1. Abbotsford, 1, 2, 3, 4
  2. Abdul Aziz, Sultan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  3. Abdul Hamid II, Sultan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  4. Abercorn, James Hamilton, 1st Duke of, 1, 2, 3
  5. Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
    1. on Conservative triumvirate, 1;
    2. and religious question, 1;
    3. becomes Prime Minister, 1;
    4. D’s Press leader on, 1;
    5. his ‘antiquated imbecility’, 1;
    6. defeated in censure vote over Crimea, 1, 2;
    7. his coalition attempt, 1, 2;
    8. passivist’, 1, 2, 3
  6. Abergavenny, 1st Marquis of (Lord Neville), 1, 2, 3
  7. Aboab, Isaac, 1
  8. Abyssinian war (1867), 1, 2, 3, 4
  9. Acton, Lord, 1
  10. Adam, W. P., 1, 2
  11. Adams, Mrs (Bradenham cook), 1
  12. Adderley, Sir Charles, 1st Baron Norton, 1, 2n ;
    1. at Board of Trade, 1n , 2;
    2. incompetence, 1, 2
  13. Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, 1, 2
  14. Admiralty, 1;
    1. and patronage, 1, 2, 3;
    2. D’s harsh judgment of, 1;
    3. maladministration, 1;
    4. seeks more ironclads, 1;
    5. and Slave Circular, 1, 2
  15. Adrianople: Treaty of (1829), 1;
    1. armistice (1878), 1
  16. ‘Adullamites’: and 1866 Reform Bill, 1, 2;
    1. and 1867 Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4
  17. Afghan war: first (1839–42), 1, 2;
    1. second (1878), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    2. hird (1879), 1, 2
  18. Agricultural Holdings Act (1875), 1, 2
  19. Alabama arbitration (1871), 1, 2
  20. Alaman, Don Lucas, 1
  21. Albanian revolt (1830–1), 1, 2, 3
  22. Albert, Prince Consort, 1, 2, 3, 4n , 5, 6, 7, 8;
    1. at Corn Law debate, 1;
    2. approves of Peelites, 1;
    3. and Stanley’s efforts to form ministry, 1, 2;
    4. pro-Austrian, 1;
    5. D’s public eulogium of, 1;
    6. favours Broad Church, 1;
    7. disapproves of Gladstone, 1
  23. Albert Memorial, 1
  24. Albion, HMS, 1
  25. Aldershot, 1
  26. Alexander II, Tsar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
    1. aims of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. forces Turkish armistice, 1;
    3. threatens to force reforms alone, 1, 2;
    4. insists on Bulgarian autonomy, 1;
    5. warned of British determination, 1;
    6. anxious to seize Constantinople, 1;
    7. assassinated, 1, 2, 3
  27. Alexandra, Queen – see Wales, Princess of
  28. Alexandretta, 1, 2
  29. Alexandria, 1, 2, 3
  30. Alford, Lady Marian, 1
  31. Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, 1, 2, 3
  32. Alington, H. G. Sturt, 1st Baron, 1, 2
  33. Allen, Walter, on D’s prose, 1
  34. Almack’s Club, 1, 2
  35. Alma, battle of the (1854), 1, 2
  36. Alnwick Castle, 1
  37. Alroy (D), 1, 2, 3;
    1. D self-portrait in, 1;
    2. profitable but unreadable, 1
  38. Alroy, David, 1
  39. Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount, 1, 2
  40. Alvaney, 2nd Baron, 1
  41. American Civil War, 1, 2, 3
  42. American War of Independence, as background to Venetia , 1
  43. Andrassy, Count Julius, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  45. Angerstein, Captain, 1
  46. Anglo-Mexican Mining Association, 1
  47. Anglo-Russian Conventions (1878), 1, 2
  48. Anne, Queen, 1
  49. Anti-Corn Law League, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  50. Antwerp, 1
  51. Ardahan, 1
  52. Argos, 1
  53. Argyll, George Campbell, 8th Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  54. aristocracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    1. and dandyism, 1;
    2. overthrown by Whigs, 1;
    3. D’s portrayal of, 1;
    4. his definition of, and belief in, 1, 2, 3;
    5. its acceptance of D, 1, 2, 3;
    6. and the Establishment, 1
  55. Armstrong and Company (armament–makers), 1
  56. Arnold, Matthew, 1
  57. Arta, 1
  58. Artisans’ Dwellings Act (1875), 1, 2, 3n , 4
  59. Ashkenazi Jews, 1n , 2
  60. Ashley, Lord (Antony Ashley Cooper, later 7th Earl of Shaftesbury), 1, 2, 3
  61. Ashridge Park, 1, 2
  62. Asquith, H. H. (Lord Oxford and Asquith), 1, 2, 3
  63. Athenaeum Club, 1n , 2, 3;
    1. blackballs D, 1, 2;
    2. elects him, 1
  64. Athens, 1, 2
  65. Athole, Sir John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of, 1, 2
  66. Aumale, Duc d’, 1;
    1. Lothair dedicated to, 1
  67. Austen, Benjamin, 1, 2, 3, 4n , 5;
    1. advances money to D, 1, 2, 3;
    2. D tours Continent with, 1;
    3. and D’s idea of standing for Parliament, 1;
    4. D bored with, 1, 2;
    5. refuses further loan, 1;
    6. changes mind, 1;
    7. loses patience, 1;
    8. presses for payment, 1;
    9. D ends connexion with, 1;
    10. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  68. Austen, Sara, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    1. co-operates in Vivian Grey , 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. tours Continent with Benjamin and D, 1;
    3. D bored with, 1, 2;
    4. D ends connexion with, 1;
    5. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3
  69. Aylesbury, 1n , 2, 3, 4;
    1. D’s seizure at, 1;
    2. D attends quarter sessions at, 1;
    3. D’s speech on Eastern question at, 1, 2
  70. Aylesford, Lord and Lady, 1
  71. Aylmer Papillion (D’s first novel), 1
  72. Aytoun, William, 1n