Volume 2

Memoirs of Sir William Knighton, bart., G.C.H., keeper of the privy purse during the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth. Including his correspondence with many distinguished personages / By Lady Knighton.

  • Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet
Date:
1838
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    cessity of a military government in, 224; effects of newspapers in the revolutions of, 251]. Frankfort, collection of pictures at, ii. 3861. Fréjus, ruins of the town of, i. 253. French army defeated at Talavera, i. uk computation of the loss of, 15. nation, character of the, ii. 166; their want of religion, 198 ; comparisons between, and the Enge lish, 213. * revolution, its effects on the religion and manners of the French nation, i. 241. women, comparison between their manners and those of the Eng- lish, 11.227. Fresco, its advantages over oil paint- ings, i. 319, Gs Galway, remarks on the inhabitants of, i. 420. Geach, Dr. his intimacy with Sir. W. Knighton, i. 6; character of ib. ; Sir W. Knighton’s opinion of him, 17, 18; takes him under his own protection, 20 ; notice of his death, 22; esteemed by his patients, 23 ; anecdote of him, ib.n. ; remarks on his piety, 41 ; letters to, 7, 8. Gendarmerie of France, excellent or- ganization of, i. 243; perfection of in Tarbes, 251. Geneva, remarks on the town of, ii. 372. Georce ITI, King, notice of his death, i. 139. Grorce, Prince or Wates, (after- wards George IV.) appoints Sir W. Knighton to the auditorship of the Duchy of Cornwall, i. 133 ; his conduct on the death of George III, 139; visits Ireland, 144; dreadful hurricane on his return, 149 ; journey to Hanover, 155 ; visits the theatre at Calais, 156; visited by the King of the Nether- lands at Brussels, 157; visits the field of Waterloo, 160; serenaded by torch-light, 164; his reception at Osnabruck, 165, 166; arrives at Hanover, 108; petition presented to, 169 ; rejoicings on his arrival, 170 ; holds a levee and drawing- room, 172; attacked by the gout, VOL. It. 48] 175 ; bulletin on the occasion, 176; remarks on his reception in Ger- many, 179; serenaded by the mi- ners of Rothenkirchen, 180; re- ceives an address from the Univer- sity of Gottingen, 181; his return to England, 184; visits Scotland, 188 ; his condescension to Sir Wal- ter Scott, 190; his munificence to the charitable institutions of the country, 194 ; draws up a document for de- fraying the expenses of the privy purse, 199; his confidence in Sir W. Knighton, 203 ; eulogiums on him, 219; his contribution for the building of St. David’s College, 220 ; attacked by the gout, 261 ; his ill state of health, 283 ; sum- mons Sir. W. Knigbton to Wind- sor, 285 ; his remark on Sir Walter Scott’s genius, 290; his munifi- cence to O'Keeffe, 322; his visit to the House, 339 ; hisillness, 341. 375; ii. 24. 26. 30; his donation to the Covent Garden theatrical fund, 107; prayer appointed to be read for, during his illness, 141 ; his death, 143; benevolent cha- racter of, 144; account of his first acquaintance with Sir William Knighton, 184; his opinion of Sir William, 185; Sir Walter Scott’s eulogiums on, 231. Germany, remarks on the preparation of optician’s glass in, il. 216; on the disordered state of, 359. Ghent, remarks on the town of, i. 204, Guoucester, Ducuess oF, letters from to Sir W. Knighton, ii. 128. 145. Godoy, Don Manuel, Prince of the Peace, calamities of Spain imputed to, 1. 108. Godwin, Mr. his letters to Sir W. Knighton, i. 382. 386. Gooch, Dr. his intimacy with Sir W. Knighton, i. 269; delicacy of his constitution, 270; his remarks on Milton’s invocation to light, in his Paradise Lost, 271; on Dwight’s system of theology, 272 ; his illness, 273; death of, u. 103; his letters to Sir W. Knighton, i. 270. 273. 274; i. 19. 23. 77. 81. Gordon, Mr. i. 109. Gottingen, tournament at, in honour of George IV., i. 179 ; University of, present an address to him, 181 ; confer the degree of M.D. on Sir W. Knighton, ib. Guelphic order, dinner given by King au