Christopher Hibbert - Edward VII - The Last Victorian King

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