Free Marlborough by Richard Holmes Page A

Villiers, Countess of, 162, 164, 175
    Orkney, Sir George Hamilton, Earl of:
    elected representative Scottish peer, 20
    as colonel of Royal Fusiliers, 75
    announces Blenheim victory, 294
    admires French behaviour at Blenheim, 296
    and Marlborough’s princely status, 303
    on Dutch opposition to Marlborough’s 1705 plans, 312
    at Lines of Brabant, 314
    at battle of Ramillies, 338, 339–40, 343–5, 347, 430
    in Flanders campaign (1709), 421, 423
    in battle of Malplaquet, 426, 430–1
    on casualties at Malplaquet, 433
    troops in Dunkirk, 469
    Orléans, Princess Henriette-Anne, duchesse d’, 51–2
    Ormonde, James Butler, 2nd Duke of:
    and favours, 24
    in Anne’s circle, 108
    and conspiracy against James II, 136
    as lord lieutenant of Ireland, 234
    heads board acting against Marlborough, 447
    succeeds Marlborough as commander-in-chief, 447, 461
    proposed as viceroy of Ireland, 469
    Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of, 24, 70
    Ostend, 242–3, 349, 398–9, 401
    O’Sullivan, Lieutenant, 429
    Oudenarde:
    Marlborough advances on, 348
    Marlborough reinforces, 372–3, 377
    Vendôme proposes march on, 378
    Marlborough enters after battle, 390
    Oudenarde, battle of (1708):
    Marlborough prays before, 139, 374
    Hanoverian cavalry at, 202
    Cadogan at, 217, 379–80
    George I fights at, 261
    prisoners of war, 368
    site and field, 380
    deployment and actions, 382–90
    casualties, 389
    Ouwerkerk (Overkirk), Hendrik van Nassau, Heer van:
    moves against Villeroi, 241–2
    at Lines of Brabant, 259–60, 315, 317, 320
    relations with Marlborough, 259
    driven back to Maastricht, 310–11
    makes diversionary crossing of Mehaigne, 312–13
    troops exhausted, 317
    Opdam refuses to serve with, 318
    at battle of Ramillies, 338, 341, 346
    and attempted French landing in Scotland, 369
    at battle of Oudenarde, 386–8
    attends council of war with Marlborough, 391
    death, 402
    Oxenstiern, General Gabriel, 429
    Oxford:
    Charles calls Parliament in (1681), 91
    Oxford, Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of, 27, 50, 138, 158
    Oxford and Mortimer, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of:
    and creation of peers, 28–9
    and succession to Anne, 192, 468
    Cadogan asks leave to accompany Marlborough on travels, 211
    Strafford praises Cadogan to, 217
    and Parliament’s refusal of pension to Marlborough, 234
    and Marlborough’s attack on Lines of Brabant, 247, 315
    and payment for Blenheim Palace, 301, 445
    influence on Anne, 304
    and Sunderland’s appointment to Vienna, 304
    Marlborough writes to on 1705 campaign, 310
    and Marlborough’s 1706 operations against Villeroi, 333
    in Anne’s all-party government, 351, 353–4
    and Abigail Masham, 354–5, 412, 438
    criticises management of war in Spain, 363
    Godolphin and Marlborough demand dismissal, 363–4
    and Greg’s treasonable activities, 363
    Marlborough’s relations with, 365
    leaves government, 373
    relations with Anne, 412
    opposition policy, 438
    and Sacheverell trial, 438
    heads government, 442, 447
    urges dismissal of Godolphin, 443
    arranges dismissal of de Cardonnel, 445
    attempts to deny Marlborough’s patronage, 447
    Marlborough requests funding for 1711 campaign, 454
    opens peace negotiations with Torcy, 458
    and Marlborough’s wish for end to war, 460
    calls on Anne to dismiss Marlborough, 461
    and Philip V of Spain and Treaty of Utrecht, 462
    and Marlborough’s departure for continent, 464
    dismissed by Anne, 469
    impeached, 470, 472
    Paget, John, 184
    Palatinate:
    Turenne’s campaign in, 81
    Pallavicini, Lieutenant General Charles Emmanuel, Baron, 368
    Palmer, Lady Barbara (Lady Barbara Fitzroy), 65
    Palmes, Major General Francis, 292–3, 324, 360, 416
    Palmes, Patrick, 36
    Panton, Thomas, 431
    Parke, Colonel Dan, 297–8
    Parker, Captain Robert:
    on battle of Malplaquet, 8, 428
    dismissed by Tyrconnell, 133
    Protestantism, 133
    on siege of Venlo, 228
    and capture of Liège, 229
    and surrender of Chartreuse, 230
    and Farewell’s raid on Marlborough’s yacht, 231
    on Villeroi’s attack on Tongres,