Chief Justices. Sir John Holt 1689 Sir Tho. Parker 1710 Sir John Pratt 1718 Sir Rt.Raymond 1724 Sir Philip Yorke 1733 Sir W. Lee 1737 SirDudley Ryder 1754 W Murray, lord Mansfield 1756
Attorneys General. Sir GeorgeTreby 1689 Sir John Somers 1692 Edward Ward 1693 Sir Tho. Trevor 1695 Edward Northey 1701 Sir Simon Harcourt
Sir Js. Montague 1708 Sir Simon Har-
court again, September 18 1710 Sir Edward Nor- they again,Oc- tober 19 1710 Nich. Lechmere 1717 Sir Rt Raymond 1720 Sir Philip Yorke 1723 Sir John Willes 1733 SirDudley Ryder 1736 Hon.W.Murray 1754 Sir Rt. Henley 1756 Sir Charles Pratt 1757 Hon. Ch. Yorke 1762
Solicitors General.
John Somers 1689
Thomas Trevor 1692 John Hawles 1695
Simon Harcourt 1702 Sir Js. Montague 1707 Robert Eyre 1708 Sir Rt. Raymond 1710 Nich. Lechmere 1741 John Fortescue 1715 Sit W.Thompson 1716 Sir Philip Yorke 1719 Sir Clem. Weary 1723 Sir Ch. Talbot 1726 Dudley Ryder 1733 John Strange 1736 HonWmMurray1742 Sir Rich. Lloyd 1745 Hon. Ch. Yorke 1756 Fletcher Norton 1761
A List of the Prime Ministers and Administration from the Revolution to the year 1763.
King William III. and Mary.
1688 Sir John, afterwards lord So- 1695 The earl of Sunderland, &c. &c. mers, lord Godolphin, after- 1697 Charles Montague, afterwards
wards duke of Leeds, marquis of Halifax, earl of Pembroke, earl, afterwards duke of Shrewsbury, earl of Nottingham, earl of Devonshire, earl of Bedford.
1697 Lord Godolphin, lord Cowper, Robert Harley, Esq. earl of Pembroke, duke of Buckingham.
1705 Duke of Marlborough. 1707 Earl of Godolphin, lord Cowper, earl of Sunderland, earl of Pembroke, duke of Marlborough, John Holles, duke of Newcastle.
earl of Halifax, earl of Pembroke, viscount Lonsdale, carl of Orford, earl of Jersey, earl of Mulgrave, afterwards duke of Buckingham.
1710 Robert Harley, afterwards earl of Oxford, earl of Rochester, lord Dartmouth, St. John, Esq. afterwards viscount Bolingbroke, Simon, Esq. afterwards lord Harcourt.
Charles duke of Shrewsbury, &c. &c.
hope, first lord of the treasury, chancellor, and under treasurer of the exchequer.
Charles, earl of Sunderland, &c. &c.
1721 Robert Walpole, afterwards earl of Orford, first lord of the treasury, chancellor and under treasurer of the exchequer, K. B. and K. G.
The Eldest Sons of Dukes of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Puisné Judges and Barons Masters in Chancery
Viscounts Younger Sons Barons Younger Sons Baronets
Knights of the Bath Knights Bachelors Colonels
The Ladies take place according to the degree of quality of their husbands.
This Index does not refer to the pages, but to the years, both for the History of Great Britain and the cotemporary occur- rences in the Appendix; the references to the General Ob- servations, which conclude the eighth and ninth Periods, are pointed out by the letters G. O. 8. or 9.
Abbreviations.-The two first figures of the year are not re- peated in the same article unless the century changes. King, K.; Prince, P.; Duke, D.; Marquis, M.; Earl, E.; Baron. B.; Lord, L.; Archduke, Archd.; Archbishop, Archb.; Bishop, Bish.; General, Gen.; Admiral, Adm.; Ambassa dor, Amb.
ABBOT, Rt. Hon.C. Speaker of
the House of Commons, 1753 Abdication of Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1654 Abercorn Abercrombie, Gen. 1758 Abingdon, E. of, 1714 Abjuration, oath of, 1660-the act of, burnt by the hangman, 61-abjuration oath taken,
Addison, sec. of state, 1717 Agaric of Oak, its styptic vir- tues discovered, 1751 Agbrim, 1691
Aiguillon, D. d', defeats the English at St. Cast, 1758 Ailsbury-men, 1705 Aislabie, ch. of the exchequer, 1720-obliged to resign his office, expelled the house of commons, and apprehended,
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 1608
-a congress at, 1747-pre- liminaries signed at, 48-
peace concluded, conditions of the treaty, ib.
Albemarle, Monk, created D. of, 1660-66 his death, 1670- E. of, 1712-amb. in France, 54, 62
Alberoni, card. 1718-19 Alcantara, surrenders to Lord Galway, 1706
Algiers, war declared against, 1669-bombardment, 1682 Alicant, 1691, 1709 Alliances, triple, between Eng- land, Holland, and Sweden, 1668-70-with Holland,1678 -with Spain, 8c-offensive and defensive, against France, between the Emperor and the Dutch, 85-England accedes to it, ib.-renewed with the United Provinces, 1716- quadruple, between the Em- peror, France, England, and Holland, 18-a defensive, be- tween England and France, 25-the States Gen. and the
K. of Sweden accede to it, 26
a quadruple, is concluded at Warsaw, between the queen of Hungary, the States Gen. the Ks. of Great Britain and Po- land, 45-between the Czar Peter III. and the K. of Prussia, 62
Ali-kan deposes the Suba of Ben- gal, and assumes that vice- royalty, 1757
Almanza, the battle of, 1707 Almenara, the battle of, 1710 Ambassadors, the French and Dutch, vainly interpose in the K.'s behalf. 1649-a quarrel between the French and Spanish, for precedency, 61-the French amb. arrives to mediate a peace between England and the Dutch, 1665 America, misfortunes in, 1757 Amherst, major-gen. 1759-60 Anandale, E. 1690 Anglesey, E. of, 1714 Anne, pincess, ed daughter of the D. of York, (James II.) marries the P. of Denmark, 1683, 88, 89, 92, 95 Annesley, created E. of Angle- sey, 1660
Annuities, all the funds for them
reduced into one, 1751 Anson, adm. 1740-returns from his voyage of three years around the globe, 44, 47 Antinomians, 1649
Antiquarians of London, charter granted to the society of the, 1751
Arbitrary Imprisonments, a vote against, 1628 Argyle, E. of, 1639, 48, 50- tried and executed, 61, 81, 85, 90, 1703, 05, 13, 14, 40 Arlington, 1670, 74 Armedale, M. of, 1703 Arminians, 1629
Army, new modelled by the in-
dependent party, 1644-op- pose the parliament, 47-car- ries off the king from Holmby Castle-insist that 11 mem- bers of parliament should be expelled and imprisoned, and that all new levies should be stopped, 47--advances to- wards Hounslow,and removes the king to Hampton-Court, march in triumph through the city, and reduce the parlia- ment to submission, ib.-send a remonstrance to the parlia- ment, insisting on the king being brought to his trial, 48
convey the king to Hurst Castle, surround the parlia- ment, and allow only sixty members to enter the house of commons, ib.-disbanded, 60, 80
Arran. E. of, 1689 Arundel, E. of, 1626, 39, 43 Asfeldt, chevalier d', 1709 Asbburnbam, 1647 Ashley Cooper, Lord, afterwards E. of Shaftesbury and chan- cellor, 1660, 70, 73. See Shaftesbury
Assiento Treaty, 1714, 38, 39 Assurance Companies, the Royal and London, erected 1720 Association Bill, 1680, 96 Atblone, 169 1 Atbol, M. of, 1703 Attainder, an act of, is passed against the P. of Wales (the pretender), 1702
Attornies, their number, 1731 Auverkerque, Dutch gen. 1706
Baden, P. Lewis of, 1704, 07 Balcarras, 1689 Baillie, 1683
Balmerino, Lord, sentenced to death, 1746
Bank of England, 1694-circu- lates a large sum of exchequer
bills for the government, ib. -Bank Act, 1717-circu- lates South-Sea Company's bonds, 20
Barcelona, 1691, 97 Bareith, Margrave of, 1707 Barillon, 1677, 85, 88 Barrier in Flanders for the Dutch, 1712-settled by a treaty, 13 Bath, E. of. 1688 Battles, of Newbury, lost by the royalists, 1644-of Naseby, lost by the royal- ists, 45-of Worcester, won by Cromwell against Charles II. ib.-sea fighting, which lasted four days, be- tween the English and the Dutch, June 1, 66—another, which lasted two days, 25th July, ib.-of Prague, 1620- at Newton Butler in Ireland, 1689-of the Boyne, 90-at Aghrim, 91-at Neerwinden, 93-at Ramilli, 1706--at Almanza, 07-at Malpla- quet, og at Fontenoy, 45- at Preston-Pans, ib.at Cul- loden, 46—at Lawfell, 47— at Rosbacn, 57-at Crevelt, 58-at Minden, 59 Bayonets first used, 1692 Bavaria, D of, 1702-progress of the Elector in Germany, 1703, 04, 08, 12 Beauclerc, Ch. E. of Burford, 1684 Bedford, Russell E. of, 1688- D. of, 1702-Min. Plenip. sent to France, 62 Belleisle, the isle of, the French fleet completely defeated near, 1759-taken by the English,
Mareschal de, plan of,
1759 Bembor, Commodore, 1693, 1702
Bentinck, rewarded with the dig- nity of E. of Portland, 1689 Bergen-op-Zoom, taken by the French, 1747
Berkeley, E. of, 1714 Bernsdorf, 1717
Berlin, laid under contribution, 1757 Berwick, James Fitz-James, D. of, 1687, 88, 96, 1704, 07, 10, 19 Bezons, Mareschal de, 1713 Bishops, thirteen, accused of high-treason, 1641-nine re- stored to their sees, 60-seven present a petition to be dis- pensed with the distributing and reading, after divine ser- vice, the declaration of the liberty of conscience; the y are committed to the Tower, and prosecuted, 88, 91 Blackfriars-Bridge 1760 Blake, Adm. 1652, 53, 56 Blenheim, 1704
Bobemia, conquered by the Elec- tor of Bavaria, who is pro- claimed king at Prague, 1741
Bolingbroke, 1712, 13, 14, 15— impeached, ib - pardoned, 23, 25, 30, 37, 39-his in- trigues to excite a new mis- understanding between the king and the P. of Wales, 48 Bolton, D. of, 1714, 34 Booth, Sir George, 1659-60 Boscawen, Adm. 1747, 55, 58,
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