Queen Victoria to Viscount Melbourne.
THE TRAIN-BEARERS
Buckingham Palace, 5th May 1838.
The Queen sends the papers relating to the Coronation as Lord Melbourne wished. The Queen also transmits the names of the young ladies who she proposes should carry her train. If Lord Melbourne sees any objection to any of these she hopes he will say so.
The Queen has put down Lady Mary Talbot, as being the daughter of the oldest Earl in the Kingdom15 and a Roman Catholic; and Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, as she is anxious to show civility to Lord Fitzwilliam, who has been very kind to the Queen.
Perhaps, when the names are agreed to, Lord Melbourne would kindly undertake to speak or write to the parents of the young ladies proposing it to them.
- Lady Caroline Lennox.
- Lady Adelaide Paget.
- Lady Fanny Cowper.
- Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope.
- Lady Mary Talbot.
- Lady Anne Fitzwilliam.
- Lady Mary Grimston.
- Lady Louisa Jenkinson.
Footnote 15: John, sixteenth Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852).