8.
Godoy, Manuel de (afterwards Duke of Alcudia and Prince of the Peace),
Spanish Minister, 154, 157;
his story concerning Pitt refuted, 92, 93;
his relations with the Queen, 230;
his character, 230, 231;
Anti-British intrigues, 232, 235, 237, 242, 243, 275;
makes peace with France, 233, 234, 236;
protests against British action in Hayti, 234, 235;
made Prince of the Peace, 237;
declares war against England, 244;
gives aid to France, 513, 514, 560.
Gordon, Duke of, 476.
Gordon, Duchess of, 300 _n._;
Pitt and, 459.
Gower, Earl, Ambassador at Paris, 42, 45, 47, 58;
recalled, 58.
Gower, Lord Granville Leveson-, 465;
Ambassador at St. Petersburg, 526, 527, 529.
Graaf-Reinet, settlement of, 252, 254.
Graham, A., and D. Williams, their report on the mutiny at the
Nore, 316-318.
Granard, Lord, 402.
Grattan, Henry, 339-341, 343, 344, 398, 408, 411.
Gravina, Rear-Admiral, 148, 150, 153.
Gregoire, Henri, 72, 83, 114.
Grenada, revolt in, 239;
capture of, 241.
Grenville, Thomas, special envoy at Vienna, 199, 211;
his mission to Berlin (1798), 373, 374;
on the peace proposals (1801), 469;
negotiates the Grenville-Fox alliance, 496.
Grenville, William Wyndham, Lord, Foreign Secretary, 3, 6-9, 37, 68,
312, 421;
opposes Flood's motion for Reform, 12;
on the Birmingham riots, 19;
his marriage, 37;
his assurances to Talleyrand, 43-45;
his policy regarding the Belgic Provinces, 47, 48;
his treatment of Chauvelin, 50, 79, 98, 99, 104, 105, 115;
assertion of neutrality, 51, 52, 61, 69, 98;
policy towards Poland, 54;
ignorant of events in France, 58;
his concern at the November decrees, 72-74;
regards war as unavoidable, 76, 77, 82;
makes overtures to Austria, 84;
his fears of Spanish weakness, 92;
negotiations with France, 97-101, 103-108;
his despatch to Whitworth on British aims, 99, 100;
declines to treat with Maret, 109-112;
his belief in neutrality, 113;
forms the first coalition, 123;
ignorant of military affairs, 128;
his war policy, 129, 132, 142, 143, 150, 153 _n._, 154-156, 161, 196,
202, 204-213, 256, 263, 266, 369, 371, 375, 377-380, 382-384;
offers to resign, 213, 217, 323;
West Indian policy, 224, 225, 228;
negotiations with Spain, 233, 234, 243;
opposed to negotiations for peace, 276, 322-326;
introduces the Treasonable Practices Bill, 285;
supports the Finance Bill (1797), 330
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