Encumbered Estates Acts, extreme severity of, to landed property
in Ireland, 121, 122.
Encumbered Estates Court, harsh and unjust working of, 122 ; far-
reaching and mischievous results, 123, 124.
England, great changes in, since 1820-30, 300, 301.
Epsom House, author at school at, 45 ; school life at, 45, 50 ; races,
47, 48.
INDEX 393

Erlon or D'Erlon, General, his conduct in the campaign of 1815,

207.
Eyre, Giles, 17.
F

Famine, the Irish, failure of potato in 1845, and the results in the

prosperous and poor parts of Ireland, 89, 91 ; second and

general failure in 1846, frightful condition of Ireland during

many months, 92, 105.
Fenian Conspiracy, the, of 1866-67, 200, 213; easily suppressed,

212; dregs of remained, and ultimately produced the Land

League, 249.
Fingall, family of Earls of, 12.
Fitzgerald, Dr., Bishop of Killaloe, 189.
Fitzgerald, Francis, great Equity advocate, 154; afterwards Baron of

the Exchequer in Ireland, 155.
Fitzgerald, John D., very able advocate, 155 ; first Irishman made

Lord of Appeal, 153.
Fitzgibbon, John, Earl of Clare, 139.
Fitzgibbon, Gerald, sen., very able advocate, 154.
Fitzgibbon, Gerald, jun., Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland, 152.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., 37.
Forster, Right Hon. W. E., Chief Secretary for Ireland in first Land

League period, marked down for assassination, 254.
Foster, Vere, his admirable conduct during the famine, friend of

author, 102.
Fowler, Robert, school-fellow of author, a distinguished Irish gentle-
man, 46.
Fraser, James, afterwards Bishop of Manchester, Fellow and tutor

at Oriel, 72,
Froude, J. A., historian of Tudor England, 239 ; author acquainted

with in 1891-92, his " English in Ireland," and " Chiefs of Dun-

boyne," 240, 241.
