Christopher Hibbert - Edward VII - The Last Victorian King

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