Athens, Researches of Lord Elgin at,
their History and Results, 381 seqq.
Aublet, John Baptist Christopher Fusée
d', Botanical Collection of, 509
BABER, Rev. Henry Hervey, M.A.,
Services of, in the Department of
Printed Books, 532, seqq., 542;
Death of, 553
Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Alban's,
is assisted by Sir R. Cotton in his
endeavour to frame an acceptable
measure for a union with Scotland,
57
Bankes, George, 441
Banks-Hodgkenson, J., 488
Banks, Sir Joseph, Bart., P.R.S., No-
tices of the Life, Travels, Labours,
and Benefactions of, 335, 480-489,
497-501, 509; His Correspondence
with Sir William Hamilton on Vol-
canic Eruptions, 354 seqq.
Banks, Mrs. S. S., Bequest of, 27
Barbadoes, Notices of the Early His-
tory of the Island of, and of the
attempts at plantation there made by
William Courten and others, 251
seqq., 261 seqq.; Botanizing Expe-
dition of Sir Hans Sloane at, 278
Barberini (or Portland) Vase, History
of the, 461
Barbier, Anthony Alexander, 455
Barbier, Eugene Auguste, 452
Barlow, Hugh, 349
Barnard, Sir Frederick Augusta, La-
bours of, as Royal Librarian, 468,
472; Johnson's Letter to him on the
Collection of Books, ib.
Barrington, Shute, Bishop of Durham,
420
Barth Cabinet of Gems, 691
Battely, William, 240
Bean, Rev. James, M.A., 544
Beattie, James, LL.D., Conversation
with King George III of, 475
Beauclerc, Topham, 425
Beaumont, Sir George, Bart., Bequest
of a Gallery of Pictures to the
British Museum by, 30, 460
Bentinck Papers, 457
Bentley, Richard, D.D., Royal Libra-
rianship of, 140, 169
Berkeley, Mary, 345
Berlin Museum, 579
Bernard, Sir John, 299
Beroldingen Fossils, 26
Bethel, Slingsby, 299
Biblical MSS. of the Nitrian Monas-
teries, 610 seqq.
Biliotti and Salzmann, Messrs., Ar-
chæological Researches of, in the
Island of Rhodes, 669
Birch, Thos., D.D., Services of, as an
early Trustee, 415 seqq.; his be-
quests, 415
Blacas, P. L. J. Casimir de, Duke of
Blacas, Museum of, 689 seqq.
Blagrove, Major, 408
Blois, Earls of, Archives, now at Po-
mard, of the, 536 seqq.
Bodley, Sir Thomas, and Sir R. Cotton,
332
Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount. See St.
John
Bolton, Edmund, 84
Bonaparte, Lucien, Prince of Canino
Acquisition of part of the Collection
of Vases formed by, 35
Bond, Edward Augustus, 600
Bonpland, M., 455
Borell, H. P., Collection of Greek and
Roman Coins made by, 34
Borough, Sir John, 195
Bosset, Colonel de, Collection of Greek
Coins made by, 25, 400
Botanical Collections, 267, 269, 277
seqq., 283, 295, 492 seqq., 507
Botanical Collections in France, 260
Botanical Collections in Germany and
Italy, 267
Botanical Studies in England, Notice
of the rise and progress of, 259 seqq.
Botanic Gardens at Chelsea, 275, 293,
297
Botanic Garden at Paris, 500
Botta, P. E., Assyrian Researches of,
616; his first and brilliant discove-
ries at Khorsabad, 629; his genial
and liberal co-operation with Layard,
631, foot-note
Boudaen, Peter, 255
Bourchier, Sir William, 539
Bowood in Wiltshire, Lord Shelburne's
improvements at, 428
Bowring, J., Entomological Collection
of, 51
Branchidæ, Ancient Sculpture brought
by C. T. Newton from, 664
Brander, Gustavus, Gift of the 'So-
lander Fossils,' by, 21, 333
Briasson's Correspondence with Sir H.
Sloane respecting a French version of
the Natural History of Jamaica,
289
Bridges' Zoological Collections made in
South America, 581
Bridgewater, Francis Henry, Earl of.
See Egerton
Brienne, Henry Lewis de Lomenie de,
Count. See Lomenie
Brindley, James, 447
British and Medieval Antiquities and
Ethnography, Formation of the new
Department of, 688
British Museum, Chronological Epitome
of the principal incidents in the for-
mation, enlargement, and growth of
the successive Collections which con-
stitute the, 6-47
Brocas, Elizabeth, 52
Brocas, William, 52
Bröndsted, Peter Olave, 399
Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham and
Vaux, 547
Brown, Robert, F.R.S., Keeper of Bo-
tany, Services of, 507, 508
Browne, William George, Researches
in the Nitrian Monasteries of, 610
Bruce, Agnes, of Conington in Hunt-
ingdonshire, 49
Bruce, Thomas, Earl of Elgin and Kin-
cardine, Archæological Explorations
at Athens and in various other parts
of Greece, 381-396; Notices of his
Life and Public Career, ib., 400, 411;
the controversy as to the archæolo-
gical and artistical value of the
Elgin Marbles, 411 seqq.; other
national results of Lord Elgin's
Embassy and Public Spirit, 439
Bruchmann's Fossils, 39
Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Joseph Anthony,
Bryaxis, Ancient Sculptures by, 665
Buchan, Mr., a Naturalist engaged in
the Voyage of Banks and Cook,
493
Buckingham House and its History,
318
Buckland, William, D.D., 449
Budrum (the ancient Halicarnassus),
Explorations of C. T. Newton and
other Archeologists at, 663 seqq.
Burckhardt, John Lewis, Travels and
Researches in Africa of, 404
Burlamachi, Philip, 250
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury,
133, 211
Burney, Charles, D.D., Notices of the
Life, Labours, and Literary Character
of, with Notices of his Manuscript
and Printed Collections, 435-438;
Burney, Frances (afterwards Mme.
d'Arblay), 475, 503
Burnouf, M., Researches on Assyrian
Palæography of, 641
Bute, Earl of. See Stuart
Byres, James, 372
Byron, George Gordon, Lord Byron,
Autograph MSS. of, 458; Notice of
the recent slander on the fame of, ib.
CADOGAN, Charles Sloane, 297
Cadogan, Lord, 300, 304
Cadyanda, Casts of Rock-Tombs at, 660
Cæsar Papers, 426
Calah (of Genesis) Conjectural identi-
fication of, 629
Calvert, Sir William, 299
Camden, William, Friendship of Sir Ro-
bert Cotton, and, 52, 53, their joint
labours on the Britannia, 54; their
archæological tour in the north of
England, ib.; other joint labours and
friendly intercourse, 87, 98
Campi Phlegræi, 350
Canino, Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of,
and his Collection of Greek Vases,
35
Canning, Stratford, Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe, encourages liberally the
researches of Layard, 632; procures
from Halicarnassus the primary spe-
cimens of the sculptures of the Mau-
soleum and presents them to the
Nation, 663
Canova, Anthony, Opinion on the Elgin
Marbles of, 455
Caraffa, Carlo, MSS. of, 457
Carew, George, 261 seqq.
Carleton, Dudley, Lord Dorchester, 65,
176
Carlisle, James, Earl of. See Hay.
Carmina Quadragesimalia of 1748,
Oxford, 418
Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, Poli-
tical connection between Sir Robert
Cotton and, 66 seqq., Somerset's
intercourse with the Court of Spain,
69. His alleged complicity in the
murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 31
seqq.
Carr, Frances, Countess of Somerset,
66 seqq.
Carteret, Lady Sophia, 424
Carthage, Explorations on the site of
ancient, and their results, 666
seqq.
Cary, Henry Francis, Notice of the
Literary Life and Museum Service of,
532; circumstances attendant on his
Candidature for the Keepership of
Printed Books in 1837, 543 seqq.
Casaubon, Isaac, 167
Casier, Margaret, 249
Casley, David, Services of, as Deputy
Royal Librarian, 140, 144
Castile, Earls of, 56
Catharine, Empress of Russia, 407
Catalogue of the Anglo-Gallic Coins,
Catalogue of the Printed Books, 523,
533, 566 seqq.
Cautley, Major, Fossils collected in the
Himalayas, by, 39
Cavendish, Mary, Duchess of Portland,
Caxton, William,Series of the productions
of the press of, 476-478, 681-683
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley, 427
Cecil, Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 88,
162
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, 158, 159
Chamberlain, John, 176
Charles I, King of England, 68, 91,
94, 98, 101, 124, 331
Charles II, King of England, 260
Charles X, King of France, 691
Charlett, Arthur, 236, 283
Chelsea, Botanic Garden at, 275, 293,
297
Chelsea, Manor House of, and its History,
294 seqq.
Children, John George, 532
Chimæra Tomb from Lycia, 658
Chinese Books, Hull's Collection of,
461
Chinese Antiquities and Curiosities,
700
Choiseul Gouffier, M. G. A. L. de,
Count, Archæological Researches in
Greece of, 384
Chorley, J. Rutter, Collection of Spanish
Dramatic Poetry formed and be-
queathed by, 695 seqq.
Christy, Henry, Notices of the Life,
Beneficence, and Archæological ex-
plorations of, 697 seqq.; his Collec-
tions and their bequest to the Public,
699 seqq., 701
Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough,
Clarke, Edward Daniel, LL.D., and the
Sarcophagus from Alexandria, 366;
MS. of the Greek Orators obtained
by him at Constantinople, 439
Clayton's Herbarium, 509
Cnidus, Ancient Sculpture brought by
C. T. Newton from, 664 seqq.
Cockerell, Charles Robert, Researches
in Phigaleia of, 397
Codex Alexandrinus, 167, 170
Coinage of the Realm, Collections by
Sir Joseph Banks, on the, 508
Coins, Medals, and Gems, Collection of,
139, 201, 271, 295, 303, 412, 417,
421, 443, 705
Coke, Sir Edward, 80, 82, 149
Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, 372
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 545
Combe, Taylor, 392, 399
Conington, in Huntingdonshire, 49
Constable, Alice, 132
Constantinople, Early Researches for
Greek Marbles and MSS. at, 191
seqq.
Conway, Sir Edward, 184
Conyers, John, 259
Cook, Captain James, 334
Corinth, Vases and other Antiquities
brought from, 386 seqq.
Cotton, Sir John, 135, 139
Cotton, Sir John, Great-grandson of
the Founder, Donor of the Cotton
Library and Antiquities, 134,
306
Cotton, John, Grandson of the Founder,
133
Cotton, Robert (of Gedding, Cam-
bridgeshire), 139
Cotton, Sir Robert (of Hatley St. George,
in Cambridgeshire), 139
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, Descent and
Pedigree of, 50
1570-1585. His education and early
1587-98. Commencement and growth
of his library and museum, 53
1599. His archæological tour in the
North of England with Camden,
and his share in the composition
of the Britannia, 54; is em-
ployed by the Queen to prepare
a tractate on the precedency of
England over Spain, 55; ana-
lysis of that treatise, ib.
1603. Writes a Discourse on King.
James' descent from the Saxon
Kings, 56; is knighted, ib. ; and
returned to Parliament for Hun-
tingdonshire, but takes little
part in its debates, 57; accepts
a prominent share in the labour
of Committees, ib.; and carries
on an extensive correspondence
both literary and political, ib.;
acquires for his Library a mass of
State Papers, 58; petitions
Queen Elizabeth for the esta-
blishment of a National and
Public Library for England, ib. ;
inference which is obviously de-
ducible thence in relation to the
charge that Sir R. Cotton was
an embezzler of Public Records,
59.
1607. Receives an address from the
Corporation of London, praying
him to restore certain documents
alleged to belong to the City
Chamber, ib.
1608. Proposes to the King certain
reforms in the naval administra-
tion of the country, 62; and
obtains Letters Patent, creating
a commission of Naval Inquiry,
63; takes a leading part in the
labours of the Commission, and
prepares its report, 63
Cotton, Sir R. (continued).
1609. His Report on the Crown Re-
venues, and his Memorials on the
necessity for a reform in the
royal expenditure, 64
1611. Proposes to the King the crea-
tion of a new hereditary dignity
-the Baronetage of England,
65; receives that dignity, but is
dissatisfied with the mode in
which his idea is worked out, 66
1613-15. Nature of his political
connection and intercourse with
the Earl of Somerset, 67; his
alleged share in carrying on
negotiations with Gondomar, in
relation to the projected match
with Spain, 68
1615. He receives a visit from Gon-
domar, in which that ambassa-
dor introduces himself as a lover
of antiquities desirous to view
the Cottonian Library, ib.; is
charged with the communica-
tion of State Papers to Gondo-
mar, 69; returns the Spanish
ambassador's visit, 70, 71; Gon-
domar's account of what passed
at their several interviews, ib.;
notices of Mr. S. R. Gardiner's
comments on and deductions from
that account, 72 note; is en-
trusted by Somerset with the
temporary care of certain jewels
of the Crown, 75; and is con-
sulted by him with reference to
the drafting of a royal pardon
to be passed under the Great
Seal, 77; writes a Letter to
Prince Charles (afterwards King
Charles I), in relation to foreign
affairs and in praise of warlike
exercises, 79; is accused of com-
municating papers and secrets
of State to the Spanish Ambas-
sador, 79; proceedings taken
against him thereupon, 80 seqq.
Cotton, Sir R. (continued).
1616, June; is liberated, 83; and
receives a pardon under the
Great Seal, ib.; his conduct and
his literary labours in retirement,
84 seqq.; instances of the liber-
ality with which he communi-
cates his knowledge and his
manuscripts, 87, 88
1616-23. His share in the labours
which resulted in the 'Petition
of Right,' 89
1624, April. His Remonstrance of
the Treaties of Amity and Mar-
riage with Austria and Spain,
91; his advice on the prosecu-
tion of the Spanish Ambassa-
dors, and Report addressed to
Buckingham, 92
1625, August. Speech ascribed to
him in the Parliament held at
Oxford, 93; its eulogy on the
political conduct of Somerset,
96; the friendly intercourse be-
tween Cotton and Sir Symonds
d'Ewes, 97 seqq.
1626. The scene at Cotton House on
occasion of the Coronation of
Charles I, 99; his conduct in
1626 and subsequent years, as an
unofficial adviser of the Crown,
101 seqq.; his opinions on Coin-
age, and on the management of
the Royal Mint, 103 seqq.
1628, Jan. Appears at the Privy Coun-
cil Board, and delivers a Dis-
course advising the immediate
calling of a Parliament, 106; but
has no seat in that Parliament, ib.
1629, November. Is accused of cir-
culating a Proposition to bridle
Parliaments, written by Sir
Robert Dudley, 107 seqq.; His-
tory of that production, 110
seqq.; Sir Robert's Library is
placed under seal, and remains
so until his death, 107, 117,
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