policy as War Minister, _see_ Chap. XII;
changes in the Cabinet, 270-272;
national defence policy, 278-281;
agitation against him, 282-284, 288;
caricatures of, 282, 301, 335 _n._, 337;
his Sedition Bills, 285-287;
action with regard to shortage of corn, 289, 290;
institutes a Board of Agriculture, 293;
treatment of the Enclosures question, 295-297;
his Poor Bill (1797), 297, 298;
his relations with Miss Eden, 300-303;
his financial embarrassments, 302, 303, 473-477;
issues a "Loyalty Loan," 305, 306;
and the mutinies in the fleet, 312-320;
compared with Chatham, 320;
further efforts for peace, 321-326;
hostility to his new taxes (1797), 329, 330;
the "Patriotic Contribution," 330, 331;
his Land Tax proposals, 331-333;
his duel with Tierney, 334-336;
verses in the "Anti-Jacobin," 337;
Irish policy, _see_ Chaps. XVI, XVIII, XIX, 566;
sends a squadron to the Mediterranean, 366, 367;
his Income Tax, 370, 427;
his aims in Europe (1798), 371;
his policy towards Switzerland, 375;
the expedition to Holland, 379-383;
rejects Bonaparte's offers of peace, 383-385, 473;
on commercial union with Ireland, 389, 390;
his first reference to the Union, 393;
preparations for the Union, 396-410;
speeches on the Act of Union, 413-415, 426, 427;
his use of bribery in Ireland, 424, 429;
his proposal for Catholic Emancipation, 431;
opposition of the King, 433-439;
breaks down in health, 435;
his resignation, 439-446, 450;
his promises to the Catholics, 441, 442, 446;
gives a pledge to the King during his illness, 448, 449, 518;
breach with Auckland, 452;
personal characteristics, 454-459, 491;
his neglect of literature and art, 456;
his scholarship, 458;
his friendship with Wellesley and Canning, 459-466;
his creations of peers, 466-468;
supports Addington and the peace proposals (1801), 468-472, 478;
vote of thanks to him carried, 472;
at Walmer, 471, 473, 474, 477;
his interest in farming and gardening, 473, 474, 479, 491;
his private expenses, 474;
subscription for, 476, 477;
relations with Addington, 473, 477, 478, 480-482, 503, 504;
at Bath, 479;
negotiations with Dundas, 483, 484;
his terms for return to office, 485;
speech on the war with France (1803), 487, 488;
death of his mother, 488;
organizes the East Kent Volunteers, 489-494, 511, 512;
Lady Hester Stanhope at Walmer, 490-493;
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