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- withdrawn from Court, [94], [95];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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FOOTNOTES:
[1] William Holmes, D.C.L., “the adroit and dexterous Whip of the Tory Party.”