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viscount, 99; negotiations, 100; return to England, 107; charged with defence of the coast of England against invasion, 118-145; retirement from active service during the Peace of Amiens, 146-175; interest in public questions, 168-174; commissioned commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, 1803, 175; death of his father, 176; arrival in the Mediterranean, 189; the long watch off Toulon, 196-261; last promotion, Vice-Admiral of the White, 1804, 221; escape and pursuit of the French Toulon fleet, 1805, 272-295; follows it and its Spanish auxiliaries to the West Indies, 296; returns to Gibraltar, 309; carries his squadron to Cornwallis off Brest, 315-317; returns himself to England, August, 1805, 315; last stay in England, 320-336; resumes command in the Mediterranean, 339; the Battle of Trafalgar, 363; mortally wounded, 388; death of, 396. _Personal Characteristics_: Appearance, in boyhood, i. 15; at twenty-one, 22; at twenty-four, 38; at twenty-seven, 66; at thirty-six, 39; at forty-two, ii. 40, 41, 43; at forty-three, 112; later years, 155-157, 228, 238, 321, 332; expression, 158. Health, inherited delicacy of constitution, i. 5; invalided from East Indies, 15; from West Indies, 29, 30, 31; in Baltic, 33; in Canada, 36; mentioned, 44, 75, 78, 91, 119, 146, 147, 149, 207, 236, 294, 309, 368, 401, 413, 453, 454, ii. 29-33, 35, 56, 105, 106, 111, 115, 119, 139, 142 (sea-sickness), 209, 210, 221, 225-228, 245, 246, 292, 326, 332; influence of active employment upon, i. 77, 78, 119, 130, 207, 236, 292, 294, ii. 332. Charm of manner and considerateness of action, i. 18, 24, 32, 46, 47, 51, 74, 93, 108, 166, 290, 291, 359; ii. 4, 9, 10, 40, 41, 70, 71, 103, 115, 159, 165, 226, 229, 236-239, 298, 311, 318, 337, 339, 340, 353-356, 359, 374. Vanity, and occasional petulance, i. 138, 152, 153, 255-257, 277-281, 295, 315, 385, 388-389, 452-453; ii. 3, 23, 27-29, 30, 32, 34, 39, 44, 50, 69, 78, 104-105, 112, 138-142, 144, 236, 237, 300, 322. Courage, illustrated, i. 8, 13, 19, 145, 274, 293, 302-304, 306; ii. 90, 95, 101, 327, 359, 379. Love of glory and honor, i. 8, 20, 22, 25, 29, 37, 39, 40, 64, 76, 119, 124,
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