Nelson's Lady Hamilton by Meynell, Esther (surface ebook reader txt) 📕

Hamilton, Emma, Lady, birth, 5 ; first situation, 6 ; meets Captain Willet-Payne, 8; goes to Up Park, 10 j first child, IO; letter

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to Greville, 15 ; life in Edgware Row, 21, 22 j beauty, 22-24; housekeeping, 24, 25 ; scene in Ranelagh Gardens, 27 ; painted by Romney, 29, 30; meets Sir William Hamilton, 32; friendship with him, 36; letters to Greville, 37-46; the " Bacchante," 50 ; invited to Naples, 52 ; arrival there, 53 ; her birthday, 54; the " blue hat," 55 ; fears, 56, 57 ; anger with Greville, 59, 60; her threat, 62 ; the " Attitudes," 66 ; her attachment to Sir William Hamilton, 71; return to London, 85 ; visit to Romney, 86; painted as "The Ambassadress," 89; writes to Romney from Naples, 90 ; marriage, 93 ; intimacy with the Queen of Naples, 107 ; meets Nelson, 116 ; her services to the British fleet, 128-130; writes to St. Vincent, 136; scene with Maria Carolina, 142 ; letters to Nelson, 143, 144 ; letter after the Nile, 151-153 ; " Patroness of the Navy," 155 ; meets Nelson again, 158; writes to Lady Nelson, 162, 163 ; influence over Nelson, 166 j her enthusiasm, 171-173; admiration for Nelson, 174; her practical abilities, 181, 182 ; helps the royal family to escape, 184, 185 ; on board the Vanguard^ 187, 189; Prince Albert dies in her arms, 189; her losses in the flight from Naples, 191 ; gift from Nelson, 210; goes back to Naples with Nelson, 215; calumnious stories about, 228 j her popularity and importance, 231, 232; the seaman's appeal to, 235; celebrates the Nile,

2 37 J given jewelled miniature by the Queen, 240 ; at the Palermo f$te t 241 ; receives Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 246; her easy nature, 247 ; her weakness for gambling, 248, 249 ; under fire, 259 ; journey homewards with Nelson, 261 ; Mrs. St. George's impressions of, 263-267; lands at Yarmouth, 270; goes with Lady Nelson to the play, 278; spends Christmas at Fonthill Abbey, 281; her bad taste, 285 ; birth of Horatia, 287 ; friendship with Mrs. William Nelson, 293 ; the Prince of Wales episode, 296-299 ; her excitement over the battle of the Baltic, 303 ; chooses and furnishes Merton for Nelson, 313-315; extravagance, 319; helps Lieutenant Parsons, 324; her fondness for presents, 330; letter to Nelson, 331, 332 ; debts, 337 ; last letters to Nelson, 344 ; grief over Nelson's death, 348 ; contempt for Earl Nelson, 349 ; her claims, 350; quarrel with Earl Nelson, 352 ; her income, 353; wish to be buried in St. Paul's, 354; memorials and petitions, 355 ; faith in the Navy, 356; dislike of unadorned truth, 357; parts with Merton, 357 ; death of her mother, 358; arrested for debt,

359 ; arrested a second time,

360 ; publicationof Nelson's stolen letters, 361; flight from England, 364 ; illness and death, 366; her career and character, 368, 369

Hamilton, Sir William, meets Emma, 32; his philosophy, 33 ; his first wife, 33, 34; « Pliny

673

the Elder," 36, 46; Greville's wishes in regard to, 49; his invitation to Emma, 52; his arrangements for her comfort, 54; his gifts to Emma, 55 ; Emma's fears °f» 56> 57 J his kindness and devotion to Emma, 69 ; her growing attachment to, 71-73, 81 ; his intentions in regard to marriage, 83, 84; returned to London with Emma, 85 ; second marriage, 93 ; letters to his wife, 101-103 » his illness, 103 ; his admiration for Nelson, 116 j 125, 127, 133, 136, 141, 157, 160, 184, 190, 191, 197, 209, 215, 217, 218, 230, 239, 242, 249-250, 258, 263, 282; letter from, to Nelson, 296, 303 ; visits Deal, 311 ; describes Merton to Nelson, 3I4. 3i5> 3i6, 319 ; his protest against Emma's extravagance, 320-322 ; visits his Welsh estates, 325 ; death, 326; bequest to Nelson, 327, 333, 334, 348, 353

Hardy, Thomas Masterman, 271, 286, 327

Hayley, William, 23, 28, 30, 86, 87, 88, 92

Hood, Lord, 112, 114

Hotham, Sir William, 279, 286

Jacobins, 97, 112, 119, 201, 207,

215, 222, 223

Jeaffreson, J. C. [quotations from], 21, 32, 228

Keith, Lord, 237, 243, 244, 251,

252, 254, 259, 260 Knight, Miss Cornelia, 264, 281,

306

Laughton, Professor Knox [quotations from], 221, 308, 353

Lazzaroni, the, 64, 113, 180, 200,

201, 232 Le Brun, Madame Vigee, 80, 81,

327

Mack, General, 172, 176, 180

Mahan, Captain A. T. [quotations from], 62, 176, 1194, 248, 283, 284, 307

Malmesbury, Lady, 91, 99, IOO, 301

Malmesbury, Lord, 256

Maria Carolina, Queen of the Two Sicilies, 4, 65, 68, 95 ; her abilities, 96; her hatred of the Jacobins, 97; her kindness to Lady Hamilton, 98 ; her hopes of English aid, 106, 107; Lady Hamilton's devotion to, 108-110, 112, 113, 119 j her fears, 120, 121 j her opposition to the King, 123 ; makes use of Emma, 124 ; abstraction of the King of Spain's letter, 129-131, 136; her order to the governors of the Two Sicilies, 143-145 j her agitation over the news of the Nile, 151, 152; 156, 163, 164, 165, 169, 171, 172, 175, 180, 182; her flight from Naples, 183-187 ; grief over the death of her son, 189, 190; Lady Hamilton's admiration for, 204 ; letter to Ruffo from, 204, 211, 212, 213; anger over the treaty of capitulation, 220, 227, 230, 232, 233, 238, 239, 245, 259-261 ; her parting with Lady Hamilton, 262 ; letters to Lady Hamilton, 123, 214, 218, 219, 229, 262

Marie-Antoinette, 95, III, 177

Merton Place, 3I3-3I5> 3^6, 319, 330, 334, 34i> 343. 353, 357

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Minto, Lady, 250, 260, 262 Minto,