The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [759]
Frederick, the Great, king of Prussia (1712–86): 13, 166, 230, 291n. a
Friend, SirJohn (d.1696), Brewer and Jacobite conspirator;Member of the Brewers’ Company (1662); excise commissioner (1683–9); deputy lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets (until 1689); knighted by James II (1685); proposed to kidnap William and Mary to France (1693); sentenced for high treason and hanged for supposed part in assassination plot (1696): 357
Fullarton, Colonel William (1754–1808), commissioner of Trinidad: 716
Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), scientist and natural philosopher: 109
Galway, Jane, Lady (d. 1788), 2nd wifeof Philip Monckton, 1st Viscount: 823
Gama, Vasco da (d. 1524), Portuguese navigator: 900
Ganganelli, Giovanni Vincenzo (1705–74), Pope Clement XIV: 678
Gardiner, Mrs Ann Hedges (c.1716–89), wife of a tallow-chandler: 530, 898, 989 n. a
Gardner, Thomas (fl. 1735–56), London bookseller and printer: 446 and n. b
Garrick, Captain Peter (1685–1735), David Garrick’s father: 48
Garrick, David (1717–79), actor and playwright; S.J. a friend and mentor from boyhood; joint patentee of the Drury Lane Theatre (from 1747); collaborated with George Colman on The Clandestine Marriage (1766); unusually diverse circle of friends included Burke and Reynolds; member of the Club (1773); more than any other actor, changed the acting style of the nation; presided over the creation of Shakespeare as the national poet: 10 n. a, 16, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 86, 88, 96, 97, 103, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 n. a, 121, 126, 127, 133, 135, 137, 145, 163, 208, 211, 213, 251, 252, 253, 283, 297, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 317, 329, 360, 380, 381, 383, 384,385, 387, 397, 423, 436, 437, 439, 463, 481, 499, 512, 513, 531, 536, 537, 545, 555, 556, 604, 622, 623, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 682, 691, 692, 696, 724, 731, 733, 746, 749, 758 n. b, 765, 767 and n. b, 771, 776, 777, 795 n. a, 816, 818, 878, 886, 896, 897, 970 n. c
Garrick, Eva Maria (c. 1725–1822), dancer and wife of David Garrick; Earl and Countess of Burlington her patrons; constant supporter, companion and adviser to her husband in theatrical affairs; died childless: 816, 915
Garrick, Peter (1710–95), elder brother of David: 59, 66, 429, 511, 514, 745
Garth, Sir Samuel (1661–1719), physician and poet; fellow ofthe Royal College of Physicians (1693); Whig; Harveian orator (1697); member of the Kit-Cat Club; translated Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1717); author of The Dispensary, a Poem (1699); encouraged Pope topublish The Rape of the Lock; knighted 1715: 908
Gastrell, Mrs (1710–91), wife of the below: 746
Gastrell, Revd Francis (c. 1707–72), vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire: 49 n. b
Gaubius, Hieronymus David (1705–80), physician and professor: 42
Gay, John (1685–1732), poet and playwright; member of the Scriblerius Club; close friend of and collaborator with Pope; secretary and domestic steward to the Duchess of Monmouth (1712); author of poems Rural Sports (1713) and The Shepherd’s Week (1714), but fame rests on the play The Beggar’s Opera (1728); reputation guarded posthumously by Pope and Swift: 458, 782 n. a
George I (1660–1727), king of England and elector of Hanover: 445
George II (1683–1760), king of England: 85, 86, 117, 348, 445, 534, 818, 822
George III (1738–1820), king of England: 14, 15, 188, 193, 199, 396, 677, 926
Gherardi, Marchese (fl. 1778): 699
Giannone, Pietro (1676–1748), Italian author and historian; author of The Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples (1723), as a result of which he was excommunicated; opponent of papal power; died in prison after being kidnapped by papal agents: 765
Gibbon, Edward (1737–94), the historian; author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–88); MP and commissioner of trade and plantations; member of the Club; an object of suspicion to both J.B. andS.J. on account of his reputation for religious scepticism: 252, 296 n. b, 448, 457 and n. b, 545, 655, 659, 667, 804
Gibbons, Dr Thomas (1720–85), Nonconformist minister: 833, 917
Gibson, William (fl. 1748): 991
Giffard, Henry (1694–1772), actor and theatre manager; manager