ABINGDON, Earl of, character of, 279. 
Addison, Joseph, Swift and, 15;
  Swift’s Notes on the Freeholder, 371-377. 
Aglionby, Mr., character of, 284. 
Albemarle, Earl of, defeated at Denain, 169, 175;
  character of, 276. 
Allies, the, unfair treatment of England by, 104 et seq. 
Ancaster, Duke of, character of, 279. 
Anne, the Princess, her behaviour at the birth of the Pretender, 360.
  See Anne, Queen. 
Anne, Queen, her treatment of Swift, 10 and n., 15;
  offers a reward for discovery of author of
     the “Public Spirit of the Whigs,” 15;
  her change of ministry, 19, 31;
  her overtures with regard to peace, 31, 50;
  creates twelve new peers, 38, 39;
  stated to have pressed Marlborough
      to become general for life, 40;
  dismisses Marlborough, 48, 49;
  her conduct of the peace negotiations, see Utrecht, Congress of;
  speech on the terms of peace with France, 151 et seq. 
Argyle, the family of, Swift on,
   293, 300, 306, 308, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 319, 332, 335. 
Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, character of, 286. 
Arlington, Earl of, character of, 334. 
Assiento, the, demanded by England, 63, 67, 136, 144, 145, 153;
  the Dutch demand a share in, 130, 138, 140, 141. 
Aylesford, Earl of, Swift on, 350. 
Aylmer, Colonel Matthew (Lord), character of, 284.

Baillie, Robert, 349-350;
  his execution, 351. 
Barrier Treaty, the, 41, 80-82;
  inquiry into, 99;
  laid before the House, 100;
  interests of Great Britain sacrificed by, 110-114;
  peace proposals affecting, 134, 135, 138, 140, 143;
  new treaty signed, 180-182. 
Bavaria, Elector of, peace proposals affecting,
  79, 171, 176, 179, 183, 184, 188. 
Baxter, Richard, 337. 
Berkeley, Earl of, character of, 279. 
Berry, Duke of, declared heir to the French throne, 152, 174. 
Blackmore, Sir Richard, 376. 
Blackwell, Sir Lambert, character of, 284. 
Blunt, Sir John, on the National Debt, 91, 92. 
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Lord, his estrangement from Harley, 13, 16;
  information given to Swift by, 18 n.;
  and the Duke of Somerset, 33;
  his interview with Bothmar, 43;
  introduces Prince Eugene to the Queen, 43;
  hated by Eugene, 45;
  his attacks on Walpole, 84 and n.;
  his energy in instituting an enquiry into the war, 119;
  his negotiations with Buys, 130;
  orders Ormonde not to fight, 150 n., 156 n.;
  letter to Thomas Harley on the conduct of the Dutch, 160 n.;
  his opinion of Rebellion, 166 n.;
  created Viscount, 170;
  his indignation at not being made an Earl, 170 n.;
  his mission to France, 171, 172;
  mentioned, 76, 77, 121. 
Bolton, Charles, Duke of, character of, 274;
Bothmar, M., Hanover Envoy,
  memorial of, 42, 43, 129, 167;