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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