Victoria: A Life
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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