ell, 144;
early official life and politics, 169;
his independent action, 169, 174, 175, 177;
his despatch to France on the Spanish marriages, 171;
foreign policy, 173, 174;
despatch to Sir H. Bulwer at Madrid, 174;
and the 'Don Pacifico' affair, 175;
popularity, 177;
and the Queen's instructions, 178;
and the Kossuth incident, 179;
and the _Coup d'Etat_ in Paris (1851), 179;
dismissed from the Foreign Office, 180;
declines the Irish Viceroyalty, 181;
his amendment on the Militia Bill, 195;
offered a seat in Lord Derby's Cabinet, 201;
Home Secretary under Lord Aberdeen, 207;
urges the despatch of the fleet to the Bosphorus, 225;
resignation, and its withdrawal, 237, 238;
succeeds Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, 258;
and Count Buol's proposals, 262, 263;
defeat on the 'Arrow' question and return to power after the General
Election, 287;
defeat and resignation on the Conspiracy Bill, 290;
renewal of friendly relations with Russell, 293;
forms a Ministry on the defeat of Lord Derby, 293, 295;
indifference to Reform, 296;
on Cabinet opinions, 323;
death, 325;
Lord Lyttelton's opinion of him, 326

Panmure, Lord, 243, 258

Papal aggression, and the decree of Pius IX., 182-184;
and the Durham Letter, 184-188

Paris, Treaty of, 268

Parliamentary representation before the era of Reform, 22, 23

Parnell, Sir H., 62

'Partington, Dame,' and Sydney Smith's speech on Reform, 80

'Peace with honour,' 227, 349

Peel, Lady Georgiana, 357

Peel, Sir Robert, 21, 50;
leader of the House of Commons under the Duke of Wellington, 52;
opposes the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 56;
and Catholic Emancipation, 58;
and the first Reform Bill, 69, 70, 73, 76, 83;
Prime Minister, 102;
resignation, 104;
and the Whig Ladies-in-Waiting, 114;
his motion of want of confidence in the Melbourne Administration,
122;
again Prime Minister, 123, 124;
characteristics, 126, 127;
and the grant to Maynooth College, 127, 128, 130;
on the state of Ireland, 128;
and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131;
resignation and resumption of office, 134, 136;
proposes gradual repeal of Corn Laws, 138, 139;
defeat and resignation on the Coercion Bill, 140, 155;
and Lord Palmerston, 170;
death, 176, 177;
and the Emperor Nichola