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INDEX

  Aberdare, Lord (Henry Austin Bruce), home secretary (1868), ii. 644;
    on Collier affair, ii. 385;
    on Ewelmcase, ii. 387;
    Licensing bill of, ii. 389-390;
    on _Alabama_ case, ii. 409 _note_;
    on Irish University bill, ii. 439;
    Gladstone's appreciation of, ii. 462;
    president of the council (1873), ii. 463 _note_, 645;
    describes last cabinet meeting (1874), ii. 497;
    otherwise mentioned, ii. 421, 504; iii. 386.

  ---- papers, extract from, on position in 1872, ii. 389.

  Aberdeen, Gladstone presented with freedom of, ii. 378.

  Aberdeen, 4th Earl of:--
    _Chronology_--on Wellington's anti-reform speech, i. 69;
      Gladstone's visit to (1836), i. 137;
      at Canada meeting, i. 641;
      party meetings, i. 239;
      on Maynooth resignation, i. 273;
      Gladstone's relations with, i. 280;
      estimate of Peel, i. 283;
      on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 292;
      on freedom in official position, i. 298;
      home and foreign policy of, contrasted, i. 367;
      learns Gladstone's views of Neapolitan tyranny, i. 390, 393-395;
      on Don Pacifico case, i. 395;
      Gladstone's Letters to, i. 392, 394 _and note_, 396, 398, 399
            _note 2_, 400, 401 _note 3_, 641, 642;
      views on papal aggression question, i. 405, 407;
      asked to form a government (1851), i. 405 _and note_;
      leader of Peelites, i. 408;
      Reform bill of (1852), ii. 238;
      attitude of, towards first Derby administration, i. 417,
            419, 429;
      on Gladstone's attitude towards Disraeli, i. 432;
      on possible heads for Peelite government, i. 443;
      Irish attitude towards, i. 444;
      undertakes to form a government, i. 445;
      Gladstone's budget, i. 464-466;
      letter to Prince Albert on Gladstone's speech, i. 468;
      letter to Gladstone, i. 469;
      attitude towards Turkey in  1828, i. 480;
      Crimean war, preliminary negotiations, i. 481-484, 487, 490;
      on Gladstone's Manchester speech, i. 483;
      on effect of Crimean war, i. 484;
      suggests retirement, i. 491-492;
      opposes postponement of Reform bill, i. 648;
      regrets of, regarding the war, i. 494, 536-537;
      defeat of, ii. 653;
      Gladstone's consultations with, in ministerial crisis (1855),
            i. 526, 530-535;
      on position of premier, ii. 416;
      Gladstone's projected letters to, on Sebastopol committee,
            i. 542 _note_;
      discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 556;
      Lewis's budget, i. 560;
      Divorce bill, i. 570;
      Conspiracy bill, i. 575;
      approves Gladstone's refusals to join Derby, i. 578, 586;
      uneasiness regarding Gladstone's position, i. 581;
      Gladstone's visit to, i. 594;
      discourages Ionian project, i. 595;
      desires closer relations between Gladstone and government,
            i. 596;
      Arthur Gordon's letter to, i. 604;
      Bright's visit to, i. 626 _note 2_;
      death of, ii. 87.
    Foreign influence of, i. 392, 529;
      foreign estimate of, ii. 351; iii. 321.
    Gladstone's estimate of, i. 124, 393, 417; ii. 87, 639-644;
      his estimate of Gladstone, i. 613; ii. 170, 203;
      Gladstone's letters to, i. 425-426, 429, 463, 549; ii. 3.
    Palmerston contrasted with, i. 530.
    Patience of, with colleagues' quarrels, i. 520;
      loyalty to colleagues, ii. 639-640.
    Sobriquet of, i. 177.
    Trustfulness of, i. 197; ii. 113, 640, 642-643,
      Otherwise  mentioned, i. 139, 142 _note_, 270, 293, 294, 367,
            420, 437, 458, 460, 482 _note_, 520, 539, 543, 548, 584;
            ii. 184, 194; iii. 228.

  Aberdeen, 7th Earl of, iii. 385, 517.

  Abeken, H., ii. 332-333 _and note_.

  Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. 314.

  Abolition, _see_ slave-holding.

  Acland, A. H. D., iii. 495 _and note_.

  ---- Arthur, i. 54, 59 _note_, 74.

  ---- Sir H. W., iii. 421.

  ---- Sir Thomas, member of W E G, i. 59 _note_;
    brotherhood formed by Gladstone and, i. 99;
    advice to Gladstone on Jewish disabilities question, i. 376;
    correspondence with Gladstone on popular discontent, ii. 172-174;
    on Gladstone's position (1867), ii. 227;
    otherwise mentioned, i. 54, 74, 148;
    ii. 280, 430, 431;
    iii, 495.

  Act of Uniformity bill (1872), ii. 410.

  Acton, Lord, recommended by Gladstone for a peerage, ii. 430;
    correspondence with Gladstone on Vaticanism, ii. 509, 511, 515,
          519-521;
    compared with Doellinger, ii. 558;
    letter on Gladstone's proposed retirement, iii. 172;
    elected fellow of All Souls', iii. 421;
    Gladstone's letters to, i. 481, 628; ii. 1, 214;
    iii. 355-359, 413-416, 422, 456, 457, 544;
    criticism of Gladstone, iii. 360-361;
    otherwise mentioned, ii. 254, 617;
    iii. 103, 351, 462.

  Adam, W. P., commissioner of public works, ii. 463 _note_;
    supports Gladstone's Midlothian candidature, ii. 584-585;
    otherwise mentioned, ii. 586, 602, 620.

  Adams, Charles Francis (American minister), hints withdrawal,
        ii. 80 and _note 2_, 83;
    Evarts coadjutor to, ii. 189;
    breakfasts with Gladstone, ii. 212-213;
    on _Alabama_ case, ii. 395-396;
    work on the arbitration board, ii. 411-412.

  Adderley, C. B., quoted, i. 362 _note 2_.

  Adullamites, ii. 205, 211, 224, 225.

  Advertisements, tax on, i. 459, 462 _and note_.

  Affirmation bill (1883), i. 414 _note_; iii. 14, 18-20,
        107 note, 312.

  Afghanistan:--
    Cavagnari in, iii. 151.
    Reversal of conservative policy in, iii. 10.
    Russian action in (1885), iii. 178, 183-185, 208 _note_.
    War with, ii. 583;
    Gladstone's references to, ii. 592, 595.

  Africa South:--
    Cape Colony--
      Dutch sympathy in, with Transvaal, iii. 39-40 _and note 2_,
            42 _note 2_, 43.
      Representatives from, on South African situation, iii. 33.
    Cape of Good Hope petition, ii. 545.
    Confederation scheme, iii. 22-24, 31.
    Frere in, iii. 2, 6.
    Native affairs in, committee on, i. 358.
    Orange Free State--
      Advice from, iii. 32-33.
      Sympathy in with Transvaal, iii. 39-40 _and note 2_, 43.
    Transvaal--
      Administration of, by Great Britain, iii. 31 _and note 1_.
      Annexation of (1877), iii. 25;
        Boer resistance to annexation, iii. 25-26, 31;
        Gladstone's attitude towards, iii. 27;
        Hartington's attitude to, iii. 27.
      Cabinet abstentions on division regarding, iii. 35.
      Commission suggested by Boers, iii. 35;
        suggestion accepted, iii. 36 _and note 1_, 40;
        constitution of commission, iii. 41;
        Boer requests regarding, refused, iii. 41;
        parliamentary attack on appointment, iii. 41-42;
        Boer attitude towards, iii. 44;
        Pretoria convention concluded by, iii. 44-45.
      Conventions with, iii. 45 _and note_.
      Forces in, iii. 31, _note 2_.
      Midlothian reference to (1879), ii. 595;
        (1885), iii. 248.
      Misrepresentations regarding Boers, iii. 31.
      Native struggles with Boers in, iii. 24.
      Rising of, iii. 31-32;
        course of hostilities, iii. 34-37;
        armistice, iii. 39.
      Self-government promised to, iii. 25, 28 _and note 2_, 29,
           30 _and note 2_;
        promises evaded, iii. 30, 33.
      W. H. Smith's view of proceedings in, ii. 601.
      Suzerainty question, iii. 45 _and note_.
      Sympathy with, from South African Dutch, iii. 39-40 _and
            note 2_, 42 _note 2_, 43.

  Ailesbury, Lord, ii. 556.

  Airey, Sir Richard, i. 651.

  _Alabama_ claims--
    Arbitration accepted on, ii. 405.
    Gladstone's views on, ii. 394, 396-397, 406, 409, 538.
    Indirect damages claimed by Sumner, ii. 399, 406-412.
    Mixed commission proposed to deal with, ii. 397;
      refused by United States, ii. 398;
      accepted, ii. 400;
      constitution of, ii. 400-401;
      work of, ii. 401-405.
    Origin of, ii. 393-394.
    Parliamentary anxieties regarding, ii. 390.
    Soreness regarding, ii. 392.

  Albania, i. 605-608.

  Albert, Prince, speeches at Suppression of Slave Trade meeting,
        i. 227;
    on Peel's retirement, i. 293;
    presented with Gladstone's translation of _Farini_, i. 403 _note_;
    Gladstone's budget submitted to, i. 464;
    on Gladstone's budget speech, i. 469;
    unpopularity of, ii. 426, 652;
    views on Roebuck committee, i. 537;
    estimate of Gladstone, ii. 28;
    on _Trent_ affair, ii. 74;
    on Danish question, ii. 93, 102;
    death of, ii. 89;
    Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 90-91;
    effect of his death on Gladstone's relations with the Queen,
          ii. 91;
    statue to, at Aberdeen, ii. 100;
    otherwise mentioned, i. 242, 274, 541; ii. 14, 92.

  Albert Victor, Prince, iii. 322.

  Alderson, Baron, i. 381.

  Alfred, Prince, ii. 98, 99, 105.

  Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, ii. 499.

  Alexander III.,