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Peace, negotiations for, in 1801, ii. 428, 429
Peace, preliminary articles of, 1782, ii. 444; 1783, ii. 448, 453
Pelham Family, the, i. 36; characteristics of the, i. 39
Pelham, Mr., i. 36; death of, i. 41
Pembroke, Lord, removed from the Lord Lieutenancy of Wiltshire, ii. 47
Penn, Richard, i. 478
Pennsylvania, i. 181, 182, 183
Perry, Mr., and Mr. John Lambert committed for libel, ii. 415
Perth, Duke of, the story of the, ii. 234
Pery, Saxton, i. 344, 345, 352, 357
Petty, Anne, wife of Thomas Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry, i. 2
Petty, Antony, i. 1
Petty, Lady, afterwards Baroness Shelburne, i. 1
Petty, Lord Henry, ii. 334, 430, 432, 433, 435
Petty, Sir William, i. i; his will, i. 2; secretary to Henry Ireton, i. 2; Dean Swift's mention of his daughter, i. 3; anecdote of, ii. 340
Petty, the Honourable William, i. 398, ii. 330; the story of his ghost, ii. 330
Pewisham, the royal forest of, i. 216
Philipps, Sir J., i. 141
Phillips, Sir R., ii. 434
"Pious Fraud," the, i. 130, 165
Pitt, Lady Hester, i. 93
Pitt, Thomas, founder of the Pitt family, i. 55; commonly called "Diamond Pitt," i. 55
Pitt, Thomas (afterwards Lord Camelford), ii. 55, 256, 261
Pitt, William (afterwards first Earl of Chatham), i. 42, 72, 74; friendship of, with Henry Fox, i. 46; their junction against the Duke of Newcastle, i. 54; and the Dowager Princess of Wales, i. 54; his education, i. 56; character of, i. 56, 58, 60; a bad letter-writer, i. 57; his marriage, i. 59; his dispute with Sir Fletcher Norton, i. 59; his personal appearance, i. 60; his opinion of Mr. Henry Fox, i. 61; and Lady Yarmouth, i. 64; Col. Barré's attack on, in the House of Commons, i. 101; and Henry Fox, the struggle between, i. 133; and Lord Shelburne, i. 198; and the Earl of Bute, i. 200; has an interview with the King, i. 204; his relations with the Duke of Newcastle, i. 205; and Colonel Barré, i. 215; and Lord Shelburne, i. 225; his difference with Lord Temple, i. 225; is asked to form a Ministry, i. 230; letter to Lord Shelburne on American affairs, i. 255; speech against the Stamp Act, i. 257; consults with Lord Shelburne on their joining the Ministry, i. 259; letter to Lord Shelburne on changing the Ministry, i. 263; becomes Prime Minister, i. 279; letter to Lord Shelburne on the new Ministry, i. 281; is created Earl of Chatham, i. 282; and the Manilla Ransom, i. 287; letters to Lord Shelburne on the India Company, i. 298; ill-health of, i. 290, 310, 313, 331; his opinion of John Dunning, i. 335; letter to the Duke of Grafton on Lord Shelburne's removal from office, i. 387; resignation of office, i. 398; proposes an address praying for a dissolution of Parliament, i. 411; on Burke's Thoughts on the Causes of the present Discontents, i. 411; on Lord Rockingham, i. 412; letter to Lord Shelburne on the state of politics, i. 413; and the City of London, i. 417; letter to J. Calcraft on the state 01 affairs, i. 418; his dislike to Edmund Burke, i. 431; on the proposed tax on absentee Irish landowners, i. 456, 459; proposals for the government of the American Colonies, i. 478; Lord Shelburne's speech on, i. 485; prostrated by illness again, i. 485; on the American War, i. 486; moves an address to the Crown, on the American War, ii. 6; letter to Lord Shelburne, ii. 9; George III. on his joining the government, ii. 15, 17; his probable policy with regard to the American War, ii. 18; his reply to the Duke of Richmond's motion for withdrawing the army from America, ii. 21; his illness and death, ii. 22; his character as a statesman, ii. 22; his statue in Westminster Abbey, ii. 24; his relations with Lord Shelburne, ii. 25; his opinion of a union with Ireland, ii. 419
Pitt, William (second son of the Earl of Chatham) enters Parliament, ii. 63; is offered the Vice-Treasurership of Ireland, ii. 91; Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 155; speech on Charles Fox's attack on Lord Shelburne, ii. 160; reply to Charles Fox on the treaty with the American Colonies, ii. 211; interview with Charles J. Fox, ii. 233; speech in the debate on the address on the Peace, ii. 248; on Lord Shelburne, ii. 249; is sent for by the King, ii. 252; interview with Thomas Orde, ii. 270; his imperious manner, ii. 283; and Lord Shelburne, ii. 284; letters to Lord Shelburne offering
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