The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861
Queen of Great Britain Victoria
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  • Abd-el-Kader, i, [43], [57]; ii. [31], [146]
  • Abercorn, Marchioness of, i. [310]
  • Abercrombie, Dr, physician, i. [448]
  • Abercromby, James, see Dunfermline, Lord
  • Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. [111]
  • Aberdeen, Earl of, Foreign Secretary, i. [22], [309];
    • political power and views, i. [29], [30];
    • Palmerston's opinion of, i. [375];
    • Emperor Nicholas, ii. [1];
    • Queen's appreciation of, ii. [17], [87], [105]; iii. [101], [102], [190];
    • Corn Laws, ii. [49];
    • takes leave of the Queen, ii. [85];
    • mentioned, ii. [103], [248], [263], [291], [293], [294];
    • failure to form a Government, ii. [296], [298], [299];
    • mentioned, ii. [356], [393];
    • forms a Government, ii. [413]-429;
    • Lord Derby's attack on, ii. [418];
    • Queen Victoria's approval of, ii. [430];
    • Eastern Question, ii. [432], [437]-444, [449]-451, [452], [455]-472;
    • India Bill, ii. [447];
    • as to giving up office, ii. [458];
    • on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. [467], [468];
    • Crimea, iii. [1], [44];
    • anomalous position of Prince Consort, iii. [3], [4];
    • Orleans family, iii. [7];
    • declaration of war with Russia, iii. [12], [13], [19];
    • unsatisfactory speech, iii, [34];
    • Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. [57]-60;
    • Queen's confidence in, iii. [66];
    • Knight of the Garter, iii. [67], [68];
    • Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. [71], [72];
    • Government's resignation on result of Roebuck's motion, iii. [77]-80;
    • Lord John Russell, iii. [88];
    • Government of 1855, iii. [97]-104;
    • mentoned, iii. [190];
    • on Oudh Proclamation, iii. [286];
    • and W. E. Gladstone, iii. [349];
    • death, iii. [453]
  • About, Edmond, French writer, iii. [357]
  • Accession, Queen Victoria's reminiscences of, i. [75]
  • Achmet Bey, i. [57]
  • Adams, Mr, iii. [467]
  • Adélaïde, Madame, King Louis Philippe's sister,
    • death, ii. [143]-147;
    • will, ii. [148]
  • Adelaide, Queen (wife of William IV.), parentage and marriage, i. [23], [24];
    • character, i. [24];
    • interests in life, i. [24];
    • letter on Queen's accession, i. [77];
    • on Queen's coronation, i. [120];
    • Protestant Church at Valetta, i. [138];
    • letters, i. [371], [399], [437];
    • visits a convent, i. [437];
    • letter, i. [464];
    • death, ii. [230]
  • Adelaide, Princess, of Hohenlohe, question of marriage, ii. [356], [408], [409]
  • Adélaïde, Queen Marie, of Sardinia, death, iii. [206]
  • Adolphus, John, History of England, i. [453]
  • Adrianople, Treaty of, i. [229]
  • Adriatic, reported demonstration in, ii. [193]
  • Æmilia, The, iii. [380]
  • Afghanistan, Dost Mahommed dethroned, i. [142];
    • surrender, i. [209];
    • insurrection, i. [254];
    • disasters retrieved, proclamation, i. [370];
    • troubles, i. [373], [382];
    • Fall of Cabul, i. [385];
    • successful issue, i. [441];
    • medals, i. [444];
    • operations against Afghans, ii. [218]
  • Africa, South, The Transvaal and Orange Free States, ii. [142]; iii. [200]
  • Agriculture, motion on distress of, ii. [285]-286;
    • protection, ii. [384]; see Corn Laws
  • Airey, Sir Richard, Quartermaster-General, iii. [175]
  • Ak Mussid, iii. [45]
  • Akbar Khan (son of Dost Mahommed), i. [254], [370], [442]
  • Aland Islands, iii. [36]
  • Alava, Miguel Ricardo di, Spanish General, i. [59]
  • Alba, Duke of, ii. [435]
  • —— Duchess of, death, iii. [415]
  • Albemarle, sixth Earl of, Master of the Horse, i. [76], [81], [121], [219]
  • Albert, Archduke, ii. [219]
  • —— Edward, see Wales, Prince of
  • —— Prince, see Consort, Prince
  • Albertine branch of House of Saxe-Coburg, history of, i. [2]
  • Aldershot, review of Crimean troops, iii. [198]
  • Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Czar Alexander II.), iii. [112], [172];
    • crowned at Moscow, iii. [158];
    • his character, iii. [204]
  • Alexandria, i. [179]
  • Alford, Dean of Canterbury, iii. [227]
  • Alfred, Prince, birth, ii. [20];
    • mentioned, iii. [399];
    • visit to the Cape, iii. [410], [413;]
    • visit to Ireland, iii. [420];
    • joins the Euryalus, iii. [433]
  • Algiers, i. [43]
  • Ali, Mehemet, Pasha of Egypt, i. [141], [179], [182], [190];
    • ultimatum, i. [209], [232]-240;
    • resigns claim to Syria, i. [252]
  • Alibaud, i. [407]
  • Alice, Princess, birth and christening, i. [480], [501]; iii. [240];
    • birthday, iii. [396];
    • engagement to Prince Louis of Hesse, iii. [405], [415], [416]-419;
    • Prince Consort's death, iii. [474]
  • Allahabad, mutiny, iii. [224]
  • Allen, Mr, librarian, Holland House, i. [359]
  • Allt-na-Giuthasach, Shiel of, Queen's visits to, ii. [322], [392]
  • Alma, victory of, iii. [1], [43], [49], [252]
  • Amritsar, ii. [74]
  • Anarchists, ii. [3]
  • Anglesey, Marquess of, i. [388]; ii. [86]
  • Annual Summary of Events, 1821-1835, i. [27];
    • 1836, i. [43];
    • 1837, i. [56];
    • 1838, i. [102];
    • 1839, i. [141];
    • 1840, i. [209];
    • 1841, i. [253];
    • 1842, i. [370];
    • 1843, i. [450];
    • 1844, ii. [1];
    • 1845, ii. [30];
    • 1846, ii. [71];
    • 1847, ii. [115];
    • 1848, ii. [141];
    • 1849, ii. [208];
    • 1850, ii. [231];
    • 1851, ii. [283];
    • 1852, ii. [356];
    • 1853, ii. [431];
    • 1854, iii. [1];
    • 1855, iii. [63];
    • 1856, iii. [158];
    • 1857, iii. [223];
    • 1858, iii. [261];
    • 1859, iii. [307];
    • 1860, iii. [379];
    • 1861, iii. [420]
  • Anson, George, i. [199];
    • Private Secretary to Prince Albert, i. [201], [206];
    • interviews with Baron Stockmar, i. [224], [330], [331];
    • interviews with Lord Melbourne, i. [224], [256], [268], [269], [296], [297], [303], [304], [311];
    • interviews with Sir Robert Peel, i. [271], [273], [284], [311]-312;
    • memoranda by, i. [295], [298], [322], [337], [338], [368];
    • illness, i. [490];
    • mentioned, ii. [36], [46], [67]
  • —— Sir George, i. [201]
  • Antonelli, Cardinal, iii. [311]
  • Antwerp, Queen's visit to, ii. [45];
    • ii. [68]
  • Apponyi, Count, Austrian Ambassador, i. [237]
  • Apprenticeship in Jamaica, i. [102]
  • Aquila, Comte d', ii. [32]
  • Arbuthnot, Colonel, i. [314], [398]
  • Ardenne, ii. [16]
  • Argyll, eighth Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. [420];
    • Government of 1855, iii. [97];
    • Privy Seal, iii. [104];
    • Divorce Bill, iii. [231];
    • Lord Privy Seal, iii. [348];
    • Abolition of Paper Duty, iii. [403]
  • Argyll, Duchess of, ii. [376]
  • "Aristocratic," meaning of, i. [107]
  • Army (see Militia), estimates i. [99];
    • civil government of, i. [147];
    • bravery of troops, ii. [74];
    • victory, ii. [77];
    • Peninsular medals, ii. [109]-113;
    • officers' commissions, ii. [185];
    • in India, ii. [212];
    • Prince Consort, ii. [365];
    • military appointments, ii. [393];
    • national defences, ii. [396]-398;
    • Queen on augmentation of, iii. [12];
    • embarkation for the Crimea, iii. [14];
    • reserve to be sent out, iii. [36];
    • Bomarsund, iii. [36];
    • battle of the Alma, iii. [44];
    • Indian contingents, iii. [46];
    • Balaklava, iii. [50];
    • Sebastopol, iii. [50], [63];
    • Inkerman, iii. [53];
    • Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii. [58];
    • fall of Sebastopol, iii. [64];
    • privations of the Army, iii. [68]-70;
    • New Board, iii. [71];
    • laxity of discipline, iii. [153];
    • land transport, iii. [157];
    • retrenchments, iii. [188];
    • peace establishment, iii. [191];
    • review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. [198], [199], [200];
    • military education, iii. [218], [220];
    • Indian Mutiny, iii. [224], [234], [236];
    • Militia embodied, iii. [241];
    • Queen's view on need of increasing, iii. [245], [257];
    • vote of thanks to, iii. [261];
    • question of control, iii. [293];
    • indivisibility of, iii. [319];
    • Committee on Military Departments, iii. [351]
  • Arnold, Dr, ii. [273]
  • Arrow, Chinese dispute, iii. [223], [228]
  • Arthur, Prince (afterwards Duke of Connaught), christening, ii. [251];
    • birthday, iii. [121], [189;]
    • mentioned, ii. [317], [395]; iii. [137], [163], [195], [436]
  • Ascot, Queen's visit to the races, ii. [13]
  • Ashburton, Baron, i. [368], [462]
  • Ashley, Lord, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury, i. [165];
    • Labour Bill, i. [370];
    • Factory Labour Bill, ii. [1];
    • Duchy of Lancaster, iii. [116];
    • Oudh Proclamation, iii. [282], [290]
  • Asis, Don Francisco de, ii. [72], [99]
  • Aston, Mr (Diplomatic Service), i. [329], [432], [495]
  • Athens, revolution at, i. [494]; ii. [231]
  • Atherton, Sir William, Attorney-General, iii. [467]
  • Athole, Duchess of, ii. [376]
  • Attock, fort of, captured, ii. [218]
  • Attwood, Thomas, Birmingham Political Union, i. [69], [425]
  • Auchterarder, Church case, i. [448]
  • Auckland, Baron (afterwards Earl of), Governor-General of India, i. [142];
    • policy in Afghanistan, i. [209], [266], [373], [383;]
      • ii. [10], [86]
  • Audley, Baron, i. [124]
  • Augusta, of Cambridge, Princess, afterwards Grand Duchess-Dowager of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, i. [434], [437], [440];
    • ii. [256]; iii. [264]
  • —— Princess, of Saxony, i. [92]
  • —— Princess, daughter of George III., i. [228];
    • death, i. [230]
  • Augustus, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, see Saxe-Coburg
  • Augustus, Prince Ernest, afterwards Duke of Cumberland, iii. [456]
  • Aulaire, Ste., Ambassador, i. [321], [334], [508]
  • Aumale, Duc d', i. [95], [493], [502]; ii. [153], [167];
    • gallantry, ii. [192]-193, [267], [337];
    • visit to New Lodge, iii. [386]
  • Australasian colonies, self-government of, iii. [64]
  • Australia, emigration to, i. [102];
    • wine from, ii. [41]
  • Austria, Empress Elizabeth of, iii. [414]
  • —— Emperor of (Francis Joseph), ii. [318];
    • attempted assassination of, ii. [440];
    • King Leopold's opinion of, ii. [447], [448];
    • Queen's letter to, iii. [322], [323];
    • reply, iii. [324], [325];
    • proposed meeting with the Queen, iii. [408], [409]
  • —— and the Porte, i. [191];
    • abdication of Emperor, ii. [141];
    • Pope declares war against, ii. [141];
    • ascendency in Lombardy, ii. [174];
    • and Italy, ii. [174];
    • war with the Piedmontese, ii. [178], [182], [186], [190], [193];
    • and England, ii. [183], [186], [190], [191], [198], [380];
    • declines mediation, ii. [193];
    • ascendency in N. Italy, ii. [208]; ii. [229], [275];
    • and Prussia, ii. [276]; ii. [379], [402];
    • and Eastern Question, ii. [440]-444, [451], [452];
    • alliance with Prussia, iii. [1];
    • and Russia, iii. [13], [25];
    • proposed alliance with England, iii. [49], [50], [51], [66];
    • men required, iii. [115];
    • negotiations broken off, iii. [118];
    • and the Four Points, iii. [120], [161], [165];
    • and France, iii. [168], [306];
    • and Italy, iii. [307];
    • war with Sardinia and defeat, iii. [308];
    • and the Papal States, iii. [313];
    • proposed congress, iii. [325]-334;
    • troops cross the Ticino, iii. [327];
    • French victories, iii. [352];
    • conclusion and terms of peace, iii. [354], [359], [360];
    • Italy, iii. [382]
  • Ayrton, Mr, iii. [239]
  • Azeglio, Count, Premier of Sardinia, ii. [386]; iii. [368]

  • Baden, crisis at, ii. [220]
  • —— Princess Mary of, i. [470]
  • Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, i. [323], [334]
  • Baines, Matthew Talbot, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, iii. [116], [149];
    • Conspiracy Bill, iii. [265], [272]
  • Bala Rao, Indian Mutiny, iii. [351]
  • Balaklava, successes at, iii. [2], [50];
    • hurricane and loss of life at, iii. [56]; iii. [189]
  • Ballard, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. [36]
  • Ballot, the, i. [56]; ii. [335]
  • Balmoral Castle, Queen's description of, ii. [194], [323;]
    • Queen's first occupation of, iii. [141]
  • Baltic, English, expedition to the, iii. [16], [115]
  • Bandeira, Sà da, i. [55]
  • Bands, on Sundays, iii. [194]
  • Bank Charter Act, ii. [1];
    • infringement of, ii. [115];
    • suspension of, iii. [224]
  • Barbès, Armand, i. [179]
  • Barclay & Perkins' brewery, attack on General Haynau, ii. [269]
  • Barham, Lady (afterwards Countess of Gainsborough), i. [124], [318]; ii. [274]
  • Baring, F. (afterwards Lord Northbrook), Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. [264], [281], [308], [314]; ii. [60], [84], [287], [312], [347];
    • capture of Lagos, ii. [365], [366];
    • Board of Works, ii. [421]; iii. [79];
    • Government of 1855, iii. [91]
  • —— Thomas, ii. [368];
    • Indian Mutiny debate, iii. [239];
    • India Bill, iii. [294]
  • Barkly, Sir H., Governor of Victoria, iii. [190]
  • Barnard, General, death at Delhi, iii. [243]
  • Barrackpore, funeral of Lady Canning, iii. [475]
  • Barrot, Odilon, i. [248]; ii. [149]
  • Barrow, Sir John, i. [432]
  • Barry, Sir Charles, knighted, ii. [363]
  • Bastide, M., ii. [187]
  • Baudrand, General Comte, i. [83]
  • Bayley, Rev. Emilius, iii. [416]
  • Bean, attempt on the Queen's life, i. [370], [407]
  • Beas, River, ii. [74]
  • Beatrice, Princess (afterwards Princess Henry of Battenberg), birth and christening, iii. [234]
  • Beauclerk, Lord Amelius, i. [108]
  • Beaufort, Duke of, i. [334]
  • Beauharnais, Eugène de, Duke of Leuchtenberg, iii. [354]
  • Beauvale, Lord (afterwards second Viscount Melbourne), i. [191]; i. [232], [418], [490], [512]; ii. [165], [436]
  • Beche, Sir Henry T. de la, geologist, i. [315]
  • Bedford, seventh Duke of, i. [296], [509]; ii. [130], [132], [195], [257];
    • opinion of Lord Palmerston, ii. [260], [261]; ii. [403]; iii. [89];
    • Queen's appreciation of Endsleigh, iii. [203]
  • Begum, the ex-Queen of Oudh, iii. [351]
  • Belgians, King of, see Leopold
  • —— Queen of, see Louise
  • Belgium, dispute with Holland, i. [43], [102], [119], [142], [145], [146];
    • independence of, i. [118];
    • King Leopold's views on, i. [152], [153];
    • and England, i. [134], [151]; ii. [68];
    • and Germany, i. [379];
    • and Emperor of Russia, ii. [15];
    • abortive insurrection, ii. [172];
    • neutrality of, iii. [171]
  • Belsham, William, History of Great Britain, i. [467]
  • Bengal Mutiny, iii. [224]
  • Bentinck, Lord George, attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. [79], [80]; ii. [87];
    • sudden death, ii. [208]
  • —— Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.B., wounded at Inkerman, iii. [53];
    • interview with the Queen, iii. [56], [60]
  • Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. [224]
  • —— Major, iii. [78]
  • —— Viscount, i. [420]; ii. [393]
  • Berkeley, Admiral, M.P., Gloucester, iii. [78]
  • Bernadotte, Marshal, iii. [448]
  • Bernard, Dr, trial of, iii. [261], [274]
  • Bessarabia, cession of, iii. [152], [158], [208]
  • Bessborough, Earl of, see Duncannon
  • Bethell, Sir Richard (afterwards Lord Westbury), Attorney-General, Divorce Bill, iii. [232];
    • India Bill, iii. [267];
    • Lord Chancellor, iii. [442]
  • Beust, Baron, Minister in Saxony, iii. [151], [151], [171]
  • Beverloo Camp, i. [41]
  • Beyens, Baron, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, ii. [436]
  • Beyrout, bombardment of, i. [238]; iii. [10]
  • Bickersteth, Robert, afterwards Bishop of Ripon, iii. [206], [217]
  • Bilbao, battle at, i. [67]
  • Birch, Mr, formerly tutor to Prince of Wales, iii. [431]
  • Birmingham, Chartist riots, i. [179];
    • political condition, i. [506]
  • Births, registration of, i. [43]
  • Bishops, seats in House of Lords, i. [56];
    • and Dr Hampden, ii. [139];
    • appointments of, iii. [416], [417]
  • Black Sea, Russia's Fleet, iii. [120];
    • neutralisation of, iii. [152], [158];
    • England sends fleet to, iii. [208]
  • Blagden, Mr, i. [14]
  • Blanc, Louis, organisation du travail, ii. [168]
  • Bloemfontein, ii. [200]
  • Blomfield, C. J., see London, Bishop of
  • Bloomfield, Baron, ii. [256];
    • Minister at Berlin, ii. [285]; iii. [161], [253]
  • Boers, defeat of, ii. [142], [200]
  • Bois-le-Comte, Mons., French Minister at Madrid, i. [96]
  • Bolgrad, iii. [208]
  • Bomarsund, capture of, iii. [36]
  • Bonaparte, see Napoleon
  • Bordeaux, Duc de (afterwards Comte de Chambord), i. [495], [498], [499], [506], [508];
    • visit to London, i. [509], [510]; ii. [3], [177];
    • rumoured visit to England, iii. [7];
    • and the King of the Belgians, iii. [296]
  • Borthwick, Peter, ii. [34]
  • Bourquency, Mons. de, iii. [151]
  • Bouverie, Mr, iii. [131]
  • Bowring, Edgar, C.B., iii. [477]
  • —— Sir John, British Plenipotentiary, Hong-Kong, iii. [223], [227]
  • Bowyer, Sir George, M.P., iii. [445]
  • Brabant, Duchess Marie Henriette de (afterwards Queen of the Belgians), iii. [276]
  • —— Dukes of, see Leopold
  • Bracebridge, Mr and Mrs, iii. [62]
  • Braganza, Duchess of, i. [51], [178]
  • Breadalbane, Marquess of, i [429];
    • Lord Chamberlain, ii. [425];
    • review at Edinburgh, iii. [407]
  • —— Marchioness of, Lady of the Bedchamber, i. [143]
  • Brescia, ii. [269]
  • Bresson, Count, ii. [98], [99], [107]
  • —— M., aids King Louis Philippe's escape, ii. [157]
  • Bribery at elections, i. [90]
  • Bridgewater, eighth Earl of, treatises, i. [349]
  • Bright, John, on war with Russia, iii. [20];
    • appeal for ending the war, iii. [63];
    • loses his seat, iii. [223];
    • India Bill, iii. [280];
    • Oudh Proclamation, iii. [281], [290;]
    • Reform Bill, iii. [324];
    • proposed honour, iii. [349];
    • England and Savoy, iii. [394];
    • privilege resolutions, iii. [404];
    • and Palmerston, iii. [429]
  • Brighton, i. [140]
  • British Columbia, name given, iii. [296]
  • Broadfoot, Major, political agent, India, death, ii. [76]
  • Broadstairs, Queen's visit to, i. [19]
  • Brock, Mrs, Queen's nurse, i. [14]
  • Brocket Hall, Lord Melbourne's house, i. [150];
    • Queen's visit to, i. [296]
  • Broglie, Duc de, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, i. [149]; ii. [37]
  • Brougham, Lord, i. [56];
    • on Canadian difficulties, i. [102], [128;]
    • advice against dissolution, i. [293];
    • right of audience, i. [344];
    • as a protectionist, ii. [81]
  • Brown, Sir George, wounded at Inkerman, iii. [53], [129]
  • —— Sir William, Baronet, iii. [477]
  • Bruce, Commodore, ii. [366]
  • —— Colonel, iii. [306]
  • —— Lady Augusta, ii. [434]; iii. [451]
  • Brunnow, M. de, Russian Minister, i. [190], [232]; ii. [250], [286], [408], [442], [456]; iii. [176], [189], [466]
  • Brunswick, House of, history of, i. [1], [6]
  • Brussels, Russian Minister to, ii. [17]
  • Brydon, Dr, i. [254]
  • Buccleuch, Duke of, i. [509]; ii. [49], [63]-65
  • —— Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, i. [310]
  • Buchanan, Mr, afterwards Sir Andrew, Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg, ii. [221]
  • —— Mr (afterwards President), American Minister to Great Britain, iii. [105], [182];
    • receives the Prince of Wales, iii. [380], [405]
  • Buckingham, second Duke of, i. [278];
    • Lord Privy Seal, i. [309]; i. [386]; ii. [33]
  • —— Palace, proposed alterations, ii. [33]
  • Buckland, Dr, Irish Commissioner, ii. [48]
  • Buenos Ayres, blockade by British Fleet, ii. [133]
  • Bull Run, battle of, iii. [421]
  • Buller, Charles, i. [142], [425]
  • Bulwer, Sir Henry (afterwards Lord Dalling), Minister at Madrid, i. [235], [238], [334]; ii. [97], [119]; [133], [136];
    • recall, and Queen's opinion of, ii. [175], [179];
    • at Rome, ii. [365];
    • declines governorship of Victoria, iii. [190], [191]
  • —— Lytton, Sir Edward (afterwards Lord Lytton), i. [350]; iii. [79];
    • motion of censure on Lord John Russell, iii. [131], [132], [292], [296], [301]
  • Bunsen, Chevalier, ii. [139], [182];
    • recall of, iii. [31]
  • Buol, Count, Austrian Prime Minister, ii. [380], [440]; iii. [11], [66], [121], [131,] [176], [306], [328], [329]
  • "Bureaucratic," Palmerston's definition of, i. [107]
  • Burghersh, Francis Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), A.D.C. to Lord Raglan, iii. [50]
  • Burgoyne, Sir John, ii. [141]
  • Burnes, Captain (afterwards Sir Alexander), mission to Cabul, i. [142];
    • murdered, i. [254]
  • Burnet, Bishop, History of his own Time, i. [435]
  • Burney, Miss (Madame D'Arblay), diary, i. [406], [467]
  • Bury, Lord, Straits Settlements, iii. [277]
  • Bushey Park, residence of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, i. [33]
  • Bushire, capture of, iii. [159]
  • Bussahir, iii. [360]
  • Butler, Captain, siege of Silistria, iii. [36]
  • Buxted, residence of Lord Liverpool, Queen visits, i. [50]
  • Buxton, Charles, iii. [443]
  • Bygrave, Captain, i. [442]
  • Byng, Sir John, see Strafford, Earl of
  • —— George, i. [60], [467]
  • Byron, Lady, i. [310]
  • —— seventh Lord, i. [307]

  • Cabrals, the, ii. [134], [135]
  • Cabul, i. [254], [370], [383];
    • fall of, i. [385], [442]; ii. [218]
  • Cadiz, Duke of, ii. [89]
  • Cadogan, Honoria, Countess, died September 12, 1845, i. [62]
  • Cagliari, seizure of the, iii. [262], [274], [275]
  • Cairns, Sir Hugh, Solicitor-General, Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. [290]
  • Camarilla, i. [58]
  • Cambridge, first Duke of, i. [4];
    • political views, i. [5], [6];
    • Regent of Hanover, i. [7];
    • marriage, i. [99], [207], [208], [245];
    • daughter's marriage, i. [434], [437], [440], [475], [476];
    • death, ii. [247], [256]
  • Cambridge, Prince George of (afterwards second Duke of Cambridge), i. [212];
    • Ireland, ii. [226];
    • Earldom of Tipperary, ii. [245]-247;
    • Ireland, ii. [303];
    • Ranger of the Parks, ii. [393];
    • in Paris, iii. [14];
    • interview with Napoleon, iii. [24]-26;
    • writes from Constantinople, iii. [27], [28];
    • illness and return from the Crimea, iii. [70];
    • iii. [78];
    • council of war, iii. [160], [167];
    • Commander-in-Chief, iii. [199], [200];
    • proposed marriage of Princess Mary, iii. [206], [209];
    • Army control, iii. [293]
  • Cambridge, Duchess of, i. [11], [31], [99], [494]
  • —— Queen's visit to, i. [496], [501], [503]
  • Campbell, Mr, M.P. for Weymouth, iii. [239]
  • —— Sir Colin (afterwards Lord Clyde), Queen's high opinion of, iii. [152], [155];
    • Commander-in-Chief, Indian Mutiny, relief of Lucknow, iii. [224], [250], [259], [278];
    • Peerage, iii. [262];
    • iii. [405], [455]
  • —— Lord, Bernard trial, iii. [274];
    • Lord Chancellor, iii. [348];
    • reports of divorce cases, iii. [378]
  • Canada, friction in, i. [56], [98], [100], [102], [103];
    • Lord Durham, Governor-General, i. [104], [128], [133], [135]-137;
    • resignation, i. [137];
    • union of, i. [209];
    • dispute with United States, i. [254]; ii. [30];
    • resignation of Lord Metcalfe, ii. [47];
    • Government of, ii. [94];
    • Clergy Revenues Bill, ii. [431];
    • Nova Scotia, iii. [189];
    • Colonial Governorships, iii. [190];
    • Ottawa selected as capital, iii. [262];
    • British Columbia, iii. [296];
    • United States claim to St Juan, iii. [373];
    • Prince of Wales's visit to, iii. [380], [404];
    • proposed increase in Army and Navy for, iii. [440]
  • Candahar, i. [407]
  • Canning, Right Hon. G., speech on Queen's education, i. [10], [229]
  • —— Viscount (afterwards Earl), ii. [346];
    • Post Office, ii. [421];
    • not in the Cabinet, ii. [427];
    • Government of 1855, iii. [98];
    • Post Office, iii. [104];
    • Governor-General of India, iii. [128], [159], [178];
    • arrival in India, iii. [179];
    • Indian Mutiny, iii. [224], [236]-238;
    • his clemency, iii. [249]-252;
    • Oudh Proclamation, iii. [262], [281]-285, [289], [291];
    • Viceroy, iii. [304];
    • Earldom, iii. [313];
    • Indian Army Question, iii. [318];
    • termination of Mutiny, iii. [350];
    • Indian titles, iii. [387];
    • Queen's pleasure at progress in India, iii. [405];
    • K.G., iii. [441];
    • Queen's high opinion of, iii. [453];
    • death of his wife, iii. [475];
    • touching letter from the Queen, iii. [477], [478]
  • —— Viscountess, i. [310], [397]; iii. [405];
    • death, iii. [474];
    • Queen's appreciation of, iii. [477], [478]
  • —— Sir Stratford, see Stratford de Redcliffe
  • Canrobert, Marshal, Commander of French army, iii. [1], [64];
    • resignation, iii. [126]
  • Canterbury, Archbishop of (William Howley), report as to Queen's education, i. [17], [55];
    • announces to the Queen William IV.'s death, i. [74], [75];
    • attends Queen's first council, i. [77];
    • convocation address, i. [299];
    • (John Bird Sumner), Bishopric of Capetown, ii. [448];
    • on Sunday bands, iii. [194];
    • (C. T. Longley), iii. [206];
    • national prayer and humiliation iii. [247]
  • —— Viscount, iii. [230]
  • Canton, England's occupation of, iii. [223], [226]
  • Capetown, Bishopric of, ii. [448]
  • Caradoc, Sir John Hobart, see Howden, Lord
  • Carbonari Society, iii. [261]
  • Cardigan, Earl of, i. [263], [264], [386], [394]; iii. [67];
    • censure on, iii. [175]
  • Cardwell, Mr (afterwards Viscount), ii. [368];
    • Secretary at War, ii. [421];
    • President of Board of Trade, ii. [468];
    • Oudh Proclamation, iii. [282];
    • vote of censure withdrawn, iii. [290];
    • Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. [349]
  • Carlisle, sixth Earl of, i. [419]
  • —— seventh Earl (sometime Lord Morpeth), Chief Secretary for Ireland, i. [62], [281], [308]; ii. [79], [95];
    • Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, ii. [168], [324], [427], [428]; iii. [452]
  • Carlists, i. [50], [67]; ii. [3]
  • Carlos, Don, i. [44], [57], [488];
    • abdication, ii. [31]
  • Carlton House, residence of George IV., Queen's visit to, i. [11]
  • Carmarthen Riots, i. [484]
  • Carolina, South, iii. [381]
  • Cartwright, Sir T., i. [409]
  • Cashmere, ii. [74]
  • Castlerosse, Lord, iii. [291]
  • Cathcart, Earl, Governor-General of Canada, ii. [47]
  • Cathcart, General Sir George, Kaffir War, ii. [283];
    • death at Inkerman, iii. [52];
    • iii. [134]
  • Cavaignac, General, French Minister for War, ii. [184], [190], [191], [207], [387]
  • Cavour, Count, Sardinian Premier, iii. [63], [66], [156], [161], [170], [307], [333];
    • resignation, iii. [359];
    • Papal States, iii. [380];
    • death, iii. [420], [441]
  • Cawdor, Earl, i. [484]
  • Cawnpore, Mutiny, iii. [224], [238];
    • massacre of the garrison, iii. [247], [248], [261]
  • Cécile, Admiral, ii. [213]
  • Chalmers, Dr, i. [448], [450]
  • Chambers, Dr William Frederick, consulting physician, iii. [473]
  • Chambord, Comte de, see Bordeaux, Duc de
  • Chandos, Lord (afterwards Duke), Secretary to the Treasury, ii. [423]
  • Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor, i. [313], [333], [337]
  • Chapman, Dr, iii. [431]
  • Chapoo, captured by Sir Hugh Gough, i. [441]
  • Charier, Mdlle., ii. [3]
  • Charlemont, Viscount, i. [344]
  • Charles of Hesse, Prince, iii. [458]
  • —— X., of France, character and death, i. [52]
  • —— Archduke, i. [431]
  • —— Albert, King of Sardinia, ii. [141], [175];
    • Piedmontese war, ii. [178], [182], [183], [186], [187], [190], [191], [197], [198];
    • defeat at Custozza, ii. [191];
    • at Novara, ii. [208];
    • abdication in favour of his son, ii. [208]
  • Charleston, surrender of, iii. [421]
  • Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George IV.), i. [8];
    • character, ii. [39], [40];
    • bust, i. [203]
  • —— Princess of Prussia (afterwards Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen), birth of, iii. [406]
  • Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, ii. [185];
    • illness, ii. [255], [271];
    • beauty of, ii. [367];
    • proposed marriage of, iii. [207], [211];
    • marriage of, iii. [240], [241]
  • Chartists, i. [83];
    • riots, i. [179]; ii. [134];
    • demonstration, ii. [168];
    • fiasco, ii. [169]
  • Chartres, Duc de, i. [266], [414]; iii. [453]
  • Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, i. [508]
  • Chatsworth, Queen's visit to, i. [509]
  • Chelmsford, Lord, Lord Chancellor, iii. [272]
  • Chelsea pensioners, arming of, i. [486]
  • Cherbourg, Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. [295]
  • Chester, Dean of, see Davys
  • Childers, Col., Life of Right Hon. H.C.E. Childers, ii. [77]
  • Chillianwalla, ii. [208]
  • Chimay, Prince de, iii. [274]
  • China, opium trade dispute, i. [142], [209], [219], [254], [260], [265];
    • operations in, i. [261], [337], [370], [441];
    • war of 1857, iii. [223], [226], [231];
    • Treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. [262], [301];
    • refusal to ratify treaty, march to Pekin, iii. [381]
  • Chiswick, ii. [17]
  • Chobham camp, review at, ii. [449], [449]
  • Cholera, epidemic of, ii. [228]
  • Christian, Prince, of Glücksburg, afterwards King Christian IX. of Denmark, ii. [358]
  • —— Princess, see Helena, Princess
  • Christina, Queen, Regent of Spain, i. [59], [62], [95];
    • abdication, i. [244], [346], [349], [351];
    • marriage question, ii. [4], [31], [96], [97], [99], [100], [183]
  • Christino cause, i. [44], [67]
  • Church of England, Queen's early knowledge of, i. [16];
    • her relations to, i. [51], [72], [79];
    • Parker Society, i. [259];
    • reform, i. [282];
    • difficulties at Oxford, i. [373], [374];
    • Low Church bigotry, ii. [37];
    • ii. [115];
    • preferments, ii. [121];
    • Ritualists and Romanists, ii. [273], [273], [377];
    • riots at Stockport, ii. [391];
    • in the Colonies, ii. [448]
  • —— of Scotland crisis, i. [447], [448], [450]
  • —— rates, i. [56], [66]; iii. [323]
  • Churchill, Lady, iii. [407]
  • Chusan, i. [209], [265]
  • Chuttur Singh, surrender of, ii. [217]
  • Cintra, Convention of, iii. [175]
  • Cistercian Trappists, Queen Adelaide's visit to, i. [437]
  • Civil Service, competitive examinations for, iii. [9], [11]
  • Clanricarde, Marquess of, i. [188]; ii. [427];
    • Privy Seal, iii. [266]
  • —— Marchioness of, i. [350]
  • Clanwilliam, Earl of, ii. [422]
  • Claremont, residence of King Leopold, Queen's reminiscences of, i. [10], [18], [19];
    • regret at leaving, ii. [5], [21];
    • residence of King Louis Philippe, ii. [160]-162
  • —— Col., Orsini trial, iii. [273]
  • Clarence, Duke of, see William IV.
  • Clarendon, third Earl of, Chief Justice-in-Eyre, death, i. [143]
  • —— fourth Earl of, i. [97];
    • Ambassador at Madrid, i. [281];
    • Lord Privy Seal, i. [308]; ii. [60], [83], [86], [131], [132], [169], [195], [223], [224], [236], [244];
    • opinion on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. [260], [263];
    • refusal of Foreign Office, ii. [346], [348];
    • ii. [420], [423];
    • Foreign Secretary, ii. [431];
    • Eastern Question, ii. [439]-444, [452]-471;
    • Duke of Cambridge in Paris, iii. [14];
    • Russian loan, iii. [35];
    • Crimea, iii. [43];
    • Austrian alliance, iii. [48], [51];
    • the "Four Points," iii. [65];
    • Government of 1855, iii. [82], [83], [86], [88], [89], [90], [92], [94], [96], [96], [97], [98], [99];
    • Foreign Affairs, iii. [104];
    • Emperor's proposal to take command at the Crimea, iii. [111], [111];
    • Naples despatch, iii. [143]-144;
    • Austrian ultimatum, iii. [152], [153], [165];
    • arranging terms of settlement, iii. [168]-185;
    • conversation with French Emperor, iii. [175];
    • Treaty of Peace signed, iii. [183];
    • Queen's appreciation of his services, iii. [184], [185];
    • honours, iii. [186];
    • iii. [190];
    • interview with Persigny, iii. [232];
    • and Italy, iii. [305];
    • declines joining the new Cabinet, iii. [346];
    • St Juan dispute, iii. [373];
    • coronation of King of Prussia, iii. [428], [429];
    • reception at the coronation of King and Queen of Prussia, iii. [458]-460;
    • interview with the French Empress, iii. [460];
    • King of Prussia's views, iii. [465]
  • Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, i. [38], [52];
    • Private Memoirs, i. [435]
  • Claridge's Hotel, Empress of the French stays at, iii. [419]
  • Clark, Dr (afterwards Sir James), Physician to the Queen, i. [61], [130], [202];
    • Bagshot Park, iii. [384];
    • Prince Consort's illness, iii. [471], [473]
  • Clémentine, Princess, of Orleans, i. [431]
  • Cleveland, Duke of, i. [386]
  • Clive, Lord, Life by Sir J. Malcolm, i. [55]
  • Close, Francis, Dean of Carlisle, iii. [206]
  • Clyde, Lord, see Campbell, Sir Colin
  • Cobden, Richard, i. [300];
    • Corn Laws, i. [415], [465]; ii. [60];
    • Peel's tribute to, ii. [83];
    • the Whigs, ii. [84], [85], [87];
    • Poor Law Commission, ii. [130], [131], [132];
    • ii. [155], [216];
    • question of marriage between Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal, iii. [182];
    • on China War, iii. [223];
    • loss of seat, iii. [226];
    • iii. [263];
    • refuses to join Government, iii. [307], [348], [350];
    • and the Pope, iii. [357];
    • Plenipotentiary for commercial treaty, iii. [379];
    • declines honours, iii. [413], [414]
  • Coblentz, iii. [146]
  • Coburg (see Saxe-Coburg), House of, history of, i. [3];
    • influence on the Queen's politics, i. [4];
    • abuse of, i. [53]
  • —— Queen's visit to, ii. [45]
  • Cochrane, Mr Baillie (afterwards Lord Lamington), iii. [445]
  • Cockburn, Sir George, Admiral of the Fleet, i. [432]
  • —— Mr (afterwards Sir Alexander), Don Pacifico debate, ii. [252];
    • Chief Justice of Common Pleas, iii. [215]
  • Codrington, Major-General Sir William, wounded at Inkerman, iii. [53];
    • commands the English army in the Crimea, iii. [64], [134], [155], [155]
  • Colborne, Sir John (afterwards Lord Seaton), i. [57];
    • High Commissioner, Canada, i. [102];
    • Field-Marshal, i. [129], [130]
  • Colchester, Lord, iii. [230]
  • Coldstream Guards wounded from Crimea, iii. [110]
  • Colenso, Rev. J. W., ii. [449]
  • Coleridge, Mr, and Provostship of Eton, iii. [431]
  • Colloredo, Count, Austrian Ambassador, ii. [439], [440]
  • Colquhoun, Mr, iii. [44]
  • Colvin, John Russell, Lieut.-Gov. of North-West Provinces, death of, iii. [251]
  • Combermere, Viscount, i. [420];
    • Constable of the Tower, ii. [393];
    • Field-Marshal, iii. [146]
  • Companies, Limited Liability, statute passed, iii. [64]
  • Conroy, Sir J., comptroller to Duchess of Kent, i. [99]
  • Conservatives in opposition, i. [56];
    • dissensions, ii. [1];
    • Corn Laws, ii. [66];
    • ii. [83], [315], [384], [403];
    • form a Government, ii. [412]-430;
    • Roebuck Motion, iii. [79], [226];
    • Government of 1858, iii. [262], [266];
    • possible dissolution, iii. [283]-292;
    • new Reform Bill, iii. [307];
    • defeat, iii. [341];
    • iii. [362];
    • overtures to Lord Palmerston, iii. [420], [429]
  • Consort, Prince (see Victoria, Queen), parentage, i. [4];
    • influence of Baron Stockmar, i. [26];
    • his character, i. [28];
    • Princess of Hohenlohe's opinion of, i. [46];
    • Queen's first impression of, i. [49];
    • education of, i. [97], [109], [111];
    • engagement to Queen Victoria, i. [141], [188];
    • visits Italy, i. [152];
    • Queen's views, i. [177];
    • description of, i. [186];
    • arrival at Windsor, i. [188];
    • religion, i. [196];
    • question of a peerage, i. [198];
    • the Declaration, i. [203], [204];
    • his Household, i. [204], [206], [207];
    • marriage with the Queen, i. [209], [217];
    • his grant, i. [209], [214];
    • appointed Regent, i. [209];
    • the Queen's confidential secretary, i. [28];
    • name in Prayer Book, i. [249];
    • on changes at Court, i. [256];
    • visits Oxford, i. [291];
    • his position on change of Government, i. [304];
    • Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. [306];
    • Fine Arts Commission, i. [332];
    • lays foundation stone of Royal Exchange, i. [376];
    • on duelling, i. [450];
    • domestic life, i. [464];
    • to hold levées, i. [470], [471];
    • reception at Birmingham, i. [509];
    • his father's death, ii. [6];
    • Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. [17];
    • birthday, ii. [20];
    • French King's appreciation of, ii. [25];
    • title rumours, ii. [34];
    • interest in Osborne, ii. [42];
    • attacks on, ii. [46];
    • memo. on change of Government, ii. [61];
    • council meeting, ii. [65];
    • Sir R. Peel and memo. of their conversation, ii. [76];
    • memo. on resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. [80], [83];
    • on new Government, ii. [85];
    • Sir R. Peel, ii. [93];
    • his self-denial, ii. [129];
    • visits King Louis Philippe at Claremont, ii. [163];
    • and the unemployed, ii. [168];
    • visit to York, ii. [184];
    • visit with the Queen to Ireland, ii. [224];
    • opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. [228];
    • Exhibition of 1851, ii. [231], [316]-318;
    • memo. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. [235], [243], [260], [261];
    • Mansion House speech, ii. [239];
    • memos. on formation of a new Government, ii. [293], [297], [298], [300], [302], [306], [309], [310], [311];
    • presides at Propagation of Gospel Meeting, ii. [319];
    • on Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. [345]-347;
    • his fondness for politics and business, ii. [362];
    • and the Army, ii. [365];
    • on resignation of Lord John Russell, ii. [367], [369], [371];
    • on change of Government, ii. [374];
    • command of Grenadier Guards and Rifle Brigade, ii. [392];
    • on new appointments on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. [392];
    • on national defences, ii. [398]-400;
    • on Free Trade Debate, ii. [404];
    • on resignation of Lord Derby, ii. [412]-413;
    • on new Government, ii. [413], [415], [420];
    • Lord Derby's opinion of, ii. [426];
    • on change of Ministry, ii. [427];
    • birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. [444];
    • congratulates Mr Gladstone on his Budget speech, ii. [446];
    • memo. on Eastern Question, ii. [454], [456];
    • memo. on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. [467];
    • Press attacks on, iii. [1], [3], [4], [7], [8];
    • interview with Emperor Napoleon, iii. [1];
    • President of Patriotic Fund, iii. [2];
    • memos. on Reform Bill, iii. [20], [22], [23], [24];
    • memo. of Government changes, iii. [33], [34];
    • visits French Emperor, iii. [41]-43;
    • memo. on Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. [58];
    • visits the French Emperor, iii. [64;]
    • memo. on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. [72];
    • memos. on inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a Government, iii. [83]-96;
    • memo. on Lord Palmerston's Government of 1855, iii. [97], [98];
    • asks Lord Aberdeen to join new Government, iii. [98];
    • memo. of interview with Mr Gladstone, iii. [107]-109;
    • on Austria's proposal of Crimean settlement, iii. [120], [127];
    • visits France, iii. [135];
    • appointment of Sir W. Codrington, iii. [155];
    • Queen's memo. on his status, iii. [192]-194;
    • title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. [196], [197], [197];
    • French Emperor's feeling towards England, iii. [232], [233];
    • marriage of Princess Royal, iii. [261], [263], [264;]
    • memo. on resignation of the Government, iii. [266]-268;
    • Danish Question, iii. [281];
    • memo. on Oudh Proclamation, iii. [284;]
    • memo. on Lord Derby and dissolution, iii. [289];
    • visit to French Emperor at Cherbourg, iii. [295];
    • memo. on Lord Palmerston, iii. [300];
    • Lord Stanley's position with the Queen, iii. [301]-303;
    • tours of Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, iii. [411];
    • Princess Alice's engagement, iii. [415];
    • state visit to Ireland, iii. [420];
    • Lord John Russell's despatch to America, iii. [421];
    • failure of health, iii. [421];
    • death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. [435]-439;
    • illness, iii. [468], [470];
    • draft despatch to United States, last written by, iii. [469];
    • slight rally, [472], [473];
    • death, iii. [421], [473]
  • Conspiracy and Assassination Bill, iii. [266]
  • Constantin, expedition against, i. [43];
    • taken by France, i. [96]
  • Constantine of Russia, Grand Duchess, ii. [7]; iii. [466]
  • Constantinople, i. [232];
    • Russian Fleet ordered to, ii. [441], [452]
  • Constitution de la Belgique, newspaper, i. [55]
  • Constitution, the English, i. [358]
  • Constitutional newspaper, i. [53]
  • Conyngham, Lady Maria, i. [12]
  • —— Marchioness, i. [12]
  • —— Marquess, Lord Chamberlain, i. [12], [74], [75], [84], [110], [121]
  • Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, i. [424]
  • Coorg, Princess of, iii. [54]
  • Corbett, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. [310]
  • Corigan, Dominic, Physician-in-Ordinary, ii. [136]
  • Cork, Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. [224];
    • question of dockyard, iii. [151]
  • Corn Laws, petition against, i. [148];
    • debates on, i. [218], [265], [278], [280], [370], [381], [415], [450], [465];
    • Anti-Corn-Law League, i. [370], [415], [466]; ii. [30], [49], [383];
    • paragraph in the Times, ii. [48], [49];
    • Lord John Russell's policy, ii. [59];
    • Sir R. Peel's views, ii. [65], [66], [87];
    • settlement, ii. [233];
    • Earl Grey on, ii. [377];
    • Mr Disraeli on, ii. [381]
  • Coronation, i. [120], [127]
  • Corry, H., ii. [306], [405]
  • Cottenham, Earl of, Chancellor, i. [271], [308], [314]; ii. [83]
  • County and Borough Franchise, ii. [288]
  • Couper, Sir George, iii. [254]
  • Courvoisier murders Lord William Russell, i. [220]
  • Covent Garden Theatre, Free Trade meetings at, ii. [131]
  • Coventry, Earl of, i. [91]
  • Cowell, Major (afterwards Sir John), tutor to Prince Alfred, iii. [413]
  • Cowley, first Baron, Minister at Frankfort, i. [495]
  • —— second Baron (created Earl 1859), ii. [146], [186], [275];
    • Queen's high opinion of, ii. [285], [286];
    • Ambassador at Napoleon's Court, ii. [397], [407];
    • Napoleon's marriage, ii. [435];
    • Eastern Question, iii. [115], [151], [153], [154], [160];
    • council of war at Paris, iii. [168];
    • honours, iii. [186];
    • iii. [221];
    • mission to Vienna, iii. [308], [323], [324]-326;
    • rumoured treaty between France and Russia, iii. [330];
    • terms of peace at Villafranca, iii. [359];
    • England's congress representative, iii. [375];
    • Italian Question, iii. [384], [385];
    • stormy interview with Napoleon, [390]-394;
    • French policy in Italy, iii. [412]
  • Cowper, Countess, i. [201]
  • —— Lady Fanny, i. [121];
    • her beauty, i. [123], [125];
    • i. [266].
    • See also Jocelyn, Lady
  • —— Hon. William, Priv. Sec. to Lord Melbourne, i. [220];
    • First Commissioner of Works, iii. [443]
  • Cracow, ii. [72], [114]
  • Crampton, Mr (afterwards Sir John), British Minister at Washington, dismissal of, iii. [219];
    • English Ambassador at St Petersburg, iii. [326]
  • Cranworth, Lord, Lord Chancellor, ii. [420]; iii. [103];
    • Divorce Bill, iii. [231]
  • Creptowitch, Count, Russian Ambassador, iii. [185]
  • Crimea, see Eastern Question
  • Croker, Right Hon. J. W., Queen's declaration, i. [197]
  • Crown, influence of the, i. [105];
    • prerogatives of, iii. [294], [296]
  • —— jewels, claim to, i. [439], [487]
  • Crowther, Rev. Samuel, ii. [366]
  • Crystal Palace, the Queen opens the, iii. [2];
    • visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. [117];
    • peace fête, iii. [190]
  • Cullen, Dr, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. [281]
  • Cumberland, second Duke of, i. [4;]
    • his character, i. [6], [72], [76].
    • See also Hanover, King Ernest of
  • —— third Duke of, see Hanover, King George V.
  • Cureton, General, death of, ii. [212]
  • —— Rev. Wm., recommended for Canonry, ii. [121]
  • Custine, Marquis Astolphe de, La Russie en 1839, i. [501]

  • Daily News, iii. [337]
  • Dalhousie, Countess of, i. [397];
    • death, ii. [450]
  • —— tenth Earl and first Marquess of, ii. [65], [84];
    • Viceroy of India, ii. [142];
    • views as to the Punjab, ii. [196];
    • Marquess, ii. [208], [221];
    • Queen's opinion of, ii. [212];
    • Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. [242];
    • Rangoon, ii. [380];
    • Cinque Ports, ii. [393];
    • India, ii. [400], [401];
    • on his wife's death, ii. [450];
    • correspondence with the Queen, iii. [38], [39], [45]-48, [53];
    • desires to retire, iii. [114];
    • retirement of, iii. [159], [179];
    • reported failure to suppress insubordination in India, iii. [180];
    • Lord Canning succeeds him, iii. [179];
    • iii. [292]
  • Dalkeith, Queen's visit to, i. [430]
  • Dalmeny, Lord, i. [489]
  • Danish Law of Succession, ii. [358]; iii. [280]
  • Darmes, attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. [243]
  • D'Aubigny, Mons., ii. [20]
  • Davis, Jefferson, President of the Southern States, iii. [421]
  • Davys, Rev. George, Dean of Chester, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, instructor of Queen, i. [15], [38], [64]
  • Dawes, Richd., Dean of Ripon, iii. [206]
  • Dawson, Hon. Thomas Vesey, death at Inkerman, iii. [55]
  • Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, iii. [277]
  • Defences, national, ii. [396], [398]-400; iii. [37]
  • De Grey, Earl, Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, i. [309]
  • Delane, John T., editor of the Times, ii. [263];
    • and Germany, iii. [462]
  • De la Warr, Elizabeth, Countess, i. [310]
  • Delhi, revolt at, iii. [224], [236];
    • capture of, iii. [236]
  • Democracy, progress of, ii. [385]
  • "Democratic," definition of the term, i. [107]
  • Denison, J. E., ii. [273];
    • Speaker, iii. [223]
  • Denman, Lord, i. [469]
  • Denmark, and Morocco, ii. [4];
    • and Holstein, ii. [171], [222], [223], [249], [251], [270];
    • peace concluded with Prussia, ii. [254], [255];
    • Danish succession, ii. [320], [358]
  • —— King of, letter to Queen Victoria, ii. [254]
  • Derby, Earl of, see Stanley
  • Despatches, method of dealing with, ii. [221], [222]
  • Devonshire, Duke of, ii. [16]; iii. [202]
  • Dhuleep Singh, Maharajah, Queen's impression of, iii. [39], [47], [54];
    • iii. [219];
    • Indian Mutiny, iii. [248], [252]
  • Dietz, Mons., Governor of Prince Ferdinand, i. [54], [131]
  • Dilke, Sir C. W., Baronet, iii. [477]
  • Disbrowe, Sir Ed., British Minister at the Hague, i. [145], [409], [417]
  • Disfranchisement Bill, ii. [380]
  • Disraeli, Benjamin, "Young England," ii. [16];
    • "poisoned chalice," ii. [59];
    • protectionist, ii. [71];
    • attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. [79], [80];
    • leader of Opposition, ii. [208], [216], [248];
    • motion on agricultural distress, ii. [285];
    • protection, ii. [287];
    • ii. [291], [301], [303], [363];
    • on Palmerston's defence, ii. [364];
    • Endymion, ii. [376];
    • Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. [381];
    • debate on dissolution, ii. [382], [384;]
    • Militia Bill, ii. [385], [386], [387];
    • speech on Duke of Wellington, ii. [401];
    • Free Trade, ii. [402], [403];
    • and Gladstone, ii. [405];
    • Budget speech, ii. [406];
    • loss of office, ii. [415], [427];
    • apology for his speech, ii. [428];
    • attack on the Government, iii. [38];
    • Roebuck Motion, iii. [76], [79], [106];
    • formation of Government of 1855, iii. [81], [84];
    • attack on Lord John Russell, iii. [131];
    • preparation for war, iii. [192];
    • attack on the Budget, iii. [224], [226];
    • China War debate, iii. [228], [229];
    • speech on Indian Mutiny, iii. [239];
    • return to office, iii. [261];
    • Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. [265];
    • Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. [272];
    • reports of the debates, iii. [274], [275], [277], [278];
    • India Bill, iii. [279];
    • Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. [290], [292];
    • and Lord Stanley, iii. [301];
    • debate on the address, iii. [340];
    • defeat of Government, iii. [341];
    • and the Pope, iii. [358];
    • and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. [429]
  • Dissenters and Church Rates, iii. [323]
  • Dissolution, prerogative of, ii. [91]
  • Divorce Bill, iii. [224], [231]
  • —— Court, Queen's objection to publication of proceedings in newspapers, iii. [378]
  • Doabs, Eastern, disarmament of Sikhs, ii. [217]
  • Dorset, Duke of, Master of the Horse, i. [12]
  • Dost Mahommed, see Afghanistan, Ameer of
  • Douglas, General Sir Howard, iii. [175]
  • —— Lord (afterwards Duke of Hamilton), marriage, i. [439]
  • Douglas, Rev. Hon. A. (afterwards Bp. of Aberdeen and Orkney), iii. [102]
  • Douro, Marchioness of, i. [486]; ii. [5], [322]
  • Doyle, Richard, i. [152]
  • Drayton Manor, Queen's visit to, i. [509]
  • Dresden, ii.[ 220]
  • Dreux, ii. [159]
  • Drummond, Edward, assassination of, i. [455], [456]
  • —— Castle, Queen's visit to, i. [430]
  • —— Henry, Member for West Surrey, iii. [76], [276]
  • Druses, iii. [380]
  • Dublin, Archbishop of (Richard Whateley), Queen's opinion of, i. [62]
  • —— fear of outbreak at, ii. [169];
    • Queen's visit to, ii. [224]
  • Duels, military, i. [450], [485]
  • Dufferin, Marquess of, and story of Mrs Norton and the Times, ii. [48]
  • Duffield, Walter, ii. [41]
  • Dumas, General, ii. [159]
  • Duncannon, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Bessborough), Lord Privy Seal, afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, i. [99], [133], [281], [308], [344]; ii. [93];
    • death, ii. [122]
  • Duncombe, Thomas, M.P., Finsbury, iii. [79];
    • Roebuck Committee, iii. [106]
  • Dundas, Vice-Admral Sir James, Commander of Mediterranean Fleet, ii. [452]; iii. [1], [116]
  • —— Rear-Admiral Richard, commands expedition to the Baltic, iii. [116]
  • —— Mr (afterwards Lord Melville), i. [357]
  • —— Sir David, Convention of Cintra, iii. [175]
  • Dundonald, Earl of (formerly Lord Cochrane), iii. [9]
  • Dunfermline, Lord (formerly James Abercromby), Speaker, i. [98]; iii. [230]
  • Dungannon, Viscount, i. [133]
  • Dunkeld, Queen's visit to, i. [429]
  • Dunmore, Countess of, Lady-in-Waiting, i. [384]
  • —— Earl of, death, ii. [43]
  • Durham, first Earl of, High Commissioner in Canada, i. [102], [103], [104];
    • rash conduct, i. [128], [133], [137];
    • resignation, i. [137];
    • i. [142], [144], [155], [234]

  • Eastern Question, ii. [431], [437], [441]-444, [449], [452]-471;
    • declaration of war with Russia, iii. [1], [12], [13], [20];
    • Turkish success, iii. [36];
    • battle of the Alma, iii. [43], [49];
    • Inkerman, iii. [53];
    • Four Points negotiations, iii. [63], [65];
    • terms of settlement and final evacuation of the Crimea, iii. [158], [182]
  • East India Company, recall of Lord Ellenborough, ii. [1], [9], [11];
    • giving medals, ii. [200];
    • Sir Charles Napier, ii. [259];
    • position of Indian princes, iii. [47], [219];
    • Mutiny, iii. [223], [234], [237]-248, [252];
    • future Government of India, iii. [257]
  • Eastlake, Sir Charles, Keeper of National Gallery, i. [338]
  • Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, ii. [232], [279], [281], [283], [313], [314]
  • Eckerforde, ii. [218]
  • Eden, Lt.-Gen. John, C.B., iii. [39]
  • Edinburgh, Queen's visit, i. [429]
  • Education, Bullock's work on, ii. [214];
    • committee on, ii. [390]
  • Edwardes, Major, ii. [200]
  • Egypt (see also Ali, Mehemet) and the Four Powers, i. [227], [232], [242], [252]
  • Elchingen, Duc de, i. [83]
  • Elcho, Lord (afterwards Earl of Wemyss), Government of 1855, iii. [98];
    • new Foreign Office, iii. [443]
  • Election, general 1836, i. [56];
    • on death of William IV., i. [80], [89];
    • ii. [126];
    • Corrupt Practices Bill, iii. [8]
  • Elgin, Earl of, Governor in Jamaica, ii. [47], [94];
    • treaty with Japan, iii. [262];
    • Postmaster-General, iii. [349]
  • Elimar, Prince, of Oldenburg, iii. [458]
  • Eliot, Lord, afterwards Earl of St Germans, i. [310]
  • Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Queen Adelaide, death, i. [31]
  • Ellenborough, Lord (afterwards Earl of), President of Board of Control, i. [163], [309], [326];
    • Governor-General of India, i, [344];
    • Indian warfare, i. [407], [443];
    • Somnauth proclamation, i. [445], [462], [468];
    • Scinde controversy, i. [502];
    • recall of, ii. [1], [9], [18];
    • Earldom, ii. [10];
    • in office, ii. [65], [70];
    • protectionist, ii. [306];
    • and Lord Cochrane, iii. [10];
    • iii. [73], [81];
    • President of Board of Control, iii. [262], [272];
    • Oudh despatch, iii. [281], [282]-289;
    • resignation, iii. [282]-285
  • Ellesmere, Earl of, death, iii. [227]
  • Ellice, Mr, i. [144]; ii. [92]
  • Elliot, Captain, Chinese opium trade, i. [254], [260], [261];
    • recalled, i. [265]
  • —— Lady Fanny, i. [291]
  • —— Lady Harriet, illness of, iii. [69]
  • —— Mr (afterwards Sir Henry), P.C., G.C.B., Plenipotentiary to Naples, iii. [356], [418]
  • Elphinstone, General, capture of, i. [254]
  • —— Sir J. D. H., M.P. for Portsmouth, iii. [278]
  • —— Baron, Governor of Bombay, iii. [313], [406]
  • Ely, bishopric of, ii. [35]
  • —— Marchioness of, iii. [378]
  • Emlyn, Lord, marriage, i. [395]
  • Enfield, iii. [212]
  • England, troubles in Afghanistan, i. [254], [370], [373], [382], [385]
  • —— and Austria, ii. [182], [183], [187], [190], [380];
    • Eastern Question, ii. [432], [441], [444], [452]; iii. [1], [13], [25];
    • proposed alliance, iii. [49], [50], [65], [115], [118];
    • Four Points, iii. [120], [144];
    • ultimatum, iii. [152], [168], [182]
  • —— and China, i. [260]-262;
    • successes in, i. [441];
    • dispute with and ultimatum, iii. [223], [226], [231];
    • treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. [262], [381];
    • march to Pekin, iii. [381]
  • —— and Denmark, ii. [358]
  • —— and France, i. [93], [209], [230]; ii. [1], [19], [96], [120];
    • hospitality to King of, ii. [155];
    • relations with as a Republic, ii. [206];
    • on the Eastern Question, ii. [431], [443], [452], [458], [460], [470];
    • alliance with, iii. [1], [232];
    • feeling against, iii. [261], [264]
  • —— and Germany, ii. [274], [275], [276]
  • —— and India (see India)
  • —— and Italy, ii. [182], [186];
    • Rome, ii. [279], [386], [387];
    • Naples, iii. [140], [141]
  • —— and Japan, treaty, iii. [262]
  • —— and Persia, war, iii. [159]
  • —— and Portugal, unpopularity, i. [57];
    • English fleet in the Tagus, ii. [109];
    • constitutional trouble, ii. [111], [118];
    • conference, ii. [120];
    • policy in, ii. [179]
  • —— Punjab, annexation of, ii. [208]
  • —— and Russia, i. [86]; ii. [19];
    • on the Eastern Question, ii. [431], [441]-445, [452]; iii. [1], [4], [11], [12], [13], [14];
    • declaration of war, iii. [19];
    • Crimea, iii. [24]-32, [35], [36], [43];
    • defeat at the Alma, iii. [43], [44], [50];
    • battle of Balaklava, iii. [50];
    • Four Points, iii. [66], [120];
    • Sebastopol taken, iii. [141];
    • Austrian ultimatum, iii. [152];
    • peace and terms of settlement, iii. [158];
    • difficulty of enforcing settlement, iii. [159]-186, [213];
    • Danish Question, iii. [439]
  • —— and Spain, i. [433], [486], [487], [512]; ii. [31], [32], [44];
    • marriage question, ii. [72], [95]-108
  • —— Sweden and Norway, iii. [134]
  • —— and Turkey, Eastern Question, ii. [431], [437], [441]-445, [452]; iii. [1], [11], [13,] [19]
  • England and United States of America, boundary dispute, i. [254], [355], [368], [461]; ii. [30], [72];
    • rupture with, iii. [159], [219];
    • Trent affair, iii. [421]
  • England, General (afterwards Sir Richard), i. [402], [407]
  • Enrique, Don, ii. [89], [90], [96], [98], [99], [103]
  • Ense, Varnhagen, von, memoirs of, iii. [472]
  • Erfurt, Diet of, ii. [229]
  • Ernest, Prince, of Hohenlohe, death of, iii. [396]
  • Ernest, King, of Hanover, i. [57], [189].
    • See Cumberland, Duke of
  • —— Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, i. [48];
    • arrival at Windsor, i. [188];
    • i. [205];
    • marriage, i. [380];
    • bravery, ii. [218]
  • Ernestine branch of Saxe-Coburg family, history of, i. [2]
  • Erroll, Earl of, i. [300], [474]
  • Espartero, Joaquin, Regent of Spain, i. [57], [346]
  • Este, Sir Augustus de, i. [489]
  • Esterhazy, Prince Paul, i. [115], [435]
  • Eton College, ii. [22];
    • Montem, ii. [109];
    • resignation of Dr Hawtrey, ii. [433];
    • extra week's holiday, iii. [200];
    • election of Provost, iii. [431]
  • Eu, Château de, i. [181], [182];
    • Queen's visit to, i. [490]; ii. [23], [89]
  • Eugénie, Empress of the French, see Montijo
  • Eupatoria, disaster at, iii. [1], [63], [111]
  • Evans, Col. (afterwards Sir G. de Lacy), i. [44], [57]; iii. [53], [297]
  • Examinations, competitive, iii. [10], [297]
  • Executions, public, ii. [38]
  • Exeter, Bishop of, Gorham case, ii. [273]
  • Exeter, Marquess of, i. [312]
  • Exhibition of 1851, in Hyde Park, ii. [231], [239];
    • success of, ii. [283], [316], [317];
    • ball at Guildhall, ii. [320]