Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life

by Countess of Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers Jersey

journey with parents to France, [4-5];
to Scotland, [14], [15];
to France and Italy, [23-29], [36];
to Ireland, [40-50];
with Rev. J. and Mrs. Leigh to Holland and Belgium, [60];
marriage, [61-64];
country neighbours, [72-77];
other friends, [81-93];
after marriage, travels in France, [68], [95], [96];
in Italy, [94], [96], [97], [356], [375];
in Switzerland, [94];
in Germany, [100-109];
at the Naval Review, [116-119];
travels in India, [146-205], [376-379];
at Windsor, [212], [213];
travels in Greece, [127-140], [208-211];
in Egypt, [206-7], [214-218], [356-364];
Palestine, [219-225];
Syria, [225-230];
Constantinople, [232-235];
in Australia, [249-257], [267], [268];
visits New Zealand, [268-276], [319-323];
New Caledonia, [276-284];
Tonga, [287-291];
Samoa, [291-318];
President Victoria League, [381]
Jersey, Sarah, Countess of, née Fane, [65-67], [78]
Jeypore, City of Victory, [196]
Johnston, Mr. and Mrs., and the Heart of Montrose, [172-175]
Jung, Sir Salar, and his sisters, [159-161]
Jusserand, Monsieur, [366-367]
K
Karnak, [358]
Katoomba, [253]
Kemble, Mrs. Fanny, [53], [62]
Killarney Lakes, [43-45]
Kingsley, Charles: see [Froude, J. A.]
Kintore, Earl, [248]
Kipling, Rudyard, “rising celebrity,” [262];
quoted, [19], [276], [347];
his “Recessional,” [356]
Kitchener, Earl, in Egypt, [207], [214], [358];
visits to Osterley, [214], [365-367], [368];
letters from, [362], [363], [364-365], [366];
at Delhi, [367-368]
Knowles, Sir James and Nineteenth Century, [124], [125]
Kobe, [335]
Kotab Minar, the, [191]
Kowloon, [330]
Krishna, Brahmin worship of, his birthplace, [195]
Kuch Behar, Maharajah of, [183], [184]
L
Lachman Das, Seth, [195-196]
Laffon, Monsieur, Governor of New Caledonia, [279], [281]
Lahore, [378], [379]
Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of, [182]
Lathom, Earl and Countess of, [113], [144]
Laurium Mines, [135], [136]
Lecky, Mr. and Mrs., [119]
Leigh, Hon. Agnes, [4], [12], [13], [14], [34], [40]
Leigh, Hon. Augusta, [17]
Leigh, Caroline, Lady, née Grosvenor, [2];
devotion of children, [8], [9];
advice on daughter’s marriage, [64];
letters of daughter to, [209], [210], [133-134], [336-339];
poems by, [15], [16], [98], [99], [111-113];
at Child’s Bank, [373]
Leigh, Chandos, 1st Lord, [2]
Leigh, Hon. Sir Chandos, K.C., [22], [52], [53]
Leigh, Hon. Lady Chandos, née Rigby, [52], [53]
Leigh, Hon. Mary Cordelia, [30], [40], [62], [127]
Leigh, Hon. Dudley, afterwards 3rd Lord Leigh, [12], [13], [14], [40], [63], [145], [244]
Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Dudley, née Beckwith, [244], [245]
Leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard, [146], [147]
Leigh, Hon. Gilbert, M.P., [4], [12], [13], [14], [54];
death of, [97-99]
Leigh, Hon. Mrs. James, née Butler, [53], [54], [60], [62];
letter from, [64]
Leigh, Margarette, Lady, née Willes, [16], [78]
Leigh, Hon. Rowland, [40], [375]
Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Rowland, née Gordon, [349], [375]
Leigh, Major Hon. Rupert, [12], [40];
A.D.C., [242];
accompanies Lady Jersey on s.s. Lübeck, [287];
in Tonga, [288], [289];
in Samoa, [298];
writes in An Object of Pity, [315];
joins Staff of Sir Robert Duff, [324];
marriage, [383]
Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Rupert, née Dudley Smith, [383]
Leigh, Hon. and Rev. J. W. (Dean of Hereford), [20], [21], [53]
Leigh, William Henry, 2nd Lord, entertains North Warwickshire Hunt, [1];
marriage, [2];
travels with his children, [4], [5], [14], [15], [23-29], [36];
receives Queen Victoria at Stoneleigh, [11-13];
takes moors in Scotland, [14], [15];
talks with Nelson’s servant, [29];
visits Ireland, [41-50];
at Child’s Bank, [373]
Leveson-Gower, Hon. Mrs., née Leigh, [22]
Littledale, Mrs., School for Indian ladies, [158]
Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs., [31], [32]
Loch, 1st Lord, [334]

Longford, Colonel, Earl of, [374], [375]
Lowe, Robert, afterwards Lord Sherbrooke, and Mrs., [119]
Lowell, Mr. J. R., letters from, [83], [86];
poems by, [84], [86]
Lucknow, [188]
Lugard, Sir Frederick and Lady, [323], [324]
Lyons Silk Manufactory, [23]
Lyttelton, Hon. Mrs. Alfred, [381]
Lyttelton, Lord, and the Canterbury Association, [282]
Lytton, Countess of, and Lady Betty, [127]
M
Macclesfield, Mary, Countess of, née Grosvenor, her story of ex-Kaiser, [26], [27];
mentioned, [31], [36]
McDonnell, Sir Schomberg, [370]
MacMahon, Marshal, [96]
Macmillan, Mrs. Maurice, [381]
Madras, [162] et seq.;
Harbour, [180]
Madura,[172-177]
Mahableshwar, [151]
Malet, Sir Edward, [100], [101], [109]
Malet, Lady Ermyntrude, [100], [101], [105], [109]
Malietoa Laupepa, King of Samoa, [292];
dinner with, [296-297]
Marathon and its brigands, [31], [32];
visited, [129]
Marie, Princess, of Greece, [130]
Margaret, Queen of Italy, [356]
Marsham, Charles, [74]
Mary, H.M. Queen, interest in “Children’s Happy Evenings Association,” [369]
Mason, Miss (Lady Allen), [247]
Mataafa, rival King of Samoa, [292], [297-304]
Max Müller, Professor, [147], [340]
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., [237]
May, Colonel, at Lucknow, [189]
Mehdi Ali, Mrs., [159]
Mentone, [5];
marriage celebrations at for Prince of Wales, [25], [26]
Meshaka, Mr., Vice-Consul at Damascus, [226-229]
Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John, [96], [97]
Middleton Park, [65], [66], [71], [72]
Milford Sound, [270]
Miyanoshita, hot baths, [345]
Molyneux, Hon. Mrs. Caryl, née Lawley, [56]
Morrison, Mr. Alfred, [58], [59]
Mount Abu, Jain temples on, [197], [198]
Mount Stephen, Lord, [374]
“Mrs. Malaprop,” a modern, [210], [211]
Muncaster, Lady, née Grosvenor, [31];
marries Hon. H. Lindsay, [32]
Muncaster, Lord and Lady, [31], [32], [120]
N
Nabeshima, Marquis, [345]
Napier of Merchiston, Lord, [172]
Nauplia, [132], [133]
Nazli, Princess, [217], [218]
Nekualofa in Tonga, [287]
Newdegate, Sir Frank, [17]
Newdigate, Hon. Mrs., née Leigh, [16], [17]
New Caledonia, voyage to, [276], [277]
Newcastle in Australia, [319]
Newman, Cardinal, [92], [93]
New York, [354], [355]
New Zealand, [268-276]
Niagara, [354]
Nikko, [336]
Nile, the, [215], [216], [356-364]
Nizam, H.H. the late, [155-157], [376], [377]
Nizam, His Exalted Highness the present, [377]
Norfolk, Duchess of, née Lyons, [9]
Norfolk, Henry, Duke of, as Lord Maltravers, [9];
at Norfolk House, [92]
Norfolk Island, [217]
North, Lord, [75]
Northcote, Lady, [244], [355], [356], [370], [374], [375], [379]
Northcote, Sir Stafford (afterwards Lord), [355], [356], [370], [375], [379]
Northumberland, Eleanor, Duchess of, née Grosvenor, [30], [31]
Noumea, [277], [278]
Nubar Pasha on the English, [357]
O
O’Donoghue, the, [44-46]
Olcott, Colonel, Theosophist, [146-148];
at Adyar, [167-169]
Olga, Queen of Greece, [127-128], [209]
Olympia, [139]
“One People, One Destiny,” [250]
Onslow, Countess, [269], [275], [276]
Onslow, Earl, [269], [271], [272], [275], [276]
Onslow, Hon. Huia. Maori Chieftain, after years of, [275]
Onslow, Mrs. MacArthur, [256]
Orient Express, [235]
Osborne, Mr. and Mrs., [256]

Osbourne, Lloyd, [298], [315]
Osterley Park, [82], [83], [86], [143], [144], [237], [238], [355]
P
Parker, Hon. Edmund, [272]
Parker, Mr., of Tonga, [290]
Parkes, Sir Henry, Premier of New South Wales, [249-251]
Paley, Major and Mrs., [192]
Peel, Hon. George, [366]
Pender, Sir John, [115-117]
Perponcher, Gräfin, [100]
Phelps, Mr., American Minister, [142]
Pigmies, African, [218], [219]
Ponsonby, Sir Henry, [212]
Port Darwin, [325-327]
Popo, Samoan native, [300]
Prendergast, Sir Harry, [166];
and Lady, [200]
Protap, Chunder Mozoondar, [182], [183]
Pundua, s.s., [180], [181], [182]
Pyrgos, [137], [139]
R
Raglan, Lord, [57]
Ramsay, Lady Patricia, as a child, [152]
Raratonga Island and its Queens, [272]
Reay, Lord and Lady, [151], [152], [201]
Rees, Sir John, [162], [163], [178], [180]
Robbery under Arms, [253]
Roberts, F.M. Earl, at Lucknow, [188-190];
at Child’s Bank, [374]
Rome, [140], [356]
Rotorua, [273];
Lake of, [274], [275]
Rowton, Lord, [127], [140];
his anecdote of a picture, [239]
Ruge’s Buildings, [27]
Russell, Sir William, [115]
S
St. Helier, Lady, [140]
St. Kevin at Glendalough, [41], [42]
Salisbury, Marquis of, Prime Minister, Bismarck’s esteem for, [105], [106], [108], [109]
Samoa, [291] et seq.
Sanderson, Lord, [128], [333]
Sannomiya, Baroness, [337], [339]
Savaii, Samoan Island, [292]
Schwarzenberg, Prince, [215], [216]
Scott, Lord and Lady Charles, [285]
Seierstorpff, Count, [114]
Serfojee, Rajah of Tanjore, [170], [171]
Sivajee, Princess at Tanjore, [171]
Shaftesbury, Earl of, dictum on his generation, [369]
Shaw-Stewart, Sir Hugh, [57]
Shaw-Stewart, Sir Michael and Lady Octavia, née Grosvenor, [16], [38], [57]
Shintoism, [339], [340]
Shiva Prashad, Rajah, [185-187]
Simele, Henry, Samoan Chief, [298], [302]
Slatin Pasha, his escape from Omdurman, [359]
Smyrna, [230], [231]
Somerton School, [67]
Southampton, Lady, Lady-in-Waiting, [213]
Speke and Grant, their meeting with Sir S. Baker, [148]
Spezia, [28], [29]
Spring Rice, Sir Cecil, [336]
Stalbridge, Lord, [34]
Stanley, Sir Henry, Explorer, [218]
Stephen, Sir Alfred, Lieutenant-Governor, N.S.W., [255]
Stevenson, R. L., [25], [294], [295];
visit to rebel camp with, [297-303];
chief author of An Object of Pity, [313-316]
Stevenson, Mrs. R. L., [294], [315], [316]
Stewart, F.M. Sir Donald, [374]
Strathnairn, F.M. Lord, [77]
Strong, Mrs., [298], [300], [302], [315]
Suleem Sheikh and his infant son, [193], [194]
Sutherland, discoverer of Sutherland Falls, N.Z., [270]
Suttor, Sir Frank, [255]
Switzerland, expedition to, with children, [94]
Sydney, arrival at, [248]
Syon House, [61]
T
Talbot, Dame Meriel, O.B.E., [381]
Tamasese, Samoan Chief, [292], [304-306]
Tanjore, [170]
Theotoki, Greek Minister, [131-133]
Timor, island of, [327-329]
Toowoomba, Queensland, [324]
Tricoupi, Greek Prime Minister, [130], [131]
Tricoupi, Miss, [130], [131], [133], [134]
Trafalgar seamen, [29]
Travancore, Maharajah and Ranees of, [169], [170]
Tonga, islands of, [287-291]
Tubb, Mr. and Mrs., [74]
Tughlakabad and its rulers, [191], [192]

Tumut, N.S.W., reception at, [268]
Turner, Mr., Collector of Madura,

[172]
Tutuila, Samoan Island, [291], [292]
Tweedmouth, Fanny, Lady, [381]
Tyler, Sir John, of Agra, [192], [194]
U
Ulwar, [196]
Upton House, [56]
Upolu, chief Samoan island, [292]
V
Vailima, R. L. Stevenson’s home, [315]
Valentia, Viscount and Viscountess, [72], [73]
Vancouver, arrival at, [346], [347]
Vetyk Ahmed Pasha, his reminiscences, [234]
Victoria, H.M. Queen, at Stoneleigh Abbey, [12], [13];
anecdote of her childhood, [13], [14];
in Ireland, [50];
devotion to Prince Consort’s memory, [39];
first Jubilee, [110-113], [120], [121];
reverence for in India, [179], [201-203];
receives Lord and Lady Jersey at Windsor, [212], [213];
Diamond Jubilee, [372-374];
her death, [379], [380]
Victoria League founded, [380-382]
Villiers, Hon. Arthur, birth, [82]
Villiers, Lady Beatrice, [82];
in Italy, [373];
in India, [376], [377];
marries Lord Dunsany, [383]
Villiers, Lady Clementina, [67], [68], [79]
Villiers, Lady Margaret, [77], [98];
in Switzerland and Italy, [94], [95];
in Tonga and in Samoa, [287], [291], [298], [299];
leaves Australia with parents, [324];
at Hong-Kong, [330];
at Canton, [333];
in Japan, [337], [338], [343];
in London, [355];
in Egypt, [356];
marries Hon. Walter Rice, [374]
Villiers, Lady Mary, [82], [97], [356];
marries Earl of Longford, [374]
Villiers, Hon. Reginald, [127]
Villiers, Viscount (now 8th Earl of Jersey), birth, [68], [69];
at Castlemount School, Dover, [82];
story written for by Tom Hughes, [89-91];
in Switzerland, at Biarritz and in Italy, [94], [95];
in India and Greece, [184-209];
wins Junior Oppidan Scholarship at Eton, [214];
remains in England when Lady Jersey at Apia, his experience with American reporter, [316];
marriage with Lady Cynthia Needham, [383]
Vincent, Sir Edgar, afterwards Lord d’Abernon, at Constantinople, [232];
on the Orient Express, [235-237]
Viti, Samoan lady, her dress, [304-305]
W
Wady Haifa, [361], [362]
Wakatipu Lake, [272]
Wallace, Mrs., housekeeper, [10], [11]
Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie, [182]
Watters, Mr., Acting Consul at Canton, [332], [333]
Whakarewarewa hot springs, [273]
Wenlock, Elizabeth, Lady, née Grosvenor, [31], [56]
Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, [3]
Wellington in New Zealand, [273]
Westfahlen, Count, [216]
Westminster, Constance, Duchess of, [92]
Westminster, 1st Duke of, [33]
Westminster, Marchioness of, [19], [33]
Westminster, Marquis of, [5], [32], [33]
White, Miss, lady doctor at Hyderabad, [161]
White, Sir William and Lady, [233], [234]
William I, Emperor, [101], [102];
his picture in Tonga, [288]
William, Prince, afterwards William II, [26], [27], [104]
Willes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, their New Year’s Party, [54-56]
Wister, Owen, American author, [53]
Wolmer, Lord and Lady, afterwards Earl and Countess of Selborne, [114]
Wolseley, F.M. Viscount, [115], [118]
Wombwell, George, death of, [172]
Wombwell, Lady Julia, [63]
X
Xavier, St. Francis, in Japan, [341]
Y
Yandall, Samoan interpreter, [313]
Yarrangobilly Caves, [266-268]
Yokohama, [346]
Z
Zante, island of, [139], [140]

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Footnotes:

[1] I learn that since our time a hut has been erected between Sutherland Falls and Milford Sound called Sandfly Hut. The guide-book says with consoling candour that it “is well named, but this pest is no less noticeable at any of the other stopping-places.”

[2] Haggard, who had described to us the loud voices of himself and his brothers.

[3] Margaret Villiers.

[4] Captain Rupert Leigh.

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