Marlborough

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Authors: Richard Holmes
464
    and Craggs, 445
    and Anne’s determination to dismiss Sarah, 449
    and Marlborough’s siege of Bouchain, 457
    protests in Lords at Treaty of Utrecht terms, 462
    Godolphin, William (Marlborough’s grandson), 280
    Goes, Johann Peter, Count, 201
    Goësbriand, Lieutenant General de, 424
    Gondrin, Louis Antoine de Pardaillan, marquis de, 336
    Goodman, Cardell, 63
    Goor, Lieutenant General Johan van, 255–6, 271, 273, 275
    Gorsuch, Colonel Charles, 405
    Goslinga, Sicco van:
    sees Marlborough at prayer, 139
    at battle of Landen, 182
    on Dutch deputies on campaign, 199
    and Marlborough’s 1705 campaign in Brabant, 312
    and Dutch view of Marlborough’s conduct of war, 317
    declines honour from Emperor, 318
    at battle of Ramillies, 335, 347
    on Marlborough’s alarm at loss of Ghent and Bruges, 372
    in Flanders campaign (1708), 373–4
    at battle of Oudenarde, 388
    attends council of war with Marlborough, 391
    on capture of Lille, 404
    on Marlborough’s 1709 Flanders campaign, 418
    on peace terms with France (1709), 420–1
    in battle of Malplaquet, 429
    on Tilly’s wife, 455
    and Marlborough’s 1711 campaign against Villars, 456
    Mémoires relatifs à la Guerre de Succession , 9–10
    Grafton, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of:
    acquires regiment, 54
    birth, 62
    in Cockpit circle, 108
    opposes Monmouth’s rebellion, 124
    conspires against James II, 136
    and William’s invasion and advance, 150
    abandons James II, 151
    death in Ireland, 170
    Graham, Lieutenant Colonel:
    killed (1689), 161
    grain prices:
    in London, 441
    Gramont, Philibert comte de, 83, 311
    Grand Alliance:
    Elector of Bavaria leaves, 239
    Marlborough holds together, 479
    Grand Alliance, Treaty of (1701), 193, 201–2
    Grave, Netherlands, 224–5, 227
    Great Bedwyn (constituency), 31–2
    Great Britain:
    constituted (1707), 356
    first Parliament (1707), 363
    financial difficulties, 440–1
    rise to world power, 477
    see also England
    Great Northern War (1700–20), 306, 358
    Great Trill (house), Axminster, 42
    Greg, William, 363
    Gregg, Edward, 103, 210, 237–8, 328, 438, 450
    grenades and grenadiers, 72–3, 116
    Grenville, George, 219
    Greville, Colonel John, 170
    Grey de Ruthin, Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron, 140
    Grey of Wark, Ford Grey, 3rd Baron, 18, 111, 123–4
    Griffin, Edward, 99, 107
    Grimaldi, Lieutenant General Antonio, marquis de, 372–3, 385
    Groenwald, 385–7
    Grumbkow, Friedrich Wilhelm von, 376, 388, 407
    Guedalla, Philip, 14
    Gueldermalsen, Adriaen van Borssele van der, Baron, 196, 231, 391
    Guelders, 231, 249
    Guiche, Antoine Charles IV Gramont, comte de, 340, 424
    Guiscard, Jean, 130
    Guiscard, Martha, 130
    Guiscard-Magny, Louis, marquis de, 341
    Gwyn, John, 53–4
    Gwyn, Nell, 27, 91, 109
    Hacker, John, 126
    Hague, The:
    Mauritshuis, 193
    Marlborough visits Heinsius in, 222
    postal service, 223
    French negotiate in (1705), 318–19
    peace negotiations in (1709), 409–10
    Haguenau, Lines of, 326, 331
    Haine, river, 422
    halberds, 307
    Hales, Colonel Sir Edward, 131 & n, 132
    Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of:
    ennobled, 28
    in Whig junto, 35n; and Exclusion crisis, 93
    on Rochester’s position, 101
    and birth of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 137
    and William’s accession, 156
    and Marlborough’s imprisonment in Tower, 180
    sets up Bank of England, 189
    and Marlborough’s award of commissions, 208
    and Marlborough’s administrative duties, 448
    Hall, Jacob, 63
    Hamilton, Charles (‘comte d’Arran’), 65
    Hamilton, Sir David, 445, 448–9, 463
    Hamilton, Frances, Lady see Tyrconnell, Frances, Countess of
    Hamilton, Sir George:
    commands Irish regiment, 52, 80, 86
    and battle of Sinsheim, 80
    marriage to Frances Jennings, 86
    killed, 89
    Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th Duke of ( earlier Earl of Arran), 19, 65
    Hamilton, James (Jacobite agent), 474
    Hamilton, Colonel John, 20
    Hamilton, Colonel Richard, 158
    Hampton Court, 57
    Hanover:
    Marlborough visits, 329
    Hanover, Ernst Augustus, Elector of, 261, 328–9
    Hanover, George,

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