Authors: Matthew Dennison
Tags: #History, #Europe, #Great Britain, #Biography & Autobiography, #Royalty
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
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
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
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
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,
18
,
86
,
87
National Art Training School,
74
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
Phillip, John,
16
Phillips, Robert (jeweller),
80
Phipps, Sir Charles,
44
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, Rowland (
later
ist Baron Ernie),
183
. 197
Pryde, Miss (governess),
105
Quarr Abbey,
155
–6
Ramsgate,
110
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
Rice-Oxley, (Sir) Alfred,
244
Ripon,
224
Ripon, William Boyd-Carpenter, Bishop of,
193
–4> 2–39
Rosenau Castle,
40
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
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
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
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
Sohn, Carl Rudolph,
90
,
120
,
121
,
127
,
129
,
228
South Africa: Zulu uprising,
88
–9; Boer War,
208
,
210
Soveral, Marquess de,
234
Spectator, The,
263
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