Wellington

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82
    Gazan, Madame 187
    Genappe, battle of (1815) 234
    George III, of England 259
    George IV, of England 20
    appoints Wellington Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 278–9
    and Canning 264, 268–9
    and Caroline of Brunswick 259–60, 261
    against Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 277
    death 280
    disliked by Wellington 259–60, 266, 277
    pays tribute to Wellington 202
    Gladstone, William E. 290
    Gleig, G. R. 177, 302
    The Life of … Wellington
8, 22, 135, 165, 178, 190, 270, 275, 285, 297, 302
    Glover, Michael:
Wellington’s Army
xix, 124
    Gneisenau, August Wilhelm von 212, 230, 232
    Goderich, Frederick Robinson, Viscount 269, 270
    Godoy, Manuel 103
    Gordon, Lt Colonel the Hon Alexander 180, 233, 248, 250, 251
    Gordon, Lord George/Gordon riots 11–12, 13
    Goubert, Louis 9
    Goya, Francisco: sketch of Wellington 169
    Graham, Lt General Sir Thomas (
later
Lord Lynedoch) 148, 158, 184, 188
    Wellington to 164, 168, 221
    Grant, Charles 273
    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

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