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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