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The Queen’s House

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by Edna Healey


  George VI 290, 296, 322, 334

  sanitation 147, 158, 165

  Sassoon, Sir Philip 286

  Savile House 33

  scagliola 96, 97, 108, 195–6, 203

  Scarborough, 4th Earl of 340

  schoolroom 288

  Schuster, Sir Claud 282

  Schwellenberg, Elizabeth 56–7

  Scott, Lady Alice see Gloucester, Duchess of Scott, Sir Walter 106–7

  Sebastiano del Piombo 40

  security 148–51, 369–71, 383, 384

  Seddon, George 97

  Seddon, Thomas 390

  Sedley, Catherine, Countess of Dorchester 22

  Sedley, Sir Charles 9

  Seguier, William 385

  Select Committee of Enquiry into Royal Finances 346, 373–8

  servants 16, 19, 23, 35, 37, 65 P7

  Buckingham Palace 145–6, 148, 151, 269: quarters 94, 107–8, 154, 158, 321

  Seymour, Lord (1850) 161

  Seymour, Francis 133

  Sheffield, Charles (formerly Charles Herbert) xv,26–7, 27n

  Sheffield, John see Buckingham, 1st Duke of

  Shinwell, Emanuel 374

  Simpson, Dr (1853) 143

  Simpson, Ernest 259–60, 261, 270–71

  Simpson, Wallis see Windsor, Duchess of

  site 1–5, 7–8, 16, 22–3, 37, 86–7, 91–2, 101 PI

  Sitwell, Edith 338

  Smallpiece, Sir Basil 345

  Smirke, Sir Robert 90, 100, 105

  Smith, Clifford 85, 223

  Smith, J. T. 42

  Smith, Joseph 40

  Smith, Sidney 121

  Smuts, Jan Christian (Field Marshal) 326–7

  Snow, John 143

  Snowden, Ethel 254

  Snowden, Philip 253

  Soane, Sir John 84, 90–91, 100, 105

  soft furnishings no, 203, 229–30, 348–9

  Arlington House 6, 15, 16

  Queen’s House 42–4, 47, 52, 53, 70, 71–2

  Sokolnikov (Soviet Ambassador, 1930) 253

  Solti, Sir Georg and Lady Solti 371–2

  Somerset House 1–271, 32, 33

  Sophia, Princess (daughter of George III) 70

  Sophia of Gloucester, Princess 72

  South Africa 322, 323–4, 325–6, 358, 362

  Spain 291, 296–7

  Civil War 293

  Spencer, 3rd Earl (formerly Viscount Althorp) 104, 105, 106

  Stained-glass window, restored 390

  staircase 36, 44, 47, 53, 95, 97, 108, 198 CP6

  Stallinge, William and Jasper 3

  Stamfordham, Lord (Sir Arthur Bigge) 177, 215n, 249–50, 250n, 350

  stamp collection 203, 212–13, 375, 383

  standards, personal: Elizabeth II 361

  State Coach of George III 46–7

  State Dining Room 108–9, 169, 183, 244, 365

  State Rooms 95–6, 108–10, 196, 198, 314, 347, 381

  state visits to Britain 346

  Steen,Jan 84

  Stephanoff, James CP6, CP8, CP9

  Stephenson, Benjamin 86, 105

  steps, to entrance 94

  Stewart, Michael 378

  Stockmar, Baron 73, 74, 80, 129–30, 131–4, 135, 171–6

  influence on Victoria 114–5, 117–9, 136, 142, 143–4

  reorganization of Royal Household 145–52

  Stockmar’s son, 141, 144–5, 150–51

  Stothard, Thomas and Alfred 390

  Strathmore, 14th Earl of (Claude Bowes-Lyon, father of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) 243–4

  Strathmore, Lady (mother of the Queen Mother) 286, 290, 294

  Strauss, Johann, the Elder 122

  Strelitzia Reginae 41

  strikes and disputes 105, 217, 247–8, 358, 368

  Struansee, Dr 67–8

  Stuart, John, 3rd Earl of Bute 29, 30, 33, 37–8, 40, 49, 62–3

  Stubbs, George 84 CP17

  Suez 180, 351, 355, 356

  suffragettes 218–9

  Summerson, John, 95, 101

  Supper Room 244

  Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures 384

  Surveyor of the Queen’s Works of Art 383–4

  Sussex, Augustus, Duke of 76, 106, 116

  Swan Keeper 377

  Sweated Industries Exhibition (1906) 236

  swimming pool 94n, 285–6, 300, 301, 319 P12

  Table of the Grand Commanders 389

  Taylor, Robert, and the Taylorian Institute 87–8

  Taylor, Sir Herbert 109, 141

  Teck, Duchess of (Mary Adelaide, mother of Queen Mary) 184, 185, 186, 234

  Teck,Duke of (father of Queen Mary) 214, 223

  Teck, Duke of (later Marquess of Cambridge; brother of Queen Mary) 185, 222, 226

  telegraph inaugurated 188

  telephone 274, 278

  television 340–41, 373, 380–81, 391

  Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 175–6

  terrace 35, 94–5, 367

  Thaarup, Aage 368

  Thalberg, Sigismund 122

  Thatcher, Margaret 358, 379, 386

  Theakston, Joseph 98, 108

  Thomas, Godfrey 268–9

  Thomas, J. H. 246, 249

  throne 71, 149, 169, 199, 219 CP18

  Throne Room 95, 98, 388

  uses 134, 184, 213, 371, 372

  The Times: reports 86–7, 91, 97, 150, 151, 191, 373

  on work on the Palace 152, 158, 159, 217, 218, 227, 285

  Tintoretto 7

  Titian 7, 41

  Trafalgar, Battle of, and Nelson 69, 92–3, 389–90

  Trafalgar Square 86, 92–3

  Treasurer of the Household 359

  Trench, Colonel 84–5

  Treves, Sir Frederick 201

  Trooping the Colour 368–9

  Turner, J. M. W. 101, 107

  Tuxen, Laurits Regner 140, 389 CP21, CP22

  Tyburn (stream) 2

  Upper and Lower Crow 8

  Valdemar of Denmark, Prince P9

  Van der Doort, Abraham 385

  Van Dyck, Sir Anthony 7, 15, 41, 52, 71, 386, 388 CP32

  Verity, Frank T. 198, 203

  Vermeer, Jan 40

  Vermin man’ 287–8

  Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 359

  Victoire, Princess (mother of Victoria) see Kent, Duchess of

  Victoria, Empress of Germany (daughter of Victoria) 143, 144, 170–71, 224

  Victoria, Princess (daughter of Edward VII) 190, 261 P10

  Victoria, Queen 94n, 116–89, 249, 250, 349, 385, 389

  P6, CP18, CP19, CP21, CP22

  after death of Albert 176–89 P8

  before accession 112–5, 116–7, 119–20

  chloroform used in childbirth 143

  Coronation 122, 125, 132

  costs at Buckingham Palace 124, 126, 140, 144, 151:

  Palace improvements 153–4, 157—8, 159, 168

  Diamond Jubilee 184, 188, 193

  engagement and wedding 125, 134–6

  Golden Jubilee 140, 182–4

  marriage with Albert 136–76

  named ‘Empress of India’ 179

  others’ work following her death 191–2, 193, 197, 203, 216

  Victoria and Albert (Royal Yacht) 199, 201, 204

  Victoria & Albert Museum 217, 223

  Victoria Memorial 205, 216, 225

  Vile & Cobb 42

  Vile, William 40, 43, 222 CP10

  Villiers, Barbara (Duchess of Cleveland) 14

  Virginia Water 98–9, 179–80

  Visitors’ book, signed by Ambassadors 363

  Vulliamy (father of Benjamin) 46, 53

  Vulliamy, Benjamin 46, 232

  Wallace Collection 222, 348

  Walmoden, Countess (George II’s mistress) 34

  Walpole, Horace 26, 32–3, 34–5, 43, 47

  Walpole, Sir Robert 49

  Walton, Parry 385

  Walton, Peter 385

  Ward, Freda Dudley 243

  Warren, Sir Herbert 241
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  Warwick, Countess of (Lady Brooke) 191

  Waterloo, Battle of 83, 92–3, 99, 108, 389–90

  Waterloo Vase 366

  Watson, Sir Frederick 146–7

  Webb, Sidney 252

  Webb, Sir Aston 216, 217

  Wedgwood, Josiah 44–5

  Welbeck Abbey 231

  Wellington Arch 304–6

  Wellington, Duke of 84, 99, 162

  Battle of Waterloo 83, 92–3, 389

  and Victoria 116, 123, 127, 140, 155

  Wells, H. G. 225

  West, Benjamin 41, 60, 71, 76, 385, 388–9 CP3, CP7

  West Thorpe House, nr Marlow 45

  Westbourne (stream) 2

  Westmacott, Richard 93, 97–8, 108

  Westminster Abbey 25, 36, 53, 112, 336

  Coronations 201, 214–5, 341–2

  funerals 25, 206–7, 336

  weddings 244, 325, 328–9, 331

  Westminster Hall, see under Palace of Westminster

  Wheatly, John 252

  Whitby, Lionel 248

  White Allom & Co. 203, 213, 227, 232

  White, Charles, of White Allom, 227

  White Drawing Room 95, 109, 332, 372 P14

  White House, Kew 32

  Whitehall Palace 2, 4, 6–7, 8–9, 16–17, 33, 370, 388, CP32

  Banqueting House 6, 7, 8–9, 36

  Wigram, Lord 268–9

  Wilding, Emily 218

  Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 296, 297, 299

  Wilkie, David 84, 116, 139

  William II, Emperor of Germany 189, 206–7, 225–6, 245

  William III, King, and Mary 15, 18, 20, 21, 29–30, 74, 385, 388

  William IV, King 102–15, 124–5 135, 141, 186–7, 197, 385

  Buckingham Palace 102, 104, 110–11

  as Duke of Clarence 78–9, 102, 110–12

  finances 101, 102–4, 108, 109, 110–12

  relationship with Victoria 113–15, 117, 119, 120

  Wilson, Harold 356–8, 374, 377, 378

  Wilton, Joseph 46–7

  Winde, Captain (architect) 23

  Windsor, Duchess of 259–61, 265, 270–71, 272–9, 293

  after death of the Duke 369

  Windsor, Duke of 214–15, 255–6, 256–9, 264–80, 291, 339

  A King’s Story 333

  abdication 270, 276–80, 281

  accession 262–3

  and Buckingham Palace 212, 220, 264, 267–70, 273–4, 276–8

  childhood 209 –12

  created Duke of Cornwall 211

  created Duke of Windsor 282

  death 369

  marriage 293

  as Prince of Wales 212, 224, 240–41, 243, 245, 255, 260–61, 267: with Mrs Simpson, before

  marriage 259–61, 265, 270–79

  Windsor 197, 221, 266–7, 359

  2nd World War 295, 299–300, 310, 313

  art 34, 40, 44, 140, 385, 386, 389

  Castle fire 380–81

  Duke of Windsor’s broadcast 283

  Edward VII 204, 208

  George III 34, 44, 51, 54, 58 CP3

  George IV 82–3, 98–9

  Royal Library 108, 383

  Royal Lodge 259, 282–3, 310

  St George’s Chapel, monarchs’ death 79, 99, 175, 194, 208, 336, 369

  Victoria 117, 134, 135, 157, 171: after death of Albert 176, 192, 197

  William IV 114, 115

  Winterhalter, Franz Xavier 140, 397

  Wolsey, Cardinal 2

  Women of the Bedchamber 352–4

  Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps 240

  Woodhouse, Morris 217

  Worcester pottery visit, 45n

  working dinners at Buckingham Palace 365

  World War I 218, 223–6, 230, 233–42, 244

  after effects 237, 238n, 243, 252

  World War II 295–310, 311 –14, 318, 392 Pn, P13, CP27

  events leading to 245, 259, 291, 293–5

  invasion threat 298–300, 306

  Palace bombed 286, 297, 300–4, 306 P12

  Wraxhall, Nathaniel, 65–6

  Wyatt, James 89

  Wynch, Governor 45

  Yellow Drawing Room 127, 160

  Yeomen of the Guard, at Investitures 364

  York, Cardinal Duke of, 49n

  York, Albert, Duke of see George VI, King

  York, Andrew, Duke of 355, 380–81

  York, Edward, Duke of (son of George III) 67

  York, Frederica, Duchess of 76, 349

  York, Frederick, Duke of 50, 76, 80, 85, 97

  York, George, Duke of see George V, King

  York Cottage, Sandringham 188, 212–13

  York House, St James’ Palace 235, 242, 260–61, 267, 271, 272

  York Place 2

  see also Whitehall Palace

  Zinoviev letter 247

  Zoffany, Johann 41, 60, 71, 75

  Zuccarelli, Francesco 41

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