The Queen’s House
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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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