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WILLIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE
Selden on the powers of the House of Lords, ii. 85
Septennial Bill, i. 344, 345, 354
Sepulchral monuments, paper on, ii. 480
Servants, Lord Shelburne on, ii. 344
Shannon, Earl of. See Henry Boyle
Shelburne, Baroness, i. 1
Shelburne, Charles, Baron of, i. 1
Shelburne, Viscount Dunkerron, first Earl of, i. 1
Shelburne, John, Earl of, i. 5, 6; character of, i. 6
Shelburne, Lord (the father of the subject of this life), his connection with Mr. Fox, i. 85; death of, i. 87
Shelburne, William, Earl of, the subject of this life, afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne, i. i; autographical fragments, i. vi; memorandum of the affairs of 1762, i. vi, 130; birth of, i. 1; education, i. 5, 8, 9; his mother, i. 6; with the Duke of Douglas at Holyrood House, i. 7; goes to London, i. 115 enters at Christ Church, i. 13; Mr. Hollwell his tutor there, i. 13; his course of study, i. 14; state of politics in 1756, i. 16; his estimate of Sir Robert Walpole, i. 27; his intimacy with William Pitt, i. 56; goes into the army under General Wolfe, i. 70; serves in the expedition to Rochfort, i. 73; on Prince Generals, i. 77; at the battle of Minden, i. 82; on the causes of political events, i. 79; on factions and parties, i. 81; made a colonel and aide-de-camp to the King, i. 82; his connection with the Earl of Bute, i. 83; letter to the Earl of Bute on his being made Secretary of State, i. 87; death of his father, i. 87; his removal to the House of Lords, i. 87; his application for the Comptrollership of the Household, i. 87; the King's refusal, i. 87; his letter to the Earl of Bute concerning the Comptrollership, i. 88; his proposal of retirement to the country, i. 88; Mr. Fox's letters to him on Mr Fox joining the Government, i. 89; proposes that Mr. Fox should give a general support to the Ministry, i. 90; his letters to the Earl of Bute concerning Mr. Fox, i. 90, 92, 95; his quarrel with Lord Melcombe, i. 97; his estimate of Lord Melcombe's character, i. 99; his speech against the German war, i. 100; his speech on the public credit, i. 104; his estimate of the character of the Earl of Bute, i. 110; his letter to Mr. Fox on Lord Bute's offer of place, i. 112; negotiates with Mr. Fox to undertake the lead in the House of Commons, i. 120; his letter to Mr. Fox on the same subject, i. 124; his estimate of the character of Henry Fox, i. 130; on the relations of the Duke of Cumberland and Mr. Fox, i. 136; Mr. Fox on his abilities, i. 143; his negotiations between Mr. Fox and the Earl of Bute, i. 150; his letter to Mr. Calcraft concerning Mr. Fox's paymastership, i. 160; Mr. Fox's disagreement with him, i. 161, 1645 Walpole's opinion on the disagreement between Mr. Fox and Lord Shelburne, i. 164, 166; the Earl of Bute's confidence in, i. 167; his letter to the Earl of Bute concerning Colonel Barré, i. 167; is offered the post of President of the Board of Trade, i. 169; the Earl of Bute proposes to make him Secretary of State, i. 169; Grenville's letter to Earl of Bute concerning, i. 169; is again offered the post of President of the Board of Trade, i. 173; accepts the post, i. 175; Calcraft 's letter to him thereon, i. 177; is sworn a Privy Councillor, i. 177; correspondence with Lord Egremont, i. 178, 186; writes to the Earl of Bute threatening to resign, i. 195; the Earl of Bute's reply, i. 195; Weymouth's letter to him on the same subject, i. 197; and Mr. Pitt, i. 198; his disagreements with Lord Egremont, i. 199; negotiates between the Earl of Bute and the Duke of Bedford and Pitt, i. 200; his letter to Gower concerning the change of the ministry, i. 200; failure of his negotiations with the Duke of Bedford and Pitt, i. 204; resigns the Presidency of the Board of Trade, i. 206; his letter to the Earl of Bute thereon, i. 208; his speech on the prosecution of Wilkes, i. 211; the King dismisses him from his post of aide-de-camp, i. 2 1 2; his letter to Colonel Barré thereon, i. 213; presents himself at Court, i. 214; the Princess of Wales on his conduct, i. 214; retires to Bowood and Wycombe, i. 216; his collection of books and MSS., i. 217; Colonel Barré becomes his aide-de-camp, 218; Sir William Blackstone and, i. 219; his distrust of Lord Clive, i. 221; on personal canvassing, i. 222; the marriage of, with Lady Sophia Carteret, i. 222; his letter to Colonel Barré on his speech on the Stamp Act, i. 224; Calcraft's letter to him on Mr. Pitt, i. 225; his speech on the Regency Bill, i.
