Queen's House (62 page)

34
. Queen Victoria, 31 December 1843,
Journal.
Quoted Christopher Lloyd,
The Royal Collection,
Sinclair-Stevenson.

35
. Queen Victoria,
Letters.
Quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

36
. Quoted Sir Oliver Millar,
Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

37
.
ibid
.

38
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

39
.
ibid
.

40
.
ibid
.

41
. Prince Albert to Stockmar, 18 January 1842, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

42
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

43
.
ibid
.

44
.
ibid
.

45
.
ibid
.

46
.
ibid
.

47
.
ibid
.

48
. John Pudney,
The Smallest Room,
Alan Sutton, 1984.

49
.
ibid
.

50
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

51
. Boswell, James,
Boswell's Journal 1762–1763,
ed. F. A. Pottle, Heinemann, 1950.

52
. Prince Albert to his father, May 1842,
Letters.

53
.
The Times,
December 1840.

54
.
The Times,
17 March 1841.

55
.
The Times,
23 March 1841.

56
. Charles Dickens,
The Letters,
ed. Storey, Pilletson and Easson, vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 1993.

57
. Quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

58
. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his son, Baron E. von Stockmar.

59
.
The Times,
24 June 1842.

60
. E. S. Turner,
The Court of St James,
Michael Joseph, 1959.

61
.
ibid
.

62
.
The Times
, April 1841.

63
. Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel, 10 February 1845,
Letters.

64
. Annual Register, June 1845.

65
. Anonymous, quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace.

66
.
The Times,
13 August 1846, including a letter from the architect, Blore, confirming the need for Palace improvements.

67
. Letter from ‘Sphinx',
The Times,
24 August 1846.

68
. Clifford Smith, Buckingham Palace.

69
.
The Builder
, August 1846.

70
. Queen Victoria, 10 June 1849,
Journal.

71
. Quoted Hermione Hobhouse,
Thomas Cubitt,
Macmillan, 1971.

72
.
ibid
.

73
. Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort
.

74
. Quoted
ibid.

75
. Queen Victoria, 28 February 1854,
Journal.

76
. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 27 February 1855,
Letters.

77
. Frieda Arnold,
My Mistress the Queen,
Transl. Sheila de Bellaigue, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.

78
. G. Tyack,
Sir James Pennethorne and the Making of Victorian London
, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

79
. Thomas Cubitt, quoted Hermione Hobhouse,
Thomas Cubitt.

80
.
ibid
.

81
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
The Story of Buckingham Palace
, from The Builder, May 1856.

82
. Queen Victoria, 8 May 1856,
Journal.

83
. Queen Victoria to Lord Clarendon, 25 October 1857,
Letters.

84
. Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

85
. Punch, quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace
.

86
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

87.
Prince Albert to Bertie. His last letter to his son. Quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert Prince Consort.

88
. Queen Victoria, 1874,
Journal,
quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

89
. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 20 December 1861,
Letters.

90
. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 26 December 1861,
Letters.

91
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

92
. Queen Victoria, 3 February 1865,
Journal.

93
. Queen Victoria to Princess Alice, 26 July 1874, quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

94
. Queen Victoria to her daughter Vicky, February 1868, Kronberg Letters, quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

95
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

96
. Quoted E. S. Turner,
The Court of St James,
from Manners & Rules of Good Society.

97
.
ibid
.

98
. John Bright, quoted E. S. Turner,
The Court of St James.

99
. Queen Victoria, 20 June 1887,
Journal.

100
. Lady Monkswell,
A Victorian Diarist,
John Murray, 1994.

101
.
ibid
.

102
. Dorothy Laird,
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother,
Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.

103
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Allen & Unwin, 1959.

104
.
ibid
.

105
.
ibid
.

106
. Prince George, Duke of York to Princess Mary, Duchess of York, quoted James Pope-Hennessey,
Queen Mary.

107
. Queen Victoria, 22 June 1897,
Journal.

108
. Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

CHAPTER SIX

1
. Lord Esher,
Journals and Letters,
Nicholson and Watson, 2 vols., 1934.

2
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Allen & Unwin, 1959.

3
.
The Times,
obituary of Edward VII, May 1910.

4
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
Cassell, 1951.

5
. Sir Philip Magnus,
King Edward VII,
John Murray, 1903.

6
. Lord Esher,
Journals and Letters
.

7
.
ibid
.

8
. Sir Lionel Cust,
King Edward VII and His Court,
John Murray, 1930.

9
.
ibid
.

10
.
ibid

11
.
ibid
.

12
.
ibid
.

13
.
ibid
.

14
. Sir Philip Magnus,
King Edward VII.

15
.
ibid
.

16
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

17
. Quoted
ibid.

18
. John Martin Robinson,
Buckingham Palace,
Michael Joseph, 1995.

19
. Quoted Sir Philip Magnus,
King Edward VII.

20
. Sir Lionel Cust,
King Edward VII and his Court
.

21
. Sir Philip Magnus,
King Edward VII.

22
. Sir Lionel Cust,
King Edward VII and His Court
.

23
.
ibid
.

CHAPTER SEVEN

1
. J. R. Clynes,
Memoirs,
1924–1937, Hutchinson, 1937.

2
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Allen &Unwin, 1959.

3
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.

4
.
ibid
.

5
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
Cassell, 1951.

6
. ibid.

7
. ibid.

8
.
ibid
.

9
.
ibid
.

10
.
ibid
.

11
.
ibid
.

12
. Queen Mary to
King George V
, quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

13
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983.

14
. Queen Mary to the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (her aunt), 26 February 1911, quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

15
. Queen Mary, quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

16
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

17
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.

18
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

19
. ibid.

20
.
The Times
, October 1913.

21
.
The Times,
1 November 1913.

22
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

23
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, from Queen Mary, 4 June 1914,
Diary.

24
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

25
. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94. Report by Charles Allom of the firm White Allom, describing in detail the work done at Buckingham Palace ‘under the personal supervision of Queen Mary'.

26
. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.

27
. Royal Archives, Queen Mary to the Marquess of Cambridge, February 1925. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

28
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

29
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

30
. Quoted Kenneth Rose,
King George V,
King George V, 4 August 1914,
Diary.

31
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

32
.
The Times,
8 September 1914.

33
. Charles Allom Report, Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.

34
. John Martin Robinson,
Buckingham Palace,
Royal Palaces, Michael Joseph, 1995

35
. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.

36
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie
Thatched with Gold

37
.
ibid
.

38
. King George V to Queen Mary, Royal Archives, George V CC 4 163.

39
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

40
.
ibid
.

41
. Mary Agnes Hamilton,
Mary MacArthur.

42
.
ibid
.

43
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

44
.
ibid
.

45
. Queen Mary to Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 24 March 1916, quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

46
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Queen Mary, December 1916,
Diary.

47
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

48
.
ibid
.

49
.
ibid
.

50
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.

51
.
ibid
.

52
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.

53
.
ibid
.

54
. Lord Esher,
Journals and Letters,
Nicholson and Watson, 2 vols., 1934.

55
. Harold Nicolson,
King George V:His Life and Reign
, Constable, 1952.

56
.
ibid
.

57
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.

58
. Dorothy Laird,
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother,
Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.

59
.
ibid
.

60
.
ibid
.

61
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

62
. J. R. Clynes,
Memoirs.

63
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

64
.
ibid
.

65
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
quoting Lord Salisbury, House of Lords, Hansard, May 1926.

66
.
ibid
.

67
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

68
.
ibid
.

69
.
ibid
.

70
.
ibid
.

71
. Harold Nicolson,
King George V:His Life and Reign
.

72
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.

73
. E. S. Turner,
The Court of St James,
Michael Joseph, 1959.

74
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.

75
.
ibid
.

76
.
ibid

77
.
ibid
.

78
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.

79
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.

80
.
ibid
.

81
.
ibid
.

82
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries.

83
. Harold Nicolson,
King George V:His Life and Reign
.

84
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.