INDEX.

(The page references in italics refer to Introductory Notes or footnotes.)

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• Abd-el-Kader, i, 43, 57; ii. 31, 146
• Abercorn, Marchioness of, i. 310
• Abercrombie, Dr, physician, i. 448
• Abercromby, James, see Dunfermline, Lord
• Abercromby, Sir Ralph, iii. 111
• Aberdeen, Earl of, Foreign Secretary, i. 22, 309;
  • political power and views, i. 29, 30;
  • Palmerston's opinion of, i. 375;
  • Emperor Nicholas, ii. 1;
  • Queen's appreciation of, ii. 17, 87, 105; iii. 101, 102, 190;
  • Corn Laws, ii. 49;
  • takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85;
  • mentioned, ii. 103, 248, 263, 291, 293, 294;
  • failure to form a Government, ii. 296, 298, 299;
  • mentioned, ii. 356, 393;
  • forms a Government, ii. 413-429;
  • Lord Derby's attack on, ii. 418;
  • Queen Victoria's approval of, ii. 430;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 432, 437-444, 449-451, 452, 455-472;
  • India Bill, ii. 447;
  • as to giving up office, ii. 458;
  • on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. 467, 468;
  • Crimea, iii. 1, 44;
  • anomalous position of Prince Consort, iii. 3, 4;
  • Orleans family, iii. 7;
  • declaration of war with Russia, iii. 12, 13, 19;
  • unsatisfactory speech, iii, 34;
  • Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. 57-60;
  • Queen's confidence in, iii. 66;
  • Knight of the Garter, iii. 67, 68;
  • Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 71, 72;
  • Government's resignation on result of Roebuck's motion, iii. 77-80;
  • Lord John Russell, iii. 88;
  • Government of 1855, iii. 97-104;
  • mentoned, iii. 190;
  • on Oudh Proclamation, iii. 286;
  • and W. E. Gladstone, iii. 349;
  • death, iii. 453
• About, Edmond, French writer, iii. 357
• Accession, Queen Victoria's reminiscences of, i. 75
• Achmet Bey, i. 57
• Adams, Mr, iii. 467
• Adélaïde, Madame, King Louis Philippe's sister,
  • death, ii. 143-147;
  • will, ii. 148
• Adelaide, Queen (wife of William IV.), parentage and marriage, i. 23, 24;
  • character, i. 24;
  • interests in life, i. 24;
  • letter on Queen's accession, i. 77;
  • on Queen's coronation, i. 120;
  • Protestant Church at Valetta, i. 138;
  • letters, i. 371, 399, 437;
  • visits a convent, i. 437;
  • letter, i. 464;
  • death, ii. 230
• Adelaide, Princess, of Hohenlohe, question of marriage, ii. 356, 408, 409
• Adélaïde, Queen Marie, of Sardinia, death, iii. 206
• Adolphus, John, History of England, i. 453
• Adrianople, Treaty of, i. 229
• Adriatic, reported demonstration in, ii. 193
• Æmilia, The, iii. 380
• Afghanistan, Dost Mahommed dethroned, i. 142;
  • surrender, i. 209;
  • insurrection, i. 254;
  • disasters retrieved, proclamation, i. 370;
  • troubles, i. 373, 382;
  • Fall of Cabul, i. 385;
  • successful issue, i. 441;
  • medals, i. 444;
  • operations against Afghans, ii. 218
• Africa, South, The Transvaal and Orange Free States, ii. 142; iii. 200
• Agriculture, motion on distress of, ii. 285-286;
  • protection, ii. 384; see Corn Laws
• Airey, Sir Richard, Quartermaster-General, iii. 175
• Ak Mussid, iii. 45
• Akbar Khan (son of Dost Mahommed), i. 254, 370, 442
• Aland Islands, iii. 36
• Alava, Miguel Ricardo di, Spanish General, i. 59
• Alba, Duke of, ii. 435
• —— Duchess of, death, iii. 415
• Albemarle, sixth Earl of, Master of the Horse, i. 76, 81, 121, 219
• Albert, Archduke, ii. 219
• —— Edward, see Wales, Prince of
• —— Prince, see Consort, Prince
• Albertine branch of House of Saxe-Coburg, history of, i. 2
• Aldershot, review of Crimean troops, iii. 198
• Alexander, Grand Duke (afterwards Czar Alexander II.), iii. 112, 172;
  • crowned at Moscow, iii. 158;
  • his character, iii. 204
• Alexandria, i. 179
• Alford, Dean of Canterbury, iii. 227
• Alfred, Prince, birth, ii. 20;
  • mentioned, iii. 399;
  • visit to the Cape, iii. 410, 413;
  • visit to Ireland, iii. 420;
  • joins the Euryalus, iii. 433
• Algiers, i. 43
• Ali, Mehemet, Pasha of Egypt, i. 141, 179, 182, 190;
  • ultimatum, i. 209, 232-240;
  • resigns claim to Syria, i. 252
• Alibaud, i. 407
• Alice, Princess, birth and christening, i. 480, 501; iii. 240;
  • birthday, iii. 396;
  • engagement to Prince Louis of Hesse, iii. 405, 415, 416-419;
  • Prince Consort's death, iii. 474
• Allahabad, mutiny, iii. 224
• Allen, Mr, librarian, Holland House, i. 359
• Allt-na-Giuthasach, Shiel of, Queen's visits to, ii. 322, 392
• Alma, victory of, iii. 1, 43, 49, 252
• Amritsar, ii. 74
• Anarchists, ii. 3
• Anglesey, Marquess of, i. 388; ii. 86
• Annual Summary of Events, 1821-1835, i. 27;
  • 1836, i. 43;
  • 1837, i. 56;
  • 1838, i. 102;
  • 1839, i. 141;
  • 1840, i. 209;
  • 1841, i. 253;
  • 1842, i. 370;
  • 1843, i. 450;
  • 1844, ii. 1;
  • 1845, ii. 30;
  • 1846, ii. 71;
  • 1847, ii. 115;
  • 1848, ii. 141;
  • 1849, ii. 208;
  • 1850, ii. 231;
  • 1851, ii. 283;
  • 1852, ii. 356;
  • 1853, ii. 431;
  • 1854, iii. 1;
  • 1855, iii. 63;
  • 1856, iii. 158;
  • 1857, iii. 223;
  • 1858, iii. 261;
  • 1859, iii. 307;
  • 1860, iii. 379;
  • 1861, iii. 420
• Anson, George, i. 199;
  • Private Secretary to Prince Albert, i. 201, 206;
  • interviews with Baron Stockmar, i. 224, 330, 331;
  • interviews with Lord Melbourne, i. 224, 256, 268, 269, 296, 297, 303, 304, 311;
  • interviews with Sir Robert Peel, i. 271, 273, 284, 311-312;
  • memoranda by, i. 295, 298, 322, 337, 338, 368;
  • illness, i. 490;
  • mentioned, ii. 36, 46, 67
• —— Sir George, i. 201
• Antonelli, Cardinal, iii. 311
• Antwerp, Queen's visit to, ii. 45;
  • ii. 68
• Apponyi, Count, Austrian Ambassador, i. 237
• Apprenticeship in Jamaica, i. 102
• Aquila, Comte d', ii. 32
• Arbuthnot, Colonel, i. 314, 398
• Ardenne, ii. 16
• Argyll, eighth Duke of, Lord Privy Seal, ii. 420;
  • Government of 1855, iii. 97;
  • Privy Seal, iii. 104;
  • Divorce Bill, iii. 231;
  • Lord Privy Seal, iii. 348;
  • Abolition of Paper Duty, iii. 403
• Argyll, Duchess of, ii. 376
• "Aristocratic," meaning of, i. 107
• Army (see Militia), estimates i. 99;
  • civil government of, i. 147;
  • bravery of troops, ii. 74;
  • victory, ii. 77;
  • Peninsular medals, ii. 109-113;
  • officers' commissions, ii. 185;
  • in India, ii. 212;
  • Prince Consort, ii. 365;
  • military appointments, ii. 393;
  • national defences, ii. 396-398;
  • Queen on augmentation of, iii. 12;
  • embarkation for the Crimea, iii. 14;
  • reserve to be sent out, iii. 36;
  • Bomarsund, iii. 36;
  • battle of the Alma, iii. 44;
  • Indian contingents, iii. 46;
  • Balaklava, iii. 50;
  • Sebastopol, iii. 50, 63;
  • Inkerman, iii. 53;
  • Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii. 58;
  • fall of Sebastopol, iii. 64;
  • privations of the Army, iii. 68-70;
  • New Board, iii. 71;
  • laxity of discipline, iii. 153;
  • land transport, iii. 157;
  • retrenchments, iii. 188;
  • peace establishment, iii. 191;
  • review of Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. 198, 199, 200;
  • military education, iii. 218, 220;
  • Indian Mutiny, iii. 224, 234, 236;
  • Militia embodied, iii. 241;
  • Queen's view on need of increasing, iii. 245, 257;
  • vote of thanks to, iii. 261;
  • question of control, iii. 293;
  • indivisibility of, iii. 319;
  • Committee on Military Departments, iii. 351
• Arnold, Dr, ii. 273
• Arrow, Chinese dispute, iii. 223, 228
• Arthur, Prince (afterwards Duke of Connaught), christening, ii. 251;
  • birthday, iii. 121, 189;
  • mentioned, ii. 317, 395; iii. 137, 163, 195, 436
• Ascot, Queen's visit to the races, ii. 13
• Ashburton, Baron, i. 368, 462
• Ashley, Lord, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 165;
  • Labour Bill, i. 370;
  • Factory Labour Bill, ii. 1;
  • Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 116;
  • Oudh Proclamation, iii. 282, 290
• Asis, Don Francisco de, ii. 72, 99
• Aston, Mr (Diplomatic Service), i. 329, 432, 495
• Athens, revolution at, i. 494; ii. 231
• Atherton, Sir William, Attorney-General, iii. 467
• Athole, Duchess of, ii. 376
• Attock, fort of, captured, ii. 218
• Attwood, Thomas, Birmingham Political Union, i. 69, 425
• Auchterarder, Church case, i. 448
• Auckland, Baron (afterwards Earl of), Governor-General of India, i. 142;
  • policy in Afghanistan, i. 209, 266, 373, 383;
    • ii. 10, 86
• Audley, Baron, i. 124
• Augusta, of Cambridge, Princess, afterwards Grand Duchess-Dowager of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, i. 434, 437, 440;
  • ii. 256; iii. 264
• —— Princess, of Saxony, i. 92
• —— Princess, daughter of George III., i. 228;
  • death, i. 230
• Augustus, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, see Saxe-Coburg
• Augustus, Prince Ernest, afterwards Duke of Cumberland, iii. 456
• Aulaire, Ste., Ambassador, i. 321, 334, 508
• Aumale, Duc d', i. 95, 493, 502; ii. 153, 167;
  • gallantry, ii. 192-193, 267, 337;
  • visit to New Lodge, iii. 386
• Australasian colonies, self-government of, iii. 64
• Australia, emigration to, i. 102;
  • wine from, ii. 41
• Austria, Empress Elizabeth of, iii. 414
• —— Emperor of (Francis Joseph), ii. 318;
  • attempted assassination of, ii. 440;
  • King Leopold's opinion of, ii. 447, 448;
  • Queen's letter to, iii. 322, 323;
  • reply, iii. 324, 325;
  • proposed meeting with the Queen, iii. 408, 409
• —— and the Porte, i. 191;
  • abdication of Emperor, ii. 141;
  • Pope declares war against, ii. 141;
  • ascendency in Lombardy, ii. 174;
  • and Italy, ii. 174;
  • war with the Piedmontese, ii. 178, 182, 186, 190, 193;
  • and England, ii. 183, 186, 190, 191, 198, 380;
  • declines mediation, ii. 193;
  • ascendency in N. Italy, ii. 208; ii. 229, 275;
  • and Prussia, ii. 276; ii. 379, 402;
  • and Eastern Question, ii. 440-444, 451, 452;
  • alliance with Prussia, iii. 1;
  • and Russia, iii. 13, 25;
  • proposed alliance with England, iii. 49, 50, 51, 66;
  • men required, iii. 115;
  • negotiations broken off, iii. 118;
  • and the Four Points, iii. 120, 161, 165;
  • and France, iii. 168, 306;
  • and Italy, iii. 307;
  • war with Sardinia and defeat, iii. 308;
  • and the Papal States, iii. 313;
  • proposed congress, iii. 325-334;
  • troops cross the Ticino, iii. 327;
  • French victories, iii. 352;
  • conclusion and terms of peace, iii. 354, 359, 360;
  • Italy, iii. 382
• Ayrton, Mr, iii. 239
• Azeglio, Count, Premier of Sardinia, ii. 386; iii. 368

• Baden, crisis at, ii. 220
• —— Princess Mary of, i. 470
• Bagot, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, i. 323, 334
• Baines, Matthew Talbot, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 116, 149;
  • Conspiracy Bill, iii. 265, 272
• Bala Rao, Indian Mutiny, iii. 351
• Balaklava, successes at, iii. 2, 50;
  • hurricane and loss of life at, iii. 56; iii. 189
• Ballard, Lieutenant, siege of Silistria, iii. 36
• Ballot, the, i. 56; ii. 335
• Balmoral Castle, Queen's description of, ii. 194, 323;
  • Queen's first occupation of, iii. 141
• Baltic, English, expedition to the, iii. 16, 115
• Bandeira, Sà da, i. 55
• Bands, on Sundays, iii. 194
• Bank Charter Act, ii. 1;
  • infringement of, ii. 115;
  • suspension of, iii. 224
• Barbès, Armand, i. 179
• Barclay & Perkins' brewery, attack on General Haynau, ii. 269
• Barham, Lady (afterwards Countess of Gainsborough), i. 124, 318; ii. 274
• Baring, F. (afterwards Lord Northbrook), Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 264, 281, 308, 314; ii. 60, 84, 287, 312, 347;
  • capture of Lagos, ii. 365, 366;
  • Board of Works, ii. 421; iii. 79;
  • Government of 1855, iii. 91
• —— Thomas, ii. 368;
  • Indian Mutiny debate, iii. 239;
  • India Bill, iii. 294
• Barkly, Sir H., Governor of Victoria, iii. 190
• Barnard, General, death at Delhi, iii. 243
• Barrackpore, funeral of Lady Canning, iii. 475
• Barrot, Odilon, i. 248; ii. 149
• Barrow, Sir John, i. 432
• Barry, Sir Charles, knighted, ii. 363
• Bastide, M., ii. 187
• Baudrand, General Comte, i. 83
• Bayley, Rev. Emilius, iii. 416
• Bean, attempt on the Queen's life, i. 370, 407
• Beas, River, ii. 74
• Beatrice, Princess (afterwards Princess Henry of Battenberg), birth and christening, iii. 234
• Beauclerk, Lord Amelius, i. 108
• Beaufort, Duke of, i. 334
• Beauharnais, Eugène de, Duke of Leuchtenberg, iii. 354
• Beauvale, Lord (afterwards second Viscount Melbourne), i. 191; i. 232, 418, 490, 512; ii. 165, 436
• Beche, Sir Henry T. de la, geologist, i. 315
• Bedford, seventh Duke of, i. 296, 509; ii. 130, 132, 195, 257;
  • opinion of Lord Palmerston, ii. 260, 261; ii. 403; iii. 89;
  • Queen's appreciation of Endsleigh, iii. 203
• Begum, the ex-Queen of Oudh, iii. 351
• Belgians, King of, see Leopold
• —— Queen of, see Louise
• Belgium, dispute with Holland, i. 43, 102, 119, 142, 145, 146;
  • independence of, i. 118;
  • King Leopold's views on, i. 152, 153;
  • and England, i. 134, 151; ii. 68;
  • and Germany, i. 379;
  • and Emperor of Russia, ii. 15;
  • abortive insurrection, ii. 172;
  • neutrality of, iii. 171
• Belsham, William, History of Great Britain, i. 467
• Bengal Mutiny, iii. 224
• Bentinck, Lord George, attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80; ii. 87;
  • sudden death, ii. 208
• —— Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.B., wounded at Inkerman, iii. 53;
  • interview with the Queen, iii. 56, 60
• Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. 224
• —— Major, iii. 78
• —— Viscount, i. 420; ii. 393
• Berkeley, Admiral, M.P., Gloucester, iii. 78
• Bernadotte, Marshal, iii. 448
• Bernard, Dr, trial of, iii. 261, 274
• Bessarabia, cession of, iii. 152, 158, 208
• Bessborough, Earl of, see Duncannon
• Bethell, Sir Richard (afterwards Lord Westbury), Attorney-General, Divorce Bill, iii. 232;
  • India Bill, iii. 267;
  • Lord Chancellor, iii. 442
• Beust, Baron, Minister in Saxony, iii. 151, 151, 171
• Beverloo Camp, i. 41
• Beyens, Baron, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, ii. 436
• Beyrout, bombardment of, i. 238; iii. 10
• Bickersteth, Robert, afterwards Bishop of Ripon, iii. 206, 217
• Bilbao, battle at, i. 67
• Birch, Mr, formerly tutor to Prince of Wales, iii. 431
• Birmingham, Chartist riots, i. 179;
  • political condition, i. 506
• Births, registration of, i. 43
• Bishops, seats in House of Lords, i. 56;
  • and Dr Hampden, ii. 139;
  • appointments of, iii. 416, 417
• Black Sea, Russia's Fleet, iii. 120;
  • neutralisation of, iii. 152, 158;
  • England sends fleet to, iii. 208
• Blagden, Mr, i. 14
• Blanc, Louis, organisation du travail, ii. 168
• Bloemfontein, ii. 200
• Blomfield, C. J., see London, Bishop of
• Bloomfield, Baron, ii. 256;
  • Minister at Berlin, ii. 285; iii. 161, 253
• Boers, defeat of, ii. 142, 200
• Bois-le-Comte, Mons., French Minister at Madrid, i. 96
• Bolgrad, iii. 208
• Bomarsund, capture of, iii. 36
• Bonaparte, see Napoleon
• Bordeaux, Duc de (afterwards Comte de Chambord), i. 495, 498, 499, 506, 508;
  • visit to London, i. 509, 510; ii. 3, 177;
  • rumoured visit to England, iii. 7;
  • and the King of the Belgians, iii. 296
• Borthwick, Peter, ii. 34
• Bourquency, Mons. de, iii. 151
• Bouverie, Mr, iii. 131
• Bowring, Edgar, C.B., iii. 477
• —— Sir John, British Plenipotentiary, Hong-Kong, iii. 223, 227
• Bowyer, Sir George, M.P., iii. 445
• Brabant, Duchess Marie Henriette de (afterwards Queen of the Belgians), iii. 276
• —— Dukes of, see Leopold
• Bracebridge, Mr and Mrs, iii. 62
• Braganza, Duchess of, i. 51, 178
• Breadalbane, Marquess of, i 429;
  • Lord Chamberlain, ii. 425;
  • review at Edinburgh, iii. 407
• —— Marchioness of, Lady of the Bedchamber, i. 143
• Brescia, ii. 269
• Bresson, Count, ii. 98, 99, 107
• —— M., aids King Louis Philippe's escape, ii. 157
• Bribery at elections, i. 90
• Bridgewater, eighth Earl of, treatises, i. 349
• Bright, John, on war with Russia, iii. 20;
  • appeal for ending the war, iii. 63;
  • loses his seat, iii. 223;
  • India Bill, iii. 280;
  • Oudh Proclamation, iii. 281, 290;
  • Reform Bill, iii. 324;
  • proposed honour, iii. 349;
  • England and Savoy, iii. 394;
  • privilege resolutions, iii. 404;
  • and Palmerston, iii. 429
• Brighton, i. 140
• British Columbia, name given, iii. 296
• Broadfoot, Major, political agent, India, death, ii. 76
• Broadstairs, Queen's visit to, i. 19
• Brock, Mrs, Queen's nurse, i. 14
• Brocket Hall, Lord Melbourne's house, i. 150;
  • Queen's visit to, i. 296
• Broglie, Duc de, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, i. 149; ii. 37
• Brougham, Lord, i. 56;
  • on Canadian difficulties, i. 102, 128;
  • advice against dissolution, i. 293;
  • right of audience, i. 344;
  • as a protectionist, ii. 81
• Brown, Sir George, wounded at Inkerman, iii. 53, 129
• —— Sir William, Baronet, iii. 477
• Bruce, Commodore, ii. 366
• —— Colonel, iii. 306
• —— Lady Augusta, ii. 434; iii. 451
• Brunnow, M. de, Russian Minister, i. 190, 232; ii. 250, 286, 408, 442, 456; iii. 176, 189, 466
• Brunswick, House of, history of, i. 1, 6
• Brussels, Russian Minister to, ii. 17
• Brydon, Dr, i. 254
• Buccleuch, Duke of, i. 509; ii. 49, 63-65
• —— Duchess of, Mistress of the Robes, i. 310
• Buchanan, Mr, afterwards Sir Andrew, Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg, ii. 221
• —— Mr (afterwards President), American Minister to Great Britain, iii. 105, 182;
  • receives the Prince of Wales, iii. 380, 405
• Buckingham, second Duke of, i. 278;
  • Lord Privy Seal, i. 309; i. 386; ii. 33
• —— Palace, proposed alterations, ii. 33
• Buckland, Dr, Irish Commissioner, ii. 48
• Buenos Ayres, blockade by British Fleet, ii. 133
• Bull Run, battle of, iii. 421
• Buller, Charles, i. 142, 425
• Bulwer, Sir Henry (afterwards Lord Dalling), Minister at Madrid, i. 235, 238, 334; ii. 97, 119; 133, 136;
  • recall, and Queen's opinion of, ii. 175, 179;
  • at Rome, ii. 365;
  • declines governorship of Victoria, iii. 190, 191
• —— Lytton, Sir Edward (afterwards Lord Lytton), i. 350; iii. 79;
  • motion of censure on Lord John Russell, iii. 131, 132, 292, 296, 301
• Bunsen, Chevalier, ii. 139, 182;
  • recall of, iii. 31
• Buol, Count, Austrian Prime Minister, ii. 380, 440; iii. 11, 66, 121, 131, 176, 306, 328, 329
• "Bureaucratic," Palmerston's definition of, i. 107
• Burghersh, Francis Lord (afterwards Earl of Westmorland), A.D.C. to Lord Raglan, iii. 50
• Burgoyne, Sir John, ii. 141
• Burnes, Captain (afterwards Sir Alexander), mission to Cabul, i. 142;
  • murdered, i. 254
• Burnet, Bishop, History of his own Time, i. 435
• Burney, Miss (Madame D'Arblay), diary, i. 406, 467
• Bury, Lord, Straits Settlements, iii. 277
• Bushey Park, residence of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, i. 33
• Bushire, capture of, iii. 159
• Bussahir, iii. 360
• Butler, Captain, siege of Silistria, iii. 36
• Buxted, residence of Lord Liverpool, Queen visits, i. 50
• Buxton, Charles, iii. 443
• Bygrave, Captain, i. 442
• Byng, Sir John, see Strafford, Earl of
• —— George, i. 60, 467
• Byron, Lady, i. 310
• —— seventh Lord, i. 307