deck, Prince of, 154.

Waldegrave, John, third Earl, 4, 119.

Waldegrave, Maria, Countess of (afterwards Duchess of Gloucester), 119.

Wales, George, Prince of (afterwards George IV.), 38, 246, 283, 307,
308-312, 313-315, 372, 373, 406, 453.

Wales, Prince of (George II.'s son), 3.

Wales, Princess of, Caroline of Brunswick, wife of George, Prince of
Wales, 373.

Wales, Princess Dowager of (George III.'s mother), her character and
influence on George III., 3, 4, 21, 42, 51, 65, 112;
death of, 119.

Wallis, Samuel, discoverer, 263.

Wall, Richard, General (Spanish minister), 27-30, 32, 74.

Walmoden, General, 362.

Walpole, George, colonel, 404.

Walpole, Horace, 52, 75, 260-262, 267.

Walpole, Sir Robert, 6, 43, 57, 191, 292.

Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, 50.

Warrants, general, 46;
declared illegal, 47, 52, 66, 72.

Warren, Richard, Dr., 313.

Warren, Sir John, admiral, 376, 415.

Washington, George, 133;
American commander-in-chief, 146, 147, 150, 154, 155, 164-169,
173-176, 180, 186, 193, 194, 197, 198, 214-216, 218, 219, 223-226, 402.

Waterloo, 361.

Wattignies, 354.

Watt, James, 270, 358.

Wedderburn, Alexander (afterwards Lord Loughborough and Earl of
Rosslyn), 107;
solicitor-general, 115, 123, 126, 170;
attorney-general, 191;
created Lord Loughborough, 207, 309, 333;
lord chancellor, 341, 371;
his treachery, 451, 452, 455.

Wedgwood, Josiah, 270, 290.

Wellesley, Sir Arthur (afterwards Duke of Wellington), 420.

Werela, peace made between Russia and Sweden at, 326.

Wesley, John, 264.

Westminster election of 1785. See London.

Westmorland, Earl of (Fane), lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 366-369, 371, 452.

West Point, 197, 215.

Wexford, rebellion in, 409, 412.

Weymouth, Viscount (Thynne), secretary of state, 87, 89, 90, 95, 96, 102;
resigns office, 115;
again in office, 159, 203.

Whately, Thomas, 125-127.

Wheble, printer, 117.

Whitbread, Samuel, 378, 435.

Whiteboys, 92.

White Plains, battle of, 167, 224.

Whitworth, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord), British ambassador at St.
Petersburg, 421, 440;
sent to Copenhagen, 441.

Wickham, William, British ambassador at Berne, 383.

Wilberforce, William, philanthropist, 254, 265, 287, 295, 296, 323, 324,
372, 384, 404.

Wilhelmsthal, battle of, 36.

Wilkes, John, 39, 43;
case of, 46, 47, 50-52;
returned for Middlesex, 95-98, 104, 108, 117, 1