by A. N. Wilson
Corelli, Marie, 533
Cork, first royal visit to, 144
Corn Laws, abolition of, 89–90, 108, 121–2, 126, 134, 137, 146, 155, 167, 223, 291, 452
Corneille, Pierre, 84
Cornelius, Peter, 117–18
Cornwallis-West, Patsy (‘the Irish Savage’), 356
Corry, Monty, 364, 374
elevated as Lord Rowton, 401–2
Cory, William, Johnson, 520
Council of Trent, 116
Cowley, Lord, 148, 173
Cowper, Emily, 88
Cranborne, Lord, 495
Crapper, Thomas, 278
Crathie and Ballater Volunteers, 541
Creevey, Thomas, 27–8
Creighton, Mandell, Bishop of London, 538–9, 552, 556
Crick, Francis, 31
Crimean War, 207, 217, 284, 376, 378, 383, 548
Charge of the Light Brigade, 188–9
conduct of, 176–82, 185–9, 193–5, 197–8, 202–5
ending of, 203–5
and war reporting, 188, 224
Cromwell, Oliver, 5, 17, 415
Cross, Lord, 487
Crystal Palace, 157, 159, 261
moved to Sydenham, 171, 199
Cubitt, Thomas, 115, 156
Cullen, Paul, Archbishop of Armagh, 151
Culne-Seymour, Admiral Sir, 571–2
Cult of Death, nineteenth-century, 387
Cumberland, Duchess of, 29
Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, Duke of (King of Hanover), 5, 23, 52, 66, 102, 220
Cumberland, Prince George, Duke of (King of Hanover), 56, 303
cycling, politicians and, 538
Cyprus, 385
Dagmar of Denmark, Princess, 358–9
daguerrotypes, 100–1
Daily News, 379–80, 438
Daily Telegraph, 563
Dalhousie, Lord, 211
Dalkeith, Lord, 394
d’Alton, Eduard Joseph, 115
Danish–German war, 277, 283–4, 300, 303, 308
Dante, 240, 292, 307, 366
Darmstadt
Battenberg wedding at, 436–8
Princess Alice’s funeral and tomb, 389–90, 396
unreformed court at, 516–17
Darwin, Charles, 19, 70, 142
Davidson, Randall, 85, 497, 505, 509, 536, 539, 542, 568
appointed Dean of Windsor, 407–9, 424–30
and Brown memoir, 426–9, 509
Davitt, Michael, 414
Davys, Rev. George, 50–1
de Gaulle, General, 543
de la Rey, Koos, 563
death duties, introduction of, 509
Delhi, retaking of, 214
Delhi Durbar, 485
democracy, 3–4, 61–2, 137, 327, 367–8, 501–2
Prussian contempt for, 220–1, 267
Dennehy, General Thomas, 462
Denvir, Bishop, 145
Derby, Earl of, 170, 177, 193, 239, 268, 309, 431
and foreign policy, 369, 379, 382
forms government, 166–8
and reform, 290–1
and royal finances, 339–40
his second administration, 222–3
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of, 37
Devonshire, 6th Duke of, 113–14
Devonshire, 7th Duke of, see Hartington, Lord
Diana, Princess of Wales, 294
Dickens, Charles, 9, 45, 493
Dilke, Sir Charles, 340, 399, 410–11, 417, 431–2, 441
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 411
Disraeli, Benjamin
allows Prince Leopold access to papers, 418
and Bulgarian atrocities, 379–81
comes to power, 308–9
and Congress of Berlin, 384–5
and ‘Conservative progress’, 168
correspondence with Queen, 7–8, 574
his death, 400–3
early political career, 142, 163, 167–70, 177, 265, 290–2, 308
elevated as Lord Beaconsfield, 380
and foreign policy, 359–60, 373–5, 377–81, 391–3, 396
and Gladstone’s revival, 394–6
and High Church controversy, 363–4, 366–7
and Irish question, 309–10, 354
jingoism and populism, 292
and Kensington Museums, 276
and Napoleon III’s set, 174
and popularity of monarchy, 367–8
pragmatism, 381
and Prince of Wales’s marriage, 275
and Prince of Wales’s visit to India, 369, 371
and Princess Alice’s death, 388–9
and Queen’s title Empress of India, 368, 372–3
religious views, 309
and repeal of Corn Laws, 108, 121–2
and rise of popular Toryism, 367–8
and royal finances, 340, 344
Distribution of Seats Bill, 300
Dixie, Lady Florence, 422–3
Dixon, Mr (MP), 344
Dolly’s Brae village, 145
Dom Ferdinand of Portugal, 249
Dominion of Canada, 305
Don Pacifico, 153
Dona, Empress of Germany, 463, 469, 497, 549
Donisthorpe, Mr (of Leeds), 218–19
Donizetti, Gaetano, 64, 141
d’Orsay, Count, 174
Douglas, Lord Alfred, 322, 422, 520
Douro, Marquis of, 70
Doyle, John (‘HB’), 88, 90
Drayton Park, 112–13
Drumlanrig, Viscount (Lord Kelhead), 519–21
Drummond, Major and Mrs, 191–2
Dublin, 144, 345, 351–2, 354, 413, 451
Duchy of Lancaster, 341–2, 417, 478
Duff, David, 418
Duleep Singh, Maharajah, 191–2, 224, 460–1, 463, 486, 509
Dundas, Sir David, 40
Duse, Eleonora, 517
Dutch East India Company, 527
Dyce, William, 117–18
East End of London, 459, 467, 473, 532
East India Company, 189–90, 192, 210–11, 222–3, 369, 460
Eastern Question (and Russo-Turkish War), 147, 360, 373–85, 394
Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 149, 151
Eddy, Prince (Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale)
attends Gladstone’s birthday, 453
birth and childhood, 282, 346
his death, 497–9
his effigy, 498, 572
proposed marriage, 489–90, 495–7
scandals, 488–9
Edensor village, 113
Edgar, Tom, 561
Edinburgh Review, 331
Edinburgh, Duke of, see Alfred, Prince
Edinburgh, Philip, Duke of, 273, 390, 517
Edinburgh, royal visits, 48–9, 119
Edinburgh University, 226
Education Bill, 536–7
Edward III, Coronation Chair of, 464
Edward VII, King (‘Bertie’, Prince of Wales)
antipathy to John Brown, 427
antipathy to Munshi, 546, 570
antipathy to Wilhelm II, 470, 474–7, 568–9, 573
appointed Duke of Saxony, 15
and army command, 337
and Battenberg wedding, 437
biographers of, 34, 59
his birth, 106, 117
and birth of Prince John, 346
childhood, 124, 132, 199, 202
confirmation, 224–5
contracts typhoid fever, 262, 347–51
his coronation, 544
and Daisy Brooke scandal, 492–4
and Disraeli’s funeral, 403
education, 225–6, 229–30, 250
and entente cordiale, 468
and his father’s death, 254–5, 270
his geniality, 243
and Gladstone’s birthday, 453
and Gladstone’s funeral, 511
iconoclasm at Windsor, 574
images of, 131–2, 134
and John Brown letters, 421–2
lack of intellect, 132–3
Levant tour, 270–1, 284
his marriage, 207, 237–9, 274–5
his names, 282–3
his papers after death, 8, 11–13
phrenological profile, 132–3
popularity as king, 573
possible public roles for, 350–2, 368
and Prince Eddy’s funeral, 498–9
and Prince George’s wedding, 502–3
and Prince Leopold’s death, 432
and Princess Alice’s funeral, 389–90
Queen compared with, 316–18, 322
Queen’s aversion to, 131–2, 199, 238, 250, 356, 498, 574
and Queen’s death, 568–9
and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 550
and Queen’s funeral, 570–2
and Queen’s published journals, 297
renounces Saxe-Coburg-Gotha title, 516, 567
and Sarah Bernhardt, 544
tour of America, 242–3
and Tranby Croft scandal, 491–2
and Tsar Alexander III’s death, 518
visits India, 369–71
visits Cornwall, 124
and Warwickshire Scandal, 345–6
and women, 232, 239, 248–51, 271–2, 322, 326, 345–7, 356, 492–4
Edward VIII, King, 11, 229, 294, 513, 542
egg-cups, presented to Queen by John Brown, 287
Egremont, Lord, 81
Egypt, 373–5, 440–2, 444, 447, 508
Eichtal, Baron, 133
Ekaterinburg, 270, 489
Elgin, 7th Earl of, 176
Elgin, Lord (Viceroy of India), 523–4
Eliot, George, 7, 245
Elisabeth, Duchess of Coburg, 50
Elisabeth, Grand Duchess, 270, 388, 390, 436, 517
Elizabeth, Princess, 41
Elizabeth I, Queen, 44, 85, 434, 484, 543
Elizabeth II, Queen, 273, 303, 351, 390, 551
importance of visit to Ireland, 454
Elizabeth, Queen (the Queen Mother), 294, 551
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 15
Ella of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess, see Elisabeth, Grand Duchess
Ellis, Alix, 521
Ellis, John, 156
Elveden Estate, 460
Ely, Lady, 386–7, 391, 429, 436–8, 471
Emich Charles of Leiningen, Prince, 28, 45
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess, 419
Ena, Queen of Spain, 130, 439, 532
Enfield rifles, 212
Engels, Friedrich, 137, 146, 302, 332
Ensor, R. C. K., 368
Eos (greyhound), 103
Epidemiological Society of London, 172
Ernst of Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince, 388, 390, 516–17, 542
Ernst of Hohenlohe, Prince, 53, 74
Ernst of Leiningen, Prince, 255
Erroll, Lady Leila, 536
Esher, Lord, 11, 55, 58
Essex, Lord, 343–4
Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas, 71
Eton College, 83, 240, 274, 411–12, 460, 505, 520, 567
Eugénie, Empress of France, 175–6, 195–6, 200, 213–14, 411
assassination attempt, 221–2
her flight from Paris, 336–7, 345
meets Cecil Rhodes, 530
and memorial to the Prince Imperial, 414
opens Suez Canal, 465
Eupatoria, 195
Evans, Dr, 336
Ewelme, living of, 354
Factory Acts, 137, 177, 288
Fairbrother, Louisa, 155, 496
Fawcett, Mr (Postmaster General), 417
feminism, Queen’s antipathy to, 334
Feodore of Hohenlohe, Princess, 28, 45–9, 53–4, 74, 86, 174, 234, 276–7
her death, 353, 355
Ferdinand, King of Naples, 240
Ferguson, Major, 535
Fernhill races, 56
Fife, Earl of, 479
First Vatican Council, 365
Fisher, Elizabeth, see Conroy, Lady Elizabeth
Fisher, Major General George, 33–5
Fisher, John, Bishop of Salisbury, 39, 42, 75
Fitzalan, Lord, 71
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Victoria, 295
Fitzgerald, Mabel, 562
Fitzherbert, Mrs, 27
Fitzwilliam, Lord, 85
flagellation, 83–4
Foley, J. H., 261
Fox, Charles James, 37, 394
France
alliance with Britain, 162, 174, 195, 205
‘banquet’ campaign, 134–5
Bonapartist coup, 164–6
claims to Nice and Savoy, 241
and entente cordiale, 468, 573
Luxembourg purchase, 304–5
pre-Revolutionary, 169
revolution of 1848, 134–6, 164, 201
franchise, extension of
and 1832 Act, 18, 61–2, 90, 137, 139, 147, 164, 168, 239, 290
and 1867 Act, 290–2, 300, 305–6, 337, 367, 418
and 1884 Act, 433–5, 450
Francis, John, 109
Franco-Prussian War, 201, 304–5, 332, 335–6, 345, 470
Frank, Dr, 491
Frankfurt, 35, 142, 148, 303
Franz of Teck, Prince, 495–6
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 515, 571
Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, 277–8, 305, 468
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, 25, 28, 267
Frederika of Hanover, Princess, 358
Free Trade, 89–90, 108, 121, 131–2, 134, 137, 143, 146–7, 155, 167–8
French Revolution, 14
Frere, Sir Bartle, 369, 392
Friedrich Wilhelm (‘Fritz’) III, Emperor of Germany
and Battenberg wedding, 436
becomes Emperor, 371
and birth of Wilhelm II, 230
Bismarck’s denigration of, 266, 272, 466
and Bismarck’s wars, 279, 283, 302–4
his birthday, 228
his funeral, 470
illness and death, 465–6, 468–9, 567
his marriage, 202–3, 205–7, 209, 215–16
and Prussian politics, 266–7, 272
and Queen’s Golden Jubilee, 463–4
Friedrich William IV, King of Prussia, 117, 202, 220–1, 266
Frogmore Mausoleum, 260–1, 299, 324, 402, 462, 556, 572–3
Froude, J. A., 3, 292
Fuad Pasha, 178
Fulford, Roger, 229
Gainsborough, Frances, Countess of, 153
Gallipoli, 187
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 241, 292, 305–6, 365
Gatacre, General Sir William, 564
George I, King, 488
George II, King, 24
George III, King, 15, 32, 64, 84, 91, 110, 303, 484, 546
his death, 38, 41
his funeral, 483
and insanity in royal family, 5, 208–9, 268–9
and succession, 22–4
George IV, King (Prince Regent), 5, 29, 37, 68, 81, 125, 250
coronation, 85–6
his death, 55, 57, 74, 254
Edinburgh visit, 48–9
pays attention to
Princess Feodore, 47–8
and Queen Caroline, 5, 23, 36
and Queen’s childhood, 47–8, 52–3
and royal finances, 340
and royal residences, 111, 114
and succession, 21–3
George V, King (Duke of York), 229, 346, 477, 511, 514, 517, 538, 540, 572
his marriage, 502–3
George VI, King, 294, 534, 536
George I, King of Greece, 273, 571
German army, expansion of, 468
German navy, 508
German Red Cross, 304
Germany
possible threat to India, 211
Prince Albert/Stockmar vision for, 147–8, 206–7, 241–2, 266–7, 272–3, 301
secret treaty with Austria, 468
‘year of the three emperors’, 467
see also Prussia
Gibbs, Mr (tutor), 225
Gibraltar, 25, 35, 52, 153
Gilbert, Sir Alfred, 498
Gilbert, W. S., 575
Gladstone, Herbert, 451
Gladstone, Mrs, 446, 451, 510
Gladstone, William Ewart
and annexation of Cyprus, 385
approach to foreign policy, 331–2
Balmoral visits, 343, 518
and Bulgarian atrocities, 379–81, 394, 548
career finally ends, 508–11
and Chartist rally, 139
and coinage, 478
and Davidson appointment, 424–5
his death, 510–11
defeat in Jubilee year, 456–7
early political career, 168, 177, 223, 240, 266, 290–2, 308, 354
and Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 149
and Egypt and the Sudan, 440–1, 444–7
and extension of franchise, 433–5
and General Gordon’s fate, 444–6, 559
and German unification, 279
and High Church controversy, 363–4
holiday in Rome, 292
ill health, 504–5, 508–9
and Irish question, 306–10, 315–16, 319, 326–7, 448–56, 504, 506–8
love of Italy, 240
and Maynooth grant, 307–9
opinion of Dr Jenner, 318
and Palmerston’s death, 288
political revival, 380–1, 391, 394–7, 409–10
and popularity of monarchy, 367–8
populism, 292–3
and Prince Albert’s death, 267–8
and Prince Imperial memorial, 415
and Prince Leopold’s public role, 430–1
and Queen’s idleness, 317, 319
Queen’s relations with, 307–8, 311–12, 343–4, 363, 367, 397, 504–5, 509–10
and Queen’s title Empress of India, 372
record of rows with Queen, 430
reform programme, 326–7
returns to office, 504–8
and royal finances, 340, 342–4, 417
Gloucester, Duchess of, 37, 47, 96, 150