—appearance, 25, 73, 133, 136, 137, 158, 167, 171; character, 58, 150, 225; letters, 151, 223
—suspected, 22, 44, 50, 57, 58, 69, 70, 104–105; investigated, 85, 87, 89–95, 97, 99–106, 109, 115, 130, 133–137, 177, 180, 206–208, 248–249; explained, 252–262
Douglas, Francis, 265
Douglas, Lady Jane, at Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–9; early life, 10, 12–16; marriage, 16–17; leaves Scotland, 17; announces marriage, 18–21, and birth of twins, 21–22; in straits, 22–24; returns to England, 25; in London, 26–46; in Scotland, 47–55; goes to London, 55–56; mourns Sholto, 56–57; returns to Scotland, 59; ailing, 60–62; dies, 62; buried at Holyrood, 63, apparition, 76
—appearance, 5, 158; character, 9, 134, 137, 239–240, 248–249, 254; letters, 19–20, 21–22, 38–46, 61, 185, 208, 226; other writings, 72, 127, 186, 190, 206
—suspected, 3, 22, 44, 50, 57, 58, 69–70, 104–105; investigated, 87, 89–94, 97, 99–106, 108–110, 112–114, 123–138, 177, 185–190, 205–208, 248–249; debated, 221, 236–240, 248–249; explained, 252–262
Douglas, Peggy, of Mains, later Duchess of Douglas, 64–82, 86, 87, 107, 111, 114–115, 117, 119, 120, 123–124, 129, 132, 136–138, 145, 155, 170–172, 175, 181, 182, 188, 192, 202, 206, 218, 222, 225–227, 229, 240, 241, 261
Douglas, Sholto Thomas, 21–22, 25, 27, 33, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47, 50, 56–58, 89–95, 113, 133, 134–136, 138–140, 151, 153, 253, 256, 258, 259–260
Douglas, Count, alleged letter of, 58, 70, 81
Douglas Castle, 14, 45, 67, 71
Douglas Garland, The, 141, 170, 197
Douglas Town, 51; the Scribe Tree Inn, 51
Doutremont, Anselme Joseph, avocat, 115, 118, 155
Du Bois, alleged painter in miniature, 95, 120, 187
Dundas, Henry, advocate, 201
Dundas, Robert (Lord Arniston), the younger, Lord President of the Court of Session, 111, 219–220, 222–223, 242–244
Dunkirk, 16
Dunning, John, later 1st Baron Ashburton, 230, 232
Edinburgh, described (1753), 47–48; 54, 55; Adam Square, 242; Clerihew’s, 197–198, 246; Greyfriars Church, 62; High Street, 47–48, 108, 241; Holyrood House, 50, 63, 71, 79, 213, 218, 242, 261–262; Hope Park, 49; Lawnmarket, 48; Merchiston Castle, 15; Parliament Close, 48, 197–198; Parliament House, 48, 198–200, 210, 243; St. Giles’s Cathedral, 48, 197; Tolbooth, 55; Water of Dean, 16–17
Eliock (James Veitch), Lord, 219
Erskine, Hon. Andrew, 233
Ferguson, Sir Adam, Kt., 201, 205, 209–210, 211, 230
Fitzgerald, Percy, Lady Jean, 263
Fontaine, Colonel, 109
Fordyce, John, of Ayton, 156
Frederick, Colonel, King Theodore’s “heir,” 39
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 32
Galloway, Alexander Stewart, 6th E. of, 150
Garden, Francis, later Lord Gardenstone, 121, 122, 144, 145, 219, 221
Garnier, Madame Marie-Anne, Gates, Reginald Ruggles, Human Genetics, 256
George II of Great Britain and Ireland, 31–32, 55, 65
George III of Great Britain and Ireland, 87
Godefroi, Charles, at the Hôtel de Châlons, 112–114, 121, 190, 224–225, 255; his wife, 113–114
Gordon, Father John, Principal of the Scots College, Paris, 96–97
Hague, The, 175
Hailes (Sir David Dalrymple, Bt.), Lord, 219, 221, 242, 243–244
Hamilton, Lord Douglas, 65, 86, 87, 204, 218, 221, 229
Hamilton, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of, later Duchess of Argyll, 41–42, 50, 65, 68, 69, 71, 76, 87, 154–156, 218, 219, 225, 229–230, 233, 245
Hamilton, George James (James George) Hamilton, 7th D. of, 65, 66, 70, 86, 106, 114, 150, 182, 204, 218, 223, 229, 246; letters, 150, 222
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 6th D. of, 42, 50, 65, 66, 214
Hamilton, Rev. William, minister of Douglas Town, 18–21, 44, 52–53, 65, 74
Hamilton (town), 82
Harwich, 17
Hay, John, formerly the Pretender’s secretary, 112, 144, 181
Haywood, Eliza, 12, 13
Hellevoetsluis, 17
Hepburn, James, of Keith, 48, 89; his wife, 48, 79, 89, 125
Hertford, Francis Seymour-Conway, 16th E. of, Ambassador to Paris, 181, 229
Hervey, Captain Augustus John, later 3rd E. of Bristol, 235
Hewit, Helen, 4–5, 8, 10, 17, 25, 28, 39, 46, 55, 60, 62, 74, 79–80, 93, 94, 97, 102, 104, 108, 115, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 151, 186, 208, 254, 258–259, 261; letters, 89–92, 135, 138–139, 208
Hippolyte Count de Douglas, romance of, 119
Home, John, 71–72; Douglas, 10, 25, 47, 71, 222
House of Peers, appeals to, 174, 207; Douglas Cause before, 223, 225, 229, 231–240; records, 264
Hume, David, 124, 181, 210, 225, 232
James Frederick Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, 11
Johnson, Samuel, 100, 201, 227, 261–262
Johnstone, William, advocate, later William Pulteney, 122, 245
Joseph, Bowed, Edinburgh mobleader, 222, 244
Kames (Henry Home), Lord, 218, 219, 220
Kennet (Robert Bruce), Lord, 221
Kerr, Captain John, 14–15, 19, 26
Kerr, Lord Mark, 26; letter, 28
Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of, 235
La Marr, Pier, man-midwife, 93, 97, 109–110, 112, 118, 139, 140, 256; letters, 93–95, 110–111, 135, 183–188, 258–260
La Tour, valet de place, 88, 180
Le Brun, Madame, 92, 93, 95, 109, 110, 117–118, 121, 181, 183, 224
leprosy, cure of by the blood of babies, 159
Liége, 109, 118, 124, 184; witnesses at, 125, 127–128
Lindores, Rt. Hon. Alexander, Lord, 33
Lismahagow, 82
Loch, William, W.S., 51, 57–58, 62, 72–74, 78–79, 207
Lockhart, Alexander, later Lord Covington, 200, 230
London, described (1749), 26; prisons for debt, 29–30; King’s Bench Prison, 30, 33–34, 36, 38; Fleet Prison, 30, 39, 59
—streets and squares, 26; Blackman Street, Southwark, 33; Oxford Road, 229; St. James’s Place, 27, 37; Spring Gardens, 29
—Chelsea, 26, 37; the City, 122; Hyde Park, 231, tavern near Hyde Park Corner, 231; Kew, 234, 240; Nando’s coffee-house, 230, Slaughter’s coffee-house, 187
London Chronicle, 213–217
Lumisden, Andrew, 123
Macdonald, Aeneas, 16, 152, 182, 223–224
Mackercher, Daniel, lawyer, 29, 37
Macqueen, Robert, later Lord Braxfield, 198, 201, 203
Mallet (formerly Malloch), David, 179
Man, Isle of, 78
Mangin, Madame Jeanne Joseph, wet-nurse, 103, 133, 137, 138
Margate, 25
Marischal, George Keith, 10th E., 216–217, 245
McKonochie, Alexander, W.S., 122–124, 181, 183, 188, 191, 224, 227, 230, 265
Medmenham, “Monks” of, 234
Menager, Pierre-Michel, 96, 118–121, 138, 139, 183, 252
Michelle, Madame Marguerite, at the Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–6, 8–9, 97–98, 100, 149, 255; her daughter Marie, 98; her husband Philippe, wig-maker, 101; her inn-books, 189–190; her lodger, widow Blainville, 3–8, 101–102, 205; her maid Marie, 4, 98, 189; her neighbour, Madame Favre, a good nurse, 9, 99, 100–103, 138; her son-in-law, journeyman wig-maker, 101
Mignon, alleged family of AD, 155–169, 172–174, 177, 191, 205, 224–225, 254, 256–257
—their friends, Mademoiselle Marie Guynette, 157, 168; Madame Guynette deceased, 157, 159, 163, 252; Madame Charlan, 160, 168–169, her baby Anthony, 160
Miller, Thomas, Lord Justice Clerk, 219, 221
Moidart, 16; Seven Men of, 16
Montagu, Edward Wortley, 236
Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, Queen of the Bluestockings, 220
Montgomery, James, Lord Advocate for Scotland, 201, 230, 232, 235
Morton, James Douglas, 14th E. of, 24, 28
Motet, AS’s fencing-master, 89
Mure, William, of Caldwell, Baron of the Exchequer, 182
Murray, Alexander, later Lord Henderland, 80, 111–114, 116, 119, 121, 122, 123, 144, 201, 255; court notes by, 111, 264; journal, 111; quoted, 111–112, 113, 116; relied upon, 121, 255
Murray, Alexander, JS’s brother-in-law, 86, 105–106, 111–112, 116, 119, 256
Murray, Lady Helen, JS’s third wife, 86, 114, 219
Murray, John, 27–31, 36, 37; his wife, 32–33, 37
Murray, William, later 1st E. of Mansfield, 30–31, 227–229, 238–240
Murthly, 24, 176
mysteries, an essay on solving ancient, 250–251; of Annesley, 29, Burke and Hare, 250, Calas, 250, Elizabeth Canning, 251, the Gowrie Conspiracy, 250, the Popish Plot, 251
Nairne, William, later Sir William, Bt., and Lord Dunsinnan, 174–176, 178, 182, 188, 201
Napier, Mainie Anne, 97
Naples, 94, 123
Newbattle, 76, 77
Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Clinton, 2nd D. of, 234
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham Holles, 1st D. of, 31
Nicolet, Jean-Baptiste, master rope-dancer, 144
Northington, Robert Henley, 1st E. of, 230
Northumberland, Hugh (Smithson) Percy, 2nd E. of, 72
Norton, Sir Fletcher, Kt., later 1st Baron Grantley, 230, 233–234
Paris, described (1762), 88–89; 18, 104
—churches: Notre-Dame, 157, 159, 162; Saint-Esprit, 161, 167
—faubourgs: Saint-Germain, 3, 166, 255; Saint-Laurent, 139; Sainte-Marguerite, 155
—lodgings: Hôtel d’Anjou, rue Serpente, 3–9, 97–102, 104, 105, 109, 188–191, 255, and see Michelle; Hôtel d’Artois, 180
—Hôtel de Beaupreau, 181; Hôtel de Châlons, rue Saint-Martin, 98, 108, 110, 133, 255, and see Godefroi; Croix de Fer, faubourg Saint-Laurent, 143, 147–148, 151, 153; Hôtel de Modene, 188; Hôtel de Tours, rue du Paon, 88, 105, 141, 149, 155
—streets and squares: jaunt to visit, 101–102; rue de la Comédie, 109, 117; rue Traversière, 158
—miscellaneous: Hôtel Dieu, 120; Luxembourg, 108, 109, 110, 117; la Nouvelle France (bistro), 172; Pont Neuf, 109, 117, 165, 167; Porte Saint-Antoine, 164; Saint-Cosme (hospital), 96; Tuileries, 108, 109, 110, 182, 256
—environs: Bois de Vincennes, 182; Dammartin, 102–103, 109; the Haute Borne, 139; La Vilette, 133, 152–153; Menilmontant, 139; Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 6, 18, 23–24, 100, 147, 255–257; Versailles, 100, 101–102, 257
“Pelasgian,” parent language of Europe, 171
Pelham, Rt. Hon. Henry, 31
Pitfour (James Fergusson), Lord, 219, 221, 243
Porteous, Captain John, 223, 242
Potsdam, 217, 245
Primrose, Miss Fleming, 114, 123, 125, 129, 135, 186, 258
Queensberry, Catherine Hyde, Duchess of, 12, 234
Queensberry, Charles Douglas, 3rd D. of, 219, 225, 227, 234, 246
Raasay, Isle of, 244
Rae, David, later Lord Eskgrove, 178–179, 181, 201
Register House, records at, 111, 208, 264
Rheims, 22, 23, 103, 120; coach trips from, to Paris, 132–133, 152–153; Inn of the Moullenette, 136; letter to AS from, 141–142; witnesses at, 103–104, 129–132, 133–137
Rhetel, 129
Richardson, Rev. Robert, 265
Rotterdam, 176
Roughead, William, The Riddle of the Ruthvens, 250
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 216, 217
Rugby School, 78, 81
Rutledge, Walter, 16, 152; his wife, 135, 136, 139, 186, 258
St. Clair, patron of glass-makers, feast of, 168, 169, 191
Sainte-Marguerite, curé of, 155
St. Kilda, 19
Saint-Laurent, curé of, 139, 140, 142–144
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th E. of, 234–237, 238
Sanry, alleged family of Sholto, 142, 144–149, 155, 173, 259–260; their friend Madame Legris, 144–145, 260
Saracen’s Head, Glasgow, 244
Scots Magazine, 202
Scott, Colonel, natural son of the 2nd D. of Buccleuch, 174
Sedan, 124, 127, 128; coach trip from, to Rheims, 127–129
Selkirk, Dunbar Hamilton, 4th E. of, 80, 81, 114–115, 204
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 64
Shelburne, William Petty, 2nd E. of, 71–72, 229
Sheriffmuir, battle of, 11
Skye, Isle of, 244
Sloginhole, Perthshire, 151, 177
Smith, Adam, 182, 214
Steuart, A. Francis, ed., The Douglas Cause, 263
Steuart, Archibald James Edward Douglas, see Douglas, Archibald James Edward
Steuart, Sir George, Bt., of Grandtully, 11, 20, 24, 28, 45–46, 78
Steuart, Lady Jane Douglas, see Douglas, Lady Jane
Steuart, Colonel John, later Sir John, Bt., of Grandtully, at Hôtel d’Anjou, 4–9; early career, 10–12; woos JD, 15–17; marriage and departure, 17–18; in straits, 22–24; returns to England, 25; in London, 26–28; in gaol for debt, 28–47, 54–56, 59–60; smuggling project, 54–55, 78; returns to Edinburgh, 73–74; goes to Isle of Man, 78; inherits Grandtully, 78–79; Duke’s death, 81; marries again, 86; ailing, 176; dies, 177
—appearance, 4, 11, 158; character, 11, 20, 50, 236, 239, 254; writings, 15, 34, 60, 78, 97, 121, 183–188, 190, 206–207, 257
—suspected, 44, 50, 142; investigated, 90–94, 97, 98, 100–118, 127–130, 132–136, 138–140, 151–153, 154, 171, 183–188, 189–191, 205–208, 249; debated, 236–237, 239; explained, 252–261
Steuart, John (“Jock”), later Sir John, Bt., of Grandtully, JS’s son, 15, 16, 24, 81, 185, 223
Steuart, Lady Helen, see Murray, Lady Helen
Steuart, Sholto Thomas Douglas, see Douglas, Sholto Thomas
Stevenson, Robert Louis, Weir of Hermiston, 201
Stewart, Lady Susan, Lord Galloway’s daughter, 150, 222
Stockbriggs, James White of, 52–53, 65–66
Stonefield (John Campbell), Lord, 221
Strichen (Alexander Fraser), Lord, 220
Stuart, Andrew, W.S., acts for Hamilton, 66, 80–81; goes to France, 85, 87–89; researches, 95–107, 110, 112–114; raises French suit, 115–118; further researches, 119–120, 122, 129, 136, 140; Sanry discoveries, 141–149, 152–153; falls ill, 149–150; Monitoire, 154–155; Mignon discoveries, 155–169, 173; drops French suit, 174; in Holland, 175–176; comments on death of JS, 177; collects evidence, 178–191; leaves France, 192–193; Scotch suit, 202, 204, 218, 223; receives reports from Paris, 224–225; appeal to Peers, 230, 234, 237–239; duel, 231; aftermath, 239, 245
—appearance, 86–87, 141; character, 66, 86, 253; letters, 106, 154, 169; “To the Author of the Poem on the Hamilton Cause,” 210–211; Letters to Lord Mansfield, 239, 264
—unpublished papers of, 264; quoted, 13, 61, 78, 154, 184, 198, 205–206, 210–211, 224–225, 235–237, 239–240; relied upon, 17, 47, 65, 76–77, 79, 81, 87, 97, 99, 118–119, 149–150, 171, 178, 181–183, 188, 192, 193, 198, 207, 208, 219, 223, 224, 225, 230, 234, 245, 255
Stuart, Archibald, W.S., AS’s father, 22, 45, 49–50, 58, 63, 66, 69, 107, 184
Stuart, Jack, AS’s brother, 145, 156–158, 231
Theodore (de Neuhoff), formerly King of Corsica, 36, 39
Thurlow, Edward, later 1st Baron Thurlow, 230–231, 250
Toulouse, 182
Tournelle (court) of the Parliament of Paris, suit before, 114, 115–117, 118, 122, 174, 188, 189; explained, 115–116
Twelfth Day Cake, custom of, 167
Tyrawley, Lady Mary, 41
Walker, Isabel (“Tibbie”), 17, 25–26, 37, 39, 55, 79, 89–92, 104, 123, 125, 128, 129, 186, 187, 236–237, 257, 258
Walpole, Horace, later 4th E. of Orford, 192, 229
Wedderburn, Alexander, later 1st Baron Loughborough, 178, 179, 200, 230, 232–233, 238
Westminster School, 86, 107
Wilke
s, John, M.P., 231
William Augustus, D. of Cumberland, 32
Yorke, Charles, 80, 230, 232; his papers, 265, quoted, 243–244; relied upon, 80, 230
About the Author
Lillian de la Torre (1902–1993) was born in New York City. She received a bachelor’s degree from the College of New Rochelle and master’s degrees from Columbia University and Radcliffe College, and she taught in the English department at Colorado College for twenty-seven years. De la Torre wrote numerous books; short stories for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine; reviews for the New York Times Book Review; poetry; and plays, including one produced for Alfred Hitchcock’s television series. In her first book, Elizabeth Is Missing (1945), she refuted twelve theories on the disappearance of a maidservant near the Tower of London in 1753, and then offered her own answer. Her series of historical detective stories about Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell comprise her most popular fiction. De la Torre served as the 1979 president of the Mystery Writers of America.
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