the Pope's appreciation of, iii. 310;
United States dispute, iii. 469
---- Sir Edmund, commands Mediterranean Fleet, iii. _116_
Lyttelton, Lady (governess to the Royal children), i. _390_, 394; ii. 3
---- Lord, iii. 190
Lytton, _see_ Bulwer Lytton
M'Caskill, Sir John, death, ii. 76
M'Culloch, Mr, ii. 303
Macaulay, T. B. (afterwards Lord Macaulay), Secretary at War, i. _141_;
China debate, i. 219;
in favour of dissolution, i. 281, 308;
on Somnauth Proclamation, i. 469;
Maynooth grant, ii. _37_;
defeat at Edinburgh, ii. 126;
peerage, iii. 245
Macdonald, Captain, iii. _462_
---- Lt.-Col. Hon. Bosville, iii. 70
---- Miss, ii. 220
Macmahon, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265
Macnaghten, Sir William, envoy at Cabul, i. _209_, 383;
death, i. 386
MacNaghten, Daniel, assassin, i. 455-459;
pronounced insane, i. 468, 469
MacNeill, Sir John, iii. _175_
Madiai, release of the, ii. 443
Magenis, Arthur Charles (afterwards Sir), Minister at Stockholm,
iii. _133_
Magenta, Duc de, iii. 461
Magnan, Marshal, iii. 136
Mahmoud, Sultan, war with Pasha of Egypt, i. _141_;
successor, i. 182
Mahon, Lord (afterwards fifth Earl Stanhope), _History of England_,
i. 436, 449
Malakhoff batteries, attack on, iii. _64_, _128_
---- Duc de, _see_ Pelissier
Malcolm, Major, i. 446
Malegnano, Austrians defeated at, iii. _308_
Malmesbury, Earl of, memoirs, ii. _2_;
Foreign Secretary, ii. 372-374, 397;
Napoleon's title, ii. _406_;
secret protocol, ii. 408;
question of Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-410,
422;
iii. 190;
Foreign Secretary, iii. _272_;
Orsini incident, iii. 273, 274;
Danish Question, iii. 280;
and Italy, iii. 305;
proposed congress to settle Italian difficulties, iii. 325-335,
_341_, _362_;
Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_;
and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 423, 429
Malta, English Church for, i. 138
Maltby, Dr Edward, Bishop of Durham, i. _122_; ii. _273_
Mamelon, capture of, iii. _64_, _126_
Manchester, riot, i. 422-424;
Chartist fiasco, ii. 169
---- Duchess of (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire), Mistress of
the Robes, iii. 454
Mangles, Mr, of East India Company, iii. 239
Mann, Sir Horace, i. 389
Manners, Lord John (afterwards seventh Duke of Rutland), ii. _17_;
Commissioner of Works, iii. 272;
on John Bright, iii. _394_;
on new Foreign Office, iii. 443
Manning, Marie, her execution, ii. _269_
Mansfield, Colonel, military adviser at Constantinople, iii. 154
---- Earl of, i. 429
Manteuffel, Baron, President of Prussian Ministry, iii. _19_, 153, _181_
Maria, Donna, _see_ Portugal, Queen of
Mario, opera singer, ii. 253
Maritime Law, International, iii. _183_
Markham, General, death, of, iii. 153
Marmora, General La, Sardinian General, iii. _66_, 134, _135_, 168
Maronites, iii. _380_
Marriage Act, i. _43_
Marston, North, repair of church, ii. _392_
Martin, Rev. Francis, bursar, Trinity Coll., Cambridge, i. 348
---- Sir Theodore, _Life of Prince Consort_, iii. _41_, _137_;
last draft prepared by Prince Consort, iii. 469
Mary, Princess, _see_ Gloucester, Duchess of
---- of Cambridge, Princess (afterwards Duchess of Teck), proposed
marriage of, iii. _206_, 209
Maryborough, Lady, i. 223
Mason, Mr, Confederate Envoy, iii. 466
Mathew, Father, ii. 88
Maule, Mr Fox, _see_ Panmure, Lord
Maundy money, ii. 37
Maurice, Rev. F. D., ii. 46
Maximilian, Archduke, _see_ Ferdinand
Mayne, Richard, Commissioner of Police, ii. 169
Maynooth Roman Catholic College, grant, ii. _30_, 36, 37, 75
Mazzini, ii. 440; iii. _359_
Mecklenburg, Prince Charles of, i. 6
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederic William, Grand Duke of, i. 431, _435_
Medals, Peninsular, ii. 109-113;
East India Company, ii. 200;
Crimea, iii. 56, 116;
distribution of, iii. 127
Medjid, Abdul, Sultan, i. 182;
interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 27
Meer Shere Mahommed, i. 481
Meerut, revolt at, iii. _224_
Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury,
i. 20;
Ministry, i. 24;
i. 67;
Queen's confidence in and appreciation of, i. 74, 79, 158, 159,
174, 189, 192;
letter to Queen on accession, i. 74;
interview with Queen, i. 76;
arrangements for King William IV.'s funeral, i. 80, 81;
King Leopold's appreciation of, i. 81, 82, 87, 116, 134, 145,
175, 190;
Duke of Wellington's opinion of, i. 83;
indisposition, i. 84;
politics, i. 89;
visit to the Queen, i. 92;
Canadian troubles, i. 98, 99, 100, 103, 127-129, 133, 135-137;
i. _102_;
Coronation arrangements, i. 114, 115;
Belgium and Holland, i. 118, 135;
ceremony, i. 122-125;
Cabinet crisis, i. 147, 149, 150;
resignation, i. 154, 155;
advises the Queen, i. 155, 156, 160, 161, 162, 164;
Queen's distress at parting, i. 156, 159;
Queen's refusal of Peel's terms, i. 167;
Prince Albert's declaration, i. 196;
Turco-Egyptian Convention, i. 227-232;
overtures to France, i. 231;
Eastern difficulties, i. 237-239;
criticism on his future correspondence with the Queen, i. _254_,
330, 331, 340, 353, 360, 361;
Ministry in jeopardy, i. 268-287;
dissolution, i. 301;
takes leave of the Queen, i. 306;
portrait of, i. 333, 337;
on division of high offices of State, i. 357;
address from Derby, i. 369;
visit to the Queen, i. 371, 372, 451, 512;
serious illness, i. 376, 438;
on his health, i. 449, 453, 458, 462, 467, 474, 483;
Queen's visit to, i. 483;
on old age, ii. 8;
opinion of Emperor of Russia, ii. 17;
crisis in Parliament, ii. 18;
on Scotland, ii. 24;
Queen's letters to, ii. 36, 42;
Sir R. Peel's resignation, ii. 51, 52, 67;
political views of, ii. 92;
Queen's advance of money to, ii. _140_;
Queen's birthday congratulations to, ii. 164;
death, ii. 203
Melvill, Sir James, Chief Secretary, East India Company, iii. 299
Mendizabal, Don Juan Alvarez y, Spanish statesman, i. _44_;
Queen's opinion of, i. 59
Menschikoff, Prince, the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 442, _449_
Mensdorff-Pouilly, Comte Emmanuel de, marriage, i. 97, 396, 404;
ii. 333
Meredith, Mr, ii. _48_
Metcalfe, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord), Governor-General of Canada,
i. 454, 508;
retirement, ii. 46, 94
Metchersky, Princess, iii. 387
Metternich, Prince, i. 190, 192, 231, 232, 236, 359, 487, 512;
ii. 4, 114;
a fugitive, ii. _141_, 170, 171;
Italian Question, iii. 370, 375, _412_
Meyendorff, Baron, Austrian Foreign Minister, ii. _457_
Meyer, Miss Eugenie, i. 461
Michael, Grand Duke, visit to the Queen, i. 494, 501
Miguel, Dom, i. _43_; ii. 118; iii. _10_
Milan, surrender of, ii. _191_;
insurrection, ii. _440_;
French Emperor and King Emmanuel enter, iii. _308_
Milanese rising against Austria, ii. _141_
Miles, Mr, M.P. for Bristol, on Sugar Duties, ii. _17_; iii. 78
Militia, reconstruction, ii. _141_;
Bill, ii. 367, 368, 374, 380, 388;
carried, ii. 388, 440;
iii. 71
Milner Gibson, Mr, iii. _223_;
Conspiracy Bill Debate, iii. _261_, 265, _266_, 267;
President of the Board of Trade, iii. 349;
Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401, 403
Milnes, R. Monckton (afterwards Lord Houghton), iii. 76
Ministers of State, duties of, i. 106; iii. 68, 69
Minto, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. 281, 308; ii. 86,
107, _115_;
special mission to the Vatican, ii. 128, _183_;
ii. 196, 236;
Pope's opinion of, iii. 356
Modena, Duke of, ii. 174
Mohammedan schools, ii. 29;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 251
Moldavia, iii. _262_
Mole, Count, French Premier and Foreign Secretary, i. 95
Molesworth, Sir William, at the Office of Works, ii. 422;
Government of 1855, iii. 98;
Board of Works, iii. 104;
death, iii. _148_
Monro, Major, i. 315
Montebello, battle of, iii. _308_
Montemolin, Count of, ii. 89, 90
Montijo, Mdlle. Eugenie de (Empress of the French), parentage,
marriage to Napoleon, ii. _435_, 435, 436;
ii. 437;
visit to England, iii. 117;
Queen's opinion of, iii. 122, 137;
Queen's letter to, _re_ Treaty of Paris, iii. 207, 208;
attempted assassination of, iii. _261_, _264_;
tour in Scotland and England, iii. _415_;
visit to the Queen, iii. 418, 419
Montjoye, Madame de, ii. 165
Montpensier, Duc de, i. 439, 501; ii. 22, 23, 24, 32;
engagement to the Infanta, ii. _72_, 99, 100, 102, 107, 148,
_149_, 155, 164, 172
Montreal, i. 508
Moodkee, ii. _31_, _76_
Mooltan, insurrection, ii. 196, _208_
_Morning Chronicle_, i. 374; ii. _34_, 86, 172; iii. 7, 8, 463
_Morning Post_, iii. 337
Morocco, ii. 4
Morpeth, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Carlisle), _see_ Carlisle
Morris, Mr, Governor of the Bank, ii. 129
Morton, Earl of, i. 499
Mouravieff, General, takes Kars fortress, iii. _64_
Muich, Loch, Queen's visit to, ii. 321, 392
Municipal Corporations, i. 43
Munro, Lieutenant, duel, i. _485_
Munster, Earl of, Governor of Windsor Castle, tragic death, i. 387, 390
Muntz, George Frederick, M.P., Birmingham, iii. 79
Murat, Madame de, ii. 154
---- Joachim, formerly King of Naples, iii. _428_
Murray, Sir George, Commander-in-Chief for Ireland, i. 420
---- George, Bishop of Rochester, iii. 417
Muscat, Imam of, list of presents for the Queen, i. 406
Musgrave, Dr, Bishop of Hereford (afterwards Archbp. of York), ii. 135
Mutiny Act, ii. 447
Naas, Lord (afterwards Earl of Mayo),
Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. 277
Nagpur, annexation of, iii. _178_
Nana Sahib, perfidy of, iii. _238_, _351_
Nanking, i. _370_, _442_
Napier, Sir Charles (General), Scinde victory, i. 481;
G.C.B., i. 484;
Governor of Scinde, i. _503_;
receives the thanks of both Houses, ii. _1_;
succeeds Lord Gough, ii. _208_, 215;
resignation, ii. 259
---- Sir Charles (Admiral), i. _252_;
commands the Baltic Fleet, iii. _1_, _2_, 10, _16_;
capture of Bomarsund, iii. _36_
---- Sir George, Governor of Cape Colony, i. 427
Naples, cholera panic, i. 52;
slight on English Government, iii. 140, 141;
seizure of the _Cagliari_, iii. _262_, _275_;
triumphal entry by King of Sardinia and Garibaldi, iii. _380_;
flight of Francis II., iii. 380, 408;
revolution doctrines, iii. _383_, 397;
absorption of, iii. 428
---- Francis II., King of, amnesty granted, iii. 311;
letter to the Queen, iii. 409;
reply, iii. 412;
character, iii. 418
Napoleon I., Emperor, iii. 139, _274_, _354_
---- Louis (afterwards Napoleon III., Emperor of the French),
lands at Boulogne, i. _209_, 228;
President of the French Republic, ii. _141_, 178;
elections, ii. 204, 205;
writes to Queen Victoria, ii. 210;
ii. 212, 213;
universal suffrage, ii. _283_;
_coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 334-340;
assumes Imperial title, projected marriage, ii. _356_, _406_, 408, 422;
Queen Victoria's opinion of, ii. 360, 362, 366, 374, 378;
title of Emperor, ii. 389;
his position, ii. 390;
anecdote of, ii. 397;
and England, ii. 398, 401;
Queen Victoria's letter to, ii. 406;
annoyance with the Powers, ii. 422;
his title, ii. 433;
Eastern Question, ii. _432_, 442;
marriage, ii. 434, _435_;
interview with Prince Albert, iii. _1_;
and Russia, iii. 6;
interview with Duke of Cambridge, iii. 24-26;
visit from Prince Albert, iii. _41_;
visit to England with the Empress, iii. _63_;
Palmerston's letter to, iii. _105_;
proposes to take command at the Crimea, iii. 110, _111_, 111;
visit to England, iii. _117_;
festivities and investiture, iii. _117_;
letter to the Queen, iii. 118;
and reply, 119;
and Austria's proposed Crimean settlement, iii. _120_;
attempts on his life, iii. 121;
Queen's opinion of, iii. 122, 122-126, 138;
Queen's visit to France, iii. 135-137;
attempt on his life, iii. 142;
desire to
terminate hostilities, iii. _150_;
correspondence with the Queen on the ultimatum, iii. 162, 164, 172,
185, 188;
council of war at Paris, iii, 165, 169;
interview with Lord Clarendon, iii. 175;
birth of Prince Imperial, iii. 181;
Treaty of Peace, iii. 221;
on proposed marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, iii. 220;
Egypt and Morocco, iii. 221;
his feelings towards England, iii. 232;
visit to England, iii. 240;
attempted assassination of, iii. _261_, _264_;
and the Carbonari Club, iii. 273;
and Italy, iii. 305;
confederacy with Sardinia, iii. _308_, _331_;
entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. _308_;
_Napoleon et l'Italie_, iii. _313_;
war with Austria, iii. _313_-315, 321, 332, _333_;
proposed congress, iii. 326;
rumoured treaty with Russia, iii. 329;
French victories, iii. _353_;
conclusion and terms of peace, iii. _354_, _359_, _361_;
annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. _379_, 385, 391-393, 397;
policy in Syria, iii. _380_;
_The Pope and the Congress_ pamphlet, iii. 382;
Italian policy, iii. 385;
stormy interview with Lord Cowley, iii. 390-394;
New Year's letter to the Queen, iii. 423;
reply, iii. 427;
Italian Question, iii. 432;
on death of Cavour, iii. _441_;
King of Sweden, iii. 448;
Mexico, iii. 453;
interview with King of Prussia, iii. 467
---- Bonaparte, Prince Jerome, iii. _160_, _331_
---- Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, Prince Imperial, birth, iii. 181, 182
Narvaez, General, ii. 241
Nasmyth, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. _35_
Nassau, Prince of, iii. 205
National Gallery, ii. 315; iii. 196
Navigation Laws, i. _278_; ii. 184;
repeal of, ii. _208_, 219; iii. _2_
Navy, African squadron, ii. 366;
Admiralty appointments, ii. 373;
national defences, ii. 396, 398;
bombardment of Odessa, iii. 26;
Bomarsund, iii. 36;
battle of the Alma, iii. 44;
Balaklava and Sebastopol, iii. 50;
hurricane at Balaklava, iii. _56_;
second Baltic expedition, iii. 115;
want of a dockyard in Scotland, iii. 151;
retrenchments, iii. 188;
position of, iii. 191;
peace establishment, iii. 191;
fleet sent to Black Sea, iii. _208_;
want of ships and state of, iii. 242, 279, 297;
use for Indian Mutiny, iii. 250;
proposed increase, iii. 312, 330;
change in naval uniform, iii. 402
Neild, J. C., leaves fortune to Queen Victoria, ii. 392
Neill, General, death of, iii. 254, 259
Neipperg, Count, marriage i. 439
Nelson, Lord, proposed pension for children of his adopted daughter,
iii. 40, 41
Nemours, Duchesse de, _see_ Victoire, Princess
---- Duc de, i. 63, 65;
at Constantin, i. 96;
marriage, i. _149_;
i. 414, 439, 495, 498, 506; ii. 5, 148, 153, 154, 164, 167, 173,
185, 204, 354, 360; iii. 6;
death of his wife, iii. _254_
Nesselrode, Count, Russian Minister, ii. _452_, 456; iii. 12
Netherlands, King of the, _see_ Holland, King William Second of
Neuchatel, ii. 138;
rising in canton of, iii. _214_
Neuilly, Queen's visit to, iii. 136
Neumann, M. de, Austrian Minister, i. 46, 232, 497
Newcastle, Duke of, _see_ Lincoln, Earl of
New Forest, ii. 282
Newhaven, King Louis Philippe's flight to, ii. 159
Newman, Mr, ii. 130
Newport, riot at, i. _141_, 201
New Zealand, native troubles, ii. _31_;
constitution granted, ii. _357_
Ney, Edgar, ii. 387
---- General, iii. 182
Nice, annexation to France, iii. _379_, _385_, 391-393, 397
Nicholas, _see_ Russia, Emperor of
---- Prince, of Nassau, visit to the Queen, ii. 354
Nicholson, General, death of, iii. 254
Nicolas, Grand Duke, iii. 457
Nicols, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jasper, Commander-in-Chief, India, i. 444
Nightingale, Miss Florence, iii. _2_;
arrival at Scutari, iii. _62_;
Queen's letter of thanks to, iii. 170;
presentation to, iii. _170_
Nine Elms Station, ii. 133
Ningpo, i. 441
Norbury, Lord, assassination of, i. 144
Norfolk, Duchess of (governess to Royal children), i. 397, 484, 485;
Papal brief, ii. _273_, 277
---- Duke of, Coronation, i. 122;
refusal of Garter, iii. 227
Normanby, Marquess of, Canada, i. 129;
Home Secretary, i. _141_, 308;
Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, i. 143, 281;
i. 509; ii. 100, 104;
Ambassador-Extraordinary at Paris, ii. 190, 192, 206;
_coup d'etat_, Paris, ii, 334-341;
Palmerston's
conduct to, ii. 334, 336, 338, 341, 344, 354, 363
Normanby, Marchioness of, _coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 336-341
Normandy, ii. 4
North, Colonel, iii. 76
---- Lord (afterwards Earl of Guilford), i. 358
Northumberland, Duke of, ii. 303, 305, 306, 392
---- Duchess of, first Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, i. 64;
ill-health, ii. 376
Norton, Mrs. ii. _48_
Norway and Sweden, iii. _134_. _See_ also Sweden
Nott, General (afterwards Sir William), Afghanistan, i. _370_, _402_,
_443_, 444
Nottingham election, i. 264
Novara, battle of, ii. 219
Nuneham, Queen's Visit to, i. 291
Oaths Bill, iii. _262_
O'Brien, Smith, Young Ireland agitation, ii. _141_
_Ocean Monarch_, emigrant ship, burnt, ii. _193_
O'Connell, Daniel, agitator, i. 106, 130, 425, _450_;
arrest, i. 496;
release, ii. _1_;
ii. 8, _141_
O'Connor, Feargus, people's charter, ii. _141_;
Kennington Common meeting, ii. 168, 169
Odessa, bombardment of, iii. _27_
Olozaga, Mons., iii. 51
Oltenitza, ii. _432_
Omar Pasha, Turkish Commander, iii. _31_
Opera, Queen at the, ii. 14
Oporto, Louis, Duc de, brother to King Pedro V of Portugal, iii. 332,
_457_, 465
Orange, Prince of, _see_ Holland
---- Prince William Nicholas of (son of King William), iii. 185
-----River Free State, ii. _142_; iii. 201
Orders, right of British subjects to accept Foreign, ii. 5
Oregon, end of boundary dispute, ii. 82
Orleanists, and French Revolution, ii. 148-162;
blunders of, ii. 164
Orleans, Duke of, i. 63, 94;
death, i. 408, 409, 415, 416
---- Duchess of, ii. _334_
---- Princess Louise of, _see_ Belgians, Queen of
---- Princess Marie of, i. 65;
marriage and death, i. 144
---- family, ii. 321, 360, 379; iii. 7, 139
Orloff, Princess, iii. 387
---- Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 86; iii. 204
Orsini, of the Carbonari Society, execution of, iii. _261_, _264_, _274_
Osborne, Ralph Bernal, Secretary of the Admiralty, ii. 423; iii. 78,
275, 443, 444
---- Queen's purchase of, ii, 35, 36;
Queen's occupation of, ii. 42
Oscar, Prince, of Sweden, iii. 195, 397;
visit to the Queen, iii. 447, 448, 450
Otho, King of Greece, ii. 199
Oudh, placed under British control, iii. _159_, 176;
Mutiny, iii. _224_, 238;
Proclamation, iii. _262_, _281_, 282, 291
Oudinot, Gen., ii. _208_, _387_
Oultremont, Countess de, i. _210_
Outram, General (afterwards Sir James), war with Persia, iii. 159;
annexation of Oudh, iii. _177_;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 249, 255;
Oudh, Proclamation, iii. _262_, 291
Overstone, Lord, _see_ Loyd
Oxford, Bishop of, _see_ Wilberforce
---- tracts, i. 373
Owen, Sir Edward, i. 384
Pacifico, Don, Claim against Greek Government, ii. _231_, 235, 239, _240_,
_243_, 248, 252, _253_, _256_
Paget, General Sir Edward, G.C.B., i. 420
---- Lady Adelaide, i. 121
---- Lord, Lord Melbourne's page, i. 125
Pakenham, Sir R., Minister at Lisbon, ii. 286
Pakington, Sir John (afterwards Lord Hampton), First Lord of the Admiralty,
iii. 272, 278, 280;
French naval preparations, iii. 297, 328
Palermo, occupation of, by Garibaldi, iii. _380_
Palmella, Duc de, ii. _72_, 109
Palmer, Colonel, i. _402_
---- Mr, ii. 273
---- Sir Roundell, Solicitor-General, iii. 467, 477
Palmerston, Viscount, his political power and views, i. _30_;
i. 54, 62;
speech on Spanish affairs, i. 66;
i. 72, 82;
visits Queen Victoria, i. 92;
power of officials in public offices, i. 106;
i. 113, 119;
illness, i. 143;
Belgium and Holland, i. 145;
marriage, i. 201;
Eastern crisis, i. _227_-240;
views on France, i. 233, 246;
China and opium trade, i. 260, 261;
votes for dissolution, i. 281;
Foreign Secretary, i. 308;
_Morning Chronicle_, i. 374;
and Lord Grey, ii. 59;
possible Foreign Secretary, ii. 60;
desire for peace, ii. 68;
and Lord Aberdeen, ii. 85, 86;
Spanish marriage question, ii. _90_, 95, 97-103, 107;
incurs Queen's displeasure, ii. 136, 171, 182, 193, 195, 221, 222,
223-236, 240, 241, 248, 256;
attack on Portuguese Government, ii. _179_, 180;
anti-Austrian sympathy, ii. 182;
France and Austria, ii. 186, 192, _193_;
Lord Normanby's appointment to Paris, ii. 189, 206;
Italian policy, ii. 197;
despatch about Greece, ii. 199;
supplies arms to insurgents, ii. _211_;
proposed removal of, ii. 212, 235;
methods for redress of wrongs, ii. 229;
hostility against Greece, ii. _231_;
Haynau trouble, ii. _231_;
case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. _231_, 233-240, _243_,
_244_, 252, _253_;
draft to Greece, ii. 234, 235;
Prince Consort's memoranda on his Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261;
and Spain, ii. 240;
Lord J. Russell's offer to resign, ii. 243, 244;
speech on Foreign Policy, ii. 252;
Schleswig draft, ii. 258;
removal of, considered, ii. 260-263;
Press attacks on, ii. 263;
duties of a Foreign Secretary, ii. 263;
Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270;
Austria and Prussia, ii. 274;
reception of Kossuth, ii. _283_, 325-331;
Louis Napoleon, ii. _283_;
diplomatic changes, ii. 285, 312;
_coup d'etat_, approval of, ii. 334-341;
difference with Lord Normanby, ii. 334-340;
dismissal from office, ii. 342-349;
inconsistency of, ii. 344;
absence from Council explained, ii. 350;
explanation in the House, ii. 362-364;
Militia Bill, ii. _367_, 368, 385, 386;
refusal to serve under Lord Derby, ii. 369, 370;
and Lord John Russell, ii. 378, 379, 382; iii. 58;
power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. 394;
his aims, ii. 403, 404;
Home Office, ii. 420;
illness, ii. 428, 430;
Eastern Question, ii. _432_;
peculiar position of, ii. 451, 457;
objection to Reform proposals, ii. 465, 466; iii. _20_, 22, 23, 24;
resignation, ii. 467;
withdraws his resignation, ii. _472_;
speech at Reform Club, iii. _26_;
Austrian alliance, iii. _51_,
and the War Office, iii. _53_;
iii. 57;
forms a Government, iii. _63_;
on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72;
Premier, iii. 76-78;
position on Lord Derby's and Lord John Russell's failure to form
a Government, iii. 84, 85, 87-96;
forms a Government, iii. 97-104;
letter to Napoleon, iii. _105_;
Roebuck Committee, iii. 109;
Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 131;
Neapolitan affront, iii. _141_;
Queen's congratulations on Treaty of Peace, 1856, iii. 186;
made K.G., iii. 187;
condition of defence, iii. _192_;
obtains majority in House of Commons, iii. _223_;
_resume_ of events, iii. 225, 226;
dissolution on China War debate, iii. 229, _231_;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 234, 239, 241-248;
financial crisis, iii. 255-257;
Ministry defeated over right of asylum, iii. _261_;
resignation, iii. 266-268;
iii. 272, 276;
India Bill, iii. 279;
iii. 288, 290;
his unpopularity, iii. 300;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
reconciliation with Lord J. Russell, iii. _307_;
forms a Government, iii. _307_, 344-348;
foreign affairs, iii. _324_;
and John Bright, iii. _350_;
Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351;
differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373; 374-378;
Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_, 401;
W. E. Gladstone's resignation, iii. 402, 403;
privilege resolution, iii. 404;
proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409;
appointments of bishops, iii. 416;
overtures from Conservative leaders, iii. _420_;
_resume_ of political situation, iii. 422, 423, 429;
Italian Question, iii. 427, 428;
Garibaldi letter, iii. 432, 434;
presses for Mr Layard's appointment, iii. 443-447;
_Times_ newspaper, iii. 462-464
Panmure, Lord (Mr Fox Maule), afterwards Earl of Dalhousie, Under Secretary
for Home Office, and Secretary for War, i. 221; ii. 345; iii. 61;
War Minister, iii. _63_, 90, 98, 104;
Crimean medals, iii. 116;
fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143;
G.C.B., iii. 146;
Land Transport, iii. 157;
no troops at the camp, iii. 196;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 235, 236;
increase of Army, iii. 256, 260;
new Cabinet, iii. 272
Panshanger, Earl Cowper's residence, i. 151;
Queen's visit to, i. 296
Papal aggression, ii. 272, 273, 277-282, 294, 299, 307
Paper Duties, Bill for Abolition of, thrown out, iii. 401;
passed, iii. _420_
Paris, Comte de, birth, i. _243_;
christening, i. 266, 267;
Federal Army, iii. 453
---- question of an Ambassador, ii. 189;
_coup d'etat_, ii. 334-340;
Queen's visit to, iii. 135, 136;
Treaty of, iii. _160_, 167, 207, 208, _214_
Parke, Baron (afterwards Lord Wensleydale), i. 419; iii. _158_
Parker, Admiral Sir Wm., successes in China, i. _254_, _370_, 441;
G.C.B., i. 444;
Italy, ii. 128;
commands Mediterranean fleet, ii. 229, _235_
---- Society, i. 259
Parks, the Royal, ii. 259
Parliament, new Houses of, ii. 363
Parliamentary reform, ii. 458
Parma, Duke of, ii. 174
Parma, Duchess of, iii. 355
Pasha, the Capitan, treachery of, i. 179
---- of Egypt, _see_ Mehemet Ali
----Omar, _see_ Omar
Passport Question, iii. 277
Pate, Robert, assault on the Queen, ii. _231_
Patriotic Fund, established, iii. _2_
Paul, Captain, ii. 157, 158
Paxton, Mr, ii. _231_
Pedro, Dom, Emperor of Brazil, i. _43_
---- Prince (afterwards King of Portugal, King Pedro V.);
proposed marriage of, iii. _51_, _207_, 211;
marriage of, iii. _332_;
death, iii. _420_, 465
Peel, Captain, of the _Shannon_, gallantry at relief of Lucknow,
iii. _252_
---- Lady (wife of Sir Robert Peel), ii. 280
---- Rev. John, Dean of Worcester, ii. 40, 41
---- General Jonathan, War Secretary, iii. 272, 321
---- Sir Robert, in opposition, i. _43_, _56_
Glasgow speech, i. 58, 60;
Hume's attack on, i. 60;
sent for by the Queen, i. _141_;
Corn Laws, i. 148, 218, 465, 466; ii. 49;
Jamaica Government, i. 153;
i. 155, 156;
request to form a Ministry, i. 158;
Queen Victoria's impression of, i. 159;
difficulties as to appointment of Queen's Household,
i. 159-173, 268-274;
and the United States, i. 260;
Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 161;
Free Trade, i. 279; ii. 66;
vote of censure, i. 286;
i. 302, 305;
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, i. 308;
interview with the Queen, i. 309;
Roman Catholics, i. 365; ii. _30_;
King Leopold's opinion of, i. 462;
Queen's visit to, i. 509;
Queen's appreciation of, ii. 16, 64, 85;
Prince Albert's title, ii. 34;
resignation and interview with Prince Albert, ii. 48, 51;
his attitude, ii. 53, 54;
returned to office, ii. 58-66;
comprehensive scheme, ii. 66;
speech on opening of Parliament, ii. 73;
objection to Prince Albert's memo, of their conversation, ii. 76;
explanation, ii. _73_, 79;
personal defence, ii. 79, 80;
resignation, ii. 80, 82;
account of his speech, ii. 82, 83;
takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85, 87;
and Prince Albert, ii. 93;
ii. _115_;
supports the Ministry, ii. _123_;
accident and death, ii. _231_, _253_-255
---- Frederick (afterwards Right Hon. Sir Frederick), maiden speech,
ii. 219
Peelites, ii. 359, 368, 375, 403, _404_;
position in Government of 1852, ii. 412, 413, 414; iii. _63_;
Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 75;
Government of 1855, iii. 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 91, 94, 98, 101, 108;
retirement of, iii. _109_;
Chinese debate, iii. _223_, _231_;
conspiracy debate, iii. 266;
return to power, iii. _307_
Peers, right of audience, i. 335, 343;
powers in Money Bills, iii. _379_
Pelissier, General (afterwards Duc de Malakhoff), Commander of the
French army, iii. _64_, _126_, _129_;
Queen's congratulations to, iii. 143;
becomes Duc de Malakhoff, iii. _143_;
iii. 154, 276, 314, _333_
Pennefather, Chief Justice of the Irish Queen's Bench, i. 352
Penny postage introduced, i. _141_, 176
People's Charter riots, i. _141_; ii. _141_
Pepys, Henry, Bishop of Worcester, death, iii. 416
Percy, Lord Henry Hugh Manvers, K.C.B., V.C., gallantry at Inkerman,
iii. 55
Perekop, Isthmus of, iii. 44
Perim, Island of, iii. 391
Perry, Sir Erskine, ex-Chief Justice of Bombay, Indian Mutiny debate,
iii. 239
Persia, Turkey, and England, iii. _4_;
war with England, iii. _159_;
siege of Herat, iii. _199_;
hostilities terminated, and terms of peace, iii. _223_
Persigny, M. de, French Ambassador in London, iii. _121_, 165,
_213_, 215;
interview with Earl of Clarendon, iii. 232;
Orsini incident, iii. 273:
resignation, iii. 276;
iii. 333;
war with Austria, iii. _353_, 369, 375;
visit to the Queen, iii. 384, 396
Peshawur, ii. 218
Peterborough, Bishop of, _see_ Davys
Pfordten, M. von der, iii. 151
Philippe (second son of King Leopold I., afterwards Count of Flanders),
i. 65, 146
Phillimore, Dr, Counsel to the Admiralty, iii. _467_
Phillips, Mr T. (Mayor of Newport), knighted, i. 201
Philipotts, Henry, Bishop of Exeter, ii. _140_; iii. 416
Philpott, Canon Henry, Bishop of Worcester, iii. _417_
Phipps, Maria Henrietta Sophia, marriage of, iii. 169
---- Hon. Sir Charles, ii. 184, 378; iii. _89_, 286, 430
Pianori, Giacomo, iii. _122_
Piccolomini, Max, i. 395
Piedmont, war with Austria, ii. 178, 190, 191, 386, 387;
invasion of, iii. _308_
Piedmontese, ii. _178_, _191_
Pierri, execution of, iii. _261_
Piraeus, fleet sent to, ii. _231_
Pitt, William, i. 391
Pius IX., Pope, ii. _115_;
flight to Gaeta, ii. 204, _208_;
letter to the Queen, ii. 204;
reply, ii. 210;
Papal brief, titles for English bishops, ii. _232_, _272_;
papal aggression, ii. 273-282;
and England, iii. 310;
invasion of the Papal States, iii. _380_;
iii. 415
Playfair, Dr, Irish Commissioner, potato disease, ii. 48
Plombieres, compact of, iii. _308_, _385_
Poerio, iii. 312
Poles and Russia, ii. 15, 17
Polk, President (U.S.A.), ii. _30_
Pollock, General (afterwards Sir George), successes in Afghanistan,
i. _370_, 402, 442;
G.C.B., i. 444
Pollon, Count, Sardinian Minister, i. 148
Ponsonby, Lord (Ambassador at Constantinople), i. 232, 234; ii. 114
Poor Law Act, i. 20, _102_, 108, 382;
State maintenance of the poor, ii. 67;
commission, ii. 130
Pope, _see_ Pius IX. and Gregory XVI.
_The Pope and the Congress_, famous pamphlet, iii. _382_
Porte, the, i. 179;
and Austria, i. 191;
convention of 1828, i. 229, 232;
and Mehemet Ali, i. 237;
Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, _449_, 452-465, 469;
iii. _1_, 12, 13, _20_;
Turkish success, iii. _36_;
Alma, iii. _43_, 50;
Inkerman, iii. _53;_
Four Points Negotiation, iii. _63_, 65;
protection of Christian subjects, iii. _152_
Portland, third Duke of, i. 357
---- fifth Duke of, iii. 227
Portugal, revolution, i. _43_, 54, 92;
and England, i. _57_, 149, 356; ii. 111, 118, 134;
and Spain, i. 59, 62; ii. 119;
new Ministry, i. _92_;
slave trade, i. 115;
insurrection, ii. _72_, 90;
civil war and constitutional troubles, ii. _109_, 116, 117, 119,
120, 129;
Lord Palmerston's attack on, ii. _179_;
case of Don Pacifico, ii. _231_, _234_, 235, 239, _240_, _243_
---- King of (Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg), i. 45;
Queen's opinion of, i. 46;
Commander-in-Chief, i. 47, _55_;
Queen's letter to, on slave trade, i. 115;
and Lord Howard de Walden, i. 133
---- Maria da Gloria, Queen of, i. 4, _43_, _44_, 94;
letter on Queen's engagement, i. 200;
dismissal of Ministry, ii. _109_, 134; iii. 10
---- Stephanie, Queen of, iii. 332, 466
---- Prince of, the Pope sponsor to, i. 392
Post Office, inauguration of penny post, i. 141, 176;
Sunday delivery, ii. 244
Pottinger, Sir Henry, successes in China, i. _254_, 265;
G.C.B., i. 444;
i. 446, 447, 449
Powys, Captain, i. 426
Pozzo di Borgo, Count, Russian Ambassador, i. 67
Praet, Van, i. 134, 136
Praetorius, Dr, i. 361
Praslin, Duchesse de, murdered by her husband, ii. _115_, 128
Prescott (Canada), i. _136_
---- Mr, Deputy Governor of the Bank, ii. 130
Presentations, fatigue of receiving, i. 470, 471
Preston, riot, i. 424
Pretorius, Boer leader, ii. _200_
Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne on origin of term, i. 358
Primogeniture, i. _56_
_Prince_, loss of the steamer, at Balaklava, iii. _56_
Principalities, the Danubian, Russia's invasion of, iii. _1_, 12,
_13_, 17, 32;
relinquishment of Russia's protectorate, iii. _152_, _158_, 180,
_233_, _262_
Prior, Matthew, i. 504
Privilege Question, i. _209_
Property, qualification, i. _56_
Protection, i. _278_; ii. 66, 293, 294;
Lord Derby, ii. 384;
abandoned by Disraeli, ii. _404_
Protectionists, ii. 66, _71_, 81, 83, 86, 123, 216, _231_;
check to, ii. 233, 248, _283_, 289, 298, 315, 384, 468; iii. 88
Protestant, Prince Consort's declaration, i. 203-205;
Low Church bigotry, ii. 37;
Church in Ireland, ii. 83
Proxy, voting, i. _56_
Prussia (_see_ Prussia, King of), and Holland, i. 119; ii. 275, 278;
Eastern Question, ii. _452_;
alliance with Austria, iii. _1_;
position in impending war, iii. 17, 115;
and England, iii. 161;
admission to war conference, iii. 171, 181
---- King of (Frederick William IV.), i. 365;
visit to Queen Victoria, i. 376, 378-380;
on Swiss quarrels, ii. 137;
on French Revolution, ii. 150;
declines Imperial Crown of Germany, ii. _219_;
Diet of Erfurt, ii. 229;
peace with Denmark, ii. 254;
and Austria, ii. 276, 280;
Queen Victoria's letter to, on his position, iii. 17;
reply, iii. 28;
Russia's influence over, iii. 31;
letter from the Queen, iii. 107;
iii. 454;
account of his death, iii. 420, 423-426
Prussia, Queen of, iii. 425, 426
Prussia, Prince of (afterwards King William I.), visit to Queen Victoria,
ii. 172, 251, 253;
a refugee, ii. _176_;
Queen's appreciation of, ii. 256;
coronation, iii. _455_, 456-459;
interview with Napoleon, iii. 467
---- Prince Frederick William of (afterwards Emperor Frederick),
question of marriage, iii. 142, 146, 147, 182, 195, 205, 220;
marriage to the Princess Royal, iii. 253, _261_, 455;
birth of a son (present Emperor), iii. 314;
death of the King of Prussia, iii. 423-426;
coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 456-459
---- Marie Louise Augusta, Princess of (grandmother of present German
Emperor), ii. 106, 318, 319;
Queen writes to, on death of Czar, iii. 112
Pulteney, Mr (afterwards Earl of Bath), i. 391
Punjab (_see_ India), ii. _142_, 196;
annexation of, ii. _208_, 220; iii. _178_
Puseyites, ii. 16, 273, 277, 282, 376
Quadruple Alliance, i. _488_; ii. 353
Rachel, Madame, i. 290
Racine, Jean Baptiste (1639-1699), tragedian and poet, i. 40
Radetzky, Marshal, Austrian General, ii. _141_, _178_, _182_;
defeats Piedmontese at Custozza, ii. _191_, _219_
Radicals, i. _56_, 66, _90_; ii. 123, 216, 313, _364_, 403;
defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411-413;
inclusion in Lord Aberdeen's Government, ii. 412-430; iii. 300
Radnor, third Earl of, i. 335
Radowitz, General, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, ii. 378, 379
Raglan, Lady, iii. 129
---- Lord, _see_ Somerset, Lord Fitzroy
Railways; accident near Reading, i. 369;
Queen's first journey on G.W.R., i. 404
Rajpoot Hill States, ii. 74
Ramnuggur, English reverse at, ii. _142_
Ramsgate, Queen's visit to, i. 11, 19
Rangoon, ii. 380
Raphael, painter, i. 334
Rawul Pindee, ii. 217
Rechberg, Count, Austrian Foreign Minister, iii. 409
Redan batteries, attack on, iii. _64_, _126_, _129_, 163, 165
Redschid Pasha, Turkish Minister, ii. _460_; iii. 27
Reeve, Henry, ii. 263
Reform Bill, i. _20_, _61_; ii. 294, 332, _361_, 369, _466_;
withdrawn, iii. _2_, _8_, 15, _16_, _20_, _23_, 59;
introduced by Disraeli, iii. _307_, 324
Reform, parliamentary and municipal, i. _20_
Refugee Question, ii. _440_
Regency Bill, i. _209_
Reinhardtsbrun, i. 186; ii. _45_
Rellstab, Louis, novelist, i. 501, 506
Review in Windsor Park, ii. 13;
Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. _198_, 199, 200;
field day, 1860, iii. 400;
at Edinburgh, iii. 407
_Revue des Deux Mondes_, ii. 132
_Revue Retrospective_, ii. 183
Rianzares, Duke of, marriage, ii. _2_, 97
Rice, Mr, M.P. for Dover, iii. 78
Rich, Mr, iii. 79;
Baronet, iii. 477
Richmond, Duchess of, i. 124
---- Duke of, i. 122, _308_
Rio Janeiro, ii. _133_
Riots, Manchester, i. 422;
tollbar, i. _450_, 483, 492, 493;
Chartist demonstration, ii. 167, 168;
Birmingham, i. 179;
Stockport, ii. 391
Ripon, first Earl of (Mr Robinson), Chancellor of the Exchequer,
speech on Queen's education, i. 9, 10, 299;
President of Board of Trade, i. 309;
political history, i. _309_; ii. 65
River Plate, ii. 133
Robinson, Mr, _see_ Ripon Earl of,
Rocky Mountains, Canada, dispute as to territory, ii. _30_
Roden, third Earl of, iii. 19
Roebuck, Mr, ii. 247, 363;
motion on conduct of Crimean War, iii. _63_, 72, 76-78;
result, iii. 78, 79;
Committee, iii. 89, 107, 108, 109, 112;
Chinese dispute, iii. _228_;
Ireland, iii. 277;
Reform Bill, iii. 324
Rokeby, Lord, iii. 60
Rolle, Lord, Queen's Coronation, i. 122
Rollin, Charles, _Histoire Ancienne_, i. 39
---- Ledru, French President, ii. _174_, 239
Romagna, The, assembly of, and Victor Emmanuel, iii. _308_;
iii. _380_
Roman Catholics, Maynooth College grant, ii. _30_, 36;
Bill, ii. 81, 84;
papal aggression, ii. _232_, 277-282, 303, 376
Romano, Giulio, painter, i. 334
Rome, Prince Albert's visit to, i. 152;
Pope's flight from, ii. 205;
and England, ii. 279;
Lord Russell's draft on the Roman Question, iii. 441
Romilly, Sir John, Master of the Rolls, iii. _216_
Rosebery, fourth Earl of, i. 62
Rosenau, the, ii. _45_
Rosslyn, Lady, i. 310
Rothesay, Lord Stuart de, Ambassador at St Petersburg, i. 326
Rothschild, Baron, iii. _262_
Rowan, Colonel, Commissioner of Police, ii. 167
Roxburgh, Duke of, i. 278
_Royal Charter_, wreck of, iii. _308_
Royal Exchange opened by the Queen, ii. _1_, 27
---- Princess, _see_ Victoria
Royston, Lord, i. _384_
Runjeet Singh, i. 233; ii. 217;
Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242
Russell, Lord John (afterwards Earl), Irish Municipal Bill, i. _66_;
Leader of the House, i. 77;
result of the elections, i. 90;
i. 106;
death of his wife, i. 130, 131, 133;
Home Secretary, i. _141_;
civil government of the Army, i. 147;
Corn Laws, i. 148, 381;
politics, i. 267, 277, 278, 281;
Sugar Duties, i. 274;
Colonial Secretary, i. 308;
political career of, i. _309_;
reply to Plymouth address, i. 365;
opposition to Income Tax Bill, i. 406;
conversion to repeal of Corn Laws, ii. _30_, 49;
views on Queen's absence from England, ii. 43;
unable to form a Government, ii. 58-60, 70;
resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80, 81;
undertakes to form a Government, ii. 83, 86;
pensions, ii. 88;
Queen's views on a dissolution, ii. 91;
Spanish marriage difficulties, ii. 96-103, 107;
Portuguese and Spanish affairs, ii. 117, 118, 119, 132;
possible dissolution, ii. 121;
crisis in the City, ii. 130;
birth of second son, ii. _170_;
difficulty as to despatches, ii. _179_, 220, 221, 222;
Germany, ii. 229;
case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. 233-236, 242;
report, ii. 243;
Prince Albert's memos. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy,
ii. 235, 243, 260, 261;
offer to resign, ii. 243;
on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. 262;
Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270;
on Ritualism, "No Popery," ii. _273_;
and Sir James Graham, ii. 286;
defeat of Government, ii. 288, 289,
resignation of, ii. 290;
failures to form a new Government, ii. 289-308;
memo. as to uniting with Peelites, ii. 296;
old Government to continue, ii. 312;
memo. on state of Government, ii. 313;
Palmerston's reception of Kossuth, ii. 324-331;
Parliamentary Reform, ii. 332, 333;
Lord Palmerston's approval of _coup d'etat_, Paris, ii. 334-340;
dismissal of Lord Palmerston, ii. 342;
and Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 343-347;
discomfiture of Lord Palmerston in the House, ii. 362-364;
resignation, ii. 367;
Lord Grey's opinion of, ii. 374, 375;
and Lord Palmerston, ii. 379;
ii. 381;
on dissolution, ii. 382;
Militia Bill blunder, ii. 387;
education, ii. 390;
ii. 403;
refusal of Foreign Office, ii. 413-418;
accepts Foreign Office, ii. 422-427;
resigns Foreign Secretaryship, ii. _431_;
Leadership without office, ii. 438;
pledged to introduction of Reform Bill, ii. _451_
possible retirement, ii. 457, 458;
war measures, ii. 467;
President of the Council, iii. _1_, 34;
withdraws Reform Bill, iii. _2_, _8_, 15, _16_, _23_;
incomprehensible actions, iii. _21_, 22;
Disraeli's attack on, iii. _38_;
Austrian alliance, iii. 48, 50;
urges more vigorous measures, iii. _53_;
proposed resignation, iii. 57-60;
and Mr Kennedy's loss of office, iii. 61;
Ministry defeated, resignation, iii. _64_, 72, 74, 79;
visit to Paris, iii. _69_;
failure to form a Government, iii. 87-96;
Government of 1855, iii. 98;
Vienna Conference, iii. _64_, _105_;
Colonial Office, iii. _109_, 110;
Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement, iii. _120_;
attacks on, and resignation, iii. _121_, _131_, 132, _133_;
iii. 190;
Chinese dispute, iii. _223_, _228_;
and the House of Lords, iii. 227;
retains his seat, iii. _231_;
financial crisis, iii. 256;
Conspiracy Bill, iii. _266_;
Reform Bill, iii. 276;
India Bill, iii. 279;
competitive examinations, iii. 297;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_, 324;
reconciliation with Palmerston, iii. _307_;
Foreign Secretary, iii 345-349;
France and Austria, iii. 352;
differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373, 374-378,
382-390, 395-398;
Reform Bill, iii. _379_;
revolution doctrines, iii. 383;
despatch to French Government, iii. 390;
Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401-404;
proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409;
disagreement with Palmerston, iii. _420_, 423;
goes to the House of Lords, iii. _420_, 423;
despatch to America, iii. _421_;
iii. 428;
and Gen. Garibaldi, iii. 431, 432, 433, 434;
Danish Question, iii. 439;
draft to Rome, iii. 441;
the Garter, iii. 441;
peerage, iii. _444_
---- Lord William, i. 202;
murder of, i. 220
---- Odo (afterwards Lord Ampthill), Secretary of Legation at Florence,
iii. 306;
interviews with the Pope; iii. 310, 356
Russell's _Modern Europe_, i. 38
Russia, Hereditary Grand Duke of (afterwards Alexander II), i. 154, 172
---- Nicholas, Emperor of, i. 234; visit
to England, ii. 12;
Queen's opinion of, ii. 12, 14, 15, 17;
effect on foreign countries, ii. 19;
on the French Revolution, ii. 165;
dispute with France, ii. _357_;
letters to and from the Queen on the Eastern Question, ii. 459-465;
and Turkey, iii. 4, 5;
and Napoleon, iii. 6;
interview with Sir H. Seymour, iii. 26;
death, iii. _63_, 111
---- Empress-Dowager of, widow of Emperor Nicholas, iii. 306
---- Alexander, Emperor of, _see_ Alexander
---- Empress Marie Alexandrovna (wife of Alexander), iii. _205_
---- and England, i. 86;
protector of the Porte, i. 229;
and Central Asia, i. 328;
France and England, ii. 20;
Poland, ii. _114_;
dispute with France, ii. _356_;
war with Turkey, ii. _431_;
Eastern Question, ii. 437-444, 449-465, 469-471; iii. _1_, 4, 5,
17, 18;
Ambassador leaves London, iii. _10_;
England declares war with, iii. _20_;
Napoleon's views on the crisis, iii. 24, 25;
Prussia, iii. 29;
repulse by Turkey, iii. _36_;
defeat on the Alma, iii. _43_, 50;
opinion of, in India, iii. 45, 46;
Balaklava, iii. 50;
Inkerman, iii. _53_, 54-56;
death of Czar Nicholas, iii. _63_;
fall of Sebastopol, iii. _64_;
"Four Points" negotiation, iii. _65_, 120;
Kertsch and the gravel pits (Redan) taken, iii. _126_;
defeat on the River Tchernaya, iii. _135_;
Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152;
peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_, 182-185;
procrastination in carrying out terms, iii. _159_, 179, _208_ _214_;
Lord Granville's opinion of, iii. 204;
reported treaty with France, iii. 328, _331_;
Danish Question, iii. 439
Sailors' Homes, iii. 191
St Albans, Disfranchisement, ii. _381_
St Arnaud, Marshal, commands French Army in Crimea, death, iii. _1_,
28, _30_
St Cloud, Queen's visit to, iii. 136
St Edward's Chair, i. 121
---- Chapel, i. 121, 122
St Germans, Earl of, Postmaster-General, ii. 65
St Juan, Island of, United States claim to, iii. 373
St Leonards, Queen's visit to, i. 39, 40
St Leonards, Lord (Lord Chancellor), refusal to join Government of 1858,
iii. 271
Saint-Simon, Duc de, _Memoires_, i. 435
Sak, proposed occupation of, iii. 185
Saldanha, Marshal, ii. 90
Sale, Lady, her journal, i. 383
---- Sir Robert, success in Afghanistan, i. _370_, 383, 402;
pension, i. 444;
death, ii. 76
Salisbury, Bishop of (Dr Fisher), Queen's reminiscences of, i. 10
---- Marquess of, President of the Council, iii. 272
Sand, George, _Comtesse de Rudolstadt_, novel by, ii. 27
Sandon, Viscount, Sugar Duties, i. _275_
Sandwich, Countess of, i. 177
Sans Souci, death of King of Prussia at, iii. 424
Sardinia, Princess Clothilde of, marriage of, iii. _308_, _331_
---- Kings of, _see_ Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel
Sardinia, ii. _141_, _175_;
war with Austria, ii. _178_, _182_, 186, 190, 193;
Western Alliance against Russia, iii. _63_;
success against Russia, iii. _135_, 154, 161;
Treaty of Peace, iii. 213;
alliance with England and France against Russia, iii. _307_;
war with Austria, and cession of Lombardy to, iii. _308_;
refusal to disarm, iii. _327_;
sympathy with, iii. 328;
Government of Tuscany, iii. 329;
Napoleon's promise of help, iii. _331_;
Duchies of Parma, Modena and Romagna, transferred to, iii. _380_;
disavowal of Garibaldi, iii. _380_
Savoy, annexation to France, iii. _379_, 385, 395
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of, history of, i. 1, 2, 3
Saxe-Coburg, Ernest, Duke of, (Prince Consort's father), i. 4, 22, _48_;
death, ii. 6
---- Ernest, Prince of (Prince Consort's brother), i. 49, 62;
illness, i. 69
---- Prince Augustus of, parentage and marriage, i. 4, 431, 458, 459
Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, Duchess of, i. 13, 18
---- Francis, Duke of, i. 8, 22; iii. _437_
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Edward of, letter to the Queen, iii. 54
---- Prince William and Princess Louise of, i. 31
Saxony, Crown Prince of, iii. 458
---- Frederick Augustus II., King of, ii. 12, 16
Schleinitz, M., ii. 250
Schleswig, ii. _141_, 182, 192, _195_;
union with Holstein, ii. 222, 249, _254_, 258; iii. _281_
_School for Scandal_, i. 218
Schulenberg, Countess, iii. 457
Schwartzenberg, Prince, Prime Minister of Austria, ii. 378, 380
Scone Palace, Queen's visit to, i. 429, 430
Scotch Fusiliers, wounded from the Crimea, iii. 110
Scotland, Church crisis, i. 447, 448, _450_;
Admission of Ministers Bill, i. 488, _489_;
the Queen's visit to Balmoral, ii. 321-323, 392, 394-396;
to Edinburgh, iii. 406
Scott, General, iii. 469
---- Gilbert, architect, iii. _444_
Scutari, iii. _2_;
hospital at, iii. 61, 62, 78
Search, right of, on the high seas, ii. 6; iii. 466, 468, 469
Seaton, Lord, _see_ Colborne
Sebastopol, iii. _1_, 43, 44;
bombardment, iii. 50;
fall, iii. _64_, 142
Secretary of State, _see_ State, Secretary of
---- at War, _see_ War, Secretary at
Sepoys, mutiny of, iii. _224_, 237, 238
Septennial Act, i. _56_; ii. 121
Serpent's Island, Russia's claim to, iii. _159_, _208_
Settembrini, iii. 312
Sevigne, Mme. de, i. 40; iii. 172
Seville, Duke of (Don Enrique), ii. 45
Seymour, Lord (afterwards Duke of Somerset), Roebuck Committee Reports,
iii. 112.
_See_ Somerset, Duke of
---- Admiral, occupies Chinese fort, iii. _223_
---- Mr Digby, M.P., iii. 402, 404
---- Sir Hamilton, Minister at Brussels, i. 139, 320;
Envoy-Extraordinary at Lisbon, ii. 119, 134, 179, 180, _181_;
Petersburg, ii. 286;
Eastern Question, ii. _431_;
recall from St Petersburg, iii. _10_;
interview with the Czar, iii. 26;
"neutralisation," iii. 151
Shaftesbury, Earl of, _see_ Ashley, Lord
Sheil, Mr, Minister at the Court of Tuscany, ii. 279;
death, ii. 319
Shere Singh, surrender of, ii. 217
Short, Dr Thomas Vowler (afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man), i. 64;
_Sketch of History of Church of England_, i. 452
Sibthorp, Colonel, iii. 76
Sicily, rising in, ii. _141_, _208_.
_See_ Garibaldi
Sikhs (_see_ India), aggressive, ii. _30_;
defeat of, ii. _71_, 77;
boundaries, ii. 74;
murder of two Englishmen, ii. _142_;
hostility of, ii. 196, 197;
successful operations against, ii. _208_, 217
Silesia, insurrection in, ii. _72_
Silistria, Turkish success at, iii. _1_, _36_
Simpson, General, retirement from the
command in the Crimea, iii. _64_;
death of Lord Raglan, iii. 128;
Commander-in-Chief, iii. 130;
position, iii. 134;
Queen's congratulations on fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143
Sinclair, Sir George, M.P., i. 448
Singapore, convict population of, iii. 278
Singh, Maharajah Dhuleep, _see_ Dhuleep
Sinope Harbour, affair of, ii. _432_, 471; iii. 115
Slavery, abolition of, i. 20, 277, 377, 382
Slidell, Mr, Southern Confederacy Envoy, iii. 466, 468, 469
Smith, Mr Robert Vernon (afterwards Lord Lyveden), Under-Secretary
for War and the Colonies, i. _275_, 468; iii. 76;
Board of Control, iii. _109_, 127, 128;
annexation of Oudh, iii. _176_, _219_;
on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239;
iii. 272;
Oudh Proclamation, iii. _281_
---- Sir Harry, ii. _71_;
Governor of Cape of Good Hope, Boer War, ii. _142_;
wounded, ii. _200_;
Kaffir War, ii. _283_;
Orange River Free State, iii. 201
---- Sir Lionel, Governor of Jamaica, i. _141_
Smithfield, Cattle Show, Queen's visit to, iii. 419
Smyth, William, Professor of Modern History, i. 435
Smythe, George, member of "Young England" party, ii. _17_
Sobraon, defeat of the Sikhs at, ii. _74_, 77
Socialism, possibilities in Russia, iii. 205
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Prince Consort presides
at meeting, ii. _319_
Solferino, battle of, iii. _308_, _353_
Solyman Pasha, i. 246
Somerset, 11th Duke of, death, iii. 145
---- 12th Duke of, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 349;
Garter, iii. 441;
iii. 466.
_See_ Seymour, Lord
---- Lord Fitzroy, afterwards Lord Raglan ii. 393, 396;
Commander of Forces for the East, iii. _26_;
victory at the Alma, iii. 50;
Field-Marshal, iii. 52, 53;
Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56;
death of, iii. _64_, 128;
welfare of the Army, iii. 68, 69, 81
Somnauth, Gates of Temple of, i. 444-445, 468, 477
Sonderbund, the, ii. 138
Sooja, Shah, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1. _142_, _209_, 328, 444, 445;
Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242
Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III., i. 31;
death, ii. 147
Soult, Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, i. 111; ii. 268
South Africa, Natal insurrection, i. 427;
Sir H. Smith's proclamation in 1848, ii. _142_;
Dutch War, ii. 200
Southern, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, ii. 111, 118, 119, 120
Spain, disputed succession, i. _44_, 50, _57_;
and Portugal, i. 59, 61; ii. 119, 133;
Lord Palmerston on, i. 66;
battle at Bilbao, i. 67;
constitution, i. 82, 83;
condition of, i. 96, _102_;
the Fueros, i. 188;
Mission, i. 330;
guardianship of young Queen, i. _346_;
and France, i. 347, 350, 351, 374;
proposed marriage of the young Queen, i. 432, 485, 486, 487;
ii. _31_, 32, 44, _72_, 90, 96-109;
Don Carlos' abdication of claim to throne, ii. _31_;
changes in Ministry, ii. _116_;
and England, ii. _120_;
and Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 175;
and Lord Palmerston, ii. 240;
Queen of Spain's desire for the Garter, ii. 323
---- Infanta of, i. _488_; ii. 32, 45, _72_, 97, 99, 103, 107;
iii. _51_
---- Queen of, _see_ Christina
Spaeth, Baroness, i. 14, 18, 123
Spithead, accident, ii. 199
Spooner, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265
Spring Rice, Mr, Chancellor of Exchequer, i. 147
Stafford, Augustus, Secretary of the Admiralty, iii. 78
Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116;
stamp on cheques, iii. 262
_Standard_, newspaper, iii. 8
Stanhope, Philip Henry, fourth Earl, i. 108
---- Lady Wilhelmina, i. 121, 123, 125
Stanley, Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby), thrice Prime
Minister, i. _62_, 137;
Colonial Secretary, i. 163, 306, 309;
Corn Laws, ii. 49;
resignation, ii. 54, 64;
Protection dinner, ii. 87, _122_;
vote of censure, ii. _244_, _247_, 248, 287, 288;
failure to form a Government, ii. 290, 291, 293, 299, 300, 311, 315;
Prime Minister, ii. 368-397;
and the Church, ii. 376;
adherence to treaties, ii. 377;
the Queen's views on Militia Bill, ii. 380;
Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380;
question of dissolution, ii. 383;
progress of democracy, ii. 384, 385;
Protection, ii. 386;
Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388, 389;
Italy, ii. 386, 387;
military appointments, ii. 392;
national defences, ii. 396, 398-400;
confusion of Parties, ii. 403-405;
Budget, ii. 406;
Princess Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411;
resignation, ii. 412-414;
attack on Lord Aberdeen, ii. 417, _418_, 419, 425;
takes leave of the Queen, ii. 425;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 78;
failure to form a Government, iii. 63, 80-87, 90;
on title of Prince Consort, iii. _197_, 197;
China War debate, attack on Lord Palmerston, iii. 230;
Conspiracy Bill, iii. _261_, 264, 265;
forms a Government, iii. 268-272;
Oudh Proclamation and resignation of Lord Ellenborough, iii. 282-_285_;
possible dissolution, iii. 285, 286-289;
vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290-293;
competitive examinations, iii. 296, 297;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
Queen's letter to French Emperor, iii. 314;
Indian Army Question, iii. 317-320;
Queen's letter to Emperor of Austria, iii. 322;
proposed congress to settle Italian Question, iii. 327-333;
Queen's Speech, iii. 336-340;
resignation on defeat of Government, iii. _307_, 324, 343
---- Lord (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), Colonial Secretary,
iii. 148, 272, 292;
his position with regard to the Queen, iii. 301-303;
Indian Army Question, iii. 317, 318, 319;
Peers and Money Bills, iii. _379_
Stanley of Alderley, Lord, Secretary to Treasury, i. 129, 395; iii. 150
State, Secretary of, duties of, i. 100; iii. 34
Stephanie, Grand Duchess, ii. 233
Stephen, James, Under-Secretary for Colonies, retirement, ii. 131;
Privy Council, ii. 132
Stockmar, Baron, private physician and secretary to King Leopold,
unofficial adviser to the Queen, i. 25;
accompanies Prince Albert on tour, i. 25, 152;
his character, i. 25, 26, 68;
i. 69, 72, 73, 76, 79, 81, 83, 211, 332;
memos. on Lord Melbourne's correspondence with the Queen,
i. 340, 353, 360, 361;
illness, i. 392;
i. 474, 476;
Spanish marriage, ii. 103, 192;
on a Minister's duty, ii. 238;
ii. 279, 315, 362;
Legion of Honour, ii. 402; iii. 49, 171;
illness of, iii. 185
Stockport, riot at, ii. 391
Stopford, Admiral Sir Robert, i. _252_, 258
Stowell, Lord, law of nations, iii. 466
Strafford, Earl of, ii. 126, _128_, 393;
Field-Marshal, iii. _146_
Straits Settlements, iii. 277
Strangford, Viscount, i. 326, 482
Strangways, Brigadier-General, died at Inkerman, iii. _53_
Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount (formerly Sir Stratford Canning),
ii. 138, 369;
Eastern Question, ii. _431_, _449_, _452_, 456, 457, 460-465, 469, 470;
illness of, iii. 27;
victory of the Alma, iii. 44;
and the Pope, iii. 358
Strawberry Hill, sale of, i. 389
Strelitz, ii. 188
Strickland, Miss Agnes, i. 322
Stroekens, Major, i. 67
Strutt, Mr, Chancellor of the Duchy, iii. _34_
Stuart, Miss, marriage, i. 388
---- Wortley J. (afterwards second Baron Wharncliffe), President of
the Council, i. 299, 309
Sudbury, disfranchisement of, ii. 381
Suffrage, Queen's view of, ii. 333;
extension of, ii. 324, 333, 366
Sugar Duty, i. 265;
Colonial preference, ii. _17_, 91
Sully, Maximilien, Duc de, Memoirs of, i. 38, 47
Sunday bands, iii. 135
Surrey, Earl of (afterwards thirteenth Duke of Norfolk), i. 123;
Treasurer of the Household, i. _275_
Sussex, Duke of, politics, i. 5, 6, 10, 11, 71, 76;
Ireland, i. 129, 138;
precedence, i. 207;
Regency Bill, i. _209_, 378, 390;
will of, i. 478, 479
Sutherland, second Duke of, death, iii. _443_
---- Duchess of, i. 101, 120;
Queen Victoria's valued friend, ii. 371;
letter to Queen on her husband's death, iii. 442
Sweaborg, bombardment of, iii. _64_
Sweden, and Morocco, ii. 4;
Schleswig Question, ii. _195_;
and Norway, iii. _134_
---- and Norway, Charles XV., King of, visit to the Queen, iii. 447;
his views on foreign affairs, iii. 448-450
Switzerland, internecine strife, ii. _115_, 137-139;
and France, ii. 380;
rising in, iii. _214_;
protest against annexation of Savoy, iii. _380_;
claim to parts of Savoy, iii. _395_
Syria, i. _179_, _209_, 240;
successes in, i. 246, _252_;
war, ii. 69;
Napoleon's policy, iii. _380_
Tahiti, dispute with France, ii. _1_, _21_, 25
Tait, Dr A. C., Bishop of London, iii. 205
Talbot, Lady Mary, i. 121, 125
---- Monsignore, iii. 356
Tallenay, M. de, ii. _173_, 186
Talleyrand, Prince, death of, i. 116
Tamburini, Sr, opera singer, i. _220_
Tangiers, bombardment of, ii. 20
Tankerville, Earl of, i. 198
Tawell, Salt Hill murderer, ii. 269
Taylor, Sir Herbert, i. 68
Taymouth, Lord Breadalbane's house, Queen's visit to, i. 428
Tchernaya, River, success of the Allies at, iii. _64_, _135_
Teba, Count de (afterwards Count de Montijo), ii. _435_
Temple, The Hon. Sir William, K.C.B., Minister Plenipotentiary, Naples,
iii. _140_
Templetown, Viscount, i. 62
Tennent, Sir James Emerson, i. 469
Tennyson, Alfred, poet, ii. 45;
Poet Laureate, ii. 272
Terceira, Duc de, i. _55_; ii. 397
Terni, cataract at, Prince Albert's visit to, i. 152
Thames, pollution of the, iii. _294_
Theresa, Archduchess, i. 52
Therese, Princess, i. 453
Thiers, Louis A., French Premier, i. 149, 227; ii. 364, 389
Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's, iii. 416
Thouvenel, M. de, French Foreign Minister, iii. 382;
and Lord John Russell's despatch, iii. 389;
iii. 395
Threepenny pieces, circulation of, ii. 37
Ticino, Austrian troops on the, iii. _328_, 333
Timber duty, i. 265
_Times_, newspaper, i. 425; ii. 20, 27, _30_, _48_, 86, 135, 172, 190,
220, 241, 244, 263, 282, 348, _411_; iii. _1_, 8, 16;
Crimea, iii. 36;
Queen's visit to France, iii. 138;
enquiry on Crimean officers, iii. 174;
iii. 192, 254;
attacks on Prussia, iii. 455;
report of a private interview, iii. 347;
abuse of Germany, iii. 462, 463
Tindal, Chief Justice, i. 469
Tippoo Sahib, iii. 39
Tite, Mr (afterwards Sir William), architect, iii. 443
Tithes, i. _43_
Tollbar riots, i. _450_, 483, 492
Tomantoul, Queen's visit to, iii. 407
Tory party and the Royal family, i. 5, 6;
consolidation of, i. 20;
Queen's opinion of, i. _27_, 60, 61, 203, 207, 212, 213;
failure of, i. 66;
organisation of, i. 90;
unsuccessful attempt to form a Ministry, i. 154-170;
vote of censure on Government and success at the polls,
i. _253_, 264;
Nottingham election, i. 264;
amendment to address, 1841, i. 301;
Cabinet, i. 308, 309;
Finance, Income-Tax, Import Duties, i. _370_;
Corn Law Debate, i. 465, 466;
Irish Arms Bill, i. 482;
dissensions (Young England party), ii. _1_, 16;
resignation, ii. _30_, 51;
return to office, ii. _30_, 62;
repeal of Corn Laws, ii. _71_;
defeat on Irish Coercion Bill. ii. _71_;
resignation, ii. 80, _115_;
on intervention in Portugal, ii. _123_,
ii. 216;
peril of the Ministry, ii. 285;
defeat of the Government, ii. 288;
inability to form a Government, ii. 288-313;
Parliamentary Reform, ii. 332, 333;
resignation of Whig Government, ii. 368;
Lord Derby becomes Prime Minister, ii. 369-377;
first debate, ii. 380-383;
question of dissolution, ii. 383;
Free Trade debate, ii. _399_;
Budget, ii. 406;
defeat on House Tax and resignation, ii. 411-413;
China War debate, iii. 231
Tractarian movement, ii. 273, 280
Transport Land Corps, iii. 157
Transvaal, independence of, ii. _142_; iii. 200
Trapani, Count, Spanish marriage, ii. _31_, 32, 44, 89, 99
Treaty of 1856, settlement of Eastern Question, iii. _63_, 65,
_158_, 182;
Nanking, i. _442_
Trelawney, Sir John, and Church rates, iii. _323_
Trench, Richard Chenevix, Dean of Westminster, iii. 206
_Trent_, steamship, seizure of Envoys, iii. 466, 468
Treport, Queen's visit to, ii. 44;
ii. 157
Trianon, iii. 136
Troubridge, Sir Thomas, C.B., great gallantry at Inkerman, iii. 127
Trouville, ii. 156
Truelove, trial of, iii. _273_
Tuckett, Captain Harvey, i. _263_
Tulloch, Colonel, iii. _175_
Tunbridge Wells, Queen's visits to, i. 11, 19, 36, 38
Turgot, M., ii. _335_, 339, 344
Turkey, Convention about Egypt, i. 227-243, 258;
war with Russia, ii. _432_;
Eastern Question, ii. 437, 441-444, _449_, _452_, 464-465, 469-471;
and Persia, iii. 4;
Russian occupation of the Principalities, iii. 12, _13_, 17;
protocol signed for integrity of, iii. _19_;
success of, iii. _35_;
Inkerman, iii. 54-56;
peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_, 161-188, _208_
Turton, Dr Thomas, Dean of Ely, ii. _35_
Tuscans, deputation to King Victor Emmanuel, iii. _308_
Tuscany, Duke of, Pope's opinion of, iii. 357
---- Government of, iii. _308_, 329
Umbria, conquered, iii. _380_
Unemployed, the, ii. 67, 168
United States, dispute with Canada, i. _254_, 260, _356_, 368;
treaty, i. 461, 462;
boundary dispute with England, ii. _30_;
Oregon boundary, ii. 82;
Foreign Enlistment Act, iii. _159_, _219_;
financial crisis, iii. _256_;
military occupation of St Juan, iii. 373;
Prince of Wales's visit to, iii. _380_;
Abolitionist troubles, iii. _381_;
conflict between Federal Government and Southern States, iii. _421_;
right to search neutral ships, iii. 466, 468, 469;
draft despatch for release of Mason and Slidell, iii. 469
Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty of, i. 142
Uruguay, ii. _133_
Utrecht, Treaty of, ii. 107
Uxbridge, Earl of, i. 110, 400, 467
---- Countess of, i. 400;
death, ii. 8
Valliant, Marshal, Minister of War, iii. 43;
G.C.B., iii. 146;
opinion of Morocco, iii. 221;
goes to Italy in 1859, iii. 333
Vane, Lord Harry, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265
Varna, Allied Forces sailing from, iii. _1_, 36
Venice, Republic proclaimed, ii. _141_;
ii. 198;
Venetia in 1859, iii. _308_
Verney, Sir Harry, ii. 390
Versailles, Queen's visit to, iii. 136
Vico, Colonel, death of, iii. _135_
Victoire, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, i. 149;
marriage to Duc de Nemours, i. 213;
flight from France, ii. 155, 167, 176, 177;
visits Queen Victoria, ii. 184, 185
Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ii. _208_, 218;
visit to England, iii. _64_, _156_;
joins the Western Alliance, iii. _66_;
rumoured conversation with Louis Napoleon, iii. 168;
proposed marriage, iii. _207_;
war with Austria, entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace,
iii. _308_;
and the Pope, iii. 311;
cession of Savoy and Nice, iii. _385_;
war with Austria, iii. 386;
as King of Italy, iii. _420_
Victoria, Queen, ancestry of, i. 1-7;
political position of, i. 17;
memoir of her early years, i. 18-21;
relations and friends, i. 22-26;
close correspondence and relationship with King Leopold, i. 23;
formation of her character, i. 22-26;
interesting points in her correspondence, i. 27-29
1819 Born 24th May at Kensington Palace, i. 8
1819-1826 Reminiscences of early childhood, written by herself,
i. 10-14
1824 Miss Lehzen becomes her governess, i. 25
1826 Visits George IV. at Windsor, i. 11-13;
serious illness, i. 13, 14
1827 Visits George IV. at Windsor, i. 13
1828 First letter to Prince Leopold, i. 32
1830 Duchess of Kent's memo, on education, i. 14-16;
June, George IV. died and William IV. succeeded, i. 19;
Duchess of Northumberland appointed official governess, i. 25
1832 King Leopold on the necessity of forming her character, i. 35
1834 Visits Hever Castle, i. 37;
reading and studies, i. 37-40
1835 Confirmation, i. 41
1836 Painful scene between the Duchess of Kent and William IV.,
i. 19;
possible suitors, i. 47, 48;
admiration for Prince Albert, i. 48, 49, 50;
visits Lord Liverpool at Buxted Park, i. 50;
Church matters, i. 52; 72;
change of name discussed, i. 55
1837 Music with Prince Albert, i. 59;
her establishment, i. 64, 68;
William IV. offers her an independent income, i. 68;
24th May--attains her majority, i. 69;
accession imminent, i. 71;
reliance on Lord Melbourne, i. 72;
20th June--death of William IV.: Queen Victoria's accession,
i. 75;
reminiscences of events on the King's death, i. 75;
address of condolence and congratulation, i. 77;
her nationality, i. 78;
her Ministers, i. 79;
13th July--goes to Buckingham Palace, i. 84;
17th July--prorogues Parliament, i. 86;
singing lessons, i. 89;
the elections, i. 89;
King Leopold's visit to Windsor Castle, i. 91;
visit to Brighton, i. 92;
goes to the House of Lords and gives her assent to the Civil List Bill,
i. 97
1838 Prince Albert's education, i. 111;
distress at death of Louisa Louis, i. 111, 112;
deaths of old servants, i. 112;
arrangements for the Coronation, i. 113, 114;
draft letter to the King of Portugal on Slave Trade, i. 115;
brilliant ball, i. 115;
28th June--Coronation Day, Queen's reminiscences of, i. 120-125;
9th July--Coronation Review in Hyde Park, i. 126;
at Windsor Castle, i. 130
at Brighton, i. 140;
1839 Death of Princess Marie of Orleans, i. 144;
opens Parliament, i. 146;
disagreement with King Leopold, i. 151-154;
Prince Albert's tour in Italy, i. 152;
resignation of Lord Melbourne, i. 154;
audience with Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel, i. 157-159;
refusal to allow Sir R. Peel to appoint Ladies of her Household,
i. 161-169;
Lord Melbourne's return to office, i. 170;
ball at Buckingham Palace, i. 172;
views on Cabinet crisis, i. 174;
feelings for Prince Albert, i. 177, 178;
at the Opera, i. 178;
arrival of Princes Albert and Ernest at Windsor Castle, i, 188;
announcement of her engagement to Prince Albert, i. 188, 189;
her happiness, i. 191;
her letters to the Royal Family, i. 193, 194;
letters to Prince Albert, i. 195, 196, 199, 200, 203, 206, 208,
211-213, 217;
reads Declaration before the Privy Council, i. 196;
suggested peerage for Prince Albert, i. 196-199;
Prince Albert's Household, i. 200-207
1840 Queen opens Parliament and announces intended marriage, i. 212;
Prince Albert's grant, i. 214;
marriage of the Queen to Prince Albert, i. _209_, _217_;
disturbance at the Opera, i. 220;
Prince Albert and politics, i. 224;
attempted assassination by Oxford, i. 225;
views on foreign affairs, i. 248, 249;
birth of Princess Royal, i. 251
1841 Christening of Princess Royal, i. 255;
speech from the Throne, i. 256, 257;
operations in China, i. 261, 262;
the Budget, i. 265;
Household appointment difficulties, i. 268-273;
impartiality, i. 285;
visit to Ascot and Nuneham, i. 291;
visit to Woburn Abbey, i. 295, 296;
carriage accident, i. 298;
resignation of Whig Ministry, i. 301;
Prince Albert as adviser, i. 304, 305;
interview with Sir R. Peel and sorrow at parting with Lord
Melbourne, i. 309;
seals of office exchanged, i. 315;
question of future correspondence with Lord Melbourne, i. 330,
331, 340, 353, 360, 361;
indisposition, i. 364;
birth of first son, now King Edward VII., i. 364;
he is created Prince of Wales, i. 366;
domestic happiness, i. 366
1842 Christening of the Prince of Wales, i. 376, 381;
visit to Brighton, i. 383;
excursion to Portsmouth, i. 384;
decision to pay Income Tax, i. 387;
selection of a governess, i. 390, 394;
ball at Buckingham Palace, i. 392, 393;
attempt by Francis on the Queen's life, i. 398;
Ascot and review of cavalry, i. 401;
first railway journey, i. 404;
list of presents sent by the Imam of Muscat, i. 406;
attempt by Bean on the Queen's life, i. 407;
death of the Duke of Orleans, i. 408, 409, 413, 416;
strike riots, i, 422-428;
prorogues Parliament, i. 425;
visit to Scotland, i. 428, 429;
return to Windsor, i. 430;
steam yacht, i. 432;
domestic happiness, i. 436;
visit to Walmer Castle, i. 436, 438, 443;
King of Hanover's claim to Crown jewels, i. 439, 487;
and France, i. 445, 446
1843 Gaieties at Windsor, i. 451;
visit and recollections of Claremont, i. 451;
education of Prince of Wales, i. 463;
domestic happiness, i. 464;
new chapel at Buckingham Palace, i. 466;
views on the verdict, not guilty but insane, in Macnaghten trial,
i. 469;
Prince Consort to hold levees for the Queen, i. 470, 471, 472, 473;
the toast of the Prince, i. 475;
birth and christening of Princess Alice, i. 480, 481;
Turnpike riots in South Wales, i. 483, 492;
resignation of the Duchess of Norfolk as Bedchamber Woman and
successor, i. 484, 485, 486;
suppression of duelling, i. 485;
the Crown jewels, i. 487;
visit to the King and Queen of France at Chateau d'Eu, i. 490;
visit to Belgium, i. 492;
visit to Cambridge, Wimpole, and Bourne, i. 496, 497, 500, 503;
visit to Sir R. Peel at Drayton Manor, i. 504, 509;
visit of Prince Consort to Birmingham, i. 507, 509, 510;
visit to Belvoir Castle and Chatsworth, i. 509, 510
1844 Opens the new Royal Exchange, ii. _1_, 27;
visit to Claremont, ii. 4, 5;
carriage accident, ii. 5;
death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, ii. 6;
_brochure_ of Prince de Joinville, ii. 11;
visit of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, ii. _1_, 12-16, 17, 20;
domestic happiness, ii. 6, 7;
uncle and niece, ii. 10;
review in Windsor Great Park, and Ascot races, ii. 13;
visit of King Louis Philippe, ii. 21, 27
1845 Spanish marriage question, ii. 32, 44;
state of Buckingham Palace, ii. 33;
question as to Prince Albert's title, ii. 34;
sponsor to Sir R. Peel's grandson, ii. 35;
Queen's purchase of Osborne, ii. 35, 42;
Low Church bigotry, ii. 37;
King Leopold's birthday letter, ii. 39;
visit of the King of Holland, ii. _42_;
on the Queen's absences from England, ii. 43;
visit to Holland and Coburg, and to Treport to King Louis Philippe,
ii. 44;
Sir R. Peel's resignation and return to office, ii. 48-67;
letter from King Louis Philippe, ii. 57;
reply, ii. 69-70
1846 Opening of Parliament in person, ii. _73_;
defeat of the Sikhs, ii. 74-76;
Coercion Bill, Ireland, ii. 79;
resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80-85;
Lord John Russell forms a Government, ii. 85-87;
parting with Ministers, ii. 87;
Spanish marriage question, ii. 89, 90, 96-107;
views as to dissolution, ii. 91;
the Government of Canada, ii. 94;
Duke of Wellington's statue, ii. 95;
indignation at the engagement of the Queen of Spain, ii. 99-109;
visit to Jersey, ii. 100;
visit to Osborne, ii. 105;
Peninsular War medals, ii. 109, 112, 113
1847 Views as to governing Portugal, ii. 117-120;
Church patronage, ii. 121;
difference with Lord Palmerston, ii. 122, 136;
at the Opera to hear Jenny Lind, ii. 123;
Duke of Wellington's statue, ii. 124;
visit to Ardverikie, ii. 128;
and Mr. Cobden, ii. 131;
foreign policy, ii. 132-134;
on the Swiss dispute, ii. 138;
the Bishops and Dr Hampden, ii. 139;
advance of money to Lord Melbourne, ii. 140
1848 Madame Adelaide's death, ii. 143-146;
abdication and flight of King Louis Philippe to Claremont,
ii. _149_-164;
Princess Louise born 18th March, ii. _166_;
Chartist demonstration, ii. 167-169;
displeased with Lord Palmerston, ii. 171, 190, 191, 193, 195,
234, 240, 241, 256;
position of the French Royal Family, ii. 176, 177;
views on Foreign Policy, ii. 180;
eulogy on Prince Albert, ii. 192;
describes Balmoral, ii. 194;
views of the Austrian and Italian Questions, ii. 197;
stays at Osborne, ii. 197, 204;
letter from Pope Pius IX., ii. 204;
relations with France, ii. 206
1849 Receives the Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. _208_;
correspondence with Pope Pius IX., ii. 209, 210;
letter from Napoleon, ii. 210;
memo. on French Republic, ii. 213, 214;
Hamilton's attempt on her life, ii. 220;
method of dealing with despatches, ii. 221, 222;
on Schleswig-Holstein Question, ii. 223, 250, 251, 257, 258;
visits Ireland (Cork, Dublin, Waterford, Kingston, Belfast),
ii. 223-249;
Coal Exchange opened, ii. _228_;
thanksgiving after cholera epidemic, ii. 228;
death of Queen Adelaide, ii. 230
1850 Pate's attack, ii. _231_, 253;
the draft to Greece, ii. 234, 238, 240;
Prince Albert's speech, ii. 240;
Koh-i-noor Diamond, ii. 242;
birth and christening of Prince Arthur, ii. 251;
stays at Osborne, ii. 256;
death of first Duke of Cambridge, ii. 256;
duties of the Foreign Secretary, ii. 264;
death of King Louis Philippe, ii. 265;
visits Scotland, ii. 265;
death of the Queen of the Belgians, ii. 266, 271, 272;
Lord Palmerston and the Haynau despatch, ii. 269, 270;
on Germany, ii. 274, 278;
on religious strife, ii. 277, 278;
Papal aggression, ii. 279-282
1851 Principle of diplomatic appointments, ii. 285, 286;
memo. on Sir J. Graham joining the Cabinet, ii. 286, 287;
resignation of Government, ii. 289, 304;
difficulties in forming a Government, ii. 288-315;
success of the Exhibition in Hyde Park, ii. 317, 318, 320;
Guildhall ball, ii. 320;
visit to Balmoral, Allt-na-Giuthasach and Lochnagar, ii. 321-323;
Lord Palmerston and Louis Kossuth, ii. 325-331;
death of King of Hanover, ii. 331;
views on Franchise and Suffrage proposals, ii. 332;
Louis Napoleon's _coup d'etat_, ii. 334;
dismissal of Lord Palmerston, ii. 342-348;
review of Foreign Affairs, ii. 351
1852 Crown of Denmark, ii. 358;
women and politics, ii. 362;
New Houses of Parliament, ii. 363;
pressure of business, ii. 366;
change of Government, ii. 368-377;
Household appointments, ii. 373, 376;
on Foreign Affairs, ii. 377, 380;
visits Osborne, ii. 378, 390, 417;
on Italy, ii. 386, 387;
Louis Napoleon's position, ii. 390;
visits Osborne, ii. 391;
inherits Mr Neild's fortune, ii. 392;
visits Balmoral, ii. 392;
views on national defence, ii. 396, 398-400;
death of the Duke of Wellington, ii. 392-396, 401, 402;
her admiration of his character, ii. 394;
Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor, ii. 397, 407, _408_;
letter to him, ii. 407;
secret Protocol, ii. 408;
views on Princess of Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411, 422, 429;
Lord Aberdeen's new Government, ii. 412-430;
Lord Derby's tribute to, ii. 427
1853 French Emperor's marriage, ii. 433-435;
Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, 449, 452-465;
views on Lord John Russell's position, ii. 438;
birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. _444_;
congratulations from the Emperor of Russia, ii. 444;
views on India Bill, ii. 447;
correspondence with Emperor of Russia on Eastern Question,
ii. 459-465;
Lord Stratford's despatch, ii. 469
1854 Opens Crystal Palace, iii. _2_;
Press attacks on Prince Albert, iii. _1_, 3, 7, 8;
on reception of Orleans family, iii. 6, 7;
Reform Bill, iii. 8, 15;
on competitive examinations, iii. 10, 11;
desires augmentation of Army, iii. 12;
Baltic Fleet sails, iii. 16;
correspondence with King of Prussia on Eastern Question,
iii. 16-19, 28-30, 31-33;
declaration of war with Russia, iii. _19_;
on the defenceless state of England, iii. 36;
on the state of India, iii. 38, 53;
views on Army promotions, iii. 39;
disapproves of special prayers for illness, iii. 40;
French Emperor's letter after Prince Albert's visit,
iii. 41, 42;
battle of the Alma, iii. 44, 49;
treatment of Indian Princes, iii. 47;
views on Austrian Alliance, iii. 48, 50;
Balaklava, iii. 50, _51_;
Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56;
Crimean medal, iii. 56;
condition of hospital at Scutari, iii. _61_
1855 Visits the French Emperor, iii. _64_;
King of Sardinia visits England, iii. _64_;
opinion on the "Four Points" negotiations, iii. 65;
confidence in Lord Aberdeen, iii. 66-68;
on the duties of Ambassadors and Foreign Secretaries,
iii. 68, 69;
on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72-75;
memo. on the crisis, iii. 74, 75;
on Government's resignation, iii. 79;
inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a Government,
iii. 80-96;
Lord Palmerston forms a Government, iii. 96-104;
letter to King of Prussia, iii. 107;
visit to the wounded from Crimea, iii. 110;
letter to Princess of Prussia on sudden death of the Czar,
iii. 112;
hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers, iii. 113;
Crimean medals, iii. 116;
visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. 117;
review in Windsor Park, iii. _117_;
investiture of the French Emperor, iii. _117_;
letter from the Emperor, and reply, iii. 118, 119;
Queen's opinion of French Emperor, iii. 122-126;
distribution of medals, iii. 127;
power of appointing Governor-General of India, iii. 127, 128;
death of Lord Raglan, iii. 129;
letter to Lady Raglan, iii. 129;
message to the Army, iii. 130;
Lord John Russell resigns, iii. 131, 132;
Gen. Simpson's difficulties in the Crimea, iii. 134;
Sunday bands, iii. 135;
account of her visit to France, iii. 135-140;
letter to French Emperor, iii. 137;
first occupation of Balmoral, iii. _141_;
Sebastopol taken, iii. 142;
Queen's message, iii. 142, 143;
Princess Royal's proposed marriage with Crown Prince of Prussia,
iii. 146, 147;
Queen's desire for a dockyard on the Forth, iii. 151;
discusses proposals of peace, iii. 152-154
1856 Victoria Cross, iii. 160;
correspondence with French Emperor on the ultimatum,
iii. 162-164, 172, 185;
views on the council of war at Paris, iii. 168, 169;
views of King of Sardinia, iii. 198;
England's policy, iii. 169;
letter to Florence Nightingale, iii. 170;
distribution of honours, iii. 171;
Commission on the conduct of Crimean officers, iii. 174;
question of marriage of Princess Royal, iii. 182, 188, 220;
Queen's views on Treaty of Peace, iii. 182-188;
peace fete at Crystal Palace, iii. 190;
enquiries before appointments offered, iii. 190;
memorandum on her husband's status, iii. 192-194, 196;
Sunday bands, iii. 194;
title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. _197_;
review of Crimean troops, iii. _198_, 199, 200;
proposed marriage of Princess Mary, iii. 206, 209;
letter to Empress of the French as to Treaty of Paris, and reply,
iii. 207, 213;
Balmoral, iii. 209;
defence of England, iii. 212;
death of Prince Charles of Leiningen, iii. 216, 217;
letter to Louis Napoleon, iii. 221
1857 Indian Mutiny, iii. _223_, 234, 236;
China War debate, iii. _223_, _231_;
French Emperor's feelings towards England, iii. 233;
Princess Beatrice born, iii. 234;
marriage of Princess Charlotte of Belgium, iii. _234_, _241_;
Victoria Cross decoration, iii. 235;
visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. 240, 242;
views on defenceless state of England, iii. 241-242;
urges reinforcements for India, iii. 242-246;
on necessity of increasing the Army, iii. 245, 257, 260;
anxiety for India, iii. 246;
marriage of Princess Royal, iii. 253;
death of Duchesse de Nemours, iii. 254;
financial crisis, iii. 255;
opens Parliament in person, iii. _256_
1858 Prince Frederick William of Prussia (afterwards Emperor
Frederick), married to the Princess Royal, iii. _261_;
death of Duchess of Orleans, iii. _261_;
parting with the Princess Royal, iii. 263, 264;
defeat of the Government on Conspiracy Bill, iii. 265;
formation of new Government, iii. 267-272;
Prince of Wales's confirmation, iii. 278;
enquiries into the state of the Navy, iii. 279, 297;
Crown prerogatives, iii. 294, 295, 296;
visit to the Emperor of the French, iii. _296_;
Proclamation to people of India, iii. 298, 304;
duties of Secretary of State, iii. 299;
Princess Royal's reception by the Prussians, iii. 454-456
1859 Dissolution on new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
necessity for a strong Army and Navy, iii. 309;
Queen's speech, iii. 313, 314;
birth of first grandchild (present German Emperor),
iii. 314, 324;
letter to French Emperor advising peace, iii. _315_;
Indian Army Question, iii. 316-320;
opens Parliament, iii. _317_;
letter to Emperor of Austria, and reply, iii. 322, 323, 324, 325;
proposed congress to settle the Italian Question, iii. 325-334;
Queen's speech, iii. 335-340;
defeat of the Government, iii. 342;
Lord Palmerston forms a new Government, iii. 344-349;
Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351;
views on the war between France and Austria, iii. 353, 354;
conclusion of peace arranged between the two Emperors,
iii. _354_, _359_, _360_;
the Pope's opinion of England's policy, iii. 356-359;
differences with Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell on
England's Italian Policy, iii. 361-373, 374-377;
objection to publication of divorce cases in daily papers,
iii. 378;
congratulates French Emperor on peace, iii. 378
1860 Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, iii. _379_;
Prince of Wales visited Canada and United States,
iii. _380_, _405_;
difficulties with Lord John Russell over the Italian Policy,
iii. 383;
Gladstone's Budget statement, iii. 388;
Earl Cowley's stormy interview with French Emperor, iii. 390-394;
Prince of Wales visits Coburg and Gotha, iii. _396_;
letters of thanks to Indian Civil servants, iii. 398;
visit to Aldershot, iii. 400;
Abolition of Paper Duties Bill thrown out by the House of Lords,
iii. 400-403;
engagement of Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse,
iii. 405, 415, 418, 419;
visits Holyrood, iii. 406;
Balmoral, iii. 407;
proposed meeting with the Emperor of Austria, iii. 408, 409;
appeal from the King of Naples, iii. 409;
reply, iii. 412;
appointment of bishops, iii. 416, 417
1861 Death of Duchess of Kent, iii. _420_;
third visit to Ireland, iii. _420_, 452;
New Year's letter from French Emperor, and reply, iii. 423, 427;
detailed account of death of the King of Prussia, iii. 424-426;
happiness of the Princess Royal, iii. 430;
wedding day anniversary, iii. 433;
Garibaldi letter, iii. 434;
death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. _420_, 435-439, 447, 448;
Mr Layard as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, iii. 444-447;
King of Sweden's visit to Osborne, iii. 447;
his views on the Foreign Affairs, iii. 448-450;
the Queen's views, iii. 450;
visits Frogmore, iii. 451;
visits Ireland, iii. 452;
coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 456-458;
Queen of Prussia on Foreign Policy, iii. 460;
appreciation of her Highland servant, iii. 461;
_Times_ newspaper's attacks on Prussia, iii. 462-464;
America's right to search neutral ships, iii. 466, 468;
Prince Consort's illness, iii. 468, 470;
slight improvement, iii. 470;
the crisis, iii. 472, 473;
pathetic letter to King Leopold on death of Prince Consort,
iii. 473, 476;
death of Lady Canning, iii. 475;
sympathetic letter to Viscount Canning, iii. 477
Victoria, Princess Royal, birth, i. 251;
i. 319, 322, 358, 364, 436, 451, 493; ii. 3, 5;
at opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. _228_;
ii. 276, 317;
riding accident, ii. 322;
her character, iii. 156;
question of marriage, iii. 146, 147, 182, 188, 195, 218, 221;
confirmation of, iii. 185;
birthday, iii. 216;
iii. 240;
marriage, iii. 253, _261_;
parting from the Queen, iii. 263, 264;
reception by the Prussians, iii. 454-456;
birth of the present German Emperor, iii. 313, 314;
iii. 332;
visit to the Queen, iii. 335;
birth of Princess Charlotte, iii. 406;
detailed account of death of King of Prussia, iii. 424-426;
domestic happiness of, iii. 430;
death of Duchess of Kent, iii. 435, 438
_Victoria and Albert_, Queen's yacht, ii. 42
---- Cross, iii. 160, 235
---- (Australia), governorship of, iii. 190
Vienna, Congress of, i. 3;
Treaty of, ii. _72_, 114, 455, 469;
Crimean Conference, its failure, iii. _63_, _64_;
Conference of the Powers, iii. 104
Villafranca, peace concluded at, iii. _308_, _355_, _359_, _361_
Villiers, George William Frederick, afterwards fourth Earl of
Clarendon. _See_ Clarendon
---- Hon. Henry Montagu, Bishop of Carlisle, iii. 417
---- Mr Charles, "Father of the House," i. 148;
Free Trade motion, ii. 381, 399, 404;
proposed for office, ii. 422
Viscount, meaning of term, i. 124
Vivian, Sir Hussey, Master-General of the Ordnance, i. 279
Volunteer Review, iii. 406
_Vor-Parlament_, ii. _192_
Waddington, Dr, Dean of Durham, i. 453
Walcheren Expedition, iii. 76
Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, afterwards King Edward VII., birth,
i. 364;
Order of Black Eagle conferred, i. 372;
christening, i. 376, 380;
education, i. 463, 475;
Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17;
present from the King of the French, ii. 27;
Duke of Cornwall, ii. 100;
Irish title, ii. 224;
opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. _228_;
Foreign Orders, ii. 390;
confirmation, iii. 278;
visit to Napoleon at Cherbourg, iii. _296_;
visit to Rome, iii. 306, 311, 321;
tour in Canada and United States, iii. _380_, _411_, 413, 414;
visit to Coburg and Gotha, iii. _396_;
visit to Ireland, iii. _420_, 452;
goes to Cambridge, iii. _433_;
death of Prince Consort, iii. 476
---- tollbar disturbances, i. _450_, 483, 492
Walewski, Madame, iii. 333
---- Count, ii. _133;
coup d'etat_, Paris, ii. _334_, 339, 344, 347, 407;
proposed marriage of Louis Napoleon, ii. _410_, 422, 429;
Eastern Question, ii. 442;
Prince Albert's visit to Louis Napoleon, iii. 42;
want of transports, iii. 51;
curious letter, iii. _85_, _154_;
Treaty of Peace, iii. _160_, _213_, 215;
right of asylum despatch, iii. _261_, _266_, 276;
and war with Austria, iii. 333, _333_;
resignation, iii. _383_
Walker, Colonel, iii. 410
Wallachia, iii. _262_
Walmer Castle, i. 436;
Queen's visit to, i. 438, 443
Walpole, Spencer, ii. 374;
Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388;
on education, ii. 390, _391_, 428; iii. 76;
Home Secretary, iii. 272, 278;
withdraws from Ministry, iii. _307_
---- Sir Robert, i. 358
War, Secretary at, duties of, i. 100;
power to appoint Commander-in-Chief, ii. _393_
Warburton, Mr, Corn Law debate, i. 218
Ward, Mrs Horatia, daughter of Lord Nelson, iii. 41;
pension for her children, iii. 40, 41
---- Rev., Dean of Lincoln, ii. 46
Warre, Lieut.-Gen., Sir Wm., i. 423
Wasa, Princess Caroline Stephanie of, ii. 408
Washington, Prince of Wales's reception at, iii. _405_
Waterford, Queen's visit to, ii. 225
---- Marquess of, i. 388
Watson, Dr (afterwards Sir Thomas), Prince Consort's last illness,
iii. 473
---- Admiral, iii. 250
Weikersheim, iii. 396
Weimar, Grand Duke of, i. 180; iii. 456, 458
Wellesley, Lord Charles, ii. 23
---- Sir Arthur (afterwards Duke of Wellington), and Convention of Cintra,
iii. _175_
Wellington, Duke of, Foreign Secretary, i. _30_;
Reform Bill, i. 61, 89;
on Canadian difficulty, i. 100;
i. 106, 155;
interview with the Queen, i. 157;
convention of 1828, i. 229;
i. _253_;
illness, i. 259;
i. 300;
in the Cabinet, i. 309;
Roman Catholic Question, i. 365;
christening of the Prince of Wales, i. 376;
Commander-in-Chief, i. 420;
on duelling, i. _450_, 485;
i. 509;
Corn Laws, ii. 49, 63;
ii. 55, 63, 65;
on dissolution, ii. 81;
statue, ii. 95, 123, _124_;
Peninsular War medals, ii. 109, 113;
on intervention in Portugal, ii. 123;
on defence of England, ii. _141_;
Queen's tribute to, ii. 219;
Brevet promotions, ii. 227;
Sir Charles Napier's resignation, ii. 259;
views on formation of new Government, ii. 295;
appeal to, ii. 308, 309;
death, ii. _357_, 392;
Queen's appreciation of, ii. 394;
funeral arrangements, ii. 396;
India's homage to, ii. 401;
funeral, ii. 402
---- College, foundation stone, iii. 195
Welsh language, in schools, ii. 215
Wemyss, Earl of, _see_ Elcho
Wessenberg, Baron, ii. 197
Westbury, Lord, _see_ Bethell, Sir Richard
Westminster Abbey, the enthronisation, i. 121, 122
Westminster, Marquess of, K.G., iii. _227_
Westmorland, eleventh Earl of, Minister at Berlin, ii. 241, 250, 274;
question of decorations, iii. 202
Weyer, Sylvain van de, Belgian Foreign Minister, i. 58, 61, 182, 205;
visit to the Queen, i. 255; ii. 299, 362, 372; iii. 101, 109, 386
Whalley, Mr, M.P., iii. 402
Wharncliffe, first Baron, Lord President of the Council, i. 299, 309
Whateley, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, i. 62
Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, mutiny at Cawnpore, iii. _238_
Whewell, Professor, i. 348
Whig Party, and the Royal Family, i. 5;
power of, i. 20;
weakness of, i. _43_, _209_;
Ministry of, i. _56_, 66, _102_, 106;
resignation of, i. 154;
resume office, i. 171;
Queen's opinion of, i. 213;
verge of dissolution, i. 230;
defeat, i. _253_;
in jeopardy, i. 268;
vote of censure, i. 289;
dissolution, i. 301;
Cabinet, i. 308;
Corn Law debate, i. 465;
unable to take office, ii. _30_, 58-63;
and Protectionists, ii. _71_;
take office, ii, _71_;
Irish Coercion Bill, ii. 79, 81, 82;
and Cobden, ii. 84;
jealousies, ii. 86;
Factory Act, ii. _115_;
intervention in Portugal, ii. _123_;
Poor Law Commission, ii. 130;
repeal of Navigation Laws, ii. _208_, 219;
case of Don Pacifico and Mr. Finlay, ii. _231_, 233-239, _243_,
_244_, _247_;
suggested rearrangement of offices, ii. 236;
Foreign Policy defended, ii. 252;
in difficulties, ii. _283_;
Government defeat and resignation, ii. 288, 291;
return to office, ii. 314;
attempted fusion with Peelites, ii. 359;
Militia Bill, ii. 368;
resignation, ii. 368, 385;
confusion of parties, ii. 403;
defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411, 412, 413, 423, 425;
Lord Aberdeen forms a new Government, ii. 412-430;
withdrawal of Reform Bill, iii. _16_, _23_;
resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 58, 61, _63_, 73-76;
Lord Palmerston becomes Premier, iii. 76;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 78;
and Lord John Russell, iii. 86;
Government of 1855, iii. 97, 102;
Cabinet, iii. 103, 108, _109_;
Lord John Russell accepts the Colonial Office, iii. _109_;
dissolution on Chinese debate, iii. _229_;
return to power, iii. _307_
Whiteside, Mr, iii. 239
Whiting, page to Queen Victoria, i. 12
Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), i. 333;
ii. 35, 82, 135;
Divorce Bill, iii. 231, 232
Wilkie, Sir David, i. 313
William I., King of Prussia, _see_ Prussia
---- King of the Netherlands, _see_ Holland
---- IV. of England (formerly Duke of Clarence), politics, i. 5;
marriage, i. 8, 14, 24;
succession to the Throne, i. 19;
estrangement with Duchess of Kent, i. 19, _27_, 68;
death and review of his reign, i. 19, 20, _56_;
illness, i. 71, 72, 73;
death, i. 74;
his children, i. _258_
Williams, General Fenwick, gallant defence of Kars, iii. _64_
---- Mr, i. 374
Willis's Rooms, iii. _341_
Willoughby, Lord, receptions at Court, iii. 385
Wilson, James, Financial Secretary to Treasury, afterwards Privy
Councillor, ii. 190
Wimpole, i. 504
Winchester, Marquess of, ii. 393
Windsor, Queen's opinion of, i. 85;
beauty of, i. 372
Wiseman, Cardinal, made Archbishop of Westminster, ii. _232_, _273_, 278
Woburn Abbey, Queen's visit to, i. 295
Wodehouse, Lady, iii. 205
---- Lord (afterwards Earl of Kimberley), iii. 377
Women and Politics, Queen Victoria's view of, ii. 362
Wood, Sir Charles (afterwards Viscount Halifax), Chancellor of the
Exchequer, ii. 84, 86, 109, 130, _132_, 139, 312, 324, 359;
Seals of Office given up, ii. 375;
Board of Control, ii. 421;
and Disraeli, ii, _428_;
India Bill, ii. 447;
and Lord John Russell, iii. 59;
Government of, 1855, iii. 93, 97, 98;
India Board, iii. 104;
first Lord of Admiralty, 1855, iii. _109_, 149, 253;
position of Naval Force, iii. 191;
financial crisis, iii. 256;
Secretary for India, iii. 349;
Italian Policy, iii. 366;
Indian titles, iii. 394;
Indian Civil Service, iii. 398;
artillery in India, iii. 473;
letter on death of Prince Consort, iii. 474
Woods, Sir William, i. 204
Woolwich Arsenal, ii. _22_
Worcester, Deanery of, ii. 40;
See of, iii. 416
Wordsworth, Rev. Dr Christopher, Headmaster of Harrow, i. 348
Woronzow, Prince Michael, i. 494
Worsley, Lord, i. 287
Woulfe, Stephen, afterwards Chief Baron for Ireland, i. 62
Wrangel, General von, iii. 454
Wuertemberg, Alexander, Duke of, marriage, i. 4
---- Crown Prince of, iii. 458
---- King of, marriage, i. 1;
visit to the Queen, i. 90
---- Prince Alexander, of, i. 89, 144, 145, 199
Wuertemberg, Princess Alexander of, death, i. 144, 150
---- Queen of, i. 11;
visit to Frogmore, i. 13
Wyse, Mr, British Envoy at Athens, ii. 229, 234, 235, _243_
Yang-tze River, i. _442_
Yeh, Chinese Governor, and Sir John Bowring, iii. _223_;
ultimatum, iii. _223_
York, Duke of, character, i. 5, 10
---- Prince Consort's visit to, ii. 184
Yorke, Sir Joseph, death, i. _384_
Young, Sir John, High Commissioner, iii. _309_
"Young England" party, ii. _1_, 16
Zichy, Count Eugene, i. 115
Zollverein, i. 289
Zouaves, iii. 136
Zurich, Treaty of Peace at, iii. _308_, _374_
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Transcriber's note:
ERRATA
Page 20: extraneous "the" removed. (...what they are--the
the Queen...)
Page 111: _so-fond_: hyphen removed
Page 142: 'as replaced with 'at'. (The great event has at length taken
place...)
Page 171: 'Fiday' corrected to 'Friday' (Lord Clarendon starts for
Paris on Friday.)
Page 209: (indistinct) 'a s' corrected to 'pas', to conform with
wording of earlier draft (...ces dangers seront ecartes a l'instant
que la France s'unira a nous pour tenir un langage ferme a la Russie
qui tache de nous desunir et il ne faut pas qu'elle y reussisse.)
Page 261: 'eighy' corrected to 'eighty' (...joined with eighty-four
Liberals and four Peelites...)
Page 281, Footnote 28: 'wote' corrected to 'wrote'.
Page 325: 'sentimens' [sic; instead of 'sentiments'] (Lord Cowley a
ete aupres de moi le digne interprete des sentiments de votre Majeste,
....)
Page 325: 'independans' [sic; instead of 'independants'] Etats
independans.
Page 325: 'sentimens' [sic; instead of 'sentiments'] C'est dans ces
sentimens que je renouvelle a votre Majeste....
[The omission of 't' in the above words may have been a personal
idiom. They have been left as such.]
Page 390: Date corrected from 7th March 1863 to 7th March 1860.
Page 432: 'preseved' corrected to 'preserved' (...by which the peace
of Europe may be preserved.)
Page 444: '1831' corrected to '1851' (...your Majesty's sanction to
that was obtained in 1851-52,...)
Page 503: 'annxation' corrected to 'annexation'