Edward, 434, 435.

Peel, Sir Robert (first baronet), 327.

Peel, Robert (afterwards Sir Robert), 44, 71, 172, 183, 200, 227, 283, 286,
287, 290, 292, 294, 300, 303, 305, 319, 323, 324, 330, 331, 334, 335,
343, 345, 347, 348, 351, 359-362, 364, 365, 371-373, 375;
home secretary, 199, 201, 202, 209, 226, 231, 235, 236, 242-248, 252,
270-272, 274-278;
first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer, 352-355, 363,
366, 367, 390, 412;
resignation, 356, 357.

Pelham, Lord (afterwards second Earl of Chichester), home secretary, 1;
resigns office, 27;
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 27.

_Pelican_, the, British ship, 142.

Peloponnese, the, 393.
See Morea, the.

Peltier, Jean, editor, 12, 16.

Pena, La, Spanish commander, 102.

Peninsular war, 59-61, 66, 68, 71, 73, 76, 77, 82, 87, 120, 129, 146, 182,
200, 423.

Pennsylvania, 139.

Penryn, 193, 235, 236.

Pepys, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord and later Earl Cottenham), lord
chancellor, 363.

Perceval, Spencer, 49;
chancellor of the exchequer, 50, 61, 67 n., 82, 83;
first lord of the treasury, etc., 68, 71, 74-76, 77, 236, 238, 380;
assassination, 76, 81.

Perry, Commodore, 139.

Persia, 123, 310, 401, 402, 412, 413;
treaties with East India Company and Great Britain, 402.

Perth, 306.

Peru, 215, 223.

Peshawar, 413.

Peshwa, the, of Poona, 398, 405, 406;
treaty of Bassein, 398, 399, 405.

Peter (afterwards Peter I., Emperor of Brazil, and Peter IV., King of
Portugal), 221, 253, 254, 258, 259, 388, 389.

Peter II., Emperor of Brazil, 254, 388.

Peterloo, massacre of. See Riots.

Petty, Lord Henry (afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne), 241, 345, 421;
chancellor of the exchequer, 45;
home secretary, 228;
president of the council, 279, 280, 357, 369.

Philippeville, 149, 382.

Philippon, governor of Badajoz, 106.

Phillip, Governor, 438.

Phillpotts, bishop of Exeter, 324.

Pichegru, French general, 33.

Picton, Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas), 106, 118, 159, 162.

Piedmont, 17, 38, 213, 217.

Pindaris, the, 404-408, 411.

Pitt, William, the elder (first Earl of Chatham), 44, 284.

Pitt, William, the younger, 2, 14, 15, 23, 47-50, 86, 173, 176, 181, 182,
185, 202, 208, 227, 237, 279, 284, 291, 307, 322, 330, 417, 437, 438;
his resignation in 1801, 1, 397, 415;
alienation from Addington's ministry, 24;
negotiations with Addington, 24-26;