1. Baden, 1, 2, 3
  2. Bagehot, Walter, 1, 2;
    1. on D as a leader, 1, 2
  3. Baillie, Colonel, 1n
  4. Baillie, Henry, 1, 2n , 3, 4n , 5
  5. Baillie-Cochrane, Alexander, 1st Baron Lamington, 1, 2, 3;
    1. as Buckhurst in Coningsby, 1, 2;
    2. and Young England, 1, 2, 3;
    3. made a peer, 1, 2
  6. Balaclava, 1, 2
  7. Baldwin, Stanley, 1st Earl Baldwin, 1, 2, 3, 4
  8. Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl Balfour, 1
  9. Balliol College, 1
  10. Balmoral, 1, 2;
    1. D’s first stay at, 1;
    2. his second and last visit to, 1
  11. Bank Charter Act, suspension of, 1, 2
  12. Bankes, George, 1
  13. Baring, Alexander, 1
  14. Baring, Sir Thomas, 1, 2
  15. Baring, Thomas, 1, 2
  16. Baring, Walter, 1, 2, 3
  17. Barnes, Thomas, 1, 2
  18. Barrington, 7th Viscount, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    1. as D’ssecretary, 1, 2, 3
  19. Barrow, Sir John, 1, 2
  20. Basevi family, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  21. Basevi, George (D’s cousin), 1, 2, 3
  22. Basevi, Maria – see D’Israeli, Mrs Isaac
  23. Basevi, Naphtali (D’s maternal grandfather), 1, 2
  24. Basevi, Nathaniel (cousin), 1
  25. Basildon (Sykes’ Berkshire seat), 1, 2, 3, 4
  26. Bassett, Mrs (mistress of James D), 1
  27. Bath, 1, 2
  28. Bath, John Thynne, 4th Marquis of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  29. Bathurst, Colonel, 1n
  30. Bathurst, Emily (née Villebois), 1n
  31. Battenberg, Prince Alexander of, 1
  32. Battenberg, Prince Louis of, 1
  33. Batum, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  34. Baum (D’s valet), 1n , 2, 3
  35. Baum, Mrs, 1
  36. Baxter, Dudley, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  37. Bayazid, 1, 2
  38. Bearwood (John Walter’s home), 1
  39. Beatrice, Princess, 1
  40. Beauchamp, Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  42. Beaufort, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of, 1, 2
  43. Beaverbrook, Lord, 1
  44. Bedchamber Crisis, 1
  45. Bedford, William Russell, 8th Duke of, 1
  46. Bedford, Francis Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of, 1, 2
  47. Belvoir Castle, 1, 2, 3
  48. Benthamites, 1, 2;
    1. satirized in Popanilla and Young Duke , 1, 2
  49. Bentinck, Lord George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
    1. D’s life of, 1, 2, 3n , 4n , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
    2. opposes Corn Law repeal, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    3. his career and character, 1, 2, 3;
    4. horse-racing, 1, 2n ;
    5. alliance with D, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    6. presses for third party, 1;
    7. supports Irish Coercion Bill, 1;
    8. reverses his vote, 1;
    9. and policy of ‘Ultras’, 1;
    10. sudden death, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    11. leader of protectionists, 1, 2;
    12. abandons racing, 1;
    13. helps D to buy Hughenden, 1, 2, 3;
    14. on financial crisis, 1;
    15. and Jewish question, 1, 2;
    16. resigns protectionist leadership, 1, 2;
    17. D repays debt of gratitude to, 1
  50. Bentinck, George (‘Big Ben’), 1, 2
  51. Bentinck, Lord Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4
  52. Bentinck, Lord William, 1
  53. Beresford, Lord Charles, 1n
  54. Beresford, William (Whip), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  55. Berkeley, Sir Maurice, 1
  56. Berlin, Congress of (1878), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    1. representatives at, 1;
    2. D’s alliance with Bismarck at, 1;
    3. Anglo-Russian Conventions referred to, 1;
    4. D’s triumph at, 1;
    5. ‘peace with honour’ from, 1, 2;
    6. results assessed, 1;
    7. problems left behind, 1
  57. Berlin Memorandum, 1, 2, 3, 4
  58. Berlin, Treaty of (1878), 1, 2, 3
  59. Bernal, Ralph, 1
  60. Bertie, Lady Charlotte (later Guest, later Schreiber), 1, 2
  61. Besika Bay, 1, 2
  62. Beust, Count, 1
  63. Bevis Marks, 1, 2, 3
  64. Biddulph, Sir Thomas, 1
  65. Bidwell, John, 1, 2
  66. Bignold, Sir Samuel, 1n
  67. Bingley, 1
  68. ‘Birmingham Caucus’, 1, 2
  69. Bismarck, Prince von, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    1. and Congress of Berlin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    2. his dé marche to D, 1;
    3. as Ferrol in Endy mion , 1, 2
  70. Black Sea, 1, 2, 3;
    1. Treaty of Paris clauses, 1, 2
  71. Blackheath: D at boarding–school, 1, 2;
    1. Gladstone’s Bulgarian atrocity speech at, 1
  72. Blackwood’s Magazine , 1n ;
    1. denounces Vivian Grey , 1, 2
  73. Blagden, Rev. Henry, 1
  74. Blandford, Lord (later 8th Duke of Marlborough), 1
  75. Blatchford, Robert, 1n
  76. Blenheim Palace, 1
  77. Blessington, Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of, 1
  78. Blessington, Lady, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
    1. condoles over Henrietta, 1;
    2. supplies local colour for Venetia , 1;
    3. death, 1
  79. Blomfield, Charles, Bishop of London, 1
  80. Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Viscount, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  81. Bologna, 1
  82. Bolsover, Baroness (Mrs Cavendish–Bentinck), 1
  83. Bolton, Dr Buckley, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. a mari complaisant , 1, 2
  84. Bolton, Clara, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. affair with D, 1, 2;
    2. suggests Miss Trotter as his wife, 1;
    3. becomes Sykes’ mis tress, 1, 2;
    4. scene with Henrietta, 1, 2;
    5. at Sykes’ Southend home with husband and D, 1, 2;
    6. death, 1
  85. Bond, Effie, 1, 2, 3
  86. Bonham (Tory agent), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  87. Bonham, Colonel, 1
  88. Booth, Sclater, 1n , 2n
    1. borough franchise, 1, 2, 3;
    2. reduction of occupation qualification, 1;
    3. ratal value instead of rental, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    4. household suffrage, 1, 2;
    5. compounders, 1;
    6. redistribution, 1, 2
  89. Borthwick, Peter, 1
  90. Botta, Paul Emile, 1
  91. Boundary Commission, 1, 2
  92. Bournemouth, 1
  93. Bowles, Admiral, 1
  94. Bowyer, Sir George, 1
  95. Bradenham, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;
    1. D’s father retires to, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. D’s devotion to, 1;
    3. Henrietta Sykes visits, 1;
    4. her celebrated visit with Lyndhurst, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    5. Henrietta Temple finished at, 1, 2;
    6. ‘desultory political reading’ at, 1;
    7. visit from Wyndham Lewises, 1, 2;
    8. after D’Israeli’s death, 1;
    9. portrayed in Endymion , 1
  97. Bradford, 4th Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4
  98. Bradford, Lady (Selina Forester), 1n , 2, 3, 4;
    1. D’s romance with, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. his letters to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17n , 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
  99. Bradlaugh, Charles, 1
  100. Bretby (Chesterfields’ country house), 1, 2, 3, 4
  101. ‘Bribery Parliament’ (1852), 1
  102. Bridgewater House meeting (1880), 1
  103. Briggs, Mr (‘great Alexandrian merchant’), 1
  104. Bright, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
    1. D’s idea of alliance with, 1;
    2. D tries to bargain with over 1852 budget, 1;
    3. on ‘fancy franchises’, 1;
    4. and 1866 Reform Bill, 1, 2;
    5. and 1867 Bill, 1;
    6. end of friendship with D, 1
  105. Bright, William, Canon of Christ Church, 1
  106. Brighton, 1, 2
  107. British Museum, D a Trustee of, 1, 2
  108. Broadstone of Honour (Digby), 1
  109. Bromley, Sir Richard, 1
  110. Brooke, Lord (5th Earl of Warwick), 1
  111. Brougham, Henry, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1, 2, 3n , 4, 5, 6
  112. Broun, Sir Richard, 1
  113. Brown, John, 1, 2, 3
  114. Browne, Sir Sam, 1
  115. Browning, Robert, 1
  116. Brownlow, 2nd Earl, 1, 2
  117. Brownrigg, J. S., 1
  118. Bruce, Henry Austin, 1st Baron Aberdare, 1
  119. Bruce, Dr, 1, 2
  120. Brussels, 1, 2
  121. Bubble Act (1820), 1
  122. Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, 5th Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  123. Buchanan, Sir Andrew, 1
  124. Buckingham and Chandos, Richard
    1. Chandos Grenville, 2nd Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. his last grand party, 1;
    3. bankrupt, 1, 2, 3;
    4. asks for Governor-Generalship of India, 1
    5. See also as Chandos, Lord
  125. Buckingham, Richard Grenville, 3rd Duke of (formerly Lord Chandos), 1;
    1. Lord President of Council, 1, 2;
    2. Colonial Secretary, 1, 2;
    3. Lord Lieutenant, 1
  126. Buckinghamshire, D’s address to (1832), 1;
    1. D elected for (1847), 1, 2, 3;
    2. squirearchy of, 1;
    3. D’s manifesto to (1852), 1;
    4. D vacates, 1;
    5. by-election (1876), 1
  127. Buckle, G. E., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15n , 16n , 17, 18, 19
  128. budgets: Wood’s 1851, 1, 2, 3;
    1. D’s 1852 interim, 1, 2;
    2. D’s Dec. 1852, 1;
    3. Lewis’s 1857, 1;
    4. D’s 1867, 1;
    5. Northcote’s 1880, 1;
    6. Gladstone’s 1880, 1
  129. Bulgarian atrocities, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  130. Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East (Gladstone), 1, 2, 3
  131. Buller, Sir John Yarde, 1, 2
  132. Buller, Sir Redvers, 1
  133. Bulwer, Edward Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;
    1. friend of D, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. his Byronism, 1;
    3. criticizes Young Duke , 1;
    4. first meeting with D, 1;
    5. his society valued by D, 1;
    6. supports Reform, 1;
    7. his political aid to D, 1, 2;
    8. break-up of marriage, 1, 2;
    9. Carlyle’s mockery of Pelham , 1;
    10. writes in Press as ‘Manilius’, 1;
    11. refuses Colonial Office, 1;
    12. accepts it, 1;
    13. asks to resign for health reasons, 1;
    14. fine speech on 1859 Reform Bill, 1;
    15. again asks to resign, 1;
    16. in Endy mion , 1;
    17. correspondence with D, 1, 2
  134. Bulwer, Henry, 1
  135. Bulwer, Rosina Wheeler (wife of Edward), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    1. friendship with Mary Anne, 1, 2, 3;
    2. D regards as enemy, 1;
    3. persecution of husband, 1
  136. Burdett, Sir Francis, 1
  137. Burghley, 1, 2, 3
  138. Burke, Edmund, 1
  139. Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of, 1, 2
  141. Butler-Johnstone, H. A., 1
  142. Byron, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. meeting with Lord Clare, 1;
    2. destruction of Memoirs, 1n ;
    3. his fascination for D and Bulwer, 1, 2, 3;
    4. his rooms in Albany, 1, 2;
    5. Venetia based on, 1, 2;
    6. Smythe’s hero, 1
  143. Byron, Lady, 1