Victoria: A Life

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by A. N. Wilson


  religious views, 50, 307, 334

  robustness in old age, 391

  and role of women, 33, 334

  royal tours, 112–14, 124–5

  seen as ‘above politics’, 223, 381, 504

  sense of mortality, 387

  her siblings, 45

  succeeds to throne, 73–5

  surrounds herself with widows, 284–5

  takes title of Empress of India, 368, 371–3

  temper, 51–2, 208–9, 546

  ungraciousness to Gladstone, 509–11

  vetoes Queen’s Speech, 415

  visits Berlin, 227–8

  visits Paris, 200–1

  visits Parkhurst Prison, 280–1

  and watercolour painting, 65, 125, 146

  widowhood and continued political engagement, 262–3

  her writings, 7–13, 294–7

  Victoria Cross, 217, 568

  Victoria Melita of Coburg (‘Ducky’), 516–17

  Vidal, Dr, 491

  ‘Vienna Note’, 179, 186

  Virchow, Dr Rudolf, 465

  Virgil, 453

  Wagland (jeweller), 479

  Wagner, Arthur, 543

  Wagner, Richard, 528

  Waldstein, Count, 71

  Walewska, Countess, 165

  Walewski, Count, 165

  Wallace, Alfred Russel, 142

  Walton, Ellis, 523

  Ward, Yvonne M., 8, 11

  Waterloo, Battle of, 21–2, 203, 337

  Waterloo Day, 73

  Waterloo Dinners, 152

  Waterpark, Eliza Jane, Lady, 284–5, 402, 420, 519

  Watson, Dr, 253–4

  Watson, James D., 31

  Webb, Beatrice, 531

  Wegner, Dr, 230

  Welch, Staff Captain, 375

  Wellesley, Gerald, Dean of Windsor, 191, 255, 364, 407, 424

  Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

  and army command, 186, 195, 339

  and Bonapartist coup, 165

  and Catholic emancipation, 89

  and Chartist rally, 138

  his death and burial, 170–1

  dinner at Chatsworth, 114

  and Duchess of Kent, 60–1

  and George IV’s infidelities, 47

  and naming of Prince Arthur, 152

  and Napoleon III, 222

  and Peel’s government, 94

  and Prince Albert’s naturalization, 103

  and Queen’s marriage, 102

  and Queen’s upbringing, 65

  resignation, 82

  and ‘Who, Who?’ ministry, 167

  Wellington College, 218, 408, 533

  West Africa, 533–6, 547

  Westminster, Duke of, 335, 342

  Westminster Abbey

  charity concerts, 56

  Darwin’s funeral, 142

  free places for the poor, 361

  Gladstone’s funeral, 511

  Golden Jubilee service, 458, 460, 462, 464

  and Prince Imperial’s memorial, 414–15

  Queen’s coronation, 86–7

  William IV’s coronation, 57, 85

  Westminster School, 229

  Wetherall, General, 41

  Wheeler, Sir Hugh, 212

  Whippingham Parish Church, 139, 360–1, 439, 536

  Whitechapel murders, 473–4

  Whittington, Dick, 17

  ‘Who, Who’ ministry, 167–70

  Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford, 261

  Wilde, Oscar, 17, 322, 519–21

  Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, 216, 220, 266–7, 272, 371

  his death, 463, 465

  Wilhelm II (‘Willy’), Emperor of Germany

  anti-British sentiments, 469–70

  and Battenberg wedding, 436

  his birth, 230–1

  and his father’s illness, 463

  Queen first meets, 396

  and Queen’s death, 568–71, 573

  Queen’s relationship with, 463, 527, 549, 568

  relationship with his mother, 436, 466, 468, 496–7, 568

  and South Africa, 528, 530, 548, 560–1

  state visit to Britain, 474–7

  succession as Emperor, 463, 467–9, 518

  and Tsar Nicholas II, 518, 542

  and Turkey’s war with Greece, 548–9

  Wilkes, Captain, 251–2

  William III, King, 17

  William IV, King (Duke of Clarence)

  buffoonery and benevolence, 56

  coronation, 57, 85

  his death, 73–5, 254

  his funeral, 483

  hostility to Duchess of Kent, 57–8, 65–6, 68–70

  his illegitimate children, 26, 66, 250

  his marriage, 23–4, 29–30

  opposition to reform, 4, 55, 61

  and Queen’s upbringing, 65–71

  his reign, 4–5, 55–6, 215

  and royal finances, 340

  William II, King of the Netherlands, 419

  William of Gloucester, Prince, 32

  William of Orange, Crown Prince, 237

  Willoughby, Lord Great Chamberlain, 102

  Wilms, Professor, 272

  Wilson, Sir Arthur, 491

  Wilson, Martha, 60, 66

  Windsor

  Christmas celebrations, 243–4

  new dairy, 218

  and Prince Albert’s death, 253–6

  and Queen’s funeral, 571–2

  visit of 1826, 47–8

  visit of 1836, 68–70

  visit of Napoleon III and Eugénie, 196–7

  Windsor Tapestry Works, 431

  Winter Palace, bombing of, 397

  Winterhalter, Franz Xaver, 99, 131–4, 192, 460

  Wiseman, Cardinal Nicholas, 149–51

  Wolseley, General Lord (Sir Garnet Wolseley), 393, 430, 441, 446–7, 515, 533

  women doctors, 33, 334

  Wood, Mayor Fernando, 243

  Wood, Mrs Henry, 271, 284, 297

  Woodham-Smith, Cecil, 230

  wool-combing machine, 218

  Woolwich Arsenal, 212

  Würrtemberg, Else Matilda Marie, Duchess of, 562

  Würrtemberg, William Eugene, Duke of, 562

  Würrtemberg, Queen of, 37, 47

  Wuzeeruddin, Dr, 474

  Wykeham, Miss, 23, 29

  Yanishev, Father, 517

  Year of Revolutions (1848), 101, 105, 134–9, 143, 148, 164, 220–1, 266

  York, Duke of, 23, 37, 46–7

  York, George, Duke of, see George V, King

  Yorke, Alick, 471

  Zulu War, 392–4, 396, 414

 

 

 


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