2, 3

"Gentleman's Magazine," the, 279, 280

George I., cabinets, 86

George II., cabinets, 87;
the King's Speech, 155;
sayings of, quoted, 243

George III., relations with the Commons, 9;
correspondence with Lord North, 10;
creation of Peers, 22;
coronation, 63;
cabinets, 96 note1;
Chancellors, 106;
and Thurlow, 112;
Parliaments, 121, 238, 286;
Speakers, 128 note2;
the King's Speech, 155;
parliamentary privileges under, 175, 176;
(Prince of Wales), 256

George IV., at Westminster Palace, 62 note1;
accession, 64;
the King's Speech, 156;
(Regent), 238

George, Lloyd, 207

German sources of the English constitution, 1, 2

Germans, early, manners of, 1

Gibbon, 95 note1, 223;
Sheridan and, 282

Gladstone, sayings of, quoted, 13, 58, 95, 199;
"tacking," 30-31;
on the relations between the two Houses, 31;
lying-in-State, 63;
and Disraeli, 74;
offices held by, 83, note1;
on etiquette, 90;
premiership, 92, 94, 167, 221;
at debate, 99;
Chamberlain's attack on, summer 1893 ... , 130-31;
the Bradlaugh incident, 149;
Queen's speeches, 155;
the hat incident, 159, 160;
on obstruction, 169;
proposed alteration in procedure, 171, 172;
speeches, 207, 212;
on oratory, 215;
mentioned, 239 and note1

Glasgow, 20

Glastonbury, Abbot of, 104

Godolphin, 83

Gordon, Duchess of, 272

Gordon, Lord George, 235

Gordon Riots, the, 238 note1

Goschen, Lord, speeches, 221

Gower, Lord, 10, 264

Gower, Lord F. L., 186

Grafton, Duke of, 32

Grand Committees, 232

Grand Remonstrance, the, 8, 185, 190

Grange, Lord, speeches, 214

Grant, General, 262

Grant, "Recollections," quoted, 164 and note, 283

Grantham, borough of, 45

Granville, Lady, "Letters," quoted, 86 note3, 115 note1

Granville, Lord, 86 note3, 115 note1

Grattan, "Life and Times," cited, 92;
speeches, 120, 216 and note1, 223;
saying, quoted, 169;
motion for Catholic emancipation, 204;
on Pitt, quoted, 217

Gravel Pits, Kensington, 200

Great Council, the, 84

"Great Tom of Westminster," 66 and note1, 73

Grenville, George, 89, 91, 124, 133, 193, 286

Grenville, Lord, proposal regarding Westminster, 65

Grenville, Richard, 217 note1

Grenville, on the presence of women in Parliament, 270 and note4

Grey, Lord, 266;
his Reform bill, 169

Griffith, Darby, 240

Griffiths, Admiral, 177

Grimston, Edward, 75

"Guardian," the, 213

Guilford, Lord, Chancellor, 108, 109

Guilford, Lord, son of Lord North, 212 and note1

"Guillotine," the, 172

Gully, Speakership, 125, 141, 142, 181

Gunter, 164 note1

Guthrie, editor, 279, 280

Gwydyr, Lord, 62 note1


Habeas Corpus Act, 224

Hakewell, cited, 120 note1

Halifax, 277

Halifax, 1st Lord, saying of, quoted, 19

Halifax, Lord, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 214

Hall, Arthur, member of Parliament for Grantham, 175;
punishment, 179

Hall, Sir Benjamin, 73 note2

Hamilton, William Gerard, his speech, 214

Hampden, 8, 190, 277

Hampton Court, 6

Handel, 217 note3

Hanmer, Sir John, 190

Hanoverian Parliaments, times of session, 225

Hansard, T. C., publication of debates, 284, 285

Harcourt, Sir Philip, 191

Hardwicke, Lord, Chancellor, 96, 97;
on Strangers, 263, 264

Harley, Sir Robert, Speaker, 53, 83, 133;
Premier, 90, 91, 278;
Chancellor, 110 note1

Harrowby, Lord, 115 1

Harrys, Dr., 176

Hartley, David, speech of, 206, 207

Harwich, borough of, 45 note2

Haselrig, 8

Hastings, Warren, impeachment, 63, 178, 204, 205, 282

Hatherton, Lord, 32

Hats, etiquette concerning, 159, 160

Hatsell, Clerk of the House, 139, 140;
"Precedents," cited, 75, 152 and note1, 153 note4, 167

Hengham, Sir Ralph de, 66

Henry I., reign, 21, 62 note1, 81;
Chancellors, 117

Henry II., 64

Henry III., 4;
Parliaments, 64, 268 note2

Henry VI., reign, 27, 40, 42;
Parliaments, 125 note1, 174, 182, 184

Henry VII., reign, 4

Henry VIII., reign, 3, 60, 62 note1, 81, 144, 145;
Parliaments of, 6, 22, 44, 136, 144, 184, 252;
removal to Whitehall, 62;
death, 107 note2

Heptarchy, the, 2, 20

Heredity, the principle of, 18-20

"Herod," 130

Herries, 253

Hewitt, speeches, 207

"Historical Register," the, 279

Hobart, Sir Miles, 75

Hogan, 168

Holland, Earl of, 6

Holles, 8

Holt, Lord Chief Justice, 182

Home Rule Bill, (1886), 207;
(1893), 29, 172

"Honourable," the title, 165

Hopton, Sir Ralph, 180

Hotham, Lord, 204

"House-fright," 210-212

Howard, Lord, 70

Howard, Francis, "Memoirs," 217 note3

"Hudibras" 139 and note3

Hughes, Hughes, 17

Hull, borough of, 45 note2

Hume, David, 68, 76

Hume, Joseph, in the House, 71, 139

Hungerford, Sir Thomas, Speaker, 119, 120 note1

Hunt, first speeches, 214

Hutcheson, speech, 206

Hyde, Lord, 95 note1;
see also Clarendon


Idiots, laws concerning, 54, 55

Ireland, Act of Union, 24

Irish members in Bellamy's, 79;
suspension of, 187, 188

Irish Municipal Bill, 264

Irish Office, the, 239

Irish Parliament, 190

Irish Party tactics, 169-171

Irish Peers, 26;
rights of, 55, 56;
introduction in the Lords, 151

Isabella, Queen, 105


James I., creation of Peers, 22;
Parliaments, 53, 70, 179, 180, 233;
Councils, 82

James II., 164

"Jane," 79

Jeffrey, Lord, saying of, quoted, 183;
style, 210

Jeffreys, Chancellor, 108 and note1

Jenkins, Judge, 176, 177

Jewish Oaths Bill, 29

Jews, disabilities, 27 and note1, 55, 147

John, King, 4, 21, 22

Johnson, Dr., and Dunning's resolution, 9 and note2;
saying of, quoted, 168;
on oratory, 215;
and Cave, 279, 280

Johnson, Sir Robert, 269

Johnstone, Captain, 270

Jonson, Ben, saying of, quoted, 205

Journals, Parliamentary, 3, 233, 276, 279

"Judas," 130

Judges at the opening of Parliament, 152, 153 note1

Judicature Act, 1873 ... , 107, note2

"Juncto," the, 82

"Junius letters," the, 281

Justice, High Court of, 110


Katherine, Queen, 190

Keepership of the Great Seal, 105

Kendall, Captain, his reply to Middleton, 6

Kenealy, Dr., introduction to the House, 152;
speeches, 210;
the Tichborne case, 253

Khedive, the, visit to the House of Commons, 166, 167

King, Dr., "Anecdotes," quoted, 24 note1

King's champion, the, 63, 64

King's Speech, the, 152-157

Kingsdown, Baron, see Leigh, Pemberton

Kingston, Duchess of, trial, 63

Kneeling at the Bar of the House, 177, 178


La Hogue, battle of, 199

Labouchère, sayings of, quoted, 77

Labour Members, the first, 42;
dress of, 202

Lacour, M. Challemel, 167

Ladies' Gallery, the, unruly scenes, 273, 274

Lancelot, 31

Land Act, 1881 ... , 70

Land League, the, 176

Lane, Mrs., 65 note2

Langres, Hercule, 8

Langrishe, Sir Hercules, 285 note2

Language, "Parliamentary," 163

Latour, Colonel, 167

Laud, "Diary," cited, 64, 65

Law Courts, London, 64

Law Courts, the, collisions with Parliament, 182

Law Lords, the, 25, 26

Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, 165 note2, 227, 267

Lawyers and the House of Commons, 57, 210

Lecky, quoted, 11, 12

Lefevre, Shaw, Speakership, 134, 141, 159

Leicester, 60

Leigh, Pemberton, 26

Leitrim, Lord, speech of, 235

Lenthall, Speaker, 67 note,1, 120, 121, 122, 131, 139 note3, 186, 187

Levis, family of, 37

Lewes, 4

Lewes, Sir Watkin, 77

Lewis, Sir George Cornwall, sayings of, quoted, 98, 169

Liberal Conservatives, the, 14

Liberal Unionists, the, 33

Licensing bills, 238, 278

Life Peerages, 25, 26

Limerick, Earl of, 183

Lincoln, 60

Lincoln's Inn, 232

Livy, 203

Llandaff, Bishop of, his amendment, 55

Local Taxation Bill, 238

Lock, Zachary, 211

Locke, report of Lord's debate, 278

"London Magazine," 280

Long, Parliament, the, 42, 177, 189, 231 note2, 277, 278

Long, Thomas, 44, 45

Lonsdale, Lord, 86 note1

Lord Mayor, the, collision with Parliament, 281

Lords, House of, Journals, 3;
under Cromwell, 7, 8;
the Royal Presence, 8, 9;
the principle of heredity, 18-20;
origin and antiquity, 20-22, 39;
number of Peers attending, 22;
the Lords Spiritual, 22, 23;
election of the Irish and Scottish Peers, 24 and note2;
judicial functions, 24, 25;
introduction of the four Lords of Appeal, 24, 25;
the Supreme Court of Appeal, 25, 26;
numerical increase, 25-27;
composition to-day, 27;
the writ of summons, 27;
functions, 28;
public opinion on, 29;
rejection of bills, 29, 30;
money bills and foreign matter, 30, 31;
relations with the Commons, 31-33;
the Liberal Peers, 33;
Conservative character, 33, 34;
proposed reform, 34 and notes-38;
separation from the Commons, 39, 40;
temporary abolition, 55 note2;
the new Upper Chamber, 73;
the Chancellor's position, 110;
The Lords Commissioners, 136, 141, 143, 144, 145, 155, 247;
opening by commission, 136-141;
arrival of the Commons, 141;
approval of the Speaker-Elect, 144, 145;
taking the Oath, 145-47;
introduction of a newly created peer, 151;
arrival of the King and Queen, 152;
the Gilded Chamber, 152;
rules of debate, 160 et seq;
length of speeches, 167;
"call" of the Lords, 186 and note3;
maiden speeches, 215;
days of adjournment, 227, 228;
divisions, 251, 253;
voting by proxy, 252;
the presence of women, 269;
the Press gallery, 284, 285

Lords, the old Irish House of, 228 note2

Loughborough, Lord, 95 note1, 96,