INDEX

A

Abercromby, Lord, 139

Aberdeen, Lord, 329, 349, 383

Adelaide, Queen, 1, 8 et seq., 13, 16, 18, 24, 30, 32, 36, 39, 56, 59 et seq., 68, 78, 94, 96, 107, 110, 130, 160, 166, 168

Adelbert, Prince of Prussia, 223

Albemarle, Lord, 125

Albert, Prince Consort, 72, 84, 89, 92, 104, 139, 203, 229 et seq., 235, 277, 289, 291, 297, 300 et seq., 312, 314, 316, 320 et seq., 330, 331, 334 et seq., 341, 344, 346, 352, 357, 359, 364, 371, 374, 375, 376, 379, 384

Allen, Lord, 332

Althorp, Lord (see Spencer, 3rd Earl)

Alvanley, Lord, 65, 158

Anglesey, Marquis of, 48, 244

Anne, Queen, 127, 214, 305, 309

Anson, George, 251, 312, 322, 324, 342, 351, 375, 382

Arran, Earl of, 21

Ashley, Lord, 71

Augusta, Princess, 226, 235, 316, 319

Augusta, Princess, of Cambridge, 226, 346

Aylmer, Lord, 70

B

Bagot, Emily, 66

Barham, R. H., “Ingoldsby,” 27, 199

Bean, the Hunchback, 360

Bedford, Duchess of (see Tavistock, Lady)

Bedford, Duke of, 374, 376

Bedingfield, Lady, 57, 64, 226

Berry, Mademoiselle de, 105

Blessington, Lady, 174, 195

Bloomfield, Lady (see Liddell, Georgiana)

Bosanquet, Sir Bernard, 121

Bradshaw, James, M.P., 251

Bradwell, Dr., 332

Brandon, Lord, 149

Brauhitch, Colonel, 339

Breadalbane, Marchioness of, 217

Brodie, Sir B., 280

Brookfield, Mrs., 73

Brookfield, W. H., 75, 318

Brougham, Lord, 37, 41, 43, 68, 148, 156, 165, 170 et seq., 208, 220, 248, 287, 381

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 107

Brunswick, Duke of, 89

Buccleuch, Duchess of, 343

Buckingham, Duke of, 195

Buckingham Palace, 126, 201, 237, 238, 268, 301, 315, 328, 361, 364

Buggin, Lady Cecilia (see Underwood, Lady Cecilia)

Bülow, Count von, 184, 224, 238

Burlington, Countess of, 217

C

Calvert, the Hon. Mrs., 1

Cambridge, Duchess of, 226, 319

Cambridge, Duke of, 11, 147, 175, 282, 310, 311, 317, 318

Cambridge, Prince George of, 73, 91, 225, 306, 310, 317, 319

Campbell, Lord, 130, 240

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 77, 117

Cardigan, Lady, 66, 177, 244, 319, 328, 353

Carlyle, Thomas, 7, 123, 201, 315

Carolath, Prince Edward of, 91

Caroline, Queen, 205, 236

Castlereagh, Lord, 128

Cavendish, General, 187, 328

Chambers, Dr., 274, 275, 278, 280

Charlemont, Countess of, 217

Charlotte, Princess, 8, 22, 23, 90, 91, 291, 306, 333

Charlotte, Queen, 31

Churchill, Sarah, 214

Claremont, residence of Prince Leopold, 7, 22, 26, 72, 333

Clarence, Duchess of (see Adelaide, Queen)

Clarence, Duke of (see William IV.)

Clarendon, Lord, 379

Clark, Sir James, 146, 203, 234, 240, 257, 258 et seq., 283

Clarke, Sir Charles, 259, 261, 262

Coke, Mr., 52

Conroy, Sir John, 37, 41, 45, 48, 52, 54, 55, 72, 87, 103, 111, 113, 125, 137, 140, 143, 144, 169, 184, 188, 202, 259, 262, 287, 288, 316

Conyngham, Lady, 2

Conyngham, Lord, 111, 117, 125, 187

Cooper, Sir A., 280

Cork, Lady, 332

Cornwallis, Lady, 275

Coutts, Messrs., 189

Cowan, Alderman, Lord Mayor, 180

Cowper, Lady, 186, 244, 281

Creevy, Thomas, M.P., 21, 24, 28, 39, 41, 120, 126, 142, 175, 186

Croker, John Wilson, 73, 136, 219

Cumberland, Duchess of, 31, 39, 99, 108

Cumberland, Duke of, 11 et seq., 21, 28, 31, 99, 114, 119, 120, 129, 131, 147, 154, 222, 227, 304, 309, 310, 315, 317, 332, 334, 345

Cumberland, Prince George of, 20, 73, 91, 99, 310

D

Dalhousie, Lord, 201

Davys, Dr., 45

Davys, Miss, 47, 135

Delane, John T., Editor of The Times, 330, 356

D’Este, Augustus, 11, 21

D’Este, Ellen, 11, 21

Devonshire, Duke of, 374

Diestrau, Baron de, 234

Disraeli, Benjamin, 383

Dorset, Duke of, 69

Douro, Earl of, 225

Doyle, Dr., 265

Duncannon, Lord, 380

Dunmore, Earl of, 21

Durham, Lady, 43, 135, 184, 242

Durham, Lord, 40, 41 et seq., 71, 103, 113, 184, 240, 241

E

Edward VII., King, 84

Edward, Prince of Wales, 83

Egremont, Lord, 10

Ellenborough, Lord, 11, 12, 20, 310

Elphinstone, Lord, 76, 86, 226 et seq.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 364

Errol, Lady Elizabeth (Fitzclarence), 9

Errol, Lord, 9

Esterhazy, Prince, 197, 225

Exeter, Marquis of, 52

F

Fairbrother, Louisa, 319

Fairburn, Lieut.-Colonel, 13

Falkland, Lady (Fitzclarence), 9

Fane, Lady Georgina, 66

Féodore of Leiningen, Princess, 5, 6, 45, 46, 204

Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus, 10, 96, 98

Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus, 10

Fitzclarence, Lord Frederick, 10

Fitzgerald, Captain Hamilton, 266, 269

Follett, Sir William, 152

Forbes, Viscountess, 278

Fox, Colonel, 9

Fox, Lady Mary (Fitzclarence), 9, 376

G

Garth, Captain, 19

Garth, General, 19

George III., King, 12, 20, 123, 137, 305, 340, 366

George IV., King, 1, 2, 11–14, 19, 22, 25, 27–8, 32, 45, 80, 108, 138, 236, 321, 345

George of Denmark, Prince, 234, 309

Gladstone, W. E., 383

Glenelg, Lord, 199, 240

Gloucester, Duchess of, 226, 265, 276, 282, 294, 319

Gloucester, Duke of, 175

Graham, Sir James, 55

Grant-Duff, Lady, 157

Grantley, Lord, 150, 154

Greville, Charles, 38, 55, 63, 70, 96, 154, 192, 209, 225, 252, 273, 305, 310, 326, 377

Grey, Countess, 185

Grey, Lady Georgiana, 142

Grey, Lord, 20, 39, 42, 55, 60, 134, 179, 214

Gurwood, Colonel, 252

H

Halford, Sir Henry, 265

Hanover, King of (see Cumberland, Duke of)

Hardwicke, Lord, 194, 346

Hastings, Lady Adelaide, 262

Hastings, Lady Flora, 125, 222, 234, 257 et seq., 287–9, 353

Hastings, Lady Sophia, 255, 262, 264, 274–5, 278, 281–2

Hastings, Marchioness of (see Loudoun, Countess of)

Hastings, Marquis of, 255, 259, 267–8, 270, 278, 280, 284

Hayter, Sir George, 179

Headfort, Marquis of, 244, 259

Heller, royal courtier, 375

Henry, Captain Charles, 261, 280, 283

Henry, Lady Selina, 261, 274, 282

Hertford, Lady, 2

Hesse-Philippthal, Prince Ernest of, 91

Hill, Lord, 55, 334

Holland, Dr., 280

Holland, Lord, 174, 240

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 40

Holmes, William, D.C.L., 17

Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck-Glücksburg, Prince of, 224

Hook, Dean James, 250

Hook, Theodore, 175

Horsman, Edward, M.P., 251

Howe, Lady, 63–4

Howe, Lord, 60, 61 et seq., 214, 298

Hume, Joseph, 15, 306

Hunnings, mad suitor of the Princess, 100

I

Ingestre, Lady Sarah, 253

Inverness, Duchess of (see Underwood)

J

Jenkinson, Lady Catherine, 48

Jersey, Earl of, 125, 225

Jersey, Lady, 43, 134

Jones, The “Boy,” 361, 370

Jordan, Mrs., 8

K

Kemble, Frances Anne, 122, 182, 330, 348, 380

Kennedy, Lady Augusta (Fitzclarence), 9

Kensington Palace, 25, 86, 91, 95, 100, 102, 104, 110, 118, 125–6, 236

Kent, Duchess of, 1 et seq., 20, 26, 28, 30 et seq., 72 et seq., 82–3, 87, 91, 94 et seq., 108, 111, 115–6, 125, 133–4, 137, 140–1, 143–5, 151, 164, 168, 171, 178, 186, 188, 192–3, 202 et seq., 223, 236–7, 241, 255, 258 et seq., 271, 282, 288, 315, 321, 326, 331, 339, 345

Kent, Duke of, 24–5, 29, 37, 41, 109, 248

Kinnaird, royal page, 375

Knox, Admiral, 333, 360

L

Lade, Sir John, 166

Lamb, William (see Melbourne, Lord)

Lambton, John George (see Durham, Earl of)

Lansdowne, Marchioness of, 135, 137

Leader, M.P. for Westminster, 174

Lee, Sir Sidney, 284, 306

Lehzen, Baroness, 4–5, 45–7, 140, 142–3, 164, 199, 203 et seq., 218–20, 232, 234, 240, 256–7, 261, 272, 275, 284, 321, 324 et seq., 340

Leibnitz, 117

Leiningen, Prince of, 91

Leopold, King of the Belgians, 22 et seq., 31, 42, 72, 89–90, 93, 103, 113, 138, 140, 161, 165, 170, 179, 203, 229 et seq., 240–1, 288–90, 296–8, 306, 308, 320, 329, 334, 343, 344–5

Leslie, C. R., 180, 201

Leuchtenberg, Duke of, 80

Lichfield, Lady, 253

Lichfield, Lord, 252

Liddell, Georgiana, 238, 337, 339, 351, 359, 360

Lieven, Princess de, 20, 168, 185, 242, 244

Lisle, Lady de (Fitzclarence), 109

Lisle, Lord de, 91

Liverpool, Earl of, 48, 160, 315

Loudoun, Countess of, 255, 258 et seq., 267, 269, 276, 283

Louis, Mrs., 46

Louis Philippe, King, 80, 206, 358, 377

Lyndhurst, Lady, 129

Lyndhurst, Lord, 37, 127 et seq., 200, 309–11

Lyttelton, Lady, 135, 217

M

Macaulay, Lord, 76, 220, 380

Maria da Glorià, Queen of Portugal, 57, 80

Martineau, Harriet, 246

Mary, Queen, 84

McCarthy, Justin, 220

McMahon, Colonel, 138

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duke of, 346

Melbourne, Lord, 37;

dismissed by William, 67, 113, 115;

The Times upon, 117;

at the Privy Council, 118;

commencement of his friendship with the Queen, 125, 130;

Queen’s chief adviser, 134, 138;

as private secretary, 140;

returned to power, 148 et seq.;

and the Tories, 162, 163, 165;

and the Queen’s favours, 167, 170;

riding with the Queen, 178, 179, 183, 184, 188;

and the Civil List, 189;

association with the Queen, 191 et seq.;

blamed for Queen’s affection for Lehzen, 206;

and Bedchamber crisis, 213 et seq.;

lines upon, 221, 227;

and the Queen’s marriage, 231, 235, 238, 240, 242;

spite against, 243;

as scapegoat, 246 et seq., 253;

and the Lady Flora Hastings scandal, 257 et seq., 287;

the Queen’s reticence with, 295, 302;

and the Tories, 307;

and the Prince’s Treasurer, 313, 317, 319, 321;

and the Prince, 325;

his dinner party, 332, 338, 339;

his resignation, 341;

the Queen’s grief, 343;

the Prince desires his help, 344;

continued intercourse with the Queen, 348;

and Baron Stockmar, 350;

tenderness for the Queen, 355, 379, 380;

his death, 381

Meredith, George, 330

Merriman, Dr., 279, 280

Minto, Lord, 70

Montgomery, Alfred, 174

Montrose, Duchess of, 253

Montrose, Duke of, 253

Moore, Tom, 177

Morpeth, Lord, 217, 240

Munster, Lord (George Fitzclarence), 9, 167

Murray, Charles, Comptroller of the Household, 338

Murray, Lady Augusta, 21

N

Nemours, Duc de, 224

Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 241

Neumann, General, 340

Norfolk, Duke of, 127

Normanby, Lady, 203, 218, 220, 238, 239, 343

Normanby, Lord, 250

Northumberland, Duchess of, 4, 44, 47, 74, 137, 324

Norton, Fletcher (see Lord Grantley)

Norton, George, 150 et seq.

Norton, the Hon. Mrs., 150 et seq., 157, 329, 382

O

O’Connell, Daniel, 4, 126, 237, 299, 356

Orange, Prince of, 89, 91

Orange, Prince Alexander of, 89, 228

Orange, Prince William of, 89, 91, 225

Owen, Robert, 248

P

Paget, Lord Alfred, 235

Paget, Sir Arthur, 175

Paget, Matilda, 359

Palmerston, Lady (see Lady Cowper)

Palmerston, Lord, 68, 70, 178, 179, 229, 239, 244, 246, 356

Parris, Edmund T., 179

Peel, Sir Robert, 69, 134, 157, 176, 207, 210 et seq., 299, 304, 328, 329, 342, 343, 348, 350, 355, 356, 358, 360, 374, 378, 379, 381

Percival, Rev. H. P., 250

Pitt, Miss, 321

Portman, Lady, 135, 217, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 270, 274, 283, 349

Portman, Lord, 272

Princess Royal, 345, 362

Prussia, King of, 339, 345, 346

Prussia, William, Prince of, 223

R

Raikes, Thomas, 62

Rawdon, Lady Charlotte, 266

Reeve, Henry, 157, 175, 176

Reichenbach, maid to Lady Flora Hastings, 276, 278, 279, 280

Ribblesdale, Lord, 175

Rodwell, George Herbert, 74, 108

Rogers, Samuel, 314, 362

Rolle, Lord, 198

Ros, Lord de, 35

Rosebery, Countess of, 137

Russell, Lady, 242

Russell, Lord John, 67, 128, 162, 175, 209, 210, 214 et seq., 220, 242, 354, 356, 374, 379, 380, 383

Russell, Lord William, 223

Russia, Emperor of, 354

Russia, Tsarevitch of, 224

S

St. James’s Palace, 33, 73, 126

Sandwich, Lady, 343

Saunders, Henry, Inspector of the Palace, 374

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Albert, Prince of (see Albert)

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Augustus, Prince of, 81, 85, 88

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Dowager Duchess of, 72, 293

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of, 89, 233

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ernest, Prince of, 89

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ferdinand, Prince of, 85, 91, 224, 233

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ferdinand, Prince of, the younger, 80, 85, 233

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold, Prince of, 327

Schwartzenberg, Prince Paul von, 197

Sefton, Lord, 167

Seton, Sir Henry, 203, 234

Seymour, Lady, 329

Shafto, Robert, 174

Sheil, Richard L., 174

Sheridan, R. B., 150

Shrewsbury, Earl of, 48

Sibthorp, Colonel, 306

Smith, Sydney, 380

Somerset, Duchess of, 332

Sophia, Princess, 19, 45, 265, 275, 282, 319

Sophia, Princess of Brunswick, 166

Soult, Marshall, 196

Späth, Baroness, 45, 46

Spencer, 2nd Earl, 67, 68

Spencer, 3rd Earl, 374

Spring-Rice, Miss, 335

Spring-Rice, Rt. Hon. Thomas, 67, 189

Stanhope, Hon. Mrs. Leicester, 332

Stockledge, Mr., 236

Stockmar, Baron, 138, 142, 164, 203, 229, 230, 291, 294, 305, 307, 321, 322, 335, 345, 348, 350, 364, 370, 373

Strogonoff, Count von, 197, 199

Sturge, Joseph, 132

Surrey, Lord, 201

Sussex, Duke of, 11, 20, 30, 39, 113, 119, 120, 135, 178, 197, 220, 310, 317, 320, 323

Sutherland, Duchess of, 135, 142, 176, 216, 240, 251, 320, 343

Sutherland, Duke of, 251

Sydney, Lady Sophia (Fitzclarence), 9

T

Tavistock, Lady, 135, 177, 217, 219, 257, 259, 261, 265, 270, 274, 343

Tavistock, Lord, 272, 274

Taylor, Sir Herbert, 19, 137, 138, 140

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 341

Thackeray, W. M., 75

Thalberg, musician, 239

Thynne, John, 198

Tindal, Justice, 152

U

Underwood, Lady Cecilia, 21, 317

Uxbridge, Earl of, 225, 253, 374

V

Van Praet, Herr, 234

Venables, George, 75

Victoria, Princess, and Lady Conyngham, 2;

her character and upbringing, 3;

surveillance over, 5;

first request as Queen to her mother, 6;

loneliness, 7;

Queen Adelaide’s affection for, 9;

secret enemies of, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25;

and Claremont, 26;

and George IV., 32;

absence from Coronation of William IV., 34;

at the opera, 39 and 40;

at Norris Castle, 42, 43;

at church, 44;

governess and tutor, 44;

Baroness Späth’s affection for, 46;

autumn progresses, 47 et seq.;

Heir-Presumptive, 48;

educating for Queenship, 53;

at a juvenile ball, 57, 64;

bred a Whig, 71;

her attainments, 71;

her love for Claremont, 72;

appearance, 73;

her cousins, 73;

love for music, 73;

Lord Elphinstone’s acrostic, 76;

at Ascot, 77;

confirmed, 77, 79, 81, 82;

and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, 86;

and Lord Elphinstone, 86;

rumours of suitors, 88;

arrival of many young German princes, 88;

and Prince Albert, 92;

withdrawn from Court, 94, 95;

a terrible birthday banquet, 96, 99;

and the mad Mr. Hunnings, 100;

eighteenth birthday, 102;

rumours about the first Victorian Cabinet, 103;

her majority and the State ball, 107;

deputations to, 108;

the King offers an independent household, 111;

offers income of £10,000, 111;

and the quarrels between the King and the Duchess of Kent, 112;

public ignorance of character, 113;

The Times advises her, 115

Victoria, Queen, announcement of her accession, 117;

her first Council, 118;

Carlyle on, 123;

a royal proclamation, 123;

the proclaiming of, 125;

first Levée and Drawing Room, 126;

dislike for Lyndhurst, 127;

receives deputations and prorogues Parliament, 132;

formation of royal household, 135;

private secretary, 137;

and Baron Stockmar, 139;

her reading and education, 141;

and Baroness Lehzen, 143;

and Sir John Conroy, 144;

emancipated, 146;

and Lord Melbourne, 154;

military review abandoned, 159;

name used in elections, 161;

method with her advisers, 164;

thoughtfulness for others, 166;

and Princess de Liéven, 168;

and her mother, 169;

and Brougham, 173;

quick temper, 177;

recreations, 178;

Guildhall banquet, 180;

opening Parliament, 181;

political leaning, 183;

rumours to marry Melbourne, 185;

at dinner, 186;

her laugh, 188;

need of money, 189;

Civil List, 190;

and Melbourne, 191;

her evenings, 193;

Coronation, 197;

and Baroness Lehzen, 205;

Government crisis, 210;

unpopular, suggestions of marriage, 222;

State balls, 225;

and Lord Elphinstone, 226;

and Prince Albert, 229;

mad suitors, 235;

amusements, 238;

simplicity in dress, 240;

love of children, 242;

and Melbourne, 244;

public disloyalty, 245;

and national education, 249;

sermons before, 250;

Tory disloyal speeches, 251;

the Bradshaw-Horsman duel about, 251;

hissed at Ascot, 252;

quoted, 255;

mother and Lehzen, 256;

Lady Flora Hastings, 257 et seq.;

and Sir James Clark, 277;

popular condemnation of, 280;

in debt, 287;

unevenness of temper, 288;

loneliness, 290;

proposes to Albert, 293;

reticence with Melbourne, 295;

Melbourne’s care for, 297, 305;

how regarded by her Parliament, 306;

wishes Albert to be King-Consort, 308;

and the precedence of Albert, 309;

and Albert’s secretary, 313;

marriage, 314, 320;

reticence with her husband, 321;

Lehzen’s influence, 322;

Melbourne’s protective care, 325;

love of dancing, 327;

accused of extravagance, 328;

receives Mrs. Norton, 329;

shot at by Oxford, 331;

expects an heir, 332;

birth of Princess Royal, 333;

sensitiveness about Prince Albert, 336;

love of round games and music, 337;

walks on terrace at Windsor, 340;

loses Melbourne, 341;

tenacity of impression, 343;

at wedding of Augusta of Cambridge, 346;

retains friendship for Melbourne, 348;

dinner party to new Ministers, 349, 351;

goes to Chatsworth, 352;

prejudice against second marriages, 354;

and Melbourne, 355;

the Peel Government, 356;

visits Scotland, 357;

visits Louis Philippe at Eu, 358;

second attempt on life, 359;

household arrangements, 365;

desire for privacy, 366;

use of royal we, 379;

and Macaulay, 380;

prosperity of, 382;

character, 383

Villiers, George, 155

W

Wakefield, Mr., 16

Wangenheim, Baron, 24

Warr, Lady de la, 349

Warr, Lord de la, 373

Watson, Sir Frederick, 367

Wellington, Duke of, 2, 12, 30, 33, 36, 62, 68, 75, 114, 115, 120, 129, 135, 148, 155, 157, 160, 165, 208, 209, 210 et seq., 220, 264, 296, 302, 304, 306, 311, 320, 333, 349, 352, 377

West, Charles, 374

West, Mortimer, 374

West, Reginald, 374

Westmacott, Mr., 19

Wetherall, General, 37

Wetherell, Sir Charles, 17

Wilkie, Sir David, 179

Wilks, Mr., M.P., 241

William IV., 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 et seq., 11 et. seq., 21, 22, 30, 32 et seq., 60, 62, 67 et seq., 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91, 94 et seq., 102, 105, 107, 110, 113, 115, 116, 117, 123, 134, 138, 143, 147, 153, 166, 185, 192, 196, 214, 306, 371

William, Prince of Löwenstein, 323

Willis, N. P., 77, 82

Wilson, Horace, 348

Wharncliff, Lord, 69

Winchilsea, Lord, 69

Windsor, 69, 95, 161, 174, 236, 238, 376

Wood, Captain John, 236

Wynford, Lord, 153

Wynn, Miss, 118

Wurtemberg, Prince Alexander of, 73

Wurtemberg, Prince Ernest of, 73

Y

York, Duke of, 23

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