Erskine, Thomas (afterwards Lord Erskine), 306, 324, 335, 358.

_Essay on Woman_, 50.

Estaing, Count d', 193, 195, 198, 199.

Eutaw springs, battle at, 223.

Ewart, Joseph, British ambassador at Berlin, 298, 299.

Factories, employment of children in, 278.

Falkland islands, Spain and the, 112-114.

Falmouth, Earl (Boscawen), 135.

Falmouth (Portland, Me.), 135, 154.

Family compact (Bourbon), 25, 28, 33, 74, 112, 320, 321.

Farren, Elizabeth (afterwards Countess of Derby), 288.

Feathers petition, the, 118, 119.

Ferdinand IV., King of Naples, 380, 382, 422, 423, 426-429, 431.

Ferguson, Major, 220.

Ferrol attacked, 439.

Fitzgerald, Lady Edward (Pamela), 386.

Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 386, 406, 407.

Fitzgibbon, John (afterwards Earl of Clare), 369-371, 406, 446.

Fitzherbert, Mrs., 308.

Fitzwilliam, Earl (Wentworth-Fitzwilliam), 340;
president of council, 366;
lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 368, 369;
recalled, 370, 372, 385.

Flaxman, John, 263.

Fleurus, battle of, 361.

Flinders, Matthew, discoverer, 264.

Flood, Henry, 94, 289, 232.

Floridas, 41, 195, 196;
reduced, 197, 211;
ceded to Spain, 243.

Foley, Sir Thomas, captain, R.N., 417.

Fontainebleau, treaty of, 299, 338.

Foote, Samuel, dramatist, 258, 427.

Fort Edward, surrender of, 176-178.

Fort George, 177, 178.

Fort Lee, surrender of, 167.

Fort Pitt, 58.

Fort Royal (Martinique), 218, 226, 234.

Fort St. James (Africa), 243.

Fort Stanwix, 176, 178.

Fort Washington, surrender of, 167.

Fort Western (Augusta, Me.), 151.

Fox, Charles James (son of Henry Fox, Baron Holland), 95, 118, 120;
resigns office and re-enters the ministry, 121;
dismissed from office, 127, 160, 162, 169, 170, 186, 190, 191, 202,
204, 212-214, 226, 228;
foreign secretary, 229, 230, 232, 233, 238, 239;
resigns seals, 240, 243;
forms a coalition with North, 244, 245;
secretary of state, 246;
India bills, 249, 254, 256-258, 280-284;
opposes Pitt's India bill, 286, 288, 290, 291, 293-296, 302, 303,
306-314;
views on the French revolution, 317, 318, 322, 323;
libel bill, 324, 327-330, 332, 333, 335-337, 340, 341, 343, 344, 347,
356;
desires peace, 357, 358-359, 373, 374, 378-380, 384, 388, 392, 399;
opposes Pitt's budget, 400;
removed from privy council, 402, 403, 404, 433, 434.

Fox, Henry (afterwards Lord Holland), 21, 35, 39-40, 43;
created Baron Holland, 44, 49, 67, 95.