The Last Princess (52 page)

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

Bruce, Mrs Robert,
37
,
41
–2

Bryan, Elizabeth,
25

Buccleuch, Louisa Jane, Duchess of,
149
–50

Buchanan, Meriel,
124

Buckingham Palace,
225
,
226

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, Ethel,
137
,
153
,
175

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

Cannes,
180
,
194

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

chloroform,
3
–5,
9
,
164
,
166

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

Churchill, Jane, Lady,
67
,
110

Cimiez,
192
,
200

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

Coburg,
40
,
42

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 Laszlo, Philip,
247
–8,
253

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

Duckworth, Robinson,
56
,
81

Duff, David,
26
–7,
90
,
130

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

Egypt, III,
224
–5,
229
–30

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

Epton, Nina,
121
–2,
193

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

First World War,
240
,
241
–7

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

Frogmore,
70
,
113
,
184
,
215

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