Authors: Richard Holmes
Thomas Lediard
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An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough from her first coming to court to the year 1710
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NOTE: Titles and ranks are generally the highest mentioned in the text
Aachen, 464–5
Abbeville, 394, 396
Abel, John, 208
Acadia, 459
Addison, Joseph, 15
Ailesbury, Elizabeth, Countess of, 178
Ailesbury, Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of (
later
3rd Earl of Elgin):
relations with Marlborough, 11
seeks favours from Charles II, 24–5
on Dutch peers, 27
and Marlborough constituency, 31
praises Charles II’s judgement, 91
on James II’s weaknesses, 96
on James II in loss of
Gloucester
, 97
and Charles II’s death, 109
on Catholic troop of Life Guards, 132
and conspiracy against James II, 136
on desertions to William at 1688 invasion, 148
and James II’s flight to France, 156
on William’s coolness towards Marlborough, 157
denied army commission by Schomberg, 158
accuses Marlboroughs of rapaciousness, 159
on wife’s birth in Tower, 178
imprisoned in Tower, 179
and plots against William, 187
on Captain Farewell, 231
and death of Marlborough’s son, 236
on Marlborough’s soft-heartedness, 266
in exile, 300
on condominium in Spanish Netherlands, 371
Aire-sur-la-Lys, 451
Aix la Chapelle, Treaty of (1668), 66
Alba, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of, 196
Albemarle, Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of, 111, 113–15, 124
Albemarle, George Monck, 1st Duke of, 44, 48, 50
Albemarle, Henry FitzJames, Duke of, 48
Albemarle, Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of, 191, 377, 455
Albergotti, Lieutenant General, 424, 431, 457
Alberoni, Giulio, 438
Algiers, 60–1
Alington, Colonel Hildebrand, Baron, 76
Allègre, Lieutenant General Yves, marquis d’, 315, 318–19
Allen, Sir Thomas, 60–1
Almanza, battle of (1707), 28, 209, 356–8
prisoners of war, 368
Ampthill (constituency), 31
Anderlecht, 373
Anhalt-Dessau, Leopold, Prince of, 452–3
Anjou, Philippe, duc d’
see
Philip V, King of Spain
Anne of Denmark, Queen of James I, 67
Anne, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (
earlier
Princess):
Trevelyan’s writings on, 4
close relations with Sarah Marlborough, 7, 13, 103–7, 110, 141, 165, 181, 190, 237
honours Marlborough, 11
succeeds to throne, 26
creates peers, 28–9
and spoils system, 38
birth, 47
and father’s exile in Low Countries, 92
accompanies father from Scotland to England, 96
differences and breach with sister Mary, 103, 176–8, 180
relations with Mulgrave, 103
Sarah meets, 103
letter to Frances Apsley, 104
marriage to Prince George, 104, 106–7
developing relations with Abigail Hill (Masham), 105, 304, 354, 409, 414, 442, 445
and husband’s health decline and death, 107, 407–9
pregnancies and death
of children, 107, 141, 157, 164, 176, 178, 180, 191
commitment to Anglicanism, 140
correspondence with sister Mary, 141
and father’s intransigence, 141
hatred of Mary of Modena, 141
supports conspiracy against father, 142, 149
and William’s invasion, 149
flees on father’s return to London, 154–5
in succession to William and Mary, 156, 158
favours regency during father’s exile, 157
accommodation and properties, 163
claims to throne, 163, 186
taciturnity, 163
claims parliamentary grant, 164
called ‘Mrs Morley’ by Sarah, 165
grants pension to Sarah, 165
letter asking pardon of father, 166
depends on Marlboroughs’ support, 174
warned of Lady Fitzharding’s indiscretion, 176
moves to Syon House, 177
on Marlborough’s imprisonment in Tower, 180
and Mary’s death, 186
death of son Gloucester and succession question, 191–2, 327–9
favours Marlborough’s daughters on marriage, 191
accession, 194
offers dukedom and pension to Marlborough, 232–3
Tory sympathies, 233
and death of Sarah’s son John (Blandford), 236–7
deteriorating relations with Sarah, 238, 299, 304, 329, 351, 353–4, 365, 407–8, 414, 436
ennobles Tories, 238