Elliot, Sir Gilbert, afterwards Lord Minto,
  British representative in Corsica, 1794, i. 119;
  Viceroy of Corsica, 154;
  friendship between him and Nelson, 154, 275, 281, 283, 284,
  ii. 153, 250, 325;
  Nelson’s correspondence with, i. 172, 203, 237, 239, 275, 281, 356,
  ii. 3, 27, 36, 210, 250;
  directs the seizure of Elba by Nelson, i. 237;
  present at the evacuation of Corsica, 252, 253, and of Elba. 262;
  passage with Nelson to Gibraltar, 262-268;
  witnesses the Battle of St. Vincent, 275, 281;
  advocacy of Nelson’s claims to distinction, 284, 403;
  incidental mention of Nelson by, i. 308,
  ii. 34, 44, 92, 154, 172, 174, 308, 326, 332, 335;
  mention of Lady Hamilton by, i. 379-382, ii. 44, 154, 320, 335;
  ambassador to Vienna, i. 396 note.

Elliot, Hugh, British minister at Dresden during Nelson’s visit
  in 1800, ii. 43, 44;
  minister to the two Sicilies during Nelson’s Mediterranean command,
  1803-1805, 189-310;
  takes passage out with Nelson, 189;
  correspondence between Nelson and, quoted, 191, 192, 194, 211,
  212, 215, 218, 235, 246, 258, 263, 264, 286, 304, 310, 330.

Este, Lambton, association with Nelson mentioned, ii. 254-257.

Fischer, Commodore, commander-in-chief of Danish fleet at the
  Battle of Copenhagen, ii. 94;
  Nelson’s controversy with, on account of his official report
  of the battle, 107-109.

Fitzharris, Lord, British attache at Vienna during Nelson’s visit,
  1800, anecdotes of Nelson and of Lady Hamilton, ii. 41, 42.

Flag of Truce, incident of the, at Copenhagen, ii. 94-98.

“Fleet in Being,” indications of Nelson’s probable opinion of
  its deterrent effect, i. 135-137, 160, 182, 183, 196, 198,
  213, 214, 216, 217, 218, 227; ii. 301-306.

Freemantle, British captain, with Nelson, at Teneriffe, i. 301-304;
  at Copenhagen, ii. 83;
  letter from Nelson to, concerning Calder, 318.

Frigates, Nelson’s sense of the importance of, and of small cruisers
  generally, i. 338, 340, 341; ii. 242-245, 274, 294, 334, 357, 358.

“Genereux,” French ship-of-the-line, escape of, after the
  Battle of the Nile, i. 357, 358;
  capture of the “Leander” by, 361, 405;
  captured by Nelson’s squadron off Malta, ii. 24-29.

Genoa, importance of, to the South of France, i. 105, 106, 107;
  difficult neutrality of, 157, 158, 184-192, 199-201, 218, 223,
  226-228, 233, 393;
  closes her ports against Great Britain, 1796, 244-246;
  siege of city, in 1800, ii. 28;
  surrender of, by Massena, 37;
  identified with France as the Ligurian Republic, 181, 182;
  ports of, blockaded by Nelson, 219, 229, 230.

George III., King of Great Britain, prejudice of, against Nelson
  in early life, i. 88, 89, 284;
  subsequent approbation, 177, 284, 308;
  interest in Nelson manifested by, ii. 49, 50;
  subsequent coldness of, toward Nelson, apparently in consequence
  of his relations to Lady Hamilton, 49.