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The Romance of the Men of Devon

By Francis Gribble

London: Mills and Boon Limited (1912)

Indexed by Michael Steer

In his preface the author states "at no epoch at which adequate records have been preserved do we find Devonian names lacking. England owes to Devon the invention of the steam engine as well as the repulse of the Spanish Armada; the launching of the Tractarian Movement as well as the colonization of Newfoundland, and the discovery of Davis Straights. Devonshire has produced a poet of the first rank in Coleridge, and a painter of the first rank in Sir Joshua Reynolds; elegant literary triflers in the person of Tom Durfey and Winthrop Mackworth Praed; a great historian in James Anthony Froud; and a great novelist in Richard Doddridge Blackmore. The object (of the book) has been to select for treatment those names which are most typical, most interesting, most provocative of curiosity (p. viii). This is an engaging, entertaining book, full of anecdotes and humorous stories."

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Acland, Sir Thomas 37
Adams, Parson 132, 186
Addison 33
Aeneas 70, 71
Aeschylus 197
Alcock, Mr. 136
Anne, Queen 32, 147, 252
Arbuthnot, Dr. 33
Arragon, Katherine of 89
Arnold, Matthew 37, 38, 185
Aurelius, Marcus 282
Austen, Jane 50
Austin, Mr. Alfred 220
Babbage, Charles 75-6
Bacon 171
Bagley 278
Baird, Henry 220
Baller, Rev. Joseph 214
Barclay, Alexander 184
Bardell, Mrs. 27
Bargues, Sylvain 219
Barr, Robert 59
Barrett, Miss 59
Barham, Rev. R.H.D. 50
Baring-Gould, Reverend Sabine. 153-4, 156, 164, 167
Barrington, Bishop 74
Bassetts, of Watermouth 152
Bateman, Mary 202
Beanes, Parson 77, 226
Beaumont, Countess of 176
Bedford, Duke of 158
Bedford, Earl of 159
Benson, Thomas 252-4
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge 36, 43, 146, 257-61, 265
Blundell, Peter 130. 143-4, 156, 258
Boase, Reverend Charles 86-7
Bodley, John 23
Bodley, Lady 24
Bodley, Sir Thomas 23, 24
Bodrigan, Otto de 249
Boevey, James 264-5
Bonaparte, Prince Lucien 220
Borough, Steven 231
Borough, William 115, 231
Boswell 138
Boursaquotte, Mlle. 212
Bray Mrs. 167
Bray, Vicar of 33
Brice, Mr. 201
Brockedon, William 74-5
Brown, Tom 33
Browne, Ida M. 263
Browne, William 164-6
Browning, Robert 59
Brutus 70, 71
Bulwer Lytton 59
Bulwer, Sir Henry 76
Burgon, Dean 64, 123
Burke 133
Burleigh 115
Burney, Fanny 78
Burns, Robert 219
Burritt, Elihu 219
Bushel, Thomas 251
Bute, Marchioness of 222
Byron 196
Caesar, Julius 70
Capern, Edward 218-21, 232
Capet, Hugh 45, 46
Capet, Robert 45
Carew, Bampfyde Moore 131, 146-9, 151, 153-6
Carew family 146-7
Carnarvon, Earl of 165
Cary, George 58
Cassell and Company 218
Cassell, Petter and Galpin 218
Cawley (or Calley) 97
Cecil, Lord Hugh 159
Chancellor 231
Chanter, J.R. 211
Chapple, Will 227-8
Charles I 18, 120, 160, 171, 230
Charles II 31-2, 72, 160, 232
Charles, Mrs. Rundle 167
Chateaubriand 76
Chesney, General 146
Churchill, Lord Randolph 42
Churchill, Mr. Winston 280-1
Churchman, Mrs. 27
Clough, Arthur Hugh 37
Coleridge family 184-8
Coleridge, Hartley 186, 191-4, 197-8
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 132, 169, 184, 186, 189-90
Coleridge, Sarah 197
Coleridge, Derwent 197
Corbett, Mr. Julian 116
Conqueror, William the 18
Corineus 71-2
Cosway, Mr. 128
Courtenay, Edward 47, 48
Courtenay family 45, 46, 49, 152
Courtenay, Reginald 47
Coutts, Banker 222
Coverdale, Miles 34
Cranmer, George 27
Cromwell, Richard 232
Crook, Cabinet Maker 214
Cross, Mr. 128
Dalling, Lord 76
Darwin, Charles 64, 65
David, King 46
Davis, John 103-6
Davitt, Michael 280
Despenser, Hugh Lord le 247
Devon, Earl of 48, 49
Dickens, Charles 125, 167
Disraeli, Benjamin 59, 64
Dobson, Mr. Austin 121
Dodderidge, John 211
Dodderidge, Judge 211
Doon, Audrie 263
Doone, family 257, 260-2, 264-5
Doone, Sir Ensor 261, 263
Doughty 111-13
Downe, Miss 211
Downe, Mr. 211-12
Downman, Mr. 128
Drake, Sir Francis 84, 89, 108-18, 170, 172
Dunton, Mr. Theodore Watts 242
d'Urfé, Honoré 31
Durfey, Tom 31, 32, 33, 34
Duval, Claude 152
Eaton, Daniel Isaac 221
Eastlake, Sir Charles 121, 128
Eveleigh, John 145
Edgcumbe, Lord 133
Edward I 246
Edward II 23, 247-8
Edward IV 47
Edward VI 20
Effingham, Lady 176
Ellenborough, Lord 221-2
Elizabeth I 30, 31, 48, 84, 110, 115, 117, 170-1, 231
Errington, Mr. 53
Exeter, Marquis of 47
Eyre, Governor 241
Faber, Father 123
Fairfax 120
Fielding 132
Fiennes, Honourable Richard 251
Fortescue 211
Fontaine, Mons. 211-12
Foxe, Bishop 23
Freeman 88
Fricker, Misses 189
Frobisher, Martin 100, 104, 108
Froude, Archdeacon 74, 81-3, 85-6
Froude, Parson Jack 226
Froude, James Anthony 48, 59, 74, 81, 85, 87-91, 93, 98, 103-6, 233-4
Froude, Richard Hurrell 83-5
Fulford, Francis 146
Fuller 26, 30, 170
Gardiner 91
Garrick 133
Gay, John 33, 147, 211, 213-6
George I 33
George III 35
George IV 199
Gibbon 60, 133
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey 98-101, 103
Gilbert, Sir John 58
Gillmans 190
Gissing, George 42-44
Godwin, William 225
Goemagot 71-2
Goldsmith, Oliver 133
Gosse, Mr. Edmund 61, 63, 64, 66, 176
Gosse, Philip 60-5
Goulburn 38
Gould, Sir Francis Carruthers 208-9
Gower, Lord 253
Grenville, Sir Bevil 230
Grenville, Sir Richard 120. 230, 232-6
Guppy, Mayor 209-10
Hansbury, R.W. 38
Harding, Thomas 211
Harvard, Judith 105
Hawker, Robert Stephen 35, 121-6, 230
Hawkins, Sir John 108
Haydon, Benjamin Robert 121, 128, 141
Hayman, Francis 128
Hayes, Mr. 101
Hazlitt 140
Healey, Daniel 221-2, 225
Heaven, Mr. 255
Hele, Elize 130
Hélne, Grand Duchess 199
Henry II 47, 244
Henry III 230
Henri IV 46
Henry VII 19, 184
Henry VIII 47, 88, 159
Herbery family 165
Herbert. William 165
Herrick, Reverend Robert 76-80, 226
Heyward, Abraham 145
Hitchener, Miss Elizabeth 223
Hogg, Nathan 220
Hood, Robin 150
Hooker, Mrs. 28-30, 35
Hooker, Richard 24-30
Hope, Beresford 98
Hosken, James Dryden 218
Howard, Thomas Lord of Effingham 108, 232
Howell 249
Hubba, the Dane 230
Hudson, Thomas 128, 132-3
Hugo, Victor 162
Humphry, Mr. 128
Huxley 65
Huxtable 260-1
Incledon 215
James I 24, 174
James II 32, 35, 52, 121, 177, 179
Jeffreys, Judge 262
Jenkyns, Dr. 37
Jerome K. Jerome 59
Jewel, Bishop 211
Jewel, John 25
Johnson, Dr. 133-5, 138-40
Jowett, Benjamin 93, 184
Keats 53-57
Keble 185
Kennicott, Benjamin 73
Kennicott, Mrs. 74
Kent, Duke and Duchess of 199
Keppel, Admiral 133
Kidd, Captain 250
Killigrew. Henry 49
Kingsley, Charles 36, 59, 65, 87, 232, 236-41
Kingston, Duke and Duchess of 129
Kipling, Mr. 185, 232
Lang, Mr. Andrew 41, 42, 268
Langton, Archbishop 34
Lee, Henry 214
Litson, Mr. William 222
Lloyd George, Mr. 159
Luck, Mr. 213, 215
Lyte, Henry Francis 67
Lytton, Lord 76
Macaulay 125, 185
MacDermott, Mr. Edward T. 263-5
Magellan, Ferdinand 112-3
Marisco family 244
Marisco, William de 245-6
Marlbourough, Duke of 252
Mary, Queen 47, 48
Melbourne, Lord 47
Méritens, Hortense Allart de 76
Michelthorne, Sir Edward 106
Monk, George 232
Monmouth, Duke of 262
Monmouth, Geoffrey of 70-2
Morgan, John 165
Moultrie 186
Murray 75
Murray, John 221
Musgrove, Mrs. 149
Musset, Alfred de 166
Napoleon 58, 269
Newbolt, Mr. 118
Newcomen, Thomas 95-8
Newman, Cardinal 240, 241
Norris, Mr. W.E. 59
Northcote, James 121, 128-9. 134-6, 138-41
Northcote, Samuel 135-8
Northcote, Sir Stafford 41, 146, 188
Noyes, Mr. Alfred 110-11, 113
Nugent, Mrs. 223
Nutt, Captain 250
Oldham, Archdeacon 23
Orange, William of 18, 58, 127
Paris, Mathew 245
Patch, Claude 150
Paul, Mr. 82, 86
Philip, King of Spain 48
Phillpotts, Bishop Henry 34, 35, 59, 87, 92, 98, 226
Phillpotts, Mr. Eden 59, 60
Pickwick, Mr. 26
Pindar 197
Pope 33
Porteus, Bishop 74
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth 53-7, 185
Prout, Samuel 121
Pullein, Robert 22
Pym, John 160
Queensberry, Duke of 215
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur 219
Raleigh, Sir Walter 98, 105, 169-79, 249
Rattenbury, Jack 199, 203-7
Rayner, William 147-8
Reid, Mr. Stuart J. 257
Rennell, Thomas 128-9
Reynolds, Frances 139
Reynolds, Samuel 131
Reynolds, Sir Joshua 128, 132- 3, 135, 138-41
Rich, Mr. 213
Robinson, Crabb 216
Rodd, Sir Rennell 174
Rolle, Right Honourable Lord 207
Routh, President 78
Russell family 160
Russell, Lord John 20, 159
Russell, Parson, Jack 21, 87, 146. 225-9
Russell, Lord William 160-1, 164
Salkeld, Captain 250
Sandys, Edwin 27
Scott 259, 60
Sewell 87
Seymour, Sir Edward 78
Shairp, Principal 37
Shakespeare, William 114, 117
Shelley, Harriet 222-3
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 220-2, 224-5
Shelley, Mr. Timothy 222
Sheppard, Jack 150
Sleeman, Mr. 226-7
Snell, Mr. 260, 263
Sophia, Electress 32, 33, 108
Southcott, Joanna 199-202
Southey 189, 195
Spain, King of 99, 172
Stanley, Dean 37
Stapledon, Walter de 22, 85
Steele 33
Stephen, King 18
Stubbs, Bishop of Truro 89, 91, 238
Stukely, Sir Lewis 249
Syle, Mr. 221-2
Symonds, Mr. 214
Temple, Archbishop 34, 36-7, 39, 41. 146, 257
Tennyson 232, 247
Thomson, Mr. Basil 274-5
Thornton, Rev. W.H. 261
Throckmorton, Bess 172
Tolcher, Alderman 137
Tolstoy 154
Travers, Mr. 30
Trelawney, Bishop 34, 35
Trevelyan, Sir Charles 146
Trewin, Mr. 208-10
Turpin, Dick 150
Tyrwhitt. Mr. 269
Vaughan, the Silurist 166
Victoria, Queen 199
Vowel, John 24
Wales, Henry Prince of 175
Wainwright, Thomas 211
Walton, Izaak 25, 28, 49
Warbeck, Perkin 18, 19
Warwick, Earl of 99
Watt, James 95-6
Welsh, Mr. 21
Westminster, Dean of 179-80
Whitefield 153
Whitlock, Captain 176
Whittington, Dick 143
Wilberforce, Bishop 65
William III 32, 67, 78
Wood, Anthiny a 165
Wordsworth 195, 197
Wordsworth, Mrs 197
Yarde-Buller, Sir John 68