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,