Wellington (39 page)

Badajoz: siege of (1811) 151–3, 152, 154

storming of (1812)
115
, 158–63

Baird, Major General David 51, 53, 59, 61–2, 66–7

Barnes, Adjutant-General Sir Edward 211

Barrington, Sir Jonah 84

Bassein, Treaty of 68–9, 70–1

Bathurst, Lord 158

Wellington to 168–9, 185, 186, 191, 201, 250

Bayonne, siege of (1814) 192

Beaufort, 7th Duke of (
formerly
Marquess of Worcester) 180, 251

Beckerman (orderly) 181, 301

Beethoven, Ludwig van 187

Bentham, Jeremy 276

Berar, Rajah of 68, 71, 82

Beresford, Lt General Sir William 95, 131, 148, 151–3, 164

Wellington to 184

Berri, Duc de 216

Berthier, Marshal 219

Bessborough, Lady 204

Bevan, Lt Colonel xvii, 150

Blake, George 71

Blake (Spanish army commander) 151

Bligh, Helena 283

Blücher, Marshal Gebhard von 212, 252

relationship with Wellington 212, 214, 215

Waterloo campaign 216–17, 218, 223, 226, 229, 230, 233, 237, 238, 247, 249, 254

Blunt, Rev. Mr 40–1

Bock, Major General von 268

Boigne, Comtesse 198

Bombay 37, 38

Bonaparte, Betsy (
née
Patterson) 266

Bonaparte, Prince Jerome 239, 266

Bonaparte, Joseph: as King of Spain 104, 105, 134, 140, 163, 185, 187

Bonnet, General 167

Borghese, Princess Pauline 203, 204

Bowles, Captain George 228, 233

Bragge, Captain William 184–5

Brazen
, HMS 120

Brennier, Major General 149–50

Brinjarries 47, 52, 75

Briscall, Chaplain Samuel 181

Bristol riots (1831) 285, 286

British Army 9–10, 13–15, 16–19, 28–9, 31–2, 209–10, 213, 214–15

battalions: 33rd 232

48th 139, 140–1

69th 232

73rd 232

Divisions: 1st 232

3rd 155, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 181, 186, 209, 223, 230, 231

4th 151, 159, 162, 181

5th 159, 161

6th 167

7th 148

Light 155, 157, 159, 162

Regiments: 1st Foot Guards 189, 232

3rd (Old Buffs) 137

4th xv

7th Fusiliers 154, 161

8th 30

10th Hussars 233

12th 46, 58, 62

15th Light Dragoons 187

16th Light Dragoons 171

18th Hussars 200

20th Light Dragoons 116–17

23rd Light Dragoons 140

27th 246

29th 112, 153–4

31st 29

33rd 17, 28, 30–1, 32, 33–4, 40–1, 44, 46–7, 49, 51–3, 56–7, 60–1, 62, 84

36th 117, 118

42nd Highlanders 231

43rd Light Infantry 138

44th 30, 45th 145, 146, 161

50th 114, 120

52nd 249

56th 29

57th 27, 151–2

71st 149

73rd 62, 243

74th 78–80

78th Highlanders 73, 78, 80–1

79th Highlanders 149, 171

88th (Connaught Rangers) xiv–xv, 27, 149

92nd Highlanders 27, 231, 232, 233

94th 160, 95th 13, 112, 113, 116, 156, 159, 161, 252

Brooke, Alan 182

Brougham, Henry 260

Browne, Captain Thomas Henry 176, 177, 182–3, 187

Bruce, Michael 204

Brunswick, Duke of 211, 231

Buckingham, Lady 22

Buckingham, Lord 21, 24

Bülow, General von 237

Burghersh, Lord 180

Burgos 186

siege of (1812) xvi, 170–3, 184

Burrard, Sir Harry 109, 113, 117, 118, 119–20, 125

Burrows, Assistant Surgeon George 172

Busaco, battle of (1810) 146, 148

Byron, George Gordon, Lord 264

Childe Harold
123

Cádiz 185

Caesar, Julius:
Commentaries
302

Calcutta 37, 38, 40, 41, 42

Cambacérès: Wellington to 175–6

Camden, Lord 33

Cameron, Lt Colonel John, of Fassiefern 232

Campbell, Major General Alexander: Wellington to 150

Campbell, Captain 211

Campbell, Colin 20, 73, 78

Campbell’s brigade 138–9

Canning, George 100, 106, 143, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268–9

death 269

cannon 15

‘Captain Swing’ 283

Carlyle, Thomas 303

Caroline of Brunswick, Queen 259–60, 261

Castaños (Spanish army commander) 151

Castlereagh, Lord 91, 108–9, 119, 158, 206

and Convention of Cintra 123

duel with Canning 143

madness and suicide 263–4

and Wellington 91–2, 94, 100, 198

Wellington to 107, 121, 122, 125, 132, 135, 141, 208

Catallani, Madame 209

Cathcart, Lt General Lord 100, 101, 119

Catholic Association 273, 276

Cato Street Conspiracy (1820) 10, 259

Cauvery rivers 53, 54

Chandler, David 220

Charles II, of England 5

Charles IV, of Spain 103–4

Charles X, of France 20, 281

Charlotte, Queen 96

Chartist demonstrations 291, 292

Cintra, Convention of (1808) 121, 122, 122–3

enquiry into 123–4, 125

Ciudad Rodrigo 146, 148, 154, 163, 183–4

storming of (1812) xv, 155–7, 290

Clarke, General Sir Alured 48, 68

Clarke, Mary Anne 126

Clarkson, Thomas 205

Clausel, General 167, 170, 185, 198

Clausewitz, Karl von 217, 300

Clinton, Sir Henry: Division 209, 210, 221

Clive, Lord Robert 38, 44–5

Close, Lt Colonel Barry 46, 47, 61, 62, 69

Wellington to 65, 69

Coburg, Prince of 30

Cocks, Major the Hon Edward Somers 170–1

Codrington, Admiral Sir Edward 270

Coimbra, Portugal 147

Colborne, Colonel Sir John (
later
Field Marshal Lord Seaton) 191, 200, 249, 298–9

Cole, Colonel the Hon Galbraith Lowry 95, 151, 175, 181, 183, 221

Collins, Colonel John 70, 71, 73, 74

Colville 209, 210

Coningham, Lady 261

Constant-Rebecq, Major General 227

Cooper, Duff 203

Cooper, Private John Spencer 154, 161, 199, 280

Copenhagen (Wellington’s horse) 101–2, 238, 250, 271

Copenhagen, siege of (1807) 100–1, 119

Corn Laws 215, 272, 292

Cornwallis, Lord 42, 45, 51, 84

Corrigan, Gordon:
Wellington: A Military Life
xix

Coruña, La, battle of (1809) 124, 129

Costello, Sergeant Edward 161, 252

Cotton, Admiral Sir Charles 108

Cotton, Lt General Sir Stapleton (
later
Lord Combermere) 139, 167, 211

Cradock, Sir John 84, 125, 130

Crane, Tom 183

Craufurd, Major General Robert 144, 146, 148, 155, 156–7

Creevey, Thomas 175, 215, 251

Wellington to 259

Crocodile
, HMS 107–8

Croker, John Wilson 22, 106, 271, 300

Wellington to xvi, 61–2, 97, 106–7, 268, 288

Cromwell, Oliver 5

Cuesta, Don Gregorio de la 132–3, 134–6

Cumberland, Duke of 278, 280–1

Dalrymple, Sir Hew 109, 118–19, 120, 121, 124

Dangan Castle, County Meath 6, 7, 10, 24

Danish expedition (1807) 100–1, 102, 103

Danvers, Charles 38–9

Delaborde, General 112, 113

De Lancey, Lady Madeleine 223

De Lancey, Colonel Sir William 211, 216, 222, 223, 229, 238, 248

d’Erlon, General 147, 240, 241

Dhoondiah Waugh 64–5, 118

Dickson (Royal Artillery commander) 179, 180

Diomed (Wellington’s horse) 47, 53, 78, 80

Disraeli, Benjamin 289–90, 299

Donegal
, HMS 107

Donnellan, Lt Colonel Charles 139

Dörnberg, Major General Sir William 219, 226

Douro, Arthur Richard Wellesley, Lord 98, 202, 262, 266, 267, 278, 297–8

Douro, Lady 291, 297, 301

Drewe, Lieutenant 238

Dublin 7, 22, 98, 102, 124–5

Dulong, Major 131

Dundas, General Sir David 123

Dungannon, Lady 8, 21

Durrani, Ahmad Shah 68

Duthilt, Captain 241–2

Dyas, Ensign 27, 154

East India Company 37–8, 42, 64, 67, 68–9

Edgeworth, Maria 96

Elers, Captain George 58, 67, 86, 201

Ellenborough, Lord 272

Enniskillen, Lord: Wellington to 125

Erskine, Lt General Sir William 150, 169

España, General Don Carlos de 157, 168

Eton College 8

executions 10–11

Falmouth, Lord 275

Ferdinand, King of Spain 187, 198–9, 265

Ferrers, Earl 11

Ferrey 167

Filoze, Colonel Baptiste 71

Fingall, Lord: Wellington to 99

Fitz William
(Indiaman) 44

Fitzgerald, Lord Edward 26

Fitzgerald, Lieutenant 57

Fitzgerald, Vesey 273

Fitzherbert, Maria 280, 290

Fletcher, Ian:
Galloping at Everything
164, 174

Fletcher, Colonel Richard 158, 179, 180

Wellington to 142, 143

flintlock muskets 13–14

Fortescue, Sir John 28, 29, 209–10

Fox, Charles James 94, 98

Foy, General Maximilien 146, 168, 205, 239

Francis, Sir Philip 38

Franco, General Francisco 162

Frederick William III, of Prussia 20

Freese, Captain John William 86

Freire, Major General Bernadino 109, 112

French Revolution 22, 300

Freneida, Spain 173, 175, 177, 184

Frere, John Hookham: Wellington to 133, 141

Fuentes de Oñoro, battle of (1811) xvii, 131, 141, 148–50, 153, 154, 170

Gaikwar of Baroda 68

Garth, Thomas 280–1

Gawilghur, storming of (1803) 82

Gazan, Madame 187

Genappe, battle of (1815) 234

George III, of England 259

George IV, of England 20

appoints Wellington Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 278–9

and Canning 264, 268–9

and Caroline of Brunswick 259–60, 261

against Catholic Emancipation 273–4, 277

death 280

disliked by Wellington 259–60, 266, 277

pays tribute to Wellington 202

Gladstone, William E. 290

Gleig, G. R. 177, 302

The Life of … Wellington
8, 22, 135, 165, 178, 190, 270, 275, 285, 297, 302

Glover, Michael:
Wellington’s Army
xix, 124

Gneisenau, August Wilhelm von 212, 230, 232

Goderich, Frederick Robinson, Viscount 269, 270

Godoy, Manuel 103

Gordon, Lt Colonel the Hon Alexander 180, 233, 248, 250, 251

Gordon, Lord George/Gordon riots 11–12, 13

Goubert, Louis 9

Goya, Francisco: sketch of Wellington 169

Graham, Lt General Sir Thomas (
later
Lord Lynedoch) 148, 158, 184, 188

Wellington to 164, 168, 221

Grant, Charles 273