by Edna Healey
Anson, Charles, x
Anson, George 135
Arbuthnot, Charles and Mrs, 84, 90
Arlington, Earl of (Henry Bennett) 11, 20
Arlington, Isabella (Duchess of Grafton) 14–15, 19
Arlington House 16–20, 21 P2
Arnold, Frieda, 165
Arnold, John 46
art(s) 6–7, 13, 15–16, 19, 21, 36, 170
art(s) – cont.
Carlton House 83–4
Edward VII 194–5, 196–7, 198–9
family portraits 7, 41, 42, 52, 53, 68, 75–6, 140, 214, 301, 311, 388–9
frescos 133, 169–70 CP20
Raphael’s cartoons 7, 36, 41, 52, 70, 170
George III and Charlotte 35, 39–45, 47, 53, 60, 71, 75–6
George IV 83–4, 98, 109, 382, 385, 387
George V and Mary 221, 229, 231
light fittings put in the way 197–8
Queen’s Gallery x, 348, 384–5
Royal Collection 138–40, 375, 383, 384–91
Victoria & Albert 123, 133, 138–41, 160
Windsor 34, 39–40
see also china; furnishings; soft furnishings
Arthur, Prince 140, 175
Asquith, Herbert 205, 206, 215n
Assistant to the Master of the Household 347
Aston, Lord (d 1639) 8
Astor, Nancy, Viscountess 254
Athlone, Earl of 226
ATS, Camberley 313–4
Attlee, Clement
316–7, 322–3, 324, 325, 332, 333–4, 335, 336–7, 341
Audley, Hugh 4–5, 8, 10, 16
Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick 67, 388
Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 78, 152, 186–7, 190, 221, 235, 238
Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (Duchess of Cambridge) 76, 78, 154, 301
Augusta, Princess (daughter of George III) 54, 72, 79
Augusta, the Princess Royal (sister of George III) 59, 67
Augusta, Princess of Wales (mother of George III) 28–9, 30, 32, 37, 67, 83
Australia and the Royal Family 352, 361
Bach, Johann Christian 48, 51, 61
Badminton, Gloucestershire 299, 307
Bahamas: Duke and Duchess of Windsor 297
Bailey, E. H. 93
balcony 163, 183, 217–18, 224, 244, 278, 392, 394 CP29
1st World War 242
George VI with family 314, 318, 330 P13
RAF fly-past 368
Baldwin, Stanley 246, 247, 256–7
ballroom(s) 160, 165–6, 168–70, 183, 198, 203 CP20
Investitures 364
state banquets 364–5
balls 61, 114, 128, 363
George V Silver Jubilee 260–61
Victoria 154–6, 163, 170, 184 CP18
Balmoral 152–3, 176, 191, 299
Elizabeth II and Philip 327, 329, 330, 345, 359, 375, 376
Banks, Sir Joseph 60
Banqueting House, Whitehall 6, 7, 8–9, 36
banquets and receptions 202, 202n, 244–5, 355, 362–3, 364–5 CPl, CP31, CP33
Victoria 156, 171, 178, 183
Barberini, Cardinal 7
Baring, Sir Thomas 84
Barnett, Joel 377
Bateman, William 278
Bath stone 93, 94
bathing cisterns 18, 19
bathrooms 196, 288
cistern 35
sanitation 147, 158–9, 165
Bean: threat to Victoria 149
Beaton, Cecil P11, CP28
Beatrice, Princess (daughter of Victoria) 143, 197
Beatrix, Princess (later Queen of the Netherlands) 297
Beaufort, Duchess of (niece of Queen Mary) 299
Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron 270, 272, 276–7
Bedaux, Charles and Fern 293 bedrooms 36, 52, 107–8, 228, 289, 314
King’s Bedchamber 39, 41
beds, Queen’s House 43–4, 50
Beechey, Sir William 76, 84, 388 CP14
Belgian Suite 123, 198–9, 248, 273–4
George VI 288, 331
Bennett, Henry (Earl of Arlington) 11–20
Bennett (Queen’s Page of the Presence) 340
Bentley (partner of Wedgwood) 45
Bernasconi, Francis 390–91
Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands 297, 310
Bertram &c Son 198 Bessant, C. H. 198
Bessborough, 4th Earl of see Duncannon
Bevan, Aneurin 318, 326
Bevin, Ernest 318
Bigge, Sir Arthur see Stamfordham
Birch, Henry 172–3
Birdcage Walk 11–12, 22
birds see animals and birds
Blair, Tony 355, 358–9
Blake, William (man of business) 4–5
Blake House 5, 6
Blomfield, Mary 219
Blore, William 103–5, 153, 157–61, 169
Blücher, Prince, of Prussia 108
Blue Closet 127
Blue Drawing Room 109
Blue Velvet Room 71
Blunt, Anthony 385–6
Blunt, Bishop of Bradford 276
Boer War 188–9, 204, 340
Bonar Law, Andrew 238, 246
Bondfield, Margaret 256
Boswell, James 148 Boudoir 229
Bow Drawing Room 109
Bow Room 45, 315, 318, 363, 365, 366–7 Pn, CP12
Bowes-Lyon see Elizabeth, the Queen Mother;
Strathmore
Boyd, Harry 253
boys’ clubs 289, 316
Brabourne, Countess of 392 CP27
Bradburn, John 40, 43
Breteuil, Marquis de 241
Bright, John 182, 251
Brighton Pavilion see Royal Pavilion, Brighton
British Institution 85
British Museum 26–7, 39
Broadlands 330
Brock, Thomas 216
Brodrick, St John 204–5
Brooke, Lady (Countess of Warwick) 191
Brooke, Peter 380–81
Brown, James, and Mrs Brown 255
Brown, John 177, 183–4, 197
Brown, Lancelot ‘Capability’ 93–4
Browne, Joseph 92, 101, 108
Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of 67, 389
Buccleuch, 7th Duke of 245
Buchanan, James 182
Buckingham, 1st Duke of (Sheffield; Mulgrave; Marquess of Normanby) 19, 20–27, 35–7 CP1
Buckingham, 2nd Duke of (previous creation), 12
Buckingham, Katherine, Duchess of 22, 23, 24, 25–6, 35, 388
Buckingham House 22–7, 34–7 CP6
Arlington House renamed 22
named Queen’s House 34
proposal to demolish and rebuild 84–6
see also Queen’s House (for period of George III) and later Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace additional storey 107–8
conversion from Buckingham House (Queen’s House) 91–9, 100–11
Duke of Windsor 212, 220: after accession 266, 273–4, 276–8;; Duchess’s visit (1972) 369
Edward VII and Alexandra 190, 199–200, 206–7, 212: modernized 194, 195–6;; art works 194–5, 197–9
first called The Palace…’ 86–7
George IV 84–7, 90–98, 101–2
George V and Mary 209–23, 247–8:1st World War 238, 239, 240; Mary after George’s death 266–7, 271–2;; Palace repairs and alterations 208, 213–4, 216–8, 219, 227–32
George VI and Elizabeth 284–5, 287, 326, 329 Pn, P12, P14: 2nd World War 295, 296, 297, 300–304, 306, 309–10, 314–6;; post-war repairs 319–22, 325; visit of Eleanor Roosevelt 307–9
number of rooms 393
open to the public 381, 385–6, 387–8
Parliament’s role 354–9
site 1–5, 7–8, 16, 22–3, 37, 86–7, 91–2, 101 Pl
surgical operations 201, 248–9, 331, 333–4
Victoria 122–4, 203 P6, P7: after death of Albert 176, 178, 183, 184–5, 9, 191–2;; repairs and alter
ations 153–4, 165–70
William IV 102–15
see also Buckingham House and Queen’s House; entry under Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace Press Office 383
Builder, The, 159, 161, 169–70
Burdett, Sir Francis 49, 127
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness 144, 234
Burdon, Richard (1st Viscount Haldane) 205
Burke, Edmund, ‘Plan of Economic Reform’ 64–6, 69
Burney, Charles 57
Burney, Edward Frances CP13
Burney, Fanny (Madame d’Arblay) 55–9, 60–61, 68, 77 CP13
Burton, Decimus 161
Bushey House 111
Bute, 3rd Earl of (John Stuart) 29, 30, 33, 37–8, 40, 49, 62–3
Buxton, Noel 252
Caen stone 159, 216–17
Callaghan, James 358
Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of (son of George III) 72, 76, 78, 152, 186, 301
Cambridge, Adolphus, Marquess of (formerly Duke of Teck; brother of Queen Mary) 185, 222, 226
Cambridge, Augusta, Duchess of 76, 78, 154, 301
Campbell, Kenneth, of Campbell Smith &. Co 289–90
Canada and the Royal Family 294, 334, 352, 361
Canaletto 7, 40, 71
canals xv, 11, 23, 33, 35, 93, 367
candelabra 84, 109, 169, 231–2
Canterbury, Archbishops of 70, 115, 202W, 292, 360
Cardigan, James, 7th Earl of 155
Carlisle, George, 7th Earl of (Lord Morpeth) 157–8, 161
Carlton House 33, 37, 83, 231
George IV 86, 87, 109: as Prince of Wales; Prince Regent 44, 67, 70, 74, 82–3, 89; House demolished 85, 86, 92, 93, 107
Caroline, Princess (sister of George III) 67–8
Caroline of Anspach, Queen 28–9, 34, 135
Caroline of Brunswick, Queen 67, 74, 82, 83, 89–90
Caroline Matilda, Princess CP4
Cassel, Sir Ernest 193
Castlemaine, Countess of 14
Catherine of Braganza 29
ceilings
Buckingham House 36 CP6
Buckingham Palace 95, 102, 108, 109, 160, 169–70, 389–90
Queen’s House 38–9, 52
Central Committee for Women’s Training and Employment 235–6, 237
Centre Room 231–2
Chamberlain, Neville 293, 295, 296
Chambers, Sir William 38–9, 40, 46–7, 51, 83, 95, 96, CP9
chandeliers 84, 109, 169, 196, 230
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace 369–70, 383
Channon, Chips 232, 244, 258, 269, 274, 279, 280
Chantrey, Sir Francis 92–3, 112 CP15
chapels
Buckingham Palace 94, 153, 297, 302–3, 304, 320, 348
Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace: weddings 74, 135, 171
St George’s Chapel, Windsor, monarchs’ death 79, 99, 175, 94, 208, 336, 369
Charles I, King 3, 4, 5–10, 22, 385, 387, 388 CP32
Charles II, King 9–19, 20–21, 44, 385, 388 CP32
Charles, Prince of Wales 331, 339, 363, 371, 382, 384 CP29
income from the Duchy of Cornwall 380, 381
Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George IV; wife of Leopold I of Belgium) 73–5, 7J, 79, 112, 135
Charlotte, the Princess Royal (daughter of George III; wife of Frederick I of Württemberg) 76–7
Charlotte, Queen 1–2n, 28–81, 135, 152, 154–5, 222, 388 CP3, CP11, CP14
children 37, 50, 52, 54, 71, 75–7 CP3, CP16
during Regency period 70–80
George Ill’s birthday, xv, 72 CP5
given ‘Queen’s House’, xvi
Charteris, Martin 335, 351, 369
Chartists 162
Chatham, 1st Earl of (Pitt the Elder) 63
Chatsworth 106
Cheam school, Surrey 313
chimneys see fireplaces china 45, 45n, 47, 84, 346–7, 367
Chelsea service 44–5, 367 CP12
see also art(s)
Chinese Chippendale Room 223, 230
Chinese influence 38, 44, 83, 98–9, 160, 230
Chinese Room 183, 268, 301
Chipp, Mr: owner of Mulberry Garden 9, 10, 11
Chippendale Room 222
Christian IX, King of Denmark 183
Christian VII, King of Denmark 67–8
Christie family: sale 45
Church of England: monarch as Head 342
Churchill, Sir Winston 247–8, 316, 318
2nd World War 295, 296, 300, 303, 308–9, 314
and the Duke of Windsor 270, 272, 275, 276–7, 278, 292, 296
Elizabeth II 326, 335, 340
George VI 292, 296, 333–4, 335–6
Cipriani, G. B. 46–7 CP6
cistern 35
Civil List 48
Elizabeth II and family 325–6, 373, 374, 377–81, 383
George III 49–50, 64–6, 69, 70
George V 257
George VI 325–6, 328
Civil War 4, 5, 7, 8–10, 12, 16
Claremont, nr Esher 74, 80
Clarence, William, Duke of see William IV
Clarence and Avondale, Albert Victor, Duke of (Eddy) 185–6, 187 P10
Clarence House 101–2, 299–300, 330, 331, 335, 338
Clarendon, Earl of (Lord Chamberlain to Edward VII) 193, 201
Clarendon, Earl of (Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth ID 340
Clark, Charles 217
Clark, Sir James 126, 144
Clark, Kenneth 385
Clarke, Sir Charles 126
Cleveland, Duchess of (Barbara Villiers) 14
Clifden, Nellie 173, 174
clocks and watches 46, 48, 84, 231–2, 287 CP9
Clynes, J. R. 246–7, 253–4, 262
Coade, Eleanor, and Coade stone 95, 96–7, 389–90
Cobb, of Vile & Cobb 42–3
Cobbold, Lord (Lord Chamberlain) 346, 351–2, 373–8
Coburg, Dukes of: royal descendants 130
Coburg, Ernest, Duke of 114, 129–30, 132
Coburg, Frederick, Duke of 130, 225
Coburg, Louise, Duchess of 131
Colville, John 296, 317, 326–8, 328n
Committee for Women’s Training and Employment 235–6, 237
Commonwealth 331–2, 342, 351, 352, 358
monarch’s role 360–62
Commonwealth Institute 361
Communism: revolutions in Europe 162–3
Comptroller of the Household 359
Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain’s Office 346, 383
Conroy, Sir John 80, 113–5, 119, 123, 126
Constantine, Grand Duke of Russia 130
Constantine I, King of Greece 312–3
Conyngham, Lord (1837)115, I25
Cooper, Sam 387
Cooper, Sir Simon, ix-x
Cope, Sir Arthur CP23
Cotes, Francis CP4
Counsellors of State 359
Court 340–41
Edward VII 193–4
Elizabeth II 340, 342–3, 355
George III 55–62, 77
George V 251–6
Victoria 121, 122, 151–2, 180–82
see also Headquarters of State; Royal Household
Court of St James 363
courtyard 35, 39, 71, 92, 94, 159, 161
Courts & Co 86, 382
Courts, Angela Georgina (later Baroness Burdett Coutts) 144, 234
Courts, Thomas 38, 43, 49–50, 144, 382
Coward, Noël 309, 326
Cowes: regatta 204
Crace, Edward 44
Cranfield, Lionel 4
Crawford, Marion 286–9, 295, 310–11, 312, 314–6, 339
The Little Princesses’ 332–3
wedding of Elizabeth II 327–8, 329
Creevey, Thomas, 103, 110–11
Crewe, Lady (1914) 236
Crimean War 163–5, 170, 173
Crimond: The Lord is My Shepherd’, 327–8, 328n
Crimson Drawing Room 3
8–9, 71
Cripps, Sir Stafford 325–6
Croggan, William 97
Cromwell, Oliver 4, 9
see also Civil War
Crossman, H. B. S. 374
Crown Equerry 383
Crown Jewels 375
Cubitt, Thomas 152, 157, 159–61, 165–8
Cumberland, Ernest, Duke of 31, 76, 116
Cumberland, Henry Frederick, Duke of 68
Cumberland Gate: Marble Arch 161
Cust, Sir Lionel 194–200, 205, 206, 207, 221, 231, 385
Cuyp, Aelbert 84
Dagmar, Dowager Empress of Russia 204, 212, 225
Dalton, Hugh 318, 325
Dalton, Richard 39–40, 44
Dartmouth College 312, 313
David, Prince see Windsor, Duke of
Davies, Alexander and Mary (daughter) 10, 11
Davies, Ernest 321
Dawson of Penn, Lord (surgeon) 248–9, 262
de Bellaigue, Viscomtesse, ix, 311
de Bellaigue, Sir Geoffrey 384–5
Dean, John 331
Deane, Sir Anthony 9
débutantes 265–6, 366
Del Sarto, Andrea 7, 52
Denley, William 160–61
Department of National Heritage 379
Deputy Master of the Household 347–8
Deputy Private Secretary 383
Deputy Surveyor of the Queen’s Works of Art 384
Devonshire, Dukes of 19, 106, 203–4, 326
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of 106
Devonshire House 47
Diana, Princess of Wales 393 CP29
Dickens, Charles 98, 150
dining rooms 347
State Dining Room 108–9, 169, 183, 244, 365, diplomatic corps: role of the monarch 362–3
Director of Finance and Property Services 378–9, 383
Director of the Royal Collection 383, 384, 386–7
Disraeli, Benjamin 179, 183
Doll’s House 266–7
dome on Buckingham Palace 94, 108
Domenichino 40
Donaldson, Francis 293
Dorchester, Countess of (Catherine Sedley) 22
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec 356
Drawing Room 41
Dressing Room 228
Dryden, John 17–18, 21
Duchy of Cornwall 211–12, 380, 381
Duchy of Lancaster 375–6
Duff Cooper, Sir Alfred 268, 272–3, 275, 276
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme 344
Duncannon, Viscount (John William Ponsonby) 103, 104–7, 109–10, 349
Durham, Lord (1926) 247
Earl, T. P. CP26
East India Company 45
Ebury estate 4–5, 10
Eddy, Prince see Clarence and Avondale
Eden, Anthony 268, 295, 317, 318, 356
Edinburgh, Alfred, Duke of 176, 178–9, 225
Edinburgh, Philip, Duke of 331, 338–46, 365, 392 CP27, P14
Coronation of Elizabeth II 340–41
created ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ 327
early life 312 –13, 314, 320
engagement and wedding 318, 324–30