Edward VII_The Last Victorian King

by Christopher Hibbert

  Frederick, Crown Princess, later German Empress (1840–1901): health, 3; childhood, 5; intelligence, 4–5, 19; appearance, 5; Albert and, 7; and P of W, 6, 11, 19; QV and education of, 6; leaves for Potsdam, 19; as Crown Princess, seeks a bride for P of W, 40; on Alexandra, 41; father writes to, 42; and meeting of P of W and Alexandra, 43–44; defends P of W, 44, 48; on P of W, 44; reasons for temporary withdrawal from court, 59; at P of W’s wedding, 63; on P and Pss of W, 65; P of W and, 84, 86; and Pss of W, 91, 92; P and Pss of W stay with, 103; silver wedding celebrations, 148; and her daughter’s proposed marriage, 266; death, as Empress, 271

  Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 77, 148

  Frederick VII, King of Denmark (1808–63), 41

  Frederick William, Prince of Prussia, see Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia

  Freemasonry, 103, 197

  Frere, Lady, 135

  Frere, Sir (Henry) Bartle (1815–84):

  and the Indian tour, 130, 131, 132, 137; and P of W’s stamina, 137; and Wolseley, 145

  Frewen, Moreton (1853–1924), 155

  Frith, William Powell (1819–1909), 65

  Frogmore: QV mourns her mother at, 45; QV visits mausoleum at, 63, 65;

  P of W’s contribution to mausoleum, 67; Humbert and, 70; Prince Eddy born at, 82; QV’s funeral service at, 153

  Froude, James Anthony (1818–94), 117

  Galliffet, Gaston-Alexandre, Marquis de (1830–1909), 243

  Gambetta, Léon Michel (1838–82), 257

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807–82), 60, 78–79

  George, Prince, later King George V (1865–1936): birth, 86; in Britannia, 182–83; nature, 182; a naval career for, 182; has typhoid, 187; to marry Princess May, 188; relationship with KE, 218–19; Duke of York, 219; and funeral of Alexander III, 262; after KE’s operation, 282; writes to QA about his father’s health, 294; arrangements for QA’s homecoming, 295; and his dying father, 295; on death of KE, 297

  George III, King (1738–1820), 7, 10, 40, 68

  George IV, King (1762–1830), 7, 8, 67

  George I, King of Greece (1845–1913), 87, 114, 243

  George V, King of Hanover (d 1878), 84, 265

  Germany: Pss of W’s attitude to Prussia, 90–92, 111, 147–48; QA’s hatred of, 218; P of W and Austro-Prussian War, 265; P of W and Franco-Prussian War, 265; P of W in Berlin, 269; Anglo German relations, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271–72, 274, 275, 277, 278; Franco German relations, 274; and Morocco Conference, 274

  Gibbs, Frederick Waymouth: history, 11–12; QV and, 11, 15, 21; on P of W, 11, 12, 15; and education of P of W, 13, 14, 20; failure, 21; on a walking tour, 22

  Gibson, John (1790–1866), 26–27

  Gladstone, Catherine, 70, 179, 229

  Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98), 102; disapproves of the young P of W, 22; QV on, 48; at Sandringham, 70–71;

  on public opinion and the monarchy, 109; ‘from bad to worse’, 112; and thanksgiving celebrations for P of W’s recovery, 115, 116; suggests suitable employment for P of W, 122, 123; strained relations with QV, 123; on P of W, 124, 149–50; encourages P of W to read, 127; P of W recommends as PM, 146; and P of W, 149–50, 152, 163, 179; and Lillie Langtry, 157; golden wedding present, 229

  Gladstone, William Henry, 22

  Glyn, Elinor (1864–1943), 168–69

  Goelet, Mrs Ogden, 246

  Goldin, Horace, 273

  Goncourt, Edmond de (1822–96) and Jules de (1830–70), 256

  Gordon, Charles George (1833–85), 302

  Gower, Lord Ronald, 127

  Goya, Francisco de (1746–1828), 203

  Gramont, Duc de, 239

  Granier, Jeanne, 258

  Granville, Granville George LevesonGower, 2nd Earl of (1815–91), 69, 146; and education of P of W, 7; QV on, 48; a wit, 73; and birth of Prince Eddy, 82; and P of W’s illness, 112; on P of W, 122; his opinion of P of W, 149; on P of W’s visit to Russia, 261–62; on KE, 304–5

  Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794–1865), 8

  Greville, Sidney, 247

  Grey, Albert Henry George, later 4th Earl Grey (1851–1917): and the Indian tour, 129, 133; on the sofa in Benares, 134; on P of W’s reception in Delhi, 135; on P of W, 136; on Anglo-Indian wives, 136–37

  Grey, Charles (1804–70), 22, 61

  Grey, Sir Edward, later cr Viscount Grey (1862–1933), 203, 304

  Grey, Sir George (1799–1882), 48

  Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl (1802–94), 21

  Grey, Hon. Mrs William, 102

  Guilbert, Yvette (c 1869–1944), 246

  Gull, William Withey, later Sir William (1816–90), 114

  Gurney, Sir Somerville Arthur (1835–

  1917), 71, 228

  Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–

  1957), 181

  Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount (1856–1928): KE scathing about, 195; on Windsor hospitality, 201; KE on, 211; goes for a drive with KE, 245

  Hale, W.B., 276

  Halifax, Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount (1839–1934), 297

  Hall Walker, Sophie, 247

  Halsbury, Hardinge Stanley Giffard, Earl of (1823–1921), 208

  Hamilton, Edward Walter, later Sir Edward (1847–1908): at Sandringham, 96; on P of W, 149, 154; on Pss of W, 154; on Gladstone and Lillie Langtry, 157; hints at corruption in high places, 179; on Prince Eddy, 184

  Harcourt, Marquise d’, 126

  Hardie, James Keir (1856–1915), 283

  Hardinge, Arthur, 206

  Hardinge, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron (1858–1944), 254; shocked by P of W’s indiscreet language, 149; on KE inspecting uniforms, 194; KE discusses foreign affairs with, 208; KE and, 215, 253, 258; and KE’s dog, Caesar, 234; his interview with Rampolla, 253; on KE’s interview with Pope Leo, 255; on KE’s contribution to Anglo-Russian relations, 264; and KE’s visit to Russia in 1908, 264; on KE and Wilhelm II, 273; discusses Anglo-German relations with Wilhelm II, 273; to 10

  Downing Street, 295; on death of KE, 297

  Hardwicke, Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of (1836–97), 178

  Harris, Frank (1856–1931), 168

  Hartington, Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908), 231; distinguished man, 72; Rosebery on, 72; P of W and, 79, 122, 144; recommends Army reform, 144; and P of W’s indiscretion, 149; and Tranby Croft affair, 160; KE and, 194, 210; and Order of Garter for Shah, 213–14; Bolton Abbey, 221

  Hastings, George Manners Astley, 20th Baron (1857–1904), 71

  Hastings, Sir Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of (1842–68), 72

  Hatzfeldt, Paul, 302

  Helena, Princess (1846–1923), 6, 48, 85

  Hélène d’Orléans, Princess, 185–86

  Herbert, Arthur, later Sir Arthur (1855–1921), 209

  Hildyard, Miss (assistant governess), 6

  Hill, Octavia (1838–1912), 284

  Hirsch auf Gereuth, Baron Maurice von (1831–96), 96, 97, 175

  Hoepfner (footman), 236

  Holland, Sir Henry (1788–1873), 63

  Hollande, Mlle (French governess), 5

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809–94), 34

  Holstein, Baron von, 274

  Hopetoun, Sir John Adrian Hope, 7th Earl of (1860–1908), 150

  Hopwood, Francis John Stephens, later cr Baron Southborough (1860–1947), 294

  Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron (1809–85), 73

  Humbert, A.J., 69–70

  Hunt, William Holman (1827–1910), 198

  Imperial, Prince, see Eugène, Prince Imperial India, Prince of Wales’s tour of: Bombay, 133, 134; Baroda, 134;

  Kandy, 134; Delhi, 135; Madras, 135; Calcutta, 137; big-game hunting, 137; success of tour, 138

  Ireland: P of W at Curragh military camp, 39–40; Irish revolutionaries in England, 75; Marlborough as Viceroy, 143; P of W’s official visit to, 261;

  P of W threatened by Fenians, 299

  Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905)
, 273

  Islington, Lady, 304

  Islington, Lord, see Poynder, Sir John Poynder Dickson

  Isvolsky, Alexander Petrovich, 263

  Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of (1847–1927), 231

  James, Mrs Arthur, 242, 247, 305

  James, Henry (1843–1916), 177, 191

  James, Sir Henry, later cr Baron James (1828–1911), 143, 238

  Jameson, Leander Starr, later Sir Leander (1853–1917), 152, 283

  Japan, Emperor of, see Mutsuhito

  Jaraczewski, Count Miecislas, 174

  Jeckell, Thomas, 70

  Jews: Lady Warwick on, 174; P of W’s Jewish friends, 175–76; KE and Russian persecution of, 263; Wilhelm II and anti-Semitism, 275; KE and Jewish blood, 303

  John, King of Saxony (r 1854–73), 60

  Johnstone, Sir Frederick: P of W makes a friend of, 29; displeases P of W, 100; Lady Mordaunt and, 107; P of W forgives, 178

  Kaimamura, Admiral, 250

  Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 147

  Kean, Charles John (1809 or 1811–68), 17

  Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) (1809–93), 33

  Kendal, William Hunter (1843–1917), 177

  Kent, Victoria, Duchess of (1786–1861), 3, 45

  Keppel, Alice: Osbert Sitwell on, 171; personality, 171; and P of W, 171–72; Pss of W and, 172; Harold Acton on, 173; and Soveral, 175; and KE, 202, 216, 292, 293; QA sends for, 295–96;

  and death of KE, 304

  Keppel, Colin, 216

  Keppel, Hon. George, 171, 172, 173, 304

  Keppel, Sir Henry (1809–1904), 95, 181

  Keppel, Sonia, 220, 305

  Keyser, Agnes, 171, 293

  Kingsley, Charles (1819–75), 38, 64, 73, 117

  Kingsley, Mrs Charles, 64

  Kingsley, Rose, 64

  Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936), 177

  Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, later cr Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), 256

  Knollys, Charlotte, 263

  Knollys, Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount (1837–1924), 303; Secretary to P of W, 123; on P of W, 123–24; and P of W’s ‘actress friends’, 127; and Indian tour, 129; on Disraeli and P of W, 149; and the Tranby Croft affair, 160; and Cassel, 175–76; Secretary to KE, 192; on government’s treatment of KE, 209; on KE and Campbell-Bannerman, 210–11; dislikes Winston Churchill, 210; writes to Treasury, 211; and Order of Garter for Shah, 214; on KE, 215, 285; on KE making Tsar an admiral, 264; and P of W’s attitude to Prussia, 265; and relations between P of W and Wilhelm II, 267; on Wilhelm II, 271; and decoration for Florence Nightingale, 284; and death of KE, 297; cannot get KE to return from France, 303

  Knollys, Sir William Thomas (1797–1883), 59, 83; P of W and, 57, 79, 88; on the engaged couple, 59; QV and, 79; defends Pss of W, 85; concerned about P of W’s neglect of Pss of W, 89; and Pss of W, 90, 92, 141; on P of W, 92; and P of W’s gambling, 98, 126; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 114; on Paris, 126; and KE’s proposed visit to Pope, 251

  Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus (1825–1904), 152

  Lace, Mrs Dale, 247

  Laking, Sir Francis Henry (1847–1914), 281–82

  La Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero, Marquis de (1804–78), 60

  Lane, Harriet, 33

  Lang, Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of York, later of Canterbury (1864–1945): and Keppel affair, 173; and death of KE, 297; in archiepiscopal robes, 302

  Langtry, Edward (d 1897), 154

  Langtry, Emily Charlotte (Lillie) (1852–1929), 177; Pss of W and, 154; P of W and, 154–57; Churchill on, 155; on her popularity, 155; Gladstone and, 156; goes on the stage, 157; in Marienbad, 242

  Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of (1845–1927): KE and, 210, 252; and Garter for Shah, 213, 214; and KE’s proposed visit to Pope Leo, 255; and KE’s proposed visit to France, 260; and entente with France, 274; and KE’s visit to Germany, 271;

  on KE’s dislike of Wilhelm II, 271

  Lawson-Johnston, John, 270

  Lear, Edward (1812–88), 28

  Le Breton, William Corbet, Dean of Jersey, 155

  Lee, Sir Sidney (1859–1926), 177, 218

  Leicester, Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of (1822–1909), 71, 99

  Leighton, Frederic, later cr Baron Leighton (1830–96), 27, 127

  Leo XIII, Pope (r 1878–1903), 185, 251–53, 255

  Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany (1853–84): bitten by his nephew, 64; and his mother, 76; and P of W’s illness, 112; at Sandringham, 113, 114; has key to Cabinet boxes, 146;

  death, 148; and Daisy Brooke, 157

  Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865), 59; royal guests at Laeken, 17, 26, 58; on P of W’s Canadian and American tour, 36; uses his influence with QV, 59; Marlborough House, 67; Count d’Orsay and, 73; and P of W, 79, 86; QV appeals to, 84

  Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1835–1909), 188, 261

  Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte de (1805–94), 105

  Leveson-Gower, Lady Florence Sutherland (d 1881), 72

  Lewis, George, 158–59, 203

  Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (1806–63), 48

  Liddell, Henry George (1811–98), 179

  Lincoln, Abraham (1809–65), 33

  Lincolnshire, Marquess of, see WynnCarrington, Charles Robert

  Lind, Jenny (1820–87), 64

  Lindencrone, Mme de Hegermann, 302

  Lindsay, Robert, later Robert LloydLindsay, cr Baron Wantage, 20, 21

  Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone (1850–1931), 172, 174

  Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl LloydGeorge (1863–1945), 210, 285, 286

  Londesborough, Countess of (d 1915), 202

  Londesborough, William Henry Forester Denison, 2nd Baron, later cr Earl of (1834–1900), 112

  Londonderry, Marchioness of, 233, 235

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807–82), 34

  Loubet, Mme, 301

  Loubet, Emile (1838–1929), 256, 257, 260, 274

  Louis, Prince of Battenberg, later Marquess of Milford Haven (1854–1921), 130, 148, 156, 266

  Louis IV, Prince, later Grand Duke of Hesse (1837–92), 84

  Louis Philippe, King of France (1773–1850), 23, 285

  Louise, Princess (1848–1939), 90, 102

  Louise, Princess, see Princess Christian

  Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife (1867–1931), 89, 90, 180, 181

  Luynes, Duchesse de, 126

  Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Viscount, later cr Earl (1817–87), 35

  Lyttelton, Lady (d 1870), 5, 6, 8, 11

  Lytton, Lady (d 1949), 150

  Macclesfield, Countess of, 81; on Sandringham, 69; and birth of Prince Eddy, 82; and Pss of W’s illness, 89–90; and P of W, 90; and P of W’s illness, 112; on QV, 114; on Royal Family, 114

  McKenna, Reginald (1863–1943), 264

  McLeod, Norman (1812–72), 64

  Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840–1914), 209

  Malet, Sir Edward Baldwin (1837–1908), 150

  Manchester, Duchess of, later Duchess of Devonshire (d 1911), 73, 93, 108–9, 128, 165

  Manchester, George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of (1853–92), 194

  Manchester, William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of (1823–90), 99

  Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal (1808–92), 303

  Maple, Sir John Blundell (1845–1903), 174

  Margaret, Princess of Prussia, 185

  Maria Henrietta, Queen of the Belgians (1836–1902), 78

  Marie, Empress of Russia, see Dagmar, Princess

  Marie, Princess of Altenburg, 41

  Marie, Princess of Hohenzollem-Sigmaringen, 41

  Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess (1853–1920), 128

  Marienbad, KE in, 242–48

  Marlborough, Duchess of (d 1964), 97, 195

  Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650–1722), 67

  Marlborough, John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of (d 1883), 74

  Marlborough Club, 99, 174

  Marlborough House: history, 67; P and Pss of W
pleased with, 69; Pss of W has rheumatic fever at, 88; informal evenings at, 93; servants at, 99; P of W’s sitting room, 99; fancy-dress ball at, 127; Tsarevich and family at, 128; Bernhardt at, 156; Lady Brooke at, 158, 164; celebratory dinners at, 177, 178; KE at work in, 205; Wilhelm II at, 271

  Marsh, Edward Howard, later Sir Edward (1872–1953), 206, 294

  Martin, Mrs Theodore, 117

  Martino, Eduardo de, 298

  Mary, Queen, see May of Teck, Princess

  Mathews, Charles (1803–78), 137

  Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth (Lizzie) (1797–1856), 137

  Maud, Princess, later Queen of Norway (1869–1938), 180–81

  Maximilian, Archduke, later Emperor of Mexico (1832–67), 50

  May of Teck, Princess, later Queen Mary (1867–1953), 186

  Maynard, Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount (1786–1865), 157

  Meidinger (Austrian valet), 236, 243

  Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848), 3, 4, 8

  Mensdorff, Count, 172

  Merry del Val, Monsignor Rafael (1865–1930), 253

  Metternich, Prince Clemens Lothar Wenzel (1773–1859), 22

  Millais, Sir John Everett (1829–96), 155

  Milner, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount (1854–1925), 211

  Milnes, Richard Monckton, see Houghton, 1st Baron

  Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray Kynymound, 4th Earl (1847–1914), 213

  Monarchy: deteriorating prestige of, 109–10; increasing popularity of, 114, 116; Tranby Croft affair and, 160; and death of QV, 188; royal prerogatives eroded, 209; and Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; Mayor of Birmingham on, 285; KE worries about, 287; and politics, 292

  Montagu, Hon. Oliver: and P and Pss of W, 102, 109; and Pss of W, 104, 153, 187

  Moore, Mrs (American heiress), 301

  Mordaunt, Sir Charles (1836–97), 107

  Mordaunt, Lady Harriet (d 1906), 107, 108

  Morier, Sir Robert (1826–93), 179, 267

  Morley, John Morley, Viscount (1838–1923), 209, 213; and KE’s first Privy Council meeting, 191, 206; KE on, 211; on Wilhelm II, 267; on death of KE, 304

  Motley, John Lothrop (1814–77), 27–28

  Mouchy, Duc and Duchesse de, 126

  Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828–1910), 63; on P of W, 37, 117; on preparations for royal wedding, 61; on Alexandra’s arrival procession, 61–62; on thanksgiving celebrations in London, 116–17