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Chapter Seven (pp. 115–26)

1
Lamont-Brown,
John Brown
, p. 37
2
Aberdeen Herald & Weekly Free Press
, 31.3.1883; Cullen, p. 43
3
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 50
4
QVJ 3.2.1865
5
Longford, p. 325
6
Ibid
., p. 326, QV to V, 5.4.1865
7
Victoria,
Letters 1862–1885
, vol. I, p. 255, QV to KL, 24.11.1865
8
Lamont-Brown,
Royal Poxes
, p. 176
9
A morganatic marriage is one between two persons of unequal rank, generally a sovereign or senior member of a royal or imperial house and a commoner, in which any children born would have no claim on the higher-ranking parent’s titles, rights or property.
10
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 95
11
Punch
, 7.7.1866
12
Thompson,
Queen Victoria
, p. 62
13
QVJ 24.5.1870
14
Tingsten,
Victoria
, p. 112
15
Gibb, ‘Victoria and John Brown’
16
Royalty Digest
, January 2005
17
Lamont-Brown, ‘Queen Victoria’s “secret marriage”’
18
Ponsonby F.,
Recollections
, p. 95
19
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, pp. 102–3
20
Saturday Review
, April 1867
21
Longford, p. 329
22
Ibid
., p. 331
23
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 128
24
Wilson, V
ictorians
, p. 504
25
Victoria,
Leaves 1848–1861
, p. 128, footnote to entry of 16.9.1850
26
Ibid
., pp. viii–ix
27
Stanley,
Later Letters
, p. 73, 26.1.1868
28
Tisdall,
John Brown
, pp. 141–2

Chapter Eight (pp. 127–47)

1
Victoria,
Letters 1837–1861
, vol. III, p. 476, QV to KL, 24.12.1861
2
Hibbert,
Queen Victoria
, p. 307, QV to Grey, 25.1.1863
3
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 36
4
Jenkins,
Gladstone
, p. 344
5
Longford, pp. 379–80
6
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 35
7
Victoria,
Your Dear Letter
, p. 273, QV to V, 2.4.1870
8
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 131
9
Kuhn,
Henry and Mary Ponsonby
, p. 92
10
Lamont-Brown, ‘Queen Victoria’s “secret marriage”’
11
Magnus,
Gladstone
, p. 217
12
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, pp. 253–4, Henry Ponsonby to Gladstone, 13.7.1875
13
Ibid
., p. 244, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, October 1873
14
RA Add. A/36, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, 26.4.1884
15
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 134
16
Ibid
., pp. 134–5
17
Mullen and Munson,
Victoria
, p. 110
18
Aronson,
Heart of a Queen
, p. 162
19
Longford, p. 386, Ponsonby Letters, 13.9.1871
20
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, pp. 170–1
21
Ibid
., p. 179
22
Lamont-Brown,
John Brown
, p. 62
23
Burrell,
A Royal Duty
, p. 43
24
Kuhn,
Henry and Mary Ponsonby
, p. 167
25
Ibid
., p. 171
26
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 41
27
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 192
28
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 46, QV to Reid, probably August 1881
29
Ibid
., p. 33
30
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 199
31
Lamont-Brown,
John Brown
, p. 139, Leopold to Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, 28.3.1883
32
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 53, QV to Reid, probably 28.3.1883
33
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 129
34
QVJ 28.3.1883, Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 211, Lamont-Brown,
John Brown
, p. 139
35
Court Circular, 28.3.1884
36
Tisdall,
John Brown
, pp. 223–4, Gladstone to QV, 28.3.1884
37
Cullen,
Empress Brown
, p. 225
38
Fenton, ‘Twice bereaved’
39
The Times
, 29.3.1883
40
Victoria,
More Leaves 1862–1882
, pp. v–vi
41
Ibid
., p. 406
42
RA Add A/36, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, 22.7.1884

Chapter Nine (pp. 148–68)

1
Mallet,
Life with Queen Victoria
, pp. 95–6, 5.11.1896
2
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 131, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, nd
3
Anand,
Indian Sahib
, p. 54, Frederick Ponsonby to Lord Elgin, 16.1.1895
4
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 132
5
Aronson,
Heart of a Queen
, p. 237
6
Ibid
.
7
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 162
8
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 135, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby (?),
c
. 1893
9
Kuhn,
Henry and Mary Ponsonby
, p. 237
10
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 164
11
Ibid
., p. 142
12
Ibid
., p. 163
13
Ibid
., p. 114
14
Ibid
., p. 142
15
Wilson,
Victorians
, p. 507
16
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 144
17
Ibid
.
18
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 151
19
Ibid
., p. 154
20
Ibid
., p. 181
21
Ibid
., p. 184
22
Ibid
., p. 190
23
Boyd Carpenter,
Some Pages
, p. 295
24
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 200
25
Packard,
Farewell in Splendour
, p. 30
26
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 205
27
Lamont-Brown,
John Brown
, p. 162
28
Anand,
Indian Sahib
, p. 102, Lady Curzon to Lord Curzon, 9.8.1901
29
The Times
, 24.4.1909
30
Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 255

Chapter Ten (pp. 171–87)

1
Victoria,
Dearest Child
, p. 167, QV to V, 16.3.1859
2
Ibid
., pp. 77–8, QV to V, 24.3.1858
3
James,
Albert
, p. 244, A to QV, 1.10.1856
4
Magnus,
King Edward
, p. 5
5
Victoria,
Letters 1837–1861
, vol. I, p. 458, Melbourne to QV, 13.2.1843
6
Lyttelton,
Correspondence
, p. 340
7
QVJ 9.11.1850
8
Victoria,
Dearest Child
, pp. 173–4, QV to V, 9.4.1859
9
McClintock,
The Queen
, pp. 25–6, QV to A, 7.10.1858
10
Ibid
., p. 43, Elphinstone diary 19.1.1860
11
Victoria,
Dearest Child
, p. 164, QV to V, 2.3.1859
12
RA Y104/26; QV to KL, 26.8.1859
13
Victoria,
Dearest Child
, p. 208, QV to V, 2.9.1859
14
Corti,
The English Empress
, p. 63, QV to V, 31.10.1860
15
Victoria,
Letters 1837–1861
, vol. III, p. 413, QV to KL, 13.11.1860
16
Victoria,
Your Dear Letter
, p. 200, QV to V, 8.7.1868
17
Ibid
., p. 158, QV to V, 9.11.1867
18
Magnus,
King Edward
, p. 88, QV to V, 3.7.1869
19
RA Add. MSS A.3/121, QV to Prince of Wales, 18.1.1869
20
RA Add. MSS A.3/1108, Prince of Wales to QV 1.3.1868
21
RA Add. MSS A.3/128, Prince of Wales to QV, 26.2.1869
22
RA Add. MSS A.3/131, Prince of Wales to QV, 28.2.1869
23
Victoria,
Your Dear Letter
, pp. 200–1, QV to V, 10.7.1868
24
McClintock,
The Queen
, p. 143, QV to Howard Elphinstone,
c
. 1872
25
Aston,
Duke of Connaught
, p. 115
26
McClintock,
The Queen
, p. 142, QV to Howard Elphinstone, 4.1.1872
27
Ibid
., p. 144, QV to Howard Elphinstone, nd
28
Victoria,
Dearest Mama
, pp. 234–5, QV to V, 24.6.1863
29
Diamond,
Victorian Sensation
, p. 23
30
Duff,
Hessian Tapestry
, p. 117
31
Epton,
Victoria and Her Daughters
, p. 151
32
Marie Louise,
Six Reigns
, p. 19

Chapter Eleven (pp. 188–205)

1
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 98, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, nd
2
Manchester Guardian
, 28.2.1872
3
RA Add. MSS U/32, QV to V, 14.2.1872
4
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, pp. 100–1, Henry Ponsonby to Mary Ponsonby, nd
5
Victoria,
Darling Child
, p. 105, QV to V, 2.8.1873
6
Longford,
Darling Loosy
, p. 194, QV to Louise, 11.6.1875
7
Zeepvat,
Prince Leopold
, p. 129, QV to Leopold, nd,
c.
May 1877
8
Aston,
Duke of Connaught
, p. 98
9
Alice,
For My Grandchildren
, p. 21
10
Victoria,
Beloved Mama
, p. 117, QV to V, 11.4.1882
11
Zeepvat,
Prince Leopold
, p. 186, Leopold to Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, 15.3.1884
12
Victoria,
Beloved Mama
, p. 162, QV to V, 29.3.1884
13
Boyd Carpenter,
Some Pages
, p. 281
14
Ponsonby A.,
Henry Ponsonby
, p. 301, Henry Ponsonby to Gladstone, nd
15
Epton,
Victoria and Her Daughters
, p. 170
16
Hough,
Louis and Victoria
, p. 121
17
Longford,
Victoria RI
, p. 477
18
Ibid
.
19
Victoria,
Advice to a Grand-daughter
, p. 66, QV to Victoria of Hesse, 20.5.1884

Chapter Twelve (pp. 206–24)

1
Corti,
The English Empress
, p. 225, QV to V, 7.1.1885
2
Victoria,
Letters 1886–1901
, vol. I, p. 320, QVJ 20.6.1887
3
Victoria,
Beloved and Darling Child
, p. 64, QV to V, 10.3.1888
4
Victoria,
Letters 1886–1901
, vol. I, p. 417, QVJ 15.6.1888
5
Victoria,
Advice to a Grand-daughter
, p. 56, QV to Victoria of Hesse, 21.9.83
6
Victoria,
Letters 1886–1901
, vol. I, p. 417, QV to William II, 15.6.1888
7
Magnus,
King Edward
, p. 228, QV to V, 12.6.1891
8
Ibid
., p. 228
9
Ibid
., p. 236, Knollys to Henry Ponsonby, 15.8.1892
10
Victoria,
Advice to a Grand-daughter
, p. 56, QV to Victoria of Hesse, 21.9.1883
11
Weintraub,
Importance of Being Edward
, p. 348
12
Victoria,
Letters, 1886–1901
, vol. III, p. 174, QVJ 22.6.1897
13
The Times
, 7.2.1899
14
Victoria,
Letters 1886–1901
, vol. III, pp. 579–80, QVJ 31.7.1900
15
Ibid
., vol. III, p. 580, QVJ 31.7.1900
16
Mallet,
Life with Queen Victoria
, p. 201, 31.7.1900
17
The Times
, 1.8.1900
18
Mallet,
Life with Queen Victoria
, p. 213, 2.11.1900
19
Victoria,
Letters 1886–1901
, vol. III, p. 637, QVJ 1.1.1901
20
Rennell,
Last Days of Glory
, pp. 137–8

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