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The conventions and abbreviations used in this index are as shown on pages xvi–xvii above.

Abbey House School, Reading: 50–2 on CEA: 222–3 Adams, James: 5, 29 on her cousins: 222–3, 261–2 Addison’s Disease: 236 writes stories: 238–9 Adlestrop, Glos.: 7, 86, 115, 155, 198 letters to JEAL: 143, 276–8 Afﬂeck, Admiral Philip: 88, 91 James Austen on: 261 Allington, Wilts., living of: 81 leaves Steventon rectory: 262–3 Alresford, Hants.: 46 later life: 143, 263, 270, 272 Alton, Hants: 168, 173, 176, 213, 222, 233, 241 on JA: 137, 149, 176–7, 178–9, 183, 222–3, 238, amateur theatricals: 46, 49–50, 61–3, 66–8 276–8 Amiens, Treaty of: 136, 139 possible JA romance: 143–4, 277 Ancaster, Brownlow Bertie, 5th duke of on JA’s writing: 209–10, 238–9 (1729–1809): 84, 138 on JA’s illness: 235–6, 239, 247 Andover, Hants.: 12, 13, 46, 69 last visit to JA: 247 Andrews, James, artist: 280 on JA’s last days: 250, 251, 252, 253 Ariosto, Ludovico, Orlando Furioso: 114 on JA’s portrait: 280, 282 Ashe, Hants.: Austen, Cassandra (nee´ Leigh, 1739–1827), living of, rectory: 7, 46, 47, 93, 126, 135, Mrs George Austen: 8–9, 61–3 141 character & appearance: 10 Ashe Park: 11, 25 portraits: vii, 11, 82, 136 Ashford, Kent: 109 events: Atkinson, the Misses: 78 marriage: 7, 11–12 Augustan Review: 232 early days at Deane: 17–18 Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex moves to Steventon: 20–1 (1773–1843): 131 legacies, property: 8–9, 22 Austen family, origins: 1–7 visits London: 23, 36, 64 crest: 105–6 visits Kent: 36, 44, 48, 64, 108–10, 140, Austen, Anna, see Lefroy, Jane Anna Elizabeth 149–51, 171–3 Austen, Anne (1759–95), see Mathew, Anne visits Bath: 104–5, 113–14 Austen, Anne (nee´ Motley): 2 illnesses: 110, 128, 132, 141, 171–2, 266–7 Austen, Betty, see Hooper, Mrs George living in Bath: 132–8, 152, 154 Austen, Brook John, see Knight, Brook John ﬁnances: 22, 146, 147, 152, 246–7 Austen, Caroline Mary Craven (1805–80): 100, living in Southampton: 158–63, 168 137, 143, 149, 158–9, 218, 238 visits Lyme Regis: 141, 142–3 on Godmersham: 166 visits Worthing: 151 on Chawton: 174–5, 176–7, 180 visits Adlestrop: 155 on EAK: 183 visits Stoneleigh: 155–7 on CJA and Fanny: 187 visits Hamstall Ridware: 157–8 on Anna’s wedding: 217–18 visits Steventon: 135, 152, 167, 190 on Chawton society: 179 offer of Chawton Cottage: 170

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Austen, Cassandra (cont.) visiting and living in Southampton: visiting and living at Chawton: 162, 48–9, 86, 158–63, 168 173–4, 177–8, 239, 266–7 visits Great Bookham: 115 last visit to Steventon: 190 visits Adlestrop: 86, 115, 155 death: 266–7 visits Stoneleigh: 155–7 and family: visits Hamstall Ridware: 157–8 children: 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27–8, 41, visits Harpsden: 95, 115 53 visits Kintbury: 92, 135, 164, 236 letters to Mrs Walter: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, death of Tom Fowle: 101 34–5 income, legacies: 49, 87, 101, 146–7, letter to Phylly Walter: 56–7 152–3 on EAK’s adoption: 43 staying at Godmersham: 108–10, 126–30, Phylly Walter on: 64 137, 140, 149–51, 158, 161, 168–73, 184–90 at birth of Anna: 84 visits London: 130–1, 213, 224–5 letters to Mary Lloyd: 99, 156–7 visiting and living in Bath: 104–5, 135, 154 help for the Leigh-Perrots: 122, 123, visits Steventon: 135, 137, 152, 164, 183, 221 124 visits Ashe: 135, 141 the Leigh-Perrot Will: 246–7 visits Lyme Regis: 141, 142–3 on JA’s death: 255, 258 visits Weymouth: 142 makes Will: 255–6, 266–7 visits Goodnestone: 150 letters to Anna: 218, 220, 222, 251, 252–3, visits Worthing: 151 255, 263, 264 visits Manydown: 137, 152, 164, 183 on Anna and Ben Lefroy: 223 visits Winchester: 221, 248–56 on Harriet Palmer: 263–4 visiting and living in Chawton: 162, and friends: 173–4, 177–8, 266–7 TomLybbe-Powys: 8, 10–11, 12 visits Cheltenham: 236, 239–40 Mrs Lybbe-Powys: 8 visits Scarlets: 246 Mrs Birch: 8, 79 Will and testamentary letter: 269–70, 271 death of George Hastings: 18 death: 271 literary activities and opinions: and friends: humorous verses: 10, 42, 73, 115–16, 141, Fowle family: 42, 81 148–9, 162 Lloyd family: 68–9 verses on Anna’s wedding: 218 Bigg-Wither family: 117, 164 on Scott’s Waverley: 222 and JA: on JA’s works: 222, 230 friendship: 27–8, 41, 50–2, 80, 104, 267 Austen, Cassandra Elizabeth (1773–1845): dedicatee: 74, 78, 87 character and accomplishments: 50, 80–1, 101, memorandum of JA’s novels: 100, 104, 162 110, 189–90, 197, 209, 222, 238, 259 appearance: vii, 64, 82, 270–1 portraits of JA: 80, 142, 177, 280 Phylly Walter on: 64 and Mansﬁeld Park: 211 Eliza de Feuillide on: 72, 75–6, 101 and Emma: 230 Anna Lefroy on: 80–1, 112, 181–2 and Persuasion: 267 Charlotte Maria Middleton on: 198 and Watsons: 241, 268 CMCA on: 222–3 and Sanditon: 243, 268 events: to Winchester with JA: 248–56 birth and early years: 25, 26, 27 on JA’s last hours: 253–4, 255, 256 with the Coopers in Bath: 45–6 legacies from JA: 248, 259 at Oxford: 47 later life: 258, 266–7, 268, 270–1 to school at Reading: 50–2 proﬁts from Northanger Abbey and visits Kent and London: 64, 126–30 Persuasion: 261 visits seaside: 72 on JA: 143–4, 267 witness to Jane Cooper’s wedding: 77 destruction of JA’s letters: 268, 269, 270, visits Rowling: 78, 86–7 279 visits Ibthorpe: 78, 131, 142, 147 dispersal of JA’s MSS and memorabilia: engagement to Tom Fowle: 81, 92, 95 270, 271, 279

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Austen, Cassandra Eliza (b. 1814): 268 to Winchester: 251–2 Austen, Cassandra Esten (b. 1808): 161, 171, 201, news of JA’s death: 255 206–7, 222–3 not at funeral: 256 co-operates with JEAL for Memoir: 280 Austen, Charles John junior (1821–67): 264 on JA’s portraits: 280 Austen, Cholmeley: 266 memorabilia of JA: 271 Austen, Edward (1767–1852), see Knight, Austen, Catherine Anne, see Hubback, Edward Catherine Anne Austen, Edward junior (b. 1794), see Knight, Austen, Charles, see Knight, Charles Edward junior Austen, Charles John (1779–1852): Austen, Eleanor (Mrs HTA II), see Jackson, character and appearance: vii, 82, 113, 265 Eleanor events: Austen, Elizabeth (nee´ Weller, Mrs John Austen birth and early life: 41, 46, 56, 72 IV): 2 at Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth: Austen, Elizabeth (nee´ Bridges, Mrs EAK): 70, 72, 87 131, 150, 162 naval career: Volunteer and pregnancies and children: 165, 168 Midshipman: 87, 96 death and mourning: 169–70 Lieutenant: 113, 126, 131, 139 JA on: 169–70 Commander: 139, 161 Anna Lefroy on: 181–2 Post-Captain: 184, 187, 212–13, 216, 234, Austen, Elizabeth (later Knight), see Rice, 241–2, 264–5 Lizzy Admiral: 264–5 Austen, Elizabeth (Mrs HTA I), see Feuillide, ships: see the following names under the Eliza de heading Ships: Daedalus, Unicorn, Austen, Elizabeth (b. & d. 1814): 216 Endymion, Scorpion, Tamar, Indian, Austen, Elizabeth Matilda (1766–1855, Swiftsure, Namur, Phoenix, Mrs Butler-Harrison): 48, 86 Aurora,Winchester, Bellerophon Austen, Fanny (b. 1812): 201 at Steventon: 113, 131, 187 Austen, Fanny Catherine, see Knight, Fanny in West Indies: 161, 171, 183, 184 Catherine in England: 127, 131, 135, 136–7, 187, Austen, Fanny Sophia: 268 206–7, 220 destruction of JA’s letters: 279 at Chawton: 187, 201, 206–7, 241–2 Austen, Frances Fitzwilliam, ‘Fanny’, see Palmer, at Godmersham: 206–7 Frances Fitzwilliam in Mediterranean: 126, 131, 216, 222, 234, Austen, Francis I (1600–88): 1 264–5 Austen, Francis II (1698–1791): 2–3, 18, 38, 44, 47 coastguard service: 263–4 career and property: 2–3, 4, 6 injured: 264 attorney for Hancocks: 5, 32 appointed CB: 264–5 buys livings for George Austen: 7, 25, 47 in Far East: 264–5 visits from the Austens: 36, 44, 64 death: 264–5 portrait: 44 and family: death and Will: 72, 78 gives crosses to sisters: 135, 198 Austen, Francis Edgar (1774–1804): 48 father’s death: 145 Austen, Francis Lucius (b. 1773): 64 marriage to Fanny Palmer: 161, 187 Austen, Francis Motley (b. 1747): 2, 3, 64, 78 children: 161, 171, 184, 187, 201, 216, 220, Austen, Sir Francis William (1774–1865) 264 character and appearance: vii, 56, 65, 82, 139, death of wife and daughter: 216 266 and mother’s ﬁnances: 246–7 events: illness of daughter: 251 birth and childhood: 26, 41, 48 remarriage, to Harriet Palmer: 263–4 at Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth: CEA’s residuary legatee: 258, 269–70 56, 65 and JA: naval career: as Volunteer and dedicatee: 66 Midshipman: 65, 70 on Emma: 230 as Lieutenant: 65, 86, 87–8, 91, 97, 98, 113 letter from JA: 247 as Commander: 113, 125–6

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Austen, Sir Francis William (cont.) Austen, Revd George (1731–1805): 3, 37, 72, 105 as Post-Captain: 125, 137, 139, 151, 153, character and appearance: 4, 64, 136 161, 187, 203 portraits: vii, 11, 82, 136 as Admiral: 266 Phylly Walter on: 64 ships: see the following names under the Eliza de Feuillide on: 64, 75 heading Ships: Perseverance, Minerva, Anna on: 136 Lark, Andromeda, Glory, Triton, Peterel, and family: Neptune, Leopard, Canopus, St Albans, marriage: 6, 7, 11–12 Elephant letters to Mrs Walter: 22, 27 visits Rowling: 97–8 financial matters: 20, 25, 42, 50, 72, 112, visits Steventon: 131 130, 146 visits Godmersham: 131, 154–5 trustee for Mrs Hancock: 36, 38 in Mediterranean: 113, 125–6 on Edward’s adoption: 43 at Ramsgate: 139 advice to FWA: 65 misses Trafalgar: 151–2, 153 dedicatee: 66 at St Domingo: 153 bequest from Francis Austen: 72 living at Southampton: 153, 158–63 gift to JA: 89 at Great Yarmouth: 167–8 letter to Cadell: 104 at Deal: 165, 203 trustee for Eliza de Feuillide: 105 and Peninsular War: 167 gift to HTA: 105 in China: 161, 171, 183–4 and friends: in North Sea and Baltic: 203 and J. L. Nibbs: 19 living at Alton: 183–4, 241 and Fowle family: 42–3 living at Chawton: 216, 220 and Warren Hastings: 19, 31, 88 later naval service: 212, 266 events: living at Portsdown Lodge, Portsmouth: rector of Steventon: 6 266, 268, 271 at Deane: 17–18 death: 266 visits to London: 19, 22, 31, 36, 64 and family: moves to Steventon: 20–1 engagement and marriage to Mary coaching pupils: 18, 26–7, 31, 42, 45, 56, Gibson: 140, 147, 153, 154–5 72–3 father’s death: 145–6 literary interests: 57, 112, 130 financial aid for mother: 146–7, 246–7 buys carriage: 50, 105–6, 112 children: 161, 180, 186, 203, 241, 242–3, visits to Kent: 36, 44, 48, 64, 108–10, 131, 251, 261, 266 135, 140 surety for HTA: 234 leaves Steventon for Bath: 128, 129–31 death of wife: 266 living in Bath: 135, 136 remarriage, to Martha Lloyd: 266 visits Lyme Regis: 141, 142–3 gift from Mrs Leigh-Perrot: 266 death and Will: 145–6 and JA: Austen, George junior (1766–1838): 19, 22, 23, dedicatee: 69 24, 71 JA’s verse letter: 181 Austen, George (b. 1795), see Knight, George letters from JA: 145–6, 181, 201, 203–4, Austen, George (b. 1812): 203 205–7, 208, 279 Austen, George (1822–4): 264 ships’ names in Mansfield Park: 204, 205 Austen, Hampson (1728–30): 3 on Mansfield Park: 211, 220 Austen, Harriet (Mrs CJA II), see Palmer, on Emma: 230 Harriet on Persuasion: 274 Austen, Harriet Jane (b. 1810): 161, 184, 201, 251 not at Winchester: 251 Austen, Harriet Lennard: 48 news of JA’s death: 255 Austen, Revd Henry (1726–1807): 3, 6, 48 at JA’s funeral: 256 Austen, Henry (1826–51): 264 gives away JA autographs: 273–4 Austen, Henry Edgar: 186, 267 on JA: 242–3, 273–4 Austen, Henry Thomas (1771–1850): on JA’s letters: 273–4, 279 character and appearance: vii, 55, 63–4, 82 Austen, Francis William junior (b. 1809): 180 amateur theatricals: 50, 66–8

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artistic: 50 Mansfield Park: 208, 210, 220, 224, 225 Eliza de Feuillide on: 63–4, 85, 98 negotiations on Emma: 224, 225 events: negotiations on Susan: 144, 233–4 birth and early life: 20, 25, 26, 27, 41, 43, knowledge of JA’s writing: 245 44, 48 to Winchester with JA: 248–9, 251, 252–3 at Oxford: 63–4, 68, 84 at JA’s funeral: 256 commission in militia: 84 legacy from JA: 248, 259 possible ordination and living: 87 obituaries and biographies: 80–1, 258, letter to Warren Hastings: 89 259, 269 engagement to Mary Pearson: 95, 97, 98, literary executor, publishes Northanger 105, 215 Abbey and Persuasion: 259 moves to London: 130–1 Austen, Herbert Grey (b. 1815): 241, 279 army agent and banker: 130–1, 150, 161 Austen, Revd James (1765–1819): trip to France: 63, 139 character, appearance, personal activities: vii, seaside trip with Austen family: 142 41, 42, 53, 57, 61, 81, 82, 123, 140, 160, stays at Godmersham: 166, 169–70, 190 176 at Canterbury: 150 produces amateur theatricals: 46, 49–50, 61–3 at Netley Abbey: 163 portrait: 53 at White’s Club Ball: 213, 216 field sports: 54, 71 living in Brompton: 150, 165, 172 events: working and living in Henrietta Street: birth and early life: 18, 23, 24, 26, 41, 42, 161, 200, 205, 215 44, 45, 53–4 living in Sloane Street: 172, 184–5, 215 visit to Continent: 40, 54, 61, 63 living in Hans Place: 215 at Oxford: 41, 47, 53 courtships as widower: 215–16 ordination: 53, 62, 71 Receiver General for Oxfordshire: 234 in love: 54, 59 illness and recovery: 224–5 curacies: 63, 71 failure of bank: 234, 235 vicar of Sherborne St John: 71 takes Holy Orders, curacy: 235 vicar of Cubbington: 72 at Chawton: 163, 235, 262 living at Deane: 72, 100, 112 ordination: 235, 262–3 chaplain to 86th Regiment: 84 at Alton: 262 finances: 72, 90–1, 100 to Berlin: 262 living in Steventon rectory: 130, 135 rector of Steventon: 262–3 visits Bath: 136 coaching pupils: 262–3 recruiting volunteers: 140 curate of Bentley and of Farnham: 263 refuses living of Hamstead Marshall: 152 death: 263 visits Southampton: 158–9, 160, 168 and family: visits Godmersham: 165–6 on EAK’s adoption: 43–4 visits Chawton: 176, 188, 201 on uncle Francis Austen: 44 illness and death: 262 marriage to Eliza de Feuillide: 60, 96, 105 and family: on father’s death: 145–6 marriage to Anne Mathew: 72 financial aid to mother: 146–7, 246–7 children: 84, 90–1, 100, 149, 261 wife’s death: 199–200, 203–4 death of wife: 90 as godfather: 95, 184 courts Eliza de Feuillide: 95, 96 lawsuit against de Feuillide family: 235, remarriage, to Mary Lloyd: 98–100, 111, 263 164 remarriage, to Eleanor Jackson: 263 and General Mathew: 100 literary activities: writes for The Loiterer: 68 father’s death: 145–6 and JA: financial aid for mother: 146–7 dedicatee: 78 and Anna: 90, 111, 181–2 on JA: 57, 80–1, 202 to see sick HTA in London: 224–5 Sense and Sensibility: 224 surety for HTA: 234 Pride and Prejudice: 192, 193, 194–5, 196, trustee for Mrs Leigh-Perrot: 246, 261 205 on his family: 261

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Austen, Revd James (cont.) locks of hair: 256–7 and friends: obituaries and elegies on: 257–8 F. C. Fowle: 42 and family: TomFowle: 81 family life and memories: 160, 181–2 Alethea Bigg: 95 closeness to sister CEA: 27–8, 41, 50–2, Mary Harrison: 98 80–1, 101, 104 death of Madam Lefroy: 145 last letter to CJA: 247 literary activities: on Elizabeth Austen’s death: 169–70 writing poetry: 42, 50, 54, 59, 62, 81, 262 letters to FWA: 145–6, 181, 201, 203–4, editing The Loiterer: 68 205–7, 208, 279 verses on his marriage: 99, 111 on FWA’s children: 242–3 verses on Kintbury: 164 godmother to E. M. Butler-Harrison: 86 and JA: godmother to Harriet Jane Austen: 184 teaches her: 57 godmother to Louisa Knight: 256 dedicatee: 68 help to HTA: 199–201 verse on Sense and Sensibility: 189 on JEAL: 240 on JA: 189, 250–1, 261 elegy by James Austen: 257–8 on Winchester Cathedral: 257–8 elegy by JEAL: 258 not at JA’s funeral: 256 witness at Jane Cooper’s wedding: 77 elegy on JA: 257–8 and Eliza de Feuillide: 57, 104, 199–201 Austen, James Edward, see Austen-Leigh, James advice to Fanny Knight on love: 218–19, Edward 243–4 Austen, Jane (1775–1817) on Anna’s engagement to Ben Lefroy: appearance: 47, 65, 80–1, 165, 177, 186, 199 204, 207 206, 220–1, 261–2 on Anna Lefroy’s novel: 213–15 artistic: 50, 200 shock of Leigh-Perrot Will: 247 books and reading: 49, 57–9, 98, 105, 112, 114, gift to Mary Lloyd: 74 166, 178, 183, 191–2, 197, 202, 210, 268 letter to Phylly Walter: 107 chronology of life: xviii–xxix gift to JEAL: 152 daily routine: 178–9 ﬁnances: household duties: 178 legacies: 49, 87, 152–3 languages: 57–8 income and accounts: 87, 147, 152–3, 163, music and songs: 58, 73, 131, 163, 178–9, 190 184 portraits: vii, viii, 80, 83, 104, 142, 177, 280, ﬁnancial loss: 234 281, 282 see also under JA, novels sewing, handiwork: 59–60, 126, 167, 178, 179 and friends: sources of information on: xi–xii, xiii, 5, 60, the Fowles: 165 64, 84, 140, 141, 149, 181, 261, 264, 283–4; Madam Lefroy: 59 see also table Origin and Descent of the Lloyds: 99, 111, 250 Biographical Information on JA the Bigg-Wither family: 117 events (see also Chronology): Chawton social life: 175–6, 179 birth and christening: 5, 27–8 illnesses: childhood at Steventon: 6, 41, 49 typhus: 48–9, 235–6 earliest anecdote: 45–6 whooping-cough: 158, 236 school at Reading: 50–2 neuralgia: 236 youth: 47, 49, 59, 64, 73 Addison’s Disease: 236, 247 makes entries in parish registers: 70, 110, JA on her own illness: 236, 240, 242, 131 245–6, 248–50 literary work; see below under living at: see also visits to subheadings:aswriter; novels Bath: 129–31, 132–5, 143, 145–9, 154 Will: 248, 259 Chawton: 173–81 last known letter: 249–50 Oxford: 47 last days in Winchester: 248–9, 250–2 Reading: 50–2 last words and death: 250, 253–4 Southampton: 48–9, 158–63, 168, 170 funeral and expenses: 255–6 Steventon, see chapters 4–9 inclusive

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qualities: Godmersham: 108–9, 137, 140–1, 149–51, character: 80–1, 160 165–6, 172–3, 205–8 powers of observation: 97–8 Goodnestone: 97, 150, 172 distress at leaving Steventon: 128 Great Bookham: 115, 213, 215 love of natural scenery: 128 Hamstall Ridware: 157–8 religious feelings: 233, 251, 252 Harpsden: 95, 115 political views: 58–9 Ibthorpe: 78, 127–8, 131 moods of depression: 132, 159, 236–8 Kent: 64, 86–7 kindness to children: 112, 165–6, 176–7, Kintbury: 164, 236 181–2, 198–9, 201, 222–3, 238, 242–3 London: 65, 90 on her own ageing: 170, 186, 208 Michael’s Place, Brompton: 165; romantic attachments, possible: Sloane Street: 184–5, 192, 199–211; unnamed man at seaside: 143–4, Henrietta Street: 205, 208, 210;Hans 277 Place: 215–16, 219–20, 223–5, 228–9 Harris Bigg-Wither: 137–8 Lyme Regis: 141, 142–3 Samuel Blackall: 106–7, 268 Manydown: 130, 137, 152, 164, 183 Edward Bridges: 150, 168–9 Oxford: 47 William Digweed: 128 Ramsgate: 141 Charles Fowle: 56, 92 Rowling: 86–7, 97–8 Mr Heartley: 91, 93 Sidmouth: 135 Thomas Langlois Lefroy: 92–4, 106, Southampton: 48–9, 86 277–8 Steventon: 135, 137, 152, 164, 183, 188, Charles Powlett: 91, 93 190, 221 William Seymour: 186, 192, 224 Stoneleigh: 155–7 Edward Taylor: 87, 97 Teignmouth: 137 John Willing Warren: 91, 93 Wales: 137 views of, opinions on JA: Winchester: 221, 248–9 CEA: 253–4, 256, 267 Worthing: 151 CMCA: 176–7 The Vyne: 113 FWA: 273–4 as writer: HTA: 80–1, 258, 259 ﬁrst compositions: 66, 238–9 James Austen: 189, 257–8 Juvenilia: vii, 66, 67, 67 JEAL: 209, 258 contributes to The Loiterer: 68 Egerton Brydges: 59, 140–1 writing desk: 89 Eliza de Feuillide: 72, 75–6, 199–200 proof-correcting: 184–5, 197 Fulwar William Fowle: 165, 183 authorship a secret: 187, 195–6, 201, 205, Fanny Catherine Knight: 279 209–10 Louisa Knight: 206, 274–5 self-criticism: 194–5, 226–8, 238, 242, 245 Marianne Knight: 206 criticism of Anna Lefroy’s novel: 213–15 Anna Lefroy: 80–1, 100–1, 112, 177, real people as characters?: 231, 233, 274 181–2, 191 self as ‘Anne Elliot’?: 233 Charlotte Maria Middleton: 198–9 on characters’ later lives: 200, 240–1 Mary Russell Mitford: 47, 81, 220–1 novels reprinted: 269 Phylly Walter: 64 letters dispersed: 268, 269, 270, 279 visits to: see also living at manuscripts dispersed: 270, 271, 279 Adlestrop: 86, 115, 155 nineteenth-century readers: 269, 273–5 Ashe: 135, 141 letters published: xiii, 283, 284, 285 Bath: 104–5, 113–14, 120 novels: Canterbury: 172 The Brothers, see Sanditon Chawton: 162 Catherine, see Northanger Abbey Cheltenham: 236 Elinor and Marianne, see Sense and Clifton: 154 Sensibility Colyton: 135, 142 Emma: 206, 209, 222, 223, 225; Dawlish: 136–7, 214 publishing: 224, 225, 229; copyright: 225, Devon and Dorset: 142 269; dedication to Prince Regent: 226;

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Austen, Jane (cont.) ‘Amelia Webster’: 66 advertised: 230; opinions on: 223–4, ‘The Beautifull Cassandra’: 66 230–1; criticised: 231;reviews: 231–2; ‘Catherine, or The Bower’: 78, 240 sales: 245; Anna as ‘Emma’: 231 ‘A Collection of Letters’: 78 First Impressions, see Pride and Prejudice ‘Edgar and Emma’: 66 Lady Susan: 89, 151, 271, 277, 282 ‘Evelyn’: 74, 240, 276 Mansfield Park: 194, 197–8, 203, 232; ‘Evening Prayers’: 171, 267, 271 sources for: 197–8, 204; final copy: 206; ‘Frederic and Elfrida’: 69 accepted by publisher: 208, 210; ‘Henry and Eliza’: 67 proofs(?): 210; advertised: 211; sales: 211; ‘The History of England’: 74 profit: 211, 224, 234, 245; opinions on: ‘Jack and Alice’: 69 210, 211, 213, 219–20, 222, 230; ‘Lesley Castle’: 78 speculation on authorship: 211–12; ‘Love and Freindship’: 70, 215 second edition: 219–20, 223, 225, 245; ‘Memoirs of Mr Clifford’: 66 copyright: 224, 269 ‘Miscellanious Morsels’: 84 Northanger Abbey: sources for: 58, 59, 60; ‘Mock Panegyric on a Young Friend’: 182 as Susan: 109, 113, 115, 144, 172–73;as ‘The Mystery’: 66, 282 Catherine: 110, 233–4, 244; delay in ‘Ode to Pity’: 87 publishing: 144, 172–3, 244;recovery of ‘Opinions of Emma’: 230–1, 271 manuscript: 233–4; posthumous ‘Opinions of Mansfield Park’: 211, 213, publication: 259, 261;reviews: 259–60; 271 copyright: 269 ‘Plan of a Novel’: 235, 271 Persuasion: 143, 198, 222, 223, 244, 245; ‘Scraps’: 84 cancelled chapter: viii, 236–8, 237, 271, ‘Sir Charles Grandison’: 150 282;asThe Elliots: 238; posthumous ‘Sir William Mountague’: 66 publication: 245, 259, 258;reviews: ‘Sophia Sentiment’: 68 259–60; copyright: 269 ‘The Three Sisters’: 70 Pride and Prejudice: 94, 187, 189–90, 205; ‘The Visit’: 67–8 as First Impressions: 101–12, 103, 114–15, plays on babycare: 159 144, 189–90, 197; sold to publisher: 192, verse for Mary Lloyd: 74 193, 269; advertised: 194; published: verse for Martha Lloyd: 148–9 194–5; opinions on: 194–5, 205, 222; verses on Mr Best: 154 reviews: 195–6; success: 196–7, 200; verses on FWA’s marriage: 154–5 second edition: 197, 207; copyright: 269 verses to rhyme with ‘rose’: 162 Sanditon: 243, 271;asThe Brothers: 243, verses for Catherine Bigg: 167 268; Anna attempts completion: 271; elegy on Madam Lefroy: 145, 170–1 precis´ published: 283; first publication: verse letter on birth of FWA junior: 181 283 verses on Anna: 182 Sense and Sensibility: 107, 109, 112, 144, verses on a headache: 188 194, 197, 261;asElinor and Marianne: verses on Miss Beckford and Dr 90–1, 103, 112; publication: 184–5, 187, Newnham: 199 188; opinions on: 188, 207, 222;reviews: verses on Winchester Races: 253, 258, 283 189;profit: 189, 234, 245; sales: 188, 189, Austen, Jane (nee´ Chadwick): 2, 27, 64 204; second edition: 207, 234, 245; Austen, Jane (Mrs Stringer): 1, 6 copyright: 204, 224, 269 Austen, Jane (b. 1776, Mrs Campion): 64 Susan, see Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane (1824–25): 264 The Watsons: 144, 151, 268, 271, 282; Austen, Jane Anna Elizabeth (1793–1872), see outline: 241; completion by Catherine Lefroy, Jane Anna Elizabeth Hubback: 268 Austen, John I (1560–1620): 1 writings, miscellaneous: Austen, John III (c. 1629–1705): 1 Volume the First: 66, 271 Austen, John IV (c. 1670–1704): 1–2 Volume the Second: 58, 66, 70, 271 Austen, John V (1696–1728): 2 Volume the Third: 66, 78, 89, 240, 271, Austen, John VI (?1716–1807): 2 276 Austen, John VII (b. 1777): 64 ‘The Adventures of Mr Harley’: 69 Austen, Leonora: 3, 4

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Austen, Lizzy (b. 1800), see Rice, Lizzy verses on JA’s work: 201–2 Austen, Louisa (1804–89), see Knight, Louisa on Mansﬁeld Park: 219–20 Austen, Marianne (1801–96), see Knight, makes additions to Volume the Third: 240 Marianne letters from JA: 242, 248–9 Austen, Martha (Mrs FWA II), see Lloyd, at JA’s funeral: 256 Martha elegy for JA: 258 Austen, Mary (1771–1843, Mrs James Austen II), collects biographical information on: see Lloyd, Mary 275–80 Austen, Mary (1785–1823, Mrs FWA I), see Austen-Leigh, Mary Augusta (1838–1922): Gibson, Mary on CEA: 270–1 Austen, Mary Jane (b. 1807): 161, 176, 222–3, 241, writes memoir of father: 283–4 266 Personal Aspects of JA: 284 Austen, Philadelphia (1730–92), see Hancock, Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur (1872–1961): ix, Philadelphia xii, 284, 285 Austen, Rebecca (nee´ Hampson, Mrs Walter): 3 Austen-Leigh, William (1843–1921): ix, 284, 285 Austen, Robert: 2 Austen, Gray & Vincent (bank in Alton): 168, Austen, Stephen: 2, 3 176, 234 Austen, Susanna, see Kelk, Susanna Austen, Maunde & Tilson (bank in London): (Mrs William Austen II) 234 Austen, Thomas (1699–1772): 2, 3 Austen Papers 1704–1856: 284 Austen, Col. Thomas (b. 1775): 64, 78 Austen/Astyn, William (d. 1522): 1 Baber, Edward: 36 Austen, William (1701–37): 2, 3 Baillie, Dr Matthew: 225 Austen, William (b. 1798), see Knight, William Barmouth, Merioneth: 137 Austen, Revd William: 220 Barrett, Mrs Ann: 233 Austen-Leigh, Emma (nee´ Smith, 1801–76): 86, Barrett, E. S., The Heroine: 210 272 Barrymore, Lord: 118 Austen-Leigh, Revd James Edward (1798–1874, Barton Court, Kintbury: 69, 164–5 ‘Edward’): ix, xiii, 100, 110–11, 164, 166–7 Basingstoke, Hants.: 13, 66, 73, 79, 81, 127 character and appearance: 240, 261 verses on assembly ball: 115–16 events: Bath: viii, 10, 18, 45, 75, 104–5, 133, 154 visits Godmersham: 166–7 JA and family visiting/living in Bath: visits Southampton: 168 14 Bennett Street: 45, 49 visits Chawton: 201, 209, 240, 266 Bond Street: 104 leaves Winchester College: 242 25 GayStreet: 147 at Oxford: 250–1, 263 49 Great Pulteney Street: 246 ordained: 263, 272 3 Green Park Buildings: 143, 147 curacy at Newtown: 263, 272 1 Paragon Buildings: 104, 114, 120 living at Scarlets: 272 Princes Street: 10 vicar of Bray: 272 13 Queen Square: 113–14 death: 272 12 Royal Crescent: 45 memoir of: 283–4 St Swithin’s, Walcot: 10, 12, 146 and family: Sydney Gardens: 135, 136 father’s death: 262 4 Sydney Place: 135, 136, 142 on Mrs Austen: 266–7 Trim Street: 152 and Mrs Leigh-Perrot: 272 Bathurst, Revd Thomas: 6 marries Emma Smith: 86, 272 Baverstock, James: 216 literary activities: Bayle, Mr, auctioneer: 130 own writing: 240, 242 Beckford, Charlotte Maria, see Middleton, verses on JA: 201–2, 258 Charlotte Maria Memoir of JA: ix, xiii, 110, 143, 149, Beckford, Maria: 175, 185, 198–9 174–5, 209, 240–1, 278–9, 280, 282–3 Bell, John, Travels from St Petersburg: 114 edits JA’s minor writings: 282–3 Benn family, of Farringdon: 176, 186, 194–5 and JA: Bentley, Richard, publisher: 269, 280 book from JA: 152 Bentley, Hants.: 263

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Berlin, HTA in: 262 Camilla: 41, 98 Berquin, Armand, L’ami des enfans: 57 Cecilia: 190 Bertie, Adml. Sir Albemarle: 159 Evelina: 104, 183, 189 Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Butler-Harrison, Elizabeth Matilda: 86, 220 Countess of: 188 Butler-Harrison, John II: 86 Best, Mr, verses on by JA: 154 Byfleet, Surrey: 34, 35 Bickerstaffe, Isaac, The Sultan: 66 Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th baron: 222 Bigeon, Mme.: 200, 248, 259 Bigg, Alethea: 95, 117, 137, 164, 167, 221, 240, 242 Cadell, Thomas, publisher: 104 Bigg, Catherine, see Hill, Catherine Cage, Mr and Mrs Lewis: 70 Bigg, Elizabeth, see Heathcote, Elizabeth Cage, Fanny: 190 Bigg-Wither, Harris, and wife: 117, 137–8, 277 Calcutta, India: 30, 32–4 Bigg-Wither, Lovelace: 117 Campbell, Lady: 274–5 Birch, Mary (nee´ Newell): 8, 79 Canterbury, Kent: 108, 150, 166, 192, 208 Blackall, Revd Dr Samuel (1771–1842): 105–8, Capot de Feuillide, Jean-François, see Feuillide, 204, 268 Jean François Capot de Blount, Mrs: 126 Carlton House, London: 225–6 Boringdon, Frances Parker, Viscountess; later Carlyle, Lord: 274 Countess of Morley: 231 Caroline of Brunswick, Princess: 91 reputed author of Pride and Prejudice: 207 Carr, Sir John, Travels in Spain: 197 comments on JA’s novels: 231 Carrick, Mrs: 211 Boswell, James, Tour to the Hebrides: 112 Cawley, Mrs Ann (nee´ Cooper): 8, 47, 48 Bowen, Dr William: 141 Centlivre, Mrs, The Wonder: 62 Brabourne, Edward Hugessen Chamberlayne, Mrs: 86, 133 Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st baron Champion, The: 232 (1829–93): 262, 280 265, 283 Chandos, James Brydges, 1st duke of: 7 Bramston family, of Oakley Hall: 18, 211, 221 Chapman, Dorothy, governess: 140, 162, 168, Bramston, Mary: 90, 116, 125, 127 170, 171, 258, 265 Bramston, Wither: 18, 116 Chapman, Dr R. W.: 283, 284 Bridges, Lady: 81, 141, 150, 168–9, 211 Chard, Mr: 98 Bridges, Sir Brook: 70 Charlotte, Princess (1796–1817): 188, 227 Bridges, Edward (1779–1825): 150, 168–9 Charmouth, Dorset: 142 Bridges, Elizabeth, see Austen, Elizabeth Chatham, John Pitt, 2nd earl of: 88 (Mrs EAK) Chawton, Hants.: 6, 86, 87, 162 Bridges, Fanny, see Cage, Mrs Lewis JA’s home at: viii, 174, 175 Bridges, Harriet: 150 living of: 87 Bridges, Mrs John: 231 social life: 175–6, 179 Bridges, Louisa: 199 Chawton Great House: viii, 162, 173 Bridges, Marianne: 87 Cheesedown Farm, Steventon: 17, 19, 25 Bridges, Sophia, see Deedes, Mrs William Cheltenham, Glos: 236, 239–40 British Critic: 189, 195, 259–60 Cholmeley, Jane, see Leigh-Perrot, Jane British Lady’s Magazine: 232 Cholmeley, Mountague: 121, 123, 124 Broadford, Kent: 1–2 Christian, Adml Sir Hugh: 91 Brodnax, Thomas, see Knight, Thomas, I Chute, Elizabeth (nee´ Smith): 85, 86, 100, 117, Brydges, Anne, see Lefroy, Anne (‘Madam’) 272 Brydges, Charlotte: 59 Chute, William John: 18, 71, 85, 113, 115 Brydges, Sir Egerton: 59, 68, 112, 140–1 Clarinda, maidservant: 34, 37 writes Arthur Fitz-Albini: 112 Clarke, Revd James Stanier: 225, 226–8 Brydges, Mary (Mrs Leigh): 7 Clement, Ann Mary (nee´ Prowting): 175, 250 Buffs, The (3rd Foot): 91 Clement, Capt Benjamin, RN: 175, 250 Buller, Revd Richard, and wife: 72–3, 127, 135, Clifton, Bristol: 154 142 Clive, Robert, 1st baron, and Lady Clive: 29, Buller, Revd Dr William: 72 30–1 Burdett, Miss: 201, 216 Cockell, Mrs: 20 Burney, Fanny (Mme d’Arblay): 98, 157 Colyear, Brownlow Charles: 138

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Colyton, Devon: 127, 135, 142 Dewar, Mrs: 78 Cooke family, of Great Bookham: 98, 115, 148, Digweed family, of Steventon Manor: 17, 50, 184, 185, 186, 213 128, 162 Cooke, Cassandra (nee´ Leigh, 1744–1826), Mrs Digweed, Mr and Mrs Harry, of Alton: 176, 222, Samuel Cooke: 28, 112 231 writes Battleridge: 112 Dorset, Mrs, authoress: 197 Cooke, Revd Samuel: 27, 213 Dorset seaside trip 1804: 142 Cooper, Ann, see Cawley, Ann Dublin, Archbishop of: 274 Cooper, Caroline (nee´ Lybbe-Powys): 76, 85 Dudley and Ward, 1st earl of: 197, 212 Cooper, Revd Dr Edward (d. 1792): 8, 9, 11, 20, Dummer, Hants: 18 22, 24, 49, 76, 104 Dundas, Charles, MP: 164 Cooper, Revd Edward (1770–1835): 23, 24, 52, 57, Dunford, Ben: 122–3 66, 68, 77, 85, 123, 161–2 living of Harpsden: 85, 95, 115 East, Gilbert: 42 living of Hamstall Ridware: 115, 153, 157–8 East, Sir William: 42 publishes sermons: 85, 157 East India Company: 5, 29, 32, 184 Cooper, Edward Philip: 95, 157, 161–2 East Indies: 65 Cooper, Gislingham: 8, 9 Edgeworth, Maria, authoress: 144, 189, 212, 221, Cooper, Jane (nee´ Leigh): 8, 9, 12, 22, 23, 24, 25, 231 45, 49 Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, author: 118 Cooper, Jane (1771–98, Lady Williams): 24, 47, Edinburgh Magazine: 259–60 49, 51, 57, 66, 67, 76–7, 78, 81, 107–8 Edridge, Henry: 143, 268 Coulthard, Mr: 162 Egerton, Revd Charles and wife: 95 Cowley, Mrs, Which Is the Man?: 60, 61 Egerton, Thomas, publisher: 184, 208, 220, 223, Cowper, William, poet: 57, 112, 160, 166, 269 184 Elegant Extracts: 59 Cox, the Misses: 78 Elford, Sir William: 220–1 Crabbe, Revd George, poet: 178 Enham House, Andover: 78 Craven, Mrs (Mrs Raymond): 69, 164–5 Esten, James Christie: 161 Craven, Charles: 69 Evelyn, Mr: 27, 114, 134 Craven, Jane (Mrs Fowle): 69 Craven, John: 69 Farnham Grammar School, Surrey: 263 Craven, William Craven, 1st earl of: 81, 91, 92, Fawley, Bucks: 10, 76 101, 152 Fermor, Mrs Elizabeth: 64 Critical Review, The: 189, 196 Ferrier, Susan, authoress: 189, 196–7, 231 Crosby, Benjamin & Son, publishers: 144, Feuillide, Eliza de (nee´ Betsy Hancock, 172 Mrs HTA I): xi, 29–31, 74 Crutchley, Mrs: 216 character: 61 Cubbington, Warwicks: 72, 85 birth and early life: 5, 29–30, 34–5, 36 Curtis, William, MD: 247, 248 portraits: 37 Cuyler, Genl Cornelius: 84 events: education: 35–6 D’Antraigues, Comte, and family: 185–6 on the Continent: 37–40, 54 Davy, Lady: 196 visits Steventon: 57, 61, 70, 74, 75–6, 77, Dawlish, Devon: 127, 136–7, 214 85, 90, 96 Day, Thomas, author: 118 at Tunbridge Wells: 60, 96 Deal, Kent: 166, 203 at Margate: 70, 74 Deane, Henry, and sons: 42, 56 life in London: 54, 60, 74, 89, 95, 130–1, Deane, Hants.: 172, 184–5 living of: 7, 11–12, 25, 47 visits Oxford: 63 rectory of: 17–18, 59, 68, 72, 74, 100 life in France: 63, 64, 66, 74, 139 Debary, Miss: 110 death of husband: 77–8, 95–6 Deedes, Mary: 192 seaside trip with Austens: 142 Deedes, Mr and Mrs William: 70, 150 visits Godmersham: 172 Devon seaside trip 1804: 142 social life: 185–6

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Feuillide, Eliza de (cont.) France, fashionable life: 37, 38–9 visits Chawton: 187 Revolution: 75, 77 illness and death: 199–200, 203–4 Francklin, Dr Thomas, Matilda: 46 and family: Freeman family: 4, 19, 41 letters to Phylly Walter: 5, 37, 38, 40, 54, 60–4, 66, 72, 74, 77, 85, 95, 96, 98, 99, Gabell, Dr, Headmaster: 248 101, 105, 135 Gambier, Adml: 113 letters to Warren Hastings: 95–6, 105 Garrick, David, Bon Ton: 60, 61; The Chances: 63 marriage: 38 and husband: 54, 61 George III: 152, 165 pregnancy and birth of son: 54 Gibson, John, of Ramsgate: 140 and theatricals: 61–3 Gibson, Mary (Mrs FWA I): on CEA: 72, 75–6, 101 marriage, births and pregnancies: 140, 153, on Revd GA: 75 154–5, 158, 161, 180, 186, 203 nurses mother: 74 at Great Yarmouth: 167–8 and James Austen: 95, 96, 99 at Deal: 203 disliked by Mary Lloyd: 111 living in Alton: 171, 176, 180 on HTA: 60, 63–4, 85, 98 death: 266 marriage to HTA: 105 JA’s letters to: 279 and JA: Gifford, William: 223–4 dedicatee: 70 Gilpin, Revd William, topographer: 57 on JA: 72, 75–6, 199–200 Girle, Caroline, see Lybbe-Powys, Caroline JA attends deathbed: 199–201 Godmersham, Kent: viii, 6, 109, 108–9, 131, 135, Feuillide, Jean-Franc¸ois Capot de: 37, 40, 54, 61, 149–51, 158, 165–6 75, 77–8, 96 Goldsmith, Oliver, The History of England: 58, Feuillide, Hastings de: xi, 54, 57, 74, 104, 139, 74; History of the Earth: 111 200 Goodenough, Stephen: 73 ﬁeld sports: 48, 54, 71, 183 Goodenough, William Stephen: 72–3 Fielding, Henry: TomJones 57; Life & Death of Goodnestone Park, Wingham, Kent: 70, 97, 150 Tom Thumb the Great: 63 Grant, Mrs: 212 Filby, Charles: 120, 122, 124 Great Bookham, Surrey: 27, 115, 213 Fletcher, Mrs: 207 Great Cadbury, Somerset: 107, 268 Fletcher, John, The Chances: 63 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: 167–8 Foote, Capt/Adml: 160, 211 Gregory, Elizabeth: 120, 124 Foote, Catherine: 160 Grey Coats of Kent: 1 Foote, Harriet: 169 Grovehurst, Kent: 1 Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review: 269 Guienne, France: 37, 40, 54, 139 Fort St David, Madras, India: 5, 29 Gye, William: 120, 122 Fort William, Calcutta, India: 5, 29 Founder’s Kin: 9, 41 Haden, Charles: 225, 228–9 Fowle, Charles: 42, 56, 92, 165 Hamilton, Elizabeth, authoress: 208 Fowle, Revd Fulwar Craven: 42–3, 56, 69, 165 Hampstead, London NW3: xi, 75, 200 Fowle, Revd Fulwar William: 165, 183, 273, 282 Hamstall Ridware, Staffs.: 115, 153, 157–8 Fowle, Jane (nee´ Craven): 69 Hamstead Marshall: 152 Fowle, Mary Jane: 236 Hancock, Colbron: 5 Fowle, Revd Thomas (1727–1806): 42, 69, 152 Hancock, Elizabeth, ‘Betsy’, see Feuillide, Eliza Fowle, Revd Tom (1765–97): 42, 45, 56, 77, 81 de engagement to CEA: 81, 91 Hancock, Olivia: 5 to West Indies, and death: 91, 92, 95, 101, 147, Hancock, Philadelphia (nee´ Austen): xi, 3, 4–5, 165 24, 29–31 Fowle, Tom, Midshipman RN: 165 in India: 5 Fowle, William (1767–1801): 42, 56, 165 returns to England: 19, 31 Fox, Mr, nephew of C. J. Fox: 222 in London: 19, 22, 34–5, 54, 74 France, war with: 84, 91, 107, 125–6, 139, 203, portrait: 31 212, 222, 234 visits Steventon: 25, 34–5, 57, 61, 74

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trips to Continent: 37–40, 63, 64, 74 Hurstbourne Park, Hants.: 26, 78, 127 character: 35, 61 Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hants.: 99, 110 at Tunbridge Wells: 60 Hutton, Catherine: 273 illness and death: 74–5 Hancock, Tysoe Saul: Ibthorpe, Hants.: 69, 78, 127–8, 130, 131, 142, 147 in India: 5, 22, 29–36 Ilchester gaol: 121, 126 returns to England: 19, 31 Impey, Edward: ix relations with wife and daughter: 30, 35–6 Impey, Lawrence Austen: ix business problems: 32–4 India: 5, 22, 29–36 gifts from India: 34 Isle of Wight: 76–7, 159, 186 death and Will: 36 Hand-in-Hand Society: 112, 146 Jackson, Eleanor (Mrs HTA II): 263 Hare Hatch, Berks., see Scarlets Jenkins, Elizabeth, biographer: 284 Harpsden, Oxon: 7, 8, 17, 95, 115 Johnson, Dr Samuel, Rasselas: 57 Harrison, Mary: 98 Juvenilia by JA, see JA: as writer; writings, Harrogate: 154 miscellaneous Harwood family, of Deane: 17, 23, 24, 127, 140 Hasted, Edward, Kentish historian: 1 Kean, Edmund: 210 Hastings, Elizabeth: 29 Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount: 125 Hastings, George: 18, 19, 26, 29 Kelk, Susanna (Mrs William Austen II): 3, 12, 20 Hastings, Mary (nee´ Elliott, Mrs Buchanan): 29 Kempshot Park, Hants.: 71, 113 Hastings, Warren: 18, 31, 95–6, 105 Kintbury, Berks.: 42, 69, 92, 93, 135, 158, 164 friendship with Leighs: 18 Kippington, Kent: 3, 78 friendship with Hancocks: 19, 29–30, 31, 35–6, Knatchbull, Catherine, see Knight, Catherine 95–6, 105 Knatchbull, Fanny Catherine, see Knight, Fanny inﬂuence sought: 88 Catherine trial: 88–9 Knatchbull, Sir Edward, 9th baronet: 265 on Pride and Prejudice: 205 Knatchbull, Wyndham: 185, 186 Hayley, William, Poems & Plays: 58, 68 Knight family of Godmersham: 1 Heartley, Mr: 91, 93 Knight, Brook John (neA´ usten): 168 Heathcote, Elizabeth (nee´ Bigg), and son: 117, Knight, Catherine (nee´ Knatchbull, Mrs 164, 221, 248 Thomas Knight II): 166, 181, 185 Hendon, Middx: 218, 220 marriage: 43 Hill, Catherine (nee´ Bigg): 117, 137, 164, 167, 186 adopts Edward Austen: 43–4 Hill, Constance: 283 leaves Godmersham: 108 Hill, Revd Herbert: 117, 167, 186 death: 192 Hill, Joseph, lawyer: 155 Knight, Charles (neA´ usten): 181, 253 Hill, Louisa, Lady George, see Knight, Louisa Knight, Edward (1767–1852)(neA´ usten, Hillman, Revd William: 11, 23, 24, 25 ‘Neddy’) Hinton, Mr and Miss: 175, 216, 220 character: 53 lawsuit by: 216–17 Anna on: 181 Hinton, Revd John: 87, 175 portraits: vii, 44, 55, 82 Holder family: 25 changes name to Knight: 192–3 Holland, Revd William: 123 events: Hooper, Mrs George (nee´ Austen): 2, 3 birth and early life: 20, 23, 26, 27, 41, 44, Horsmonden, Kent: 1 45 Hubback, Catherine Anne (nee´ Austen): 138, youth: 43–4, 52 261, 268 Grand Tour: 54–5 publishes The Younger Sister: 268 living at Rowling: 70, 78 Hubback, Edith Charlotte (Mrs Francis Brown): moves to Godmersham: 108, 109, 140 283 visits Bath: 113–14 Hubback, John: 268 visits Steventon: 131, 183, 261–2 Hubback, John Henry: 266, 283 as Captain of Volunteers: 140 Hume, David, History of England: 105 in London: 150, 205, 210–11, 213 Hunter, Mrs, Lady Maclairn: 191–2 visits Worthing: 151

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Knight, Edward (cont.) Charles Haden: 228–9 visits Chawton: 162, 181, 183, 190, 192, James Wildman: 243, 244–5 202, 235, 252, 258 literary activity: visits Southampton: 163 correspondence with Miss Chapman: at Chawton Great House: 162, 199, 140, 162, 168, 170, 171, 258, 265 211–13 diaries: 141, 181, 202 estate under threat: 216–17, 246, 261 and JA: visits to Hampshire: 162, 183, 190, 192, dedicatee: 84 235, 241, 261–2 games with: 149–51 last years: 265 JA’s verse for: 154–5 and family: JA on: 169, 243–4 adoption by Knights: 43–4 knows of Sense and Sensibility: 187–8 marriage to Elizabeth Bridges: 70 praise for Pride and Prejudice: 195 children: 81, 86, 98, 110, 137, 166, 168, companionship with: 202 181 ‘Plan of a Novel’: 235 and father’s death: 145 letters from JA: 218–19, 243–4, 275, ﬁnancial aid for mother: 146–7 279–80 death of wife: 169–70 uses JA’s novels as test for men: 244–5 offers Chawton cottage to Mrs Austen: sees JA for last time: 235 170 last days of JA: 252 sees bereaved CJA: 216 hears of JA’s death: 253–4, 255, 256 sees sick HTA: 224–5 receives lock of JA’s hair: 256 surety for HTA: 234 and JA’s letters: 279–80 and JA: on JA: 258, 279 dedicatee: 70 Knight, George (b. 1795)(neA´ usten): 98, 169, on Emma: 230–1 261 at JA’s funeral: 256 Knight, Jane: 41 Knight, Edward junior (b. 1794)(neA´ usten): 86, Knight, Lizzy, see Rice, Lizzy 162, 169, 199, 222 Knight, Louisa (1804–89)(nee´ Austen, Lady Knight, Elizabeth: 6 George Hill): 256 Knight, Fanny Catherine (1793–1882) on JA’s writing: 202–3, 206, 274–5 (nee´ Austen, Lady Knatchbull): Knight, Marianne (nee´ Austen): 137, 261–2, 265, birth and early life: 81, 113–14, 140, 149–51 279 character and interests: on JA’s writing: 202, 206 JA on: 169, 243–4 Knight, Thomas I (neB´ rodnax, later May): 6, CMCA on: 261–2 17, 108 dislikes Knight surname: 192–3 Knight, Thomas II: 43 learns harp: 228 death and Will: 87 events: Knight, Revd William (neA´ usten): 110, 248, in London: 150, 205, 210–11, 213, 228–9 262, 263 visits Worthing: 151 visits Chawton: 162, 181, 183, 190, 192, La Tournelle, Mrs, and school: 51–2 199, 202, 211–13, 235, 258 Lacam, Benjamin: 33–4 visits Southampton: 163 Lady’s Monthly Museum, The: 112 visits Steventon: 183, 261–2 Lamb, Lacon: 120 ﬁrst romance: 190, 210–11, 218–19 Lance, Mrs: 159 death: 283 Langham, Sir James: 198 and family: Langlois, Benjamin: 47, 92, 93 mother’s death: 169 Lansdowne, 2nd marquess of: 160 meets Eliza de Feuillide: 172 Lansdowne, 3rd marquess of: 274 corresponds with CEA: 178 Lansdowne, 2nd marchioness of: 168 marriage to Sir Edward Knatchbull: 265 Lardner, John: 5, 29 and friends: Lathom, Francis, The Midnight Bell: 110 John Pemberton Plumptre: 190, 202, Laverstoke, Hants.: 71, 84 210–11, 218, 228, 243 Leatherhead, Surrey: 213

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Lefroy, Anna Jemima: 230 on Sense and Sensibility: 191 Lefroy, Anne (nee´ Brydges, ‘Madam Lefroy’): 47, on Emma: 230–1 59, 93, 106, 113, 116, 204 as ‘Emma’: 231 death: 145 on Sanditon: 243, 271 JA’s verses on: 145, 170–1 and JA’s death: 255, 258 Lefroy, Anne: 218 on the Tom Lefroy/JA romance: 278 Lefroy, Col. Anthony Peter: 92 Lefroy, Jemima Lucy, see Rice, Jemima Lucy Lefroy, Ben: 204, 207, 217–18, 271 Lefroy, Julia Cassandra: 241, 243 news of JA’s death: 255 Lefroy, Thomas Edward Preston: 278 Lefroy, Charles: 221 Lefroy, Thomas Langlois: 92–4, 106, 277–8 Lefroy, Edward: 93, 218, 271, 278 Leigh families: 7–8, 18, 20, 22 Lefroy, Fanny Caroline: 215, 267 Leigh, Cassandra, see Austen, Cassandra Lefroy, Revd I. P. George: 47, 93, 116, 204 (Mrs George Austen) Lefroy, Revd J. H. George: 93, 204, 221, 271, 278 Leigh, Cassandra, see Cooke, Cassandra Lefroy, Jane Anna Elizabeth (nee´ Austen, (Mrs Samuel Cooke) ‘Anna’): Leigh, Edward Leigh, 5th baron: 155–6 events: Leigh, Elizabeth: 25, 216 birth and early life: 84 Leigh, James, see Leigh-Perrot, James mother’s death: 90 Leigh, James Henry: 45 fostered at Steventon: 90–1, 100–1 Leigh, Jane, see Cooper, Jane visits Bath: 136, 138, 152 Leigh, Jane (nee´ Walker): 8, 18, 20, 21 visits Godmersham: 149, 181–2 Leigh, Mary (nee´ Brydges): 7 visits Southampton: 165 Leigh, Mary: 45, 88 engagement to Michael Terry: 181, 182 Leigh, Hon. Mary: 115, 155–6 stays at Chawton: 176, 182–3, 186, 191, Leigh, Theophilus (c. 1643–1725): 7 204, 207 Leigh, Revd Theophilus, Master of Balliol: 7–8, living at Hendon: 218, 220 10, 11, 25, 28, 41 living at Wyards, Alton: 223, 247 Leigh, Revd Thomas, of Adlestrop: 24, 45, 52, widowed: 271 77, 86, 89, 115, 155 last years: 271 Leigh, Revd Thomas, of Harpsden: 7, 8, 10, 18, and family: 85 on CEA: 81, 181–2 Leigh, Thomas: 8, 22, 71 mother’s death: 90, 111 Leigh-Perrot, James: viii, 8, 12, 20, 25, 53, 71, 100, and stepmother Mary Lloyd: 111 119, 153 memories of Austen grandparents: 10, Northleigh estate: 8, 9 136, 175 Scarlets estate: 9, 23, 114, 118–20 on Elizabeth Austen: 181–2 at Steventon: 125 on EAK: 181–2 living in Bath: 104–5, 114, 246 engagement and marriage to Ben Lefroy: gives books to JA: 105, 114 204, 207, 217–18 Stoneleigh estate: 156, 246 children: 215, 230, 241, 243 surety for HTA: 234 literary activities: later life and death: 246 writing stories: 191, 213–15 Will: 246–7 publications in later life: 271 Leigh-Perrot, Jane (nee´ Cholmeley): viii, 9, 27, records Austen family memories: 10, 43, 53, 119 46, 50, 55, 84, 100–1, 105–6, 112, 115, shoplifting charge: 120–4, 125 181–2, 191, 275–6 at Ilchester gaol: 121 and JA: trial at Taunton: 123–4 dedicatee: 84, 182 at Steventon: 125 on JA: 80–1, 177, 181–2, 191 living in Bath: 114, 129, 246 on JA’s picture: 80–1, 280 and James Austen’s family: 261 books from JA: 131 and FWA’s second marriage: 266 companionship with JA: 191, 258 Scarlets estate: 266 JA’s criticism of novel: 213–15 and JEAL: 272 on Pride and Prejudice: 100–1 Lennard, Samuel: 2

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Leveson Gower, Lord Granville, later 1st earl of Macaulay, Lord, on JA: 274 Granville: 188 Mackenzie, Margaret: 197 Lewis, Susannah (Mrs Blackall): 106 Manydown Park, Hants.: 93, 117, 130, 137, 152, Lillingston, Mrs: 152–3 164, 183 Littleworth family: 19 Marboeuf, marquise de: 77 Lloyd, Eliza (Mrs Fowle): 69, 99 Marriott, Mrs: 139 Lloyd, Martha (nee´ Craven): 68–9, 99, 142, 148 Martin, Henry: 65 Lloyd, Martha (Mrs FWA II): 68, 99, 127–8, 142, Mathew, Anne (Mrs James Austen I): 71–2, 81, 148, 198 90 dedicatee: 69, 148–9 Mathew, Genl Edward: 71–2, 84, 90–1, 100, 113 lives with the Austens: 149, 152, 154, 178, 266 death and its effect: 152 receives JA’s topaz cross: 257 Mathew, Lady Jane (nee´ Bertie): 71 marries FWA: 266 Maunde, Henry: 142 death: 269 May, Thomas (neB´ rodnax), see Knight, Lloyd, Mary (Mrs James Austen II): 68, 93 Thomas, I character: 111 Middleton family, at Chawton Great House: 175, possible source for ‘Mrs Norris’: 198 186, 198 events: Middleton, Miss: 185 living at Deane parsonage: 68, 100, 112 Middleton, Charlotte Maria (Mrs Beckford) living at Ibthorpe: 69, 78 on JA: 198–9, 282 moves to Steventon: 130, 135 Middleton, John Charles: 175, 198 visits Bath: 136 Milbanke, Annabella (Lady Byron): 196 visits Southampton: 158–9 Mirror, The: 58 visits London: 165 Mitford, Mary (nee´ Russell): 46, 47, 81 visits Godmersham: 165–6 Mitford, Mary Russell: 46, 207, 220–1 visits Chawton: 176–7, 222 on JA: 47, 81, 220–1 visits Cheltenham: 239–40 on Pride and Prejudice: 220 visits Winchester: 250, 252 on Emma: 231 leaves Steventon rectory: 262–3 Monk, Jane (Mrs Thomas Knight I): 6 later life: 143, 263 Monk Sherborne, Hants.: 71 visits Lyme Regis: 263 Moore, Eliza: 220 death: 269 Moore, Harriet: 216, 220 and family: Morley, Lady, see Boringdon, Frances Parker engagement and marriage: 98–100, 164 Mozley, Mrs: 272 and the Austen parents: 99 Murray, John, publisher: 223, 224, 225, 232, 259 children: 100, 110–11, 149 Musgrave, Revd Dr James: 19 and Anna: 111 Musgrave, Jane: 27 dislikes Eliza de Feuillide: 111 James’s illness and death: 262 Napoleon: 136, 139, 203, 212, 222 friendship with JA: 74, 111 Nattes, Jean Claude, artist: 50 dedicatee: 74 Nelson, Adml. Horatio: 125 Lloyd, Revd Noyes: 69 on FWA: 151 Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund: 153 Nerac,´ France: 37, 40 Louis, Adml: 151 Netley Abbey, Hants.: 163 Lybbe-Powys, Caroline (nee´ Girle): 8, 9, 76, NewReview, The: 196 115 Newnham, Mr, apothecary: 199 meets Austens in Bath: 136, 138, 141 Newtown, Newbury: 143, 263, 272 Lybbe-Powys, Caroline (Mrs Cooper): 76 Nibbs, George: 19, 45 Lybbe-Powys, Philip: 8, 9 Nibbs, James Langford: 18, 45 Lybbe-Powys, Revd Tom: 8, 10–11, 12, 24 Northleigh, Oxon.: 8–9 Lyford family, surgeons: 110, 248, 249–51, 254, 255 Oakley Hall, Hants.: 18, 126 Lyme Regis, Dorset: 141, 142–3, 168, 214, 263 Onibury, Salop: 81 Lymington, Lord, see Portsmouth, earls of Overton, Hants.: 13, 71, 145 Lyon, James Philip: 30 Oxford, JA and CEA visit: 47, 48

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Oxford, St John’s College: 4, 9, 18, 41, 53, 63, 85 Rice, Jemima Lucy (nee´ Lefroy): 59, 116, 130 Oxfordshire Militia: 84–5, 105, 130, 161 Rice, Revd Henry: 116, 130, 261 Rice, Lizzy (nee´ Austen): 137, 192, 261 Palmer, Mrs: 163 on JA’s portrait: 282 Palmer, Frances Fitzwilliam, ‘Fanny’ (Mrs CJA Richardson, Lady: 275 I): 161, 187, 206–7, 212–13 Richardson, Samuel, Sir Charles Grandison: 57 children: 161, 187, 216 Ricketts, Edward Jervis: 134 death: 216 Romilly, Lady Anne: 212 Palmer, Harriet (Mrs CJA II): 163, 216, 242, 259 Ross, Sir William, miniaturist: 55 receives lock of JA’s hair: 256–7 Rowling, Kent: 70, 78, 81, 86, 97–8, 108 Austen family’s views on: 263–4 Russell, Revd Dr: 46 children: 264 Russell, Mary see Mitford, Mary Palmer, John Grove: 161, 259 Russia, Emperor of: 213 Papillon, Elizabeth: 176 Papillon, Revd John Rawstorne: 87, 175–6, 197, St Domingo: 101, 153 263 Saxe-Cobourg family: 227 Parker, Adm Sir Hyde: 76 Saye and Sele, Lady: 157 Pearson, Mary: 95, 97, 98, 105, 215 Scadding, Ilchester gaol governor: 121 Pearson, Capt Sir Richard: 95 Scarlets, Hare Hatch, Berks.: 9, 23, 114, 118–20, Peninsular War: 167 266 Perigord, Mme: 200 Scott, Sir Walter: 184 Perrot family: 8 Marmion: 183 Pinny, Dorset: 142 Waverley: 222 Pitts, Miss: 51 on JA’s work: 232 Plumptre, John Pemberton: 190, 202, 210–11, Scudamore, Mr, apothecary: 205 218, 228, 243 Sea-Fencibles: 139 Pole, Mrs: 211 Sevenoaks, Kent: 2, 44, 56, 64, 78 Portal family: 221 Seward, Bridger: 173 Portal, Mrs: 253 Seymour, William, lawyer: 144, 185, 186, 192, 224 Portsmouth: Sharp, Anne, governess: 150, 186, 248 Royal Naval Academy: 56, 72 receives JA memorabilia: 256–7 Portsdown Lodge: 266, 268, 271 Sherborne St John, Hants.: 18, 71, 85 Portsmouth, 3rd earl of (earlier Viscount Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: The Rivals: 49; Lymington): 26; 2nd earl: 26 on Pride and Prejudice: 193 Powlett, Lady Catherine: 54, 59 Shipbourne, Kent: 4 Powlett, Revd Charles: 91, 93, 116, 129 ships, served on by FWA and CJA: Poyntz, William: 71 Andromeda: 91 Prince of Wales/Prince Regent (George IV): 71, Aurora: 264 91, 202, 225–6 Bellerophon: 264 admirer of JA’s novels: 225 Canopus: 146, 151, 153 Prowting, Ann Mary see Clement, Ann Mary Daedalus: 87 Prowting, Catherine Ann: 175, 250 Elephant: 187, 203, 212 Prowting, William: 175 Endymion: 113, 126, 131, 136, 139 Prussia, King of: 213 Glory: 91 Pybus, Mr, Lord of the Admiralty: 88, 91 Indian: 139, 145, 165 PymHales, Lady, and daughters: 87, 97 Lark: 86, 91 Leopard: 139, 145 Quarterly Review: 223–4, 232 Minerva: 65 Quincy, Eliza Susan: 273–4, 279 Namur: 187, 212–13, 216 Neptune: 137 Ramsgate, Kent: 139, 141, 154–5 Perseverance: 65, 70 Raymond, Jemmet: 69, 164–5 Peterel: 113, 125 Reading, Berks.: 50–2 Phoenix: 216, 234 Repton, Humphrey: 155, 198 St Albans: 161, 166 Rice, Edward: 261, 263 Scorpion: 113

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ships, served on by FWA and CJA: (cont.) Tenby, Pembs.: 137 Swiftsure: 184 Terry family, of Dummer: 18 Tamar: 113, 126 Terry, Charlotte: 182 Triton: 98 Terry, Jane, see Digweed, Mrs Harry Unicorn: 96, 113 Terry, Revd Michael: 181, 182 Winchester: 264 Thomson, James, Poetical Works: 114, 184 ships, other: Tilson, Frances: 185, 201, 249–50 Bombay Castle: 5 Tilson, James: 161, 185, 201, 215 La Furie: 126, 135 Tonbridge, Kent: 2, 3, 5, 12, 20, 48 La Ligurienne: 125 Tonbridge School: 3, 4 La Tribune: 96 Townley, Revd James, High Life Below Stairs: 67 Lizard: 76 Trimmer, Robert, lawyer: 233 Medway: 19 Tunbridge Wells, Kent: 60, 96, 263 Scipio: 126 Twisleton, Hon. Julia Judith (Mrs James Henry Shirreff, Miss: 196, 267 Leigh): 157 Sidmouth, Devon: 135 Twisleton, Hon. Mary Cassandra (formerly Smart, John, miniaturist: 31, 35, 36 Mrs Ricketts): 134, 157 Smith, Charlotte, Minor Morals: 166 Smith, Emma see Austen-Leigh, Emma Uplyme, Devon: 142 (Mrs JEAL) Smith, Sir Sidney: 125 Valpy, Revd Dr: 51 Sonning on Thames, Berks.: 49, 76 Vanderstegen family: 8, 27, 41 Southampton, Hants.: Vansittart, George and Bob: 30 visits by JA and CEA: 48–9, 86 Veneroni, The Complete Italian Master: 58 Austens living at: viii, 158, 158–63, 168, 170 Vernon, Dowager Lady: 212 Southcote, Reading, Berks.: 9, 24, 45 Vyne, The, see Chute family Southend, Essex: 206 Southey, Robert, Poet Laureate: 117, 167 Wales, Austen family visit to: 137 Spencer, George John Spencer, 2nd earl: 113 Walker, Jane, see Leigh, Jane Stael, Anne Louise Germaine, Mme de: 208 Walter, Frances Maria: 6 Stanhope, Adml: 134, 192 Walter, George: 6 Stanhope, Lord: 283 Walter, Henry: 6, 185 Staveley, Revd Samuel: 30 Walter, James: 6, 60, 64, 74–5, 88 Stevenson, Misses, London school: 70 Walter, Philadelphia, ‘Phylly’(Mrs Whitaker): 26 Steventon, Hants.: corresponds with Eliza de Feuillide: 5, 37, 38, village: vii, 6, 13–17, 43, 90, 107, 126–7, 128, 40, 54, 60–4, 65, 66, 72, 74, 77, 85, 95, 162 96, 98, 99, 101, 105, 135 living of: 6, 13–17, 262–3 corresponds with Austens: 56–7, 107, 187 rectory: vii, 11, 16, 20–1, 23–8, 73, 126–7, 280 on Eliza de Feuillide: 61, 74–5 society at: 116–17 on Mrs Hancock: 61, 74–5 Stoke Charity, Hants.: 63 on CEA and JA: 6, 64 Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwicks.: 7, 155–7 on Mr and Mrs George Austen: 64 Strachey, Mrs: 30 Walter, Sarah: 6 Streatham, London: 117, 186, 211 Walter, Susanna (nee´ Weaver): 6 Stringer, Stephen: 1 corresponds with Austens: 5, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Stuart, Frank: 42 27, 34–5 Stuart, James: 41 Walter, Revd Weaver: 6, 23 Sunderbund Woods, India: 33 Walter, William, physician: 3 Sweden: 203 Walter, William: 6 Sykes, Sir Francis: 18 Walter, William Hampson: 3, 5, 27, 107 Warren, Sir John Borlase: 184 Taunton, Somerset, trial of Mrs Leigh-Perrot: Warren, John Willing: 56, 91, 93 123–4, 126 Warren, Peter: 56 Taylor, Edward: 87, 97 Washington, co. Durham: 77, 95 Teignmouth, Devon: 137 Weaver, Susanna, see Walter, Susanna

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Weller, Elizabeth, see Austen, Elizabeth Winchester, Hants.: 13 (Mrs John Austen IV) EAK’s sons at Winchester College: 162, 169, Wellings, William, artist: 44 178 West, Benjamin, artist: 184, 215 JA visits: 221 West Felton, Salop: 81 JA’s last days at: viii, 248–54, 249, 255 West Indies: 6, 9, 18, 25, 57, 71, 91 JA’s verses on Winchester Races: 253 West Wickham: 3, 6 visitors to JA’s grave in Cathedral: 275 Weymouth, Dorset: 142 Bishop of: 235 Whitaker, John: Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated: Windsor, Berks.: 79 58 Wistanstow, Salop: 81 Whitaker, Philadelphia, see Walter, Philadelphia Wither family, see Bigg-Wither White’s Club, London: 213, 216 Woodman, John and wife Ann (nee´ Hastings): Wight, Mrs Cassandra: 20 31, 36, 38, 105 Wildman, James: 243, 244–5 Worthing, Sussex: 151, 262 Williams, Jane (Lady Williams), see Cooper, Wyards, near Chawton: 223 Jane Wye, Kent: 172 Williams, Capt (Sir) Thomas: 76–7, 81, 87, 96–7, 107, 113, 126 York,Frederick Augustus, duke of: 188