The Early Court of Queen Victoria

Macaulay, Lord, 76, 220, 380
Maria da Glorià, Queen of Portugal, 57, 80
Martineau, Harriet, 246
Mary, Queen, 84
McCarthy, Justin, 220
McMahon, Colonel, 138
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duke of, 346
Melbourne, Lord, 37;
dismissed by William, 67, 113, 115;
The Times upon, 117;
at the Privy Council, 118;
commencement of his friendship with the Queen, 125, 130;
Queen’s chief adviser, 134, 138;
as private secretary, 140;
returned to power, 148 et seq.;
and the Tories, 162, 163, 165;
and the Queen’s favours, 167, 170;
riding with the Queen, 178, 179, 183, 184, 188;
and the Civil List, 189;
association with the Queen, 191 et seq.;
blamed for Queen’s affection for Lehzen, 206;
and Bedchamber crisis, 213 et seq.;
lines upon, 221, 227;
and the Queen’s marriage, 231, 235, 238, 240, 242;
spite against, 243;
as scapegoat, 246 et seq., 253;
and the Lady Flora Hastings scandal, 257 et seq., 287;
the Queen’s reticence with, 295, 302;
and the Tories, 307;
and the Prince’s Treasurer, 313, 317, 319, 321;
and the Prince, 325;
his dinner party, 332, 338, 339;
his resignation, 341;
the Queen’s grief, 343;
the Prince desires his help, 344;
continued intercourse with the Queen, 348;
and Baron Stockmar, 350;
tenderness for the Queen, 355, 379, 380;
his death, 381
Meredith, George, 330
Merriman, Dr., 279, 280
Minto, Lord, 70
Montgomery, Alfred, 174
Montrose, Duchess of, 253
Montrose, Duke of, 253
Moore, Tom, 177
Morpeth, Lord, 217, 240
Munster, Lord (George Fitzclarence), 9, 167
Murray, Charles, Comptroller of the Household, 338
Murray, Lady Augusta, 21

Nemours, Duc de, 224
Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 241
Neumann, General, 340
Norfolk, Duke of, 127
Normanby, Lady, 203, 218, 220, 238, 239, 343
Normanby, Lord, 250
Northumberland, Duchess of, 4, 44, 47, 74, 137, 324
Norton, Fletcher (see Lord Grantley)
Norton, George, 150 et seq.
Norton, the Hon. Mrs., 150 et seq., 157, 329, 382

O’Connell, Daniel, 4, 126, 237, 299, 356
Orange, Prince of, 89, 91
Orange, Prince Alexander of, 89, 228
Orange, Prince William of, 89, 91, 225
Owen, Robert, 248

Paget, Lord Alfred, 235
Paget, Sir Arthur, 175
Paget, Matilda, 359
Palmerston, Lady (see Lady Cowper)
Palmerston, Lord, 68, 70, 178, 179, 229, 239, 244, 246, 356
Parris, Edmund T., 179
Peel, Sir Robert, 69, 134, 157, 176, 207, 210 et seq., 299, 304, 328, 329, 342, 343, 348, 350, 355, 356, 358, 360, 374, 378, 379, 381
Percival, Rev. H. P., 250
Pitt, Miss, 321
Portman, Lady, 135, 217, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 270, 274, 283, 349
Portman, Lord, 272
Princess Royal, 345, 362
Prussia, King of, 339, 345, 346
Prussia, William, Prince of, 223

Raikes, Thomas, 62
Rawdon, Lady Charlotte, 266
Reeve, Henry, 157, 175, 176
Reichenbach, maid to Lady Flora Hastings, 276, 278, 279, 280
Ribblesdale, Lord, 175
Rodwell, George Herbert, 74, 108
Rogers, Samuel, 314, 362
Rolle, Lord, 198
Ros, Lord de, 35
Rosebery, Countess of, 137
Russell, Lady, 242
Russell, Lord John, 67, 128, 162, 175, 209, 210, 214 et seq., 220, 242, 354, 356, 374, 379, 380, 383
Russell, Lord William, 223
Russia, Emperor of, 354
Russia, Tsarevitch of, 224

St. James’s Palace, 33, 73, 126
Sandwich, Lady, 343
Saunders, Henry, Inspector of the Palace, 374
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Albert, Prince of (see Albert)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Augustus, Prince of, 81, 85, 88
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Dowager Duchess of, 72, 293
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of, 89, 233
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ernest, Prince of, 89
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ferdinand, Prince of, 85, 91, 224, 233
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ferdinand, Prince of, the younger, 80, 85, 233
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold, Prince of, 327
Schwartzenberg, Prince Paul von, 197
Sefton, Lord, 167
Seton, Sir Henry, 203, 234
Seymour, Lady, 329
Shafto, Robert, 174
Sheil, Richard L., 174
Sheridan, R. B., 150
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 48
Sibthorp, Colonel, 306
Smith, Sydney, 380
Somerset, Duchess of, 332
Sophia, Princess, 19, 45, 265, 275, 282, 319
Sophia, Princess of Brunswick, 166
Soult, Marshall, 196
Späth, Baroness, 45, 46
Spencer, 2nd Earl, 67, 68
Spencer, 3rd Earl, 374
Spring-Rice, Miss, 335
Spring-Rice, Rt. Hon. Thomas, 67, 189
Stanhope, Hon. Mrs. Leicester, 332
Stockledge, Mr., 236
Stockmar, Baron, 138, 142, 164, 203, 229, 230, 291, 294, 305, 307, 321, 322, 335, 345, 348, 350, 364, 370, 373
Strogonoff, Count von, 197, 199
Sturge, Joseph, 132
Surrey, Lord, 201
Sussex, Duke of, 11, 20, 30, 39, 113, 119, 120, 135, 178, 197, 220, 310, 317, 320, 323
Sutherland, Duchess of, 135, 142, 176, 216, 240, 251, 320, 343
Sutherland, Duke of, 251
Sydney, Lady Sophia (Fitzclarence), 9

Tavistock, Lady, 135, 177, 217, 219, 257, 259, 261, 265, 270, 274, 343
Tavistock, Lord, 272, 274
Taylor, Sir Herbert, 19, 137, 138, 140
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 341
Thackeray, W. M., 75
Thalberg, musician, 239
Thynne, John, 198
Tindal, Justice, 152

Underwood, Lady Cecilia, 21, 317
Uxbridge, Earl of, 225, 253, 374

Van Praet, Herr, 234
Venables, George, 75
Victoria, Princess, and Lady Conyngham, 2;
her character and upbringing, 3;
surveillance over, 5;
first request as Queen to her mother, 6;
loneliness, 7;
Queen Adelaide’s affection for, 9;
secret enemies of, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25;
and Claremont, 26;
and George IV., 32;
absence from Coronation of William IV., 34;
at the opera, 39 and 40;
at Norris Castle, 42, 43;
at church, 44;
governess and tutor, 44;
Baroness Späth’s affection for, 46;
autumn progresses, 47 et seq.;
Heir-Presumptive, 48;
educating for Queenship, 53;
at a juvenile ball, 57, 64;
bred a Whig, 71;
her attainments, 71;
her love for Claremont, 72;
appearance, 73;
her cousins, 73;
love for music, 73;
Lord Elphinstone’s acrostic, 76;
at Ascot, 77;
confirmed, 77, 79, 81, 82;
and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, 86;
and Lord Elphinstone, 86;
rumours of suitors, 88;
arrival of many young German princes, 88;
and Prince Albert, 92;
withdrawn from Court, 94, 95;
a terrible birthday banquet, 96, 99;
and the mad Mr. Hunnings, 100;
eighteenth birthday, 102;
rumours about the first Victorian Cabinet, 103;
her majority and the State ball, 107;
deputations to, 108;
the King offers an independent household, 111;
offers income of £10,000, 111;
and the quarrels between the King and the Duchess of Kent, 112;
public ignorance of character, 113;
The Times advises her, 115
Victoria, Queen, announcement of her accession, 117;
her first Council, 118;
Carlyle on, 123;
a royal proclamation, 123;
the proclaiming of, 125;
first Levée and Drawing Room, 126;
dislike for Lyndhurst, 127;
receives deputations and prorogues Parliament, 132;
formation of royal household, 135;
private secretary, 137;
and Baron Stockmar, 139;
her reading and education, 141;
and Baroness Lehzen, 143;
and Sir John Conroy, 144;
emancipated, 146;
and Lord Melbourne, 154;
military review abandoned, 159;
name used in elections, 161;
method with her advisers, 164;
thoughtfulness for others, 166;
and Princess de Liéven, 168;
and her mother, 169;
and Brougham, 173;
quick temper, 177;
recreations, 178;
Guildhall banquet, 180;
opening Parliament, 181;
political leaning, 183;
rumours to marry Melbourne, 185;
at dinner, 186;
her laugh, 188;
need of money, 189;
Civil List, 190;
and Melbourne, 191;
her evenings, 193;
Coronation, 197;
and Baroness Lehzen, 205;
Government crisis, 210;
unpopular, suggestions of marriage, 222;
State balls, 225;
and Lord Elphinstone, 226;
and Prince Albert, 229;
mad suitors, 235;
amusements, 238;
simplicity in dress, 240;
love of children, 242;
and Melbourne, 244;
public disloyalty, 245;
and national education, 249;
sermons before, 250;
Tory disloyal speeches, 251;
the Bradshaw-Horsman duel about, 251;
hissed at Ascot, 252;
quoted, 255;
mother and Lehzen, 256;
Lady Flora Hastings, 257 et seq.;
and Sir James Clark, 277;
popular condemnation of, 280;
in debt, 287;
unevenness of temper, 288;
loneliness, 290;
proposes to Albert, 293;
reticence with Melbourne, 295;
Melbourne’s care for, 297, 305;
how regarded by her Parliament, 306;
wishes Albert to be King-Consort, 308;
and the precedence of Albert, 309;
and Albert’s secretary, 313;
marriage, 314, 320;
reticence with her husband, 321;
Lehzen’s influence, 322;
Melbourne’s protective care, 325;
love of dancing, 327;
accused of extravagance, 328;
receives Mrs. Norton, 329;
shot at by Oxford, 331;
expects an heir, 332;
birth of Princess Royal, 333;
sensitiveness about Prince Albert, 336;
love of round games and music, 337;
walks on terrace at Windsor, 340;
loses Melbourne, 341;
tenacity of impression, 343;
at wedding of Augusta of Cambridge, 346;
retains friendship for Melbourne, 348;
dinner party to new Ministers, 349, 351;
goes to Chatsworth, 352;
prejudice against second marriages, 354;
and Melbourne, 355;
the Peel Government, 356;
visits Scotland, 357;
visits Louis Philippe at Eu, 358;
second attempt on life, 359;
household arrangements, 365;
desire for privacy, 366;
use of royal we, 379;
and Macaulay, 380;
prosperity of, 382;
character, 383
Villiers, George, 155

Wakefield, Mr., 16
Wangenheim, Baron, 24
Warr, Lady de la, 349
Warr, Lord de la, 373
Watson, Sir Frederick, 367
Wellington, Duke of, 2, 12, 30, 33, 36, 62, 68, 75, 114, 115, 120, 129, 135, 148, 155, 157, 160, 165, 208, 209, 210 et seq., 220, 264, 296, 302, 304, 306, 311, 320, 333, 349, 352, 377
West, Charles, 374
West, Mortimer, 374
West, Reginald, 374
Westmacott, Mr., 19
Wetherall, General, 37
Wetherell, Sir Charles, 17
Wilkie, Sir David, 179
Wilks, Mr., M.P., 241
William IV., 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 et seq., 11 et. seq., 21, 22, 30, 32 et seq., 60, 62, 67 et seq., 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91, 94 et seq., 102, 105, 107, 110, 113, 115, 116, 117, 123, 134, 138, 143, 147, 153, 166, 185, 192, 196, 214, 306, 371
William, Prince of Löwenstein, 323
Willis, N. P., 77, 82
Wilson, Horace, 348
Wharncliff, Lord, 69
Winchilsea, Lord, 69
Windsor, 69, 95, 161, 174, 236, 238, 376
Wood, Captain John, 236
Wynford, Lord, 153
Wynn, Miss, 118
Wurtemberg, Prince Alexander of, 73
Wurtemberg, Prince Ernest of, 73