Quakers, their objection to oaths, 127, 128. 
Queen Elizabeth’s Day, 47 and n.

Raby, Lord. 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.