‘Queen of Hearts’, 504–5, 511–12; daily life of, in Florence, 513–16; breakdown of marriage of, 516–17; affair of, with Alfieri, 517–18, 521; flees to convent, 523–4; in Rome, 525–30; divorce of, 535–6, 539, 540; relationship with Henry, Cardinal York, 525–6, 535–7, 543–4; outwitted by Charlotte, 545–6
Stone, 138, 187
Stornoway, 268–70
Stosch, Philip, codenamed ‘Walton’, 13, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 42, 43
Strathallan, James Francis Edward, viscount, 142, 143, 175, 182, 196, 202, 230
Strickland, Francis, 119–20, 123, 160, 313
Stuart, or Stewart, dynasty, 5–6; financial problems of, 104–6
Sutherland, William, earl of, 134, 228
Sutherlands, 170, 176, 234
Sweden, and the Jacobites (
see also
Gustav III), 382, 384, 395, 400, 402, 405, 407, 408, 411
Switzerland, 34, 79, 80, 81, 82, 329, 351–2, 354, 355, 380, 382, 413, 433–9
Talmont, Marie Anne Louise Jablonowska, princesse de: affair with Charles Edward, 346–8, 356–7, 367–8, 378–9, 383, 386–94, 395, 415, 425, 516, 537, 549, 554
Tencin, Pierre Guerin, Cardinal de, 69–70, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81, 90, 99, 101, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 122, 166, 310, 315, 317–28, 330, 333, 354, 359, 372; Charles Edward’s dislike of, 107, 108, 119, 328, 345, 359, 424
Tencin, bailli de, 71, 81, 83, 101–2, 106, 107, 109
Tullibardine, William, marquis of, Jacobite Duke of Atholl, 120, 133–4, 137–8, 140, 164, 184, 190
Turin, 52, 117
Vassé, Antoinette Louise Gabrielle, comtesse de, 378–9, 388, 389, 390, 394, 419–20, 519
Venice, 21, 50, 52–5, 379, 380–1, 383, 384, 386, 443, 452, 482, 527
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 507, 508, 530, 531, 536, 540, 541, 543, 545
Vernon, Edward, admiral, 67
Verona, 52–3
Viterbo, 487–8, 490, 499
Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de, 344, 381, 439, 461, 481, 502, 520
Wade, George, Field-Marshal, 162, 169, 173–4, 175, 183, 187, 188, 194–5, 196, 197, 198, 202, 214, 222
Wales, 172, 175, 187, 405
Walkinshaw, Clementina, 460, 461, 462, 468, 470, 481, 499, 502, 503–4, 516, 538, 554; becomes the prince’s mistress at Bannockburn, 204, 206; resumes the affair at Ghent, 406–7, 412; with the prince (1752–60), 415–29, 432, 438–9, 440, 441, 442, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453–5; leaves him, 455
Walpole, Horace, 61, 88, 191, 462, 464, 544
Walpole, Sir Robert, 17, 63–4, 65
Walsh, Antoine, 118–22, 127–8, 130, 131, 133, 430, 457, 463, 464, 472
Warren, Richard Augustus, 306, 308, 336, 457
Warrington, 185
Waters, John and son, bankers, 116–17, 380, 393, 420, 427, 432, 433–4, 438–9, 440, 457, 464, 502
Webb, Anne Gibson, Lady, 463, 464, 466, 467, 468, 472
Westmoreland, John Fane, earl of, 396, 398, 410, 412, 420
Wharton, Philip, Duke of, 21, 532
Wigan, 186
Wogan, Sir Charles, 3, 8, 204, 320, 417, 499
Wogan, Nicholas, 97
Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 170, 171–2, 173, 186, 187, 189, 396
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