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by Yvonne M. Ward


  Edward VII, price of disapproval, 145

  establishes Royal Archives, 172

  at Eton, 21–22, 29

  fondness for French, 163, 164

  homosexuality, 28–30

  Lord Hartington, becomes private secretary to, 23–24

  marries Nellie Van de Weyer, 26–28

  meets Prince of Wales, 24

  obsession with Eton boys, 29

  obsession with Maurice, 29–30, 65

  offices and trusteeships, 32–33, 146

  Orchard Lea, 14, 34

  penchant for secrecy, 34–35

  personal archive, 25, 30, 34

  personal archive: publication of journals and letters, 34

  personal archive: rare copies of own letters, 86

  personal archive: reviews of Letters of Queen Victoria, 171

  publications, 57

  role in royal family life, 12, 33–34, 74

  rooms at Windsor Castle, 29

  wide and considerable influence of, 7–8

  Yoke of Empire: Sketches of the Queen’s Prime Ministers, 32–33

  Esher, Reginald Brett, Viscount: editor

  admiration for Victoria’s executive abilities, 136–137

  aims as, 81, 82–83, 84–86, 91–92

  Albert, protocol for authorship of documents, 120

  announces publication of letters, 18

  anxiety over access to royal material, 69

  Benson, agreement with, over profits, 20

  Benson, approaches, to edit Victoria’s letters, 13–16

  Benson, attitude towards, 17, 24, 59, 60–61, 73

  Benson, rejects inclusion of private letters, 57–59

  Edward VII, approaches, to publish Victoria’s letters, 11–12

  Edward VII, approval for Volume I, 145, 147–148, 153–154, 157–158

  Edward VII, writes to, advising three volumes, 84

  excisions, 75–77

  excisions: ‘by the King’ to Volume II, 158–160

  excisions: categories of, 161

  excisions: dismissal of Palmerston, 143

  excisions: Leopold’s criticisms of royal family, 167–168

  excisions: printing difficulties caused by, 154–156

  excisions: Victoria’s criticisms of Charles, 169

  excisions: Victoria’s description of Irish, 161–162

  excisions: Victoria’s views of French, 162–164

  excisions: Victoria’s views on Russia, 165, 167

  exclusions: correspondence with Leopold I, 105, 109–110

  exclusions: Ferdinand’s letters, 107–108

  exclusions: foreign influence on Victoria, 104, 110

  exclusions: Lady Flora Hastings affair, 98–99, 101

  exclusions: references to pregnancy, 128

  exclusions: Regency Act, 118

  exclusions: retyping and, 68

  exclusions: Victoria’s pregnancies, 123

  inclusions: Albert’s influence, 112– 113, 117, 123, 139

  inclusions: correspondence with Leopold I, 108–109, 116

  inclusions: influence of men, 133

  inclusions: Palmerston’s influence, 138

  Ladies of Bedchamber crisis, 121–122

  limitations as, 1–2, 115

  Lord Melbourne, admiration for, 100–101

  Murray, contract with, 19

  opposes official biography, 8–9

  proposes publishing correspondence, 9

  publication of Letters of Queen Victoria, 171

  rapidity of work, 75

  work begins, 62

  Eton College, 13, 50, 52

  Benson’s work at, 15, 16, 17, 38, 48

  Esher at, 21–22, 29

  Johnson (Cory) at, 21–22

  Eugenie, Empress, 164

  Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess, 94, 95, 125–126, 164

  Ferdinand I, 160

  Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg (Fernando II of Portugal), 105, 106, 107, 113, 127, 130, 132–133

  Florschütz, Herr, 112

  France, 138, 141–142, 162–164

  Frankfort Assembly (1848), 169

  Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, 141, 160–161

  Frederick, Duke of York, 2–3

  Frederick, Empress, 66

  French translations, 61, 68

  Gainsborough, Thomas, 73

  George III, 2, 70–71, 73, 168

  George IV, 2–3, 93, 167–168

  George of Denmark, Prince, 115

  George V, 1, 8, 11, 54–55, 68

  German correspondence, 60

  German Emperor, 33

  German states, 169

  German translations, 61, 68

  Germany, volumes entitled, 66

  Gladstone, William, 29, 32–33

  Gosse, Edmund, 18

  Great Britain

  constitutional monarchy, 137

  dismissal of Palmerston, 137–143

  England in 1838, 109 Entente cordiale with France, 164

  Ireland, 161–162

  Victoria, visit to Edinburgh (1842), 129

  Greville, Charles, 3, 96–97, 101, 141

  Grey, Albert, 23

  Hamilton, Arthur, 47–48

  Hanover, House of, 68, 70–71, 103, 116

  Hartington, Lord (Duke of Devonshire), 23, 28

  Hastings, Lady Flora, 94, 95–96

  Headlam, J.W., 61, 69

  heterosexuality, 44–45

  Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince of, 94

  Holland (in 1838), 109

  homosexuality

  classical Greek education and, 22, 51, 173

  homosexual literature, 49

  homosexual men, 28, 30, 47

  homosexual women, 45–46

  homosociality

  homosocial literature, 49

  homosocial men, 40–41, 48

  Hua, Mr G., 61, 68

  Hudson, Katherine, 99

  Hungary, 141

  indexes, 69, 155

  India, 152

  Ireland, 161–162

  Isabella, Queen of Spain, 138

  Isherwood, Christopher, 26

  John Murray (publisher)

  approves of three volumes, 78

  biographies of nineteenth century, 77

  contract with editors, 19

  Edward VII, approval for Volume I, 145–146

  Esher and, 24

  Hallam Murray, 71–72

  John Murray IV, 19, 98

  previous royal publications, 19

  printing difficulties over excisions, 154–156

  printing technology, 71–72

  publication of Letters of Queen Victoria, 171

  selected as publisher, 18

  The Times and, 153

  Volume III, 146

  working methods, 68, 69

  Johnson, Ernlé, 28

  Johnson, William

  admiration for Lord Melbourne, 101

  Journals of William Cory, 49

  marriage, 26

  poems, 50–51

  teacher at Eton, 21–22

  Kensington Palace, 93

  Kensington System, 94, 95, 126

  Knollys, Lord

  anxiety over access to royal material, 69, 97–98

  Benson and, 61, 74, 82, 83

  Bigge and, 148–151

  Cust and, 72–73

  Edward VII, ministers of, 135

  Edward VII, secretary to, 13

  Esher’s correspondence with, 13– 14, 16, 18, 82, 83, 86, 136–137

  excisions ‘of the King’ to Volume II, 158–159

  Lee’s biography, 97

  publication of Albert’s letters, 152

  Kossuth, Lajos, 141

  Kuhn, William, 8

  ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ (Elgar), 13

  Landsdowne, Lord, 149, 151

  Landseer, 73

  Lawrence, D.H., 31

  Lawrence, Frieda, 31

  Lee, Sir Sidney, 33, 83, 97

  Lees-Milne, James, 7, 16, 34

  Lehzen, Lou
ise, 94, 95, 97

  Leopold, Prince, 108–109

  Leopold I, King of the Belgians

  Albert, influence on, 112

  Albert, paternity of, 111–112

  champions family, 104

  criticisms of royal family, 167–168

  Dona Maria, correspondence to, 105–106

  hears of Kensington System, 95

  Melbourne, admiration for, 100

  Nicholas I and, 165, 166–167

  Palmerston and, 138

  Princess Charlotte, death of, 111–112

  Princess Charlotte, marriage to, 153, 167–168

  The Times and, 153

  treatise on constitutional monarchy, 106–107

  Victoria, correspondence to, 66, 79, 103, 105, 108–110, 153

  Victoria, influence on, 83, 103–104, 105, 109–110, 116

  Victoria, Duchess of Kent, supports, 93, 104, 162, 168

  Letters of Queen Victoria

  aims of editors, 81, 82–86, 91–92

  chronological arrangement, 78

  first edition, 83

  footnotes, 69

  format, 77–78

  illustrations, 71–72

  indexes, 69, 155

  number of volumes, 78, 79–82, 84, 86

  page setting, 69

  publication, 171–172

  reviews, 171

  scope of project, 68

  space available, 69

  The Times and, 153

  typesetting process, 154–156

  Volume I, 81, 100–101

  Volume I, Edward VII approves, 158

  Volume I, outside readers, 145–158

  Volume II, 155, 158

  Volume III, 155

  Liberal MPs, 140

  Longford, Elizabeth, 94, 101, 143

  Louis XVI, 163, 169

  Louise, Queen of the Belgians, 111–112, 125, 126

  Louis-Philippe, King of France, 125, 163, 169

  Lucca, Duke of, 138

  Lutyens, Edwin, 56

  Lyttelton, Alfred, 23–24

  McKenna, Neil, 23

  Macmillan, Frederick, 18

  Macmillans, 18

  Maddox, Brenda, 25–26, 28, 47

  Martin, Theodore, 77, 112, 152, 156

  Mary, Queen, 11, 54–55

  Masters, Brian, 39, 41–42

  Melbourne, Lord, 62

  Albert and, 113, 115, 117, 119, 122, 138–139

  editors’ admiration for, 100–101

  handwriting, 125

  Ladies of Bedchamber crisis, 121–122

  Lady Flora Hastings, 95–97

  Palmerston and, 138

  as Prime Minister, 120–121

  Princess Royal and, 132

  Victoria, correspondence with, 84, 122, 148–149

  Victoria, influence on, 83, 91, 109

  Memorial Committee, 8

  Men of Might: Studies of Great Characters (Benson), 48

  Moldavia, 167

  Morley, John, 68, 148, 153–154, 156–158

  Murray, Hallam, 71–72

  Murray, John, IV, 19, 98 see also John Murray (publisher)

  Mustians, 63–64

  Müther, Maurice, 11

  Mylne, Mrs, 46

  Napoleon III, Emperor, 141–142, 163–164

  National Portrait Gallery, 72

  Nemours, Duke of, 108

  Newsome, David, 13, 38, 41

  Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, 141, 160, 165–167

  Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, 160

  Normanby, Lord, 141–142

  Northumberland, Duchess of, 95, 126

  Orleans family, 162

  Osborne House (Isle of Wight), 103

  Oswald, Dr Eugene, 61

  Palmerston, Lord, 136

  Albert and, 113, 122

  international politics, 137–138

  nickname, 143

  Victoria, dismissal by, 137, 142

  Victoria, influence on, 109, 138

  Victoria, relations with, 138, 139– 143

  Panmure, Lord, 57

  Pater, Walter, 51

  Patmore, Coventry, 43

  patriarchy, 132

  Peel, Sir Robert, 83, 119, 120–122, 136

  Perry, Mr C.C., 61

  Peter Pan (play), 22, 31

  Poland, 167

  Pollon, Count, 138

  Ponsonby, Fritz, 60–61

  Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 61

  Portugal, 106, 107

  Prince of Wales, 128

  printing technology

  photographic reproduction, 71–72

  typesetting process, 154–156

  Prothero, George, 57

  Quick, Stanley, 18

  Radical MPs, 140, 141, 142

  Reeve, Henry, 96–97

  Reform Acts, 142

  Regency Act (1830), 3

  Regency Act (1840), 118–119

  Republicans, 142

  Russell, Lord John

  Palmerston and, 139–140, 142

  Victoria, consultation with, 136, 137

  Victoria, correspondence with, 84, 94

  Russia, 141, 164

  St Aubyn, Giles, 9–10

  Salic law, 116

  Sarawak, Raj of, 31

  Saxe-Coburg, Duke of, 104

  Saxe-Coburg, House of, 68, 70, 103, 107, 116, 127

  Saxony, King of, 165

  Scotland, 129

  Serbia, 167

  Sidgwick, Mary, 37, 39–40, 42, 45–46, 52

  Sidgwick, Reverend William, 39

  Somerset, Lord Arthur, 24–25

  South African War Committee, 135– 136

  Spain, 106

  Stamfordham, Lord, 68, 148–153

  Starkey, David, 25

  Stockmar, Baron, 83, 105, 112, 117, 119, 127, 139

  Strachey, Lytton, 77–78, 87, 101, 172

  Sturgis, Julian, 22, 26

  Symonds, John Addington, 51

  Tait, Lucy, 46

  Tatham, Herbert, 48

  The Times, 153

  Tories, 120–121

  Uranian poetry movement, 49, 51

  Van de Weyer, Eleanor (‘Nellie’), 26–28

  Van de Weyer, Sylvain, 26

  Vaughan, Mr, 66, 67

  Victoire, Duchess of Nemours, 108, 125, 131

  Victoria, Duchess of Kent

  Conroy and, 3, 93, 94, 151

  death of husband, 93

  Lady Flora Hastings and, 94

  Leopold I and, 93, 104, 162, 168

  as Regent, 3, 119

  Victoria, correspondence from, 98–99

  Victoria, mother to, 2

  Victoria, Princess Royal, 119, 131–132

  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain accedes to throne, 3–4, 95

  Albert: as head of household, 113–114

  Albert: authorises publication of letters by, 152

  Albert: authorship of documents, 120, 139

  Albert: commissions life of, 77

  Albert: marriage to, 4, 112–113

  Albert: political role of, 117–118

  Albert: position of, 114

  Albert: Regency Act, 119

  Albert: relations with, 45, 150–151

  assassination attempts on, 118

  audience chamber, 73

  Beatrice, appoints as literary executor, 10

  biographies of, 172

  childbirth, rage against pregnancy and, 131–132

  childbirth and confinement, 4, 118, 119–120, 121, 128–130, 165

  children, 10, 108–109, 128, 129, 139

  Conroy and, 93–94, 99

  coronation, 149

  death and funeral, 8, 29

  Dona Maria, correspondence with, 125, 126–128, 129–133

  dramatis personae of letters, 70

  Edinburgh visit (1842), 129

  encyclopaedic knowledge of genealogy, 71

  as a European, 67

  extent of correspondence, 9–10, 57, 63, 66

  Ferdinand and, 107, 113

  foreign policy of, 138–139

/>   French, views of the, 162–164

  influences on, 104

  Irish, descriptions of, 161–162

  Ladies of Bedchamber, 121

  Lady Flora Hastings affair, 95–96, 100, 101

  Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands (1868), 10

  length of reign, 4

  Leopold I: correspondence to, 103, 105, 108–110, 143, 169

  Leopold I: influence on, 83, 103– 104, 105, 106, 109–110, 116

  Leopold I: resents influence of, 116

  in line of succession, 2–3

  Melbourne, correspondence with, 84, 122, 148–149

  Melbourne, influence on, 83, 91, 109

  Melbourne as Prime Minister, 120–121

  ministers and, 136–143

  mother, correspondence with, 98–99

  Nicholas I, visit of, 165–167

  Palmerston, dismissal of, 137, 142

  Palmerston, influence of, 109, 138

  Palmerston, relations with, 138, 139–143

  patriarchy, adherence to, 132

  psychological illness, 94

  publication of letters, 1, 18, 34–35

  Royal Pedigree compiled, 71

  women, correspondence with, 125–133

  as a young woman, 73–74

  Walewski, Count, 142

  War Office Reconstitution Committee, 135–136

  War Office Territorial Committee, 146

  Warre, Edmond, 16

  Weintraub, Stanley, 94

  Wellington, Duke of, 115, 119, 120

  Wellington College, 37, 39, 43

  Whigs, 120–121, 122–123

  Wilde, Oscar, 23

  William, Duke of Clarence, 2, 3

  William IV, 3, 95, 123

  Williams, Miss Bertha, 61

  Windsor Castle, 60, 62

  Royal Archives, 172

  Royal Library, 66

  Winterhalter, Franz Xaver, 73–74

  women

  barred from reigning, 116

  with homosexual husbands, 28

  Victoria’s correspondence with, 125–133

  Woolf, Virginia, 78

  Yellow Book, 49

 

 

 


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