[[226]] Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort, vol. iv. p. 37.
[[227]] Sir Harry felt a strong personal devotion to the Queen, and would speak of her as “the most gracious lady in the whole world.”
[[228]] Henry Havelock’s elder brother, Will, as before stated, was called in the Peninsula “Young Varmint” for “his keenness and daring in the saddle and in every manly sport.” See account of W. H. by H. H. in Buist’s Annals of India for 1848.
[[229]] See [p. 33 n.] It is characteristic of Sir Harry’s kindness of nature that he now brought home from Lisbon some little presents for the children of his aide-de-camp, Major Payne.
[[230]] See [p. 184 n.]
[[231]] Cope, p. 451.
[[232]] Miss Alice E. Smith (daughter of Major Thomas Smith), now Mrs. Lambert, was a great deal with her uncle and aunt from 1852 onwards.
[[234]] Sir H. E. Maxwell’s Life of Wellington, vol. ii. pp. 361-364.
[[235]] I.e. the war then being waged in Italy.