Edward VII: The Last Victorian King

by Christopher Hibbert

  Musurus Pasa, Kostaki (Turkish Ambassador), 151

  Mutsuhito (now referred to as Meiji), Emperor of Japan (1852–1912), 215

  Muzaffar-ud-din, Shah of Persia (r 1896–1909), 213–14

  Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808–73), 17, 78, 125, 236

  Nasru’d-din, Shah of Persia (r 1848–96), 127–28, 228

  Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of (1811–64), 31, 32, 33

  Nicholas, Grand Duke (d 1865), 83

  Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868–

  1918): at Balmoral, 150; P of W and, 262; on KE, 262; on visit to Russia of KE and QA, 264; and Wilhelm II, 264

  Nicolson, Sir Arthur, later cr Baron Carnock (1849–1928), 264

  Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910), 284

  Norfolk, Duchess of (d 1945), 179

  Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of (1847–1917), 252, 253

  Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of (1826–1904), 133, 135

  Northcote, Sir Stafford Henry, later cr Earl Iddesleigh (1818–87), 143, 302

  Northumberland, Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of (1846–1918), 68, 232

  Olga, Grand Duchess (1882–1960), 182

  Olga, Queen of Greece (1851–1926), 105

  Oliphant, Laurence (1829–88), 110

  Onslow, Lake (rector of Sandringham), 115

  Ormonde, James Edward Butler, 3rd Marquess of (1844–1919), 99

  Orsay, Count d’, 73

  Osborne, Ralph Bernal (1808–82), 73

  Osborne: P of W as a child at, 14, 17; Royal Family at, 83, 115; KE presents it to nation, 188

  Ott, Ernst (Marienbad doctor), 245

  Otto, King of Greece (r 1832–62), 56

  Owen, Sir Richard (1804–92), 20, 103

  Oxford, Bishop of, see Wilberforce, Samuel

  Oxford University, P of W at Christ Church, 30

  Paget, Lord Alfred, 130

  Paget, Augustus, 61, 268

  Paget, Mrs Gerald, 165

  Paget, Walburga, 41, 57

  Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount (1784–1865): speaks to QV about her relations with P of W, 49; and P of W’s income, 68; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; and P of W’s gambling, 98

  Paoli, Xavier (Corsican detective), 241, 242

  Paris, Comtesse de, 186

  Paris, Louis Philippe, Comte de (1834–94), 185

  Paris: P of W as a boy in, 17; P of W in, 78, 236, 239, 256; William Knollys’s opinion or, 126; P of W and Lillie Langtry in, 155–56; P of W and Jaraczewski in, 194; KE in, 239, 292; QA in, 239; International Exhibition, 257; popularity of England in, 258; KE’s visit to promote friendly relations, 255–58; funeral procession of King of Hanover in, 265

  Parratt, Sir Walter (1841–1924), 197

  Pearl, Cora, 239

  Pedro V, King of Portugal (r 1853–61), 28, 45

  Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850), 3

  Pembroke, Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of (1853–1913), 150

  Pennethorne, Sir James (1801–71), 67

  Pentland, Joseph Barclay (1797–1873), 26

  Penzance, Sir James Wilde, Baron (1816–99), 108

  Persia, Shahs of: Muzaffar-ud-din, 213–14; Nasru’d-din, 127–28, 228

  Peterborough, William Connor Magee, Bishop of (1821–91), 71

  Phelps, Samuel (1804–78), 17

  Phipps, Sir Charles Beaumont (1801–66), 67, 85, 101

  Pistl, Fräulein (Marienbad shopkeeper), 244

  Pius IX, Pope (r 1846–78), 27, 125

  Pless, Princess of (née Daisy Cornwallis West), 176, 280

  Pollington, John Horace Savile, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Mexborough (1843–1916), 38

  Ponsonby, Arthur (1871–1946), 283

  Ponsonby, Frederick Edward, later cr Baron Sysonby (1867–1935), 299; on Soveral, 176; advises KE on Victorian Order, 216; and KE’s rages, 216, 217, 237; finds KE demanding, 217; gives KE a pipe, 226; on Christmas at Sandringham, 229–30; on KE, 241, 294, 297–98; his duties in Marienbad, 244; on KE and foreign policy, 249; rewords KE’s angry telegram, 251–52; on absurdity of KE’s incognito, 254; on KE’s goodwill visit to Paris, 259; and Wilhelm II, 267; on KE and Wilhelm II, 275; with KE in Brighton, 287; and KE at Sandringham, 287; takes leave of the dying KE, 294; gives KE a stylographic pen, 298

  Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825–95): his opinion of P of W, 22, 123; accompanies P of W on Continent, 22; at Sandringham, 71, 114; and suitable employment for P of W, 123; and Indian tour, 129; on chaotic City ball, 151; and Prince Imperial, 152; on Prince Eddy, 184; wears two Jubilee Medals, 193; his dreadful trousers, 195

  Poole, Henry, 64

  Popes: Leo XIII, 185, 251–54, 255, 288–89; Pius IX, 27, 125

  Portland, Dame Winifred, Duchess of (d 1954), 172

  Poynder, Sir John Poynder Dickson-, later cr Baron Islington (1866–1936), 294, 304

  Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836–1919), 155

  Probyn, Sir Dighton Macnaghten (1833–1924), 130, 192, 231

  Pulitzer, Joseph (1847–1911), 261

  Quin, Frederic Hervey Foster (1799–1878), 73

  Quinn, Patrick (detective), 243

  Raglan, Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron (1817–84), 151

  Rama V (Chulalongkorn), King of Siam (1868–1910), 215

  Rampolla, Cardinal, 253, 254, 255

  Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron (1837–1916), 205, 299

  Reid, Sir James (1849–1923), 280, 292

  Reid, Whitelaw, 249, 261

  Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902), 174, 283

  Ripon, William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of (1841–1918), 246

  Ritz, César (1850–1918), 226

  Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl (1832–1914), 209, 212, 277

  Robinson, Sir Joseph Benjamin (1840–

  1929), 178

  Robinson, Thomas Bilbe, later Sir Thomas (1853–1939), 294

  Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia, Duc de la, 125

  Rodd, James Rennell, later cr Baron Rennell (1858–1941), 209

  Romilly, Joseph (1791–1864), 37, 38

  Rose, Sir John (1820–88), 35

  Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of (1847–1929), 99; on Harrington, 72; and P of W, 150, 179; and Princess Victoria, 182; his clothes annoy KE, 195; on KE winning Derby, 199; KE and, 210; host to KE in Naples, 255; on P of W’s ‘signal service’, 263; Third Reform Bill, 284

  Rostand, Edmond (1868–1918), 292

  Rothschild, Alfred de (1842–1918), 175

  Rothschild, Sir Anthony de (d 1876), 71, 175

  Rothschild, Ferdinand de, 179

  Rothschild, Leopold de, 175

  Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, later cr Baron Rothschild (1840–1915), 175, 263

  Royal, Princess, see Frederick, Crown Princess

  Royston, Charles Philip, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Hardwicke (1836–97), 99

  Rudolf, Archduke of Austria, 93

  Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–89), 148, 152, 175

  Russell, Lord John Russell, 1st Earl (1792–1878), 20, 48, 77, 79

  Russell, Odo William, later 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–84), 27

  Russell, William Howard, later Sir William (1821–1907), 99, 103, 130

  Russia: P of W in, 87, 89; P and Pss of W in St Petersburg, 254, 262; assassination of Alexander II, 257; funeral of Alexander III, 262; KE strives for détente with, 263; persecution of Jews, 263; criticism of KE’s visit to, 283

  Sagan, Princesse de, 126

  Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1822–63), 51

  St Albans, William Amelius Beauclerk, 10th Duke of (1840–98), 27, 38, 99, 125

  St George’s Chapel, Windsor, royal wedding in, 62–63

  St James’s Palace, 206

  St Paul’s Cathedral, 115–16

  Salisbury, Marchioness of (1827–99), 172

  Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of (1830–1903), 95, 150; and the Indian tour, 130, 131; commends P of W, 138; on Anglo-Indian attitu
de to natives, 138; his advice after Tranby Croft affair, 160; writes to Beresford, 163; negotiates between Beresford and P of W, 166–67; and Mrs Keppel, 172; and Prince Eddy’s marriage, 187; as Prime Minister defends Cabinet collective responsibility, 212; presses KE to attend Paris Exhibition, 257; and relations between P of W and Wilhelm II, 266; and Rhodes, 283

  Sandars, John Satterfield (1853–1934), 253, 254

  Sandringham: purchase of, 67; a model country estate, 68; P and Pss of W at, 68–70; Lady Macclesfield on, 69; alterations to, 69–70, 99, 203; guests at, 70, 159, 180, 203; Sundays at, 94–95; shooting at, 96–97; P of W with typhoid at, 114; Gladstone at, 127; P of W’s children at, 182; library at, 197–98; golf course at, 198; KE rides tricycle at, 198; Gemütlichkeit at, 203; Alington’s daughter on life at, 203; Carrington on, 204; York Lodge, 219; grandchildren at, 219; routine at, 221; Sunday luncheon at, 226; Christmas at, 229; New Year’s Eve at, 230, 286; weekends at, 230; Wilhelm II at, 266; KE’s tooth extracted at, 281; KE’s last weekend at, 297–300

  Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 8th Earl (1839–1916), 227

  Sassoon, Alfred, 175

  Sassoon, Arthur (1840–1912), 175, 287

  Sassoon, Mrs Arthur, 287

  Sassoon, Reuben, 162, 242

  Schleswig-Holstein Duchies: stumbling block to marriage between P of W and Alexandra, 42; QV warns Alexandra about, 59; invasion of Denmark over, 77; attitude of P of W to war, 77–78, 94; Cabinet decision about, 83; and Princess Helena’s marriage, 85

  Schneider, Hortense, 101

  Schwarzenberg, Felix Ludwig von (1800–1852), 51

  Scott, Winfield (1786–1866), 34

  Scott-Chad, Joseph, 117

  Selborne, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of (1859–1942), 210

  Semon, Sir Felix (1849–1921), 229; KE rebukes, 193; on pipers at Balmoral, 203–4; KE chaffs, 228; KE scolds, 281, 300

  Senden und Bibran, Baron von, 270, 271

  Serbia, King of, see Alexander, King of Serbia Seymour, Francis, later Sir Francis (1813–90), 48

  Shaw, Eyre Massey, later Sir Eyre (1830–

  1908), 72

  Sheffield, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron (1839–1925), 294

  Siam, King of, see Rama V (Chulalongkorn)

  Sinha, Sir Satyendra Prassano, later cr Baron Sinha (1864–1928), 213

  Sitwell, Sir Osbert (1892–1969), 171, 206

  Smith, Albert (1816–60), 17

  Smith, Goldwin (1823–1910), 29

  Somerset, Lord Arthur, 169, 178

  Somerset, Lady Geraldine, 63, 101, 157, 180

  Sophia, Queen of Holland (1818–77), 42

  Southey, Mrs (nurse), 4

  Soveral, Luis de, Marquis (d 1922), 176, 215, 255, 292

  Spencer, Countess, 83

  Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl (1835–1910), 72, 84, 124

  Stamper, C.W. (KE’s motor engineer), 199, 234, 236, 300

  Standish, Hélène, 126

  Standish, Henry (1847–1920), 126

  Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, later Dean of Westminster (1815–81), 179; and P of W, 50–51, 73; and Pss of W, 69, 132; his death, 147; QV’s high opinion of, 147

  Stanley, Frederick Arthur, later 16th Earl of Derby (1841–1908), 40

  Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912), 110

  Steed, Henry Wickham (1871–1956), 246, 250

  Stephanie, Princess of Belgium (1864–1945), 148

  Stephen, J.K., 184

  Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (1829–94), 12, 16

  Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832–1904), 177

  Stockmar, Christian Friedrich, Baron (1787–1863): and education of P of W, 7, 11, 12; and Gibbs, 12; and character of P of W, 14–15, 30–31; on P of W, 25; and P of W’s liaison with Nellie Clifden, 46; angry about P of W’s engagement, 59; government appeals to, 75–76

  Stolypin, Peter Arkadyevich, 264

  Stonor, Monsignor Hon. Edmund (1831–1912), 253, 254

  Stonor, Mrs Francis, 111–12

  Stonor, Julie, 157

  Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount (1786–1880), 27

  Stuart, James (1843–1913), 151

  Suffield, Charles Harbord, 6th Baron (1855–1924), 130

  Sutherland, Duchess of (d 1888): on King of Sardinia, 23; QV on, 73; P of W and, 73, 127; Gower on, 127

  Sutherland, George Granville LevesonGower, 3rd Duke of (1828–92), 68, 79; his eccentric behaviour, 72; QV on, 73; P of W on, 73; member of Marlborough Club, 99; in Egypt with P of W, 103; and Indian tour, 130, 132

  Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837–

  1909), 73, 197

  Sykes, Christopher (1831–98), 99, 160, 178, 298

  Talbot, Lord Edmund, 252

  Tarver, Charles Feral: and education of P of W, 19–20, 21, 26, 28; on a walking tour, 22; accompanies P of W to Rome, 26; P of W tries to help, 178

  Teck, Duchess of (1833–97), 141, 180, 229

  Teck, Francis, Duke of, 186

  Teesdale, Christopher Charles, later Sir Christopher (1833–93), 20, 29, 88, 102

  Tennant, Margot, see Asquith, Margaret

  Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809–92), 154, 197

  Thiers, Louis Adolphe (1797–1877), 125

  Thumb, General Tom (prop. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838–83), 17

  Thyra, Princess of Denmark, later Duchess of Cumberland (1853–1933), 83, 265

  Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von (1849–1930), 243

  Torrington, George Byng, 7th Viscount (1812–84), 46

  Tranby Croft scandal, 160–63

  Transport, KE’s train and cars, 236

  Tremouille, Duc de la, 126

  Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838–1928), 112

  Treves, Sir Frederick (1853–1923), 207, 228, 282

  Turkey, P and Pss of W in, 105

  Turkey, Sultans of: Abdul Aziz, 151; Abdul Mejid I, 56

  Tweeddale, William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of (1826–1911), 99

  United States, P of W in, 31–33

  Valletort, William Henry, Viscount, later 4th Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe (1832–

  1917), 20

  Vanbrugh, Violet (1867–1942), 273

  Vanderbilt, Mrs Cornelius, 254

  Vansittart, Robert Gilbert, later 1st Baron Vansittart (1881–1957), 298

  Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia and first King of Italy (1820–78), 23, 27, 60, 254

  Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947), 251, 253

  Victoria, Princess (1868–1935), 180;

  birth, 101; does not marry, 182; plays ‘golf’, 198; birthday parties, 220; KE’s last illness, 295; on KE’s superstition, 299

  Victoria, Princess of Hesse (1863–1950):

  wedding, 148, 266

  Victoria, Princess of Prussia (1866–

  1929), 265

  Victoria, Princess Royal, see Frederick, Crown Princess

  Victoria, Queen (1819–1901): attitude to religion, 11; and punishment of children, 18; assaulted in Park, 21;

  and Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 59, 77, 83; low and depressed before the wedding’, 63; at wedding, 61, 62–63; and Marlborough House, 67; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; Christian names of her descendants, 82; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; shares responsibility for unpopularity of Royal Family, 109; at Sandringham, 113, 114; and thanksgiving celebrations, 116; Empress of India, 138, 149; and Aylesford scandal, 140, 142; Our Life in the Highlands, 146; everyone afraid of, 152; and Tranby Croft affair, 161, 162, 163; and Fife, 181; Golden Jubilee, 188; death, 191; and state opening of Parliament, 206; and the Gladstones, 229; her style of travelling abroad, 236

  comments on her by: Henry James, 191; Lady Macclesfield, 114; Frederick Ponsonby, 298; Lady Warwick, 174

  and her family: Princess Royal, 3, 5; Albert, 3, 4, 47, 75–76; Crown Princess Frederick, 44; death of her mother, 45; marriage of Princess Helena, 85; birth of Prince George, 86; death of Pss of W’s baby, 111; and Wilhelm II, 152, 267, 273, 277; encourages marriage between Victoria of Prussia an
d Alexander of Battenberg, 265; and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, 266

  and P of W: birth of P of W, 3; she compares him to his father, 4; and his names, 4; and the child, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18; and his ambition to join army, 23; she praises him, 34; and a marriage for P of W, 40, 42, 44, 57; considers him heartless, 45; and Nellie Clifden affair, 46, 50; blames him for Albert’s death, 47–48, 49; instructions to P of W, 50, 61, 129, 138; disapproves of his friends, 73, 174; and of his frivolity, 74, 81–82; refuses to allow him any responsibility or authority, 77, 123–24, 150–52; and P and Pss of W, 83–84, 92; and P of W’s children, 81, 101, 132, 182, 185; annoyed about P of W in Egypt, 103; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; and P of W’s holidays, 124; and Indian tour, 131, 132, 133; P of W brings a present for, 137–38; refuses to allow him to go to Egypt, 145; disagreements, 145–46; and his finances, 201; disapproves of his friendships with French nobility, 256; and squabble between P of W and Wilhelm II, 268

  and Pss of W: 91, 129; before Alexandra’s marriage, 59; disapproves of her, 81, 86, 91–92, 93; relationship between, 87, 153; goes to see her, 87

  quoted on: birth of P of W, 3; moulding P of W in Albert’s image, 4; children, 6, 18; P of W and Princess Royal, 12; P of W, 13, 19, 24, 40, 49, 51, 87, 145, 148; Albert, 15–16, 22, 47; Alexandra, 41, 57, 58, 59; Crown Princess Frederick, 42; Albert’s death, 48; P and Pss of W, 63, 73, 87, 115; Prince Affie, 82; Queen of Denmark, 85; Pss of W, 83, 84, 86, 87, 93, 153; extravagance, 106; P of W’s dislike of reading, 127; Prince Eddy, 183, 185; Golden Jubilee, 188; Alexander of Battenberg, 265; Wilhelm II, 267

  Vienna, P of W in, 49, 268

  Vitzthum, Count, 60

  Voisin, Dr (French tutor), 13

  Vyner, Mrs Robert, 242

  Waddington, Mme, 243

  Waldemar, Prince of Denmark (1858–

  1909), 83

  Walden, William Montagu-Hay, Viscount, later 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911), 99

  Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, see Edward VII, King

  Wales, Alexandra, Princess of, see Alexandra, Queen

  Wales, Prince of, see George, Prince

  Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron (1843–1919), 97

  Walters, Catherine, 128, 239

  Warwick, Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of (1861–1938), 197; her history, 157–58; and P of W, 157, 158, 159, 167; and Beresford, 158; and Tranby Croft affair, 160; a socialist, 168; her house-parties, 168–70; on P of W, 170; and Pss of W, 170, 193; on Jews, 174–75; on KE’s taste in music, 197