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Notes
FAMILY ABBREVIATIONS

George III, Queen Charlotte and their children are shown in bold

Adolphus: Prince Adolphus, seventh son of George III, later Duke of Cambridge

Amelia: Princess Amelia, sixth daughter of George III

Augusta: Princess Augusta, second daughter of George III

Augustus: Prince Augustus, sixth son of George III, later Duke of Sussex, husband of Lady Augusta Murray and of Lady Cecilia Buggin, Duchess of Inverness

Bertie: Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Dowager Princess of Leiningen: Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, widow of Prince Charles of Leiningen, later wife of Edward, Duke of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria

Dowager Princess of Wales: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales, widow of Frederick, Prince of Wales and mother of George III

Duchess of Brunswick: Augusta, formerly Hereditary Princess, wife of Charles, Duke of Brunswick, sister of George III and mother of Caroline, Princess of Wales

Duchess of Cambridge: Princess Augusta of Hesse, wife of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Duchess of Kent: Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, widow of Prince Charles of Leiningen, wife of Edward, Duke of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria

Duke Charles: Prince/Duke Charles, later Grand Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte's brother

Duke Frederick: Frederick, Duke, formerly Hereditary Prince, later Elector and King of Württemberg, and husband of Royal

Duke of Gloucester: William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester and brother of George III, father of William Frederick, second Duke, and of Sophia Matilda

Edward: Prince Edward, fourth son of George III, later Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria

Elizabeth: Princess Elizabeth, third daughter of George III, later Hereditary Princess and Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg, wife of Fritz

Ernest: Prince Ernest, fifth son of George III, later Duke of Cumberland, and first King of Hanover

Frederick: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, second son of George III

Fritz: Friedrich/Friedrich VI, Hereditary Prince, later Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, husband of Elizabeth

GIII: King George III, Elector of Hanover, husband of Queen Charlotte

GIV: King George IV, eldest son of George III, formerly George, Prince of Wales and Prince Regent

George: Prince George, later second Duke of Cambridge, only son of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

GP: George, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George III, later Prince Regent and George IV

Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: see Gussy

Grand Duke Charles: Grand Duke, formerly Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte's brother

Gussy: Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Hereditary Princess, later Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, elder daughter of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and wife of Friedrich Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince, later Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Hereditary Prince: Frederick, Hereditary Prince, later Duke, Elector and King of Württemberg, husband of Royal

Hereditary Princess: Augusta, later Duchess of Brunswick, wife of Charles, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, sister of George III and mother of Caroline, Princess of Wales

King Frederick: Frederick, King, formerly Hereditary Prince, Duke and Elector of Württemberg, husband of Royal

Leopold: Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, later King Leopold I of the Belgians, husband of Princess Charlotte, uncle of Queen Victoria

Mary: Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George III, later Duchess of Gloucester, wife of William Frederick

Mary Adelaide: Princess Mary Adelaide, younger daughter of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, later Duchess of Teck and mother of Queen Mary

PR: Prince Regent, eldest son of George III, formerly George, Prince of Wales and later King George IV, father of Princess Charlotte

Prince Albert: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, nephew of Leopold and Prince Consort of Queen Victoria

Princess Charlotte: Princess Charlotte of Wales, only child of George IV and Queen Caroline, when Prince and Princess of Wales, and first wife of Leopold

Princess of Wales: Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, wife of George, Prince of Wales and later Queen Caroline, mother of Princess Charlotte

Queen Charlotte: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of King George III

Queen Mary: Mary of Teck, daughter of Mary Adelaide and of the Duke of Teck, wife of King George V

Queen Victoria: Queen Victoria, formerly Princess Victoria of Kent, daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and wife of Prince Albert

Royal: Princess Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of George III, and later, as second wife of Frederick, first King of Württemberg, Hereditary Princess, Duchess, Electress and Queen of Württemberg

Sophia: Princess Sophia, fifth daughter of George III

Sophia Matilda: Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, daughter of William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester, sister-in-law of Mary

Victoria: Princess Victoria, only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, later Queen Victoria

WIV: William IV, third son of George III, formerly Prince William and Duke of Clarence

William: Prince William, third son of George III, later Duke of Clarence, then William IV, husband of Adelaide

William Frederick: Prince William Frederick of Gloucester, son of William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester, later second Duke of Gloucester, husband of Mary

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

Add

Additional

BL

British Library

Col

Collection

Corr

Correspondence

Eg

Egerton

(Fr)

translated from French

GEO

Georgian Papers

(Ger)

translated from German

HMC

Historical Manuscripts Commission

LB

Letter Book

LC

Lord Chamberlain's Papers

LRO

Leicestershire Record Office

LWL

Lewis Walpole Library

(M)

Microfilm

Ms(s)

Manuscript(s)

NYPL

New York Public Library

PML

Pierpont Morgan Library

PRO

Public Record Office

QYJ

Queen Victoria's Journal

RA

Royal Archives

RC

Royal Collection

RCP

Royal College of Physicians

RL

Royal Library

RPC

Royal Photographic Collection

VIC

Victorian Papers

YCBA

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

CHAPTER 1: EARLY DAYS

‘princess'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
1, 59

‘understanding'.
Greig,
Diaries of a Duchess,
63

‘sons'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
1, 59

‘House'.
LRO/DG7, Lady Charlotte Finch's Journal, 29 September 1766

‘goose'.
Cf Dobson,
d'Arblay Diary,
4, 107

‘figure'.
LRO/DG7/B0X 4953, Bundle 31, Henrietta Finch to Charlotte Finch, 11 August 1766

‘petticoats'.
LRO/DG7/B0X 4953, Bundle 31, Lady Charlotte Finch to Lord Winchilsea, 26 September 1765

‘sometimes'.
Finch,
Burley-on-the-Hill,
1, 294

‘reflections'.
Huish,
George III,
1, 13

‘comical', ‘her?'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
1, 30–1

‘jewels'.
Climenson,
Passages,
116–17

‘evening'.
LRO/DG7/Box 4953, Bundle 31, Sophia Finch to Lord Winchilsea, 19 September 1766

‘away'.
Greig,
Diaries of a Duchess,
63

‘worse'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
1, 35

‘lodgings'.
Ibid, 1, 67

‘lesson'.
LRO/DG7, Lady Charlotte Finch's Journal, 24 November 1766

‘covers'.
PRO, LC 9/293

‘sea'.
RA GEO/Add 21/101, Royal to Lady Charlotte Finch, 14 March 1805

‘noise'.
Buckingham and Normanby,
Works,
2, 223

‘coat'.
LRO/DG7, Lady Charlotte Finch's Journal, 19 January 1767

‘bed'.
Ibid, 1766-7 passim; LRO/DG7, Box 4953, Bundle 50, Henrietta to Frances Finch, 5 June [1766]

‘abandoned'.
Lewis,
Walpole Correspondence,
38, 434

‘disconcerted'.
Ibid, 116–17

‘Ranelagh …'.
Ibid, 127–8

‘parrots'.
RA GEO(M)/Add 21/91/1 (Fr), Queen Charlotte to Duke Charles, 9 January 1778

‘timidity'.
Harcourt,
Papers,
4, 80

‘dead'.
Finch,
Burley-on-the-Hill,
286

‘Princes'.
BL Add Ms 35839, £250, ‘Character of the Queen', 1761

‘to her'.
Ibid

‘see this'.
Harcourt,
Papers,
4, 79

‘nothing'.
Greig,
Diaries of a Duchess,
51

‘Guido'.
Millar,
Later Georgian,
22

‘Tuscan'.
Lewis,
Walpole Correspondence,
37, 69

‘daughter'.
LRO/DG7, Lady Charlotte Finch's Diary, 1766-7 passim

‘pretty'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
2, 44

‘to her'.
Ibid, 401

‘family'.
RA VIC/Y 67/8, Leopold to Queen Victoria, 1 October 1840

‘served up'. Huish,
George III,
1, 326

‘health'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
2, 434

‘please them'. Ibid, 247

‘accent'.
RA GEO/50177, Royal to Martha, Lady Elgin, 31 January 1799

‘return'.
Home,
Lady Mary Coke,
2, 326

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