Warwick, Francis Richard Greville, 5th Earl of (1853–1924), 157
Watson, George Lennox (1851–1904), 270
Wavertree, William Hall Walker, Baron (1856–1933), 247
Wellard (footman), 236
Wellesley, Gerald Valerian (1809–82), 13, 21, 73, 112
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769–1852), 4
Wentworth, ‘Long John’, 33
Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess, later 2nd Duke of (1825–99), 68, 287
Wharncliffe, Edward Montagu Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, 3rd Baron and 1st Earl of (1827–99), 99, 155
Whewell, William (1794–1866), 44
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903), 155
White Lodge, 19
Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford (1805–73), 7, 29, 51, 65
Wilde, Oscar (1854–1900), 173
Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia (1882–1951), 266
Wilhelm, Prince of Orange (1840–79), 42
Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and first German Emperor (1797–1888): Pss of W and, 92; P of W and, 92, 103; opposed to his grand-daughter’s marriage, 266; death of, 266
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1942) as Prince : bad behaviour at his uncle’s wedding, 64–65; confirmation, 125; King Kalakaua given precedence over, 147; wedding, 148; and P of W, 266, 269, 270; and QV, 266; opposed to his sister’s marriage, 266; becomes Kaiser, 266
as Kaiser : late for dinner at Osborne, 152; congratulates Kruger, 152; Mrs Keppel sits next to, 172; yachtsman, 269; his navy, 270; suggests an Anglo-German alliance, 272; at Sandringham, 272–73; on KE, 273; and death of QV, 191, 271; makes a speech, 207; decorates British officers and men, 211; and Pope Leo, 251, 252; Nicholas II and, 262; officiously knowledgeable, 267, 271, 273; personality and appearance, 266; visits to England, 269, 271, 272–73, 275; 40th birthday greetings from KE, 274; prophesies war with England, 275–76; KE and, 276; on his discussion of armaments with KE, 276; tries to make KE’s and QA’s visit a success, 276; his rules for court balls, 279; Sardanapalus, 280; patronizing behaviour, 301
comments on him by: KE, 274; Francis Knollys, 271; Pss of W, 271; QV, 152
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1787–4867), 41
William, Prince of Denmark, later King George I of Greece (1845–1913), 83
Williams, Owen Lewis Cope (1836–1904), 130, 140
Wilson, Arthur (1836–1909), 160
Windsor Castle: Alexandra arrives at, 61–62; QV and Pss of W at, 87; KE makes changes at, 193; trouble over music at, 197; golf course at, 198; impromptu dances at, 201
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805–73), 33
Wolseley, Sir Garnet Joseph, later cr Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), 145, 179
Wood, Fernando, 34
Wood, Mrs Henry (1814–87), 197
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723), 67
Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert, later 3rd Baron Carrington and Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843–1928): on P of W, 15, 135, 140; on Albert, 15; P of W makes a friend of, 37; and Nellie Clifden, 40; P of W writes to, 50; his history, 72; P of W and, 100, 107, 193; on Mackenzie, 99; his father’s warning, 100; on Harriet Mordaunt, 107; on the monarchy, 117; and Indian tour, 129, 137; on Aylesford, 140; expedition with P of W to London slums, 144; coins a phrase, 153; on dinner party at Marlborough House, 195; on Esher, 193; on receiving Order of the Garter, 193; on life at Sandringham, 219; on KE as a speaker, 206; and Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; and death of KE, 299
York, Duchess of, see May of Teck, Princess
York, Duke of, see George, Prince Young, Sir Allen William (1827–1915)
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