Frederick, Crown Princess, later German Empress (1840–1901): health, 3; childhood, 5; intelligence, 4–5, 19; appearance, 5; Albert and, 7; and P of W, 6, 11, 19; QV and education of, 6; leaves for Potsdam, 19; as Crown Princess, seeks a bride for P of W, 40; on Alexandra, 41; father writes to, 42; and meeting of P of W and Alexandra, 43–44; defends P of W, 44, 48; on P of W, 44; reasons for temporary withdrawal from court, 59; at P of W’s wedding, 63; on P and Pss of W, 65; P of W and, 84, 86; and Pss of W, 91, 92; P and Pss of W stay with, 103; silver wedding celebrations, 148; and her daughter’s proposed marriage, 266; death, as Empress, 271
Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 77, 148
Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1808–63), 41
Frederick William, Prince of Prussia, see Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia
Freemasonry, 103, 197
Frere, Lady, 135
Frere, Sir (Henry) Bartle (1815–84):
and the Indian tour, 130, 131, 132, 137; and P of W’s stamina, 137; and Wolseley, 145
Frewen, Moreton (1853–1924), 155
Frith, William Powell (1819–1909), 65
Frogmore: QV mourns her mother at, 45; QV visits mausoleum at, 63, 65;
P of W’s contribution to mausoleum, 67; Humbert and, 70; Prince Eddy born at, 82; QV’s funeral service at, 153
Froude, James Anthony (1818–94), 117
Galliffet, Gaston-Alexandre, Marquis de (1830–1909), 243
Gambetta, Léon Michel (1838–82), 257
Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807–82), 60, 78–79
George, Prince, later King George V (1865–1936): birth, 86; in Britannia, 182–83; nature, 182; a naval career for, 182; has typhoid, 187; to marry Princess May, 188; relationship with KE, 218–19; Duke of York, 219; and funeral of Alexander III, 262; after KE’s operation, 282; writes to QA about his father’s health, 294; arrangements for QA’s homecoming, 295; and his dying father, 295; on death of KE, 297
George III, King (1738–1820), 7, 10, 40, 68
George IV, King (1762–1830), 7, 8, 67
George I, King of Greece (1845–1913), 87, 114, 243
George V, King of Hanover (d 1878), 84, 265
Germany: Pss of W’s attitude to Prussia, 90–92, 111, 147–48; QA’s hatred of, 218; P of W and Austro-Prussian War, 265; P of W and Franco-Prussian War, 265; P of W in Berlin, 269; Anglo German relations, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271–72, 274, 275, 277, 278; Franco German relations, 274; and Morocco Conference, 274
Gibbs, Frederick Waymouth: history, 11–12; QV and, 11, 15, 21; on P of W, 11, 12, 15; and education of P of W, 13, 14, 20; failure, 21; on a walking tour, 22
Gibson, John (1790–1866), 26–27
Gladstone, Catherine, 70, 179, 229
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98), 102; disapproves of the young P of W, 22; QV on, 48; at Sandringham, 70–71;
on public opinion and the monarchy, 109; ‘from bad to worse’, 112; and thanksgiving celebrations for P of W’s recovery, 115, 116; suggests suitable employment for P of W, 122, 123; strained relations with QV, 123; on P of W, 124, 149–50; encourages P of W to read, 127; P of W recommends as PM, 146; and P of W, 149–50, 152, 163, 179; and Lillie Langtry, 157; golden wedding present, 229
Gladstone, William Henry, 22
Glyn, Elinor (1864–1943), 168–69
Goelet, Mrs Ogden, 246
Goldin, Horace, 273
Goncourt, Edmond de (1822–96) and Jules de (1830–70), 256
Gordon, Charles George (1833–85), 302
Gower, Lord Ronald, 127
Goya, Francisco de (1746–1828), 203
Gramont, Duc de, 239
Granier, Jeanne, 258
Granville, Granville George LevesonGower, 2nd Earl of (1815–91), 69, 146; and education of P of W, 7; QV on, 48; a wit, 73; and birth of Prince Eddy, 82; and P of W’s illness, 112; on P of W, 122; his opinion of P of W, 149; on P of W’s visit to Russia, 261–62; on KE, 304–5
Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794–1865), 8
Greville, Sidney, 247
Grey, Albert Henry George, later 4th Earl Grey (1851–1917): and the Indian tour, 129, 133; on the sofa in Benares, 134; on P of W’s reception in Delhi, 135; on P of W, 136; on Anglo-Indian wives, 136–37
Grey, Charles (1804–70), 22, 61
Grey, Sir Edward, later cr Viscount Grey (1862–1933), 203, 304
Grey, Sir George (1799–1882), 48
Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl (1802–94), 21
Grey, Hon. Mrs William, 102
Guilbert, Yvette (c 1869–1944), 246
Gull, William Withey, later Sir William (1816–90), 114
Gurney, Sir Somerville Arthur (1835–
1917), 71, 228
Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–
1957), 181
Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount (1856–1928): KE scathing about, 195; on Windsor hospitality, 201; KE on, 211; goes for a drive with KE, 245
Hale, W.B., 276
Halifax, Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount (1839–1934), 297
Hall Walker, Sophie, 247
Halsbury, Hardinge Stanley Giffard, Earl of (1823–1921), 208
Hamilton, Edward Walter, later Sir Edward (1847–1908): at Sandringham, 96; on P of W, 149, 154; on Pss of W, 154; on Gladstone and Lillie Langtry, 157; hints at corruption in high places, 179; on Prince Eddy, 184
Harcourt, Marquise d’, 126
Hardie, James Keir (1856–1915), 283
Hardinge, Arthur, 206
Hardinge, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron (1858–1944), 254; shocked by P of W’s indiscreet language, 149; on KE inspecting uniforms, 194; KE discusses foreign affairs with, 208; KE and, 215, 253, 258; and KE’s dog, Caesar, 234; his interview with Rampolla, 253; on KE’s interview with Pope Leo, 255; on KE’s contribution to Anglo-Russian relations, 264; and KE’s visit to Russia in 1908, 264; on KE and Wilhelm II, 273; discusses Anglo-German relations with Wilhelm II, 273; to 10
Downing Street, 295; on death of KE, 297
Hardwicke, Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of (1836–97), 178
Harris, Frank (1856–1931), 168
Hartington, Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908), 231; distinguished man, 72; Rosebery on, 72; P of W and, 79, 122, 144; recommends Army reform, 144; and P of W’s indiscretion, 149; and Tranby Croft affair, 160; KE and, 194, 210; and Order of Garter for Shah, 213–14; Bolton Abbey, 221
Hastings, George Manners Astley, 20th Baron (1857–1904), 71
Hastings, Sir Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of (1842–68), 72
Hatzfeldt, Paul, 302
Helena, Princess (1846–1923), 6, 48, 85
Hélène d’Orléans, Princess, 185–86
Herbert, Arthur, later Sir Arthur (1855–1921), 209
Hildyard, Miss (assistant governess), 6
Hill, Octavia (1838–1912), 284
Hirsch auf Gereuth, Baron Maurice von (1831–96), 96, 97, 175
Hoepfner (footman), 236
Holland, Sir Henry (1788–1873), 63
Hollande, Mlle (French governess), 5
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809–94), 34
Holstein, Baron von, 274
Hopetoun, Sir John Adrian Hope, 7th Earl of (1860–1908), 150
Hopwood, Francis John Stephens, later cr Baron Southborough (1860–1947), 294
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron (1809–85), 73
Humbert, A.J., 69–70
Hunt, William Holman (1827–1910), 198
Imperial, Prince, see Eugène, Prince Imperial India, Prince of Wales’s tour of: Bombay, 133, 134; Baroda, 134;
Kandy, 134; Delhi, 135; Madras, 135; Calcutta, 137; big-game hunting, 137; success of tour, 138
Ireland: P of W at Curragh military camp, 39–40; Irish revolutionaries in England, 75; Marlborough as Viceroy, 143; P of W’s official visit to, 261;
P of W threatened by Fenians, 299
Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905)
, 273
Islington, Lady, 304
Islington, Lord, see Poynder, Sir John Poynder Dickson
Isvolsky, Alexander Petrovich, 263
Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of (1847–1927), 231
James, Mrs Arthur, 242, 247, 305
James, Henry (1843–1916), 177, 191
James, Sir Henry, later cr Baron James (1828–1911), 143, 238
Jameson, Leander Starr, later Sir Leander (1853–1917), 152, 283
Japan, Emperor of, see Mutsuhito
Jaraczewski, Count Miecislas, 174
Jeckell, Thomas, 70
Jews: Lady Warwick on, 174; P of W’s Jewish friends, 175–76; KE and Russian persecution of, 263; Wilhelm II and anti-Semitism, 275; KE and Jewish blood, 303
John, King of Saxony (r 1854–73), 60
Johnstone, Sir Frederick: P of W makes a friend of, 29; displeases P of W, 100; Lady Mordaunt and, 107; P of W forgives, 178
Kaimamura, Admiral, 250
Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 147
Kean, Charles John (1809 or 1811–68), 17
Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) (1809–93), 33
Kendal, William Hunter (1843–1917), 177
Kent, Victoria, Duchess of (1786–1861), 3, 45
Keppel, Alice: Osbert Sitwell on, 171; personality, 171; and P of W, 171–72; Pss of W and, 172; Harold Acton on, 173; and Soveral, 175; and KE, 202, 216, 292, 293; QA sends for, 295–96;
and death of KE, 304
Keppel, Colin, 216
Keppel, Hon. George, 171, 172, 173, 304
Keppel, Sir Henry (1809–1904), 95, 181
Keppel, Sonia, 220, 305
Keyser, Agnes, 171, 293
Kingsley, Charles (1819–75), 38, 64, 73, 117
Kingsley, Mrs Charles, 64
Kingsley, Rose, 64
Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936), 177
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, later cr Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), 256
Knollys, Charlotte, 263
Knollys, Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount (1837–1924), 303; Secretary to P of W, 123; on P of W, 123–24; and P of W’s ‘actress friends’, 127; and Indian tour, 129; on Disraeli and P of W, 149; and the Tranby Croft affair, 160; and Cassel, 175–76; Secretary to KE, 192; on government’s treatment of KE, 209; on KE and Campbell-Bannerman, 210–11; dislikes Winston Churchill, 210; writes to Treasury, 211; and Order of Garter for Shah, 214; on KE, 215, 285; on KE making Tsar an admiral, 264; and P of W’s attitude to Prussia, 265; and relations between P of W and Wilhelm II, 267; on Wilhelm II, 271; and decoration for Florence Nightingale, 284; and death of KE, 297; cannot get KE to return from France, 303
Knollys, Sir William Thomas (1797–1883), 59, 83; P of W and, 57, 79, 88; on the engaged couple, 59; QV and, 79; defends Pss of W, 85; concerned about P of W’s neglect of Pss of W, 89; and Pss of W, 90, 92, 141; on P of W, 92; and P of W’s gambling, 98, 126; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 114; on Paris, 126; and KE’s proposed visit to Pope, 251
Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus (1825–1904), 152
Lace, Mrs Dale, 247
Laking, Sir Francis Henry (1847–1914), 281–82
La Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero, Marquis de (1804–78), 60
Lane, Harriet, 33
Lang, Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of York, later of Canterbury (1864–1945): and Keppel affair, 173; and death of KE, 297; in archiepiscopal robes, 302
Langtry, Edward (d 1897), 154
Langtry, Emily Charlotte (Lillie) (1852–1929), 177; Pss of W and, 154; P of W and, 154–57; Churchill on, 155; on her popularity, 155; Gladstone and, 156; goes on the stage, 157; in Marienbad, 242
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of (1845–1927): KE and, 210, 252; and Garter for Shah, 213, 214; and KE’s proposed visit to Pope Leo, 255; and KE’s proposed visit to France, 260; and entente with France, 274; and KE’s visit to Germany, 271;
on KE’s dislike of Wilhelm II, 271
Lawson-Johnston, John, 270
Lear, Edward (1812–88), 28
Le Breton, William Corbet, Dean of Jersey, 155
Lee, Sir Sidney (1859–1926), 177, 218
Leicester, Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of (1822–1909), 71, 99
Leighton, Frederic, later cr Baron Leighton (1830–96), 27, 127
Leo XIII, Pope (r 1878–1903), 185, 251–53, 255
Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany (1853–84): bitten by his nephew, 64; and his mother, 76; and P of W’s illness, 112; at Sandringham, 113, 114; has key to Cabinet boxes, 146;
death, 148; and Daisy Brooke, 157
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865), 59; royal guests at Laeken, 17, 26, 58; on P of W’s Canadian and American tour, 36; uses his influence with QV, 59; Marlborough House, 67; Count d’Orsay and, 73; and P of W, 79, 86; QV appeals to, 84
Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1835–1909), 188, 261
Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte de (1805–94), 105
Leveson-Gower, Lady Florence Sutherland (d 1881), 72
Lewis, George, 158–59, 203
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (1806–63), 48
Liddell, Henry George (1811–98), 179
Lincoln, Abraham (1809–65), 33
Lincolnshire, Marquess of, see WynnCarrington, Charles Robert
Lind, Jenny (1820–87), 64
Lindencrone, Mme de Hegermann, 302
Lindsay, Robert, later Robert LloydLindsay, cr Baron Wantage, 20, 21
Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone (1850–1931), 172, 174
Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl LloydGeorge (1863–1945), 210, 285, 286
Londesborough, Countess of (d 1915), 202
Londesborough, William Henry Forester Denison, 2nd Baron, later cr Earl of (1834–1900), 112
Londonderry, Marchioness of, 233, 235
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807–82), 34
Loubet, Mme, 301
Loubet, Emile (1838–1929), 256, 257, 260, 274
Louis, Prince of Battenberg, later Marquess of Milford Haven (1854–1921), 130, 148, 156, 266
Louis IV, Prince, later Grand Duke of Hesse (1837–92), 84
Louis Philippe, King of France (1773–1850), 23, 285
Louise, Princess (1848–1939), 90, 102
Louise, Princess, see Princess Christian
Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife (1867–1931), 89, 90, 180, 181
Luynes, Duchesse de, 126
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Viscount, later cr Earl (1817–87), 35
Lyttelton, Lady (d 1870), 5, 6, 8, 11
Lytton, Lady (d 1949), 150
Macclesfield, Countess of, 81; on Sandringham, 69; and birth of Prince Eddy, 82; and Pss of W’s illness, 89–90; and P of W, 90; and P of W’s illness, 112; on QV, 114; on Royal Family, 114
McKenna, Reginald (1863–1943), 264
McLeod, Norman (1812–72), 64
Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840–1914), 209
Malet, Sir Edward Baldwin (1837–1908), 150
Manchester, Duchess of, later Duchess of Devonshire (d 1911), 73, 93, 108–9, 128, 165
Manchester, George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of (1853–92), 194
Manchester, William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of (1823–90), 99
Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal (1808–92), 303
Maple, Sir John Blundell (1845–1903), 174
Margaret, Princess of Prussia, 185
Maria Henrietta, Queen of the Belgians (1836–1902), 78
Marie, Empress of Russia, see Dagmar, Princess
Marie, Princess of Altenburg, 41
Marie, Princess of Hohenzollem-Sigmaringen, 41
Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess (1853–1920), 128
Marienbad, KE in, 242–48
Marlborough, Duchess of (d 1964), 97, 195
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650–1722), 67
Marlborough, John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of (d 1883), 74
Marlborough Club, 99, 174
Marlborough House: history, 67; P and Pss of W
pleased with, 69; Pss of W has rheumatic fever at, 88; informal evenings at, 93; servants at, 99; P of W’s sitting room, 99; fancy-dress ball at, 127; Tsarevich and family at, 128; Bernhardt at, 156; Lady Brooke at, 158, 164; celebratory dinners at, 177, 178; KE at work in, 205; Wilhelm II at, 271
Marsh, Edward Howard, later Sir Edward (1872–1953), 206, 294
Martin, Mrs Theodore, 117
Martino, Eduardo de, 298
Mary, Queen, see May of Teck, Princess
Mathews, Charles (1803–78), 137
Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Lizzie) (1797–1856), 137
Maud, Princess, later Queen of Norway (1869–1938), 180–81
Maximilian, Archduke, later Emperor of Mexico (1832–67), 50
May of Teck, Princess, later Queen Mary (1867–1953), 186
Maynard, Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount (1786–1865), 157
Meidinger (Austrian valet), 236, 243
Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848), 3, 4, 8
Mensdorff, Count, 172
Merry del Val, Monsignor Rafael (1865–1930), 253
Metternich, Prince Clemens Lothar Wenzel (1773–1859), 22
Millais, Sir John Everett (1829–96), 155
Milner, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount (1854–1925), 211
Milnes, Richard Monckton, see Houghton, 1st Baron
Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray Kynymound, 4th Earl (1847–1914), 213
Monarchy: deteriorating prestige of, 109–10; increasing popularity of, 114, 116; Tranby Croft affair and, 160; and death of QV, 188; royal prerogatives eroded, 209; and Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; Mayor of Birmingham on, 285; KE worries about, 287; and politics, 292
Montagu, Hon. Oliver: and P and Pss of W, 102, 109; and Pss of W, 104, 153, 187
Moore, Mrs (American heiress), 301
Mordaunt, Sir Charles (1836–97), 107
Mordaunt, Lady Harriet (d 1906), 107, 108
Morier, Sir Robert (1826–93), 179, 267
Morley, John Morley, Viscount (1838–1923), 209, 213; and KE’s first Privy Council meeting, 191, 206; KE on, 211; on Wilhelm II, 267; on death of KE, 304
Motley, John Lothrop (1814–77), 27–28
Mouchy, Duc and Duchesse de, 126
Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828–1910), 63; on P of W, 37, 117; on preparations for royal wedding, 61; on Alexandra’s arrival procession, 61–62; on thanksgiving celebrations in London, 116–17
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