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Talbot, Richard (Duke of Tyrconnel), 4

Tallard, Marshal Camille de, 271

taxation: and war expenses, 195–6; on clergy, 263; on malt, 497

Tenison, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 224–5, 266, 292, 316, 318, 320, 540

Test Acts, 14, 61, 64, 73, 75, 79, 81

Thanet, Elizabeth, Countess of, 66

Theatre Royal, London, 233

Thynne, Thomas, of Longleat, 405, 464

Toleration Act (1689), 118, 197, 200, 248, 438

Torbay, Devon, 98

Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de: Gaultier reports to on English affairs, 428, 430, 461, 472; sends Gaultier to Duke of Berwick, 444; and Pretender’s hopes of succession, 449, 491, 506–7; Prior visits, 450; Oxford reassures over Eugene’s visit, 467; and Utrecht peace conference, 470–1; and Philip V’s aspirations for French throne, 473; on Landrecies victory, 480; and return of Tournai to France, 481; and death of Duke of
Hamilton, 486; Bolingbroke writes to on Marlborough’s return to Europe, 487; instructs Pretender to return to Lorraine, 530

Tories: origins, 31, 189; and War of Spanish Succession, 167; and election of 1701, 169; and Anne’s succession, 170; policies, 189; support for Church of England, 189, 197–8; view of monarchy, 189–90; William favours, 191; accept Hanoverian succession, 192; foreign policy, 192; Jacobite sympathisers, 192, 200; rivalry with Whigs, 192; organisation, 194; and party loyalty, 194–5; strength in Commons, 194, 208, 248; resentment of taxes, 196; hostility to dissenters, 197–8; in everyday life, 198–9; Anne favours, 199, 537; accept abjuration oath, 201; in Anne’s first government, 201, 203–4, 207–9; favour banning Occasional Conformity, 248, 275; Sarah Marlborough’s hostility to, 260–1, 268, 272, 274; criticise Marlborough’s military strategy, 270; contest 1705 election, 280; favour bringing Sophia of Hanover to England, 288–92, 304; outmanoeuvred in debate on Church, 293–4; criticise war in Spain, 336; resignations on Harley’s dismissal, 341; and planned 1708 Jacobite invasion, 344; lose Parliamentary majority in 1708 elections, 351; attack Godolphin in Parliament, 376; support Anne in resisting dismissal of Abigail, 398; dominance in 1710 Parliament and government, 424–5, 438; peace policy, 425; form ‘October Club’, 438–9, 446, 453; hope for dominance after war, 496; object to commercial treaty with France, 498; internal divisions in 1713 election, 499

Toulon, 219

Tournai, 385, 481–2, 494

Townshend, Charles, Viscount, 383–4, 470, 495

Treasury: commission appointed after Oxford’s dismissal, 525–6

Trelawney, Sir John, Bishop of Winchester, 318

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 186

Triennial Act (1694), 193

Tuke, Mary, Lady, 22

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Anne visits, 56, 59, 69, 71, 91–2, 122–3

Turin, 299

Tweeddale, John Hay, 2nd Marquis of, 256, 269

Union, Act of (with Scotland, 1707), 316

United Provinces
see
Holland

Utrecht: Treaty (1713), 230, 493, 498, 511, 538; peace conference (1712), 457, 461, 467, 470, 475, 478, 481, 538–9

Vanbrugh, Sir John, 233, 235–7, 278–9, 344–5

Vendome, Louis-Joseph, Duke of, 429

Verelst, Antonio, 443

Verney, Sir John, 183

Vernon, James, 160, 192, 372

Verrio, Antonio, 234

Vienna: threatened in War of Spanish Succession, 258, 270

Vigo Bay, 249

Villars, Marshal Claude Louis Hector, Duke of, 477, 480

Villiers, Lady Frances, 8, 12, 16, 28

Wake, William, Bishop of Lincoln (
later
Archbishop of Canterbury), 318

Waldegrave, Dr, 69

Waldegrave, Dame Isabella, 97

Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, 444, 456

Walpole, (Sir) Robert: replaces St John as Secretary at War, 349; on Sacheverell trial, 402; and Marlborough’s promotion list excluding Jack Hill and Samuel Masham, 410; accused of misappropriating funds, 468; defends Steele, 510; and Hanover’s demands, 516; Anne requests secrecy of, 544

Webb, Major General John, 377

Wells: Dean vacancy, 464, 482

Wentworth, Isabella, 85

Westmorland, Anne, Countess of, 67

Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount, 201

Wharton, Thomas, 1st Marquis of: on birth of Pretender, 106; William refuses to appoint, 191; in Whig Junto, 194; declines Cabinet post, 195; defecates in pulpit, 197; deprived of offices, 207, 294; supports Godolphin, 277; speech on Regency Bill, 291; in debate on Church, 294; consulted on Church preferments, 319; Anne opposes appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 349, 351, 367; appointed Lord Lieutenant, 373, 376–7; refuses cooperation with Harley, 419; resigns (1710), 424; in debate on 1711 peace proposals, 462; and Anne’s illness, 502; in debate on Protestant Succession, 511–12; on Spanish trade treaty, 521

Whigs: origins, 31, 189; and exclusion crisis, 33; William III favours, 116, 169; Anne’s antipathy to, 186, 199, 330–1, 349–52, 367, 376; favour limiting powers of Crown, 189, 191, 245; policies, 189; party split, 191; foreign policy, 192; rivalry with Tories, 192; Junto, 194, 301, 334–5, 349, 366–8, 377, 408; and party loyalty, 194–5; strength in Lords, 194; religious views, 197, 199; Tories accuse of moral depravity, 197–9; in everyday life, 198–9; represented in Anne’s first government, 207–8; coolness over Union
with Scotland, 214; Sarah Marlborough’s adherence to, 245; oppose financial settlement for Prince George, 250–1; Godolphin and Anne make concessions to, 278, 281, 284–7, 300, 302, 308–9, 311; contest 1705 election, 280; reluctance over Union with Scotland, 283; reject offer of Cabinet post for Sunderland, 308; and ecclesiastical preferments, 318–20, 334, 336; threaten George Churchill, 334, 336; attack naval policy, 335, 366–7; favour bringing Hanover member to England, 359, 498, 516; demands on Anne, 366–8; exploit death of George, 373; support for war, 376, 383, 425, 537; press for further offices, 377, 393; and failed peace negotiations (1709), 384; and treaty with Holland (1709), 384–5; Sacheverell attacks, 393; and Sacheverell trial, 402; Harley aims to split, 408, 410; underrepresented in Harley’s 1710 government, 424; oppose peace proposals (1711–12), 458, 462, 478; ally with Nottingham, 460; Eugene supports, 467–8; threaten Oxford with Tower, 476; losses in 1713 election, 498; rejoice at Anne’s illness, 502, 509; oppose accepting Pretender as monarch, 504–5; dominance in army, 509; accuse Anne of intention to bequeath crown to Pretender, 540

Whitehall Palace: burnt down, 156

Wilkes, John, 493

William I (the Silent), Prince of Orange, 27

William III (of Orange), King: disdain for Anne Hyde, 5; marriage to Mary, 27–9; entertains Anne and Mary Beatrice in Holland, 30–1; disapproves of Anne’s marriage to George, 42; pacifies dissenters, 75–6; invasion of England, 83, 94, 98, 103; invited to invade England, 90–1; issues
Declaration of Reasons
for invasion of England, 97; James’s commissioners negotiate wth, 103–4; enters London and takes over government, 105–6; welcomes James’s flight, 105; claims English throne, 107; as joint sovereign with Mary, 110, 181; succession to, 110, 164–5, 170; attitude to Marlborough, 112–13, 123, 150; contempt for Prince George, 113, 120; disagreeable manner, 113, 119; and Anne and George’s financial difficulties, 115–18, 119; financial uncertainty, 116; coolness to Church of England, 118; unpopular policies, 118–19; asthma, 119; on campaign in Ireland, 120, 177; suspicion of George’s naval service, 122; war against France, 122, 128; and James’s continuing threat, 128; suspected of seeking peace with France, 129; dismisses Marlborough, 130; mutual dislike with Anne, 132, 142, 151, 160; orders Anne to leave Cockpit, 132; fondness for Anne’s son William (Duke of Gloucester), 142–3, 145; continuing rift with Anne, 147; refuses peace deal with France (1693), 147; and Mary’s illness and death, 148–9; Anne visits after Mary’s death, 149; dismissive treatment of Anne and George, 151–2, 158; Anne gives ball for, 153; peace negotiations with Louis XIV (1697), 154; bestows Irish estates on Dutch favourites, 155; and Duke of Gloucester’s household and attendants, 157–8; grief at death of Duke of Gloucester, 164; and War of Spanish Succession, 167; signs alliance wth Holland and Habsburg Empire (1701), 168; adopts partial mourning for death of James II, 169; dissolves Parliament (1701), 169; health decline and death, 171–3; funeral, 173; assassination plot against (1696), 190, 273; relations with Tories and Whigs, 190–2; and government expenditure, 195; advocates Union with Scotland, 212; and foreign affairs, 217; in Cabinet, 218; discontinues touching for ‘King’s evil’, 226; purchases Kensington Palace, 232

Wilson, James, 223

Winchester: palace planned, 44, 233; Anne’s progress to, 286

Winchilsea, 7th Earl of
see
Nottingham, 2nd Earl of

Windsor, 161, 234–5, 238

Wise, Henry, 236

women: and party politics, 198–9

Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Anne grants to Marlborough, 278;
see also
Blenheim Palace

Worcester, Bishop of
see
Lloyd, William

Wren, Sir Christopher, 234, 279, 366

Wright, Sir Nathan, 208, 285–6

Wyndham, Sir William, 517

Wynendale, Battle of (1708), 377

Yarborough, Lady, 150

York, Anne, Duchess of (
née
Hyde; Anne’s mother): and birth of Anne, 1; as maid of honour to Princess Mary, 2–3; marriage and first child, 3–4; reputation, 4–5; birth of other children, 5, 7, 10, 13; London homes, 6; personality and wit, 6; death, 8, 12–14; relations with children, 8; converts to Catholicism, 12–13

York, James, Duke of
see
James II, King

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