INDEX

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Ingestre, Lady Sarah, [253]
Inverness, Duchess of (see [Underwood])

Jenkinson, Lady Catherine, [48]
Jersey, Earl of, [125], [225]
Jersey, Lady, [43], [134]
Jones, The “Boy,” [361], [370]
Jordan, Mrs., [8]

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]

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]

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]

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’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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Underwood, Lady Cecilia, [21], [317]
Uxbridge, Earl of, [225], [253], [374]

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]

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]

York, Duke of, [23]

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