Nassau, Count, 164. 
National Debt, the, origin of, 87. 
Newcastle, Duke of, 35;
  character of, 274. 
Newfoundland, to be restored to England, 63, 68, 136, 153;
  French fishing rights in, 68. 
Northumberland, George, Duke of, character of, 274. 
Nottingham, Earl of, character of, 29, 30;
  his nicknames, 30 n.;
  his amendment to the address with reference to the peace,
       34 n., 36, 129, 131;
  out of favour at Court, 34;
  his disappointment, 35;
  goes over to the Whigs, 35, 48, 129;
  his bill against Occasional Conformity, 35, 37, 39, 40;
  votes against the Bill for appointing Commissioners to examine
       into Crown grants of land, 122;
  character of, 274.

Occasional Conformity, Bill against, 35, 37, 39, 40. 
October Club, the, 120. 
O’Hara, Sir Charles. See Tyrawley, Lord. 
Orange, Prince of. See William III. 
Orkney, Earl of, character of, 284. 
Orkney, Lady, 355. 
Ormonde, Duke of, succeeds Marlborough in Flanders, 46, 143;
  ordered to avoid fighting, 146, 150 n., 156 and n.;
  refuses to fight, 147;
  anger of the Dutch against, 147, 148;
  why unable to take Dunkirk, 159;
  deserted by the allies, 162;
  declares an armistice, 163;
  refused passage through Dutch towns, 163;
  takes possession of Ghent and Bruges, 164, 165;
  character of, 273;
  Burnet on, 360, 367;
  Addison on, 372. 
Ossuna, Duke d’, 190. 
Oxford, Countess of, “cheated by her father,” 274. 
Oxford, Earl of. See Harley.

Palatines, the, 115. 
Parker, Chief Justice, 38. 
Parliament, origin of, in England, 225-227. 
Patrick, Bishop, character of, 337, 340. 
Peace, desire for, 19, 20;
  the Queen’s overtures in favour of, 31, 50;
  amendment to the address with reference to, carried, 36;
  history of the negotiations for, 51 et seq. 
  See Utrecht, Congress of. 
Penn, William, Swift on, 356. 
Petecum, M., 56 n.;
  his negotiations with Torcy, 60. 
Peterborough, Earl of, a spy in the service of, 77;
  character of, 277. 
Philip V., King of Spain,
  renounces the Kingdom of France, 142, 143, 146, 151, 157. 
Polignac, Abbe de, one of the plenipotentiaries at Utrecht, 79, 82, 166;
  made a cardinal, 182. 
Porter, Sir Charles, 354. 
Portland, Earl of, character of, 276. 
Poulett, Lord, character of, 278. 
Powis, Sir Thomas, 354. 
Press, licence of the, 124;
  Bill for regulation of, not passed, 126. 
Pretender, the, sent out of France, 189;
  Burnet on the birth of, 358, 364;
  taken to France, 360, 361;
  hated by the Queen, 366. 
Prior, M., his “History of his own Time,” quoted, 55 n., 61;
  mission to Versailles, 56 n., 61, 63;
  his return, 66;
  mission to France with Bolingbroke, 172, 176, 184;
  character of, 282;
  Burnet on, 366. 
Protestant religion, meaning of the words, 296. 
Protestants, Act for naturalizing foreign, 114. 
Pym, John, Swift on the death of, 306.