Part 2 — INDEX
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A
d'A——, Countess, 235
A——, Lady, 214, 235
A——, Lord, experience on the House of Lords boat at the Naval Review, 264, 265
A——, Mdme., 87, 89, 122
Aberdeen, Lady, 313
Aberdeen, Lord, 216
Abinger, Lord and Lady, 172
Adams, 234
Adelaïde, Mlle., 7, 10 et passim
d'Agoult, 343
Albanesi, 234
Albani, 242, 243
Albany, Duke and Duchess of, 179; death of the Duke, 206
Albert, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 56; incident in Paris, 57
Albert, Prince, 177; tomb, 239
Albert Solms, Prince, 388
Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence, 184, 186, 218, 237; illness, 333; engagement to Princess May, 333; death, 334; funeral, 336; sarcophagus, 369
d'Albufèras, 395
Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, 4; the procession to the Kremlin, 44-46; danger from the Nihilists, 52, 53; coronation of, 65-67; the breakfast following the Coronation, 68-70; the reception after the Coronation, 71-73; at the Court Ball, 74, 75; at the great ball at the Palace, 78; the Fête Populaire, 82; at the Palace ball, 86-90; the gala dinner, 93, 94; the revue, 102-104; his home at Peterhof, 116, 117
Alexander, Prince, of Battenberg, 236
Alexis, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother, Emperor Alexander III., 66; at the Palace ball, 86
Alice, Princess, of Hesse, 239
Amédée, King, 92
Amélie, Princess, of Schleswig-Holstein, 326
Ampthill, Lord and Lady, 17, 281, 282
Anne, ——, 5
Antrim, Lady, 310, 312
d'Aoste, Duc, 6; described, 91, 92, 361
Appert, General, 145, 148, 153
Appert, Madame, 153, 154; her daughters, 154
d'Arcos, Madame, 395
Armour, Mr., 391
Arran, Lady, 377
Arthur, Sir George, 375, 377, 382
Ashburton, Lady, 349
Ashburton, Lady Louisa, 242
Astor, Mrs. 357
Augusta, Empress, 18
d'Aumale, Duc, 217, 303, 304
B
Baden, Grand Duchess of, 18
Baldwin, Admiral, 58, 120, 142; entertains the Waddingtons and others on his flagship, 120-123; impressions of the Coronation, 137
Baldwin, Mrs., 151
Barrington, Mr. Eric, 329, 337
Bassanos, 395
Bayard, Mr., 377
Beatrice, Princess, 176, 177, 192, 195; at the opening of Parliament, 237; at Windsor Castle, 238, 311
Bedford, Duchess of, 236, 257, 280
Bedford, Duke of, 280, 281
Belgians, King of the, 249
Belgians, Queen of the, 256
Benckendorff, Colonel, 34 et passim
Bérard, M., 24, 26
Beresford, Lord Charles, 296
Bernadotte, 138
Bernhardt, Mdme. Sarah, 135
Bille, Elsa de, 317, 323
Bille, Mdme. de, 315, 326
Bismarck, 15; talks with M. Waddington, 17, 18, 21; friction with the Empress, 268
Bismarck, Herbert, 243
Bleichroeder, 19
Blennerhasset, Lady, 340
Blumenthal's, 302
Böhm, 281, 282
Boleyn, Anne, 175
Bondy, M. de, 140, 142
Borghese, 395
Borthwick, Lady, 251, 271, 272
Boston, Lord, 218
Boulanger, 267, 268, 296
Bowen, Judge, 367
Braganza, Duchesse de, 256
Brandt, Mr., 163
Brasseys, 187
Brennen, Mme. and Mlle. de, 203
Bridge, Dr., 348
Brown, Mrs., 169
Brown, John, tablet in memory of, 239
Brownlows, 346
Bryce, Mr., 307
Btetju, Count, 244
Buccleuch, Duchess of, 237, 257
"Buffalo Bill," 243
Bulgaria, Prince of, 218
Bülow, 337
Bunsen, George de, 15, 16, 17
Bunsen, Mlle. Beatrice de, 285
Bunsen, Mary de, 386, 390
Burns, Walter, 295
Burtons, 354
Bury, Mlle. de, "sur Racine," 212
Bylandt, Comte de, at the Naval Review, 261, 265
Bylandt, Comtesse de, 203, 220, 222, 259, 338
Byng, Colonel, 252, 369
C
C——, Lord, Indian Secretary, 252
Calmon, Robert, 7, 95
Cambridge, Duchess of, 180
Cambridge, Duke of, 189, 195, 201, 236, 246, 258
Cameron, Sir Roderick, 283, 286; in Scotland, 287 et seq.
Campbell, Mr., 207
Carlingford, Lord, 184
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 355, 356
Carpe, 272
Carrington, Lord, 346
Catherine II., 90, 95
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, murder of, 3
Cecil, Lady Gwendoline, 306
Cecil, Lady Margaret, 218, 231, 232
Cecil, Lord Edward, 303
Chaine, Col., 337
Chambord, Comte de, illness of, 156; death, 159, 170
Charles IX., 143
Charles Louis, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 88, 93, 96; at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 66; at the Court ball, 74; drive with the Empress at the revue, 103
Chemin, 11
Chesterfield, Lord, 219
Chetwode, Sir George and Lady, 172
Chigi, Marchesa, 358
Childers, Mr., 182
Christian, Prince, of Schleswig-Holstein, 266, 368
Christian, Princess, 254, 266, 368
Churchill, Lady, 192
Clanwilliam, Lady, 315
Clark, Stanley, 363
Colocotroni, Mlle., 71
Compans, Ternaux, 125
Connaught, Duchess of, 368
Connaught, Duke of, 236; at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249; as a soldier, 258
Constantine, Grand Duchess, 60, 61, 80, 87, 88, 94
Constantine, Grand Duke, 60, 61
Corcelle, François de, 7, 13, 95
Cork, Lady, 388
Cork, Lord, 197
Correa, Brazilian Minister, 270
Corti, Ambassador, 239, 240
Courcel, Mdme. de, 16, 18, 20, 21, 159, 162
Courcel, M. de, 14, 15, 159, 162
Coutouly, M., 125, 127
Coventry, Lord, 279, 357
Cowell, Sir John, 191, 192
Cranborne, Lady, 306
Cranborne, Lord, 255
Cumming, Jean Gordon, 235
Curzon, Lord and Lady, 310
D
D——, Count, Austrian Ambassador, 236
Dalhousie, Lord, 192, 193
Darauvilliers, Mlle., 395
Deichmann, Baron, 268, 344
Deichmann, Baroness Hilda, 208, 222, 253; described, 210
Deichmann, Elsa, 317
Deichmann, Hilda, 254, 255, 321
Deichmann, Wilhelm, 351
Delamere, Lady, 354
Delawarr, Lord and Lady, 201
Denmark, Crown Prince of, 305
Denmark, King of, 249
Derby, Lady, reception at home of, 210, 211; entertains at Knowsley, 228-232
Derby, Lord, 218, 231, 232
Déroulède, 314
Deym, Bianca, 317, 318, 320
Deym, Countess, 315, 329
Dolgourouky, Prince, 96
Dubois, Marie, 203
Dudzeele, Countess, dances with the Emperor at the Court ball, 74
Dufferin, Lord and Lady, entertain at Walmer Castle, 358-360; rank, 371
Duncan, 287
Dupoutet, 347
E
Eames, Miss, 295, 314
Edinburgh, Duchess of, 88, 103, 192, 200, 203
Edinburgh, Duke of, 6, 45, 93, 103, 203, 236, 254; daughters, 249; at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249; death, 391, 393
Edward, Prince, of Saxe-Weimar, 203, 357
Edwardes, Gay, 317, 318, 336
Edwardes, Henry, 319
Edwardes, Mrs., 323
Érard, 320
Erroll, Lady, 176
Esher, Lord, 242
d'Estournelles, 325, 328
d'Estournelles, Mdme., 326, 328
Eugénie, Empress, 266; at Cowes, 395, 396
Eulenbourg, Count, 81
Eulenbourg, Countess, 324
F
Falbe, Mme. de, 232, 233
Falbe, M. de, 232, 233, 305
Fawkes, Guy, confession, 242
Fayet, Commandant, 7
Fife, Duke of, 276; engagement to Princess Louise, 301; marriage, 305
Florian, Count de, 194, 207, 253, 259, 278, 283
Florian, Countess de, 253, 259, 262, 278, 283, 306; at White Lodge, 341, 342
Forbes, 233
Forges, M. Blanchard de, 226
Francis, Miss W., 287
François d'Assises, King, 92
Frederick, Empress, Crown Princess, 250, 252; described, 253; visit to Versailles, 309; at Windsor, 310-312, 368; luncheonat Ferdinand Rothschild's, 314; receives the Waddingtons, 378; at Cronberg, 387-390; illness, 394
Frederick III., Emperor, Crown Prince, 250, 251; failing health, 254, 266, 267; death, 282; funeral service, 282, 283
Frederica, Princess, of Hanover, 204
Frederick Charles, Prince, 243
Frederick Charles, Princess, 20
Freeman, Violet, 321
Froude, J. A., 229; on America, 231
G
Galitzin, Prince, 49
Gardner, Lady Winifred, 346
Gayare, 242
Gennadius, 336
George II., 267
George, Prince, 200, 237, 337; report of marriage to Princess May, 362
Gevers, Baron, 338
Ghika, Princess, 222
Giers, M. de, 58, 76
Gilbert, 369
Gille, Mdme., 107
Gladstone, Mr. W. E., described, 3; versatility, 181, 182; gives a reception, 188, 189; dines at Mr. Murray's, 315; age, 346; makes his great Irish speech, 363
Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., 3, 189, 346; gives a dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury, 355, 356
Gladstone, Wm., 172
Glinka's opera, "La Vie pour le Czar," 69, 75, 80
Goelet, Mrs., 391; receives the Royal party aboard the Nahma, 397
Gordon, "Chinese," murder of, 199
Goschens, 184
Gower, Mr. Leveson, 172
Grant, General U. S., death, 218
Grant, Mrs., 400
Granville, Countess, 195
Granville, Earl, entertains M. Waddington, 170, 171, 190, 195, 273
Greece, King of, 256, 260, 305
Greece, Queen of, 71, 77, 80, 93; described, 72; at the Court ball, 74
Greene, Plunkett, 302
Grey, Lady Jane, 175
Grieg, 273
Griswold, Miss Gertrude, 234
Grondal, Mdme., 302
Guillemain, M., 348
H
Halsbury, 237
Hamilton, Duchess of, 236
Hamilton, Lord and Lady Claud, 201
Harbord, Miss, 400
Harcourt, Lady, 174; presents Mme. Waddington to the Queen, 175, 176, 177
Harcourt, Sir William, 174
Hare, the actor, 346
Hartington, Lord, 199, 268, 310, 311
Hatzfeldt, Comte, 16, 303, 314, 325; at Hatfield, 330, 331
Hawaiian Secretary, 245
Hayter, Lord and Lady, 183, 200
Henrietta ——, 10 et passim
Henry, Prince, of Battenberg, 204, 236, 368, 373
Herberts, Ivor, 273
Heretier, Grand Duke, 103
Herkomer, his studio and pupils, 344-346
Herschell, Lady, 359
Herschell, Lord, 366, 378
Heurtel, Mme., 261
Hoffman, Col. and Mrs., 147, 154, 155, 156
Hollman, 276
Hubert, 7, et passim
Hubert, Mdme., 5, 10
Huddlestone, Lady Diana, 279
Humlicher, Marie, 374, 375
Hunt, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58, 83, 120
Hurlbert, Mr., 181, 182
I
Isabella, Queen, 92
Ivan the Terrible, 91
J
Jansen, Mlle., 377
Jaurès, Admiral, 36, 94, 105; his hospitality, 118
Jaurès, Mdme., 36, 37, 80, 88, 117; at the Court ball, 74; aboard the Lancaster, 122
Jay, Anna, 39
Jersey, Lady, 187, 203; experiences at receptions, 211
Jersey, Lord, 187
Jeune, Mr. and Mrs., 218, 266
Jeune, Sir Francis, 367
Joachim, 272
Johore, Maharajah of, 216
Jomini, M., 120
Joseph, 7
Joy, Mr., 14
Jusserand, J. J., 276, 277, 286, 380
Juteau, 191, 216
K
Kapilani, Queen, of the Sandwich Islands, 245, 249, 255, 256
Karolyi, Count, 226, 240, 241
Karolyi, Count Victor, 240
Karolyi, Countess Fanny, 189, 195, 220, 240, 241
Karolyi, Nadine, 226
Kenmare, Lord, 192
Kergorlay, M. de, 145, 147, 155; his children, 150, 152, 156
Khiva, Khan of, 75
Kimberley, Lord and Lady, 192
King, Rufus, 179
Kleeberg, Mme., 270
Knollys, Miss, 179, 184, 320, 363
Knowles, 246
Knowles, James, 366
Knutsford, Lord, 268
Kotchoubey, Princess, 49-51, 58, 82, 88
Kufstein, Count, 269
L
Lacour, Challemel, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères, appoints M. Waddington Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, 5
Lagrené, M., 32, 95
La Iglesia, M. de Casa, 220, 223, 275; appointed Ambassador, 306
Langhe, Mlle. de, 285; helps with the children's comedy, 315 et seq.
Lasteyrie, 347
Lataings, 338
Lathom, Lord, 237, 252; on the Jubilee ceremonies, 258, 259
Lawrence, Mrs., 148
Lawrence, Anna, 317
Layard, Lady, 388
Lecky, Mr., 229
Lecomte, M., 298, 299, 319
Leeds, Duke and Duchess of, 201
Leeven, Baron, 118
Leigh, Tom, 269
Leighton, Sir Frederick, 310
Lennox, Lord Algy, 388
Leroy, Mr., 7
Le Valloit, Mdme., 272
Levisohn, Mlle., organizes a "toy symphony," 351 et seq.
Lhermite, M., 8
Lincoln, Mr., 340, 377, 380
Lind, Letty, 271
Linden, Countess, 85
Lionel, Lord, 232
Llangattock, Lord, 393
Lloyd, 276
Lloyd, Lady Mary, 349
Lomatch, M., 126
London, Lord Mayor and Mayoress of, 364, 365, 367
Londonderry, Lady, 303, 315
Lonsdale, Lady, 184
Lorne, Lord, 271, 302, 366
Louis Philippe, 171
Louise, Princess, 200, 271; announcement of her engagement, 301; marriage, 305; at Kensington, 379
Lowell, James Russell, 180, 202, 242; death of his wife, 200
Lowell, Mrs., 180; death of, 200
Lyons, Lord, 3, 98, 183
Lytton, Lord, 183, 372
M
Mackay, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58
MacMahon, Maréchal, 6, 7
Magdalen, Master of, 184
Malagache Embassy, 21
Manners, Lord and Lady John, 218
Mansouroff, Madame, 43
Margaretta, Princess, 311
Margherita, Queen, 399
Marochetti, Italian Minister, 153
Mary of Teck, Princess, 244, 251; described, 275; at White Lodge, 341, 342, 362; opens the French bazaar, 373; tea at Mme. Waddington's, 377, 378
Mary, Queen, "Bloody Mary," letter to Cardinal Pole, 242
Mary, Queen of Scots, portraits of, 288
Massanet, 295
Mathias, M., 134, 135, 136
Maud, Princess, 320, 330
Mavrocordato, 25
May, Princess, 244, 275; engagement to the Duke of Clarence, 333; grief for, 341, 342; rumour of marriage to Prince George, 362, 377; at the French bazaar, 374
Mazo, del, Spanish Ambassador, 368
Mead, Lady J., 317
Mecklenburg, Duke and Duchess Paul of, 271, 272, 273
Mensdorff, 377
Merindol, 348
Methuen, Lord, 176
Michel, Grand Duchess, receives Mme. Waddington, 59, 60, 87; described, 94
Michel, Grand Duke, 87
Mitford, Mrs., 340, 342
Mohrenheim, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 179, 184; at Windsor Castle, 191, 192
Mohrenheim, Madame de, 185, 191, 192, 193
Molesworth, Lady, 217
Moltke, 131, 154
Monaco, Princess of, 326
Monk, Mr. Charles, 172, 174
Monk, Miss Julia, 172, 173, 201
Montebello, 372
Montpensier, Duc de, 6, 43, 46, 93
Montrose, Duchess of, 203
Mostyn, Mrs., 378
Moulin, M., 125
Münster, German Ambassador, 179, 180, 239
Murray, Mr., 315
N
Naidillac, Marquis de, 326
Nannie, 352
Neruda, Mdme., 272
Newcastle, Duke and Duchess of, 306
Newman, 308
Nigra, Italian Ambassador, 37, 68, 80, 82, 97; describes Russian society, 98; in London, 179; at Windsor Castle, 192; departure for Vienna, 223
Noccomore, Commandant, 261
Nordica, 276, 284
Northbrook, Lord, 183
Northcote, Lady, 306, 314
Northcote, Sir Stafford, 189
Northumberland, Lord, 360
O
Oborlenski, Princess, 43, 52
Oldenburg, Duchess of, 61, 88, 103
Oppenheim, Mrs., 284
Orléans Princes, 274
Orloff, Prince, 9, 53, 96, 101
d'Orval, M., 108
Ourousoff, Prince, 105
P
P——, Lady, 213
P——, Lizzie, 243
Pahlen, Count, 49, 51, 54
Pahlen, Countess, 55, 58, 96
Palmerston, Lord, 171
Paris, Comte de, 159, 274, 275
Pasquier, Duc d'Audifret, 274
Patenôtre, M., 135, 139; characterises the Swedes, 140, 141; bids farewell to the Waddingtons, 143
Paul, Mr., aide-de-camp, 58, 120
Paulucci, Marquis, 352, 377
Pawel-Rammingen, Baron, 204
Peel, Sir Robert, his daughter, 201
Pepys, Lady Mary, 285
Percy, Countess, 360
Perier, Mdme. Casimir, 277
Perponcher, Countess, 310, 314, 388
Persia, Grand Vizier of, 303
Persia, Shah of, at the Court Ball, 301; arrival by water, 301, 302; luncheon party at Hatfield in his honour, 302-304
Peter the Great, portraits of, 118, 119
Petiteville, 226
Petre, Mr. Henry, 313
Pfeffer, 351
Phelps, Edward J., American Ambassador, 238, 239
Phelps, Marguerite, 317
Phelps, Mrs., 238, 239, 247
Phillipe, the coiffeur, 12
Picolellis, 272, 275
Pierson, 7
Pina, M. de, 159, 162, 163
Pittié, Général, 7, 24, 67, 98
Plunkett, Mr., 4
Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 176, 177, 237
Pontavice, 320, 326, 327
Pontécoulant, Comte de, 7, 10, 20 et passim; death of his brother, 94; his death, 208
Portland, Duke of, 202, 237
Pourtalès, Comte Jacques de, 233
Poutel, Mdme. du, 373
Powell, Mr. Price W., 172
Praed, Mr., 218
Prince Imperial of Germany, 18, 19
Probyn, Sir Digby, 179, 363
Q
Quirim, Miss, 333
R
Radziwill, 91, 162
Radziwill, Princess, 22
Rambaut, M., 395
Randolph Churchill, Lady, 377
Regnier, Arch Duke, of Austria, 259
Reischach, Baron, 388, 390
Renan, 309
Reszke, Jean de, 315
Ribot, 372
Richard, Mdme., 320
Richelieu, Duchesse de, 306
Richter, General, 101, 116
Rizzio, murder of, 288
Roffy, Mrs., 316, 317, 321
Rogers, aide-de-camp, 58, 120
Rogers, Canon, 297; takes Mme. Waddington through Petticoat Lane, 298, 299; his good work, 299, 300
Ronalds, Mrs., 272
Rosebery, Lady, 204; gives a ball, 255
Rosebery, Lord, 255, 256
Rothschild, Ferdinand, 314
Rothschild, Lord, 268
Roustan, naval attaché, 268
Rudolph, Prince, 247
Roxburghe, Duchess of, 257, 392, 398
Russia, Empress of, 45; coronation of, 65-67; at the Coronation breakfast, 67-70; versatility as a linguist, 73; at the Court ball, 74, 75; at the great ball, 78; gives a tea between the acts at the Opera, 80; at the gala dinner, 93, 94; drives without escort, 98; at the revue, 103, 104
Rustem Pacha, 235, 330, 366
Rutland, Duchess of, 304
S
Sagan, Duke of, 159
St. Albans, Duchess of, 377
St. Clair, Lady Harriet, 179
St. Genys, 276, 306, 315, 316
St. Vallier, 15, 17
Salisbury, Lady, gives reception, 210, 211; entertains the Waddingtons at Hatfield, 215, 216; luncheon party in honour of the Shah, 302-304; on the ice, 306, 307; gives luncheon for the German Emperor, 329-332; desire for rest, 356; crosses the channel, 362; makes a speech, 376
Salisbury, Lord, 189; speaks in the House of Lords, 201, 202; at opening of Parliament, 237; reception, 243; entertains the Shah, 303; and the German Emperor, 329-331
Sancy, M. de, 20, 159, 162
Sanderson, Miss, 295
Sanderson, Mr. Thomas, 337
Sandford, Mr., 143
Sarasate, 272
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Herman, 254
Say, Léon, 3
Scalchi, 242
Scarlett, Miss, 172, 173
Schimmelpenninck, M., 27, 29, 30, 58, 122
Schubert, 345
Schuster, Frank, 276
Schuyler, 308
Schweinitz, General, 39, 80, 83; at the Coronation Breakfast, 70; at the Court ball, 73
Schweinitz, Madame, 81
Seckendorff, Count, 310, 312, 313, 314, 337
Sefton, Lord, 231
Ségur, Comte Paul de, 274
Serge, Grand Duchess, 256
Sermet, M., 125
Sesmaisons, Colonel Comte de, 7, 13, 15, 95 et passim
Seymour, Admiral, 89
Seymour, Lord William, 382
Seymour, Sir Francis, 202
Sheridan, May, 247
Smith, W. H., holds a political reception, 269, 270
Solvyns, Baron, 336, 381
Somaglia, Countess, 361
Southampton, Lady, 370
Soveral, Portuguese Minister, 314, 330, 331
Spain, King of, death of, 220
Spencer, Countess, 330, 369
Staal, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 223, 241, 310, 326; at Hatfield,330, 331
Staal, Madame de, 236, 241, 323; described, 243
Staal, Thekla, 226, 323
Stainer, Dr., 348
Stanhope, Lady, 18; entertains the Waddingtons and others, 218, 219
Stanhope, Lord, 219
Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Edward, 218
Stanhope, Philip, 361
Stanley, Dowager Lady, 181, 182
Stanleys, 355
Struve, M. and Mdme. de, 120
Stewart, Lady Helen, 317
Stuart, Miss, 348
Sudely, Lord, 297
Suffield, Lady, 363
Suffield, Lord, 363
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 271, 272
Sutherland, Duchess of, 236
Sweden, Crown Prince of, 93, 253
Sweden, King of, 142, 143
Sweden, Prince Royal of, 145
Sydney, Lord, 359
T
Tadema, Alma, 379
Talleyrand, Bessie, 391
Tavistock, Lord, 281
Teck, Duke of, 236
Teesdale, 369
Tennyson, 183
Thénard, 284, 285; assists producing the children's comedy, 315 et seq.
Thomson, Mr., 339
Thornton, Lady, 37, 80, 88, 104; at the Court ball, 74; aboard the Lancaster, 121, 122
Thornton, Mary, 126
Thornton, Sir Edward, 40, 83, 89
Thornycroft, 278, 279
Toll, Count and Countess, 153
Tornielli, 352, 361, 377
Tosti, 272, 275, 306
Trebelli, 276
Trémouille, Charlotte de la, 230
Trevelyans, 355
Troubetzkoi, Princess Lise, 49, 115
Tweeddale, Lady, 201
Tweedmouth, Lord, 354
V
Val Prinsep, 388, 390
Vannutelli, Mgr., 96, 98, 118; visits the Lancaster, 122, 123
Victoria, Princess, 320, 397
Victoria, Queen, receives Mme. Waddington, 176, 177; described, 177; at Windsor Castle, 192, 193, 238, 239; Drawing-room, 206; holds long Drawing-room, 213, 214; opens Parliament, 235-238; at the Jubilee ceremonies in Westminster Abbey, 249, 250; in the procession after the service, 250, 251; receives at the Palace, 252, 253; at the children's fête in Hyde Park, 254, 255; reviews the Volunteers, 257, 258; at the Naval Review, 260-264; with the Empress Frederick at Windsor, 310, 311; bids farewell to the Waddingtons, 368, 370-372; receives Mme. Waddington at Osborne, 397-401; death, 401
Villiers, 226
Villestreux, Mdme. de la, 364, 365, 373
Vinci, Comte, 350
Vivian, Lady, 210
Vivian, Lord, 151, 153
W
Waddington, Francis, 10 et passim; as an actor, 285, 315 et seq; placed in a French school, 332
Waddington, Mme., meets Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, 3; M. Waddington appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6; preparations for Moscow, 6-12; arrives at Berlin, 13, 14; impression of Berlin, 15; visits the de Bunsens, 17, 19; goes to the races, 18; departure from Berlin, 22; dines at Alexandrownow with a Hessian Prince, 23; reaches Warsaw, 24; describes the city, 24; visits a chateau, 25; the trip from Warsaw to Moscow, 26-31; arrival at Moscow, 31, 32; description of the Maison Klein, 32, 33; experiences with a Court train, 36; drives through Moscow, 37-39; the Emperor's entrance into the Kremlin, 42-46; received by the Empress, 47-52; visits Princess Obolenski, 52; goes over the palaces at the Kremlin, 54; famous paintings and jewels in the Church of the Assomption, 54; visits Princess Radziwill and Countess Pahlen, 55; at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58; attends reception at M. de Giers', 58; audience with Grand Duchess Michel, 59, 60; with the Grand Duchess Constantine, 60, 61; with the Duchesse d'Oldenburg, 61; and the Grand Duchess Wladmir, 61; dines with the permanent French Embassy, 62; the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 63-67, 70, 71; the Coronation breakfast, 67-70; at the presentation of felicitations to the Emperor and Empress, 71-73; presented to the Queen of Greece, 71, 72; appearance of the Embassies, 72, 73; goes to the Court ball, 73-75; dances with the Emperor and Grand Duke Wladimir, 74, 75; the Fête Populaire, 76, 82; gives a Russian dinner, 76, 77; the great ball at the Palace, 77, 78; goes shopping, 78, 95; attends the Opera, 79, 80; tea with the Empress, 80; gives a diplomatic dinner, 83, 96, 99, 100; photographing the whole establishment, 83, 84; at the Palace ball, 85-90; sees the Trésor, 91; the gala dinner, 92-94; the institution of the "Enfants Trouvés," 95, 96; gives a reception, 100, 101; the revue at the Tribune Imperiale, 102-104; sightseeing in Moscow, 106; preparations for leaving Moscow, 107, 108, 109; takes a moonlight drive to the Kremlin, 109, 110; departure from Moscow, 111; the journey to Petersburg, 111, 112; description of Petersburg, 113, 114; the Hermitage, 113, 115, 116; "La Pointe," 114, 115; the pictures at the Hermitage, 116, 117, 118; makes an excursion to Peterhof, 116, 117; dinner at the Hunts', 120; entertained by Admiral Baldwin on board the flagship Lancaster, 120-123; visits the Thorntons, 124, 125; shopping in Petersburg, 126; the voyage by steamer to Stockholm, 126-134; description of Helsingfors, 129, 130; Abo, the old capital of Finland, 132; the approach to Stockholm, 134; drives through Stockholm, 135-139; to Drottningholm, 138, 139; shopping in Stockholm, 141, 142; journeys from Stockholm to Copenhagen, 144, 145; drives through Copenhagen, 145, 147, 151, 154, 155; visits the Historical Museum, 146; a pleasant expedition to Tivoli, 148, 149; the Thorwaldsen Gallery, 149; a Swedish wedding at the Frauen Kirche, 149, 150; the excessive heat, 150, 153, 160; sees the treasures at Rosenburg, 152; M. de Kergorlay's dinner, 152, 153; departure from Copenhagen, 157; from Korsoe to Kiel, 157, 158; arrives at Hamburg, 158; view of Hamburg from the lake, 161; a moonlight drive, 163; leaves Hamburg, 163; arrives at Cologne, 163, 164; returns to Paris, 165; stays at Boulogne-sur-Mur, 167; crosses to England, 167, 168; inspects her future home in London, 168, 169, 170, 171; visits the Monks, 172, 173, 174; getting settled in London, 173, 174; presented to the Queen, 175-177; Windsor Castle, 177, 178; has an audience of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179; with the Duchess of Cambridge, 180; domestic arrangements, 180, 181; visits the Dowager Lady Stanley, 181; talks with Mr. Gladstone, 181 182; politics, 183; entertained by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, 184-186; attends a hunt and hunt ball, 187, 188; at Mr. Gladstone's reception, 188, 189; commanded to dine and sleep at Windsor, 191-194; first Drawing-room, 194-197; goes to the Derby, 197; to the meet of the Coaching Club and a polo game, 197, 198; reception at Devonshire House, 199; dinners and routs, 199, 200; Lady Tweeddale's dinner, 201; at the ball of the Artillery Corps, 202; Drawing-room, 203, 204; sees the Queen, 204, 205; Westminster Abbey, 205; visits Blenheim, 209; conference "sur Racine," 212; long Drawing-room, 213, 214; visits Lady Salisbury at Hatfield 215, 216; lunches with Prince and Princess of Wales, 216; at Lord Aberdeen's hay-making party, 216, 217; Court concert, 217; spends Sunday at the Stanhopes, 218, 219; London fog, 221; Christmas shopping, 222, 224; farewell dinner to Nigra, 223; celebrates Christmas, 225, 226; impressions of a Roman Christmas, 227; visits at Knowsley, 227, 228-232; portraits and literary treasures at Knowsley, 229, 230; visits the Falbes at Luton, 232-234; St. Paul's, 234; gives dinners, 234, 235; attends the opening of Parliament, 235-238; at Windsor Castle again, 238, 239; drives to the Mausoleum, 239; spends Sunday at the Karolyis at Clieveden, 240, 241; defeat of the French troops at Tonkin, 241; interesting old manuscripts at Roll's Court, 242; Lady Ashburton's house, 242; at the Opera, 242, 243; visits the Tecks, 243, 244; presented to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, 245-247; preparations for the Jubilee, 245, 247, 248; arranges to see the cortége immediately after the service in Westminster Abbey, 245-248; the Jubilee Te Deum, 248-250; the procession after the service, 250, 251; the reception at the Palace, 251-253; the children's fête in Hyde Park, 253, 254; at the Rosebery's ball, 255, 256; the Palace ball, 256, 257; receives the Jubilee Medal, 257; the Naval Review, 259-264; aboard the Iphigénie, 261-263; skating, 266; funeral service for the German Emperor, 267; at the Smiths' political reception, 269, 270; musicales, 270-273, 276; meets Princess Mary, 275; sightseeing, 276-278; christens a torpilleur, 278; races at Ascot, 279; visits the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, 280-282; death of the Emperor Frederick, 282; dines with the Lord Mayor, 283, 284; production of a play by Berquin, 284-286; decides to go to Scotland, 286; the journey to Edinburgh, 287; sightseeing in Edinburgh, 287, 288; arrives at Oban, 288; Scottish tartans, 289; by sea to Arishaig, 290, 291; stays at Inveraylort, 291-295; returns to London, 296; goes through Petticoat Lane with Canon Rogers, 298, 299; the People's Palace, 300; at the Court Ball, 300, 301; the Shah's arrival by water, 301, 302; the luncheon party at Hatfield in the Shah's honour, 302-304; wedding of Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife, 305; skates at Hatfield, 306, 307; and at Wimbledon, 307; attends a horse sale, 308, 309; at Windsor, 310-313; sees "Charlie's Aunt," 313; luncheon with the Empress Frederick, 314; with Lady Northcote at the Opera, 314, 315; the children's comedy, 315 et seq.; formal entry of the German Emperor William II. into London, 323, 324; reception of the Emperor and Empress, 325, 326; Garden Party at Marlborough House, 326; goes to the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332; places son in a French school, 332; sickness and death of Prince Eddie, 333 et seq.; visits the British Museum, 339; visits the Tecks, 340-342; visits "Venice," 343; excursion to Herkomer's studio, 344-346; opens the bazaar, 346, 347; gives a dinner of organists, 348; arranges a "toy symphony," 350-352; at the Italian Embassy, 352, 377; the Salvation Army, 353; English women in politics, 355; dines with the Gladstones to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury, 355, 356; band of the "Garde Républicaine," 357; visits the Dufferins at Walmer Castle, 358-360; last outings, 361; leaves for the Tyrol, 361; returns to England, 362; says good-bye to Princess Mary and Princess May, 362; hears Mr. Gladstone's speech on Ireland, 363; farewell visits, 363, 364; farewell dinner for M. Waddington at the Mansion House, 364-367; last visit to Windsor, 368, 369; last Drawing-room, 369; farewell audience from Queen Victoria, 370-372; at the French bazaar, 373, 374; a musical afternoon at Mlle. Humlicher's, 374, 375; presented with a jewel, 375, 376; entertains Princess Mary and Princess May, 377, 378; visits Princess Louise and Alma Tadema, 379; Easter Service in Westminster Abbey, 379, 380; in the Temple Church, Turkish Embassy, 380; departure from London, 381-383; arrival in Paris, 383; hears the Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 384, 385; visits Mary de Bunsen, 386; goes to the opera in Wiesbaden, 386, 387; received by the Empress Frederick at Cronberg, 387-390; at Cowes, 391 et seq.; meets the Prince and Princess of Wales at Cowes, 393-395; visits the Empress Eugénie, 395, 396; aboard the Nahma, 397; a long audience with the Queen at Osborne, 397-400
Waddington, Richard, 7 et passim
Waddington, M. William, report of his appointment as Ambassador to Vienna, 4; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary at Moscow to represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6; personnel of the Mission, 7; has an audience from the Emperor of Germany, 17, 19; visits Bismarck, 17, 18, 21; received by Emperor Alexander, 35, 36; at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58; at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 42 et seq.; farewell audience with the Emperor, 99; studies the medals at the Museum in Petersburg, 113, 115, 116, 118, 123; his capacity for work, 122; visits the Ministre des Affaires Etrangères at Stockholm, 139, 140; received by the King of Sweden, 142, 143; examines the medals in the Museum at Copenhagen, 146, 148, 149, 154, 155, 156; dines with Gladstone, 168; entertained by Lord Granville, 170, 171; shoots with Charles Monk, 172-174; audience with the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179; at Windsor Castle, 191-193, 238; goes to Paris, 198; meets old friends, 207; sees the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, 207; follows Sir Walter Raleigh's example, 207, 208; goes to Paris, 208; talks with the Queen, 214; shoots at Knowsley, 229; talks with Lecky on Ireland, 229; dislike of dancing, 274; bids at a horse sale, 308, 309; at Windsor, 311, 312; dines at Mr. Murray's with Mr. Gladstone, 315; death of his mother, n., 325; at the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332; at the funeral of Prince Eddie, 337; talks with Lady Salisbury, 346; given a farewell dinner at the Mansion House, 364-367; farewell visit to Windsor, 368, 369; Directeur du Canal Suez, 382
Wagner, Mdme., 389
Wagner, Richard, 345
Wagram, Princesse de, on Boulanger, 268
Waldemar de Danemark, Prince, 93, 98, 203
Wales, Prince and Princess of, 37; receive the Waddingtons, 178, 179; entertain at Sandringham, 184-186; at Buckingham Palace, 195; in House of Lords, 201; at the ball given by the Artillery Corps, 202; Drawing-room, 203; visit to Ireland, 210; at the opening of Parliament, 236-238; at the Opera, 243; at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249, 250; at the children's fête, 253-255; driving, 276; open the Court Ball, 300, 301; at Hatfield, 303, 304, 329-331; at the children's comedy, 320-322; their popularity, 327; death of Prince Eddie, 334; bid farewell to the Waddingtons, 363, 364; at Cowes, 393 et seq.
Warren, Mrs., 396
Warren, Sir Charles, 246, 247
Wantage, Lord and Lady, 358
Warsoe, M., 151, 152
Waru, military attaché, 226, 259
Wellington, Lord, 358
Westminster, Duchess of, 274
White, Harry, 218, 314
White, Muriel, 317, 318
Whitehouse, Harry, 145, 147
Wilhemi, 345
William I., Emperor, gives an audience to M. Waddington, 17, 19; death, 266; funeral service, 267
William II., Emperor, as Crown Prince, 267; State Banquet for, 323; formal entry into London, 323, 324; at the Opera, 325; receives at Buckingham Palace, 325, 326; goes to the Lord Mayor's Banquet, 327; rides in the Row, 327; given a luncheon at Hatfield, 328-331; returns to Germany, 331
Williams, Florence, 226, 348
Wilson, Sir Rivers, 276
Wimborne, Lord, 354, 379
Wladimir, Grand Duchess, 61, 80
Wladimir, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother, Emperor Alexander, 66; at the Court ball, 74, 75; his care for the Emperor, 77; at the Palace ball, 86; at the revue, 103
Wolff, Johannes, 270-272, 276, 314
Wolseley, General, 58, 89
Wormser, 314
Worontzoff, Count, 77, 80, 116
Wurts, George, 120
Wyckham, Col., 147
Wyndham, 286
X
Xenia, Grand Duchess, 45
Y
York, Duke of, 363, 393, 397
Yves, 190
Z
Zuylen, Mdme. de, 274