Marlborough

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Author: Richard Holmes
Catherine of Braganza, 62
    lovers, 62–3
    created duchess, 63
    death, 63
    money gift to Marlborough, 64, 88
    Marlborough ends relationship, 87
    grave, 219
    Clostermann, Johann Baptiste, 12, 16
    Cockpit, the, London:
    Anne’s circle, 107–8, 110, 136, 140–2, 165, 181, 185
    settled on Anne, 163
    and Marlborough’s disgrace, 176–7
    Prince George moves into, 180
    Coehoorn, Menno van:
    as fortifications specialist, 70
    and siege of Ostend, 219, 242
    on yacht with Marlborough during attack by Farewell, 242–4
    differences with Slangenburg, 246, 318
    death, 255
    Coigny, Robert Jean Antoine de Franquetot, comte de, 259
    coinage:
    reformed, 189–90
    Coke, Thomas, 268
    Colchester, Lord see Rivers, 4th Earl
    Colonie, Colonel François de la:
    escapes from the Schellenberg, 8
    fights duels, 20
    makes night attack against hussars, 220
    actions at the Schellenberg, 269, 272–4
    and Marlborough’s harrowing of Bavaria, 277
    in battle of Ramillies, 334, 336–8, 339, 341–2
    in battle of Malplaquet, 424, 426–7, 430, 432
    Colyear, Lieutenant General Walter, 451
    commissions (army):
    bought and sold, 54–5
    Commons, House of:
    election to, 31–2
    strength and composition, 31, 33
    military members, 36
    rump, 39
    see also Parliament
    Compton, Colonel Sir Francis, 122, 123, 127, 148
    Compton, Henry, Bishop of London:
    invites William to England, 137, 140
    in Cockpit circle, 140
    helps Sarah escape, 154
    Congreve, William, 448, 476
    Coningsby, Thomas, Earl, 475
    Convention Parliament see Parliament
    Conway, Cornet, 21
    Copley, Lionel, 137
    Cork:
    siege and surrender (1690), 169–71
    Cornbury, Edward Hyde, Viscount ( later 3rd Earl of Clarendon), 102, 124–5, 148, 178
    Cornwallis, Mary, 105
    Corporation Act (1671), 77
    corsairs:
    North African, 60–1
    Court, Colonel, 21
    Courtin, Honoré, 86–7
    Courtrai, 214, 402
    Covenanters (Scottish), 93–4
    Cowper, William, Baron, 444, 449
    Cox, Captain Sir John, 68
    Coxe, Archdeacon William:
    praises Marlborough, 2
    on birth of Marlborough, 42
    on Marlborough’s service with Duke of York, 59
    on destruction of Palatinate, 81
    and Marlborough – Godolphin correspondence, 101
    praises Blandford, 235
    on Marlborough’s favouring advance to Danube, 255
    on Slangenburg’s intransigence, 320
    on Emperor’s promise to create new principality of Mellenburg, 466
    Coy, Colonel John, 120–1, 158
    Craggs, James, the elder, 444–5, 469, 473
    Craggs, James, junior, 473–4, 476
    Cranstoun, Lieutenant Colonel William, 5th Baron, 316, 343, 433
    Craven, William, Earl of, 135
    Croissy, Louis-François-Henri Colbert, marquis de, 367–8
    Cromwell, Oliver, 43–4
    Cromwell, Richard, 44
    Culloden, battle of (1746), 471
    Cumberland, Duke of see George, Prince of Denmark
    Curragh, Ireland, 134
    Cutts of Gowran, John, Baron (‘Salamander’):
    Irish barony, 28
    nickname, 28
    as ‘Tangerine’, 136
    in assault on Brest, 183, 185
    Marlborough requests insignia from, 196
    at siege of Venlo, 228
    at Wesel strategy meeting, 241
    Cadogan destroys letters in privateer attack, 254
    at Blenheim, 291–2
    on Occasional Conformity Bill, 299
    and Marlborough’s imperial princedom, 303
    qualities, 477
    Dalhousie, William Ramsey, 6th Earl of, 326
    Dalrymple, Sir John see Stair, 1st Earl of
    Danby, Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of:
    aligns England with Dutch against France, 52
    as Charles II’s chief minister, 78
    achievements, 90
    fall and imprisonment, 91
    invites William to England, 137
    and Anne’s flight from London, 154
    Marlborough quarrels with, 169, 173
    and Marlborough’s imprisonment in Tower, 180
    Danube, river, 249–50, 255, 261, 269, 271, 274, 279, 295
    Danvers, Belle, 436, 442
    Dare, Thomas, 111
    Dartmouth, George Legge, 1st Baron, 10, 59, 82, 95, 97
    Dartmouth, William Legge, 1st Earl of, 145–6, 176, 442, 449–50
    Davenant, Charles, 31
    Davenant, Henry, 217
    Davies, Mrs Christian, 265, 277, 296, 348, 405, 428
    Davies, Richard, 405, 428
    Davis, Mary, 62
    Davison, Captain:
    killed (1689), 161
    Deane,
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