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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

1707

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.

Queen

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.

Anne.

1710 Robert Harley, afterwards earl of Oxford, earl of Rochester, lord Dartmouth, St. John, Esq. afterwards viscount Bolingbroke, Simon, Esq. afterwards lord Harcourt.

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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.

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The Eldest Sons of Dukes of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Blood Royal

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Puisné Judges and Barons
Masters in Chancery

Viscounts Younger Sons
Barons Younger Sons
Baronets

Knights of the Bath
Knights Bachelors
Colonels

Doctors Graduate

Serjeants at Law

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The Ladies take place according to the degree of quality of their husbands.

INDEX.

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,

1702

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,

21

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-

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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,

61

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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