Edward VII: The Last Victorian King

Index

King Edward VII is referred to as P of W and then, on his accession, as KE; Queen Alexandra successively as Alexandra, Pss of W and QA; and Queen Victoria as QV.

Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey (r 1861–76), 150–51

Abdul Mejid I, Sultan of Turkey (d 1861), 56

Acland, Sir Henry (1815–1900), 56, 59

Acton, Sir Harold, 195–96, 173

Acton, Sir John Acton, 1st Baron (1834–1902), 177

Adelaide, Queen (1792–1849), 67

Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904), 177

Airlie, Countess of (1866–1956), 218

Albany, Duke of, see Leopold, Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819–61): and QV, 3, 4, 18; QV’s adoration of, 4, 15, 75; and Princess Royal, 4–5, 18, 182; plans for his children’s education, 6; attitude to punishment, 6, 18; ideas on discipline, 7; angry with his brother, 42–43; ill health, 45, 47; mourns Pedro V, 45; death, 47; his chorale, 64; and Duchy of Cornwall, 67; his library dispersed, 197–98; and Foreign Office dispatches, 250

comments on him by: P of W, 49; QV, 15, 16, 73; Seymour, 48; WynnCarrington, 15

and P of W: education of the child, 6–7, 13, 14, 15; consults a hrenologist about, 10; together, 16, 17, 22;

reserve between, 19; education of the young man, 20, 22, 28; university, 29, 32, 34, 36, 37; P of W’s American tour, 34; plan for military training of P of W, 39; attitude to a marriage between P of W and Alexandra, 42, 43, 45; and Nellie Clifden affair, 46; P of W at death of, 47; completion of education of P of W, 49

quoted on: English youth, 40;

gentlemanly behaviour, 20; Oxford, 28–29; P of W, 9, 25, 26, 30, 31

Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence (Prince Eddy) (1864–92): birth of, 81; trouble over his name, 82; his christening, 82; his nature, 182; his intellect, 183, 184, 185; sails for West Indies, 183; opinions of, 184; QV and, 185; in the Army, 185; falls in love, 185; engaged, 185; has pneumonia, 187; death of, 188; visits Ireland with parents, 261

Alexander, King of Serbia (r 1893–1903), 263

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia (1818–81), 148, 243, 261

Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1845–94), 148, 262

Alexander of Battenberg, King of Bulgaria (1857–93), 265

Alexander of Hesse, Prince, 265

Alexandra, Queen (1844–1925) as Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glulksburg: family background, 41; objections to an alliance with, 41; appearance, 41–42, 43, 45, 59; character, 41; sets a fashion, 42; a much sought-after bride, 42; meets P of W, 43; personality, 44, 57, 59, 61; scurrilous stories about, 57; QV and, 58, 59–60, 63; P of W proposes to, 58–59; and Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 59; popularity of her marriage, 59; her enthusiastic reception in England, 61; wedding, 63–65; unpunctuality, 64; honeymoon, 66

as Princess of Wales : income, 68;

appearance, 69, 83, 88, 94, 107–8, 153; and Disraeli, 69; at Sandringham, 69–71, 96; her dogs, 70; and War of Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 77; birth of her babies, 81, 86, 88, 111; and QV, 82, 87, 153, 188;

her deafness, 82, 90; to Denmark, 83, 94, 126, 186; and marriage of Princess Helena, 85; ‘going out in society’, 86; has rheumatic fever, 88; goes to Wiesbaden, 90; attitude to all things Prussian, 90, 111, 149; and King of Prussia, 91–92; her unpunctuality, 93, 96; love of animals, 70, 95; in Egypt, 108–9; and Mordaunt divorce case, 107, 113; her popularity, 108–9; and death of her baby, 111; attitude to thanksgiving celebrations for P of W’s recovery, 115; and P of W’s Indian tour, 129, 132; and Aylesford scandal, 140, 141; and King Kalakaua, 147;

and her children, 153, 181, 182, 183, 219; sexual attraction, 153; her personality, 154, 181; character, 153; and P of W’s ‘other ladies’, 153–55, 171, 172; and Tranby Croft scandal, 160; and Beresford affair, 164, 167;

and Mrs Keppel, 172; likes Soveral, 176; and Prince Eddy, 185, 186, 187–88; to Russia, 186, 262; to Ireland, 261; on Wilhelm II, 271

as Queen: uninterested in domestic arrangements, 192; her Garter Star, 195; likes grand opera, 197; plays ‘golf’, 198; fond of animals, 198;

motoring, 198; her unpunctuality, 202, 301; and Balmoral decorations, 203; at Sandringham, 203, 218, 229, 230; on Vesuvius, 217; hatred of Germany, 218; and Princess May, 230; and her grandchildren, 230; her entourage, 231–32; dish of quails spilt on, 278; and Wilhelm II, 279; watches Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; sends for Mrs Keppel, 295–96; and Halifax, 297; gives Hardinge a present, 297

comments on her by: Lord Randolph Churchill, 66; Disraeli, 69; Crown Princess Frederick, 40, 41, 43, 66, 87; Granville, 61; Hamilton, 153; Lady Macclesfield, 113; Munby, 62–63; P of W, 42, 101–2, 112, 171; Stanley, 69; QV, 41, 58, 59, 61, 67, 73, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 111 and husband: love for, 89; wounded by his neglect, 89; on her happy marriage, 106, 115; and his illness, 112; their relationship, 152, 184, 185, 186, 188; and KE’s work, 218; anxious about his appetite, 221; in Paris together, 239; and KE’s health, 281, 292; comes home on account of his illness, 394–95; after his death, 299

Alexandrine, Princess of Prussia, 41

Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900), 9; birth, 6; and P of W, 11, 12, 19, 86; QV on, 34, 42, 149; bitten by his nephew, 64–65; Gladstone on, 70–71; a poor musician, 71; and Pss of W, 81; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 111, 113; marries, 128; compared in India with P of W, 135

Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843–78): and P of W, 6, 48, 86, 91–92; whipped, 7; and her father’s death, 47–48; at P of W’s wedding, 63–64; Pss of W angry with, 92; at Sandringham during P of W’s illness, 111, 113; on QV and P of W, 122;

death, 144, 153

Alington, Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron (1825–1904), 141

Alix, Princess of Hesse (1872–1918), 185

Amélie, Queen of Portugal (1865–1951), 254

Ampère, Jean Jacques (1800–1864), 27

Anderson, John Henry (1815–74), 17

Anna, Princess of Hesse, 41

Antonelli, Cardinal Giacomo (1806–76), 27

Antrim, Lady (d 1949), 153

Arch, Joseph (1826–1919), 203

Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of (1823–1900), 48

Armaille, Countess d’, 18

Arnold-Forster, Hugh Oakley (1855–1909), 210, 211

Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught (1850–1942), 115, 122, 145

Asquith, Herbert Henry, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928): keeps KE waiting, 201–2; religious background, 209; as Prime Minister, considers KE’s request impertinent, 210; and women’s suffrage, 284; and KE’s protests about inflammatory speeches by his ministers, 286; election promises, 287; and reform of House of Lords, 292; KE receives, 293; to Biarritz to kiss hands, 303

Asquith, Margaret (Margot), later Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945): on Lillie Langtry, 155; on Esher, 193; on Asquith’s unpunctuality, 201–2; KE and, 229; on KE, 304

Augusta, Queen and later Empress of Prussia (1811–90), 91, 103

Augusta Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, later Empress of Germany (1858–

1921), 148, 280

Aumâle, Henri-Eugène d’Orléans, Duc d’ (1822–97), 126, 156

Austin, Alfred (1835–1913), 113, 197, 209

Auvergne, Prince de la Tour d’, 78

Aylesford, Countess (d 1897), 140, 141, 142

Aylesford, Heneage Finch-Knightley, 7th Earl of (1849–85), 130, 140, 141

Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli, Marchese d’, 27

Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–93), 103, 104

Baker, Valentine, 99, 145, 179

Balfour, Arthur James, later 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930): buys a Burne-Jones, 155; KE and, 210; and Garter for Shah, 213–14; and KE’s Proposed visit to Pope, 251–53, 255

Balmoral, 101, 147; no holiday for P of W at, 9; P of W at, 149; Tsar Nicholas at, 150; QV’s state of mind at, 152; P of W’s children dislike going to, 180; amusements and pastimes at, 203; pipers at, 203; shooting at, 221

Bancroft, Sir Squire Bancroft (1841–1926), 157

Barlow, Sir Thomas (1845–1945), 282

Barrington, Hon. Sir Eric (1847–1918), 251, 252

Bartlett, Clarence, 130, 137

Bartley, George (1782?–1858), 9

Beatrice, Princess (1857–1944), 82, 114, 144

Beaufort, Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of (1824–99), 151

Beauvais, Lady, 8

Becker, Dr (Prince Albert’s librarian), 13

Beerbohm, Sir Max (1872–1956), 177

Bellairs, H.W., 179

Beneni, Giulia, 239

Bentinck, George Cavendish, 199

Beresford, Lady Charles: appearance, 158; reads Lady Brooke’s letter, 158; P of W and, 158–59, 167; coldshouldered by P of W, 164; sends Beresford’s letter to Salisbury, 165; sends for her husband, 165

Beresford, Lord Charles William De La Poer, later cr Baron (1846–1919): and Indian tour, 129, 133; and Aylesford scandal, 142; and Lady Brooke, 158; and his wife, 158, 159; angry with P of W, 159, 164; writes a letter, 164; Salisbury and, 165–66; demands apology from P of W, 167; reconciled with P of W, 189; ‘gasbag’, 211

Beresford, Lord Marcus, 158, 166, 167, 175

Bernhardt, Sarah (1844–1923), 100, 156, 238

Bernstorff, Count von, 78, 111, 265

Bertie, Sir Francis Leveson, later cr Viscount Bertie (1844–1919), 251, 253, 254

Bigge, Sir Arthur John, later cr Baron Stamfordham (1849–1931), 150

Birch, Henry, 8, 11–12

Bischoffsheim, Louis, 176

Bismarck, Count Herbert, 59, 267

Bismarck, Otto von, Prince Bismarck (1815–98), 125, 265, 266

Blandford, John Charles Spencer Churchill, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844–92), 140, 141, 142

Blandford, Marchioness of (d 1932), 142

Blondin, Charles (1824–97), 31

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840–1922), 304

Boer War: Campbell-Bannerman and, 210; French feeling about, 240, 258, 260–61; Wilhelm II and, 271, 272, 275, 276–77; P of W’s attitude to, 284

Bourchier, Arthur (1864–1927), 273

Boutourline, Comtesse de, 239

Bradford, Edward Ridley Colborne, later cr baronet (1836–1911), 133

Bradlaugh, Charles, 109, 110, 131

Broadhurst, Henry (1840–1911), 178

Brodrick, St John Fremantle, later 9th Viscount and 1st Earl of Midleton (1856–1942), 192, 210

Brooke, Daisy, see Warwick, Countess of Brooke, Lord, see Warwick, 5th Earl of Brougham, Lady, 235

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Charles Brougham, 3rd Baron (1836–1927), 235

Brown, Sir George (1790–1865), 39

Brown, John (1826–83), 146–47, 152

Browne, Sir Samuel James (1824–1901), 133

Browning, Robert (1812–89), 27

Bruce, Mrs, 26, 77

Bruce, Lady Augusta, 47–48, 63, 64

Bruce, Hon. Robert: governor to P of W, 21, 28, 30; instructions on his duties, 24, 26; on P of W, 25, 31, 36, 56; and P of W’s audience with Pope, 27; gives advice to Browning, 27; and idea of P of W joining the army, 36, 38–39; and P of W at Cambridge, 36, 37; goes with P of W to meet Alexandra, 42; with P of W to Vienna and Venice, 49; insists on entering mosque, 51; death, 56

Buchanan, James (1791–1868), 33

Buckingham Palace: KE makes changes at, 191, 197; Derby Day dinner at, 200; children’s parties at, 220; KE’s operation at, 282; KE at, 293; QA comes to, 297; death of KE at, 299

Buller, Charles, 178

Buller, Sir Redvers Henry (1839–1908), 160

Bülow, Bernhard, Prince von (1849–1929), 207

Bülow, Count von: on Wilhelm II’s anglophilia, 271; prompts Wilhelm II’s bombastic speech, 273; KE on, 273

Burne-Jones, Sir Edward (1833–98), 155

Burnham, Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron (1833–1916), 229

Burns, John Elliot (1858–1943), 211

Bury, John Bagnell (1861–1927), 209

Cadogan, Countess (d 1907), 155

Cadogan, George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl (1840–1915), 72

Caesar (KE’s fox terrier), 234, 241

Cairns, Hugh MacCalmont Cairns, Earl (1819–85) (Lord Chancellor at time of Aylesford scandal), 141, 142

Cambon, Paul, 260

Cambridge, George William, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904): and P of W, 23, 39, 40, 145; and Princess Christian, 58; suspects foul drains, 114; nervous of QV, 114–15; gives unwanted advice, 128; attitude to reform, 144–45; and QV’s birthday parade, 152; on P of W, 157; in Homburg, 242

Cambridge University, P of W at Trinity College, 36–38

Campbell, Sir Walter Douglas Somerset (1853–1919), 229

Campbell-Bannerman, Charlotte, 248

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry (1836–1908), 303; religious background, 209; as Prime Minister annoys KE, 210; KE on, 210–11; exhausted by KE, 248; on photograph of himself and KE, 248; and women’s suffrage, 284

Canada, P of W in, 31

Canning, Countess, 11

Canning, Charles John Canning, 1st Earl (1812–62), 21

Canterbury, Archbishops of: William Howley, 4; Cosmo Gordon Lang, 172, 295–96, 302; Charles Thomas Longley, 64

Carlos I, King of Portugal (1863–1908), 188, 261

Carnot, Marie François Sadi (1837–94), 257

Caroline, Queen (1768–1821), 67

Carpenter, William Boyd, Bishop of Ripon (1841–1918), 246

Carrington, 3rd Baron, see WynnCarrington, Charles

Carrington, Robert John Carrington (formerly Smith), 2nd Baron (1796–1868), 100

Carrington, Lady (d 1879), 93

Cass, Lewis (1782–1866), 33

Cassel, Sir Ernest Joseph (1852–1921): background and history, 175–76; P of W and, 179, 201; KE and, 215; Sonia Keppel and, 220; KE stays with, 233–34; in Marienbad, 242; and a Russian loan, 263; on his last meeting with KE, 295; his gift for charity, 300; KE’s resemblance to, 303

Cavendish, Lady Frederick, 154

Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810–

61), 27

Cesaresco, Countess Martinengo, 78

Challemel-Lacour, Paul Armand (1827–96), 251

Chamberlain, Sir Austen (1863–1937), 196

Chamberlain, Joseph (1836–1914), 269, 285

Chamberlayne, Miss (American débutante), 154, 238–39

Chandler (Superintendent of the King’s Wardrobe), 300

Chaplin, Henry, later cr Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923): P of W makes a friend of, 29, 71–72; scandalous stories about, 71–72; member of the Cabinet, 72; on a diet, 245

Charles, Prince of Denmark, later Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–1957), 181

Charles XV, King of Sweden (1826–72), 83, 103

Charlotte, Princess (1796–1817), 67

Chesterfield, George Philip Stanhope, 7th Earl of (1831–71), 112

Chevalier, Albert (1861–1923), 273

Christian, Prince of Denmark, later King Christian IX (1818–1906), 41, 83; P of W on, 44; P of W and, 51; not invited to stay at Osborne, 60; his income, 67; and the Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 77

Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 85, 268

Christian, Princess, later Queen Louise of Denmark (1817–98), 41; P of W on, 44; scurrilous stories about, 57; told of the Nellie Clifden affair, 50;

P of W and, 57; not invited to England, 60–61; QV’s disapproval of her family, 61; QV on, 85–86; and Pss of W’s refusal to meet King of Prussia, 90

Christopher, Prince of Greece, 300–1

Churchill, Lady Randolph (1854–1921):

at Sandringham, 96; and Blandford, 140; QV and, 143; P of W and, 158;

sends KE a book, 197

Churchill, Lord Randolph (1849–95): on drive of bridal carriage, 65; on his brother, 140; and P of W, 140, 142–

43; blackmails Pss of W, 141; ostracized, 156; the feud settled, 143; illness, 210

Churchill, Winston Spencer, later Sir Winston (1874–1965), 210, 285; and P of W, 142; and KE’s dress at Goodwood, 196; KE reads his book, 197; enjoys Balmoral, 203; KE on, 210–11; and KE’s superstition, 299

Clarence, Duke of, see Albert Victor, Prince Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of, and 4th Baron Hyde (1800–1870), 17, 48, 63, 76

Clarke, Lady, 136–37

Clarke, Sir Edward George (1841–1931), 161, 163

Clemenceau, Georges (1841–1929), 241

Clifden, Nellie, 40, 46, 50

Cole, Lowry Egerton, Lord, later 4th Earl of Enniskillen (1845–1924), 107

Combe, Sir George (1788–1858), 10–11

Connaught, Duke of, see Arthur, Prince Cook, Sir Francis (1817–1901), 180

Cornwallis-West, George, 97, 242

Cresswell, Mrs Louise, 97–98

Crewe, Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron (1812–93), 305

Crowe, Sir Eyre Alexander (1864–1925), 250

Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, Duke of (1845–1923), 265

Cumming, Sir William Gordon (1848–

1930): suspected of cheating at cards, 160; brings an action, 160; P of W on, 162, 164; Pss of W on, 161; in court, 161–62; marries, 164

Curzon, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess (1859–1925), 213

Cust, Sir Lionel Henry (1859–1929), 184, 300, 302

Dagmar, Princess of Denmark, later Marie Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1847–1928), 83, 87, 186, 218

Dalton, John Neale, 179, 182, 183

David, Prince, later King Edward VIII (1894–1972), 220

Davidson, Arthur, later Sir Arthur (1856–1922), 284, 294

Delcassé, Théophile (1852–1923), 260, 273–74

Devonshire, Duchess of, 271

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of (1808–91), 68, 73, 231

Devonshire, 8th Duke of, see Hartington, Marquess of Dilke, Charles Wentworth, later Sir Charles (1843–1911), 218; critical of Royal Family, 110; has less receptive audiences, 117; and P of W friendly with, 146, 149, 179, 281; on P of W, 149; on Aumâle’s supper party, 156;

divorce scandal, 210; on KE’s politics, 283; and Octavia Hill, 284

Disraeli, Benjamin, later cr Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–81); on P of W’s personality, 28; on P of W’s height, 63; on P of W’s wedding, 65; on P and Pss of W, 68–69; at Sandringham, 70, 71; and Osborne, 73; amused, 73; on P of W and Garibaldi, 79; suggests suitable employment for P of W, 122;

his influence with P of W, 125; on fancy-dress ball at Marlborough House, 127; and Indian tour, 129, 131, 132; supports Pss of W, 132; and Marlborough, 143; considers P of W indiscreet, 146; out of office, 146; death, 148; and P of W, 150

Dolgorouki, Princess Katharina (1847–1922), 243

Douglas-Scott-Montagu, John Walter, later 2nd Baron Montagu (1866–1929), 199

Duckworth, Robinson (1834–1911), 130

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple, 1st Marquess of (1826–1902), 262

Duveen, Sir Joseph Joel (1843–1908), 201

Eckardstein, Baron von, 152, 169, 269, 276

Eddy, Prince see Albert Victor, Prince Edinburgh, Duke of, see Alfred, Prince Edward VII, King, prop. Albert Edward (1841–1910) as Prince of Wales childhood: baby, 3, 4–5; a difficult child, 6, 8; stammers, 6, 7; severity of his upbringing, 6–7, 13, 15, 18; education, 6–7, 13, 15; phrenologist’s advice on, 10–11; affection for Birch, 11, 12; an unmanageable pupil, 12–13; and Gibbs, 12–13; days of pleasure, 16–17; adventures, 21

youth: education, 19–20, 22, 28–30, 36–39; and army, 23, 28–29, 36, 38–

39; in Edinburgh, 28; problem of a marriage for, 40, 43–47, 51; distress at death of Bruce, 56–57; and Nellie Clifden affair, 40, 46, 57; possible marriage with Alexandra, 57; proposes, 58; escorts Alexandra to London, 62; at Frogmore mausoleum, 63; wedding, 63, 65

marriage: Marlborough House, 67; buys Sandringham, 67, 68; at Sandringham, 69, 71, 96–100; as host, 70, 95–96; friends, 71–73, 103, 174–77, 178; and Garibaldi, 78–79;

and wife’s hostility to King of Prussia, 90, 92; hectic social life, 94;

photographs, 95; regard for protocol, 98; wild behaviour, 104 becomes a Freemason, 103; and Mordaunt divorce, 107–8; unpopularity, 108, 162; anxious about monarchy, 109; and thanks-giving celebrations for his recovery, 116; efforts to find suitable employment for, 122; weight, 133; popularity, 135, 138, 142; condemns arrogance of Anglo-Indians, 138; and Aylesford scandal, 140–42; and Lord Randolph Churchill, 142–43; and Beresford, 160, 166–67; and Tranby Croft scandal, 160–62; Salisbury defends, 163–64; and Somerset, 169; and authors, 177; and actors, 177; succeeds QV, 191; energy, 281

as King Edward: succeeds to throne, 191; reorganizes royal palaces, 192–93; attitude to the arts, 192, 197–98; transforms court, 192–93;

popularity, 199, 243, 258, 259, 260, 264, 285, 292, 304; reforms of Household, 201; irritated by unpunctuality, 201–2, 301; an effective speaker, 306; friends, 210, 256–57; relationship with personal staff, 215; and Mediterranean Fleet, 217; yearly programme, 221; tiresome banter, 227–28; as host, 230–32; entourage, 232, 236; protocol and domestic arrangements for visits to country houses, 232–34; and dog, Caesar, 234; enjoys prospect of a trip abroad, 236; has collision with an American, 240; upset by anti-British feeling, 240; protocol, 244; lampooned, 257; boycotts France, 257; encourages marriage between Victoria of Prussia and Alexander of Battenberg, 266; determined not to postpone coronation, 281; dying, 295–96; threats and attempt on life of, 299

amusements and interests: army, 23, 28–29, 36, 38, 122, 123, 144–45, 283–84; big-game hunting, 137; cards, 70, 163, 231; clothes, 25, 30, 81–82, 127, 144, 194–97, 199, 235, 243; club life, 74, 99, 238; country house visits, 231, 233–34; croquet, 233; dancing, 32, 34, 95; decorations, 193, 211; food and drink, 30, 197, 221, 242, 245, 281; gambling, 94, 98, 112, 126, 163, 200, 220; motoring, 198–99; outdoor activities, 233–34; parties, 93–94, 127, 168, 170, 220, 247; practical jokes, 100, 128; racing, 86–87, 91, 93, 109, 147, 163, 199–200, 221; shooting, 28, 51, 96–97, 104, 199, 221, 245;

shopping, 60, 238, 244; smoking, 30, 99, 226, 280, 281, 293, 295; theatre, 93, 197, 238, 246, 258, 292; travelling, 91; tricycling, 198; uniforms, 194, 246; yacht racing, 86–87, 94, 221, 269, 270 appearance: as a baby, 4; eyes, 4, 5, 24, 28, 206; as a child, 6; QV’s opinion of, 24, 35, 56; height, 33, 63; undergraduate, 36; bridegroom, 63; looks ill, 74, 280, 287, 295, 297, 299; in thanksgiving procession, 115–16; stout, 124; Madras Mail on, 135; at Gordon Cumming trial, 167; at Weimar, 243; in last year of his life, 285; at time of his accession, 191; Esher on, 205

character and personality: affectionate, 11, 19; aggressive, 15; a bad loser, 196–97, 231, 234; bored, 301; clement, 298; conscientious, 151, 208, 259; a conversationalist, 38, 227; courageous, 258, 299; courteous, 298; a demanding master, 217;

deportment in public, 302; dutiful, 205, 215, 303; equable, 45; fond of children, 182, 220; friendly, 37, 235; frivolous, 50; frustrated, 128; generous, 228, 235, 236, 242; genial, 206; good natured, 125, 133; hospitable, 201; immature, 36, 45; impatient, 205; indiscreet, 111, 117, 122, 144–45, 147; intellectual level, 5, 6, 9, 15–16, 25, 26, 29, 39, 127; kind, 297–98; capacity for laughter, 300, 301, 302; loyal, 73, 145, 172, 177; mannerly, 6, 38, 135, 254; memory, excellent, 227, 244, 302; obstinate, 212; an organizer, 150–1; a pedant in matters of dress, 195–96, 206; practical and unsentimental, 191; a raconteur, 227; in rages, 7, 8, 13, 19, 24, 128, 216–17, 237, 244, 254, 283, 300; restless, 205; rude, 15; selfish, 99;

superstitious, 298, 298; sympathetic, 51; tactful, 194, 227, 250, 260, 298, 301; tolerant, 303; truthful, 304; unable to accept criticism, 283; unprejudiced, 148, 175; unsnobbish, 173, 300; witty, 228

comments on him by: Albert, 23, 24, 29, 30, 34; Asquith, 215; Mrs Asquith, 304; Balfour, 253; Birch, 8, 9, 11; Blunt, 304; Browning, 27; Bruce, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 56; Buchanan, 35; Cambridge, 23; Lady Canning, 11; Dean of Christ Church, 29; Clarendon, 17, 63; Combe, 10; Controller of Kaiser’s Household, 280; Mrs Cresswell, 97; Crewe, 305; Cust, 302; Dilke, 146, 149, 283; Disraeli, 28, 60, 68–69, 131, 208; Dufferin, 262; Elphinstone, 48; equerry, 261; Esher, 193, 205, 300; Fisher, 300, 304; Crown Princess Frederick, 44, 66; French police report, 256; George V, 297; Gibbs, 12–13; Gladstone, 22, 70, 122, 149; Granville, 128, 304–5; Albert Grey, 135; Edward Grey, 305; Hamilton, 151; Hardinge, 208, 263, 297; Henry James, 177; Keppel, 305; Kingsley, 38; Charlotte Knollys, 263; Francis Knollys, 211–12; Sir William Knollys, 89; Lear, 28; Lyons, 35; Lady Lyttelton, 5; Lady Lytton, 150; Lady Macclesfield, 89; Madras Mail, 135; Metternich, 22; Motley, 28; Munby, 37, 116–17; Nicholas II, 262; Northcote, 143; Frederick Ponsonby, 215, 226–27, 231, 237, 252, 267, 299, 301; Sir Henry Ponsonby, 19, 123; Pss of W, 153; QV, 11, 13–14, 24, 24–25, 35, 44, 49, 57, 65, 74, 87, 115, 149; Redesdale, 205; Reid, 249; Reynolds’s Newspaper, 108, 112, 130–31; Scott, 34; Scott-Chad, 117; Sitwell, 206; Stanley, 51; Stead, 110; Stolypin, 264; Stuart, 151; Surveyor of Pictures, 192; Princess Victoria, 299; Vitzthum, 60; Lady Warwick, 174; Wellesley, 112; Wilhelm II, 267; Wynn-Carrington, 15, 132, 135, 144, 204, 299

family relationships: his father, 4, 16, 17, 43, 47, 48, 49; Princess Royal, 6, 12, 18; siblings, 6, 17; parents, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 33; Prince Alfred, 9, 12, 19, 70–71; Pss of W, 82, 86, 88, 101, 132, 153, 154; Prince Eddy, 82, 186, 187–

88; his children, 111, 137, 138, 181, 183, 186; Prince Arthur, 145; Prince George, 183, 187, 218, 282; annoys his sisters, 194; QA, 217–18, 282, 298;

his grandchildren, 219

foreign, affairs: War of Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 77; anti-Turkish views, 87; Franco-Prussian War, 111, 124; suggestion of employment of P of W, 124; Russia and central Asia, 128; P of W offers to mediate between France and Prussia, 149; KE deeply interested in foreign policy, 210–14, 250; India, 211, 284; Garter for Shah, 213–15; KE’s reputation as arbiter of foreign policy, 249–50; his influence on European affairs, 250; visit to Pope Leo, 251–55; visits France to promote friendly relations, 257, 260–64; Anglo-American relations, 261; Anglo Russian relations, 263–64; Anglo German relations, 267–72, 273, 274, 276; Colonial Office does not keep him informed, 272; imperial policies, 283

foreign travel: to Paris with his parents, 18; visits his sister in Prussia, 40; to Rome, 26–28, 252; in Gibraltar and Portugal, 28; in Canada, 31; in United States of America, 32; to Germany to meet Alexandra, 41–42; to Vienna and Venice, 49, 50; to Balkans and Middle East, 51; to the Continent and Tunis, 60; to Denmark, Sweden and Germany, 83; to Russia, 87, 261; to Wiesbaden, 90; long holiday, Europe, Egypt, Turkey, 101–9; Oberammergau, Jugenheim, Homburg, 112; convalescent cruise in Mediterranean, 117, 124; Loire Valley, 125; Indian tour, 129–39; on family affairs, 146; Malta, 216, 217; KE’s entourage, 236; KE’s enjoyment of, 237; Paris, 237–39; Denmark, 239; set pattern of continental visits, 240; travels incognito, 240, 243, 244, 254; Marienbad, 244–48; Portugal, 251; Naples, 254–55; Berlin, 269; Algiers, 273; France, 293; Spain, 302

health: 241; exhaustion, 34; typhoid, 112–14; phlebitis, 269, 281; coughing fits, 280, 293, 294; bronchitis, 275, 280, 283, 293; appendicitis, 281; peritonitis, 282; operation for perityphlitis, 282; listlessness and depression, 282–83; chill and indigestion, 292; last illness, 281

money matters: his allowance as a young man, 22; Duchy of Cornwall, 67; Sandringham, 68; his annual income, 68; and visit to Russia, 87; gambling, 98, 112; QV criticizes his extravagance, 106; expenses at Constantinople, 106; rumours of debt, 126; and Indian tour, 129, 131, 135; racing expenditure and profits, 200; QV’s parsimony to P of W, 200–1; House of Commons increases P of W’s income, 201; income of KE, 201

politics: Bismarck annoyed by P of W’s relationship with Thiers, 125;

‘want of political judgement’, 125;

P of W kept in ignorance and allowed no responsibility, 142, 149, 156;

speaks in the Lords, 144; housing reform, 144; army reform, 144–45; excluded from Cabinet affairs, 145; choice of new Prime Minister, 149; at last has key to Foreign Office boxes, 150; his advice ignored, 150; KE and, 206; government ignores him, 208; does not get on with his ministers or their opponents, 209; KE depressed and worried about, 283, 287; women’s suffrage, 284; Third Reform Bill, 284; republicanism and socialism, 285;

‘People’s Budget’, 286; reform of House of Lords, 285, 286–87; KE frets about, 292

quoted on people: Emperor of Austria, 275; Bernstorff, 111; Buller, 160; von Bülow, 274; Campbell-Bannerman, 210, 248; Winston Churchill, 210; Garibaldi, 79; Gordon Cumming, 160; (to) Jeanne Granier, 258–59;

Haldane, 211; King Kalakaua, 147; Morley, 211; Nicholas II, 262; Pss of W, 116, 170; Sutherland, 73; Wilhelm II, 267

quoted on other matters: meeting with Alexandra and her parents, 42; his talk with Prince and Princess Christian, 57; his proposal to Alexandra, 58; his happiness, 59; loyalty, 73; Irish revolutionaries, 75; English aristocracy, 75; war in Denmark, 78; arrogance of Anglo-Indians, 138; QV’s treatment of him, 149–50; racing, 163; the Press, 163; art, 194; sartorial matters, 196; Holman Hunt’s London Docks, 198; proposed inquiry into conduct of Boer War, 210; danger to British rule in Indian Empire, 213; relationship with Prince George, 218; Biarritz, 241; his Orleanist sympathies, 256; Portuguese nobles, 261; death of Alexander III, 262; Cowes regatta, 270; Wilhelm II’s bombastic speech, 267; public men in Germany, 274; Afghan War, 283; Peers, 287

and QV: childhood relationship with, 6, 17, 18, 22, 25; at Albert’s death, 47; adult relationship with, 51, 99–100, 150–51; she disapproves of him, 73, 81, 108; she refuses him any authority or responsibility, 75–78; she is annoyed with him, 82–84; disagreements between, 145–49; he defies her, 150–51

and Wilhelm II: gives Kalakaua precedence over Crown Prince Wilhelm, 147; angered by Kaiser’s congratulations to Kruger, 152; Kaiser hopes to embarrass KE, 207; Crown Prince not invited to Sandringham, 266; P of W dislikes, 267; strained relations with Kaiser, 268–69, 270–71, 275–76; temporary amity between them, 267, 274; annoyed by Kaiser’s behaviour at Cowes, 268–69; and Kaiser’s officious behaviour on death of QV, 270; unsatisfactory meetings in Germany, 271; Kaiser at Sandringham, 272–73; deteriorating relationship, 273; Kaiser gossips about, 274; KE sends Kaiser birthday greetings, 274; discussion of naval matters, 276, 277, 278

and women: kisses a pretty girl, 22; Nellie Clifden, 40, 46, 50; rumours of flirtations in Russia and Paris, 89; Hortense Schneider, 101; Mordaunt divorce, 107–8; in India, 135–36; Lizzie Mathews, 137; letters to Lady Aylesford, 140–42; Lillie Langtry, 155–57; Bernhardt, 156, 238; Daisy Brooke, 157, 158, 158, 167–68, 170; Agnes Keyser, 171, 293; Alice Keppel, 177, 202, 220, 293, 304; in Paris, 239–40; at Marienbad, 248–50; Mrs Moore, 301

work: serves on Royal Commissions, 144, 151, 178; official duties, 110–11, 127–28, 133, 145, 148–49, 206–7, 258, 262; KE’s enthusiasm for, 205; the army, 207, 210, 211–12; the navy, 207; medicine, 207; diplomacy, 208;

resents government ignoring him, 208–9, 272; his few victories, 211; defeats, 212–14; official visit to Ireland, 261; audiences, 293, 294; signing documents, 294; a dereliction of duty, 303

Egypt, P and Pss of W in, 103

Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave (1832–1923), 257

Elizabeth, Empress of Austria (1837–98), 50

Elizabeth, Princess of Wied, 40–41

Ellenborough, Countess of (d 1881), 51

Elliott, Maxine, 247–48

Ellis, Arthur Edward, later Sir Arthur (1837–1907), 102, 130

Ellis, William (1800–81), 14

Elphinstone, Sir Howard Crawfurd (1829–90), 48, 76

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803–82), 34

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818–93), 42, 43, 57, 64

Errol, Countess (d 1916), 131

Erskine, Lady Sybil St Clair, 186

Escoffier, Auguste (1847–1935), 226

Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount (1852–1930): on Prince Charles of Denmark, 181; comments on, 192–93; on KE, 193, 205; disapproves of informality at court, 201; and KE’s enthusiasm for work, 205; on Arnold-Forster, 210; KE and, 215; and P and Pss of W, 218; and return of Liberal government, 292

Eugènie, Prince Imperial of France (1856–79), 256

Eugènie, Empress of France (1826–1920), 18, 256

Eulenburg und Hertefeld, Philipp, Count von (1847–1921), 275

Faraday, Michael (1791–1867), 14

Fayrer, Sir Joseph (1824–1907), 130

Fehr (courier), 217, 236, 243

Feodora, Princess of Leiningen (1807–72), 5

Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861–1948), 250

ffolkes, Sir William (1847–1912), 71

Fife, Alexander William Duff, 6th Earl of, later cr Duke of (1849–1912), 181

Fildes, Sir Luke (1844–1927), 299

Filmer, Lady, 73, 89

Filmer, Sir Edmund, 94

Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841–1920): dances at Windsor, 201; KE supports, 207; KE and, 211, 215; in Marienbad, 244; on KE, 300, 304

FitzGeorge, Sir Adolphus Augustus, 130, 242

Fortescue, Seymour, 247, 287

Fowler, John, later Sir John (1817–99), 103

France: P of W in Loire Valley, 125; P of W in Cannes, 145; KE fond of, 237, 263, 267; anti-British feeling in, 240, 258, 260; KE in Biarritz, 240, 292–93, 302, 303; KE’s goodwill visit to, 260–

64; P of W and Franco-Prussian War, 265; Franco-German relations, 274; QA on Biarritz, 297; KE declines to come home from, 303; see also Paris

Francis II, King of the Two Sicilies (1863–94), 60

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830–1916), 50

Freake, C.J., 179

Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark, later King Frederick VIII (1843–1912), 83

Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, later Frederick III, German Emperor (1831–88): sails for Potsdam with his bride, 19; and Alexandra, 42; and P of W, 44, 48, 64; reasons for temporary withdrawal from court, 59; P of W on, 84; silver wedding celebrations, 148; and Alexander of Battenberg, 265; his nature, 266; death, 266

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

Musurus Pasa, Kostaki (Turkish Ambassador), 151

Mutsuhito (now referred to as Meiji), Emperor of Japan (1852–1912), 215

Muzaffar-ud-din, Shah of Persia (r 1896–1909), 213–14

Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808–73), 17, 78, 125, 236

Nasru’d-din, Shah of Persia (r 1848–96), 127–28, 228

Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of (1811–64), 31, 32, 33

Nicholas, Grand Duke (d 1865), 83

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868–

1918): at Balmoral, 150; P of W and, 262; on KE, 262; on visit to Russia of KE and QA, 264; and Wilhelm II, 264

Nicolson, Sir Arthur, later cr Baron Carnock (1849–1928), 264

Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910), 284

Norfolk, Duchess of (d 1945), 179

Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of (1847–1917), 252, 253

Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of (1826–1904), 133, 135

Northcote, Sir Stafford Henry, later cr Earl Iddesleigh (1818–87), 143, 302

Northumberland, Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of (1846–1918), 68, 232

Olga, Grand Duchess (1882–1960), 182

Olga, Queen of Greece (1851–1926), 105

Oliphant, Laurence (1829–88), 110

Onslow, Lake (rector of Sandringham), 115

Ormonde, James Edward Butler, 3rd Marquess of (1844–1919), 99

Orsay, Count d’, 73

Osborne, Ralph Bernal (1808–82), 73

Osborne: P of W as a child at, 14, 17; Royal Family at, 83, 115; KE presents it to nation, 188

Ott, Ernst (Marienbad doctor), 245

Otto, King of Greece (r 1832–62), 56

Owen, Sir Richard (1804–92), 20, 103

Oxford, Bishop of, see Wilberforce, Samuel

Oxford University, P of W at Christ Church, 30

Paget, Lord Alfred, 130

Paget, Augustus, 61, 268

Paget, Mrs Gerald, 165

Paget, Walburga, 41, 57

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount (1784–1865): speaks to QV about her relations with P of W, 49; and P of W’s income, 68; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; and P of W’s gambling, 98

Paoli, Xavier (Corsican detective), 241, 242

Paris, Comtesse de, 186

Paris, Louis Philippe, Comte de (1834–94), 185

Paris: P of W as a boy in, 17; P of W in, 78, 236, 239, 256; William Knollys’s opinion or, 126; P of W and Lillie Langtry in, 155–56; P of W and Jaraczewski in, 194; KE in, 239, 292; QA in, 239; International Exhibition, 257; popularity of England in, 258; KE’s visit to promote friendly relations, 255–58; funeral procession of King of Hanover in, 265

Parratt, Sir Walter (1841–1924), 197

Pearl, Cora, 239

Pedro V, King of Portugal (r 1853–61), 28, 45

Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850), 3

Pembroke, Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of (1853–1913), 150

Pennethorne, Sir James (1801–71), 67

Pentland, Joseph Barclay (1797–1873), 26

Penzance, Sir James Wilde, Baron (1816–99), 108

Persia, Shahs of: Muzaffar-ud-din, 213–14; Nasru’d-din, 127–28, 228

Peterborough, William Connor Magee, Bishop of (1821–91), 71

Phelps, Samuel (1804–78), 17

Phipps, Sir Charles Beaumont (1801–66), 67, 85, 101

Pistl, Fräulein (Marienbad shopkeeper), 244

Pius IX, Pope (r 1846–78), 27, 125

Pless, Princess of (née Daisy Cornwallis West), 176, 280

Pollington, John Horace Savile, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Mexborough (1843–1916), 38

Ponsonby, Arthur (1871–1946), 283

Ponsonby, Frederick Edward, later cr Baron Sysonby (1867–1935), 299; on Soveral, 176; advises KE on Victorian Order, 216; and KE’s rages, 216, 217, 237; finds KE demanding, 217; gives KE a pipe, 226; on Christmas at Sandringham, 229–30; on KE, 241, 294, 297–98; his duties in Marienbad, 244; on KE and foreign policy, 249; rewords KE’s angry telegram, 251–52; on absurdity of KE’s incognito, 254; on KE’s goodwill visit to Paris, 259; and Wilhelm II, 267; on KE and Wilhelm II, 275; with KE in Brighton, 287; and KE at Sandringham, 287; takes leave of the dying KE, 294; gives KE a stylographic pen, 298

Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825–95): his opinion of P of W, 22, 123; accompanies P of W on Continent, 22; at Sandringham, 71, 114; and suitable employment for P of W, 123; and Indian tour, 129; on chaotic City ball, 151; and Prince Imperial, 152; on Prince Eddy, 184; wears two Jubilee Medals, 193; his dreadful trousers, 195

Poole, Henry, 64

Popes: Leo XIII, 185, 251–54, 255, 288–89; Pius IX, 27, 125

Portland, Dame Winifred, Duchess of (d 1954), 172

Poynder, Sir John Poynder Dickson-, later cr Baron Islington (1866–1936), 294, 304

Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836–1919), 155

Probyn, Sir Dighton Macnaghten (1833–1924), 130, 192, 231

Pulitzer, Joseph (1847–1911), 261

Quin, Frederic Hervey Foster (1799–1878), 73

Quinn, Patrick (detective), 243

Raglan, Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron (1817–84), 151

Rama V (Chulalongkorn), King of Siam (1868–1910), 215

Rampolla, Cardinal, 253, 254, 255

Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron (1837–1916), 205, 299

Reid, Sir James (1849–1923), 280, 292

Reid, Whitelaw, 249, 261

Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902), 174, 283

Ripon, William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of (1841–1918), 246

Ritz, César (1850–1918), 226

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl (1832–1914), 209, 212, 277

Robinson, Sir Joseph Benjamin (1840–

1929), 178

Robinson, Thomas Bilbe, later Sir Thomas (1853–1939), 294

Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia, Duc de la, 125

Rodd, James Rennell, later cr Baron Rennell (1858–1941), 209

Romilly, Joseph (1791–1864), 37, 38

Rose, Sir John (1820–88), 35

Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of (1847–1929), 99; on Harrington, 72; and P of W, 150, 179; and Princess Victoria, 182; his clothes annoy KE, 195; on KE winning Derby, 199; KE and, 210; host to KE in Naples, 255; on P of W’s ‘signal service’, 263; Third Reform Bill, 284

Rostand, Edmond (1868–1918), 292

Rothschild, Alfred de (1842–1918), 175

Rothschild, Sir Anthony de (d 1876), 71, 175

Rothschild, Ferdinand de, 179

Rothschild, Leopold de, 175

Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, later cr Baron Rothschild (1840–1915), 175, 263

Royal, Princess, see Frederick, Crown Princess

Royston, Charles Philip, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Hardwicke (1836–97), 99

Rudolf, Archduke of Austria, 93

Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–89), 148, 152, 175

Russell, Lord John Russell, 1st Earl (1792–1878), 20, 48, 77, 79

Russell, Odo William, later 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–84), 27

Russell, William Howard, later Sir William (1821–1907), 99, 103, 130

Russia: P of W in, 87, 89; P and Pss of W in St Petersburg, 254, 262; assassination of Alexander II, 257; funeral of Alexander III, 262; KE strives for détente with, 263; persecution of Jews, 263; criticism of KE’s visit to, 283

Sagan, Princesse de, 126

Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1822–63), 51

St Albans, William Amelius Beauclerk, 10th Duke of (1840–98), 27, 38, 99, 125

St George’s Chapel, Windsor, royal wedding in, 62–63

St James’s Palace, 206

St Paul’s Cathedral, 115–16

Salisbury, Marchioness of (1827–99), 172

Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of (1830–1903), 95, 150; and the Indian tour, 130, 131; commends P of W, 138; on Anglo-Indian attitude to natives, 138; his advice after Tranby Croft affair, 160; writes to Beresford, 163; negotiates between Beresford and P of W, 166–67; and Mrs Keppel, 172; and Prince Eddy’s marriage, 187; as Prime Minister defends Cabinet collective responsibility, 212; presses KE to attend Paris Exhibition, 257; and relations between P of W and Wilhelm II, 266; and Rhodes, 283

Sandars, John Satterfield (1853–1934), 253, 254

Sandringham: purchase of, 67; a model country estate, 68; P and Pss of W at, 68–70; Lady Macclesfield on, 69; alterations to, 69–70, 99, 203; guests at, 70, 159, 180, 203; Sundays at, 94–95; shooting at, 96–97; P of W with typhoid at, 114; Gladstone at, 127; P of W’s children at, 182; library at, 197–98; golf course at, 198; KE rides tricycle at, 198; Gemütlichkeit at, 203; Alington’s daughter on life at, 203; Carrington on, 204; York Lodge, 219; grandchildren at, 219; routine at, 221; Sunday luncheon at, 226; Christmas at, 229; New Year’s Eve at, 230, 286; weekends at, 230; Wilhelm II at, 266; KE’s tooth extracted at, 281; KE’s last weekend at, 297–300

Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 8th Earl (1839–1916), 227

Sassoon, Alfred, 175

Sassoon, Arthur (1840–1912), 175, 287

Sassoon, Mrs Arthur, 287

Sassoon, Reuben, 162, 242

Schleswig-Holstein Duchies: stumbling block to marriage between P of W and Alexandra, 42; QV warns Alexandra about, 59; invasion of Denmark over, 77; attitude of P of W to war, 77–78, 94; Cabinet decision about, 83; and Princess Helena’s marriage, 85

Schneider, Hortense, 101

Schwarzenberg, Felix Ludwig von (1800–1852), 51

Scott, Winfield (1786–1866), 34

Scott-Chad, Joseph, 117

Selborne, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of (1859–1942), 210

Semon, Sir Felix (1849–1921), 229; KE rebukes, 193; on pipers at Balmoral, 203–4; KE chaffs, 228; KE scolds, 281, 300

Senden und Bibran, Baron von, 270, 271

Serbia, King of, see Alexander, King of Serbia Seymour, Francis, later Sir Francis (1813–90), 48

Shaw, Eyre Massey, later Sir Eyre (1830–

1908), 72

Sheffield, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron (1839–1925), 294

Siam, King of, see Rama V (Chulalongkorn)

Sinha, Sir Satyendra Prassano, later cr Baron Sinha (1864–1928), 213

Sitwell, Sir Osbert (1892–1969), 171, 206

Smith, Albert (1816–60), 17

Smith, Goldwin (1823–1910), 29

Somerset, Lord Arthur, 169, 178

Somerset, Lady Geraldine, 63, 101, 157, 180

Sophia, Queen of Holland (1818–77), 42

Southey, Mrs (nurse), 4

Soveral, Luis de, Marquis (d 1922), 176, 215, 255, 292

Spencer, Countess, 83

Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl (1835–1910), 72, 84, 124

Stamper, C.W. (KE’s motor engineer), 199, 234, 236, 300

Standish, Hélène, 126

Standish, Henry (1847–1920), 126

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, later Dean of Westminster (1815–81), 179; and P of W, 50–51, 73; and Pss of W, 69, 132; his death, 147; QV’s high opinion of, 147

Stanley, Frederick Arthur, later 16th Earl of Derby (1841–1908), 40

Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912), 110

Steed, Henry Wickham (1871–1956), 246, 250

Stephanie, Princess of Belgium (1864–1945), 148

Stephen, J.K., 184

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (1829–94), 12, 16

Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832–1904), 177

Stockmar, Christian Friedrich, Baron (1787–1863): and education of P of W, 7, 11, 12; and Gibbs, 12; and character of P of W, 14–15, 30–31; on P of W, 25; and P of W’s liaison with Nellie Clifden, 46; angry about P of W’s engagement, 59; government appeals to, 75–76

Stolypin, Peter Arkadyevich, 264

Stonor, Monsignor Hon. Edmund (1831–1912), 253, 254

Stonor, Mrs Francis, 111–12

Stonor, Julie, 157

Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount (1786–1880), 27

Stuart, James (1843–1913), 151

Suffield, Charles Harbord, 6th Baron (1855–1924), 130

Sutherland, Duchess of (d 1888): on King of Sardinia, 23; QV on, 73; P of W and, 73, 127; Gower on, 127

Sutherland, George Granville LevesonGower, 3rd Duke of (1828–92), 68, 79; his eccentric behaviour, 72; QV on, 73; P of W on, 73; member of Marlborough Club, 99; in Egypt with P of W, 103; and Indian tour, 130, 132

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837–

1909), 73, 197

Sykes, Christopher (1831–98), 99, 160, 178, 298

Talbot, Lord Edmund, 252

Tarver, Charles Feral: and education of P of W, 19–20, 21, 26, 28; on a walking tour, 22; accompanies P of W to Rome, 26; P of W tries to help, 178

Teck, Duchess of (1833–97), 141, 180, 229

Teck, Francis, Duke of, 186

Teesdale, Christopher Charles, later Sir Christopher (1833–93), 20, 29, 88, 102

Tennant, Margot, see Asquith, Margaret

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809–92), 154, 197

Thiers, Louis Adolphe (1797–1877), 125

Thumb, General Tom (prop. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838–83), 17

Thyra, Princess of Denmark, later Duchess of Cumberland (1853–1933), 83, 265

Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von (1849–1930), 243

Torrington, George Byng, 7th Viscount (1812–84), 46

Tranby Croft scandal, 160–63

Transport, KE’s train and cars, 236

Tremouille, Duc de la, 126

Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838–1928), 112

Treves, Sir Frederick (1853–1923), 207, 228, 282

Turkey, P and Pss of W in, 105

Turkey, Sultans of: Abdul Aziz, 151; Abdul Mejid I, 56

Tweeddale, William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of (1826–1911), 99

United States, P of W in, 31–33

Valletort, William Henry, Viscount, later 4th Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe (1832–

1917), 20

Vanbrugh, Violet (1867–1942), 273

Vanderbilt, Mrs Cornelius, 254

Vansittart, Robert Gilbert, later 1st Baron Vansittart (1881–1957), 298

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia and first King of Italy (1820–78), 23, 27, 60, 254

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947), 251, 253

Victoria, Princess (1868–1935), 180;

birth, 101; does not marry, 182; plays ‘golf’, 198; birthday parties, 220; KE’s last illness, 295; on KE’s superstition, 299

Victoria, Princess of Hesse (1863–1950):

wedding, 148, 266

Victoria, Princess of Prussia (1866–

1929), 265

Victoria, Princess Royal, see Frederick, Crown Princess

Victoria, Queen (1819–1901): attitude to religion, 11; and punishment of children, 18; assaulted in Park, 21;

and Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 59, 77, 83; low and depressed before the wedding’, 63; at wedding, 61, 62–63; and Marlborough House, 67; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; Christian names of her descendants, 82; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; shares responsibility for unpopularity of Royal Family, 109; at Sandringham, 113, 114; and thanksgiving celebrations, 116; Empress of India, 138, 149; and Aylesford scandal, 140, 142; Our Life in the Highlands, 146; everyone afraid of, 152; and Tranby Croft affair, 161, 162, 163; and Fife, 181; Golden Jubilee, 188; death, 191; and state opening of Parliament, 206; and the Gladstones, 229; her style of travelling abroad, 236

comments on her by: Henry James, 191; Lady Macclesfield, 114; Frederick Ponsonby, 298; Lady Warwick, 174

and her family: Princess Royal, 3, 5; Albert, 3, 4, 47, 75–76; Crown Princess Frederick, 44; death of her mother, 45; marriage of Princess Helena, 85; birth of Prince George, 86; death of Pss of W’s baby, 111; and Wilhelm II, 152, 267, 273, 277; encourages marriage between Victoria of Prussia and Alexander of Battenberg, 265; and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, 266

and P of W: birth of P of W, 3; she compares him to his father, 4; and his names, 4; and the child, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18; and his ambition to join army, 23; she praises him, 34; and a marriage for P of W, 40, 42, 44, 57; considers him heartless, 45; and Nellie Clifden affair, 46, 50; blames him for Albert’s death, 47–48, 49; instructions to P of W, 50, 61, 129, 138; disapproves of his friends, 73, 174; and of his frivolity, 74, 81–82; refuses to allow him any responsibility or authority, 77, 123–24, 150–52; and P and Pss of W, 83–84, 92; and P of W’s children, 81, 101, 132, 182, 185; annoyed about P of W in Egypt, 103; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; and P of W’s holidays, 124; and Indian tour, 131, 132, 133; P of W brings a present for, 137–38; refuses to allow him to go to Egypt, 145; disagreements, 145–46; and his finances, 201; disapproves of his friendships with French nobility, 256; and squabble between P of W and Wilhelm II, 268

and Pss of W: 91, 129; before Alexandra’s marriage, 59; disapproves of her, 81, 86, 91–92, 93; relationship between, 87, 153; goes to see her, 87

quoted on: birth of P of W, 3; moulding P of W in Albert’s image, 4; children, 6, 18; P of W and Princess Royal, 12; P of W, 13, 19, 24, 40, 49, 51, 87, 145, 148; Albert, 15–16, 22, 47; Alexandra, 41, 57, 58, 59; Crown Princess Frederick, 42; Albert’s death, 48; P and Pss of W, 63, 73, 87, 115; Prince Affie, 82; Queen of Denmark, 85; Pss of W, 83, 84, 86, 87, 93, 153; extravagance, 106; P of W’s dislike of reading, 127; Prince Eddy, 183, 185; Golden Jubilee, 188; Alexander of Battenberg, 265; Wilhelm II, 267

Vienna, P of W in, 49, 268

Vitzthum, Count, 60

Voisin, Dr (French tutor), 13

Vyner, Mrs Robert, 242

Waddington, Mme, 243

Waldemar, Prince of Denmark (1858–

1909), 83

Walden, William Montagu-Hay, Viscount, later 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911), 99

Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, see Edward VII, King

Wales, Alexandra, Princess of, see Alexandra, Queen

Wales, Prince of, see George, Prince

Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, 6^th Baron (1843–1919), 97

Walters, Catherine, 128, 239

Warwick, Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of (1861–1938), 197; her history, 157–58; and P of W, 157, 158, 159, 167; and Beresford, 158; and Tranby Croft affair, 160; a socialist, 168; her house-parties, 168–70; on P of W, 170; and Pss of W, 170, 193; on Jews, 174–75; on KE’s taste in music, 197

Warwick, Francis Richard Greville, 5th Earl of (1853–1924), 157

Watson, George Lennox (1851–1904), 270

Wavertree, William Hall Walker, Baron (1856–1933), 247

Wellard (footman), 236

Wellesley, Gerald Valerian (1809–82), 13, 21, 73, 112

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769–1852), 4

Wentworth, ‘Long John’, 33

Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess, later 2nd Duke of (1825–99), 68, 287

Wharncliffe, Edward Montagu Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, 3rd Baron and 1st Earl of (1827–99), 99, 155

Whewell, William (1794–1866), 44

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903), 155

White Lodge, 19

Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford (1805–73), 7, 29, 51, 65

Wilde, Oscar (1854–1900), 173

Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia (1882–1951), 266

Wilhelm, Prince of Orange (1840–79), 42

Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and first German Emperor (1797–1888): Pss of W and, 92; P of W and, 92, 103; opposed to his grand-daughter’s marriage, 266; death of, 266

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1942) as Prince : bad behaviour at his uncle’s wedding, 64–65; confirmation, 125; King Kalakaua given precedence over, 147; wedding, 148; and P of W, 266, 269, 270; and QV, 266; opposed to his sister’s marriage, 266; becomes Kaiser, 266

as Kaiser : late for dinner at Osborne, 152; congratulates Kruger, 152; Mrs Keppel sits next to, 172; yachtsman, 269; his navy, 270; suggests an Anglo-German alliance, 272; at Sandringham, 272–73; on KE, 273; and death of QV, 191, 271; makes a speech, 207; decorates British officers and men, 211; and Pope Leo, 251, 252; Nicholas II and, 262; officiously knowledgeable, 267, 271, 273; personality and appearance, 266; visits to England, 269, 271, 272–73, 275; 40th birthday greetings from KE, 274; prophesies war with England, 275–76; KE and, 276; on his discussion of armaments with KE, 276; tries to make KE’s and QA’s visit a success, 276; his rules for court balls, 279; Sardanapalus, 280; patronizing behaviour, 301

comments on him by: KE, 274; Francis Knollys, 271; Pss of W, 271; QV, 152

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1787–4867), 41

William, Prince of Denmark, later King George I of Greece (1845–1913), 83

Williams, Owen Lewis Cope (1836–1904), 130, 140

Wilson, Arthur (1836–1909), 160

Windsor Castle: Alexandra arrives at, 61–62; QV and Pss of W at, 87; KE makes changes at, 193; trouble over music at, 197; golf course at, 198; impromptu dances at, 201

Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805–73), 33

Wolseley, Sir Garnet Joseph, later cr Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913), 145, 179

Wood, Fernando, 34

Wood, Mrs Henry (1814–87), 197

Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723), 67

Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert, later 3rd Baron Carrington and Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843–1928): on P of W, 15, 135, 140; on Albert, 15; P of W makes a friend of, 37; and Nellie Clifden, 40; P of W writes to, 50; his history, 72; P of W and, 100, 107, 193; on Mackenzie, 99; his father’s warning, 100; on Harriet Mordaunt, 107; on the monarchy, 117; and Indian tour, 129, 137; on Aylesford, 140; expedition with P of W to London slums, 144; coins a phrase, 153; on dinner party at Marlborough House, 195; on Esher, 193; on receiving Order of the Garter, 193; on life at Sandringham, 219; on KE as a speaker, 206; and Third Reform Bill demonstration, 284; and death of KE, 299

York, Duchess of, see May of Teck, Princess

York, Duke of, see George, Prince Young, Sir Allen William (1827–1915)