Mann, Thomas, ref1, ref2
Manning, Cardinal Henry Edward, archbishop of Westminster, ref1, ref2
manufacturing system, ref1
Marconi, Guglielmo, ref1
Martin, John: The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (painting), ref1
Martineau, Harriet, ref1, ref2
Marx, Karl, ref1, ref2
matches and match workers, ref1, ref2
Maxwell, James Clerk see Clerk Maxwell, James
May Day demonstrations, ref1
Mayhew, Henry, ref1, ref2, ref3; London Labour and the London Poor, ref1, ref2
Maynooth: Catholic seminar receives government grant, ref1
Mechanics Institutes, ref1
medievalism: as inspiration, ref1
Mehmet Ali, pasha of Egypt, ref1
melancholy, ref1
Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount: on Whigs, ref1, ref2; on George IV’s marriage to Caroline, ref1; quits Wellington’s cabinet, ref1; on William IV, ref1; on Grey’s resignation, ref1; summoned by William IV to form government (1834), ref1; upholds judgement on Tolpuddle Martyrs, ref1; first government, ref1; qualities and manner, ref1, ref2; condemns Reform Act, ref1; reinstated as prime minister (1835), ref1; supported by Palmerston, ref1; on Palmerston, ref1; and accession of Victoria, ref1; as adviser and confidante to Victoria, ref1, ref2; resigns and rescinds resignation, ref1; and Chartist agitation, ref1; fall from power, ref1; resentment of Prince Albert, ref1; on English and French doctors, ref1
Memoirs of a Social Atom, ref1
mental illnesses, ref1
Meredith, George, ref1
Methodism, ref1
Metropolitan Board of Works, ref1
Metropolitan Police: created, ref1, ref2
Metropolitan Political Union, ref1
Metropolitan Underground Railway, ref1
Metternich, Prince Clemens Lothar Wenzel, ref1, ref2
middle class: patronizes Mechanics Institutes, ref1; voting rights and influence, ref1; characteristics and ideals, ref1, ref2, ref3; Carlyle’s lack of sympathy for, ref1; respectability, ref1; funds union movement, ref1
Middlesbrough, ref1
Midlothian campaign (1879), ref1
Mill, James, ref1
Mill, John Stuart: on Morning Chronicle, ref1; on poor relief, ref1; on diffusion of knowledge, ref1; on increase of machines, ref1; Considerations on Representative Government, ref1; Principles of Political Economy, ref1
Milman, Revd H. H., ref1
Milner, Alfred (later Viscount), ref1, ref2
Miners’ Federation, ref1
Mines and Collieries Act (1842), ref1
mob, the, ref1
Monroe Doctrine (US), ref1
Moral Reform Union, ref1
Morley, John, ref1, ref2, ref3
Morning Chronicle, ref1
Morris, William: on Great Exhibition, ref1; nostalgia for medievalism, ref1; and Socialist League, ref1
motor cars, ref1, ref2
Mudie, Charles Edward: Lending Library, ref1
Municipal Corporation Act (1835), ref1, ref2
Munro, Sir Thomas, ref1
Murray, John, ref1
music hall, ref1
Namier, Lewis, ref1
Napier, Sir Robert, ref1
Naples: revolution, ref1; Gladstone visits, ref1
Napoleon I (Bonaparte), emperor of the French, ref1
Napoleon III, emperor of the French (earlier Louis-Napoleon): as president of France, ref1; becomes emperor, ref1, ref2; institutes universal male suffrage, ref1; policy on Holy Land, ref1; as supposed threat to Britain, ref1, ref2; state visit to England (1855), ref1; assassination attempt on, ref1; war with Austria, ref1; capture by Prussians (1870) and exile, ref1
National Association for Women’s Suffrage, ref1
National Education League, ref1
National Gallery of Practical Science, ref1
National Liberal Federation, ref1
National Reform Association, ref1
National Reform Union, ref1
National Society (Church of England), ref1
National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers Union, ref1
Navarino Bay, Battle of (1827), ref1
navvies, ref1
navy: reforms, ref1
nervous hysteria: as Victorian characteristic, ref1
‘new, the’: vogue for, ref1
New Lanark, ref1
‘New Woman’, ref1, ref2
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, ref1
Newcastle Programme, ref1, ref2
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, ref1, ref2
newspaper press: excise duty on paper abolished, ref1
Nicholas I, tsar of Russia, ref1
Nicholson, John, ref1
Nightingale, Florence, ref1
Nonconformism see Dissenters
North America: emigration to, ref1
Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, ref1
Northcote, Sir Stafford (later 1st earl of Iddesleigh), ref1, ref2
Northcote–Trevelyan report (on civil service examinations), ref1
Northern Star (newspaper), ref1
Norwich Union Society, ref1
novels see fiction
Oastler, Richard, ref1
Obscene Publications Act (1857), ref1
occult and psychic, ref1, ref2
O’Connell, Daniel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
O’Connor, Arthur, ref1
O’Connor, Feargus, ref1, ref2
Old Moore’s Almanack, ref1
Omdurman, Battle of (1898), ref1
Opium War, Second (1856–60), ref1
optimism, ref1
Orange Free State, ref1
Orsini, Felice, ref1
Orton, Arthur, ref1
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, ref1, ref2
O’Shea, Kitty, ref1
Ossington, John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount, ref1, ref2
Ottoman Empire (Turkey): and Greek independence, ref1; Palmerston sees as threat, ref1; supposed decline, ref1; and Balkan crisis (1876), ref1; wars with Russia (1853–5), ref1, ref2; (1877), ref1
Overend, Gurney and Company: collapses (1866), ref1
Owen, Robert: opens New Lanark factory, ref1; establishes Grand National Consolidated Trade Union, ref1; Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System, ref1
Oxford Movement (Tractarians), ref1
Oxford University, ref1
Pacifico, Don David, ref1
Paine, Tom, ref1
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount: supports Canning, ref1; quits Wellington’s cabinet, ref1; in Grey’s cabinet, ref1; as foreign secretary, ref1, ref2, ref3; marriage to Emily Lamb, ref1; supports Melbourne, ref1; on benefits of commerce, ref1; refuses office other than foreign secretary, ref1; resumes as foreign secretary under Russell, ref1, ref2; qualities, ref1; and Don Pacifico affair, ref1; approves of Napoleon III’s assumption of imperial crown, ref1; joins Conservatives, ref1; Disraeli mocks, ref1; Victoria warns Derby against, ref1; election speech on French-English differences (1852), ref1; as home secretary under Aberdeen, ref1; on Russo-Turkish war, ref1; resigns and resumes office (1853), ref1; urges alliance with Turkey against Russia, ref1; on Russian threat, ref1; as prime minister in Crimean War, ref1, ref2; and Second Opium War, ref1; wins 1857 election, ref1; physical decline, ref1; verbal style, ref1; defeated over Conspiracy Bill, ref1; in opposition, ref1; returns as prime minister (1859), ref1; Victoria deprecates, ref1; public recognition, ref1; and American Civil War, ref1; and Victoria’s withdrawal from public life, ref1; visits regions, ref1; neutrality in foreign affairs, ref1; attacks Gladstone over reform proposals, ref1; on Schleswig-Holstein question, ref1; death, ref1; election victory (1865), ref1; Cranborne (Salisbury) admires, ref1
Papers for the People, ref1
Paris, Treaty of (1856), ref1, ref2
Paris Commune (1871), ref1
parishes: and administration of poor relief, ref1
parks (public), ref1
Parliament: and cant, ref1; burnt down (1834), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; unruly behaviour, ref1; businessmen and professionals in, ref1; and ‘great stink’, ref1; Bagehot on, ref1; and household suffrage, ref1; rejects Bradlaugh for refusing Oath of Allegiance, ref1; see also electoral reform
Parnell, Charles Stewart, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Pater, Walter, ref1
Patmore, Coventry: The Angel in the House, ref1
Pearson, Karl, ref1
Peel, Sir Robert: attends lectures on finance, ref1; on national political sentiment, ref1; political career and achievements, ref1, ref2, ref3; opposes Catholic emancipation, ref1, ref2, ref3; as home secretary under Wellington, ref1, ref2; accepts Catholic emancipation, ref1, ref2; creates Metropolitan Police, ref1; and passing of Reform Bill, ref1, ref2; heads Tory party, ref1; proposes reform of factory working hours for children, ref1; and decline of Whig government, ref1; forms government (1834–5) and resigns, ref1; character, ref1; supports Melbourne, ref1; opposes Corn Laws, ref1, ref2; Victoria’s view of, ref1; premiership (1841) and administration, ref1; lowers taxes on corn, ref1; reintroduces income tax, ref1; and Corn Laws, ref1, ref2; reforming principles, ref1, ref2; advocates free trade, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; on Birmingham, ref1; on railway management, ref1; introduces 1845 ‘great budget’, ref1; and Irish famine, ref1, ref2; and party rebels, ref1; resigns, ref1, ref2; remains in Parliament, ref1; accident and death, ref1