Authors: Richard Holmes
Grant, Lt Colonel Colquhoun (El Bueno) 218–19
Grassina, Giuseppina 204
Grattan, Henry 23, 34, 98
Grattan, Lt William xvi-xvii, 161–2, 200
Great Exhibition (1851) xvi, 292
Grenville, Lord 94, 98
Greville, Charles 267, 274, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 286, 288, 290, 298, 299, 303
Greville, Lady Charlotte 227, 262–3
Grey, Lord Charles 271, 282, 284, 287, 288
Griffith, Paddy xvii
Griffon
, HMS 202
Grimaldi 178
Grolmann, Major General Karl von 230
Gronow, Howell Rees 189, 191, 238, 242, 244–5, 277–8
Grosvenor Major General Thomas 101
Grouchy, Marshal 220, 226, 236
Guedalla, Philip:
The Duke
xix, 4, 133, 134
Gunning, Dr John 248
Gurwood, Lt Col John:
Dispatches of
…
Wellington
xviii, 290
Halkett, Major General Colin 231–2, 246, 249
Hamilton, Sergeant Anthony 138
Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lady 227
Hanger, Colonel George 14
Hardinge, Sir Henry 151, 218, 229, 233, 275
Harris, Rifleman Benjamin 116–17
Harris, Lt General George 41, 47, 48–9, 51, 52, 56–7, 58, 63, 93
Wellington to 62
Harrowby, Lord 259
Harvey, Felton 238
Hastings, Warren 38
Hawkesbury, Lord 107
Haydon, B. R.: portrait of Wellington 290
Haythornthwaite, Philip:
The Armies of Wellington
xix
Hennell, George 160
Hibbert, Christopher:
Wellington: A
Personal History
xix, 204
Hickey, William 38, 39, 41
Hill, Arthur (later Lord Dungannon) 7
Hill, Major General Rowland (‘Daddy’) (
later
Lord) 136–7, 155, 163, 164, 175, 191, 192, 211, 271
death 291
Hobhouse, John Cam 198
Hofschröer, Peter xvii, 212–13, 217, 222, 223
Holkar, Jeswant Rao 68, 70, 82–3
Howe, Major General Sir William 10
Hulke, Dr 293
Hume, Dr John 250, 264–5, 275
Hunt, ‘Orator’ 258
Huskisson, William 269, 272, 273, 278
death 281–2
Hussey, John 213, 223
Hyder Ali 42, 63
Iberian Peninsula
110–11; see
Peninsular War
India 43
Clive in 38, 44–5
East India Company bases 37–8, 42
Europeans in 38–40
expedition against Tipoo Sultan 42, 44–9, 51,
see
Seringapatam
and
Sultanpettah Tope
French in 44
influence on Wellington 85–8
Maratha wars
see
Maratha wars
Richard Wellesley as governor-general 41, 42, 44, 45–6
Wellington’s defeat of Dhoondiah Waugh 64–5
Ireland 4–6
and Catholic Emancipation 4, 270, 271, 273–4, 276–7
contribution to British army 26–7
nationalist movement 23
opposition to Union 98–9
Wellington’s birth and childhood in 3, 7–8
Wellington’s political posts 23–4, 98
‘Year of Liberty’ (1798) 34
see also
Dublin
Jacobite rebellion (1715) 10
James II, of England 5
Jena, battle of (1806) 212
Jenkins, Anna Maria 288–9, 291
Joffre, Marshal 182
John, Prince Regent of Portugual
Jones, George xiv
Jourdan, Marshal 134, 185, 187
Junot, General Andoche 103, 113, 119, 120–1, 122, 122–3
Kaitna River 75, 76, 77
Kellermann, General François Etienne 120, 121, 245
Kempt, Major General James 161, 191
Kendall (valet) 293, 297, 301
Kennedy, Captain Arthur 200
KGL
see
King’s German Legion
Kielmansegge, Major General Count 246
Kihaud, General 245
Kincaid, Lt John 156, 157, 174, 178, 199, 240, 243, 249
King’s German Legion (KGL) 136, 140, 209, 236, 239
Kittoor, Rajah of 88
‘Ladies of Llangollen’ 21, 107
Lake, Lt General Gerard A.F. 82, 83, 84, 112
Landsheit, Sergeant George 116
Larpent, Francis Seymour 165, 181, 210
on the British Army 165–6, 190
on Wellington 177, 180, 182, 183–4, 191, 194
Lawrence, Sir Thomas: portrait of Wellington 218, 267
Leith, General 159, 161
Le Marchant, Major General John Gaspard 30, 167
Lennox, Lady Jane 215
Lennox, Lord William 238
Lieven, Princess 268
Ligny, battle of (1815) 229–30, 233
Limerick, Treaty of 5
Lisbon 130, 143
Liverpool, Lord 143, 158, 268
and Wellington 145, 198, 205–6, 215
Wellington to 147, 150, 157, 162, 173
Lobau’s corps 245
Loison, General 112, 113
Londonderry, Lord 284
Longford, Elizabeth xix, 7, 20, 86, 92, 130, 182, 189, 207, 262, 284
Longford, Thomas Pakenham, Lord 25–6, 28
Louis XVI, of France 25
Louis XVIII, of France 20, 190, 194, 204, 208, 216, 219, 252
Louis-Philippe (
formerly
Duc d’Orléans) 208, 281
Lowe, Major General Sir Hudson 211
Lutzen, battle of (1813) 212
Lyndhurst, Lord 270, 274
Macdonell, Lt Colonel James 236, 239, 240
McGrigor, Dr (
later
Sir) James 160, 169–70, 173, 179–80, 181, 210
Mackenzie, Major General 132, 139
Mackinnon, Dan 178
MacPherson, Lt 161
Madras 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48
Madras army 58–9, 86
Madrid: rising against the French 104
Maguilla, battle of (1812) 117–18, 163–4
Mahon, Lord: Wellington to 20
Máida, battle of (1806) 98
Maitland’s brigade 247, 248, 249
Malavelly, India 52, 54
Malcolm, Captain (
later
Sir) John 49, 62, 94
Manchester: demonstrations (1819) 258–9
Mansfield, Lord 284
Maratha wars 67–71, 82–4, 86–7, 88, 94
Assaye campaign xviii, 15–16, 72, 73–5, 76, 77–82, 86, 87
battle of Ahmednugger 73–4
battle of Argaum 82, 87
battle of Gawlighur 82
March, Lord 180, 181
Marmont, General 155, 158–9, 163, 164, 166, 167
Masséna, Marshal André 145–6, 147–8, 149–50, 177, 203–4
Maxwell, Lt Colonel Patrick 77, 79, 80, 81
Melbourne, Lord 291, 299
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount 124
Mercer, Captain Cavalié 234, 252
Metternich, Prince Clemens von 207
Meuron, Regiment de 39, 59
Middlemore, Major 139, 141
Mills, Ensign lohn xvii, 105–6, 171, 172–3, 174
Mir Allum 49
Miranda, Francisco de 102–3
Moira, Lord 28, 30
Mondego Bay 108
Monson, Lt Colonel William 83
Moore, Lt General Sir John 109, 113, 120, 123, 124, 132
Mornington, Anne, Countess of (
née
Hill) 7, 8–9, 20, 21, 91, 202
Mornington, Garrett Wesley, Earl of 6–7, 8
Morris, Sergeant Tom 243, 244
Mountnorris, Lord 216
Müffling, Major General Baron Friedrich von 218, 229, 236, 238, 247, 248
Wellington to 226, 233–4
Murray, Colonel: Wellington to 86–7, 88
Murray, Major General George 179, 183, 191, 210, 211
Murray, Major General Sir John 185
Napier, General Charles 26, 100
Napier, General Sir George 26, 157
Napier, Lady Sarah 26, 181–2
Napier, General Sir William 26, 152
Napoleon Bonaparte 13, 34, 91, 100, 197, 261
abdication 193–4
comparisons with Wellington xix, 239
escapes from Elba 207–8, 218
and Peninsular War 103, 104, 124, 142–3, 188
proclaims brother king of Spain 104
retreat from Moscow 174–5
on St Helena 85
shares lover with Wellington 204
victories at Austerlitz 93, and Jena 98
Waterloo campaign 213, 216, 219–20, 226, 227–8, 239, 240, 243, 245, 247, 254
on Wellington’s Paris appointment 203
wills money to Wellington’s failed assassin 253
Navarino Bay, battle of (1827) 270
Nelson, Admiral Horatio 92, 93, 297
Ney, Aglaé 204, 253
Ney, Marshal Michel 130, 146, 203, 226, 230, 231, 239, 253
Nicholas I, Tsar 267
Nizam of Hyderabad 42, 49, 70, 71
Nostitz, Count 229
Obidos, Portugal 112
O’Connell, Daniel 273
Odonoju, Major General 133–4, 135, 136
Ompteda, Colonel Baron 246
Oporto, Portugal 103, 108, 130
battle of (1809) 130–2
Orléans, Duc d’ 208, 281
Orrock, Lt Colonel William 77, 78, 79
Orthez, battle of (1814) 192–3, 202, 262
Oxford University 288
Paget, Lt General Henry, Lord
see
Uxbridge, Lord
Paine, Tom:
The Rights of Man
258
Pakenham, Edward (Ned) 25, 165, 166–7, 181, 199, 206–7
Pakenham, Captain Hercules 112
Pakenham, Captain Thomas 33, 34
Pamplona, siege of (1813) xv, 189
Panipat, battle of (1761) 68
Parma, Marie-Louise, Duchess of 265
Pauli, James 94
Pearse, Lt William 145
Peel, Sir Robert 260
becomes prime minister 280, 289, 292
and Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 276
opposes Canning 269
and Wellington 271, 272, 283
Peninsular War 103–9, 112, 214
battles and sieges:
Albuera 151–3, 154
Almeida 146, 148, 149, 153
Badajoz 115, 151–3, 152, 154, 158–63
Burgos xvi, 170–3, 184
Busaco 146, 148
Ciudad Rodrigo xvii, 155–7, 290
Coruña, La 124, 129
Fuentes de Oñoro xvii, 148–50, 153, 154, 170
Maguilla 117–18, 163–4
Oporto 130–2
Orthez 192–3, 202, 262
Roliça 112–13, 123, 180
Salamanca 115, 165–8, 268
San Sebastian 188
Sorauren 187–8
Talavera 115, 134–41, 142
Toulouse 193
Vimiero 113–14, 115, 116–18, 120, 123, 124
Vitoria 170, 186–7, 189, 200
casualties 132, 137, 138, 140, 146, 148, 151, 153, 156, 170–1, 186, 192, 193
see also
Torres Vedras
Perceval, Spencer 143, 157, 158
Perponcher, General 226, 227, 230
Phillipon, Major General Armand 158, 161
Phipoe, Maria 11
Picton, General Sir Thomas 161, 162, 210, 238, 241
leads 3rd Division 155, 159, 160, 161, 186, 209, 223, 230, 231
Pignerolle, M. de 19, 20
Pistrucci, 287
Pitt, William, the Younger 27, 41, 91, 92–3, 94, 98
Plassey, battle of (1757) 38
Pococke, Private Thomas 149
Pohlmann, Colonel 71, 75, 77, 79, 81
Ponsonby, Colonel Frederick 171. 193
Ponsonby, Sir William 241
Porteous, Captain John 12
Portland, Duke of 98, 143, 262
Princess Charlotte
(Indiaman) 40
Prussian army: Waterloo campaign 208, 212, 213, 216–17, 218, 222–3, 225, 226, 228–30, 233, 236, 237–8, 245, 247, 249