1. Dalkeith, Lord, 1
2. Daly, James, 1
3. Daily News , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
5. Daily Telegraph , 1, 2, 3
6. Dalhousie, Sir James Ramsay, 1st Marquis of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
7. Dalmeny, 1
8. Dalmeny, Archibald Primrose, Lord (later 5th Earl of Rosebery, q.v.), 1
9. dandyism, 1, 2
10. Danish question (1864), 1, 2
11. D’Arblay, Rev. Alexander, 1
12. Dardanelles, 1, 2, 3, 4
13. Darwin, Charles, 1, 2
14. Dashwood, Sir George and Lady, 1
15. De Lisle, Ambrose Phillipps, 1, 2
16. De Vere or the Man of Independence (Ward), 1
17. Decazes, Duc Elie, 1, 2
18. Deene (Lady Cardigan’s home), 1
19. Deepdene (Hope’s country seat), Con ingsby written at, 1n , 2
20. Delane, John, 1, 2
21. Derby, Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
    1. Irish hostility to, 1;
    2. royal hostility to, 1, 2;
    3. forms government, 1;
    4. announces protection policy, 1;
    5. and Admiralty patronage, 1, 2;
    6. his 1852 campaign, 1;
    7. and patronage, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    8. and 1852 budget, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    9. resigns, 1, 2;
    10. cooler relations with D, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    11. aversion to politics, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    12. differs on Opposition policy, 1;
    13. entertains D at Knowsley, 1;
    14. doubtful prospect of a second premiership, 1;
    15. declines office, 1;
    16. defects as leader, 1, 2;
    17. in attack on 1857 budget, 1, 2;
    18. becomes Prime Minister, 1;
    19. announces India and Reform Bills, 1;
    20. advises dissolution after defeat (1859), 1;
    21. and Italian question, 1;
    22. resigns, 1;
    23. D suspected of disloyalty to, 1;
    24. truce with Palmerston, 1, 2;
    25. despondent over state of party, 1;
    26. dissatisfaction over his leadership, 1, 2;
    27. and 1866 Reform Bill, 1, 2, 3;
    28. forms third Ministry, 1;
    29. rejects honours applications, 1;
    30. and 1867 Reform Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    31. ‘possible hares to start’, 1;
    32. describes Bill as ‘mere stop–gap’, 1;
    33. ill-health, 1, 2;
    34. resigns, 1;
    35. D considers himself ‘only your deputy’, 1;
    36. and Irish question, 1, 2, 3;
    37. not an intellectual, 1;
    38. death, 1, 2;
    39. its effects on D, 1;
    40. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.
    41. See also as Stanley, Edward
22. Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
    1. suggested as leader, 1, 2;
    2. Foreign Secretary, 1;
    3. D’s doubts about, 1, 2;
    4. lessening intimacy with, 1;
    5. suggests GCB for Carlyle, 1;
    6. declines Premiership, 1;
    7. isolationist and ‘passivist’, 1;
    8. and Suez Canal purchase, 1, 2, 3;
    9. and Eastern question, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    10. proposes Constantinople Conference, 1;
    11. divergence of views from D, 1, 2, 3;
    12. warns Russia, 1, 2;
    13. secret alliance with Shuvalov, 1, 2, 3;
    14. widening breach with D, 1, 2;
    15. rejects D’s mediation plan, 1;
    16. resigns on proposal to send fleet through Dardanelles, 1;
    17. returns, 1;
    18. final resignation, 1, 2, 3;
    19. complete breach with D, 1;
    20. leaves party, 1;
    21. joins Liberals, 1, 2, 3;
    22. D’s acid comments on, 1;
    23. at D’s funeral, 1;
    24. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
    25. See also as Stanley, Edward Henry
23. Derby, Lady (formerly Lady Salisbury), 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. secret alliance with Shuvalov, 1, 2, 3
24. Despotism, or the Fall of the Jesuits (D’Israeli), 1
25. Devonport, 1, 2
26. Devonshire, Sir William Cavendish, 7th Duke of, 1
27. D’Haussez, Baron, 1
28. Dickens, Charles, 1, 2;
    1. as ‘Gushy’ in Endymion , 1;
    2. his portrayal of aristocracy, 1
29. Digby, Sir Kenelm, 1
30. Dilke, Sir Charles, 1, 2;
    1. model for Endymion, 1
31. D’Israeli family, 1
32. Disraeli, family name changed to, 1
33. D’Israeli, Benjamin (D’s grandfather), 1, 2, 3;
    1. his career, 1;
    2. death, 1, 2
34. D’Israeli, Mrs Benjamin (Sarah Shiprut de Gabay Villa Real), 1;
    1. religious doubts, 1, 2
35. Disraeli, Benjamin (Dublin moneylender), 1
37. Disraeli, Benjamin, first and only Earl of Beaconsfield: birth, 1;
    1. erroneous account of ancestry, 1;
    2. background, 1;
    3. becomes a Christian, 1;
    4. education, 1;
    5. autobiographical hints in novels, 1;
    6. uneasy relation with mother, 1;
    7. tries to become classical scholar, 1;
    8. solicitor’s clerk, 1;
    9. Murray impressed by, 1;
    10. reports on novel for Murray, 1;
    11. writes his own first novel, 1;
    12. tours Belgium and Rhine valley, 1;
    13. abandons idea of law, 1;
    14. admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, 1;
    15. disastrous financial speculations, 1, 2;
    16. his mining pamphlets, 1;
    17. persuades Murray to found daily paper, 1;
    18. negotiates with Lockhart, 1, 2;
    19. meets Sir Walter Scott, 1, 2;
    20. taken in by Dr Maginn, 1;
    21. second visit to Scott and Lockhart, 1, 2;
    22. christens paper Representative , 1;
    23. failure of paper, 1;
    24. tries to suppress his part in it, 1;
    25. writes Vivian Grey , 1;
    26. uses Sara Austen as amanuensis, 1;
    27. has it accepted by Colburn, 1;
    28. its autobiographical nature, 1;
    29. dismayed by hostile reviews, 1;
    30. involved in Star Chamber , 1, 2;
    31. breach with Murray, 1;
    32. his career affected by Vivian Grey , 1;
    33. arouses Lockhart’s animosity, 1;
    34. goes on Grand Tour, 1;
    35. is rowed by Byron’s boatman, 1;
    36. visits Cento, 1;
    37. begins Part II of Vivian Grey , 1;
    38. nervous breakdown, 1;
    39. continuing poor health, 1;
    40. lapsed interest in law, 1;
    41. name removed from Lincoln’s Inn, 1;
    42. recovers health, 1;
    43. decides on Mediterranean tour, 1;
    44. writes Young Duke , 1, 2;
    45. meets Bulwer, 1, 2, 3;
    46. his Mediterranean tour with Meredith, 1;
    47. its influence on his politcal attitudes, 1;
    48. cured of neurotic illness, 1, 2;
    49. cuts a dash at Gibraltar, 1;
    50. creates sensation in Malta, 1;
    51. engages in dissipations of East, 1;
    52. benighted in Albania, 1;
    53. intoxicated with glamour of East, 1;
    54. sloth in Cairo, 1;
    55. tragedy of Meredith’s death, 1;
    56. returns to England, 1;
    57. tries to rescue Henry Stanley from gambling ‘hell’, 1;
    58. his efforts misconstrued, 1;
    59. lodges in Duke Street, 1;
    60. enjoys life in beau-monde, 1, 2;
    61. ‘dandified young bounder’, 1, 2;
    62. affair with Clara Bolton, 1;
    63. known as ‘the Jew d’ésprit’, 1;
    64. black-balled at Athenaeum, 1;
    65. quarrels with Lockhart, 1;
    66. seeks Parliamentary fame, 1;
    67. Radical candidate for High Wycombe, 1;
    68. part author of Gallo mania , 1;
    69. literary work, 1;
    70. makes bad impression on Peel, 1;
    71. beaten in Wycombe at by-election, 1;
    72. and at general election, 1, 2;
    73. begins to prefer Tories, 1;
    74. justifies his varying allegiances, 1;
    75. calls for coalition, 1;
    76. his family’s matchmaking efforts, 1;
    77. falls in love with Henrietta Sykes, 1, 2;
    78. brings her to visit Bradenham, 1;
    79. progress of liaison, 1;
    80. his search for maternal solicitude, 1, 2;
    81. situation accepted by Henrietta’s husband, 1;
    82. begins his ‘Mutilated Diary’, 1;
    83. quartet at Southend, 1, 2;
    84. his literary efforts, 1, 2;
    85. his debts, 1;
    86. tiff with Austen over loans, 1;
    87. begins Revolutionary Epick , 1;
    88. declaims at Austen’s party, 1;
    89. lives openly with Henrietta, 1;
    90. enjoys gay London season, 1;
    91. talk with Melbourne, 1;
    92. becomes Lyndhurst’s private secretary, 1;
    93. doubtful political position, 1;
    94. harmed by Lyndhurst-Sykes ‘imbroglio’, 1;
    95. ‘mighty impartial’ in political ambitions, 1;
    96. defeated at Wycombe in 1834 general election, 1;
    97. officially joins Conservatives, 1;
    98. elected to Carlton Club, 1;
    99. first meets Gladstone, 1;
    100. defeated at Taunton by-election, 1;
    101. quarrel with O’Connell, 1;
    102. ascent of social ladder, 1;
    103. increasing intimacy with Lyndhurst, 1;
    104. first serious contribution to political literature (Vindication ), 1;
    105. renewed journalistic activity, 1;
    106. writes for Times , 1, 2;
    107. reproved by editor, 1;
    108. financial difficulties, 1, 2;
    109. final breach with Austens, 1;
    110. and with Henrietta, 1;
    111. publishes Henrietta Temple , 1;
    112. writes Venetia , 1, 2;
    113. ‘melancholy accident’ at Aylesbury, 1;
    114. some debts paid by father, 1;
    115. MP for Maidstone, 1;
    116. disastrous maiden speech, 1;
    117. ‘time will come when you will hear me’, 1
    118. friendship with Mrs Wyndham Lewis, 1;
    119. decides to marry her, 1;
    120. stormy courtship, 1;
    121. borrows from her, 1;
    122. lovers’ tiff, 1;
    123. his remarkable letter to her, 1, 2;
    124. marriage, 1;
    125. his devotion and respect, 1, 2;
    126. money troubles, 1;
    127. ‘a perfect Wife’, 1;
    128. parliamentary progress, 1;
    129. anxious to stand well with Peel, 1;
    130. MP for Shrewsbury, 1;
    131. accused of trouble-making as ‘Psittacus’, 1;
    132. asks for office, 1, 2;
    133. refused by Peel, 1;
    134. bitter disappointment, 1;
    135. takes up with ‘Young England’, 1, 2;
    136. received by Louis Philippe, 1;
    137. progress with Young England, 1;
    138. his friends’ doubts, 1;
    139. attacks Government, 1;
    140. seeks post for brother, 1;
    141. on Irish question, 1;
    142. further trouble with Peel, 1;
    143. celebrated Manchester Athenaeum speech, 1;
    144. gathers material for Sybil in north, 1;
    145. grand party at Stowe, 1;
    146. motives for open rebellion against Peel, 1;
    147. bitter attacks on Peel, 1;
    148. memorable speech against Maynooth grant, 1;
    149. publishes Sybil , 1;
    150. status as novelist, 1;
    151. reads little contemporary literature, 1;
    152. not a best-seller, 1;
    153. propagandist purpose, 1;
    154. his Tory theory of history, 1, 2;
    155. on Peel, 1;
    156. famous attack on ‘Conservatism’ and Tamworth Manifesto, 1;
    157. considers religion and race in Tancred , 1, 2;
    158. nature of his ‘philosophy’, 1;
    159. its impracticability, 1;
    160. merits of his novels, 1;
    161. portrayal of aristocracy, 1;
    162. comparison with Trollope, 1;
    163. assessment of trilogy, 1;
    164. great speech against repeal of Corn Laws, 1;
    165. alliance with Bentinck, 1;
    166. rebellion organized, 1, 2 et seq .;
    167. attacks on Peel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
    168. challenged by Peel, 1;
    169. personal statement and mendacious answer, 1;
    170. exploits Irish Coercion Bill to bring down Peel, 1;
    171. disastrous effect of his policies on Conservative fortunes, 1;
    172. opportunity in party’s lack of talent, 1;
    173. changed status in Tory world, 1;
    174. languid and exhausted, 1;
    175. obvious candidate for leadership, 1;
    176. necessity to be ‘Knight of the Shire’ and landowner, 1;
    177. helped by Bentincks to buy Hughenden, 1;
    178. death of parents, 1;
    179. his inheritance, 1;
    180. MP for Bucks, 1
    181.    speech on Jewish question, 1;
    182. consistent support for emancipation, 1;
    183. disappointed over protectionist leadership, 1;
    184. effect of Bentinck’s death, 1;
    185. problem of leadership, 1;
    186. Stanley’s doubts about, 1;
    187. accepts triumvirate arrangement, 1;
    188. reminded of youthful speculations, 1;
    189. his political beliefs, 1;
    190. personal place in society, 1;
    191. anxiety to drop protection, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    192. relations with Stanley, 1, 2;
    193. a brilliant speech, 1;
    194. Stanley’s approval, 1;
    195. a possibility for India Office, 1;
    196. considers future policy, 1, 2;
    197. influenced by Henry Drummond, 1, 2;
    198. period of depression, 1;
    199. his visionary schemes, 1;
    200. increasing ascendancy, 1;
    201. reluctance to offend Londonderry, 1;
    202. speech in Don Pacifico debate ‘a cross’, 1;
    203. death of Peel, 1;
    204. poor reputation at Court, 1, 2;
    205. annoyed at Stanley’s failure to form Government, 1, 2;
    206. support from Stanley’s son Edward, 1;
    207. renewed despondency, 1;
    208. domestic troubles at Hughenden, 1;
    209. repudiates idea of link with Palmerston, 1;
    210. tests party opinion on position as leader, 1;
    211. Chancellor of Exchequer under Derby, 1;
    212. rumour of getting Foreign Office, 1;
    213. pride at his elevation, 1;
    214. his interim budget, 1;
    215. careful handling of Peelites, 1;
    216. opinions of him as leader of House, 1;
    217. his election address (1852), 1;
    218. difficulties with Admiralty, 1;
    219. patronage problems, 1;
    220. friendship with Lennox, 1;
    221. his 1852 budget, 1;
    222. decides to reduce malt tax and income tax, 1;
    223. lowers tea duty, 1;
    224. unable to reduce income tax, decides to reform it, 1;
    225. increases house tax, 1;
    226. unwitting plagiarism, 1;
    227. debate on free trade, 1;
    228. Service demands on budget, 1;
    229. his budget speech, 1;
    230. debate on budget, 1;
    231. prospect of defeat, 1;
    232. overture to Bright, 1;
    233. winding-up speech, 1;
    234. Gladstone’s counterblast, 1;
    235. Government defeat, 1
    236. a national figure, 1;
    237. biographies of, 1;
    238. row with Gladstone, 1;
    239. changes in party management, 1;
    240. seeks Press support, 1;
    241. helps to found Press, 1;
    242. differences with Derby on Opposition policy, 1;
    243. wretched autumn and winter, 1;
    244. first visit to Knowsley, 1;
    245. honorary
    247. DCL from Oxford, 1;
    248. on University reform and professors, 1;
    249. puzzling outburst about Derby, 1;
    250. on Crimean War, 1, 2, 3;
    251. indignation at Derby’s failure to form Government, 1;
    252. considers Palmerston ‘only ginger beer’, 1;
    253. interest in Cabinet reform, 1;
    254. kindness to Villiers family, 1;
    255. active in local government, 1, 2;
    256. entertained by Louis Napoleon, 1;
    257. unpopular with party, 1;
    258. attacks foreign policy and budget, 1;
    259. questionable use of Earle, 1, 2;
    260. views on Indian Mutiny, 1;
    261. protests at reprisals, 1;
    262. victory over Conspiracy to Murder Bill, 1;
    263. at Exchequer in Derby’s second Ministry, 1;
    264. seeks support from Times , 1;
    265. generous offer to Gladstone rejected, 1;
    266. alliance with Stanley on India Bill, 1;
    267. further patronage problems, 1;
    268. his plans for second budget, 1;
    269. interest in parliamentary reform, 1 et seq .;
    270. and the 1859 Bill, 1;
    271. apathetic election, 1;
    272. overture to Palmerston, 1;
    273. and Italian question, 1;
    274. his message to Napoleon III, 1;
    275. unconscious role as founder of Liberal party, 1;
    276. suggests Derby and self retiring in favour of Stanley, 1;
    277. accused of betrayal on fall of Government, 1;
    278. his life at Hughenden, 1, 2;
    279. country-house visits, 1;
    280. not locally popular, 1;
    281. makes Corry private secretary, 1, 2;
    282. friendship with Mrs Brydges Willyams, 1;
    283. alleged relationship of both to Lara family, 1;
    284. left residue of her estate, 1, 2;
    285. his fluctuating finances, 1;
    286. disagreeable shock from Duke of Portland, 1;
    287. his debts bought up by Montagu, 1;
    288. death of sister Sarah, 1;
    289. attacked by Lord R. Cecil, 1;
    290. offers to retire, 1;
    291. political truce, 1;
    292. activity in foreign affairs debates, 1;
    293. his comments not always sensible, 1;
    294. relations with Queen, 1;
    295. his tribute to Prince Consort, 1;
    296. attends wadding of Prince of Wales, 1;
    297. audience with Queen, 1;
    298. begins ‘Faery’ myth of her, 1;
    299. on ‘Palmerston escapade’, 1;
    300. accepted into ‘Establishment’, 1, 2;
    301. counsels reserve on Russell’s Reform Bill, 1;
    302. precarious position in party, 1;
    303. temporary alliance with Lowe, 1;
    304. efforts to defeat Government, 1;
    305. success of, 1;
    306. rejects terms for anti-reform coalition, 1;
    307. gets own way in composition of new Cabinet, 1;
    308. at Exchequer in Derby’s third Ministry, 1
    309.     procrastination over Reform, 1;
    310. determined to seize initiative, 1;
    311. favours positive foreign policy, 1;
    312. and economy in arms expenditure, 1;
    313. vacillation over Reform Bill, 1;
    314. introduces resolutions, 1;
    315. withdraws and has to produce a Bill, 1;
    316. production of statistics, 1;
    317. embarrassed by Cranborne and Carnarvon revolt, 1;
    318. Ten Minutes Bill, 1, 2;
    319. worried by drafting of main Bill, 1;
    320. transformation of Bill, 1;
    321. hand-to-mouth methods, 1;
    322. defeats Gladstone amendment, 1, 2;
    323. break with Earle, 1;
    324. his parliamentary skill, 1;
    325. abolishes compounder, 1;
    326. introduces Redistribution Bill, 1;
    327. attacked by Lowe, 1;
    328. attacks, 1;
    329. his role in Reform Bill assessed, 1;
    330. his party position transformed, 1;
    331. speech at Edinburgh Conservative banquet, 1;
    332. impresses Scottish working men, 1;
    333. illness of wife and himself, 1;
    334. succeeds Derby as Prime Minister, 1;
    335. has ‘climbed to top of greasy pole’, 1;
    336. forms Cabinet, 1;
    337. dismisses Chelmsford, 1;
    338. exemplary behaviour towards Derby, 1;
    339. relationship with Queen, 1, 2;
    340. ‘lays it on with trowel’, 1;
    341. enchants her with epistolary style, 1, 2;
    342. stays at Balmoral, 1;
    343. his weak political position, 1;
    344. success of Abyssinian expedition, 1;
    345. Irish Church question, 1;
    346. Salisbury’s low opinion of him, 1;
    347. outmanoeuvres Gladstone, 1;
    348. his peculiar Christianity, 1;
    349. his social rise, 1;
    350. success with gay but not with grave, 1;
    351. ignorance of Church affairs, 1;
    352. ecclesiastical appointments, 1;
    353. fluctuating opinion of election prospects, 1;
    354. heavy defeat, 1;
    355. resigns, 1;
    356. obtains peerage for wife, 1;
    357. decides to continue in politics, 1;
    358. quiescent opposition, 1;
    359. resumes literary work, 1;
    360. publishes Lot hair , 1;
    361. financial success of, 1;
    362. discontent with his leadership, 1;
    363. reasserts authority, 1;
    364. surge of public favour, 1;
    365. contemplates being Prime Minister again, 1;
    366. clinches leadership with Manchester and Crystal Palace speeches, 1;
    367. death of brother James, 1;
    368. illness and death of wife, 1;
    369. brighter political prospects, 1, 2, 3;
    370. Government resigns, 1;
    371. he refuses to take office, 1;
    372. forces Gladstone to resume, 1;
    373. declines proposal from Lady Cardigan, 1;
    374. begins romance with Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield, 1;
    375. great reception in Scotland, 1
    376.    hears of immediate dissolution, 1;
    377. his election manifesto, 1;
    378. improved party organization, 1;
    379. heads Bucks poll, 1;
    380. election success, 1;
    381. forms new Government, 1;
    382. determines on small Cabinet, 1;
    383. sensational choice of Cross for Home Secretary, 1;
    384. choice of Household, 1;
    385. his style as Prime Minister, 1;
    386. the inner Cabinet, 1;
    387. flatters the Queen, 1;
    388. possibility of his undue influence, 1;
    389. ‘not her Grand Vizier’, 1, 2;
    390. has no programme, 1;
    391. ‘Bill to put down Ritualism’, 1;
    392. ill-health, 1, 2, 3;
    393. his part in Conservative social reform, 1;
    394. and Tenant Right, 1;
    395. social duties, 1;
    396. further difficulties with Navy, 1;
    397. tact over Prince of Wales’ visit to India, 1;
    398. appoints Lytton as Viceroy, 1;
    399. his leadership criticized, 1, 2;
    400. trouble over Royal Titles Bill, 1;
    401. destroys Lowe, 1;
    402. thinks of resigning, 1;
    403. decides to lead from House of Lords, 1;
    404. last speech in Commons, 1;
    405. created Earl of Beaconsfield, 1;
    406. a great parliamentarian, 1;
    407. interest in foreign affairs, 1 et seq .;
    408. little real knowledge of other countries, 1;
    409. determines to reassert British power, 1;
    410. differs from Derby’s ‘passivism’, 1;
    411. dislikes Balkan nationalism, 1;
    412. hostility to Dreikaiserbund , 1, 2;
    413. purchases Suez Canal shares, 1;
    414. rejects Berlin Memorandum, 1;
    415. second thoughts on, 1;
    416. erratic judgments on diplomats, 1;
    417. reluctance to believe in Bulgarian atrocities, 1;
    418. uncertain policy towards Turkey, 1;
    419. despises Gladstone’s pamphlet on atrocities, 1;
    420. his Aylesbury speech, 1;
    421. analysis of forces behind him and Gladstone, 1;
    422. their mutual hatred, 1;
    423. erratic attitude to Eastern question, 1;
    424. conflicting views on his policy, 1;
    425. Guildhall speech warning Russia, 1;
    426. his military plans, 1, 2, 3;
    427. question of responsibility for Constantinople Conference failure, 1;
    428. uneasiness over Salisbury, 1;
    429. uncertain policy, 1;
    430. overture to Shuvalov, 1;
    431. distrusted by Carnarvon and Salisbury, 1;
    432. ‘three Lords’ oppose him, 1;
    433. widening breach with Derby, 1, 2;
    434. suspicions of Russian intentions, 1;
    435. embarrassed by Queen’s extremism, 1;
    436. secret warning to Tsar, 1;
    437. refutes charge of personal jobbery, 1;
    438. ill-health and depression, 1;
    439. suggests mediation between Russia and Turkey, 1, 2;
    440. and Cabinet ‘leakages’, 1;
    441. declines Garter, 1;
    442. complete breach after Derby’s resignation, 1;
    443. new relationship with Salisbury at Foreign Office, 1;
    444. stays at Hatfield, 1;
    445. negotiates Anglo–Russian Conventions, 1;
    446. at Congress of Berlin, 1;
    447. alliance with Bismarck, 1;
    448. ‘lion’ of Congress, 1;
    449. refuses to speak French, 1;
    450. success over Bulgarian frontier, 1;
    451. failure over Batum, 1;
    452. signs Treaty, 1;
    453. triumphant return, bringing ‘peace with honour’, 1;
    454. accepts Garter, 1;
    455. snubs Gladstone, 1;
    456. his Eastern policy assessed, 1
    457.    unsurpassed prestige, 1;
    458. question of missed election opportunity, 1;
    459. Cabinet has talent but no luck, 1;
    460. difficulties with India and Afghanistan, 1;
    461. defends his policy, 1;
    462. little interest in colonies, 1;
    463. ‘extremely dissatisfied’ with Froude’s Cape mission, 1;
    464. apprehension over South Africa, 1;
    465. fury with Frere and Chelmsford after Isandhlwana, 1;
    466. double-faced dispatch to Frere, 1, 2;
    467. sends out Wolseley, 1;
    468. difference with Queen, 1;
    469. his foreign policy after Berlin, 1, 2;
    470. Bismarck’s curious démarche , 1;
    471. his opinion of Disraeli, 1;
    472. improved health, 1;
    473. social life, 1, 2;
    474. patronage, honours and ecclesiastical appointments, 1;
    475. rewards to friends, 1;
    476. royal problems, 1;
    477. loses initiative in last months of power, 1;
    478. refuses to revive protection, 1;
    479. mistaken timing of 1880 election, 1, 2;
    480. does not reply to Gladstone’s indictment, 1;
    481. ‘feverish attack’, 1;
    482. opposes dissolution, 1;
    483. changes mind after by-elections, 1;
    484. inefficient party machine, 1;
    485. repays debt of gratitude to Bentincks, 1;
    486. uninspiring election manifesto, 1;
    487. not much worried about outcome, 1;
    488. disastrous election, 1;
    489. last rewards to friends, 1;
    490. breaks news to Queen, 1;
    491. advises her how to deal
    492. with Gladstone, 1;
    493. reflections on his defeat, 1;
    494. continues to lead party, 1;
    495. uneventful summer, 1;
    496. continues letters to Queen, 1;
    497. as royal matchmaker, 1;
    498. gloomy view of politics, 1;
    499. acts cautiously, 1;
    500. tactful handling of Fourth Party, 1;
    501. sums up political situation for Queen, 1;
    502. finishes Endymion , 1;
    503. Longmans’ large offer for, 1;
    504. publication and reception, 1;
    505. his inability to create characters, 1;
    506. begins novel satirizing Gladstone, 1;
    507. leaves it unfinished, 1;
    508. exceptionally good health, 1;
    509. inconvenienced by Corry’s absence abroad, 1, 2;
    510. acquires 19 Curzon Street, 1;
    511. deteriorating health, 1, 2;
    512. last visit to Queen, 1;
    513. attacks decision to evacuate Kandahar, 1;
    514. first and only dinner party in new house, 1;
    515. last speech in Lords, 1;
    516. catches bronchitis, 1;
    517. writes last letter to Queen, 1;
    518. progress of illness, 1;
    519. ‘had rather live but not afraid to die’, 1;
    520. death, 1;
    521. Queen’s grief at, 1;
    522. funeral at Hughenden, 1;
    523. Queen visits grave, 1;
    524. Gladstone’s speech in praise of him, 1;
    525. his will, 1;
    526. Corry his true heir, 1;
    527. his place in history, 1;
    528. an adventurer up to a point, 1;
    529. reasons for long period in opposition, 1;
    530. difficulty of adopting Peelism, 1;
    531. seizes opportunity created by Gladstone, 1;
    532. personal stamp on Conservative image, 1;
    533. he and Gladstone polarize politics, 1;
    534. accused of insincerity and lack of principle, 1;
    535. a practical politician, 1;
    536. middle-class exponent of aristocracy, 1;
    537. a superb parliamentarian, 1;
    538. never a grave statesman, 1
    539.    Appearance , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    540.    Character and characteristics : alien, sense of being, 1, 2, 3;
    541. ambition, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
    542. children, devotion to, 1;
    543. classics, love of, 1;
    544. climate, influenced by, 1, 2;
    545. courage, 1, 2, 3;
    546. coxcombry, 1;
    547. cynicism, 1;
    548. dandyism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    549. despondency, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    550. egoism, 1, 2;
    551. emotionalism, 1;
    552. facts, carelessness about, 1, 2, 3;
    553. financial incompetence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
    554. flamboyance, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
    555. generosity and gratitude, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    556. geography, ignorance of, 1, 2;
    557. a gourmet, 1, 2, 3;
    558. imagination, lack of, 1, 2;
    559. impulsiveness, 1, 2;
    560. insincerity, alleged, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    561. intrigue, penchant for, 1, 2, 3;
    562. irony mixed with romanticism, 1;
    563. Italian streak, 1, 2;
    564. Jewishness, 1, 2, 3;
    565. limelight, love of, 1, 2, 3;
    566. Mary Anne’s list, 1;
    567. ‘moderate reputation’, scorn for, 1;
    568. mother-substitute, search for, 1, 2, 3;
    569. observation, sharpness of, 1, 2;
    570. opportunism, 1;
    571. oratorical style, 1;
    572. plagiarism, 1n , 2, 3;
    573. politician, genius as, 1, 2;
    574. pride, 1, 2, 3;
    575. principle, alleged lack of, 1, 2, 3;
    576. rebelliousness, 1, 2;
    577. recklessness, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    578. romanticism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    579. rural life, pleasure in, 1, 2, 3;
    580. ruthlessness, 1;
    581. satirical gifts, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    582. scepticism, 1, 2;
    583. sport, little interest in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    584. theatricality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    585. trees, passion for, 1;
    586. vanity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    587. vitality, 1;
    588. weddings, regular attendance at, 1;
    589. wit, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
    590. youth, sympathy with, 1, 2, 3
    591.    Health , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
    592. nervous breakdown, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    593. psychosomatic illnesses, 1, 2;
    594. fit at Aylesbury, 1;
    595. gout, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    596. deterioration in, 1, 2, 3;
    597. asthma and bronchitis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    598. treatment by Dr Kidd, 1, 2, 3;
    599. ‘feverish attack’, 1;
    600. declining powers, 1;
    601. final illness, 1
    602.    Views on : aristocracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    603. authorship, 1;
    604. Cabinet reform, 1, 2;
    605. capitalists as peace–keepers, 1;
    606. Christianity, 1, 2, 3;
    607. Church of England, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    608. coalitions, 1, 2;
    609. colonial policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    610. ‘Conservatism’, 1;
    611. Corn Laws, 1, 2, 3;
    612. Crimean War, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    613. critics, 1;
    614. democracy, 1;
    615. Derby, 14th Earl of, 1, 2, 3;
    616. female friendship, 1;
    617. fiscal matters, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    618. foreign diplomats, 1;
    619. foreign policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
    620. France, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    621. Gladstone, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    622. imperialism, 1, 2, 3;
    623. independent Radicalism, 1;
    624. India, 1, 2, 3;
    625. Ireland, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    626. Irish Church, 1, 2, 3;
    627. Italian question, 1;
    628. Judaism, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    629. labour conditions, 1, 2;
    630. nationalism, 1, 2;
    631. Opposition, duty of, 1;
    632. parliamentary reform, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
    633. patronage, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    634. Peel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
    635. Poor Law, 1;
    636. Prince Consort, 1;
    637. protection, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
    638. Prussia, 1;
    639. race, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    640. religion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    641. Roman Catholics, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    642. Russia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    643. school friendships, 1, 2;
    644. Smythe, 1;
    645. social reform, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    646. Tenant Right, 1;
    647. territorial constitution, 1;
    648. Toryism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
    649. Turkey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    650. universities, 1, 2;
    651. ‘Venetian constitution’, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    652. Whigs, 1, 2;
    653. working classes, 1, 2;
    654. Young England, 1, 2;
    655. youth of nation, 1
38. Disraeli, Mary Anne (Mrs Wyndham Lewis, née Evans), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
    1. her quasi-maternal affection, 1, 2;
    2. character, 1, 2, 3;
    3. D her ‘Parliamentary protégé’, 1;
    4. her absurd remarks, 1, 2, 3;
    5. D first meets, 1;
    6. his motives in marrying her, 1, 2;
    7. her insistence on year’s lapse before accepting, 1;
    8. lends him money, 1;
    9. accepts after furious row and remarkable letter, 1, 2;
    10. success of marriage, 1, 2;
    11. her list of contrasting qualities, 1;
    12. differences over money, 1, 2;
    13. relations with Sarah D, 1, 2;
    14. Sybil dedicated to her – ‘a perfect Wife’, 1;
    15. seeks office for D from Peel, 1;
    16. country house visits, 1, 2;
    17. goes to Stowe with D, 1;
    18. settles some of D’s debts, 1;
    19. her income, 1, 2;
    20. quarrels with James D’Israeli, 1;
    21. illnesses, 1;
    22. Continental holiday, 1;
    23. life at Hughenden, 1, 2, 3;
    24. meanness over small matters, 1;
    25. first visit to Windsor, 1;
    26. ‘more like a mistress than a wife’, 1;
    27. seriously ill, 1, 2;
    28. Gladstone’s regard for, 1;
    29. thinks Downing Street ‘dingy and decaying’, 1;
    30. made a peeress, 1, 2;
    31. failing health and death, 1, 2, 3;
    32. urges D to remarry, 1;
    33. D’s remarkable letter to (1839), 1;
    34. correspondence with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
39. D’Israeli, Coningsby (nephew), 1, 2, 3, 4
40. D’Israeli, Isaac (father), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
    1. D’s memoir of, 1, 2;
    2. early rebelliousness, 1;
    3. literary career, 1, 2, 3;
    4. literary friendships, 1, 2;
    5. illness, 1;
    6. marriage, 1;
    7. character, 1;
    8. a lifelong Tory, 1, 2;
    9. leaves Jewish faith, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    10. has children brought up as Christians, 1, 2;
    11. his choice of schools for, 1, 2;
    12. tours Rhine with D, 1;
    13. optimistic over Representative , 1;
    14. rents Hyde House, 1;
    15. portrayed in Vivian Grey , 1, 2;
    16. breach with Murray, 1, 2;
    17. retires to Bradenham, 1, 2;
    18. rebuffs D’s expensive schemes, 1;
    19. admired by Bulwer, 1, 2;
    20. his wishes for D’s marriage, 1, 2;
    21. worried over D’s erratic conduct, 1;
    22. his opinion of Epick , 1, 2;
    23. settles D’s debt to Austen, 1;
    24. and other debts, 1;
    25. influence of his ideas, 1;
    26. death of, 1, 2;
    27. D’s affection for, 1;
    28. his estate, 1;
    29. as a country gentleman, 1;
    30. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
41. D’Israeli, Mrs Isaac (Maria Basevi) (D’s mother), 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. her ancestry, 1, 2;
    2. marriage, 1;
    3. D’s relationship with, 1, 2, 3;
    4. letter to John Murray, 1, 2;
    5. death of, 1
43. D’Israeli, James (brother), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    1. baptized, 1;
    2. at Winchester, 1, 2, 3;
    3. D seeks government post for, 1, 2, 3;
    4. farms at Bradenham, 1, 2, 3;
    5. quarrels with Mary Anne, 1;
    6. given County Court Treasurership, 1;
    7. Commissioner of Excise, 1;
    8. death, 1;
    9. irregular life, 1
44. D’Israeli, Naphtali (brother), 1
45. D’Israeli, Ralph (brother), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    1. baptized, 1;
    2. at Winchester, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    3. literary efforts, 1;
    4. D procures Chancery clerkship for, 1, 2;
    5. rift after James’s death, 1;
    6. Clerk Assistant in House of Lords, 1;
    7. at D’s funeral, 1;
    8. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3
46. D’Israeli, Sarah (sister), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7n , 8, 9, 10, 11;
    1. baptized, 1;
    2. unofficially engaged to W. G. Meredith, 1;
    3. and Young Duke , 1;
    4. engagement official, 1;
    5. devotes life to D after Meredith’s death, 1;
    6. and Clara Bolton, 1, 2;
    7. tries to get D married, 1;
    8. has short story accepted, 1;
    9. edits father’s works with D, 1;
    10. death, 1, 2;
    11. correspondence with D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24n , 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
47. Disraeli, Gladstone and the Eastern Ques tion (Seton-Watson), 1
48. Dissertation on Anecdotes, A (D’Israeli), 1
49. Don, Sir George and Lady, 1
50. Don Juan (Byron), D’s Commons style to be like, 1
51. Don Pacifico debate (1850), 1, 2, 3
52. Doncaster, 1, 2
53. Donoughmore, 4th Earl of, 1
54. Dorian Gray (Wilde), 1
55. D’Orsay, Alfred, Count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    1. portrayed in Henrietta Temple , 1;
    2. death, 1
56. D’Orsay, Harriet, 1
57. Dost Mohammed, Amir, 1
58. Dowlais ironworks, 1, 2
59. Dreikaiserbund (League of Three Emperors), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
60. Drummond, Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4
61. Du Pré, C. G. (Bucks MP), 1
62. dual voting, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
63. Dublin, university proposal, 1, 2, 3
64. Duckworth, Rev. Mr, 1
65. Ducrow, Andrew, 1
66. Dudley, Lady, 1
67. Duke Street (No. 35), D lodges at, 1
68. Dumas, Alexandre, 1
69. Dunciad of Today, The , D’s possible authorship of, 1
70. Duncombe, Pauncefort, 1
71. Duncombe, Thomas, 1
72. Dunkellin, Lord, 1
73. Durham, 1st Earl of, 1, 2, 3