_See_ Strafford, Earl of.
Rechteren, Count, his quarrel with M.Mesnager, 177, 181, 182.
Report of the Commissioners for inspecting public accounts, 84-87.
"Representation," the, on the war presented to the Queen, 100-114, 118; Dutch memorial in answer to, 119.
Richmond, Duke of, character of, 274.
Rivers, Earl, his mission to Hanover, 166, 167; character of, 276.
Robethon, a Frenchman in the Elector of Hanover's service, 166.
Robinson, Dr., Bishop of Bristol, made Lord Privy Seal, 20, 35; plenipotentiary at Utrecht, 31, 82; goes to Holland, 132; opens the Congress, 138 _et seq_.
Rochester, Earl of, 32, 35; Burnet on, 340, 341.
Romney, Henry, Earl of, character of, 274, 358.
Ronquillo, Don Pedro de, Spanish Ambassador, his house pulled down, 361.
Rothes, Earl of, character of, 294; a remark of, quoted, 346.
Rouille, M., 52.
Roxburgh, Duke of, and the Earl of Nottingham, 35.
Sacheverell, Dr., trial of, 20, 24, 53; nicknames Godolphin "Volpone," 27.
St.John, George, 191 _n_.
St.John, Henry.

_See_ Bolingbroke.
St.John, Oliver, 294, 295, 296.
Sancroft, Archbishop, Burnet on, 345, 355, 363.
Sandwich, Earl of, character of, 277.
Savoy, Duke of, peace proposals affecting, 62, 63, 76, 78, 79, 135, 155, 171, 178, 180.
Scarborough, Earl of, 36.
Scotch, the, Swift's hatred of.

_See_ Remarks on Clarendon's History and Burnet's History, 291-368 _passim_.
Scotland, Act of Toleration with, regard to the Episcopal Church of, 116, 117, 118 _n_.; Act restoring Patronage in the Church of, 117, 118, and _n_.
Shaftesbury (Sir A.A.

Cooper), Earl of, character of, 303, 306.
Sharp, Archbishop, 334, 336, 338, 341, 346.
Sheldon, Archbishop, character of, 339.
Shrewsbury, Earl of, character of, 358.
Shrewsbury, Duke of, 54; appointed Ambassador at Paris, 181 _et seq_.; Swift's opinion of, 186 _n_.
Shower, Rev.Mr., letter to Harley from, 39.
Sichel, Walter, his "Bolingbroke and his Times," quoted, 77 _n_.
Sidney, Henry.

_See_ Romney, Earl of.
Smith, Rt.Hon.John, character of, 282.
Somers, Lord, character of, 22-24, 275.
Somerset, Duke of, 19, 48; the hope of the Whigs, 31; in favour with the Queen, 32; and Lord Godolphin, 32, 33; his breach with the Tories, 33; at the head of the Junto, 129.
Somerset, Duke of, character of, 273.
Spain, the war in, 106; peace proposals affecting, 134, 135; not represented at the Congress of Utrecht, 190; treaty between Great Britain and, 190.
Sprat, Bishop, Burnet on, 348.
Stamford, Earl of, character of, 277, 301.
Stanhope, Colonel, character of, 284.
Stanhope, Earl, character of, 284.
Steele, Sir R., Swift and, 15 and _n_.
Stephen, King, history of the reign of, 238-264; his character and person, 262.
Stepney, George, character of, 283.
Sterne, Archbishop, character of, 352.
Strafford, Earl of, attainder of, 295, 296.
Strafford (Lord Raby), Earl of, plenipotentiary at Utrecht, 31, 82, 131 _et seq_.; his negotiations at the Hague, 57, 58, 71; character of, 283.
Sunderland, Earl of, character of, 27, 28; his library, 27 and _n_.; character of, 277.
Sutherland, Earl of, character of, 286.
Swift, Jonathan, avowal of his independence, 15; endeavours to reconcile Harley and Bolingbroke, 16; on the Hanoverian succession, 16, 17; his suggestion for building new churches in London, 20 _n_.; his definition of Whig and Tory, 21 _n_.; helped Sir Thos.