Marlborough Read Free

entitled an Account of the Conduct of the Dowager D______ of M________’ (London 1742)
    Henry L. Snyder ‘The Duke of Marlborough’s Request of his Captain-Generalcy for Life: A Re-examination’ in Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. 45 1967
    H. Fitzmaurice Stacke, ‘Cavalry in Marlborough’s Day’ in Cavalry Journal October 1934
    A.J. Veenendaal ‘The Opening Phase of Marlborough’s Campaign of 1708 in the Netherlands’ in History February 1950
    S. Wynne ‘The Mistresses of Charles II and Restoration Court Politics, 1660–1685’ unpublished PhD thesis, University of Cambridge

INDEX
    The pagination of this electronic edition does not match the edition from which it was created. To locate a specific passage, please use the search feature of your e-book reader’s search tools.
    NOTE: Titles and ranks are generally the highest mentioned in the text
    Aachen, 464–5
    Abbeville, 394, 396
    Abel, John, 208
    Acadia, 459
    Addison, Joseph, 15
    Ailesbury, Elizabeth, Countess of, 178
    Ailesbury, Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of ( later 3rd Earl of Elgin):
    relations with Marlborough, 11
    seeks favours from Charles II, 24–5
    on Dutch peers, 27
    and Marlborough constituency, 31
    praises Charles II’s judgement, 91
    on James II’s weaknesses, 96
    on James II in loss of Gloucester , 97
    and Charles II’s death, 109
    on Catholic troop of Life Guards, 132
    and conspiracy against James II, 136
    on desertions to William at 1688 invasion, 148
    and James II’s flight to France, 156
    on William’s coolness towards Marlborough, 157
    denied army commission by Schomberg, 158
    accuses Marlboroughs of rapaciousness, 159
    on wife’s birth in Tower, 178
    imprisoned in Tower, 179
    and plots against William, 187
    on Captain Farewell, 231
    and death of Marlborough’s son, 236
    on Marlborough’s soft-heartedness, 266
    in exile, 300
    on condominium in Spanish Netherlands, 371
    Aire-sur-la-Lys, 451
    Aix la Chapelle, Treaty of (1668), 66
    Alba, Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of, 196
    Albemarle, Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of, 111, 113–15, 124
    Albemarle, George Monck, 1st Duke of, 44, 48, 50
    Albemarle, Henry FitzJames, Duke of, 48
    Albemarle, Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of, 191, 377, 455
    Albergotti, Lieutenant General, 424, 431, 457
    Alberoni, Giulio, 438
    Algiers, 60–1
    Alington, Colonel Hildebrand, Baron, 76
    Allègre, Lieutenant General Yves, marquis d’, 315, 318–19
    Allen, Sir Thomas, 60–1
    Almanza, battle of (1707), 28, 209, 356–8
    prisoners of war, 368
    Ampthill (constituency), 31
    Anderlecht, 373
    Anhalt-Dessau, Leopold, Prince of, 452–3
    Anjou, Philippe, duc d’ see Philip V, King of Spain
    Anne of Denmark, Queen of James I, 67
    Anne, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland ( earlier Princess):
    Trevelyan’s writings on, 4
    close relations with Sarah Marlborough, 7, 13, 103–7, 110, 141, 165, 181, 190, 237
    honours Marlborough, 11
    succeeds to throne, 26
    creates peers, 28–9
    and spoils system, 38
    birth, 47
    and father’s exile in Low Countries, 92
    accompanies father from Scotland to England, 96
    differences and breach with sister Mary, 103, 176–8, 180
    relations with Mulgrave, 103
    Sarah meets, 103
    letter to Frances Apsley, 104
    marriage to Prince George, 104, 106–7
    developing relations with Abigail Hill (Masham), 105, 304, 354, 409, 414, 442, 445
    and husband’s health decline and death, 107, 407–9
    pregnancies and deathof children, 107, 141, 157, 164, 176, 178, 180, 191
    commitment to Anglicanism, 140
    correspondence with sister Mary, 141
    and father’s intransigence, 141
    hatred of Mary of Modena, 141
    supports conspiracy against father, 142, 149
    and William’s invasion, 149
    flees on father’s return to London, 154–5
    in succession to William and Mary, 156, 158
    favours regency during father’s exile, 157
    accommodation and properties, 163
    claims to throne, 163, 186
    taciturnity, 163
    claims parliamentary grant, 164
    called ‘Mrs Morley’ by Sarah, 165
    grants pension