The Last Princess (54 page)

Lowe, Miss (dancing teacher),
44

Lyric Theatre,
216

Lyttelton, Sarah, Lady,
18

Lytton, Edith, Countess of: on Balmoral,
111
; and Princess Beatrice's shyness,
121
; and her maternal nature,
183
; and death of Prince Henry,
192
,
195
,
200
; on Minnie Cochrane,
201

Macclesfield, Mary, Countess of,
43

Macdonald, Annie,
26
–7

McGonagall, William,
189

Madeira,
192

Madrid,
237
–40,
251
,
255

Mallet, Henry,
201

Mallet, Marie: on Princess Beatrice,
85
,
222
,
225
,
232
,
241
,
243
; on Balmoral,
109
; at Osborne,
113
; and royal amateur
dramatics,
172
,
174
,
177
; on Prince Henry's sailing trips,
179
; and death of Prince Henry,
190
,
194
–5,
200
–201; on Arthur Bigge,
206
; and death of Queen Victoria,
214

Malta,
160

Manchester, Louise, Duchess of,
23

Maori chiefs: reception at Osborne,
39

Margaret of Connaught, Princess (
later
Crown Princess of Sweden),
108

Margaret of Prussia, Princess (
later
Princess Frederick of Hesse-Cassel),
212

Maria Christina, Queen of Spain,
236
,
247

Marie of Battenberg, Princess (
later
Countess of Erbach-Schonberg),
125
,
154
,
157
,
158
–9,
161
,
178
,
185
,
189
,
238
,
251

Marie of Edinburgh, Princess (
later
Queen of Roumania),
141
,
142

Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (
later
Duchess of Edinburgh,
then
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha),
83
,
120
,
142
–3,
195
–6

Marie Alexandrovna, Princess (Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia),
49

Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess,
65
,
243
–4,
246

Marochetti, Carlo,
28
,
215

Martin, Helen, Lady,
188

Martin, (Sir) Theodore,
51
,
52
,
85
,
106
,
107
,
188
,
221

Mary of Teck, Princess (
later
Duchess of York,
then
Princess of Wales,
afterwards
Queen Mary; ‘May’): and death of Prince Henry,
201
; her photography,
204
; and Princess Beatrice's editing of Queen Victoria's Journal,
220
; and Osborne,
227
; and death of Edward VII,
234
; and marriage of Princess Victoria Eugenie (‘Ena’),
237
; visit to Princess Henry of Battenberg Hospital,
244
; coronation,
256
; and
In Napoleonic Days,
262; on destruction of Darmstadt,
265

Mary Adelaide, Princess, Duchess of Teck,
42
,
103
,
153
,
165
,
198
,
200

Maud of Wales, Princess (
later
Queen of Norway),
61
,
141
,
142
,
234

Maurice of Battenberg, Prince: birth,
168
–9; childhood,
211
,
229
; and deaths of Prince Henry and Queen Victoria,
214
; military career,
242
–3; death,
245
–6

Maximilian, Archduke of Austria (
later
Emperor of Mexico),
7

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augusta, Grand Duchess of,
237

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount,
15

Melville, Alexander,
176

Memoirs of Wilhelmine, Margravine of Bayreuth,
161

Menton,
114

Milner, Sir Frederick,
244
,
245

Minto, Mary, Lady,
198

Montefiore, Sir Moses,
134

Moreton, Colonel Augustus Macdonald,
244

Morgan, Miss (dresser),
99

Morral, Mateo,
238

Mottistone, Evelyn, Lady,
228
,
254

Mottistone, John Seely, ist Baron
see
Seely, Colonel J.E.B.

Mountbatten, Lady Iris,
249
,
255
–6

Mountbatten, Lord Leopold
see
Leopold of Battenberg, Prince

Murray, John,
160
–61,
245
,
260
,
261
–3

music,
17
,
57
–60,
92
–3,
172
–3,
244

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,
18
,
86
,
87

National Art Training School,
74

Nautet, Charlotte,
95
,
114

Negre, Joseph,
182

New Gallery, Bond Street,
204

Newport, Isle of Wight,
151

Nice,
114

Norele, Mademoiselle (governess),
41
,
85
,
112
,
153
,
175

Norris Castle,
149

Nottingham, Robert Brindle, Bishop of,
236

Noyes, Alfred,
256

Noyes, Hugh,
256

obstetrics,
2
–3

Onor of Hesse, Grand Duchess,
240

Order of the Garter,
150

Order of St Catherine,
83

Order of St John of Jerusalem,
160
,
253
Order of Victoria and Albert,
152
Osborne House: Queen Victoria's lying-in at,
8
; royal children's statues,
12
; Swiss Cottage,
14
,
17
–18,
44
; royal family's summers at,
20
,
44
; Queen Victoria's stay following Prince Albert's funeral,
26
; Princess Alice's wedding,
36
; reception of Maori chiefs,
39
; draughty windows,
43
, no; royal children stage play at,
50
; sledging at,
63
; pets'
portraits,
68
; at New Year 1869,
74
; the Terrace,
113
; Kent House,
137
,
149
,
226
; Princess Beatrice's wedding,
155
–6; Durbar Wing,
184
; disposal after Queen Victoria's death,
225
–9; Osborne Cottage,
226
–8,
230
,
250

Osborne
(yacht),
149

Ottewell, Benjamin,
106

Paget, Sir Augustus,
195

Paget, Catherine,
55

Paget, Walpurga, Lady,
195

Palmerston, Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount,
2
,
4
. 18,
34

Paris: state visit to (1855),
18
,
86

Parkins & Gotto (stationers),
219

Parratt (organist),
149

Paton, (Sir) Joseph Noel,
21

Patricia of Connaught, Princess (
later
Lady Patricia Ramsay; ‘Patsy’),
164
,
234
,
235

Patti, Adelina,
178
,
180

pets,
44
,
66
–8,
228

Phillip, John,
16

Phillips, Robert (jeweller),
80

Phipps, Sir Charles,
44

Phipps, Harriet,
112
,
174
,
204

Ponsonby, Arthur (
later
ist Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede),
175

Ponsonby, (Sir) Frederick (
later
ist Baron Sysonby; ‘Fritz’),
175
,
204
–6,
209
,
252

Ponsonby, (Sir) Henry: on Swiss holiday (1868),
56
–7; and Henry Graves,
84
; on Louis Napoleon and John Brown,
87
; on Queen Victoria's fondness for cold climates, ill; on Princess Beatrice's chances for marrying,
121
,
123
; on Ethel Cadogan,
137
; and Princess Beatrice's wedding,
145
,
146
,
153
; amateur dramatics,
174
; on Prince Henry of Battenberg,
182
; death,
204
,
226

Ponsonby, Mary, Lady
see
Bulteel, Mary

Ponsonby-Fane, Sir Spencer,
146

Pope-Hennessy, James,
227

Princess Henry of Battenberg Hospital for Officers,
244

Prothero, Canon George,
81
,
146

Prothero, Rowland (
later
ist Baron Ernie),
183
. 197

Pryde, Miss (governess),
105

Quarr Abbey,
155
–6

Ramsgate,
110

Ravenswood,
258
–9,
260
–61

Redfern (fashion house),
148

Reid, (Sir) James: physician to Queen Victoria,
95
,
114
,
124
; birth of Princess Beatrice's children,
162
–3,
164
,
166
,
168
; on royal amateur dramatics,
174
–5; anc l Prince Henry's relationship with Princess Louise,
199
–200; and Queen Victoria's failing health,
204
,
211
–12

Reid, Susan, (Lady),
211
–12

Reinhardsbrunn Castle,
40

republicanism,
75
,
140

Rice-Oxley, (Sir) Alfred,
244

Ripon,
224

Ripon, William Boyd-Carpenter, Bishop of,
193
–4> 2–39

Rosenau Castle,
40

Royal Academy of Arts,
83
,
84

Royal Albert Hall: opening of,
70

Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton,
157

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour,
106
–7, r 4 §

Royal Military Academy,
86

Royal Order of Victoria and Albert,
83

Royal Victorian Order,
197

Ryde,
151
; School of Art,
107

St George's Chapel, Windsor,
25
,
36
,
149

St Mildred's Church, Whippingham,
81
–2,
141
,
146
–7,
149
,
152
–3,
192
,
197
,
200
,
248

Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of,
192

‘Salut a la Princesse’ (Meyer),
115

Sandringham,
78
,
225

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred, Duke of
see
Alfred, Prince

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Augusta, Duchess of,
223
,
259
;
In Napoleonic Days,
241,
259
–60,
261
–3

Saxe-Meiningen, Bernard III, Duke of,
62

Scarborough,
215

Scilly, Isles of,
177
,
178
,
180
,
212

Scott, Sir Francis,
190
–91

Second World War,
257
,
259
–61,
264
,
265

Seely, Colonel J.E.B. (
later
ist Baron Mottistone),
240
,
242
,
245
,
247
,
257
,
261
,
264

Serge Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia,
127

Sheila
(yacht),
177
,
178
,
212

Sicily, i n,
250

Sierra Leone Messenger
(newspaper),
187

Skerrett, Miss (dresser), Ioo

Sketch, The
(newspaper),
245
–6

Slatin, Rudolf Carl von,
229

Smith, Elder & Co. (publishers),
107
–8,
160
,
161
,
245

Smith, John Taylor: consecration as Bishop of Sierra Leone,
187
; Ashanti expedition,
188
–9; and death of Prince Henry,
192
–3,
194
–5,
ZI4>
anc l Duchess of Albany,
201
–2; and Princess Beatrice's children,
211
–12,
214

Snow, John,
3
–4,
8
–9

Sohn, Carl Rudolph,
90
,
120
,
121
,
127
,
129
,
228

South Africa: Zulu uprising,
88
–9; Boer War,
208
,
210

Soveral, Marquess de,
234

Spain,
237
–40,
251
,
255

spas,
109
,
224

Spectator, The,
263

Sphere, The
(journal),
233
,
236

Stamfordham, Arthur Bigge, ist Baron
see
Bigge, (Sir) Arthur

Stanley, Arthur, Dean of Westminster,
41
,
44
–5

Stanley, Lady Augusta
see
Bruce, Lady Augusta

Stanley, Edward, Lord (
later
15th Earl of Derby),
10

Stanley, Eleanor,
14
,
20
,
26
–7,
43

Stanley, Mary,
37