by A. N. Wilson
Glyn, Edward, Bishop of Peterborough, 539
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 5, 35, 84
Gold Coast, 531, 533
Gordon, General Charles, 442–6, 493, 508, 511, 559
Gordon-Cumming, Sir William, 491–2
Goschen, G. J., 338, 452, 454, 459, 522
Gouramma, Princess, 189–93
Government of India Act, 223
Granby, Marquis of, 71
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, 304–5
Granville, Lord, 157, 239–40, 277, 331, 366, 411, 431
and General Gordon, 443, 445, 447
Grasse, 490–1
Great Exhibition, 147, 152, 155–61, 218, 411
profits from, 162–3
Gregory XVI, Pope, 116
Grenadier Guards, 248, 315
Greville, Charles, 15, 56, 103–4, 177, 229, 397
Grey, General Charles, 105, 276, 287, 301, 310, 315
and Queen’s idleness, 316–19, 321–2, 325
his resignation and death, 332–5
Grey, Earl, 82
Grey, Sir Edward, 515
Grüner, Ludwig, 115, 260
Guedalla, Philip, 338, 352
Guizot, François, 129, 134
Haddo House, 214
haemophilia, 30–2, 172, 270, 439, 518
see also Leopold, Prince
Hallam, Arthur H., 505
Hampton Court, possible sale of, 473
Handel, George Frideric, 64, 158
Hanoverian Kurfürsten, 17
Harcourt, Edward Vernon, Archbishop of York, 64, 66
Harcourt, Lewis, 326
Harcourt, Loulou, 513, 521
Harcourt, Sir William, 415, 507, 511–13, 522, 532
Hardie, Keir, 501, 512–13, 565
Hardinge, Henry, Lord, 186, 191, 218, 313, 470
Hardy, Thomas, 232, 549
Harrogate, 342
Hartington, Lord (‘Harty Tarty’), 397, 413, 415, 433, 445, 447, 457, 504, 522
elevated as 7th Duke of Devonshire, 501
and Irish Home Rule, 451–2
Hastings, Lady Flora, 71, 80, 92–5, 109
Hauke, Countess Julia von, 390, 439
Haussmann, Baron, 200–1
Hawaii, Queen of, 463
‘Hawarden Kite’, 451
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 117
Haynau, General von, 163–4
Healy, T. H., 416
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 165, 250
Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess, 416, 419, 430–2
Helena, Princess (‘Lenchen’)
her birth, 106, 125
childhood, 134, 228, 277
her son, 533
and her father’s death, 255
and Prince Eddy’s funeral, 499
Queen’s criticisms of, 356–7
and Queen’s death, 568
and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 550
Hélène of Orléans, Princess, 125, 135–6, 489–90, 498
‘Helot Dispatch’, 563
Helps, Arthur, 294, 297
Henrich XXIV of Reuss-Ebersdorf, Count, 20
Henry IV, King, 341
Henry VIII, King, 151, 371
Henry of Battenberg (‘Liko’), Prince, 130, 438–40, 455, 490
and Gold Coast expedition, 533–6
Hesse, Alice, Grand Duchess of, 304
Hicks, Colonel, 442
Highland dancing, 120, 146
Hildyard, Miss (governess) , 132, 255
Hill, Octavia, 270
Hindustani language, 466, 472, 487, 524
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 115
HMS Blonde, 535
HMS Camperdown, 508
HMS Sultan, 377, 382–3
HMS Undaunted, 492–3
HMS Victoria, 508
HMS Victory, 571
HMY Alberta, 570–1
HMY Victoria and Albert, 124, 216, 274, 375, 570
Hobbs, Mrs (maid), 228–9
Hogg, Sir James West, 190
Holman Hunt, William, 140
Holy Roman Empire, 17–18, 28
Home Rule Bill, 452–6
Homer, 167, 307, 379, 394, 509
Hope-Scott, James, 295
Horsely, J., C., 118
Hossauer, Johann Georg, 117
House of Commons, Prince Albert visits, 121–3
House of Lords
exclusion of atheists, 519–20
reform of, 433–5, 514
How, Walsham, Bishop of Wakefield, 549
Howard, Lady Fanny, 284
Howard, Harriet, 174–5
Howe, Lord, 56–7, 93
Howley, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 37, 74, 140, 143
Hubert (dog), 422–3
Hudson, Katherine, 34
Hugo, Victor, 198
Huhgenden Manor, 403
human sacrifices, 533
Humbert, King of Italy, 387
Humbert, A. J., 260
Hume, David, 243
Hume, Joseph, 102
Hunt, Henry, 38
Ibsen, Henrik, 517
Ignatiev, Ambassador, 378, 384
income tax, 110, 137, 409
Independent Irish Party, 169
Independent Labour Party, 499, 512–13
India
birth of the Raj, 223–4
Christian missionaries, 210, 463
Duleep Singh’s rebellion, 460–1, 463
and English language, 211, 370
extension of British power, 210–11, 485–6
Golden Jubilee celebrations, 458–9
land grants in, 487
maharajahs, 189–92, 224
mutiny of 1857, 211–15, 222–4, 369
Prince of Wales’s visit, 369–71
Queen becomes Empress, 368, 371–2
see also Colonial and Indian Exhibition
Indo-European languages, origins of, 280
Indore, Maharajah of, 462
Industrial Revolution, 16–17, 21, 155
Ingrams, Victoria, 422
Inkermann, Battle of, 188
Innocent, Metropolitan, 360
Innocent, Mrs (midwife), 230–1
Ionian islands, cession of, 273
Ireland
Bloody Sunday, 467, 473, 499
elections in, 352
famine, 63, 119, 126–7, 145, 151
and Home Rule, 352, 394, 396, 410, 448–56, 501, 506–8, 522
and immigration to Britain, 150
royal visits, 144–5, 248
suspension of habeas corpus, 413–14
unrest and demand for reform, 147, 241, 290, 305–6, 309–10, 315–16, 319, 326–7, 337, 345, 351–4, 412–14
Irish Americans, 306
Irish Church, disestablishment of, 309–10, 315, 327, 433, 511
Irish Land League, 413–14
Irish National Invincibles, 413
Irving, Sir Henry, 552
Isabella, Queen of Spain, 129–30
Isandhlwana, Battle of, 392
Ismail, Khedive, 374–5, 441
Italian nationalism, 240–2, 302, 305–6
Italy, unification of, 332
Jack the Ripper, 473–4, 489
Jackman, William, 298
Jahnsi massacre, 212
Jamaica Constitution, suspension of, 94
James I, King, 87
James II, King, 17, 336
James, Edward, of West Dean, 326
James, Henry (Lord James of Hereford), 522
Jameson, Dr Leander Starr, 529–31
Jam
eson Raid, 529–31, 535, 547, 560
Jenner, Sir William, 253–5, 272, 286, 298, 316, 318, 343, 347, 387, 389, 420
Jersey, Lady, 14
jewellery, Prince Albert’s interest in, 102, 117
Jockey Club, 351
Johannesburg, 528–30, 560–1, 566
John, Prince, 346
John Brown’s Legs, 426–8
John of Gaunt, 341
Johnson, Samuel, 243
Joinville, Duke of, 135, 201
Jones, Ernest, 137
Jones, John, 34
Jordan, Mrs, 23, 26
Jowett, Benjamin, 560
Joy, George William, 559
Juan Carlos, King of Spain, 439
Juliane (Jülchen), Grand Duchess, 21
Kabul, storming of British residency, 394
Kandahar, siege and withdrawal from, 401, 415, 440
Karim, Munshi Hafiz Abdul, 474, 479, 562, 570, 574
his Christmas card, 523–4
Queen’s attachment to, 462, 464–6, 471–2, 486–7
royal household’s opposition to, 545–7
Keats, John, 36, 261, 422
Keble, John, 362
Kennington Common, Chartist rally, 138–9
Kensal Green cemetery, 121, 191, 483
Kensington Museums, 162, 218, 276
Kensington Palace, possible sale of, 472–3
‘Kensington System’, 52–3, 83, 112
Kent, Edward, Duke of, 23–35
his death, 39–41, 47, 360
and Elizabeth Conroy, 34–5
extravagance, 29–30, 39
and haemophilia, 31–2
and Julie de Saint-Laurent, 25–6, 31–2
his marriage, 28–30, 45, 207
military career, 24–5, 35, 52
and Queen’s birth, 35–6
and Queen’s parentage, 32–3
and socialism, 38–40
his temper, 51–2
his will, 40–1
Kent, Victoire, Duchess of
her burial at Frogmore, 260
Conroy’s hold over, 52–4, 57, 59–61, 65, 72, 79–80, 91
her death, 44, 235–6, 245–7, 249
and haemophilia in royal family, 31
and her husband’s death, 40–1
her imperfect English, 30, 43, 50, 58, 91
her marriage, 28–30, 45, 207
political influence, 91–2
and Queen’s character, 418
and Queen’s childhood, 33–4, 43–5, 48, 546
and Queen’s coming of age, 71
and Queen’s marriage, 96
Queen’s relations with, 43–5, 93, 109, 233–6, 299
and Queen’s succession to throne, 75
relations with William IV, 57–8, 65–6, 68–70
religious views, 50–1
Keppel, Mrs, 544
Kessel, Colonel von, 475
Kew Palace, recommended purchase of, 472–3
Khan Bahadur, 524
Khartoum, 444–7, 558–9
Khodinsky Plain, 541
Kidwelly coal mines, 342
Kilburn, William, 100–1
Kimberley, Lord, 332
Kimberley, 564, 528
Kingdom of Piedmont, 241
Kingdom of the Punjab, 191–2
Kingsley, Charles, 253
Kipling, Lockwood, 485
Kipling, Rudyard, 505, 531, 540, 547, 549–50, 574
Kirkpatrick, William, 175–6
Kis-Rhéde, Countess Rhédy de, 495
Kitchener, Sir Herbert, 557–9, 563, 566
Klebelsberg, Marie, Countess of, 71
Knollys, Francis, Lord, 8, 421, 488, 494, 525
Koh-i-Noor diamond, 192, 460–1
Kolémine, Madame de, 437–8
Kossuth, Lajos, 164
Krause, Dr, 465
Kronje, Piet, 564
Kruger, Paul, 529–30, 548, 560–3, 566
Kuper, Dr, 53
La Rose (French soldier), 25
Labouchere, Henry, 156, 416, 506, 519
ladies-in-waiting, 284–5
Ladysmith, 564, 566
Lamb, Peniston, 81
Lambeth Palace Library, 426
Lancashire, cotton famine, 248, 252, 290
Landseer, Sir Edwin, 115, 140, 325
Lansdowne, Lord, Viceroy of India, 193, 474, 487
Latin plays, 229–30
lavatories, 113, 160, 278, 550
Lawson, Sir William, 344, 351, 494
Le Brun, Madame Vigée, 200
Lear, Edward, 125
Lee, Sir Sidney, 34, 44
Leeds, 218–19, 291, 456
Lees, Dr Hamilton, 428
Lees-Milne, James, 422
Lehzen, Louise, 41, 43, 49, 51–2, 54, 71, 73, 546
banishment of, 109
and political intrigue, 59, 66, 79, 94, 105, 107
Leinster, Duke of, 562
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 17, 292
Leo XIII, Pope, 386, 490
Leopold, King of the Belgians, 21–2, 24, 29, 37, 41, 207, 215, 235
accepts Belgian throne, 54, 58
builds mausoleum for Princess Charlotte, 260
and Conroy, 59–60
conversion to Catholicism, 149
his death, 301
political influence, 71–3, 80–1, 91, 94–6, 101, 103, 105, 147, 207, 241
and Queen’s childhood, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53
and Queen’s marriage, 96–7, 103–4
and Queen’s political education, 58, 60, 62
his second marriage, 112
visits Britain, 66, 135
Leopold II, King of the Belgians, 377, 571
Leopold, Prince (Duke of Albany)
acts as Queen’s secretary, 418, 430
and Alberta accident, 375
and army command, 337
and attempt on Queen’s life, 352
his birth, 106, 147, 163
his daughter, 561
his death, 432
and Disraeli’s funeral, 403
his effigy, 572
first public appearance, 217
and haemophilia, 30–1, 172, 271–2, 279, 320–1, 357, 419, 431–2
and John Brown’s death, 423
his marriage, 418–19
and Princess Alice’s funeral, 389–90
Queen’s displeasure with, 357, 424, 430
and royal finances, 416–17
seeks public role, 430–1
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Prince, 130
Leuchtenberg, Nicholas, Duke of, 273
Lewis, George, 493
Liberals, emergence of modern party, 223
Liddell, Alice, 357, 419
Liddell, Augustus, 471
Liddell, Edith, 419
Liddell, Henry, Dean of Christ Church, 357, 424
Lieven, Madame de, 47
Lincoln, Abraham, 221
Lind, Jenny, 141, 198, 275
Linnell, Alfred, 467
Lister, Dr Joseph, 343
Liszt, Abbé, 452
Liverpool, Lord, 102
Liverpool, 150, 160, 291, 431, 455, 501
Livy’s Roman Histories, 435
Lloyd George, David, 513, 515
Loehlein, Rudolph, 255
Loisinger, Johanna, 440
Lolme, Jean-Louis de, 73
London
dock strike, 499, 506
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 550–1
Queen’s interest in public parks, 473
London School Boards, 552
&
nbsp; London School of Economics, 531
London University, 454
Longley, Charles, Archbishop of York, 269
Lorne, Lord, 358, 463, 536
Louis XVIII, King of France, 54
Louis of Battenberg, Prince, 385, 436–8
Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince, 237, 244, 264, 302, 347, 378
and ‘Ducky’, 516
his marriage, 269–71
and Princess Alice’s death, 388, 390
Louise, ‘Aunt’, 112, 133, 135
Louise, Princess (Duchess of Argyll)
her birth, 106, 137
and General Grey’s death, 333
and Lady Battersea’s memoirs, 10–12
her marriage, 11, 237, 358
and Princess Beatrice’s bereavement, 536
and Queen’s death, 568
and Queen’s idleness, 322
Louis-Philippe, King of France, 54, 112, 129, 133–6, 201
Lower Franconia, 28–9
Lucan, Lord, 186–8
Lucknow, recapture of, 223
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 117
Lugard, Captain Frederick, 507, 558
Luisa, Infanta, 129–30
lurcher dogs, 84
Luther, Martin, 573
Lyell, Charles, 142
Lyon Playfair, Dr, 111
Lyttelton, Lady, 119, 132
Lyttelton, Lucy, 412
Macaulay, Lord, 211, 312, 370
Macbean, Miss (governess), 388
Macclesfield, riots in, 38
McCormick’s reaping machine, 160
McDonald, Annie, 555
Macdonald, Major J. R. L., 558
McDonnell, Sir Schomberg, 494
Macintosh, Mrs (wet nurse), 172–3
Mackail, J. W., 467
Mackenzie, Dr Morell, 465, 468–9, 476
Maclean, Roderick, 412
Macleod, Norman, 326, 354–5, 407, 555
Maclise, Daniel, 118
Mafeking, 563
Magdalen College, Oxford, 533–4
Mahdi, the (Muhammad Ahmad), 442–5, 447, 559
Malet, Sir Edward, 476
Mallet, Baron de, 35
Mallet, Marie, 424, 511, 532, 545
Malmesbury, Lord, 227
Manchester, 38, 291, 342, 306
Manchester Liberals, 146
Manet, Édouard, 305
Manipur, revolt at, 486
Manners, Henry, 449
Manners, Lord John, 435
Manners-Sutton, Charles, Archbishop of Canterbury, 37
Manning, Cardinal Henry Edward, 307, 309–10, 499
Mansion House, Prince Albert’s speech at, 156
Margaret, Princess, 554
Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia, 205
Maria Alexandrovna (‘Marie’), Grand Duchess, 207, 358–60, 516, 562
Marie of Orléans, 201
Marie, Alexandre-Thomas, 164