• Quadruple Alliance, i. 488; ii. 353

• Rachel, Madame, i. 290
• Racine, Jean Baptiste (1639-1699), tragedian and poet, i. 40
• Radetzky, Marshal, Austrian General, ii. 141, 178, 182;
  • defeats Piedmontese at Custozza, ii. 191, 219
• Radicals, i. 56, 66, 90; ii. 123, 216, 313, 365, 403;
  • defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411-413;
  • inclusion in Lord Aberdeen's Government, ii. 412-430; iii. 300
• Radnor, third Earl of, i. 335
• Radowitz, General, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, ii. 278
• Raglan, Lady, iii. 129
• —— Lord, see Somerset, Lord Fitzroy
• Railways; accident near Reading, i. 369;
  • Queen's first journey on G.W.R., i. 404
• Rajpoot Hill States, ii. 74
• Ramnuggur, English reverse at, ii. 142
• Ramsgate, Queen's visit to, i. 11, 19
• Rangoon, ii. 380
• Raphael, painter, i. 334
• Rawul Pindee, ii. 217
• Rechberg, Count, Austrian Foreign Minister, iii. 409
• Redan batteries, attack on, iii. 64, 126, 129, 163, 165
• Redschid Pasha, Turkish Minister, ii. 460; iii. 27
• Reeve, Henry, ii. 263
• Reform Bill, i. 20, 61; ii. 294, 332, 361, 369, 466;
  • withdrawn, iii. 2, 8, 15, 16, 20, 23, 59;
  • introduced by Disraeli, iii. 307, 324
• Reform, parliamentary and municipal, i. 20
• Refugee Question, ii. 440
• Regency Bill, i. 209
• Reinhardtsbrun, i. 186; ii. 45
• Rellstab, Louis, novelist, i. 501, 506
• Review in Windsor Park, ii. 13;
  • Crimean troops at Aldershot, iii. 198, 199, 200;
  • field day, 1860, iii. 400;
  • at Edinburgh, iii. 407
• Revue des Deux Mondes, ii. 132
• Revue Retrospective, ii. 183
• Rianzares, Duke of, marriage, ii. 2, 97
• Rice, Mr, M.P. for Dover, iii. 78
• Rich, Mr, iii. 79;
  • Baronet, iii. 477
• Richmond, Duchess of, i. 124
• —— Duke of, i. 122, 309
• Rio Janeiro, ii. 133
• Riots, Manchester, i. 422;
  • tollbar, i. 450, 483, 492, 493;
  • Chartist demonstration, ii. 167, 168;
  • Birmingham, i. 179;
  • Stockport, ii. 391
• Ripon, first Earl of (Mr Robinson), Chancellor of the Exchequer, speech on Queen's education, i. 9, 10;
  • i. 299;
  • President of Board of Trade, i. 309;
  • political history, i. 309; ii. 65
• River Plate, ii. 133
• Robinson, Mr, see Ripon Earl of,
• Rocky Mountains, Canada, dispute as to territory, ii. 30
• Roden, third Earl of, iii. 19
• Roebuck, Mr, ii. 247, 363;
  • motion on conduct of Crimean War, iii. 63, 72, 76-78;
  • result, iii. 78, 79;
  • Committee, iii. 89, 107, 108, 109, 112;
  • Chinese dispute, iii. 228;
  • Ireland, iii. 277;
  • Reform Bill, iii. 324
• Rokeby, Lord, iii. 60
• Rolle, Lord, Queen's Coronation, i. 122
• Rollin, Charles, Histoire Ancienne, i. 39
• —— Ledru, French President, ii. 174, 239
• Romagna, The, assembly of, and Victor Emmanuel, iii. 308;
  • iii. 380
• Roman Catholics, Maynooth College grant, ii. 30, 36;
  • Bill, ii. 81, 84;
  • papal aggression, ii. 232, 277-282, 303, 376
• Romano, Giulio, painter, i. 334
• Rome, Prince Albert's visit to, i. 152;
  • Pope's flight from, ii. 205;
  • and England, ii. 279;
  • Lord Russell's draft on the Roman Question, iii. 441
• Romilly, Sir John, Master of the Rolls, iii. 216
• Rosebery, fourth Earl of, i. 62
• Rosenau, the, ii. 45
• Rosslyn, Lady, i. 310
• Rothesay, Lord Stuart de, Ambassador at St Petersburg, i. 326
• Rothschild, Baron, iii. 262
• Rowan, Colonel, Commissioner of Police, ii. 167
• Roxburgh, Duke of, i. 278
• Royal Charter, wreck of, iii. 308
• Royal Exchange opened by the Queen, ii. 1, 27
• —— Princess, see Victoria
• Royston, Lord, i. 384
• Runjeet Singh, i. 233; ii. 217;
  • Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242
• Russell, Lord John (afterwards Earl), Irish Municipal Bill, i. 66;
  • Leader of the House, i. 77;
  • result of the elections, i. 90;
  • i. 106;
  • death of his wife, i. 130, 131, 133;
  • Home Secretary, i. 141;
  • civil government of the Army, i. 147;
  • Corn Laws, i. 148, 381;
  • politics, i. 267, 277, 278, 281;
  • Sugar Duties, i. 274;
  • Colonial Secretary, i. 308;
  • political career of, i. 309;
  • reply to Plymouth address, i. 365;
  • opposition to Income Tax Bill, i. 406;
  • conversion to repeal of Corn Laws, ii. 30, 49;
  • views on Queen's absence from England, ii. 43;
  • unable to form a Government, ii. 58-60, 70;
  • resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 81;
  • undertakes to form a Government, ii. 83, 86;
  • pensions, ii. 88;
  • Queen's views on a dissolution, ii. 91;
  • Spanish marriage difficulties, ii. 96-103, 107;
  • Portuguese and Spanish affairs, ii. 117, 118, 119, 132;
  • possible dissolution, ii. 121;
  • crisis in the City, ii. 130;
  • birth of second son, ii. 170;
  • difficulty as to despatches, ii. 179, 220, 221, 222;
  • Germany, ii. 229;
  • case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. 233-236, 242;
  • report, ii. 243;
  • Prince Albert's memos. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261;
  • offer to resign, ii. 243
  • on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. 262;
  • Haynau despatch, ii. 267-270;
  • on Ritualism, "No Popery," ii. 273;
  • and Sir James Graham, ii. 286;
  • defeat of Government, ii. 288, 289,
  • resignation of, ii. 290;
  • failures to form a new Government, ii. 289-308;
  • memo. as to uniting with Peelites, ii. 296;
  • old Government to continue, ii. 312;
  • memo. on state of Government, ii. 313;
  • Palmerston's reception of Kossuth, ii. 324-331;
  • Parliamentary Reform, ii. 332, 333;
  • Lord Palmerston's approval of coup d'état, Paris, ii. 334-340;
  • dismissal of Lord Palmerston, ii. 342;
  • and Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 343-347;
  • discomfiture of Lord Palmerston in the House, ii. 362-364;
  • resignation, ii. 367;
  • Lord Grey's opinion of, ii. 374, 375;
  • and Lord Palmerston, ii. 379;
  • ii. 381;
  • on dissolution, ii. 382;
  • Militia Bill blunder, ii. 387;
  • education, ii. 390;
  • ii. 403;
  • refusal of Foreign Office, ii. 413-418;
  • accepts Foreign Office, ii. 422-427;
  • resigns Foreign Secretaryship, ii. 431;
  • Leadership without office, ii. 438;
  • pledged to introduction of Reform Bill, ii. 451;
  • possible retirement, ii. 457, 458;
  • war measures, ii. 467;
  • President of the Council, iii. 1, 34;
  • withdraws Reform Bill, iii. 2, 8, 15, 16, 23;
  • incomprehensible actions, iii. 21, 22;
  • Disraeli's attack on, iii. 38;
  • Austrian alliance, iii. 48, 50;
  • urges more vigorous measures, iii. 53;
  • proposed resignation, iii. 57-60;
  • and Mr Kennedy's loss of office, iii. 61;
  • Ministry defeated, resignation, iii. 64, 72, 74, 79;
  • visit to Paris, iii. 69;
  • failure to form a Government, iii. 87-96;
  • Government of 1855, iii. 98;
  • Vienna Conference, iii. 64, 105;
  • Colonial Office, iii. 109, 110;
  • Austria's proposed terms of Crimean settlement, iii. 120;
  • attacks on, and resignation, iii. 121, 131, 132, 133;
  • iii. 190;
  • Chinese dispute, iii. 223, 228;
  • and the House of Lords, iii. 227;
  • retains his seat, iii. 231;
  • financial crisis, iii. 256;
  • Conspiracy Bill, iii. 266;
  • Reform Bill, iii. 276;
  • India Bill, iii. 279;
  • competitive examinations, iii. 297;
  • new Reform Bill, iii. 307, 324;
  • reconciliation with Palmerston, iii. 307;
  • Foreign Secretary, iii 345-349;
  • France and Austria, iii. 352;
  • differences with the Queen on Italian policy, iii. 361-373, 374-378, 382-390, 395-398;
  • Reform Bill, iii. 379;
  • revolution doctrines, iii. 383;
  • despatch to French Government, iii. 390;
  • Abolition of Paper Duties Bill, iii. 401-404;
  • proposed visit of Emperor of Austria, iii. 409;
  • disagreement with Palmerston, iii. 420, 423;
  • goes to the House of Lords, iii. 420, 423;
  • despatch to America, iii. 421;
  • iii. 428;
  • and Gen. Garibaldi, iii. 431, 432, 433, 434;
  • Danish Question, iii. 439;
  • draft to Rome, iii. 441;
  • the Garter, iii. 441;
  • peerage, iii. 444
• —— Lord William, i. 202;
  • murder of, i. 220
• —— Odo (afterwards Lord Ampthill), Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. 306;
  • interviews with the Pope; iii. 310, 356
• Russell's Modern Europe, i. 38
• Russia, Hereditary Grand Duke of (afterwards Alexander II), i. 154, 172
• —— Nicholas, Emperor of, i. 234;
  • visit to England, ii. 12;
  • Queen's opinion of, ii. 12, 14, 15, 17;
  • effect on foreign countries, ii. 19;
  • on the French Revolution, ii. 165;
  • dispute with France, ii. 357;
  • letters to and from the Queen on the Eastern Question, ii. 459-465;
  • and Turkey, iii. 4, 5;
  • and Napoleon, iii. 6;
  • interview with Sir H. Seymour, iii. 6;
  • death, iii. 63, 111
• —— Empress-Dowager of, widow of Emperor Nicholas, iii. 306
• —— Alexander, Emperor of, see Alexander
• —— Empress Marie Alexandrovna (wife of Alexander), iii. 205
• —— and England, i. 86;
  • protector of the Porte, i. 229;
  • and Central Asia, i. 328;
  • France and England, ii. 20;
  • Poland, ii. 114;
  • dispute with France, ii. 356;
  • war with Turkey, ii. 431;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 437-444, 449-465, 469-471; iii. 1, 4, 5, 17, 18;
  • Ambassador leaves London, iii. 10;
  • England declares war with, iii. 20;
  • Napoleon's views on the crisis, iii. 24, 25;
  • Prussia, iii. 29;
  • repulse by Turkey, iii. 36;
  • defeat on the Alma, iii. 43, 50;
  • opinion of, in India, iii. 45, 46;
  • Balaklava, iii. 50;
  • Inkerman, iii. 53, 54-56;
  • death of Czar Nicholas, iii. 63;
  • fall of Sebastopol, iii. 64;
  • "Four Points" negotiation, iii. 66, 120;
  • Kertsch and the gravel pits (Redan) taken, iii. 126;
  • defeat on the River Tchernaya, iii. 135;
  • Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152;
  • peace and terms of settlement, iii. 158, 182-185;
  • procrastination in carrying out terms, iii. 159, 179, 208, 214;
  • Lord Granville's opinion of, iii. 204;
  • reported treaty with France, iii. 328, 331;
  • Danish Question, iii. 439

• Sailors' Homes, iii. 191
• St Albans, Disfranchisement, ii. 381
• St Arnaud, Marshal, commands French Army in Crimea, death, iii. 1, 28, 30
• St Cloud, Queen's visit to, iii. 136
• St Edward's Chair, i. 121
• —— Chapel, i. 121, 122
• St Germans, Earl of, Postmaster-General, ii. 65
• St Juan, Island of, United States claim to, iii. 373
• St Leonards, Queen's visit to, i. 39, 40
• St Leonards, Lord (Lord Chancellor), refusal to join Government of 1858, iii. 271
• Saint-Simon, Duc de, Mémoires, i. 435
• Sak, proposed occupation of, iii. 185
• Saldanha, Marshal, ii. 90
• Sale, Lady, her journal, i. 383
• —— Sir Robert, success in Afghanistan, i. 370, 383, 402;
  • pension, i. 444;
  • death, ii. 76
• Salisbury, Bishop of (Dr Fisher), Queen's reminiscences of, i. 10
• —— Marquess of, President of the Council, iii. 272
• Sand, George, Comtesse de Rudolstadt, novel by, ii. 27
• Sandon, Viscount, Sugar Duties, i. 275
• Sandwich, Countess of, i. 177
• Sans Souci, death of King of Prussia at, iii. 424
• Sardinia, Princess Clothilde of, marriage of, iii. 308, 331
• —— Kings of, see Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel
• Sardinia, ii. 141, 175;
  • war with Austria, ii. 178, 182, 186, 190, 193;
  • Western Alliance against Russia, iii. 63;
  • success against Russia, iii. 135, 154, 161;
  • Treaty of Peace, iii. 213;
  • alliance with England and France against Russia, iii. 307;
  • war with Austria, and cession of Lombardy to, iii. 308;
  • refusal to disarm, iii. 327;
  • sympathy with, iii. 328;
  • Government of Tuscany, iii. 329;
  • Napoleon's promise of help, iii. 331;
  • Duchies of Parma, Modena and Romagna, transferred to, iii. 380;
  • disavowal of Garibaldi, iii. 380
• Savoy, annexation to France, iii. 379, 385, 395
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of, history of, i. 1, 2, 3
• Saxe-Coburg, Ernest, Duke of, (Prince Consort's father), i. 4, 22, 48;
  • death, ii. 6
• —— Ernest, Prince of (Prince Consort's brother), i. 49, 62;
  • illness, i. 69
• —— Prince Augustus of, parentage and marriage, i. 4, 431, 458, 459
• Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, Duchess of, i. 13, 18
• —— Francis, Duke of, i. 8, 22; iii. 437
• Saxe-Weimar, Prince Edward of, letter to the Queen, iii. 54
• —— Prince William and Princess Louise of, i. 31
• Saxony, Crown Prince of, iii. 458
• —— Frederick Augustus II., King of, ii. 12, 16
• Schleinitz, M., ii. 250
• Schleswig, ii. 141, 182, 192, 195;
  • union with Holstein, ii. 222, 249, 254, 258; iii. 281
• School for Scandal, i. 218
• Schulenberg, Countess, iii. 457
• Schwartzenberg, Prince, Prime Minister of Austria, ii. 378, 380
• Scone Palace, Queen's visit to, i. 429, 430
• Scotch Fusiliers, wounded from the Crimea, iii. 110
• Scotland, Church crisis, i. 447, 448, 450;
  • Admission of Ministers Bill, i. 488, 489;
  • the Queen's visit to Balmoral, ii. 321-323, 392, 394-396;
  • to Edinburgh, iii. 406
• Scott, General, iii. 469
• —— Gilbert, architect, iii. 444
• Scutari, iii. 2;
  • hospital at, iii. 61, 62, 78
• Search, right of, on the high seas, ii. 6; iii. 466, 468, 469
• Seaton, Lord, see Colborne
• Sebastopol, iii. 1, 43, 44;
  • bombardment, iii. 50;
  • fall, iii. 64, 142
• Secretary of State, see State, Secretary of
• —— at War, see War, Secretary at
• Sepoys, mutiny of, iii. 224, 237, 238
• Septennial Act, i. 56; ii. 121
• Serpent's Island, Russia's claim to, iii. 159, 208
• Settembrini, iii. 312
• Sévigné, Mme. de, i. 40; iii. 172
• Seville, Duke of (Don Enrique), ii. 45
• Seymour, Lord (afterwards Duke of Somerset), Roebuck Committee Reports, iii. 112.
  • See Somerset, Duke of
• —— Admiral, occupies Chinese fort, iii. 223
• —— Mr Digby, M.P., iii. 402, 404
• —— Sir Hamilton, Minister at Brussels, i. 139, 320;
  • Envoy-Extraordinary at Lisbon, ii. 119, 134, 179, 180, 181;
  • Petersburg, ii. 286;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 431;
  • recall from St Petersburg, iii. 10;
  • interview with the Czar, iii. 26;
  • "neutralisation," iii. 151
• Shaftesbury, Earl of, see Ashley, Lord
• Sheil, Mr, Minister at the Court of Tuscany, ii. 279;
  • death, ii. 319
• Shere Singh, surrender of, ii. 217
• Short, Dr Thomas Vowler (afterwards Bishop of Sodor and Man), i. 64;
  • Sketch of History of Church of England, i. 452
• Sibthorp, Colonel, iii. 76
• Sicily, rising in, ii. 141, 208.
  • See Garibaldi
• Sikhs (see India), aggressive, ii. 30;
  • defeat of, ii. 71, 77;
  • boundaries, ii. 74;
  • murder of two Englishmen, ii. 142;
  • hostility of, ii. 196, 197;
  • successful operations against, ii. 208, 217
• Silesia, insurrection in, ii. 72
• Silistria, Turkish success at, iii. 1, 36
• Simpson, General, retirement from the
  • command in the Crimea, iii. 64;
  • death of Lord Raglan, iii. 128;
  • Commander-in-Chief, iii. 130;
  • position, iii. 134;
  • Queen's congratulations on fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143
• Sinclair, Sir George, M.P., i. 448
• Singapore, convict population of, iii. 278
• Singh, Maharajah Dhuleep, see Dhuleep
• Sinope Harbour, affair of, ii. 432, 471; iii. 115
• Slavery, abolition of, i. 20, 277, 377, 382
• Slidell, Mr, Southern Confederacy Envoy, iii. 466, 468, 469
• Smith, Mr Robert Vernon (afterwards Lord Lyveden), Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, i. 275, 468; iii. 76;
  • Board of Control, iii. 109, 127, 128;
  • annexation of Oudh, iii. 178, 219;
  • on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239;
  • iii. 272;
  • Oudh Proclamation, iii. 281
• —— Sir Harry, ii. 71;
  • Governor of Cape of Good Hope, Boer War, ii. 142;
  • wounded, ii. 200;
  • Kaffir War, ii. 283;
  • Orange River Free State, iii. 201
• —— Sir Lionel, Governor of Jamaica, i. 141
• Smithfield, Cattle Show, Queen's visit to, iii. 419
• Smyth, William, Professor of Modern History, i. 435
• Smythe, George, member of "Young England" party, ii. 17
• Sobraon, defeat of the Sikhs at, ii. 74, 77
• Socialism, possibilities in Russia, iii. 205
• Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Prince Consort presides at meeting, ii. 319
• Solferino, battle of, iii. 308, 353
• Solyman Pasha, i. 246
• Somerset, 11th Duke of, death, iii. 145
• —— 12th Duke of, First Lord of the Admiralty, iii. 349;
  • Garter, iii. 441;
  • iii. 466.
  • See Seymour, Lord
• —— Lord Fitzroy, afterwards Lord Raglan ii. 393, 396;
  • Commander of Forces for the East, iii. 26;
  • victory at the Alma, iii. 50;
  • Field-Marshal, iii. 52, 53;
  • Inkerman, iii. 52, 54-56;
  • death of, iii. 64, 128;
  • welfare of the Army, iii. 68, 69, 81
• Somnauth, Gates of Temple of, i. 444-445, 468, 477
• Sonderbund, the, ii. 138
• Sooja, Shah, Ameer of Afghanistan, 1. 142, 209, 328, 444, 445;
  • Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242
• Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III., i. 31;
  • death, ii. 147
• Soult, Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, i. 111; ii. 268
• South Africa, Natal insurrection, i. 427;
  • Sir H. Smith's proclamation in 1848, ii. 142;
  • Dutch War, ii. 200
• Southern, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon, ii. 111, 118, 119, 120
• Spain, disputed succession, i. 44, 50, 57;
  • and Portugal, i. 59, 61; ii. 119, 133;
  • Lord Palmerston on, i. 66;
  • battle at Bilbao, i. 67;
  • constitution, i. 82, 83;
  • condition of, i. 96, 102;
  • the Fueros, i. 188;
  • Mission, i. 330;
  • guardianship of young Queen, i. 346;
  • and France, i. 347, 350, 351, 374;
  • proposed marriage of the young Queen, i. 432, 485, 486, 487; ii. 31, 32, 44, 72, 90, 96-109;
  • Don Carlos' abdication of claim to throne, ii. 31;
  • changes in Ministry, ii. 116;
  • and England, ii. 120;
  • and Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 175;
  • and Lord Palmerston, ii. 240;
  • Queen of Spain's desire for the Garter, ii. 323
• —— Infanta of, i. 488; ii. 32, 45, 72, 97, 99, 103, 107; iii. 51
• —— Queen of, see Christina
• Späth, Baroness, i. 14, 18, 123
• Spithead, accident, ii. 199
• Spooner, Mr, Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265
• Spring Rice, Mr, Chancellor of Exchequer, i. 147
• Stafford, Augustus, Secretary of the Admiralty, iii. 78
• Stamp Duties Bill, iii. 116;
  • stamp on cheques, iii. 262
• Standard, newspaper, iii. 8
• Stanhope, Philip Henry, fourth Earl, i. 108
• —— Lady Wilhelmina, i. 121, 123, 125
• Stanley, Lord (afterwards fourteenth Earl of Derby), thrice Prime Minister, i. 62, 137;
  • Colonial Secretary, i. 163, 306, 309;
  • Corn Laws, ii. 49;
  • resignation, ii. 54, 64;
  • Protection dinner, ii. 87, 122;
  • vote of censure, ii. 244, 247, 248, 287, 288;
  • failure to form a Government, ii. 290, 291, 293, 299, 300, 311, 315;
  • Prime Minister, ii. 368-397;
  • and the Church, ii. 376;
  • adherence to treaties, ii. 377;
  • the Queen's views on Militia Bill, ii. 380;
  • Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380;
  • question of dissolution, ii. 383;
  • progress of democracy, ii. 384, 385;
  • Protection, ii. 386;
  • Militia Bill, ii. 386, 388, 389;
  • Italy, ii. 386, 387;
  • military appointments, ii. 392;
  • national defences, ii. 396, 398-400;
  • confusion of Parties, ii. 403-405;
  • Budget, ii. 406;
  • Princess Hohenlohe's marriage, ii. 408-411;
  • resignation, ii. 412-414;
  • attack on Lord Aberdeen, ii. 417, 418, 419, 425;
  • takes leave of the Queen, ii. 425;
  • Roebuck Motion, iii. 78;
  • failure to form a Government, iii. 63, 80-87, 90;
  • on title of Prince Consort, iii. 197, 197;
  • China War debate, attack on Lord Palmerston, iii. 230;
  • Conspiracy Bill, iii. 261, 264, 265;
  • forms a Government, iii. 268-272;
  • Oudh Proclamation and resignation of Lord Ellenborough, iii. 282-285;
  • possible dissolution, iii. 285, 286-289;
  • vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290-293;
  • competitive examinations, iii. 296, 297;
  • new Reform Bill, iii. 307;
  • Queen's letter to French Emperor, iii. 314;
  • Indian Army Question, iii. 317-320;
  • Queen's letter to Emperor of Austria, iii. 322;
  • proposed congress to settle Italian Question, iii. 327-333;
  • Queen's Speech, iii. 336-340;
  • resignation on defeat of Government, iii. 307, 324, 343
• —— Lord (afterwards fifteenth Earl of Derby), Colonial Secretary, iii. 148, 272, 292;
  • his position with regard to the Queen, iii. 301-303;
  • Indian Army Question, iii. 317, 318, 319;
  • Peers and Money Bills, iii. 379
• Stanley of Alderley, Lord, Secretary to Treasury, i. 129, 395; iii. 150
• State, Secretary of, duties of, i. 100; iii. 34
• Stéphanie, Grand Duchess, ii. 233
• Stephen, James, Under-Secretary for Colonies, retirement, ii. 131;
  • Privy Council, ii. 132
• Stockmar, Baron, private physician and secretary to King Leopold, unofficial adviser to the Queen, i. 25;
  • accompanies Prince Albert on tour, i. 25, 152;
  • his character, i. 25, 26, 68;
  • i. 69, 72, 73, 76, 79, 81, 83, 211, 332;
  • memos. on Lord Melbourne's correspondence with the Queen, i. 340, 353, 360, 361;
  • illness, i. 392;
  • i. 474, 476;
  • Spanish marriage, ii. 103;
  • ii. 192;
  • on a Minister's duty, ii. 238;
  • ii. 279, 315, 362;
  • Legion of Honour, ii. 402; iii. 49, 171;
  • illness of, iii. 185
• Stockport, riot at, ii. 391
• Stopford, Admiral Sir Robert, i. 252, 258
• Stowell, Lord, law of nations, iii. 466
• Strafford, Earl of, ii. 126, 128, 393;
  • Field-Marshal, iii. 146
• Straits Settlements, iii. 277
• Strangford, Viscount, i. 326, 482
• Strangways, Brigadier-General, died at Inkerman, iii. 53
• Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount (formerly Sir Stratford Canning), ii. 138, 369;
  • Eastern Question, ii. 431, 449, 452, 456, 457, 460-465, 469, 470;
  • illness of, iii. 27;
  • victory of the Alma, iii. 44;
  • and the Pope, iii. 358
• Strawberry Hill, sale of, i. 389
• Strelitz, ii. 188
• Strickland, Miss Agnes, i. 322
• Stroekens, Major, i. 67
• Strutt, Mr, Chancellor of the Duchy, iii. 34
• Stuart, Miss, marriage, i. 388
• —— Wortley J. (afterwards second Baron Wharncliffe), President of the Council, i. 299, 309
• Sudbury, enfranchisement of, ii. 381
• Suffrage, Queen's view of, ii. 333;
  • extension of, ii. 324, 333, 366
• Sugar Duty, i. 265;
  • Colonial preference, ii. 17, 91
• Sully, Maximilien, Duc de, Memoirs of, i. 38, 47
• Sunday bands, iii. 135
• Surrey, Earl of (afterwards thirteenth Duke of Norfolk), i. 123;
  • Treasurer of the Household, i. 275
• Sussex, Duke of, politics, i. 5, 6, 10, 11, 71, 76;
  • Ireland, i. 129, 138;
  • precedence, i. 207;
  • Regency Bill, i. 209, 378, 390;
  • will of, i. 478, 479
• Sutherland, second Duke of, death, iii. 443
• —— Duchess of, i. 101, 120;
  • Queen Victoria's valued friend, ii. 371;
  • letter to Queen on her husband's death, iii. 442
• Sweaborg, bombardment of, iii. 64
• Sweden, and Morocco, ii. 4;
  • Schleswig Question, ii. 195;
  • and Norway, iii. 134
• —— and Norway, Charles XV., King of, visit to the Queen, iii. 447;
  • his views on foreign affairs, iii. 448-450
• Switzerland, internecine strife, ii. 115, 137-139;
  • and France, ii. 380;
  • rising in, iii. 214;
  • protest against annexation of Savoy, iii. 380;
  • claim to parts of Savoy, iii. 395
• Syria, i. 179, 209, 240;
  • successes in, i. 246, 252;
  • war, ii. 69;
  • Napoleon's policy, iii. 380