on Napoleon’s state of health 101, 163; censors Napoleon’s books and papers 194, 131, 172; parliamentary investigation into 132; rejects Napoleon’s post-mortem report 210; returns to England 194; dies 196
Lyster, Colonel 61
Maitland, Captain Frederick 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 60, 172
Malcolm, Rear-Admiral Sir Pulteney 72 72, 74, 78, 85, 117–8, 125, 126, 134, 136; tries to mend rift between Napoleon and Hudson Lowe 126–7; Napoleon’s opinion of 72
Mangault, Dr 26
Mansel, Lieutenant Colonel John 27
Marie Louise, Princess 32, 32, 33, 104, 112, 137, 142, 168; falls into river Po 111
Massens, General André 98, 163
McClean, Dr 96
McKenzie, (midshipman) 119
Metternich, Prince, Napoleon’s opinion of 121
Meynell, Captain 127
Missett, Major 11
Mitchell, Dr 210
Moira, Lady 68
Montchenu, Marquis de 54–5, 71, 81, 94, 114, 122, 130, 144, 159
Montholon children (Tristan, Napoleone) 51; sick 122
Montholon, Count 44, 51, 52, 75, 78, 81, 83, 84, 85, 97, 108, 134, 203, 206, 210, 211; moves into Longwood 50; writes military history 54; letter leaked to press 71; sick 127; complains of damp in Longwood 147–8
Montholon, Countess 44, 51, 52; moves into Longwood 50; leaves island 177
Moore, Sir John 69
Napier, Sir William 58
Napoleon, Emperor
abdication 17
ambitions 117
amused by writings on himself 65, 71, 104, 112, 116–8, 147
arsenic in system 202–5
cheats at cards 49
claims legal expertise 136
claims popular international support 113
complains about Longwood restrictions and conditions 68–9, 75–6, 83, 88, 138, 145
death, preoccupation with, 180; death 185
early days on St Helena 55–6
fears poison 67–8, 84, 157, 204
female society, partial to 119
funeral 187–8
gifts to O’Meara and others 102–3
habits and manners 29–30, 48, 54, 68, 73, 103, 118
handwriting 126
health, state of, 67, 70, 78, 83, 84, 90, 91, 92, 97, 101, 117, 150, 152, 172, 174
‘inner force’ theory 204
hopes to live in England 18, 26, 56, 76, 85–6, 177; in Malta 140
how referred to 77, 88–9, 90, 110, 137, 157–8, 165, 173, 188
lays down protocol for Longwood 54
makes will 180; adds codicil 183
medical theory and practice 70, 84, 154, 168
memoirs and other writing 48, 74, 100, 126
on attempts to assassinate him 105, 116, 117, 119
on battles and sieges: Acre 36; Toulon 40; Turkey 108; Wagram 39–40; Waterloo 74, 108, 118
on complying with local customs 118
on Corsica and the Corsicans 125
on dealing with mobs 115
on England and the English 70, 95, 101, 109, 119, 120, 133, 146, 163, 167; English eating and drinking habits 70, 71, 146; English army and navy 66, 73, 89–90, 122; the war with England 90; his surrender to England 101–2, 135
on eunuchs 123–4
on France: old French nobility 81–2; the Bourbons 81; natural boundaries 117, 172; French love of glory 109; relations with America 31; French navy 39–40; the Revolution 164
on his treatment by the Allies 117
on invasions: Ireland 37, 120; Egypt 40, 105; England 105–6, 170; India 108, 146, 152; Rome 165; Russia 31, 47, 92–3, 121, 126; Venice 166
on Jews 91–2
on leadership 129
on religion 31, 91–2, 93, 145, 148
on Russia 37, 125, 131, 132 (barbarians of the North) 108,
on sailors and soldiers 33, 89–90, 92, 93–4, 120, 122
on the Red Sea canals 114–5
on treatment of prisoners 127–8
on women and marriage 70, 129–30, 146
reburial in France 202–3
recipe for racial harmony 163
religious beliefs 115, 180, 183
suggests O’Meara write a diary 56, 114
threatens to kill anyone who forces way into his room 67, 138, 177
tooth extracted 86
Napoleon II (Napoleon’s son) 104, 135, 135–6, 134–5, 138, 159–60, 169, 183
Napoleon, St 154
Nicholls, Captain 177
Noverraz 61
O’Connor, Arthur 120
O’Hara, General 57
O’Meara, Barry, first meeting with Napoleon 5–6; family, early life and career 7–9; medical and surgical education 8; in Messina 10, 13, 14; in Egypt 12; court-martialled 13; naval career 14–16; mentioned in dispatches 15; becomes doctor to Napoleon 26; describes St Helena 41, 42; moves to Longwood 50; starts diary 56, ambiguous position 66–7; discussions with Hudson Lowe 87, 92; faints in Napoleon’s presence 96; recommends Las Cases Jnr return to Europe 101; receives snuffbox from Napoleon 103; medical bulletins 97, 155, 158, 173; opinion of Napoleon (given to N) 110; accused by Lowe of spying 158; interrogated by Lowe 161, 169–70; Napoleon bids adieu 173, 176; imprisoned by Lowe 174; leaves island 177; reports to Admiralty 189–90; suggests Lowe deliberately hastened Napoleon’s death 190, 193; removed from Naval list 190; works as dentist, involved in Queen Caroline’s case 191; marries Lady Leigh 196; dies 197; sale of Napoleon’s relics 197; Exposition 176, 192; Napoleon in Exile 193, 199
O’Connell, Daniel 103, 193, 196–7
Ossulston, Lord 60
Palmerston, Lord 201
Paul, Emperor of Russia 37, 107–8
Peake, Lieutenant Thomas 15
Pichegru (would-be assassin) 116, 127
Pillet, Major-General (author) 104–5
Poppleton, Captain 51–2, 68, 74, 75, 76, 78, 82, digging potatoes 114
Porteous, Henry 44
Raffles, Stamford 68
Reade, Colonel Sir Thomas 61, 74, 78, 84, 86, 109, 119, 122, 125; opinion of Napoleon 100
Ricketts, Charles, visits Napoleon 177
Robertson, Captain 114
Ross, Captain 31
Rous, Captain Henry 55
Rousseau 89
Russell, Rev. George 31
Rutledge, Dr 210
Santini 61, 88, 89; threatens Lowe 171
Savary (chief of police) 20, 89
Shortt, Dr 210
Sidmouth, Lord (Addington) 155
Smith, Hamilton 204
Soult, Marshal 98
St Denis 95–6, 210; throws eau de cologne in Napoleon’s face 100
Stanfell, Captain, on Napoleon 117–8
Stokoe, Dr John 178–80
Stuart, Major-General Sir John 10
Sturmer, Madame 122
Sussex, Duke of 24
Talbot, Captain (later Sir) John 15, 16
Talleyrand, Madame 114
Talleyrand, Prince de 144; Napoleon’s opinion of 94, 114
Troy, Captain 13
Veitch, Mr 35
Verling, Dr James Roche 178
Villeneuve 70
Warden, Dr (author) 111–13, 114, 116, 149
Wellington, Duke of 4, 9, 13, 14, 40; and St Helena 25, 59, 144, 189; opinion of Hudson Lowe 58–60; opinion of Napoleon 62; Napoleon’s opinion of 151
Wharton, Dr 29
Whitworth, Lord 126–7
Wilks, Laura 65
Windham, Lord 12
Wright, Captain 116, 127, 149–150
Younghusband, Mrs 122