OF

THE COURT OF ENGLAND

FROM THE

REVOLUTION IN 1688

TO THE

DEATH OF GEORGE THE SECOND.

BY JOHN HENEAGE JESSE.

AUTHOR OF

"MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF
THE STUARTS."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1843.

CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

KING WILLIAM III.

Preliminary remarks.

Netherlands in 1579..

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CHAPTER I.

League of Utrecht formed by the

Character and constitution of that

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League. William of Nassau, first Prince of Orange, appointed

its head by the title of Stadtholder. His character. - His

assassination in 1584. His son, Prince Maurice, succeeds

to the office of Stadtholder, and is successful against the

Spaniards. His death. Succeeded by his younger brother,

Henry Frederick. - Acknowledgment by Spain of the indepen-

dence of the United Provinces. - Character of William the

Second, fourth Stadtholder.— - Abolition of that office.-Prince

William Henry, son of William the Second, afterwards William

the Third of England, born in 1650. Nephew to Kings

Charles the Second and James the Second. His early

studies.-

Sir William Temple's favourable opinion of his

capacity. Visits England in his twentieth year, and is en-

tertained by the University of Oxford. Probable motives

of his visit. Entertaining anecdote. Charles the Second's

distrust of William, and the latter's politic conduct while in

England.League between France and England against the

States of Holland.

VOL. I.

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