Aberdeen, Lord, Prime Minister,
240, 245, 276.
Adelaide, Queen, 69, 147.
Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, 51-53, 129 et seq.; ap-
pointed Regent, 161; biogra-
phies of, 313-318; birth and
parentage, 134; growing power
and influence, 167 et seq.; ig-
nored by Palmerston, 207-208;
last illness and death, 292-
296; last years of, 253 et seq.;
marriage to Queen Victoria,
152; memorials and monu-
ments, 318-326; opposes Palm-
erston's policy, 220-235; plans
"Great Exhibition," 196 et
seq.; Private Secretary to the
Queen, 187-188; references to,
385, 386, 402-406; remarkable
triumph of, 202; reorganiza-
tion of Royal household, 181-
187; restored to popular fa-
vor, 252; tributes by British
statesmen, 298-300; unpopular
with upper classes, 204-206;
violent outburst against, 241
et seq; visits to London, 51-
53; 132-134.
Albert dock, opening of, 196.
Albert Memorial Hall, 320, 328.
Aldershot, 270, 352.
Alexander, Prince, 49.
Alexander, Prince of Battenberg,
383-389.
America, civil war in, 292-293.
Amorbach, 23, 30.
Anglo-Russian War, 359.
Anson, George, 148, 155, 166.
Arnold, Dr., 40.
Augustus, Prince, 1, 2, 50, 51.
Austria, 235-237, 311.
Balmoral Castle, 264-265, 277,
305, 357, 369, 390-391, 408;
life of Royal family at de-
scribed, 265-268.
Balmoral House, 262.
Beaconsfield, Earl, see Disraeli.
Beaconsfield, Lady, 344.
Beards for British sailors, 333-
334.
Bedford, Duke of, (footnote) 96.
Belgium, 21, 46, 106, 108.
Bismarck, 274, 309, 387, 388.
Brandon, Lady, 89.
Bronte, Charlotte, quoted, 176.
Brown, John, 371-375, 413.
Brougham, 2, 32-33.
Buckingham Palace, 75, 77, 79,
111, 173, 181-185, 378, 383.
Buggins, Lady Cecilia, 9.
Congress of Berlin, 364.
Congress of Vienna, 3, 327.
Conroy, Sir John, 55-56, 61, 75,
111, 124.
Conyngham, Lord, 64, 68.
Corn Laws, repeal of, 191.
Creevey, 13, 14, 17, 22, 91.
Crimean War, 246, 252, 268,
360.
Crisis over conflict between Rus-
sia and Turkey, 359-364.
Crystal Palace, 202. See also
Great Exhibition.
Cumberland, Duke of, 8-9, 18, 32,
33, 39; king of Hanover,
Denmark, 309-312.
Derby, Lord, 305, 327, 350, 357,
362, 364, 393.
Dilke, Sir Charles, 340-341.
Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield,
327 et seq.; 382, 393, 397, 411:
death of, 366; diplomatic tri-
umph at Congress of Berlin,
364; Prime Minister, 343 et
seq.; tribute to Prince Albert,
299.
Durham, Lord, 45.
Eastern Question, Prince Albert's
comments on, 269.
East India Company, 197.
Edinburgh, Duke of, 356.
Edward, Duke of Kent, 3, 8, 10-
19, 21-29.
Eliot, George, 396.
Emperor of Russia, 2.
English Constitution, 300.
Ernest, Prince, 51-53, 134, 160.
Ernst, Prince, 49.
Eugénie, Empress, 272-273, 375.
Feodora, daughter of Princess of
Saxe-Coburg, 23, 36, 46, 69,
Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Co-
burg, 50-51, 79.
France, 24, 226-227, 231.
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Saalfeld, 19-20.
Frogmore Mausoleum, 318, 404.
General Election of 1886, 381.
George I, 300.
George III, 7, 186, 249, 411;
daughters of, 10; death of, 29;
sons of, 7-10.
George IV, 32, 34, 37, 38, 46,
205, 396.
Germany, 24, 142, 145, 177, 219,
221, 226, 277, 388.
Gibraltar, 10.
Gladstone, Prime Minister, 327
et seq., 380-382, 393, 411.
Gloucester, Duchess of, 37.
Gordon, General, death of, 380.
Granville, Lord, Foreign Min-
ister, 239-240, 310, 313, 314.
"Great Exhibition," (Crystal
Palace), character of struc-
ture, 199; designed by Joseph
Paxton, 198; planned by
Prince Albert, 196-197; public
opposition to, 198-199; success-
ful opening and operation, 199-
203.
Gregory XVI, Pope, 142.
Greville, Clerk of Privy Council,
71, 97, 98, 397.
Greville Memoirs, 396.
Grey, General, 315.
Grey, Lord, 78, 83, 207, 300.
Guizot, Prime Minister
France, 212, 213, 216.
Hastings, Lady Flora, 62, 111-
112, 125, 149.
Hawarden, 331.
Haynau, General, 235-236.
Helps, Sir Arthur, 315, 317, 397.
Home Rule, 381.
House of Coburg, 79.
House of Commons, 18, 163, 232,
249, 328, 331, 332, 341, 349.
House of Brunswick, 280.
House of Lords, 18, 312, 335.
House of Wettin, 19.
Imperialism, 357, 412, 414.
Irish Church, 331-333.
Irish Reforms, 332.
Isabella, Queen of Spain, 211 et
seq.
Jordan, Mrs. 8-9.
Jubilee Celebration, 383. See
also Victoria.
Karim, Munshi Abdul, 413.
Kars, 269.
Khartoum, 380.
Kensington, 24, 30, 33, 35, 36,
57, 59, 61, 64, 65, 68, 75, 323.
King of Prussia, 174.
King of Saxony, 174.
Kossuth, 237.
Lamb, William, Viscount Mel-
bourne, see Melbourne.
Lancaster, Duchy of, 92.
Lehzen, Baroness, governess of
Victoria, 34, 36, 43, 46-48, 61,
71, 76, 77, 82, 89, 93, 110, 124,
148, 152, 154, 158, 167, 168,
407.
Leiningen, Prince of, 20.
Leiningen, Princess of, 20-21;
marriage to Duke of Kent, 21.
Leopold, Prince, 212, 214-216.
Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg,
2-7, 16, 19, 29, 31; King of
Belgium, 45, 57-59, 66-67, 79,
81, 93, 101, 103-110, 129, 134,
139, 141, 143, 147, 164, 172,
175, 177, 214, 216, 367.
Liberal Administration, 412.
Liberal defeat, 1874, 343.
Liberals returned to power, 1880,
Louis Philippe, 174, 175, 212,
214-218, 270.
Lyttelton, Lady, 172; quoted,
Maclean Trial, the, 379.
Macleod, Dr. Norman, 408.
Maria II, Queen of Portugal, 79
Martin, Theodore, 314-316.
Melbourne, Lord, Prime Minister,
69, 82 et seq.; 152, 161, 163,
165-167, 171, 179, 190-193, 271.
328, 392.
Metternich, Prince, 12.
Montpensier, Duc de, 213-217.
Murray, Lady Augusta, 9.
Napoleon, III, 238, 270-272, 338,
351.
National Museum, 202.
Nicholas, Tsar of Russia, 174.
Nield, John, 340.
Northumberland, Duchess of, 44.
Orange, Prince of, 2, 57.
Osborne, purchased for Royal
residence, 193, 194, 209, 220,
260, 288, 305, 333, 353, 368,
387, 390, 415, 422.
Owen, Robert, 11, 12, 27.
Palmerston, Lord, 78, 79, 82,
106; Foreign Minister, 206 et
seq., 245; Prime Minister, 252,
270, 275-277, 299, 304, 308,
309, 312, 321, 322, 327.
Parliament, 19, 38, 122, 173, 334,
338, 339, 340, 352.
Parliament, Houses of, rebuild-
ing of, 180-181.
Paxton, Joseph, designer of Crys-
tal Palace, 198, 200.
Peel, Sir Robert, 71, 78, 116, 117,
121-123, 147, 164, 166, 180,
188, 189, 192, 193, 198, 223,
231, 327.
Piccadilly, 327.
Portugal, quarrel over, 218.
Prince Consort, see Albert.
Princess Royal of Great Britain,
277-279.
Princess Royal of Prussia, 8.
Prussia, 308, 309; Crown Prin-
cess of, 387-389.
Public Worship Regulation Bill,
349.
Queen's Highland Journal, 374.
"Red Room Wine," 186.
Reform Bill, 39, 86, 114, 246,
342.
Republicanism in England, 338.
Roberts, Lord, 422.
Rosenau, 136, 177, 194, 288,
295.
Royal Family, the, 193, 257, 367,
375, 386.
Royal Title, change of, 358-359.
Russell, Lord John, 72, 192, 207,
226-229, 230, 233, 235, 237-239,
249, 252, 276, 293, 304, 327.
Russia, 231, 234; clash with,
359-364.
Rutland, Duchess of, 38.
St. Laurent, Madame, 14-16, 18,
19.
Salisbury, Bishop of, 2.
Salisbury, Lord, 357, 364, 384,
389, 393, 411.
Saxe-Coburg, Duke of, 19, 51;
Duchy of, 19-20; Princess of,
16, 18.
Schleswig-Holstein Question, 229,
234, 308-313.
Scott, Gilbert, 320-326.
Sebastopol, fall of, 274-275.
Sefton, Lord, 17.
Seven Weeks War, 311.
Sibthorpe, Colonel, 199.
Sidney, Sir Philip, 329.
South African War, 420, 422.
Spain, diplomatic crisis concern-
ing, 211-217.
Späth, Madame de, 34, 36, 61, 62.
Stockmar, Christian Friedrich, 4,
29, 67, 69, 77-82, 90, 134, 140,
143, 152, 156-158, 162, 165,
179, 181, 188, 199, 223, 232,
246-248, 251, 258, 282-287, 301,
348, 407.
Suez Canal, 349.
Sussex, Duke of, 8, 9.
Tennyson, Lord, 396.
"The Boy Jones," 183-186.
Tories, the, 38, 122, 146, 148, 162,
163, 343.
Victoria, Mary Louise, Duchess
of Kent, 16, 18, 19, 21-25, 29-
30, 32, 35, 37 et seq., 73-75,
111, 124, 134, 291.
Victoria, Princess, antecedents
of, 1-22; birth of, 24; child-
hood of, 25-70; christening of,
26-27; prophecy concerning,
23; Queen of Great Britain,
68 et seq.; attempts upon life
of. 375-379; bereavements, 375;
children of, 257, 367; closing
scenes, 420 et seq.; happy mar-
ried life of, 253-296; Jubilee
Celebration, 383; made Em-
press of India, 357-359; mar-
riage, 152; official relations
with Beaconsfield, 327-366;
with Gladstone, 327-366; with
Palmerston, 204 et seq.; reli.
gious beliefs, 406-408; widow-
hood, 297-326.
Victorian Age, 195.
"Victoria-Stift," 290.
Wales, Prince of, 170, 193, 258-
260, 280-282, 292, 328, 368,
386-387, 407.
Wellington, Duke of, 17, 18, 22,
71. 113, 117, 121, 123, 147,
250.
Westminster Abbey, 383.
Whigs, the, 32, 39, 83, 116, 128,
148, 189, 192, 240.
Whig Ministry, 56, 247; resigna-
tion of, 167.
Whitehall Gardens, 354.
Wilberforce, 32.
William, King, 53 et seq.; death
of, 68.
William III, 248.
William IV, 396.
Windsor, 7, 37, 56, 59, 68, 96,
144, 159, 168, 173, 186, 190,
271, 273, 278, 305, 359, 375,
391, 394, 401.
"Woman's Rights," 409.
York, Duke of, 8, 13, 14, 17, 32,
38.
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