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Index
King Edward VII is referred to as P of W and then, on his accession, as KE; Queen Alexandra successively as Alexandra, Pss of W and QA; and Queen Victoria as QV.
Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey (r 1861–76), 150–51
Abdul Mejid I, Sultan of Turkey (d 1861), 56
Acland, Sir Henry (1815–1900), 56, 59
Acton, Sir Harold, 195–96, 173
Acton, Sir John Acton, 1st Baron (1834–1902), 177
Adelaide, Queen (1792–1849), 67
Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904), 177
Airlie, Countess of (1866–1956), 218
Albany, Duke of, see Leopold, Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819–61): and QV, 3, 4, 18; QV’s adoration of, 4, 15, 75; and Princess Royal, 4–5, 18, 182; plans for his children’s education, 6; attitude to punishment, 6, 18; ideas on discipline, 7; angry with his brother, 42–43; ill health, 45, 47; mourns Pedro V, 45; death, 47; his chorale, 64; and Duchy of Cornwall, 67; his library dispersed, 197–98; and Foreign Office dispatches, 250
comments on him by: P of W, 49; QV, 15, 16, 73; Seymour, 48; WynnCarrington, 15
and P of W: education of the child, 6–7, 13, 14, 15; consults a hrenologist about, 10; together, 16, 17, 22;
reserve between, 19; education of the young man, 20, 22, 28; university, 29, 32, 34, 36, 37; P of W’s American tour, 34; plan for military training of P of W, 39; attitude to a marriage between P of W and Alexandra, 42, 43, 45; and Nellie Clifden affair, 46; P of W at death of, 47; completion of education of P of W, 49
quoted on: English youth, 40;
gentlemanly behaviour, 20; Oxford, 28–29; P of W, 9, 25, 26, 30, 31
Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence (Prince Eddy) (1864–92): birth of, 81; trouble over his name, 82; his christening, 82; his nature, 182; his intellect, 183, 184, 185; sails for West Indies, 183; opinions of, 184; QV and, 185; in the Army, 185; falls in love, 185; engaged, 185; has pneumonia, 187; death of, 188; visits Ireland with parents, 261
Alexander, King of Serbia (r 1893–1903), 263
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia (1818–81), 148, 243, 261
Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1845–94), 148, 262
Alexander of Battenberg, King of Bulgaria (1857–93), 265
Alexander of Hesse, Prince, 265
Alexandra, Queen (1844–1925) as Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glulksburg: family background, 41; objections to an alliance with, 41; appearance, 41–42, 43, 45, 59; character, 41; sets a fashion, 42; a much sought-after bride, 42; meets P of W, 43; personality, 44, 57, 59, 61; scurrilous stories about, 57; QV and, 58, 59–60, 63; P of W proposes to, 58–59; and Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 59; popularity of her marriage, 59; her enthusiastic reception in England, 61; wedding, 63–65; unpunctuality, 64; honeymoon, 66
as Princess of Wales : income, 68;
appearance, 69, 83, 88, 94, 107–8, 153; and Disraeli, 69; at Sandringham, 69–71, 96; her dogs, 70; and War of Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 77; birth of her babies, 81, 86, 88, 111; and QV, 82, 87, 153, 188;
her deafness, 82, 90; to Denmark, 83, 94, 126, 186; and marriage of Princess Helena, 85; ‘going out in society’, 86; has rheumatic fever, 88; goes to Wiesbaden, 90; attitude to all things Prussian, 90, 111, 149; and King of Prussia, 91–92; her unpunctuality, 93, 96; love of animals, 70, 95; in Egypt, 108–9; and Mordaunt divorce case, 107, 113; her popularity, 108–9; and death of her baby, 111; attitude to thanksgiving celebrations for P of W’s recovery, 115; and P of W’s Indian tour, 129, 132; and Aylesford scandal, 140, 141; and King Kalakaua, 147;
and her children, 153, 181, 182, 183, 219; sexual attraction, 153; her personality, 154, 181; character, 153; and P of W’s ‘other ladies’, 153–55, 171, 172; and Tranby Croft scandal, 160; and Beresford affair, 164, 167;
and Mrs Keppel, 172; likes Soveral, 176; and Prince Eddy, 185, 186, 187–88; to Russia, 186, 262; to Ireland, 261; on Wilhelm II, 271
as Queen: uninterested in domestic arrangements, 192; her Garter Star, 195; likes grand opera, 197; plays ‘golf’, 198; fond of animals, 198;
motoring, 198; her unpunctuality, 202, 301; and Balmoral decorations, 203; at Sandringham, 203, 218, 229, 230; on Vesuvius, 217; hatred of Germany, 218; and Princess May, 230; and her grandchildren, 230; her entourage, 231–32; dish of quails spilt on, 278; and Wilhelm II, 279; watches Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; sends for Mrs Keppel, 295–96; and Halifax, 297; gives Hardinge a present, 297
comments on her by: Lord Randolph Churchill, 66; Disraeli, 69; Crown Princess Frederick, 40, 41, 43, 66, 87; Granville, 61; Hamilton, 153; Lady Macclesfield, 113; Munby, 62–63; P of W, 42, 101–2, 112, 171; Stanley, 69; QV, 41, 58, 59, 61, 67, 73, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 111 and husband: love for, 89; wounded by his neglect, 89; on her happy marriage, 106, 115; and his illness, 112; their relationship, 152, 184, 185, 186, 188; and KE’s work, 218; anxious about his appetite, 221; in Paris together, 239; and KE’s health, 281, 292; comes home on account of his illness, 394–95; after his death, 299
Alexandrine, Princess of Prussia, 41
Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900), 9; birth, 6; and P of W, 11, 12, 19, 86; QV on, 34, 42, 149; bitten by his nephew, 64–65; Gladstone on, 70–71; a poor musician, 71; and Pss of W, 81; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 111, 113; marries, 128; compared in India with P of W, 135
Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843–78): and P of W, 6, 48, 86, 91–92; whipped, 7; and her father’s death, 47–48; at P of W’s wedding, 63–64; Pss of W angry with, 92; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 111, 113; on QV and P of W, 122;
death, 144, 153
Alington, Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron (1825–1904), 141
Alix, Princess of Hesse (1872–1918), 185
Amélie, Queen of Portugal (1865–1951), 254
Ampère, Jean Jacques (1800–1864), 27
Anderson, John Henry (1815–74), 17
Anna, Princess of Hesse, 41
Antonelli, Cardinal Giacomo (1806–76), 27
Antrim, Lady (d 1949), 153
Arch, Joseph (1826–1919), 203
Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of (1823–1900), 48
Armaille, Countess d’, 18
Arnold-Forster, Hugh Oakley (1855–1909), 210, 211
Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught (1850–1942), 115, 122, 145
Asquith, Herbert Henry, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928): keeps KE waiting, 201–2; religious background, 209; as Prime Minister, considers KE’s request impertinent, 210; and women’s suffrage, 284; and KE’s protests about inflammatory speeches by his ministers, 286; election promises, 287; and reform of House of Lords, 292; KE receives, 293; to Biarritz to kiss hands, 303
Asquith, Margaret (Margot), later Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945): on Lillie Langtry, 155; on Esher, 193; on Asquith’s unpunctuality, 201–2; KE and, 229; on KE, 304
Augusta, Queen and later Empress of Prussia (1811–90), 91, 103
Augusta Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, later Empress of Germany (1858–
1921), 148, 280
Aumâle, Henri-Eugène d’Orléans, Duc d’ (1822–97), 126, 156
Austin, Alfred (1835–1913), 113, 197, 209
Auvergne, Prince de la Tour d’, 78
Aylesford, Countess (d 1897), 140, 141, 142
Aylesford, Heneage Finch-Knightley, 7th Earl of (1849–85), 130, 140, 141
Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli, Marchese d’, 27
Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–93), 103, 104
Baker, Valentine, 99, 145, 179
Balfour, Arthur James, later 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930): buys a Burne-Jones, 155; KE and, 210; and Garter for Shah, 213–14; and KE’s Proposed visit to Pope, 251–53, 255
Balmoral, 101, 147; no holiday for P of W at, 9; P of W at, 149; Tsar Nicholas at, 150; QV’s state of mind at, 152; P of W’s children dislike going to, 180; amusements and pastimes at, 203; pipers at, 203; shooting at, 221
Bancroft, Sir Squire Bancroft (1841–1926), 157
Barlow, Sir Thomas (1845–1945), 282
Barrington, Hon. Sir Eric (1847–1918), 251, 252
Bartlett, Clarence, 130, 137
Bartley, George (1782?–1858), 9
Beatrice, Princess (1857–1944), 82, 114, 144
Beaufort, Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of (1824–99), 151
Beauvais, Lady, 8
Becker, Dr (Prince Albert’s librarian), 13
Beerbohm, Sir Max (1872–1956), 177
Bellairs, H.W., 179
Beneni, Giulia, 239
Bentinck, George Cavendish, 199
Beresford, Lady Charles: appearance, 158; reads Lady Brooke’s letter, 158; P of W and, 158–59, 167; coldshouldered by P of W, 164; sends Beresford’s letter to Salisbury, 165; sends for her husband, 165
Beresford, Lord Charles William De La Poer, later cr Baron (1846–1919): and Indian tour, 129, 133; and Aylesford scandal, 142; and Lady Brooke, 158; and his wife, 158, 159; angry with P of W, 159, 164; writes a letter, 164; Salisbury and, 165–66; demands apology from P of W, 167; reconciled with P of W, 189; ‘gasbag’, 211
Beresford, Lord Marcus, 158, 166, 167, 175
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844–1923), 100, 156, 238
Bernstorff, Count von, 78, 111, 265
Bertie, Sir Francis Leveson, later cr Viscount Bertie (1844–1919), 251, 253, 254
Bigge, Sir Arthur John, later cr Baron Stamfordham (1849–1931), 150
Birch, Henry, 8, 11–12
Bischoffsheim, Louis, 176
Bismarck, Count Herbert, 59, 267
Bismarck, Otto von, Prince Bismarck (1815–98), 125, 265, 266
Blandford, John Charles Spencer Churchill, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844–92), 140, 141, 142
Blandford, Marchioness of (d 1932), 142
Blondin, Charles (1824–97), 31
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840–1922), 304
Boer War: Campbell-Bannerman and, 210; French feeling about, 240, 258, 260–61; Wilhelm II and, 271, 272, 275, 276–77; P of W’s attitude to, 284
Bourchier, Arthur (1864–1927), 273
Boutourline, Comtesse de, 239
Bradford, Edward Ridley Colborne, later cr baronet (1836–1911), 133
Bradlaugh, Charles, 109, 110, 131
Broadhurst, Henry (1840–1911), 178
Brodrick, St John Fremantle, later 9th Viscount and 1st Earl of Midleton (1856–1942), 192, 210
Brooke, Daisy, see Warwick, Countess of Brooke, Lord, see Warwick, 5th Earl of Brougham, Lady, 235
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Charles Brougham, 3rd Baron (1836–1927), 235
Brown, Sir George (1790–1865), 39
Brown, John (1826–83), 146–47, 152
Browne, Sir Samuel James (1824–1901), 133
Browning, Robert (1812–89), 27
Bruce, Mrs, 26, 77
Bruce, Lady Augusta, 47–48, 63, 64
Bruce, Hon. Robert: governor to P of W, 21, 28, 30; instructions on his duties, 24, 26; on P of W, 25, 31, 36, 56; and P of W’s audience with Pope, 27; gives advice to Browning, 27; and idea of P of W joining the army, 36, 38–39; and P of W at Cambridge, 36, 37; goes with P of W to meet Alexandra, 42; with P of W to Vienna and Venice, 49; insists on entering mosque, 51; death, 56
Buchanan, James (1791–1868), 33
Buckingham Palace: KE makes changes at, 191, 197; Derby Day dinner at, 200; children’s parties at, 220; KE’s operation at, 282; KE at, 293; QA comes to, 297; death of KE at, 299
Buller, Charles, 178
Buller, Sir Redvers Henry (1839–1908), 160
Bülow, Bernhard, Prince von (1849–1929), 207
Bülow, Count von: on Wilhelm II’s anglophilia, 271; prompts Wilhelm II’s bombastic speech, 273; KE on, 273
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward (1833–98), 155
Burnham, Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron (1833–1916), 229
Burns, John Elliot (1858–1943), 211
Bury, John Bagnell (1861–1927), 209
Cadogan, Countess (d 1907), 155
Cadogan, George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl (1840–1915), 72
Caesar (KE’s fox terrier), 234, 241
Cairns, Hugh MacCalmont Cairns, Earl (1819–85) (Lord Chancellor at time of Aylesford scandal), 141, 142
Cambon, Paul, 260
Cambridge, George William, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904): and P of W, 23, 39, 40, 145; and Princess Christian, 58; suspects foul drains, 114; nervous of QV, 114–15; gives unwanted advice, 128; attitude to reform, 144–45; and QV’s birthday parade, 152; on P of W, 157; in Homburg, 242
Cambridge University, P of W at Trinity College, 36–38
Campbell, Sir Walter Douglas Somerset (1853–1919), 229
Campbell-Bannerman, Charlotte, 248
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry (1836–1908), 303; religious background, 209; as Prime Minister annoys KE, 210; KE on, 210–11; exhausted by KE, 248; on photograph of himself and KE, 248; and women’s suffrage, 284
Canada, P of W in, 31
Canning, Countess, 11
Canning, Charles John Canning, 1st Earl (1812–62), 21
Canterbury, Archbishops of: William Howley, 4; Cosmo Gordon Lang, 172, 295–96, 302; Charles Thomas Longley, 64
Carlos I, King of Portugal (1863–1908), 188, 261
; Carnot, Marie François Sadi (1837–94), 257
Caroline, Queen (1768–1821), 67
Carpenter, William Boyd, Bishop of Ripon (1841–1918), 246
Carrington, 3rd Baron, see WynnCarrington, Charles
Carrington, Robert John Carrington (formerly Smith), 2nd Baron (1796–1868), 100
Carrington, Lady (d 1879), 93
Cass, Lewis (1782–1866), 33
Cassel, Sir Ernest Joseph (1852–1921): background and history, 175–76; P of W and, 179, 201; KE and, 215; Sonia Keppel and, 220; KE stays with, 233–34; in Marienbad, 242; and a Russian loan, 263; on his last meeting with KE, 295; his gift for charity, 300; KE’s resemblance to, 303
Cavendish, Lady Frederick, 154
Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810–
61), 27
Cesaresco, Countess Martinengo, 78
Challemel-Lacour, Paul Armand (1827–96), 251
Chamberlain, Sir Austen (1863–1937), 196
Chamberlain, Joseph (1836–1914), 269, 285
Chamberlayne, Miss (American débutante), 154, 238–39
Chandler (Superintendent of the King’s Wardrobe), 300
Chaplin, Henry, later cr Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923): P of W makes a friend of, 29, 71–72; scandalous stories about, 71–72; member of the Cabinet, 72; on a diet, 245
Charles, Prince of Denmark, later Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–1957), 181
Charles XV, King of Sweden (1826–72), 83, 103
Charlotte, Princess (1796–1817), 67
Chesterfield, George Philip Stanhope, 7th Earl of (1831–71), 112
Chevalier, Albert (1861–1923), 273
Christian, Prince of Denmark, later King Christian IX (1818–1906), 41, 83; P of W on, 44; P of W and, 51; not invited to stay at Osborne, 60; his income, 67; and the Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 77
Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 85, 268
Christian, Princess, later Queen Louise of Denmark (1817–98), 41; P of W on, 44; scurrilous stories about, 57; told of the Nellie Clifden affair, 50;
P of W and, 57; not invited to England, 60–61; QV’s disapproval of her family, 61; QV on, 85–86; and Pss of W’s refusal to meet King of Prussia, 90
Christopher, Prince of Greece, 300–1
Churchill, Lady Randolph (1854–1921):
at Sandringham, 96; and Blandford, 140; QV and, 143; P of W and, 158;
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