The Last Princess (52 page)
Authors: Matthew Dennison
Tags: #History, #Europe, #Great Britain, #Biography & Autobiography, #Royalty
Brett, Dorothy,
217
Brett, Sylvia,
217
Bright, John,
140
–41
Brindle, Robert, Bishop of Nottingham,
236
Britannia
(training ship),
228
British Empire Exhibition (1924),
253
Brotherstone, Mrs (nurse),
164
,
169
Brown, John: relationship with Queen Victoria,
32
,
44
,
76
,
77
,
85
,
87
,
95
–101,
109
,
128
,
157
; death,
94
–5,
101
,
113
,
114
,
118
,
172
Bruce, Lady Augusta
(later
Stanley): observations on royal family life, II,
17
,
19
,
33
,
42
,
45
,
71
; at Prince of Wales's wedding,
36
; as confidante to Princess Beatrice,
43
–4
Bruce, General Robert,
37
Bryan, Elizabeth,
25
Buccleuch, Louisa Jane, Duchess of,
149
–50
Buchanan, Meriel,
124
Bulteel, Bessie,
224
,
254
,
255
,
259
,
260
Bulteel, Mary
(later
Lady Ponsonby),
14
,
16
,
26
,
56
,
73
–4,
121
,
205
,
213
Bury and Norwich Post
(newspaper),
181
Bystander, The
(journal),
230
Cadogan, George, 5th Earl,
246
–7
Carnarvon, George Herbert, 5th Earl of,
229
Caldesi, Leonida,
6
Cambridge, Prince George, 2nd Duke of,
78
,
79
,
155
Camden Place, Kent,
86
Campbell, Dr (minister),
84
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry,
236
Canterbury, Edward Benson, Archbishop of,
106
,
153
Canterbury, Randall Davidson, Archbishop of,
218
,
235
Canterbury, John Sumner, Archbishop of,
7
Canterbury, Archibald Tait, Archbishop of,
81
Carey, Captain Jahleel Brenton,
89
Carisbrooke, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of
see
Alexander of Battenberg, Prince
Carisbrooke, Irene, Marchioness of,
249
,
255
,
261
,
264
,
265
Carisbrooke Castle,
183
,
197
,
209
,
231
,
243
,
255
,
256
–7; Church of St Nicholas-in-Castro,
248
Carroll, Lewis:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
30
Carter, Howard,
229
Catholicism,
235
–6
Channel Islands,
180
Charles, Prince, Duke of Albany
(later
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha),
202
Charles of Hesse, Princess
(earlier
Princess Elizabeth of Prussia),
76
Charles of Leiningen, Prince,
2
Charlotte of Prussia, Princess
(later
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen),
11
,
20
,
61
,
62
,
118
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince,
70
,
184
,
234
,
251
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess
see
Helena, Princess Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince,
242
Christmas: royal family's celebrations,
18
,
22
,
26
,
52
–3,
78
,
159
,
196
,
249
Clarence, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of
see
Albert Victor of Wales, Prince
Clarendon, George Villiers, 4th Earl of,
10
,
23
Clark, Sir James: on Queen Victoria's mental health,
1
; and birth of Princess Beatrice,
2
,
4
,
13
; and ‘De Frigoribus Effectis’ thesis, n o,
111
–12
Clyne Castle,
178
Coats, Jeanne, Lady,
244
Cochrane, Colonel and Lady Adela,
155
Cochrane, Minna ('Minnie'),
136
–7,
141
,
174
,
201
,
259
,
260
,
261
–2
Cockerell, Sir Sydney,
217
,
220
–21
Colliery Guardian
(newspaper),
170
–71
Collinson
&
Lock (furniture-makers),
108
Colville, Lady Cynthia,
217
,
220
Commerce, Le
(newspaper),
111
Connaught, Prince Arthur, Duke of
see
Arthur, Prince
Connaught, Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of ('Louischen'),
108
,
166
,
192
,
251
Conneau, Louis,
89
Corelli, Marie,
213
Corfu,
179
Corsica,
186
Craig-y-Nos Castle,
178
Craithie kirk,
84
Cranworth, Robert Rolfe, ist Baron,
2
Crozier, Mrs Pearson,
256
Cubitt, Thomas,
125
Cygnet
(gunboat),
114
Daily Mail,
66
Daily Telegraph,
263
d'Albert, Eugen,
59
Dante Alighieri,
8
Darmstadt,
104
,
119
,
124
–5,
127
–8,
185
–6,
265
Dash (spaniel),
66
Davidson, Randall, Dean of Windsor
and later
Archbishop of Canterbury,
160
,
218
,
235
‘De Frigoribus Effectis’ thesis,
110
–112
de Ros, William, 23rd Baron,
41
,
42
,
153
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill (1879; 1896),
104
–6
Denison, Lady Irene
(later
Marchioness of Carisbrooke),
249
,
255
,
261
,
264
,
265
Derby, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of,
24
Derby, Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of
see
Stanley, Edward, Lord
Disraeli, Benjamin
(later
1st Earl of Beaconsfield),
88
,
104
–5;
Endymion,
74
East Cowes Castle,
149
Edinburgh,
41
Edinburgh, Prince Alfred, Duke of
see
Alfred, Prince
Edinburgh, Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of
see
Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Edward, Prince of Wales
(later
King Edward VII; ‘Bertie’): Queen's anxieties about,
4
; christening,
7
; Queen's control over,
10
; state visit to France (1855),
18
; and death of Prince Albert,
25
; marriage,
36
–8,
115
; relationship with Princess Beatrice,
43
,
233
—4; an£ l Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
49
; and family photographs,
64
; typhoid fever,
65
,
77
–8; and Princess Louise,
74
,
140
; thanksgiving service for his recovery,
78
–9,
86
; and Princess Beatrice's confirmation,
80
; and French imperial family,
86
; and John Brown,
100
; and Deceased Wife's Sister Bill,
103
–6; on Balmoral, no; and Princess Beatrice's relationship with Prince Henry of Battenberg,
131
; on Princess Beatrice's annuity,
141
; at Princess Beatrice's wedding,
152
; accession and coronation,
217
,
233
–4,
241
; and Princess Beatrice's editing of Queen Victoria's Journal,
218
; his papers,
220
; and disposal of Osborne,
226
–9; and marriage of Princess Victoria Eugenie (‘Ena’),
236
,
237
; death,
234
,
252
Edward of York, Prince
(later
Prince of Wales,
then
King Edward VIII,
afterwards
Duke of Windsor),
230
,
251
Edwards, Sir Fleetwood,
216
,
217
,
218
Eider,
SS,
183
Elizabeth, Princess (1635–50),
256
Elizabeth, Princess, Landgravine of HesseHomburg,
161
Elizabeth of Hesse, Princess
(later
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia; ‘Ella’),
99
–100,
104
,
127
,
251
–2
Elliott, Charlotte: ‘Retrospection’,
59
Elphinstone, Constance, Lady,
213
,
246
Elphinstone, Major-General Sir Howard,
14
,
72
,
216
Ely, Jane, Marchioness of,
56
,
123
Erbach-Schonberg, Count Georg Augustus of,
161
Erbach-Schonberg, Count Gustav of,
161
Erbach-Schonberg, Princess Marie, Countess of
see
Marie of Battenberg, Princess Ernest of Hesse, Prince
(later
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse),
108
,
243
Esher, Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount,
217
–20,
222
,
227
–8,
234
Eton College,
148
Eugenie, Empress of the French: friendship with Queen Victoria,
8
,
89
; and state visit to France (1855),
18
; and Louis Napoleon,
86
–9; godmother to Princess Victoria Eugenie ('Ena'),
153
,
166
,
233
,
236
; at Farnborough Hill,
157
; visits Osborne (1890),
174
; at Cap Martin,
213
,
236
; death,
251
Osborne (1890),
174
; at Cap Martin,
213
,
236
; death,
251
Eversley, Charles Shaw-Lefevre, ist Viscount,
183
Ewart, Major General Sir Henry,
181
Fairy
(yacht),
20
Farnborough Hill,
157
Feodora of Leiningen, Princess,
8
,
40
,
46
,
62
Ferguson, Robert,
2
Ferouz
(yacht),
229
Flora (pony),
44
France: state visit to (1855),
18
,
88
; collapse of Second Empire,
86
; Queen Victoria's holidays (1882, 1891, 1894),
111
,
114
–15,
180
,
182
; Princess Beatrice's rest-cures (1883 and 1887),
113
—14; Princess Beatrice visits following Prince Henry's death (1896),
188
,
192
–3,
202
; and following Queen Victoria's death (1901),
213
; Princess Beatrice's holiday (1913),
240
Franz Josef of Battenberg, Prince,
125
,
150
,
251
Frederick, Empress
see
Victoria, Princess Royal
Frederick of Prussia, Crown Prince
(later
Frederick III, German Emperor; ‘Fritz'): at Princess Beatrice's christening,
7
–8; engagement and marriage 2,
9
; and Prince of Wales's wedding,
38
; visit to Windsor (1865),
53
; and Princess Beatrice's marriage,
138
,
152
—3; cancer,
165
; death,
194
Friedrichshof,
213
Frith, William Powell,
37
–8
George III, King: madness of,
1
George, Prince, 2nd Duke of Cambridge,
78
. 79. 155
George of Wales, Prince
(later
Prince of Wales,
then
King George V): and Queen Victoria's relationship with John Brown,
94
–5; and Prince Henry of Battenberg,
182
,
199
; marriage,
201
; 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
; accession and coronation,
241
,
252
; visit to Princess Henry of Battenberg Hospital,
244
; and relinquishing of German titles,
248
–9; relationship with Princess Beatrice,
252
; death,
254
