Authors: Richard Holmes
naval victory at Beachy Head (1690), 168
supports Jacobites, 168
in War of League of Augsburg, 173, 181
attempts invasion of England, 179
territorial gains and losses under Treaty of Ryswick (1697), 188
financial difficulties, 189
and Spanish succession, 192–3
supports James Francis Edward Stuart’s landing in Scotland, 215, 364, 370
military strength, 216–17, 224
strategic advantages, 249
strategy in Germany, 249–50, 252
alliance with Hungary, 250–1
advance against Austrian Empire, 252
and Marlborough’s march into Germany, 259–60
negotiates with Dutch (1705), 318–19
Marlborough plans 1706 attack on, 330
Ramillies defeat, 334–7, 339–42, 345–6
Marlborough plans descent on, 350, 362
withdraws from Italy, 350, 356
loses fleet, 360
privateers, 365, 441
requests exchange of prisoners of war, 368
strength and actions in Flanders and Spanish Netherlands (1708), 370–2, 375, 377–9
defeated at Oudenarde, 388–9
severe weather and harvest failure (1709), 410
weakened conditions, 410, 419
deploys for 1709 campaign, 417
fighting spirit in battle of Malplaquet, 430
Malplaquet defeat, 434
negotiates peace terms:
(1709), 215, 409–11, 416, 420
(1710), 435
in campaign of 1710, 450–1, 453
concessions under Treaty of Utrecht, 459
see also
Louis XIV, King of France
Frankfurt, 465
Franquenée, 345
Frederick I, King of Prussia (
earlier
Elector of Brandenburg):
and German coalition forces, 79
Marlborough visits in Berlin, 305–6
promises troops to Marlborough, 306, 309
Marlborough thanks, 326
troops paid irregularly, 329
Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 376
Frévent, 453
Friedberg, 280
Friedlingen, battle of (1702), 251
Fugger, Count, 294
Galway, Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of (and marquis de Ruvigny):
viscountcy, 28
Marlborough meets in Paris, 109
earldom, 172
command in Spain and Portugal, 208, 280, 350–1
defeated at Almanza, 209, 356
and Marlborough’s siege of Lille, 397
Game Act (1670), 19
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, 45
Garth, Sir Samuel, 470, 472
Gaulle, Charles de, 249
Gaunt, Elizabeth, 18
Gavre, 348, 379–80, 390, 402
Gay, John, 475
Geete, river, 313, 333–5, 338, 339–40, 345
Gell, Stephen, 231–2
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (
earlier
Elector of Hanover):
succeeds Anne to throne, 15, 302, 468–70
and Robethon, 260
fights at Oudenarde, 261, 385
as Allied commander on Rhine, 370
defeated at Rummersheim (1709), 420
favours Marlborough, 448
opposes preliminaries to Treaty of Utrecht, 459–60
Marlborough supports succession to English throne, 467
arrives in England, 470
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland:
coronation, 476–7
George, Prince of Denmark:
marriage to Anne, 104–5, 106–7
character, 106–7
health decline and death, 107, 354, 407–8, 412
and conspiracy against James II, 136
and William’s invasion, 149
abandons James II, 151
made Duke of Cumberland, 157
on campaign in Ireland, 164
property and finances, 164, 191, 365
refused service in navy, 164
and Mary’s demand for dismissal of Sarah, 178
moves into Cockpit, 180
votes for attainder against Fenwick, 188
allowance approved by Parliament, 234
illnesses (1687), 141
(1703), 238
opposes Occasional Conformity Bill, 239
learns of Blenheim victory, 298
supports Duumvir, 363–4
as lord high admiral, 365
Germany:
French strategy in, 249–50, 252
Marlborough marches into (1704), 258–9
contributes troops to Allies, 357
Gertruydenberg:
peace negotiations (1710), 435
Ghent, 349, 372, 375–8, 393–4, 397, 402, 404–5, 407
Gibbons, Grinling, 302
Gibraltar:
captured by Rooke, 298, 329
ceded to Britain (1713), 458
Gingen, near Ulm, 268
Givet, 393
Glorious Revolution (1688), 15
Gloucester
(frigate):
sinks, 97–9
Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of:
portrait, 12
death from smallpox, 16, 107, 190–1
illness (1689), 163
Marlborough appointed governor to, 190
Glozier, Matthew, 152, 169
Godden, Arthur, 131 & n, 132
Godfrey, Arabella
see
Churchill, Arabella
Godfrey, Benjamin, 120
Godfrey, Colonel Charles (Arabella Churchill’s husband), 136, 188, 313–14
Godolphin, Francis (Sidney’s father), 100
Godolphin, Francis (Sidney’s son), 100, 191, 265
Godolphin, Lady Henrietta (
née
Churchill; Marlborough-Sarah’s daughter;
later
Duchess of Marlborough):
birth, 96, 191
marriage, 100
birth of son, 265
affair with Congreve, 448
attends Anne’s funeral, 470
Sarah quarrels with, 474, 476
death, 476
succeeds to Marlborough dukedom, 476
Godolphin, Margaret (
née
Blagge):
death, 56
marriage, 100
letter to Jael Boscawen, 104
Godolphin, Lady Mary (Henrietta’s daughter), 448
Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl:
friendship and correspondence with Marlborough, 6, 101, 175, 208, 224, 253, 268, 305, 320, 328, 349, 365, 445, 454
Evelyn visits, 11
staff of office, 13, 181
and death of wife, 57, 100
dines with Marlboroughs, 85
background and career, 100–1
tennis playing, 100
favours William of Orange, 141
in Cockpit circle, 165
William appoints first lord of Treasury, 165
and Marlborough’s resentment at William’s favouring foreign officers, 174
and failed attack on Brest, 183–4
accused of complicity in Jacobite plot, 187
votes in favour of Fenwick, 188
as lord high treasurer, 208
and Marlborough’s position as commander, 208
and Marlborough’s order of battle, 213
and Woodstock election (1710), 223
and Marlborough’s campaign in Low Countries, 227–9
Anne favours, 234
and Blandford’s contracting smallpox, 235
supports Occasional Conformity Bill, 239
and Allied attempt on Antwerp, 241, 244
and Dutch veto of Marlborough’s plan to attack Lines of Brabant, 247
and Marlborough’s strategic plans in 1704 campaign, 255
and Marlborough’s march to Danube,
264, 268
and Marlborough at the Schellenberg, 270
awarded Garter, 280
and tacked Occasional Conformity Bill, 298–9
and Anne’s changed relations with Sarah, 299
and building of Blenheim Palace, 300
and Sunderland’s appointment to Vienna, 304
and funding of 1705 campaign, 309
and Marlborough’s manoeuvres in 1705 campaign, 310, 317
and Marlborough’s frustration with Slangenburg, 325
and Prince Louis’ defeat by Villars, 331
and death of Bringfield, 343
and commanders in Iberian Peninsula, 350
on Galway’s command in Iberian Peninsula, 351
as Anne’s chief minister, 353
earldom, 353
on senior officers remaining in London, 354–5
and appointment of Bishop of Winchester, 355
and Allied attack on Toulon, 360
demands Harley’s dismissal, 363
and admission of Somers to Cabinet, 364
and Marlborough’s depression over loss of Ghent, 377
and Marlborough’s actions and victory at Oudenarde, 379, 391
and Marlborough’s strategy at Lille, 396, 404
informed of Webb’s Wynendaele battle, 400
on Webb’s promotion, 401
on Prince George’s health decline and death, 408–9
Marlborough fails to consult over appointment as captain general for life, 413
on Sacheverell’s trial, 414
Marlborough writes to on Villars in Flanders, 417
and Marlborough’s move on Mons (1709), 421
and Dutch at Malplaquet, 430
warns Anne of Marlborough’s resignation threat, 442–3
Anne dismisses, 443–4
death and burial, 444, 464
and Craggs, 445
and Anne’s determination to dismiss Sarah, 449
and Marlborough’s siege of Bouchain, 457
protests in Lords at Treaty of Utrecht terms, 462
Godolphin, William (Marlborough’s grandson), 280
Goes, Johann Peter, Count, 201
Goësbriand, Lieutenant General de, 424
Gondrin, Louis Antoine de Pardaillan, marquis de, 336
Goodman, Cardell, 63
Goor, Lieutenant General Johan van, 255–6, 271, 273, 275
Gorsuch, Colonel Charles, 405
Goslinga, Sicco van:
sees Marlborough at prayer, 139
at battle of Landen, 182
on Dutch deputies on campaign, 199
and Marlborough’s 1705 campaign in Brabant, 312
and Dutch view of Marlborough’s conduct of war, 317
declines honour from Emperor, 318
at battle of Ramillies, 335, 347
on Marlborough’s alarm at loss of Ghent and Bruges, 372
in Flanders campaign (1708), 373–4
at battle of Oudenarde, 388
attends council of war with Marlborough, 391
on capture of Lille, 404
on Marlborough’s 1709 Flanders campaign, 418
on peace terms with France (1709), 420–1
in battle of Malplaquet, 429
on Tilly’s wife, 455
and Marlborough’s 1711 campaign against Villars, 456
Mémoires relatifs à la Guerre de Succession
, 9–10
Grafton, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of:
acquires regiment, 54
birth, 62
in Cockpit circle, 108
opposes Monmouth’s rebellion, 124
conspires against James II, 136
and William’s invasion and advance, 150
abandons James II, 151
death in Ireland, 170
Graham, Lieutenant Colonel:
killed (1689), 161
grain prices:
in London, 441
Gramont, Philibert comte de, 83, 311
Grand Alliance:
Elector of Bavaria leaves, 239
Marlborough holds together, 479
Grand Alliance, Treaty of (1701), 193, 201–2
Grave, Netherlands, 224–5, 227
Great Bedwyn (constituency), 31–2
Great Britain:
constituted (1707), 356
first Parliament (1707), 363
financial difficulties, 440–1
rise to world power, 477
see also
England