[2] Greville’s Journal, Vol. III. p. 290.
[3] Memoirs of an Ex-Minister, Vol. I. p. 243.
[4] Letter from the Queen to Lord Melbourne, cited by Sir T. Martin in the Life of the Prince Consort.
[5] This is not quite accurate. The details were arranged by Lord Clarendon; the plan, or original idea, of the visit was the Queen’s.
[6] Greville’s Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, Vol. III., p. 295.
[7] Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort.
[8] “This faithful and trusty valet nursed his dear master most devotedly through his sad illness in December, 1861, and is now always with me as my personal groom of the chambers or valet. I gave him a house near Windsor Castle, where he resides when the Court are there. He is a native of Coburg. His father has been for fifty years Förster at Fülbach, close to Coburg.”—Footnote by the Queen.
[9] “Who was very active and efficient. He is now a page.”—Footnote by the Queen.
[10] Greville’s Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, Vol. III., pp. 296, 297.
[11] Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort.