Memoir of Francis Hodgson
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INDEX.
ABR
ABRAHAM, Dr., Bishop in New Zealand, ii. 311 (see Letters)
Actors, French and English, i. 241
Ada Byron, daughter of the poet (see Lovelace, Countess of)
Agincourt, battle of; ancestors of Hodgson killed at the, i. 3
Althorp, Lord, i. 117
Arian controversy, ii. 121
Arkwright, Mrs. (née Fanny Kemble), a mutual friend of Moore
and Hodgson, ii. 156-159, 161, 163; Moore’s reference to her, 89; her letter to Mrs.
Hodgson, 90; her account of a continental tour, 267
Arnold, Dr., his ‘Englishman’s Register,’ ii. 189
Arnould, Sir John, his memoir of Lord Denman, i. 45
B
AKEWELL, Derbyshire; Hodgson vicar of, ii. 65, 105; his
restoration of the church, 194; death of Hodgson’s wife, 217; his proposal to resign
the vicarage,
ib. Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds; removal of Hodgson’s father to, i. 31; Hodgson’s
visits to his father, 145
Bayley, Archdeacon, his congratulations on Hodgson’s appointment as Provost of
Eton, ii. 258
BLA
Beaumaris, described by Dr. Butler, ii. 210
Beckford, Wm., author of ‘Vathek,’ i. 163
Bland, Rev. Robert, editor of the ‘Translations from the Greek Anthology,’
i. 32, 40, 45, 165, 167; first edition, 226; edited by Bland and Merivale, ib.; Gifford’s remarks on his poems, 113; Byron’s
admiration of the work, ib., 274; Merivale’s account of its
origin, 227; second edition, 226; contributions by Denman and Hodgson, 230; Bland’s
original poems, 231, 242; his correspondence with Merivale, 232-249; his personal
characteristics, 227, 231, 233, 250; biographical notices of him, 189, 227, 231; his
illness and death, 249; his remarks on flattery, 234; on Holland, 235; on the French and
Germans, their languages and literature, 237, 238; on French and English acting, 240, 241;
on town and country, 243; Kenilworth and its neighbourhood, 243, 244; London society, 244;
study of Greek, 246; Frere’s ‘Whistlecraft,’ 248; his account of
Byron’s gift to Hodgson, 270; Byron’s opinion on his poems, ii. 80 (see
Letters)
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Blomfield, Bishop of London, his ode on the assassination of the Due d’Enghien, i.
150
Bowles, his controversy with Byron about Pope, ii. 75, 77
Bowstead, Bishop of Lichfield, his congratulations on Hodgson’s appointment as
Provost of Eton, ii. 257
Bradden, Northamptonshire, Hodgson curate of, ii. 65
‘British Review,’ its critique on Hodgson’s ‘Juvenal,’ i.
67
Brougham, Lord, ii. 173, 174, 222, 224; his proposed memorial to his father in Eton
College, 310; on Lord Denman’s illness, ib.; on his own
health, 311.
Broughton, Lord (see Hobhouse, J. C.)
Bullock’s Museum, i. 252
Buonaparte, Prince Lucien, his epic poem, ‘Charlemagne,’ translated by
Hodgson and Dr. Butler, i. 217, 278; letter from the Prince to Hodgson, 279-281;
Byron’s opinion of the poem, 281
Burdett, Sir Francis, i. 135, 136, 139; ii. 236, 237, 257
Butler’s ‘Analogy,’ Hodgson’s opinion of, i. 81, 132, 205
Butler, Bishop of Lichfield; Prince Lucien Buonaparte’spoem,
‘Charlemagne,’ translated by him in conjunction with Hodgson, i. 217; on
Yorkshire scenery, Wordsworth and Brougham, ii. 173; electoral corruption, 174; the Lakes,
175; his numerous avocations, 189; travelling post, 208; Brougham, 209; Crown influence
over public schools, ib.; visit to Beaumaris, 210; Reform Bill, 215;
politics in Church and
BYR
State, ib., 216; his appointment as Bishop of
Lichfield, 227; account of a thunderstorm at Middleton, 237 (see Letters)
Byron, Captain, cousin of Byron, ii. 21, 22, 24, 135
Byron, Lord, on Drs. Drury and Butler, head-masters of Harrow, i. 36; on Hodgson’s
power of memory, 66; his friendship for Hodgson, 50; praise of ‘Hodgson’s
verse,’ 74; commencement of their friendship, 95; their congenial tastes and
feelings, ib.; at Cambridge, 96; ‘English Bards,’ ib.; notes on Pope, 98, 99; religious prepossessions, 101;
‘Hours of Idleness,’ 102, 109; the ‘Prayer of Nature,’ 102;
Hodgson’s friendly counsel to him, and its effect, ib.;
Newstead Abbey, and Hodgson’s visits there, 104, 112, 120; death of his dog
‘Boatswain,’ and Byron’s epitaph, 106; his lameness, 109; love of
mischief, 121; Hodgson’s admonitory verses to him, 159, 160; morbid
self-consciousness, despondency, and love of a bad reputation, 103, 121, 162, 172, 173,
174, 176, 187, 191, 193, 207, 212, ii., 49, 67, 207; on Spain and Portugal, i. 163; on
Hobhouse, his fellow-traveller, ib.; Greece and Turkey, 166, 175;
swimming from Sestos to Abydos, his pride in the feat, 168; attacked with fever at Patras,
170, 171; on his ‘cut-throat ancestors,’ 174; on married life, 177; return to
England, 179; meeting with Hodgson, 179; Hodgson’s lines on the occasion, ib.; death of Byron’s mother, 182; death by drowning of
Charles Skinner
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Matthews, grief of Byron, 182, 189, 196; his first will, one-third of his personal
property bequeathed to Hodgson, 185; his correspondence with Hodgson on religious subjects,
191-208, 220, 212; fallacy of his reasoning, 197, 203, 207; influence of Hodgson on his
mind, 193, 201, 216; ‘Childe Harold,’ composition and publication of, 191, 210,
220, 224, 274, ii. 39, 41, 47, 50; Byron’s Calvinistic education, i. 192, 193, 220;
his epigram on Moore’s farce, ‘The M.P.,’ 202; his reference to his
lameness, 204, 221; his love of animals, 210; his lines ‘Oh, banish care,’ in
reply to Hodgson’s advice, 211; early disappointment in love, 211, 221; challenged by
Moore, 213; duel prevented by the tact and firmness of Hodgson, 213-215; letters signed by
him in Greek characters, 216, 276; in the House of Lords, 222; speech on the Frame-breaking
Bill, 161, 223; inclination and refusal to undertake reviewing, 224; his generosity, gift
of 1000l. to Hodgson, 268-272, 273; the ‘Giaour,’ 275, 280, 282; on Prince
Lucien Buonaparte’s ‘Charlemagne,’ 281; the ‘Bride of
Abydos,’ 281; revised by Hodgson, ib.; his power of memory,
282; references to Hodgson in his Journal, 281, 283; reception by undergraduates in the
Senate House, Cambridge; his gratification, 292; ‘Hebrew Melodies,’
Hodgson’s critique on them, ii. 1-6; his marriage, 6; early prospect of married
happiness, 6, 13; embarrassments, contemplated sale of Newstead,
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ii, 16, 59; ill health, irregularity of food and sleep, 12, 55, 53;
residence in Piccadilly, 13; affection for Hodgson, 14, 17; indolence, 15, 18, 73; Lady
Byron leaves him; their possible separation, 20; Hodgson’s mediation sought by Mrs.
Leigh, 21; Hodgson’s interview with him, 24; correspondence of Hodgson with Lady
Byron, 24-33 possibility of reunion, 33; final separation and his last departure from
England, 34; his travels, ib., 37, 39, 40-73, 85, 87; the
‘Farewell,’ the ‘Sketch,’ and the ‘Dream,’ 35, 48; his
daughter (see Lovelace, Countess of); ‘Childe Harold,’ 39, 41, 47, 50;
‘Lara.’ 43, 78; writes that ‘as Hodgson foretold, he has fallen in love
with an Italian,’ 45; ‘Beppo,’ 50; causes of the separation, characters
of Byron and Lady Byron, 54-64; Hodgson’s criticism on Childe Harold, in
‘Childe Harold’s Monitor,’ ib.;
‘Manfred,’ 68, 88; ‘Lament of Tasso,’ 68; ‘Beppo,’ 69,
78; his lines on Newstead, 69; controversy with Bowles about Pope, 75, 77, 80;
participation in Italian politics, 78; remarks on tragedy, 79; on Hodgson’s
vindication of Pope, 81. 82; his cordial and bantering account of Hodgson to Moore, 86;
‘Don Juan,’ 133, 148; Byron’s last illness, death, and funeral, 134-150;
his last will, 142, 143, 146; his later religious views, 136, 148, 149; destruction of his
Memoirs, 137, 138; Hodgson’s proposal to write his life, 140; his lines on his last
birthday, 145; unacknowledged influence of Christi-
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anity upon his character, 151; village and church of Hucknall Torkard;
burial-place of Byron; tablet erected by his sister, 152; monument to Lady Lovelace, ib.; description of Newstead Abbey in 1876, 153; Boatswain’s
grave, ib.; oak tree planted by Byron, ib.;
the lake, 155; Moore’s ‘Life of Byron,’ 156-165; Thorwaldsen’s
statue at Trinity College, Cambridge, 164; exhibited in London, 276; misrepresentation of
the separation in Moore’s ‘Life and Letters,’ 202, 203; Lady
Byron’s statement, 201, 204; his parents, 205; his alleged scholarship, 206; desire
of fame as an orator, ib.; bust by Thorwaldsen at the Lodge, Eton
College, 275; remarks on sculpture, 277 (see Letters)
Byron, Lady, Hodgson’s admiration of her before her marriage, i. 289;
Hodgson’s opinion of her parents, 290; letter to Hodgson before her marriage, 296;
marriage to Byron, ii. 6; Mrs. Leigh’s affection for her, 11, 14, 17, 36, 42, 47; her
parents, and their probable influence on the separation, 12, 60, 61; her personal
appearance, 14; departure from her husband; probability of their separation, 20;
Hodgson’s attempt at mediation, 24; his correspondence with her, 24-33; a possibility
of reunion, 33; final separation, 34; its causes; her incompatibility with Byron, 54-64;
Byron’s death and funeral, 135, 143, 148; destruction of his Memoirs, 137-139; her
capricious estrangement from Mrs. Leigh, 198, 240; her answer to Moore’s ‘Life
CLE
and Letters,’ 201, 202, 204 (see Letters)
C
AMBRIDGE, death by drowning of Charles Skinner Matthews, i.
182; the Public Oratorship, Hodgson’s unsuccessful candidature for it, 116;
Hodgson’s criticisms on scholarship at, 150; election of the Duke of Gloucester as
Chancellor of the University, supported by Hodgson, 259; Hodgson at King’s College,
21, 22, 23; restricted from classical competition, 21; general effects of the restriction,
ib.; King’s College, Hodgson’s appointment to a
resident tutorship, 80, 83, 94,124; reception of Byron by the under-graduates, 292;
Thorwaldsen’s statue of Byron, ii. 164
Canning, i. 257, 282
Caroline, Queen, Denman as her counsel at the trial, ii. 74; Byron’s reference to
the trial, 75
‘Casket, The,’ originated by Hodgson, ii. 167; his friendly contributors,
ib.; letters from Rogers and Montgomery, ib.
Castlereagh, Lord, 257
Charterhouse School, Hodgson at, i. 18
Chatsworth, Hodgson’s visits to, ii. 90; donative living of Edensor presented to
Hodgson by the Duke of Devonshire, 245, 246; portrait of Hodgson by Sir Francis Grant,
F.R.A., 276, 297
Clarendon, Lord, i. 117
Classical studies, the first Lord Liverpool’s views, i. 25, 29; Hodgson on, 34
Clermont, Mrs., Lady Byron’s confi-
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COK
dential maid, Byron’s ‘Sketch,’ ii. 48, 60
Coke, family of, ancestors of Hodgson, i. 10; Richard Coke purchases Melbourne Castle,
11; his son, Sir John, Secretary of State, ib. his son, George,
bishop of Hereford, ib. 13, 14; Thomas Coke, vice-chamberlain to
Queen Anne, 14; marries Miss Hale, a maid of honour, ib.; descent of
Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister, 15; character of Jane Coke, mother of Hodgson, 16;
Hodgson’s verses to Mrs. Coke on his visit to Rugby, 254; Hodgson’s visits to
the family, 188, 268
Competition, classical, King’s men at Cambridge excluded from, i. 21; general
effects of the restriction, 22
Cottenham, Lord Chancellor, i. 227, 228
Cowper’s translations of Homer, i. 55, 134
‘Critical Review,’ notice of Hodgson’s ‘Juvenal,’ i.
69-73, 129; Hodgson’s contributions to, 94, 149; notice of his poems, 155, 158
Criticism, Gifford’s remarks on, i. 115; see Reviewing
Cum-Pooky, the Goblin’s Vale, i. 4
D
ALLAS, his correspondence with Byron on religion, i. 209
Davies, Scrope Beardmore, his friendship for Byron and Hodgson, i. 20, 104, 173, 189,
196, 212; ii. 39, 57; rhyming, a rhyme to ‘chimney,’ 181; Lord Eldon, 182;
death of, 321
Denman, Lord, i. 32, 218, 230; tutorship offered to Hodgson by,
DEV
39; advice to Hodgson on law and reviewing, 46; verses on politics,
141; advocacy of Queen Caroline, ii. 74, 107; education of the poor, 106; Hodgson’s
congratulations on his patent of precedency, 177; Catholic emancipation, 191; his
admiration of Fox, 197; Reynolds’s picture of Fox at Holkham, ib.; appointed Lord Chief Justice, 214; on Hodgson’s charge as Archdeacon
of Derby, 245; on the abolition of Eton Montem, 290; his retirement from the Bench, 313
(see Letters)
Denman, Hon. Joseph, R.N., ii. 266
Denman, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Denman, her marriage to Hodgson, ii. 241;
letters of condolence to her on his death, 325
Derby, archdeaconry of, vacated by the promotion of Bishop Butler, ii. 227; given by
Lord Melbourne to Hodgson, ib.; his first charge to the clergy, 245
Dermody, Thomas, his poems reviewed by Hodgson, i. 42
Devonshire, Duke of, Hodgson’s visits to Chatsworth, ii. 90; letters to Hodgson on
his continental travels, 246, 249; on Athens, 247; living of Edensor, in Chatsworth Park,
presented to Hodgson by him, 245, 246; association of Sir Joseph Paxton with him, 246, 248,
249; congratulations on Hodgson’s appointment as Provost of Eton, 255; his house at
Kemp Town, Brighton, placed by him at Hodgson’s disposal, 265; on Sir F.
Grant’s portrait of Hodgson at Hardwick Hall, 297 (see Letters)
Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of, ii. 125 (see Letters)
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DIS
Disraeli, Isaac, ii. 76
Drummond, Sir W., his ‘Œidipus Judaicus,’ i. 218
Drury, Dr. (father of Benjamin Heath and Henry), his help to Hodgson in notes to
‘Juvenal,’ i. 37
Drury, Rev. Benjamin Heath, Master of Eton College, i. 20, 33, 86, 151
Drury, Rev. Henry, Master at Harrow School, i. 20, 32, 33, 164, 174, 173, 177, 181; his
account of the death by drowning of Charles Skinner Matthews, 182; 227, 261; ii. 74; his
continental travels, 111-119, 176; a candidate for the head-mastership of Harrow, his
defeat, 183, 184, 186, 192; Moore’s ‘Life and Letters,’ 203; his sons,
Archdeacon and Admiral Drury, 212; his death, 264 (see Letters)
Dryden’s translation of Juvenal’s Satires, i. 52, 56, 59; his assistants,
56; Byron and Hodgson’s admiration of Dryden, 97, 123, 167
Dryden, Charles, his translations of Juvenal, i. 56
Dryden, John, junr., his translation of Juvenal’s 10th Satire, i. 57
Durham, Earl of, a pupil of Hodgson, i. 35
Dwyer, Edward, on the Duke of Gloucester’s election as Chancellor of Cambridge
University, i. 260; noticed by Byron, 278
E
CLECTIC Review, its critique on Hodgson’s
‘Juvenal,’ i. 67
Edensor, Chatsworth; the living presented to Hodgson by the Duke of Devonshire, ii. 245,
246, 249
Edinburgh Review, its critique on Hodgson’s ‘Juvenal,’ i. 61-66; his
ETO
satirical reply, 67; Gifford on the, 115, 130; on the separation of
Lord and Lady Byron, ii. 48
Education, Hodgson’s devotion to, i. 49 (see Eton and Harrow)
Eldon, Lord Chancellor, strictures on, i. 125, 128; ii. 182
Eloquence, James Montgomery on, 101
English literature, study of, views of the first Lord Liverpool, i. 26
English and Latin compared, i. 54, 55
Epitaph in Hendon churchyard, i. 293
Eton College, Hodgson at, i. 19; his tutor, Keate, afterwards headmaster, ib., Hodgson’s contemporaries, 20; Hodgson appointed to a
mastership, 44; discipline of, 19, 118, 264; ‘staying out,’ ii. 117, 176, 185,
193; death of the Provost, Dr. Goodall, ii. 254; Hodgson recommended by Lord Melbourne, ib. Hodgson’s deference to the claims of Dr. Keate, ib. approval by the latter of Hodgson’s claims, ib.; Londsdale elected, 255; his voluntary resignation in favour of
Hodgson, ib.; Hodgson’s election and installation, 256; 255;
congratulatory letters, 255, Hodgson’s arrival as Provost, 261; his improvements in
teaching and discipline, 263, 282; Montem of 1840; the Queen and Prince Consort entertained
by Hodgson and Mrs. Hodgson, 264, 275; the Lodge, its pictures, ib;
portrait of Arthur Hallam, 272; bust of Byron by Thorwaldsen, 275; new buildings, 279; the
Queen and Prince Consort at the Montem of 1844, ib.; their visit to
Eton with Louis
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Philippe, ib.; restoration of the Collegiate
church, 280; adoption of Paxton’s advice in warming the chapel, 281; origin of
Montem; its abolition proposed by Hodgson, 285; opposition to the scheme, 287; his
application on the subject to the Queen, ib.; her Majesty’s
reply, ib.; final abolition, 289; congratulatory letters to Hodgson,
290; death of Hodgson, 324; letters of condolence to his widow, 325; his character, 327
Eton (town), sanitary improvements effected by Hodgson’s influence, ii. 279
F
ALCONRY at Melbourne, Derbyshire, i. 12
Fletcher, Byron’s servant, ii. 53, 134, 136, 137, 144, 146-149
Foreign travel in 1820, ii. 111-119
Fox, Denman’s admiration of, ii. 197 French and English actors, i. 241
Frere, Hookham, his ‘Whistlecraft,’ i. 247; ii. 242
G
AM, Sir David, killed in the battle of Agincourt, i. 3
Gamba, Count, ii. 136
George III., rectory of Humber given by him to the Rev. James Hodgson, i. 1
George IV., influence of his immorality, i. 51, 61; his animosity to Denman, ii. 177
Gibbon, remarks on, ii. 120, 122
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, i. 117
Gifford, William, i. 31; on Ben Jonson, 75; translation of Juvenal’s Satires, i.
52, 70; remarks on the
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Roman satirists and English poets, 58-60; praise of Hodgson’s
Juvenal, i. 74-78; on Byron’s ‘English Bards,’ 115; epistle to Pindar,
106; letters to Hodgson (see Letters)
Gloucester, H.R.H. the Duke of, i. 117; his election as Chancellor of Cambridge
University, supported by Hodgson, 259
Goodall, Rev. Dr., Provost of Eton, letters from him to Hodgson, i. 117, 151; his death,
ii. 254
Gregson, Robert, pugilist, i. 111
Greece, Byron’s travels in, i. 164, 173, 178; ancient Athenians and modern
Yorkshiremen, compared by James Montgomery, ii. 96
Greek, study of, views of the first Lord Liverpool, i. 25, 29
‘Grey, Lady Jane,’ and other poems by Hodgson, i. 154; criticisms thereon,
155
Guiccioli, Countess, ii. 45
H
ALLAM, Henry, ii. 225; portrait of his son Arthur, presented by
him to Hodgson for the Lodge at Eton, 272
Hanson, Mr., Byron’s agent and solicitor, ii. 10, 16, 23, 46, 50, 53
Harness, Rev. W., his account of Hodgson’s visit to Newstead, his friendship with
Byron, i. 217-219; ii. 163
Hardwicke Hall, Hodgson’s visit to; his portrait by Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., at,
ii. 276
Harrow School, ii. 75, 183, 192
Hart, Thomas, eye-witness of the drowning of Charles Skinner Matthews, i. 183; his
exertions to save his life, 185, 188
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Hawking at Melbourne, Derbyshire, i. 12
Hawkshead School, i. 1
Hawtrey, Rev. Dr., i. 20; on reforms at Eton College, ii. 262
Hereditary influences; love of poetry in the family of Vaughan, i. 20
Herschel, Sir John, on poetical metres, ii. 295
Hobhouse, John Cam (afterwards Lord Broughton), his friendship for Byron, i. 105, 108;
as the fellow traveller of Byron, 162, 165, 168, 174; publication of his
‘Travels,’ 174, 215, 217; ii. 8, 16, 35, 39, 53, 74, 135, 146, 149; his
negotiations with Moore and Murray for the destruction of Byron’s Memoirs, 137-140;
‘Moore’s Life of Byron,’ 179
Hodgson, family of; Rev. James Hodgson, Rector of Humber, Herefordshire; his marriage to
Elizabeth Vaughan, i. 2; her descent (see Vaughan); their son, the Rev. James Hodgson, also
Rector of Humber, 8, 9, 44; expenses of his matriculation at Oxford, 9; marriage of the
latter to Jane Coke, 10; her descent (see Coke); their son, the Rev. F. Hodgson, B.D., the
subject of this memoir, ib.; Hodgson’s father; his church
livings, 147; his sudden death, 148; pecuniary difficulties resulting to Hodgson, 147, 148
Hodgson, John, cousin of Hodgson, his account of the imprisonment of Sir Francis
Burdett, i. 136
Holland House, Hodgson’s visits to the literary salon at, i. 267, 277
Holyday, Barten, his translation of Juvenal’s Satires, 56
Homer, Pope and Cowper’s translations of, i. 55
Hope, Henry, i. 239
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Howard, Major, killed at Waterloo, i. 35; ii. 47
Hucknall Torkard, the village and the church, Byron’s tomb, tablet erected by his
sister, ii. 152; monument to the memory of Lady Lovelace, ib. Humber
Rectory, Herefordshire, i. 1
I
RELAND, Rev. John, Dean of Westminster, i. 31, 76; on Socrates,
87, 137, ii. no; Byron on, i. 114; his book on ‘Paganism,’ 126 (see Letters)
J
OHNSON, Dr., on translations of Juvenal’s Satires, i. 56,
57
Jones, John Gale, his imprisonment in Newgate, i. 137, 140
Jonson, Ben, Gifford on, i. 75
Jordan, Mrs., i. 241
Juvenal, Satires of, Hodgson’s translation, i. 36, 37, 44, 45, 49; undertaken in
the interests of morals, 51; extracts from his introduction, 52, 58, 60; translations by
Dryden, ib., 56; by Gifford, 52; his remarks on Juvenal, 58; by
Barten Holyday, 56; by Stapylton, 56; by Congreve, 57; by Power, 57; by Creech, 57; Dr.
Johnson on the translators, 56, 57; contemporary critiques on Hodgson’s translation,
61-78; Hodgson’s notes to his translation, 65; Lord Liverpool’s acknowledgment
of its dedication to him, 93
K
AYE, Bishop of Lincoln, his early recollections of Hodgson, i.
212
Keate, Rev. John, Hodgson’s tutor at Eton, afterwards head-master, i. 19, 150,
151, 209; ii. 189, 193
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Kemble, Fanny, afterwards Mrs. Robert Arkwright (set Arkwright, Mrs. Robert)
Kennedy, B. H., Greek professor at Cambridge, ii. 190
Kennedy, Rev. D. (of Cephalonia), his religious influence on Byron in his last days, ii.
150
Kinnaird, Hon. D., Byron’s ‘Hebrew Melodies’ suggested by him, ii. 2;
Byron’s trustee, 53
King’s College, Cambridge, 124 (see Cambridge)
Knight, H. Galley, i. 20
L
AMB, Lady Caroline, her connection with Byron, i. 373, 274; her
novel ‘Glenarvon,’ ii. 35
Lambton, Lady Ann, Hodgson tutor to her sons, i. 35
Latin, study of, views of the first Lord Liverpool, i. 25, 29
Latin and English compared, i. 54, 55
Law, study of, Lord Denman’s advice to Hodgson, i. 47
Le Bas, Rev. Chas. Webb; his letters to Hodgson, ii. 292-315; on the pretensions of the
Papacy, 293; liturgical irregularities, 301; optimism, 302; Irish church politics, 305,
315, 323; Archdeacon Manning, ib.; Malthus, 307; state of France,
ib.; Papal aggression, 313; Lord Denman’s retirement, ib.; Roman Catholic dissent, 315; letter of condolence on
Hodgson’s death, ii. 325 (see Letters)
Le Blanc, Justice, i. 127, 130
Leigh, Hon. Mrs., Hodgson’s friendship with her, i. 285; his correspondence with
her respecting Byron (see Letters); on Byron’s marriage, i. 294, ii. 7; on the con-
LET
templated sale of Newstead; her love for the place, 296; her affection
for Lady Byron, n, 14, 17, 36, 42, 47, 143, ii. 9, n; congratulations to Hodgson on his
marriage, 19; on Lady Byron’s leaving her home, seeks Hodgson’s mediation, 20;
on Lady Caroline Lamb, 35; on Byron’s travels, 34, 37, 39, 40; her sisterly anxieties
for him, 39, 41, 45, 133, 144; childhood of Byron’s daughter, 36, 40, 46, 47; sale of
Newstead to Major Wildman, 50; on ‘Don Juan,’ 133; her letters to Hodgson on
Byron’s last illness, death, and funeral, 134-137, 143-150; on his last religious
views, the Bible given to him by her, 136, 149, 150; the destruction of Byron’s
Memoirs, 137; Byron’s last will, 142, 143, 146; one of her sons a pupil of Hodgson,
142; capricious conduct of Lady Byron, their estrangement, 198, 202, 240; her indignation
at the exclusion of Byron’s monument from Westminster Abbey, 200; her affection for
Byron’s daughter, 199, 201; account of a ‘Mrs. Leo Hunter,’ 238;
reference to Byron’s daughter as Lady King, and to Lord King, afterwards Earl of
Lovelace, 239; on Thorwaldsen’s statue of Byron, 276 (see Letters)
Leominster, vicarage of, held by the Rev. Henry Vaughan, i. 4
Letters:
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Hodgson’s Father, i. 119 |
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| Mrs. R. Arkwright (née Fanny Kemble) |
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Mrs. Hodgson, ii. 90 |
| Archdeacon Bayley |
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Hodgson, ii. 258 |
| Rev. Robt. Bland |
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Denman, i. 45 |
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Merivale, i. 232, 235, 243, 245, 247 |
| Lord Brougham |
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Hodgson, ii. 310 |
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Mrs. Hodgson, ii. 311 |
| Bowstead, Bishop of Lichfield |
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Hodgson, ii. 257 |
| Prince Lucien Buonaparte |
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” i. 279 |
| Bishop Butler |
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” ii. 172, 174, 189, 208,
210, 215, 216, 227, 237 |
| Byron, Lord |
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H. Drury, i. 163, 167, 178 |
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Hodgson, i. 105-07, 109, 110, 162, 164, 166, 168, I 173, 176, 186, 194, 202,
209, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221-3, 272, 275, 277, 278, 283; ii. 73, 76, 79, 80 |
| ” ” |
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Moore, i. 281; ii. 86 |
| ” ” |
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Murray, i. 281, 282, ii. 82 |
LET
Letters:
FromTo
| Lady Byron |
|
Hodgson, i. 296; ii. 28, 30 |
| Edmund Currey, private secretary to the Duke of Gloucester |
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” i. 260 |
| Denman |
|
his daughter (afterwards Mrs. Hodgson), ii. 197 |
| “ |
|
Hodgson, i. 46, 141, 230; ii. 178, 191, 246, 290 |
| Duke of Devonshire |
|
Hodgson, ii. 246, 248, 255, 265, 276, 297 |
| Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire |
|
” ii. 125 |
| Drury, Rev. H. |
|
” i. 182, 183, 261; ii.
111, 114, 117, 184, 186, 192, 203, 209, 213 |
| Edward Dwyer |
|
Hodgson, i. 260 |
| “ |
|
Hodgson, i. 77, 112, 114 |
| Rev. Dr. Goodall |
|
” i. 117 |
| Bishop of Gloucester |
|
” ii. 212 |
| Dr. Hawtry |
|
” ii. 262, 321 |
| Sir John Herschel |
|
” ii. 295 |
| Hodgson’s father |
|
” i. 125, 128, 131,
133 |
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LET
Letters:
FromTo
| Hodgson |
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Mr. Anson, Private Secretary to the Prince Consort, ii. 287 |
| “ |
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Rev. Francis Coke, i. 268 |
| “ |
|
H. Drury, i. 33, 36, 38, 181, 188, 252, 287; ii. 80, 176, 194, 203 |
| “ |
|
Miss Taylor (his first wife) i. 289 |
| Dean Ireland |
|
Hodgson, i. 89 |
| Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln |
|
” ii. 212 |
| Rev. C. Webb, Le Bas |
|
” ii. 293, 298, 307, 309,
312, 313, 317, 321, 323 |
| Hon. Mrs. Leigh |
|
Hodgson, i. 268, ib; 294, 295; ii. 7, 13, 16-18, 20, 21, 23, ib.; 34, 37, 38, 41, 44, 49, 52, 84, 133-35, 141, 144-146, 149;
ii. 199, 200, 202, 238, 240, 276 |
LET
Letters:
FromTo
| First Lord Liverpool |
|
Rev. J. Hodgson, i. 29 |
| Third Lord Liverpool |
|
” i. 30 |
| Lonsdale, Bishop of Lichfield |
|
” i. 147, 262; ii. 184,
187, 195 |
| Merivale, J. H. |
|
” i. 40, 256; ii. 106, 218,
220, 222, 225, 229, 235, 236, 241, 251 |
| H. Merivale, jun. |
|
His father, ii. 119 |
| J. Montgomery |
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Hodgson, ii. 92, 96, 168 |
| Moore |
|
” ii. 87-89, 156, 159,
161-164 |
| Colonel Phipps |
|
Mrs. Hodgson, ii. 326 |
| T. Rennell |
|
Hodgson, i. 284 |
| Rogers |
|
” i. 275, ib; ii. 167, 221,
275 |
| Duke of Rutland |
|
” ii. 65, 217, 245,
256 |
| Archbishop Sumner |
|
” ii. 107 |
| Alaric Watts |
|
” ii. 169, 171 |
| Marquess Wellesley |
|
” ii. 258, 271 |
| Richard Whitcombe |
|
” ii. 131 |
| Bishop Wilberforce |
|
” ii. 290 |
Linwood, Miss, her exhibition of needlework, i. 252
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Literature, Hodgson’s devotion to, i. 49; his proposal to lecture on, 83
Literature, contemporary, Hodgson’s remarks on, ii. 71; Richard Whitcome on, 131
‘Literary Souvenir, The,’ contribution to by Hodgson, ii. 169
Liverpool, first Lord, his patronage of Hodgson’s father, i. 9, 28, 31; his scheme
for his son’s education, 25-30; Hodgson’s translation of ‘Juvenal’
dedicated to him; his acknowledgment of the dedication, 92-93
Liverpool, second Lord, Prime Minister, a pupil of Hodgson’s father, i. 24
Liverpool, third Lord (Cecil Jenkinson), pupil of Hodgson’s father, i. 24; the
first Lord’s scheme for his education, 25-30
Llansainfread, birthplace of the poet, Henry Vaughan, i. 4
Lloyd’s lectures on Locke, i. 81
Locke, Hodgson’s lectures on, his view of that author’s works, i. 81, 132
London life, attractions of, i. 43
Longley, Archbishop, appointed head-master of Harrow, ii. 183, 192
Lonsdale, John, Bishop of Lichfield, i. 20; his early friendship with Hodgson, 95;
letter and verses from Hodgson to, 122; his poetry and Byron’s; the friendship of
rivals, 123, 151; verses addressed by him to Hodgson, 261, ii. 176; on the head-mastership
of Harrow, 185; on regeneration, 188; the Reform Bill, ib.; the
Divine government of mankind, 195; elected Provost of Eton College; his voluntary
resignation in favour of Hodgson, 255 (see Letters)
MEL
Louis Philippe, King of the French, his interviews with Hodgson, i. 32; visit to Eton
College, ii. 279
Lovelace, Countess of (Byron’s daughter), notices of her childhood, ii. 36, 40,
46, 47, 50; Byron insists that she shall not leave England, 46; monument to her memory in
Hucknall Torkard Church, 152; Mrs. Leigh’s affection for her, 199, 201; her marriage
to Lord King (afterwards Earl of Lovelace), 239
Lower Moor, Herefordshire, seat of Rev. Francis Coke, i. 23, 39
‘Ludi Juveniles,’ MS. by Hodgson, i. 21
M
ACAULAY, Lord, his ‘History of England,’ ii. 308
Manichees, the, ii. 121
Manning, Archdeacon (now Cardinal), Le Bas on, ii. 305
Marlborough, John, Duke, and Sarah, Duchess of, i. 14, 15
Mary, Queen of Scots, Hodgson’s poem on, i. 107
Mathematics, Lord Liverpool on the study of, i. 28, 29
Matthews, Charles Skinner, i. 20; his death by drowning, Drury’s graphic account
of the event, 185; Byron’s grief, 189, 196
Melbourne, Lord, his descent from the Coke family, i. 15; Archdeaconry of Derby
presented to Hodgson by, ii. 227; his recommendation of Hodgson as Provost of Eton, 255
Melbourne Castle, a seat of the Coke family, i. n, 12; ‘History of
Melbourne,’ 12; falconry, ib.
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Merivale, John Herman, i. 32, 40, 45, 47; his joint editorship of Bland’s
‘Anthology,’ 226; his account of its origin, 227; his correspondence with
Bland, 232-249; his con- tinuation of Beattie’s ‘Minstrel,’ 249, 243,
277; his burlesque ‘Richardetto,’ 247; on the assassination of Perceval, 257;
Byron’s opinion on his poetry, ii. 80; on human notions of the Deity, 219; on the
death of Hodgson’s first wife, 220; on contemporary politics, 226, 236; on Serjeant
Talfourd’s ‘Ion,’ ib.; on the intermediate state
of departed spirits, 229; his congratulations to Hodgson on his second marriage, 241; on
the life of Wilberforce, 243; on the ‘Origin of Evil,’ 251
Merivale, Herman, C.B., son of the above, letter to his father on literature, written
when fourteen years of age, ii. 119
Metaphysics, Hodgson’s study of, his lectures at Trinity College, Cambridge, i.
82, 86, 102; his ‘Ballad on Metaphysics,’ 86
Milton, Gifford’s remarks on, i. 60
Miracles, Byron on the, i. 203; H. Merivale, jun., on, ii. 123
Montgomery, James, his poems, ii. 91; letters to Hodgson, 92, 96; comparative
intelligence of the ancient Greeks and modern English, 97-103; on the general appreciation
of eloquence, 101; contribution to the ‘Casket,’ originated by Hodgson, 168
‘Monthly Review,’ its critique on Hodgson’s ‘Juvenal,’ i.
69; Hodgson’s contributions to, and editorship of the, 94, 126, 129, 133, 134, 144,
149; notice of Hodgson’s
NEW
poems, 156; origin of Bland’s ‘Anthology,’ 229; on
‘Childe Harold’s Monitor,’ by Hodgson, ii. 67
Moore, Thomas, Byron’s epigram on his farce, ‘The M.P.,’ i. 202; his
bloodless duel with Jeffrey, i. 213; Byron’s reference to it in ‘English
Bards,’ ib.; Moore’s challenge to Byron suppressed by
Hodgson, ib.; the subject renewed by Moore, 214; his second letter
retained by Hodgson, ib.; Byron’s anxiety to obtain it, 215;
the reconciliation, 214; the letter returned to Moore, ib.;
Hodgson’s tact and firmness throughout, ib.; publication of
‘Lalla Rookh,’ ii. 87; his ‘Meeting of the Ships’ translated by
Hodgson into Latin verse, 89; destruction of Byron’s Memoirs, 137, 138; his
‘Life and Letters’ of Byron, 211; ii. 156, 179, 198; correspondence with
Hodgson, 156-165; Byron’s letters to Hodgson lent for the work, ib,; his visit to
Hodgson, 158; misrepresentations of Lord and Lady Byron’s separation, 200, 203; Lady
Byron’s statement, 201, 204 (see Letters)
Murray, destruction of Byron’s Memoirs, ii. 137, 138; Moore’s ‘Life of
Byron,’ 160
N
APOLEON I., his second marriage, i. 119
Napoleon III., ii. 247, 316
Newstead Abbey, and Hodgson’s visits there, i. 104, 112, 120, 179, 186, 218, 286;
verses by Byron, hitherto unpublished, on, 187; Hodgson’s visit to, described by
Harness, 219; proposed sale of,
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NEW
290; ii. 8, n, 14; sold to Major Wildman, 50, 51
Newton, Sir Henry, related to the Vaughan family, i. 5
Newton, Llansainfread, birthplace of the poet, Henry Vaughan, i. 4
Nicknames, i. 133
O
PTIMISM, Le Bas on, ii. 302
A Paxton, Sir Joseph, his association with the Duke of Devonshire, ii. 246, 248; its
commencement, 249
Payne, publisher, reference by Byron to his suicide, i. 213
Pearson, Hodgson’s lectures on, his views of that author’s works, i. 81,
132, 135
Pedestrian exercise, Hodgson’s fondness for, i. 44
Perceval, Spencer, Merivale’s remarks on his assassination, i. 257
Phillips, Sir Richard, publisher of the ‘Monthly Magazine,’ i. 229
Phipps, Colonel, letter of condolence to Mrs. Hodgson on her husband’s death, ii.
326
Platonism, Hodgson on, i. 152
Poetry:—Poems of Henry Vaughan, i. 4; descent of Elizabeth Vaughan, grandmother of
Hodgson, from him, 8; Latin MS. poem by her brother, 7; Hodgson’s love of, 48, 49,
95; Hodgson’s works—Translation of Juvenal’s Satires (see Juvenal);
‘Lady Jane Grey,’ and other poems, i. 154; translation into Latin verse of
Moore’s ‘Meet-
POL
ing of the Ships,’ ii. 89; ‘Ode on Greek
Independence,’ Montgomery’s comments on it, 92; ‘The Friends’, 66;
opinions of Byron and Gifford, 67, 75, 81, 82; ‘Childe Harold’s Monitor,’
67; reviewed in the ‘Monthly,’ ib.; Byron’s
opinion on Hodgson’s poetry, 80; ‘Saeculo-Mastix, the Lash of the Age we live
in,’ described, 82; ‘Sacred Leisure,’ 108; ‘Sacred Lyrics,’
212; ‘Leaves of Laurel,’ described, i. 264; criticisms on it, 266;
contributions to ‘Arundines Cami,’ 264. Fugitive verses in correspondence:
‘Ballad on Metaphysics,’ 33, 38, 40, 45, 86, 122, 139, 158, 167, 177, 254, 261;
verses addressed by Hodgson to Byron on the folly of scepticism, 159, 178, 179, 198; verses
on Moore’s visit to him, 159; verses by Byron on Newstead, hitherto unpublished, 187;
verses by Denman, i. 141; Gifford on Bland, i. 113; verses addressed by Lonsdale to
Hodgson, 263; verses by J. H. Merivale, 41; Lord Liverpool on the study of English and
French poetry, i. 27
Poetic harmony, Gifford on, i. 59
Poetical metres, Sir John Herschel on, ii. 295
Poetical translation, Hodgson’s remarks on, i. 53
Politics, Walcheren expedition, i. 119, 125; Napoleon I. and his second marriage, 120;
Lord Eldon, 125, 128; Earl of Chatham, 125; Alderman Waithman, 131; the first radicals,
135; Sir Francis Burdett, 135, 136, 139, 257; ii. 236, 237; John Gale Jones, 137; riots,
138;
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Napoleon I., 139; Hodgson’s lines on Burdett and other agitators, ib.; Byron’s speech on the Frame-breaking Bill, 161;
Whitbread, Castlereagh, Canning, 257; electoral corruption, 174; Reform Bill, 188; Catholic
Emancipation, 191; Reform Bill, 215; danger to the Church, ib.
Merivale on a change pf Ministry, 222; Brougham, ib.; William IV.
and Lord Melbourne, 225; Lord Brougham and Spencer, ib.; state of
France in 1849, 308; Le Bas on the Irish Church, 305, 315, 323
‘Pooky,’ a Welsh name for a goblin, 4
Pope’s translations of Homer, i. 55, 59; Byron and Hodgson’s admiration for
Pope, 59, 60, 97-99, 123, 169; ii. 81, 82; Hodgson on, ii. 72; Byron’s controversy
with Bowles, 75, 77, 78
Portugal, Byron’s letters on, i. 163
Postage; double and treble letters, i. 35; franks, 189; the privilege exercised by
Byron, 215
Private tutorship, Hodgson’s dislike to, i. 35, 48, 117; ii. 105
‘Puck,’ origin of the word, i. 4
Q
UARTERLY REVIEW, its origin, i. 114; Hodgson’s connection
with it, 132, 149; on the separation of Lord and Lady Byron, ii. 48
R
EJECTED ADDRESSES,’compared with Hodgson’s
‘Leaves of Laurel,’ i. 265, 266; Byron on the work, 273
Religion; Hodgson’s views on, i. 49,
ROG
83, 102; Hodgson and Dean Ireland on Socrates, 87, 89, 127;
Byron’s prepossessions, 101; atheistic views of Charles Skinner Matthews, their
influence on Byron, ib.; Hodgson’s friendly counsel to Byron
and its effect, 103; Hodgson’s vindication of Christianity against the French
sceptics, 152; his admonitory verses to Byron, 159, 160, 176; Byron’s correspondence
with Hodgson, 191-208; fallacy of Byron’s reasoning, 197, 203, 205, 207; ii. 42;
incompatibility of the religious views of Byron and Lady Byron, 59; Church Congress
proposed by Hodgson, 83; Hodgson’s projected work on prophecy, 233; opinions of
Coleridge and Southey, 232, 234; Merivale on the intermediate state of departed spirits,
229; Merivale on the ‘Origin of Evil,’ 251; conversation of Hodgson with
Rogers, 273; Le Bas on Papal aggression and the Irish Church, 293, 305, 313, 315, 323
Rennell, T., candidate for Provostship of King’s College, Cambridge, i. 284
Reviewers, Hodgson’s satire on, i. 67
Reviews, Hodgson’s contributions to, i. 144, 149 (see Critical, Edinburgh, Monthly
and Quarterly Reviews)
Rodney, Lord, a collateral relation of the Vaughan family, i. 5
Rogers, Samuel, contribution to the ‘Casket,’ originated by Hodgson, ii.
167; on Hodgson’s second marriage, 243; his conversation with Hodgson on religion,
273-275 (see Letters)
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Ruffhead’s ‘Life of Pope,’ i. 97-100
Rugby, Hodgson classical examiner at, i. 94,128; Hodgson’s humorous verses on his
visit to, 254
Rutland, Duke of, living of Bakewell presented by him to Hodgson, ii. 38, 65; on
Hodgson’s proposal to resign the vicarage, 217; on his charge as Archdeacon of Derby,
245; his congratulations on Hodgson’s appointment as Provost of Eton, 256
S
ALMON, Mrs., her wax-work exhibition described by Bland, i. 252
Scepticism of Byron, comments of Hodgson thereon, i. 194, 216; lines by Hodgson to Byron
on the folly of scepticism, 198 (see Byron and Religion)
Schools, Public, i. 33 (see Eton College and Harrow)
Scott’s ‘Lady of the Lake,’ reviewed by Hodgson, i. 153;
Hodgson’s lines on Scott, 158; Byron on, 173 Sculpture, Byron on, ii. 277
Seaside resorts, their scarcity in 1821, ii. 126
Shadwell, Sir Lancelot, Vice-Chancellor, i. 20, 228
Shakspeare, his visit to one of the Vaughan family, i. 3
Siddons, Mrs., i. 241
Silius Italicus, ii. 125
Siluria, part of the Welsh border, i. 3
Skethrock, Brecknockshire, a seat of the ancestors of Hodgson, i. 3
Socrates, Hodgson and Dean Ireland on, i. 87, 89, 90, 127
Somerset, Lady Frances, an ancestress of Hodgson, i. 3
VAU
Spain, Byron’s travels in, i. 163; ii. 165
Spenser, Gifford’s remarks on, i. 60
Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, i. 20; letter to Hodgson, ii. 107 Sumner, Rev.
Humphrey, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, i. 37, 80, 86; his proposal to
Hodgson to lecture on Locke and Pearson, ib.; his death, 283.
Swift, Dean, i. 6, 14, 98
T
ALFOURD, Serjeant, his tragedy, ‘Ion,’ ii. 226
Tayler, Miss, first wife of Hodgson, i. 268, 272; her death, ii. 217
Thorwaldsen’s statue of Byron, ii. 164, 200; exhibited in London, 276; his bust of
Byron at the Lodge, Eton College, 275
Translations of Juvenal’s Satires, by Hodgson and Gifford (see Juvenal)
Trelawney, Mr., his account of Byron’s last days, ii. 143
Tretower, Brecknockshire, a seat of ancestors of Hodgson, i. 3
Tutorship, private, Hodgson’s dislike to, i. 35, 48, 117; ii. 105
Turkey, Byron’s travels in, i. 164, 167, 175; his notices of Turkish Pashas, 170,
171
V
AUGHAN, Sir Roger, killed in the battle of Agincourt, i. 3
Vaughan, family of, their history, i. 2-10; Elizabeth Vaughan, grandmother of Hodgson,
3; her descent from the Vaughans of Tretower and Newton, 4; her great-grand-father, Henry
Vaughan, poet, the ‘Swan of the Usk,’ 3; his poems,
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3, 5 8; her grandfather, the Rev. Dr. William Vaughan, and his
collateral relations, 5; her father, the Rev. Henry Vaughan, vicar of Leominster, his
sermons and ‘History of Leominster,’ 6; buried in woollen, 7; her brother and
his M S. Latin poems, ib.; her father’s descendants, Sir Henry
Halford, Bart., 8; the Hon. Justice Vaughan, ib.; Dr. Peter Vaughan,
Dean of Chester, ib.; Sir Charles Vaughan, ib.; Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Master of the Temple, ib.; her
marriage to the Rev. James Hodgson, Rector of Humber, ib,; her son, the Rev. James Hodgson,
M.A., afterwards Rector of Humber, ib.; expenses of his
matriculation at Oxford, 9; master of Whitgift’s School, Croydon, ib.; his marriage, 10; her grandson, the Rev. F. Hodgson, B.D., the subject of
this memoir, 10
W
AITHMAN, Alderman, and Mrs., i. 131, 135, 140
Walcheren expedition, i. 119, 125
Watts, Alaric A., Hodgson’s contri-
YOR
butions to the ‘Literary Souvenir,’ ii. 169-171
Wellesley, Marquess, his presentation of his bust to Eton College, ii. 258; his
suggested improvements, 271; his burial in the College chapel, 272
Wellington, Duke of, ii. 178, 215, 309
Wentworth, Lord, i. 291; bequest of his property to Lady Byron’s family, ii. 18
Westminster Abbey, suggested funeral of Lord Byron in, ii. 145; Thorwaldsen’s
statue refused, 164
‘Whistlecraft,’ by Hookham Frere, i. 247, ii. 242
Wilberforce, Bishop, on the abolition of Eton Montem, ii. 290
Wildman, Major, the purchaser of Newstead Abbey, ii. 50, 51
Windham, Hodgson’s epitaph on, i. 143
Wooll, Dr., of Rugby School, i. 255
Wordsworth, ii. 173, 225
Y
ONGE, Charles, on the headmastership of Harrow, ii. 183
Yorkshire scenery, ii. 173
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