Braxfield, Lord, i. 27 n. 
Brewer’s Merry Devil, ii. 10 and n. 
Brewster, Dr. (afterwards Sir David), and Mrs., i. 233 and n., 241;
    ii. 2, 25, 50, 53, 146, 259, 260, 275, 279, 371.
Bride of Lammermoor, letter from William Clerk, ii. 300 n. 
Bridge, Mr., the jeweller, ii. 175. 
Brinkley, Dr. John, Bishop of Cloyne, ii. 290. 
Brisbane, Sir Thomas M., i. 249 and n., 318; ii. 8. 
Bristol riots, ii. 419 n., 435 and n. 
Brocque, Monsieur, of Montpelier, i. 148. 
Brougham, Lord, ii. 205, 414. 
Brown’s Selkirkshire quoted, i. 356; ii. 358 n. 
Brown, Launcelot, ii. 47. 
Brown, Misses, of George Square, Edinburgh, ii. 35, 72. 
Brown’s, Mrs., lodgings, 5 St. David Street, i. 191, 226. 
Bruce, Professor John, ii. 309 and n. 
Bruce, Tyndall, ii. 309. 
Bruce, Mr., from Persia, i. 250, 251. 
Bruce, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 146. 
Brunel, ii. 425. 
Brunton, Rev. Dr., i. 175 n. 
Brydone, Mrs. (widow of Patrick Brydone), i. 61 and n. 
Buccleuch, fifth Duke of, i. 110, 244, 265, 326 n., 336; ii. 71, 96,
    120, 177, 223, 224, 232, 381, 392, 415. 
Buccleuch, Dowager Duchess of. See Montagu. 
Buchan, Earl of, i. 255, 328; death of, ii. 272. 
Buchan, Dr. James, i. 14. 
Buchan, Peter, Peterhead, ii. 24. 
Buchanan, Hector Macdonald, i. 6 n., 31, 209, 326, 359, 412; ii. 69,
    85, 136, 200. 
Buchanan, James Macdonald, ii. 201. 
Buchanan, Miss Macdonald, of Drummakill, i. 3, 106, 343, 361. 
Buchanan, Major, of Cambusmore, ii. 89, 125. 
Buchanan, Mr., Scott’s amanuensis, ii. 344, 349. 
Buckingham, Duchess of, i. 277. 
Buckingham’s assassination, ii. 426. 
Bugnie, Signor, ii. 76. 
Burchard, Captain, i. 382. 
Burke, Edmund, ii. 177, 189. 
Burke, trial of, ii. 218 n.;
  execution, 225, 227, 245;
  Patterson’s “collection of anecdotes,” 263. 
Burleigh House, visit to, i. 272. 
Burn, Mr., architect, ii. 76, 77 n., 93, 403, 404. 
Burnet, George, funeral of, ii. 344. 
Burney, Dr., anecdote regarding, i. 309; ii. 190 and n. 
Burns, Col.  James Glencairn, ii. 411. 
Burns, Robert, i. 202, 276,
  Scott’s admiration for, 321;
  skill in patching up old Scotch songs, ii. 25. 
Burns, Tom, Coal Gas Committee, ii. 139. 
Burrell, a teacher of drawing, i. 137. 
Bury, Lady Charlotte (Campbell), i. 277; ii. 289, 299. 
Butcher, Professor, i. 113 n. 
Butler, Lady Eleanor, ii. 152 n. 
Byers, Colonel, ii. 29. 
Byron, Lord, notes, i. 1;
  memoirs, 8-9;
  characteristics of, 11-13;
  lunch at Long’s in 1815, 59;
  views of the Greek question, 252;
  Moore’s request for letters, ii. 216, 303;
  allusion to early attachment, 341;
  MSS., 402.