Monro, Edward, 243, 246, 335–39
Monro, James, 497–503
Montez, Lola, 146
Mordaunt, Sir Charles, 362
Moroney, John J., 495–502
Morton, George, 414–15, 517, 520.
See also O’Connor, Arthur
Moss, Charles, 141, 199–200
Most, Johann, 465–66
Mott, Charles, 142–43, 199, 388
Moulder, George, 275, 277
Murray, Charles Augustus, 174–75
N
Napoleon, Louis, 57, 62, 272, 277, 327, 356
Napoleon III, 356, 374
“Newgate novels,” 37, 92, 113
Nightingale, Florence, 369
Noble, Inspector, 458
Normanby, Lord, 58, 68, 70, 83, 98
o
O’Connell, Daniel, 71, 216, 228, 266
O’Connor, Arthur arrest of, 388–89, 417
assassination attempt by, 385–86
assassination preparations by, 379–84
confinement of, 417–18
early years of, 376–79, 391–92
examination of, 389–90, 402–4
exile of, 414–16
imprisonment of, 390–94, 397–98, 402–4
last years of, 508, 517–18, 520
sentencing, 409–14
trial of, 404–9
O’Connor, Catherine, 402, 407, 409
O’Connor, Feargus, 243, 265–66, 378, 403, 518
O’Connor, Francis Burdett, 377
O’Connor, George, 402–4, 407, 413
Odger, George, 356, 389, 401
O’Farrell, Henry James, 369
O’Gorman Mahon, Charles, 299, 339
O’Keefe, Bridget, 270, 272–73, 281
O’Keefe, Daniel, 270–73, 281, 287
O’Keefe, Edward, 272–73, 281
O’Kelly, James J., 446
Old Curiosity Shop, The, 208, 209
Oliver Twist, 37
Orton, Arthur, 396
O’Sullivan, Jeremiah, 367, 368
Otway, Charles, 47–49, 62–63, 67, 90, 277, 281, 321, 324, 334
Oxford, Edward arrest of, 61, 65–66
assassination attempt by, 54–64
assassination preparations by, 49–54
confinement of, 123–29, 509
defense of, 79–86
early years of, 3–9, 30–44
examination of, 65–70, 82–84, 98–101
imprisonment of, 70–87, 97
last years of, 508–11
motive of, 70, 192, 197
sentencing, 122
trial of, 100–122
Oxford, Edward, Sr., 30–32
Oxford, Hannah, 8–9, 30–32, 36, 41, 67, 78, 80–83, 88, 97, 510
Oxford, Susannah, 8. See also Phelps, Susannah
Oxman, John, 218, 219
Oxonian, Captain, 5, 7, 9, 113. See also Oxford, Edward
P
Pacifico, Don David, 307, 310, 324
Packman, Mrs., 8, 41, 62
Paget, Matilda, 180
Palmer, Sergeant, 136, 138
Palmerston, Lord, 67, 305–11, 324–27, 357, 359, 511
Parke, Baron James, 90
Parkes, Henry, 517
Parnell, Charles Stewart, 445–46, 483–84, 494
Partridge, James, 60, 214–15, 240
Partridge, William Henry, 83
Pate, Mary Elizabeth, 516
Pate, Robert Francis arrest of, 317, 321–22
assassination attempt by, 315–17
defense of, 335–41
examination of, 323–24, 334–35
exile of, 343, 515
imprisonment of, 322–23, 342–43
last years of, 515–17
in London society, 299–300
mysterious behavior of, 293–99
sentencing, 341–42
trial of, 335–41
Pate, Robert Francis, Sr., 296–300, 323, 335, 342–43, 516
Patteson, Judge, 199, 201–2, 285, 336
Paxton, Joseph, 328–29, 333–34, 345, 349, 516
Pearce, Nicholas, 62, 67, 70, 140, 178, 184, 322
Pearson, George, 171–75, 177–78, 185, 195–96
Pearson, Matthew Flinders, 173–74, 177
Peel, Julia, 327, 330–31
Peel, Sir Robert, 21–22, 25, 58, 61, 76, 159–60, 164, 176, 184, 186, 205, 215, 223, 226–30, 237–41, 248–49, 262–64, 304–5, 311, 314, 325–31, 439, 462–63, 475
Peel’s Security and Protection Act, 227, 252, 279, 281–82, 335, 389, 392–93, 404
Pelham, Jabez, 81–83, 88–89
Penny, Inspector, 143, 201–2, 218–19
Perceval, Spencer, 88–89, 242
Perks, Samuel, 107
Peto, Morton, 334
Phelps, Susannah, 8, 36, 41, 52, 62, 67, 70, 80, 113
Phelps, William, 8, 70
Phillipps, Samuel March, 68, 79
Phillips, Charles, 86, 87
Pilot, The, 37
Piolaine, Charlotte, 86, 87
Playfair, Lyon, 327–28
Plug Plot Riots, 230, 243
Poland, Harry Bodkin, 389–90
Pollock, Frederick, 193, 195–97, 232
Ponsonby, Henry, 365, 418, 444, 451–52, 455, 463, 481
Portman, Lady, 180, 188
potato blight, 262–64
poverty concerns, 157–59, 256, 260–61, 280
“powder and wadding,” 52, 191, 193, 197–98
Powell, Clarinda, 33–34
Prince Alfred, 436, 457, 506
Prince Arthur, 384–85
Prince Henry of Battenberg, 436
Prince Louis of Hesse, 435
Prince of Prussia, 318–19, 321, 328, 330, 346, 357
Prince of Wales, 166, 187, 223, 255, 297, 301, 317, 347, 356–62, 365, 370–74, 387, 419, 437, 464, 503–4
Princess Beatrice, 374, 451–53
Princess of Wales, 361–62, 372–74, 387, 437, 464
R
recessions, 156–59, 260–61
Reform Act of 1867 356
Reform Bill of 1832 14, 40, 160, 314
Regency Bill, 127–28, 162–63
Renwick, Robert, 268, 274, 317, 323, 337
Rex, Ernestus, 71, 72
Robertson, Leslie, 464
Robinson, Hercules, 413–15
Robinson, Mr., 36, 40, 113
Roebuck, John Arthur, 310, 325–27
Rolfe, Baron, 231, 285
Romilly, John, 335, 336
Rose, Thomas, 141
Rosebery, Lord, 506
Rossa, Jeremiah O’Donovan, 445
Rowan, Commissioner Charles, 140, 143, 176–78, 184, 189–90, 215, 323
Roxburghe, Lady, 451–52
royal balls, 153–62
Russell, James, 183
Russell, Lord John, 45–47, 58, 61, 67, 184, 187, 228, 255, 262, 278, 305–9, 318, 325–28, 333, 359, 508
Russell, Lord William, 45–46, 64, 86, 91
Russell, Mark, 183–84
S
Sabben, James Thompson, 407
Sala, George Augustus, 423
Salic Law, 18
Salisbury, Lord, 494, 508
Sandon, George, 33
“scamp,” 171, 185
Scarlett, James, 231
Scott, Harry, 495–96
Scott, Thomas, 495–96
Security and Protection of Her Majesty’s Person Act, 227, 252, 279, 281–82, 335, 389, 392–93, 404
Sergeant, Marcus, 228
Shakespeare plays, 147–49
She Would and She Would Not, 42
Sheppard, Dr. Edgar, 476, 479
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 42
Shiell, Queely, 134
Sibthorp, Charles, 314, 332–33, 345
Silver, James, 241, 317–18, 323, 337
Sipido, Jean-Baptiste, 504
Sloman, Henry, 146
Smith, A. W., 38–39
Smith, Charles, 59
Smith, Henr
y, 407
Smith, William, 59
Smith O’Brien, William, 266–67, 283, 290
Smythe, John George, 434
“Song of the Shirt, The,” 261
Sorrell, Mrs., 428, 430–33
Speed, Robert, 135–36
Spencer, Earl, 484–85
Stanesby, Samuel, 425, 478
Stanley, Lord, 308, 309, 310, 326
Startin, James, 299–300, 338
Startin, William, 299
Stephenson, Augustus, 460–61, 470
Stephenson, Robert, 313, 328
Stockmar, Baron, 16, 71, 167, 304, 312, 326
Sullivan, Alexander, 495, 497, 500
Sybil, or the Two Nations, 261
T
Talfourd, Justice, 336
Taylor, Sydney, 88, 193
Tedman, John, 35, 46–47, 87, 139
Templeman, John, 48–49
Tennyson, Lord, 489
terror bombings, 444–46, 493–503
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 94–96
Thistlewood, Arthur, 95
Thornton, Stephen, 190, 334
“thorough scamp,” 171, 185
Tichborne, Henriette Felicité, 394–95
Tichborne, Roger Charles Doughty, 394–98
Tierney, John, 241
Tindal, Chief Justice Nicholas, 89, 195–99, 203, 243, 247–50
Tory opposition, 104, 127–28
Tory spies, 236–39
Tracy, Governor, 221
Trevelyan, Charles, 263–64
Trial of Lunatics Act, 488–89
Trounce, William, 181–82, 189
Truelock, Bannister, 42
Tuke, Dr. Thomas Harrington, 403–10, 416–18
Turner, Reverend, 239
Tussaud, Madame, 95, 97–98
Tweedie, Alexander, 417–18
Twining, Mr., 52
“Two Pronunciations,” 492
typhoid fever, 301, 359, 370–71, 387
U
Umberto, King, 503
unemployment concerns, 157–59, 260–61, 356
Uxbridge, Lord, 61, 63, 103
V
Vestris, Lucia, 148–50
Vicky, Princess Royal, 163, 165, 167, 187, 223, 357, 360–61
Victoria, Queen assassination attempts on, 54–64, 181–83, 212–16, 274–81, 315–17, 385–86, 452–54
betrothal of, 23–28
birthday celebration for, 255–68
children of, 163–67, 257–58, 265, 268, 275, 281, 317, 357, 384–85, 435–36
coronation of, 10, 16–19
death of, 506–7
early years of, 9–19
last years of, 493–520
marriage of, 10, 27–29, 53–54
royal balls for, 153–62
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, 10, 12–19, 21, 57, 90, 127–28
Victorian age, 127, 438, 507, 520
Vosper, Thomas, 233–34
W
Walker, William, 276
Walpole, Horace, 149
Webb, Henry, 218–19
Wemyss, William, 268, 276
Whicher, Jonathan, 396
Whig opposition, 17, 27
Wilde, Chief Justice, 285–86
William, Kaiser, 507
William IV, King, 12–16, 18, 40, 162, 302
Williams, Justice, 231, 243
Williams, Montagu, 475, 477
Wilson, Gordon Chesney, 464, 475
Wilson, Samuel, 475
Wylde, Colonel, 172, 180, 182–83, 196
Y
Yestern: or The Story of My Life and Reminiscences, 471
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Preface
Part One: Young England
One: Wedding Portrait
Two: Bravos
Three: If It Please Providence, I Shall Escape
Four: This Is All I Shall Say at Present
Five: Going to See a Man Hanged
Six: Guilty, He Being at the Time Insane
Seven: Bedlam
Part Two: The Gauntlet
Eight: Most Desperate Offenders
Nine: Royal Theatre
Ten: A Thorough Scamp
Eleven: Powder and Wadding
Twelve: Hunchbacked Little Miscreant
Thirteen: Tory Spies
Part Three: Exhibitions
Fourteen: Birthday
Fifteen: The Man from Adare
Sixtten: Cut and Thrust
Seventeen: The Most Disgraceful and Cowardly Thing That Has Ever Been Done
Eighteen: Great Exhibition
Part Four: Triumph
Nineteen: What Does She Do with It?
Twenty: Leap Day
Twenty One: Out of the Country
Twenty Two: Blue
Twenty Three: Worth Being Shot At
Twenty Four: Special Verdict
Epilogue: Jubilee
Citations
Works Cited
Index
Copyright Page
Shooting Victoria Page 72