INDEX
over cholera, 298; anxiety as to future position, 303; vexed with Government, 305; Alexandria, 307; views on possible Protectorate, 309; opinion of Egyptian Ministry, 311; visit from General Gordon, 314; policy of the Soudan, 31S; anxiety about Gordon, 316; dissatisfied with affairs, 320; preparations for inroads of Soudan tribes, 323; Lord Wolseley's appointment, 324; desires recall, 327; Nile expedition, 330; gives credit to Wolseley, 332; fall of Khartoum, 333; angry with Government again, 335, 336, 337; Wady Haifa, 340; mummies, 345; interest in statue of Rameses il., 351; Greek fete, 352; farewell dinners, 355, 357; revisits Egypt, 47; letter to the Times, 49; delight at Kitchener's success, 51; character and opinions, 55, 58; Constable of the Tower, 59; death and funeral, 59, 60.
Lady (wife of Sir B. C), marriage, 5; death, 33, 36; Hampton Court, 83.
Lady (wife of Sir W. H.), illness and death, 21.
Mrs., marriage, 12; admirable head of house, 13; genius for entertaining, 14; see Lady S., wife of Sir W. H.
Sir W. H., early life, 6; page to George iv., 7; private secretary to Sir Robert Peel, 8, 9; character, 10, II; religious views, 12; marri^e, 12; home life, 13, 14, 19, 20; retires firom public life, 15; work with Chancellors of Exchequer, 18; death, 21, 25; comparison with his brother, 54,
57. Stewart, Sir Herbert, Military Secretary to General Gordon, 314; wounded,
332; death, 334. Strangford, Lady, 307. Stratford, Earl of, despatches troops,
68; anxiety of, 69. Straubenzee, General Sir C. Van,
Chinese command, 189. Suakin-Berber route, 39, 323, 329.
Taku forts, failure to take, 242; prepare to attack, 263; taken, 265; see Pei-ho.
Tchemaya, troops occupy the line of the, 141. Tel-el-Kebir, 299. Tiger, H.M.S., loss of, 79. Traditions, strange, 296. Transit, accident on starting, 165;
wreck of the, 172-175. Transports, loss of, 113. Treasury, Sir W. H. Stephenson enters the, 8; principal clerk, 10;
Minute, 15. Treaty with Chinese, ups and downs of, 219, 231, 234; failure of, 243;
signed, 273. Troubridge, Sir Thomas, 85.
Varna, letters from, 85; remains of siege, 1828, 86; fire at, 95.
Victoria, Queen, her "valuable servant," 12; appreciation of Sir F. Stephenson by, 356.
Vienna Conference, 129, 133, 134, 137,
Vincent, Sir Edgar, appointed financial adviser to Egyptian Government, 302, 312.
Wade, Mr., chief interpreter in China,
194. Wady Haifa, review at, 47; Sir F.
Stephenson goes to, 340; strongly defended, 349. Walker, Colonel, 269. Wall, Great, of China, 252. Walls of Constantine, 83. Wantage, Lady, letters to, x, 51, 60;
visit to Egypt, 47; appreciation of
Sir F. Stephenson, 53. Lord, early friendship, 30; visits
Egypt, 47; letter to the Times,
48. Ward, Lord, 144. West River expedition, 238. Whitmore, Sir E., at Horse Guards,
Wilson, Sir C. Rivers, 75. Mrs. Melvil, 31.
Wolfi", Sir H. D., 337; opinion of Muktar Pasha, 341.
Wolseley, Lord, 60; in the Transit, 163; appointed to relieve Khartoum, 284, 324.
Wynyard, General, 148, 366.
Yalta, 130; beauty of, 145. Yang-tze-KJiang, expedition up the,
275- Yeh, Tartar General, 199; captured, 200.
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