Censoring Queen Victoria (23 page)

excisions: dismissal of Palmerston,
143

excisions: Leopold's criticisms of royal family,
167–168

excisions: printing difficulties caused by,
154–156

excisions: Victoria's criticisms of Charles,
169

excisions: Victoria's description of Irish,
161–162

excisions: Victoria's views of French,
162–164

excisions: Victoria's views on Russia,
165
,
167

exclusions: correspondence with Leopold I,
105
,
109–110

exclusions: Ferdinand's letters,
107–108

exclusions: foreign influence on Victoria,
104
,
110

exclusions: Lady Flora Hastings affair,
98–99
,
101

exclusions: references to pregnancy,
128

exclusions: Regency Act,
118

exclusions: retyping and,
68

exclusions: Victoria's pregnancies,
123

inclusions: Albert's influence,
112
–
113
,
117
,
123
,
139

inclusions: correspondence with Leopold I,
108–109
,
116

inclusions: influence of men,
133

inclusions: Palmerston's influence,
138

Ladies of Bedchamber crisis,
121–122

limitations as,
1–2
,
115

Lord Melbourne, admiration for,
100–101

Murray, contract with,
19

opposes official biography,
8–9

proposes publishing correspondence,
9

publication of
Letters of Queen Victoria
,
171

rapidity of work,
75

work begins,
62

Eton College,
13
,
50
,
52

Benson's work at,
15
,
16
,
17
,
38
,
48

Esher at,
21–22
,
29

Johnson (Cory) at,
21–22

Eugenie, Empress,
164

Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess,
94
,
95
,
125–126
,
164

Ferdinand I,
160

Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg (Fernando II of Portugal),
105
,
106
,
107
,
113
,
127
,
130
,
132–133

Florschütz, Herr,
112

France,
138
,
141–142
,
162–164

Frankfort Assembly (1848),
169

Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria,
141
,
160–161

Frederick, Duke of York,
2–3

Frederick, Empress,
66

French translations,
61
,
68

Gainsborough, Thomas,
73

George III,
2
,
70–71
,
73
,
168

George IV,
2–3
,
93
,
167–168

George of Denmark, Prince,
115

George V,
1
,
8
,
11
,
54–55
,
68

German correspondence,
60

German Emperor,
33

German states,
169

German translations,
61
,
68

Germany, volumes entitled,
66

Gladstone, William,
29
,
32–33

Gosse, Edmund,
18

Great Britain

constitutional monarchy,
137

dismissal of Palmerston,
137–143

England in 1838,
109
Entente cordiale
with France,
164

Ireland,
161–162

Victoria, visit to Edinburgh (1842),
129

Greville, Charles,
3
,
96–97
,
101
,
141

Grey, Albert,
23

Hamilton, Arthur,
47–48

Hanover, House of,
68
,
70–71
,
103
,
116

Hartington, Lord (Duke of Devonshire),
23
,
28

Hastings, Lady Flora,
94
,
95–96

Headlam, J.W.,
61
,
69

heterosexuality,
44–45

Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Prince of,
94

Holland (in 1838),
109

homosexuality

classical Greek education and,
22
,
51
,
173

homosexual literature,
49

homosexual men,
28
,
30
,
47

homosexual women,
45–46

homosociality

homosocial literature,
49

homosocial men,
40–41
,
48

Hua, Mr G.,
61
,
68

Hudson, Katherine,
99

Hungary,
141

indexes,
69
,
155

India,
152

Ireland,
161–162

Isabella, Queen of Spain,
138

Isherwood, Christopher,
26

John Murray (publisher)

approves of three volumes,
78

biographies of nineteenth century,
77

contract with editors,
19

Edward VII, approval for Volume I,
145–146

Esher and,
24

Hallam Murray,
71–72

John Murray IV,
19
,
98

previous royal publications,
19

printing difficulties over excisions,
154–156

printing technology,
71–72

publication of
Letters of Queen Victoria
,
171

selected as publisher,
18

The Times
and,
153

Volume III,
146

working methods,
68
,
69

Johnson, Ernlé,
28

Johnson, William

admiration for Lord Melbourne,
101

Journals of William Cory
,
49

marriage,
26

poems,
50–51

teacher at Eton,
21–22

Kensington Palace,
93

Kensington System,
94
,
95
,
126

Knollys, Lord

anxiety over access to royal material,
69
,
97–98

Benson and,
61
,
74
,
82
,
83

Bigge and,
148–151

Cust and,
72–73

Edward VII, ministers of,
135

Edward VII, secretary to,
13

Esher's correspondence with,
13
–
14
,
16
,
18
,
82
,
83
,
86
,
136–137

excisions ‘of the King' to Volume II,
158–159

Lee's biography,
97

publication of Albert's letters,
152

Kossuth, Lajos,
141

Kuhn, William,
8

‘Land of Hope and Glory' (Elgar),
13

Landsdowne, Lord,
149
,
151

Landseer,
73

Lawrence, D.H.,
31

Lawrence, Frieda,
31

Lee, Sir Sidney,
33
,
83
,
97

Lees-Milne, James,
7
,
16
,
34

Lehzen, Louise,
94
,
95
,
97

Leopold, Prince,
108–109

Leopold I, King of the Belgians

Albert, influence on,
112

Albert, paternity of,
111–112

champions family,
104

criticisms of royal family,
167–168

Dona Maria, correspondence to,
105–106

hears of Kensington System,
95

Melbourne, admiration for,
100

Nicholas I and,
165
,
166–167

Palmerston and,
138

Princess Charlotte, death of,
111–112

Princess Charlotte, marriage to,
153
,
167–168

The Times
and,
153

treatise on constitutional monarchy,
106–107

Victoria, correspondence to,
66
,
79
,
103
,
105
,
108–110
,
153

Victoria, influence on,
83
,
103–104
,
105
,
109–110
,
116

Victoria, Duchess of Kent, supports,
93
,
104
,
162
,
168

Letters of Queen Victoria

aims of editors,
81
,
82–86
,
91–92

chronological arrangement,
78

first edition,
83

footnotes,
69

format,
77–78

illustrations,
71–72

indexes,
69
,
155

number of volumes,
78
,
79–82
,
84
,
86

page setting,
69

publication,
171–172

reviews,
171

scope of project,
68

space available,
69

The Times
and,
153

typesetting process,
154–156

Volume I,
81
,
100–101

Volume I, Edward VII approves,
158

Volume I, outside readers,
145–158

Volume II,
155
,
158

Volume III,
155

Liberal MPs,
140

Longford, Elizabeth,
94
,
101
,
143

Louis XVI,
163
,
169

Louise, Queen of the Belgians,
111–112
,
125
,
126

Louis-Philippe, King of France,
125
,
163
,
169

Lucca, Duke of,
138

Lutyens, Edwin,
56

Lyttelton, Alfred,
23–24

McKenna, Neil,
23

Macmillan, Frederick,
18

Macmillans,
18

Maddox, Brenda,
25–26
,
28
,
47

Martin, Theodore,
77
,
112
,
152
,
156

Mary, Queen,
11
,
54–55

Masters, Brian,
39
,
41–42

Melbourne, Lord,
62

Albert and,
113
,
115
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
138–139

editors' admiration for,
100–101

handwriting,
125

Ladies of Bedchamber crisis,
121–122

Lady Flora Hastings,
95–97

Palmerston and,
138

as Prime Minister,
120–121

Princess Royal and,
132

Victoria, correspondence with,
84
,
122
,
148–149

Victoria, influence on,
83
,
91
,
109

Memorial Committee,
8

Men of Might: Studies of Great Characters
(Benson),
48

Moldavia,
167

Morley, John,
68
,
148
,
153–154
,
156–158

Murray, Hallam,
71–72

Murray, John, IV,
19
,
98
see also
John Murray (publisher)

Mustians,
63–64

Müther, Maurice,
11

Mylne, Mrs,
46

Napoleon III, Emperor,
141–142
,
163–164

National Portrait Gallery,
72

Nemours, Duke of,
108

Newsome, David,
13
,
38
,
41

Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia,
141
,
160
,
165–167

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia,
160

Normanby, Lord,
141–142

Northumberland, Duchess of,
95
,
126

Orleans family,
162

Osborne House (Isle of Wight),
103

Oswald, Dr Eugene,
61

Palmerston, Lord,
136

Albert and,
113
,
122

international politics,
137–138

nickname,
143

Victoria, dismissal by,
137
,
142

Victoria, influence on,
109
,
138

Victoria, relations with,
138
,
139
–
143

Panmure, Lord,
57

Pater, Walter,
51

Patmore, Coventry,
43

patriarchy,
132

Peel, Sir Robert,
83
,
119
,
120–122
,
136

Perry, Mr C.C.,
61

Peter Pan (play),
22
,
31

Poland,
167

Pollon, Count,
138

Ponsonby, Fritz,
60–61

Ponsonby, Sir Henry,
61

Portugal,
106
,
107

Prince of Wales,
128

printing technology

photographic reproduction,
71–72

typesetting process,
154–156

Prothero, George,
57