Chapter XXX (4)

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 [107 correct]

---- 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

Cabrals, the, ii. 134, 135

Cabul, i. _254_, _370_, 383;
fall of, i. 385, 442; ii. 218

Cadiz, Duke of, ii. 89

Cadogan, Honoria, Countess, died September 12, 1845, i. 62

_Cagliari_, seizure of the, iii. _262_, _274_

Cairns, Sir Hugh, Solicitor-General, Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_

Camarilla, i. 58

Cambridge, first Duke of, i. 4;
political views, i. 5, 6;
Regent of Hanover, i. 7;
marriage, i. 99, 207, 208, 245;
daughter's marriage, i. 434, 437, 440, 475, 476;
death, ii. _247_, 256

Cambridge, Prince George of (afterwards second Duke of Cambridge),
i. 212;
Ireland, ii. 226;
Earldom of Tipperary, ii. 245-247;
Ireland, ii. 303;
Ranger of the Parks, ii. 393;
in Paris, iii. 14;
interview with Napoleon, iii. 24-26;
writes from Constantinople, iii. 27, 28;
illness and return from the Crimea, iii. 70;
iii. 78;
council of war, iii. _160_, 167;
Commander-in-Chief, iii. 199, 200;
proposed marriage of Princess Mary, iii. 206, 209;
Army control, iii. 293

Cambridge, Duchess of, i. 11, 31, 99, 494

---- Queen's visit to, i. 496, 501, 503

Campbell, Mr, M.P. for Weymouth, iii. 239

---- Sir Colin (afterwards Lord Clyde), Queen's high opinion of,
iii. 152, 155;
Commander-in-Chief, Indian Mutiny, relief of Lucknow,
iii. _224_, 250, 259, 278;
Peerage, iii. _262_;
iii. 405, 455

---- Lord, Bernard trial, iii. _274_;
Lord Chancellor, iii. 348;
reports of divorce cases, iii. 378

Canada, friction in, i. _56_, 98, 100, _102_, 103;
Lord Durham, Governor-General, i. 104, 128, 133, 135-137;
resignation, i. 137;
union of, i. _209_;
dispute with United States, i. _254_; ii. _30_;
resignation of Lord Metcalfe, ii. 47;
Government of, ii. 94;
Clergy Revenues Bill, ii. _431_;
Nova Scotia, iii. 189;
Colonial Governorships, iii. 190;
Ottawa selected as capital, iii. _262_;
British Columbia, iii. 296;
United States claim to St Juan, iii. 373;
Prince of Wales's visit to, iii. _380_, 404;
proposed increase in Army and Navy for, iii. 440

Candahar, i. 407

Canning, Right Hon. G., speech on Queen's education, i. 10, 229

---- Viscount (afterwards Earl), ii. 346;
Post Office, ii. 421;
not in the Cabinet, ii. 427;
Government of 1855, iii. 98;
Post Office, iii. 104;
Governor-General of India, iii. 128, _159_, 178;
arrival in India, iii. 179;
Indian Mutiny, iii. _224_, 236-238;
his clemency, iii. 249-252;
Oudh Proclamation, iii. _262_, 281-285, 289, 291;
Viceroy, iii. _304_;
Earldom, iii. _313_;
Indian Army Question, iii. 318;
termination of Mutiny, iii. 350;
Indian titles, iii. 387;
Queen's pleasure at progress in India, iii. 405;
K.G., iii. 441;
Queen's high opinion of, iii. 453;
death of his wife, iii. 475;
touching letter from the Queen, iii. 477, 478

---- Viscountess, i. 310, 397; iii. 405;
death, iii. 474;
Queen's appreciation of, iii. 477, 478

---- Sir Stratford, _see_ Stratford de Redcliffe

Canrobert, Marshal, Commander of French army, iii. _1_, _64_;
resignation, iii. _126_

Canterbury, Archbishop of (William Howley), report as to Queen's
education, i. 17, 55;
announces to the Queen William IV.'s death, i. 74, 75;
attends Queen's first council, i. 77;
convocation address, i. 299;
(John Bird Sumner), Bishopric of Capetown, ii. 448;
on Sunday bands, iii. _194_;
(C. T. Longley), iii. _206_;
national prayer and humiliation iii. 247

---- Viscount, iii. 230

Canton, England's occupation of, iii. _223_, 226

Capetown, Bishopric of, ii. 448

Caradoc, Sir John Hobart, _see_ Howden, Lord

Carbonari Society, iii. _261_

Cardigan, Earl of, i. 263, 264, 386, 394; iii. 67;
censure on, iii. _175_

Cardwell, Mr (afterwards Viscount), ii. 368;
Secretary at War, ii. 421;
President of Board of Trade, ii. 468;
Oudh Proclamation, iii. 282;
vote of censure withdrawn, iii. 290;
Chief Secretary for Ireland, iii. 349

Carlisle, sixth Earl of, i. 419

---- seventh Earl (sometime Lord Morpeth), Chief Secretary for
Ireland, i. 62, 281, 308; ii. 79, 95;
Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, ii. 168, 324, 427, 428;
iii. 452

Carlists, i. 50, 67; ii. 3

Carlos, Don, i. _44_, _57_, 488;
abdication, ii. _31_

Carlton House, residence of George IV., Queen's visit to, i. 11

Carmarthen Riots, i. 484

Carolina, South, iii. _381_

Cartwright, Sir T., i. 409

Cashmere, ii. 74

Castlerosse, Lord, iii. 291

Cathcart, Earl, Governor-General of Canada, ii. _47_

Cathcart, General Sir George, Kaffir War, ii. _283_;
death at Inkerman, iii. 52; iii. 134

Cavaignac, General, French Minister for War, ii. _184_, 190, _191_, 207, 387

Cavour, Count, Sardinian Premier, iii. _63_, _66_, _156_, 161, 170,
_307_, 333;
resignation, iii. _359_;
Papal States, iii. 380;
death, iii. _420_, 441

Cawdor, Earl, i. 484

Cawnpore, Mutiny, iii. _224_, 238;
massacre of the garrison, iii. _247_, _248_, _261_

Cecile, Admiral, ii. 213

Chalmers, Dr, i. _448_, _450_

Chambers, Dr William Frederick, consulting physician, iii. 473

Chambord, Comte de, _see_ Bordeaux, Duc de

Chandos, Lord (afterwards Duke), Secretary to the Treasury, ii. 423

Chantrey, Sir Francis, sculptor, i. 313, 333, 337

Chapman, Dr, iii. 431

Chapoo, captured by Sir Hugh Gough, i. 441

Charier, Mdlle., ii. 3

Charlemont, Viscount, i. 344

Charles of Hesse, Prince, iii. 458

---- X., of France, character and death, i. 52

---- Archduke, i. 431

---- Albert, King of Sardinia, ii. _141_, 175;
Piedmontese war, ii. _178_, _182_, 183, 186, 187, 190, _191_,
197, 198;
defeat at Custozza, ii. _191_;
at Novara, ii. _248_;
abdication in favour of his son, ii. _248_

Charleston, surrender of, iii. _421_

Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George IV.), i. 8;
character, ii. 39, 40;
bust, i. 203

---- Princess of Prussia (afterwards Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen), birth of, iii. _406_

Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, ii. 185;
illness, ii. _255_, 271;
beauty of, ii. 367;
proposed marriage of, iii. 207, 211;
marriage of, iii. 240, _241_

Chartists, i. 83;
riots, i. 179; ii. 134;
demonstration, ii. 168;
fiasco, ii. 169

Chartres, Duc de, i. 266, 414; iii. 453

Chateaubriand, Vicomte de, i. _508_

Chatsworth, Queen's visit to, i. 509

Chelmsford, Lord, Lord Chancellor, iii. 272

Chelsea pensioners, arming of, i. 486

Cherbourg, Queen's visit to Napoleon, iii. 295

Chester, Dean of, _see_ Davys

Childers, Col., _Life of Right Hon. H.C.E. Childers_, ii. _77_

Chillianwalla, ii. _208_

Chimay, Prince de, iii. _274_

China, opium trade dispute, i. _142_, _209_, 219, _254_, 260, 265;
operations in, i. 261, 337, _370_, 441;
war of 1857, iii. _223_, 226, _231_;
Treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. _262_, 301;
refusal to ratify treaty, march to Pekin, iii. _381_

Chiswick, ii. 17

Chobham camp, review at, ii. 449, 450

Cholera, epidemic of, ii. _228_

Christian, Prince, of Gluecksburg, afterwards King Christian IX. of Denmark, ii. _358_

---- Princess, _see_ Helena, Princess

Christina, Queen, Regent of Spain, i. 59, 62, 95;
abdication, i. 244, 346, 349, 351;
marriage question, ii. 4, _31_, 96, 97, 99, 100, 183

Christino cause, i. _44_, 67

Church of England, Queen's early knowledge of, i. 16;
her relations to, i. 51, 72, 79;
Parker Society, i. 259;
reform, i. 282;
difficulties at Oxford, i. 373, 374;
Low Church bigotry, ii. 37; ii. _115_;
preferments, ii. 121;
Ritualists and Romanists, ii. _273_, 273, 377;
riots at Stockport, ii. 391;
in the Colonies, ii. 448

---- of Scotland crisis, i. 447, 448, _450_

---- rates, i. _56_, 66; iii. 323

Churchill, Lady, iii. 407

Chusan, i. _209_, 265

Chuttur Singh, surrender of, ii. 217

Cintra, Convention of, iii. _175_

Cistercian _Trappists_, Queen Adelaide's visit to, i. 437

Civil Service, competitive examinations for, iii. 9, 11

Clanricarde, Marquess of, i. 188; ii. 427;
Privy Seal, iii. 266

---- Marchioness of, i. 350

Clanwilliam, Earl of, ii. 422

Claremont, residence of King Leopold, Queen's reminiscences of,
i. 10, 18, 19;
regret at leaving, ii. 5, _21_;
residence of King Louis Philippe, ii. 160-162

---- Col., Orsini trial, iii. 273

Clarence, Duke of, _see_ William IV.

Clarendon, third Earl of, Chief Justice-in-Eyre, death, i. 143

---- fourth Earl of, i. 97;
Ambassador at Madrid, i. 281;
Lord Privy Seal, i. 308; ii. 60, 83, 86, 131, 132, 169, 195, 223,
224, 236, 244;
opinion on Lord Palmerston's removal, ii. 260, 263;
refusal of Foreign Office, ii. 346, _348_;
ii. 420, 423;
Foreign Secretary, ii. _431_;
Eastern Question, ii. 439-444, _452_-471;
Duke of Cambridge in Paris, iii. 14;
Russian loan, iii. _35_;
Crimea, iii. _43_;
Austrian alliance, iii. 48, _51_;
the "Four Points," iii. 65;
Government of 1855, iii. 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, _96_,
97, 98, _99_;
Foreign Affairs, iii. 104;
Emperor's proposal to take command at the Crimea, iii. _110_, 111;
Naples despatch, iii. 143-144;
Austrian ultimatum, iii. 152, 153, 165;
arranging terms of settlement, iii. 168-185;
conversation with French Emperor, iii. 175;
Treaty of Peace signed, iii. 183;
Queen's appreciation of his services, iii. 184, 185;
honours, iii. 186;
iii. 190;
interview with Persigny, iii. 232;
and Italy, iii. 305;
declines joining the new Cabinet, iii. 346;
St Juan dispute, iii. 373;
coronation of King of Prussia, iii. 428, _429_;
reception at the coronation of King and Queen of Prussia, iii. 458-460;
interview with the French Empress, iii. 460;
King of Prussia's views, iii. 465

Clarendon's _History of the Rebellion_, i. 38, 52;
_Private Memoirs_, i. 435

Claridge's Hotel, Empress of the French stays at, iii. 419

Clark, Dr (afterwards Sir James), Physician to the Queen, i. 61, 130, 202;
Bagshot Park, iii. 384;
Prince Consort's illness, iii. 471, 473

Clementine, Princess, of Orleans, i. 431

Cleveland, Duke of, i. 386

Clive, Lord, Life by Sir J. Malcolm, i. 55

Close, Francis, Dean of Carlisle, iii. _206_

Clyde, Lord, _see_ Campbell, Sir Colin

Cobden, Richard, i. 300;
Corn Laws, i. 415, 465; ii. 60;
Peel's tribute to, ii. 83;
the Whigs, ii. 84, 85, 87;
Poor Law Commission, ii. 130, 131, 132;
ii. 155, 216;
question of marriage between Prince Frederick William of Prussia
and the Princess Royal, iii. 182;
on China War, iii. _223_;
loss of seat, iii. 226;
iii. 263;
refuses to join Government, iii. _307_, 348, _350_;
and the Pope, iii. 357;
Plenipotentiary for commercial treaty, iii. _379_;
declines honours, iii. 413, _414_

Coblentz, iii. 146

Coburg (_see_ Saxe-Coburg), House of, history of, i. 3;
influence on the Queen's politics, i. 4;
abuse of, i. 53

---- Queen's visit to, ii. _45_

Cochrane, Mr Baillie (afterwards Lord Lamington), iii. 445

Cockburn, Sir George, Admiral of the Fleet, i. 432

---- Mr (afterwards Sir Alexander), Don Pacifico debate, ii. _252_;
Chief Justice of Common Pleas, iii. 215

Codrington, Major-General Sir William, wounded at Inkerman, iii. _53_;
commands the English army in the Crimea, iii. _64_, 134, 155, _155_

Colborne, Sir John (afterwards Lord Seaton), i. _57_;
High Commissioner, Canada, i. _102_;
Field-Marshal, i. 129, _130_

Colchester, Lord, iii. 230

Coldstream Guards wounded from Crimea, iii. 110

Colenso, Rev. J. W., ii. 449

Coleridge, Mr, and Provostship of Eton, iii. 431

Colloredo, Count, Austrian Ambassador, ii. 439, 440

Colquhoun, Mr, iii. 44

Colvin, John Russell, Lieut.-Gov. of North-West Provinces, death of, iii. 251

Combermere, Viscount, i. 420;
Constable of the Tower, ii. 393;
Field-Marshal, iii. _146_

Companies, Limited Liability, statute passed, iii. _64_

Conroy, Sir J., comptroller to Duchess of Kent, i. 99

Conservatives in opposition, i. _56_;
dissensions, ii. _1_;
Corn Laws, ii. 66; ii. 83, 315, 384, 403;
form a Government, ii. 412-430;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 79, 226;
Government of 1858, iii. _262_, 266;
possible dissolution, iii. 283-292;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
defeat, iii. 341; iii. 362;
overtures to Lord Palmerston, iii. _420_, 429

Consort, Prince (_see_ Victoria, Queen), parentage, i. 4;
influence of Baron Stockmar, i. 26;
his character, i. _28_;
Princess of Hohenlohe's opinion of, i. 46;
Queen's first impression of, i. 49;
education of, i. 97, 109, 111;
engagement to Queen Victoria, i. _141_, 188;
visits Italy, i. 152;
Queen's views, i. 177;
description of, i. 186;
arrival at Windsor, i. 188;
religion, i. 196;
question of a peerage, i. 198;
the Declaration, i. 203, 204;
his Household, i. 204, 206, 207;
marriage with the Queen, i. _209_, 217;
his grant, i. _209_, 214;
appointed Regent, i. _209_;
the Queen's confidential secretary, i. 28;
name in Prayer Book, i. 249;
on changes at Court, i. 256;
visits Oxford, i. 291;
his position on change of Government, i. 304;
Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 306;
Fine Arts Commission, i. 332;
lays foundation stone of Royal Exchange, i. 376;
on duelling, i. _450_;
domestic life, i. 464;
to hold levees, i. 470, 471;
reception at Birmingham, i. 509;
his father's death, ii. 6;
Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17;
birthday, ii. _20_;
French King's appreciation of, ii. 25;
title rumours, ii. 34;
interest in Osborne, ii. 42;
attacks on, ii. 46;
memo. on change of Government, ii. 61;
council meeting, ii. 65;
Sir R. Peel and memo. of their conversation, ii. 76;
memo. on resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80, 83;
on new Government, ii. 85;
Sir R. Peel, ii. 93;
his self-denial, ii. 129;
visits King Louis Philippe at Claremont, ii. 163;
and the unemployed, ii. 168;
visit to York, ii. 184;
visit with the Queen to Ireland, ii. 224;
opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. 228;
Exhibition of 1851, ii. _231_, 316-318;
memo. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261;
Mansion House speech, ii. 239;
memos. on formation of a new Government, ii. 293, 297, 298, 300,
302, 306, 309, 310, 311;
presides at Propagation of Gospel Meeting, ii. _319_;
on Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 345-347;
his fondness for politics and business, ii. 362;
and the Army, ii. 365;
on resignation of Lord John Russell, ii. 367, 369, 371;
on change of Government, ii. 374;
command of Grenadier Guards and Rifle Brigade, ii. 392;
on new appointments on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. 392;
on national defences, ii. 398-400;
on Free Trade Debate, ii. 404;
on resignation of Lord Derby, ii. 412-413;
on new Government, ii. 413, 415, 420;
Lord Derby's opinion of, ii. 426;
on change of Ministry, ii. 427;
birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. 444;
congratulates Mr Gladstone on his Budget speech, ii. 446;
memo. on Eastern Question, ii. 454, 456;
memo. on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. 467;
Press attacks on, iii. _1_, 3, _4_, 7, 8;
interview with Emperor Napoleon, iii. _1_;
President of Patriotic Fund, iii. _2_;
memos. on Reform Bill, iii. _20_, 22, 23, 24;
memo. of Government changes, iii. 33, 34;
visits French Emperor, iii. _41_-43;
memo. on Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. 58;
visits the French Emperor, iii. _64_;
memo. on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72;
memos. on inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a
Government, iii. 83-96;
memo. on Lord Palmerston's Government of 1855, iii. 97, 98;
asks Lord Aberdeen to join new Government, iii. 98;
memo. of interview with Mr Gladstone, iii. 107-109;
on Austria's proposal of Crimean settlement, iii. 120, _127_;
visits France, iii. 135;
appointment of Sir W. Codrington, iii. 155;
Queen's memo. on his status, iii. 192-194;
title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. 196, 197, _197_;
French Emperor's feeling towards England, iii. 232, 233;
marriage of Princess Royal, iii. _261_, 263, 264;
memo. on resignation of the Government, iii. 266-268;
Danish Question, iii. _281_;
memo. on Oudh Proclamation, iii. 284;
memo. on Lord Derby and dissolution, iii. 289;
visit to French Emperor at Cherbourg, iii. 295;
memo. on Lord Palmerston, iii. 300;
Lord Stanley's position with the Queen, iii. 301-303;
tours of Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, iii. _411_;
Princess Alice's engagement, iii. 415;
state visit to Ireland, iii. _420_;
Lord John Russell's despatch to America, iii. _421_;
failure of health, iii. _421_;
death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. 435-439;
illness, iii. 468, 470;
draft despatch to United States, last written by, iii. 469;
slight rally, 472, 473;
death, iii. _421_, 473

Conspiracy and Assassination Bill, iii. _266_

Constantin, expedition against, i. _43_;
taken by France, i. 96

Constantine of Russia, Grand Duchess, ii. 7; iii. 466

Constantinople, i. 232;
Russian Fleet ordered to, ii. 441, 452

_Constitution de la Belgique_, newspaper, i. 55

Constitution, the English, i. 358

_Constitutional_ newspaper, i. 53

Conyngham, Lady Maria, i. 12

---- Marchioness, i. 12

---- Marquess, Lord Chamberlain, i. 12, 74, 75, 84, 110, 121

Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, i. 424

Coorg, Princess of, iii. 54

Corbett, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. 310

Corigan, Dominic, Physician-in-Ordinary, ii. _136_

Cork, Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. 224;
question of dockyard, iii. 151

Corn Laws, petition against, i. 148;
debates on, i. 218, 265, 278, 280, _370_, 381, 415, _450_, 465;
Anti-Corn-Law League, i. _370_, 415, 466; ii. _30_, 49, _383_;
paragraph in the _Times_, ii. 48, 49;
Lord John Russell's policy, ii. 59;
Sir R. Peel's views, ii. 65, 66, 87;
settlement, ii. 233;
Earl Grey on, ii. 377;
Mr Disraeli on, ii. 381

Coronation, i. 120, 127

Corry, H., ii. 306, 405

Cottenham, Earl of, Chancellor, i. 271, 308, 314; ii. 83

County and Borough Franchise, ii. 288

Couper, Sir George, iii. 254

Courvoisier murders Lord William Russell, i. _220_

Covent Garden Theatre, Free Trade meetings at, ii. 131

Coventry, Earl of, i. 91

Cowell, Major (afterwards Sir John), tutor to Prince Alfred, iii. _413_

Cowley, first Baron, Minister at Frankfort, i. 495

---- second Baron (created Earl 1859), ii. 146, 186, 275;
Queen's high opinion of, ii. 285, 286;
Ambassador at Napoleon's Court, ii. 397, 407;
Napoleon's marriage, ii. 435;
Eastern Question, iii. 115, 151, 153, 154, 160;
council of war at Paris, iii. 168;
honours, iii. 186;
iii. 221;
mission to Vienna, iii. _308_, 323, 324-326;
rumoured treaty between France and Russia, iii. 330;
terms of peace at Villafranca, iii. _359_, _360_;
England's congress representative, iii. 375;
Italian Question, iii. 384, 385;
stormy interview with Napoleon, 390-394;
French policy in Italy, iii. _412_

Cowper, Countess, i. 201

---- Lady Fanny, i. 121;
her beauty, i. 123, 125; i. 266.
_See_ also Jocelyn, Lady

---- Hon. William, Priv. Sec. to Lord Melbourne, i. 220;
First Commissioner of Works, iii. 443

Cracow, ii. 72, 114

Crampton, Mr (afterwards Sir John), British Minister at Washington, dismissal of, iii. _219_; English Ambassador at St Petersburg, iii. 326

Cranworth, Lord, Lord Chancellor, ii. 420; iii. 103;
Divorce Bill, iii. 231

Creptowitch, Count, Russian Ambassador, iii. _185_

Crimea, _see_ Eastern Question

Croker, Right Hon. J. W., Queen's declaration, i. 197

Crown, influence of the, i. 105;
prerogatives of, iii. 294, 296

---- jewels, claim to, i. 439, 487

Crowther, Rev. Samuel, ii. 366

Crystal Palace, the Queen opens the, iii. _2_;
visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, iii. _117_;
peace fete, iii. 190

Cullen, Dr, Archbishop of Armagh, ii. 281

Cumberland, second Duke of, i. 4;
his character, i. 6, 72, 76.
_See_ also Hanover, King Ernest of

---- third Duke of, _see_ Hanover, King George V.

Cureton, General, death of, ii. 212

---- Rev. Wm., recommended for Canonry, ii. 121

Custine, Marquis Astolphe de, _La Russie en 1839_, i. 501

Daily News, iii. 337

Dalhousie, Countess of, i. 397;
death, ii. 450
---- tenth Earl and first Marquess of, ii. 65, 84;
Viceroy of India, ii. _142_;
views as to the Punjab, ii. 196;
Marquess, ii. _208_, 221;
Queen's opinion of, ii. 212;
Koh-i-noor diamond, ii. 242;
Rangoon, ii. 380;
Cinque Ports, ii. 393;
India, ii. 400, 401;
on his wife's death, ii. 450;
correspondence with the Queen, iii. 38, 39, 45-48, 53;
desires to retire, iii. 114;
retirement of, iii. _159_, 179;
reported failure to suppress insubordination in India, iii. _180_;
Lord Canning succeeds him, iii. 179;
iii. 292

Dalkeith, Queen's visit to, i. 430

Dalmeny, Lord, i. 489

Danish Law of Succession, ii. _358_; iii. 280

Darmes, attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. _243_

D'Aubigny, Mons., ii. 20

Davis, Jefferson, President of the Southern States, iii. _421_

Davys, Rev. George, Dean of Chester, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough, instructor of Queen, i. 15, 38, 64

Dawes, Richd., Dean of Ripon, iii. 206

Dawson, Hon. Thomas Vesey, death at Inkerman, iii. 55

Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, iii. 277

Defences, national, ii. 396, 398-400; iii. 37

De Grey, Earl, Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, i. 309

Delane, John T., editor of the _Times_, ii. 263;
and Germany, iii. 462

De la Warr, Elizabeth, Countess, i. 310

Delhi, revolt at, iii. _224_, 236;
capture of, iii. 236

Democracy, progress of, ii. 385

"Democratic," definition of the term, i. 107

Denison, J. E., ii. 273;
Speaker, iii. _223_

Denman, Lord, i. 469

Denmark, and Morocco, ii. 4;
and Holstein, ii. 171, 222, 223, 249, 251, 270;
peace concluded with Prussia, ii. 254, 255;
Danish succession, ii. 320, 358

---- King of, letter to Queen Victoria, ii. 254

Derby, Earl of, _see_ Stanley

Despatches, method of dealing with, ii. 221, 222

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. _14_; iii. 202

Dhuleep Singh, Maharajah, Queen's impression of, iii. 39, 47, 54;
iii. 219;
Indian Mutiny, iii. 248, 252

Dietz, Mons., Governor of Prince Ferdinand, i. 54, 131

Dilke, Sir C. W., Baronet, iii. 477

Disbrowe, Sir Ed., British Minister at the Hague, i. 145, 409, 417

Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380

Disraeli, Benjamin, "Young England," ii. 16;
"poisoned chalice," ii. _59_;
protectionist, ii. _71_;
attack on Sir R. Peel, ii. 79, 80;
leader of Opposition, ii. _208_, 216, 248;
motion on agricultural distress, ii. 285;
protection, ii. 287;
ii. 291, 301, 303, 363;
on Palmerston's defence, ii. 364;
_Endymion_, ii. _376_;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 381;
debate on dissolution, ii. 382, 384;
Militia Bill, ii. 385, 386, 387;
speech on Duke of Wellington, ii. 401;
Free Trade, ii. 402, 403;
and Gladstone, ii. 405;
Budget speech, ii. 406;
loss of office, ii. 415, 427;
apology for his speech, ii. _428_;
attack on the Government, iii. _38_;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 79, 106;
formation of Government of 1855, iii. 81, 84;
attack on Lord John Russell, iii. _131_;
preparation for war, iii. 192;
attack on the Budget, iii. _224_, 226;
China War debate, iii. 228, 229;
speech on Indian Mutiny, iii. 239;
return to office, iii. _261_;
Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 272;
reports of the debates, iii. 274, 275, 277, 278;
India Bill, iii. 279;
Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_, _292_;
and Lord Stanley, iii. 301;
debate on the address, iii. 340;
defeat of Government, iii. 341;
and the Pope, iii. 358;
and Lord Palmerston's Government, iii. 429

Dissenters and Church Rates, iii. 323

Dissolution, prerogative of, ii. 91

Divorce Bill, iii. _224_, _231_

---- Court, Queen's objection to publication of proceedings in newspapers, iii. 378

Doabs, Eastern, disarmament of Sikhs, ii. 217

Dorset, Duke of, Master of the Horse, i. 12

Dost Mahommed, _see_ Afghanistan, Ameer of

Douglas, General Sir Howard, iii. _175_

---- Lord (afterwards Duke of Hamilton), marriage, i. 439

Douglas, Rev. Hon. A. (afterwards Bp. of Aberdeen and Orkney), iii. 102

Douro, Marchioness of, i. 486; ii. 5, 322

Doyle, Richard, i. _152_

Drayton Manor, Queen's visit to, i. 509

Dresden, ii. _219_

Dreux, ii. 159

Drummond, Edward, assassination of, i. 455, 456

---- Castle, Queen's visit to, i. 430

---- Henry, Member for West Surrey, iii. 76, 276

Druses, iii. _380_

Dublin, Archbishop of (Richard Whateley), Queen's opinion of, i. 62

---- fear of outbreak at, ii. 169;
Queen's visit to, ii. 224

Duels, military, i. _450_, _485_

Dufferin, Marquess of, and story of Mrs Norton and the _Times_, ii. _48_

Duffield, Walter, ii. 41

Dumas, General, ii. 159

Duncannon, Viscount (afterwards Earl of Bessborough), Lord Privy Seal, afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, i. 99, 133, 281, 308, 344; ii. 93; death, ii. 122

Duncombe, Thomas, M.P., Finsbury, iii. 79;
Roebuck Committee, ii. 106

Dundas, Vice-Admral Sir James, Commander of Mediterranean Fleet, ii. _452_; iii. _1_, _116_

---- Rear-Admiral Richard, commands expedition to the Baltic, iii. _116_

---- Mr (afterwards Lord Melville), i. 357

---- Sir David, Convention of Cintra, iii. _175_

Dundonald, Earl of (formerly Lord Cochrane), iii. _9_

Dunfermline, Lord (formerly James Abercromby), Speaker, i. 98; iii. 230

Dungannon, Viscount, i. _133_

Dunkeld, Queen's visit to, i. 429

Dunmore, Countess of, Lady-in-Waiting, i. 384

---- Earl of, death, ii. 43

Durham, first Earl of, High Commissioner in Canada, i. _102_, 103, 104;
rash conduct, i. 128, 133, 137;
resignation, i. 137;
i. _142_, 144, 155, 234

Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 437, 441-444, _449_, _452_-471;
declaration of war with Russia, iii. _1_, 12, 13, _20_;
Turkish success, iii. _36_;
battle of the Alma, iii. _43_, 49;
Inkerman, iii. _53_;
Four Points negotiations, iii. _63_, 65;
terms of settlement and final evacuation of the Crimea, iii. _158_, 182

East India Company, recall of Lord Ellenborough, ii. _1_, 9, 11;
giving medals, ii. 200;
Sir Charles Napier, ii. 259;
position of Indian princes, iii. 47, 219;
Mutiny, iii. _223_, 234, 237-248, 252;
future Government of India, iii. 257

Eastlake, Sir Charles, Keeper of National Gallery, i. 338

Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, ii. _232_, 279, 281, _283_, 313, 314

Eckerforde, ii. 218

Eden, Lt.-Gen. John, C.B., iii. 39

Edinburgh, Queen's visit, i. 429

Education, Bullock's work on, ii. 214;
committee on, ii. 390

Edwardes, Major, ii. 200

Egypt (_see_ also Ali, Mehemet) and the Four Powers, i. 227, 232, 242, _252_

Elchingen, Duc de, i. 83

Elcho, Lord (afterwards Earl of Wemyss), Government of 1855, iii. 98;
new Foreign Office, iii. 443

Election, general 1836, i. _56_;
on death of William IV., i. 80, 89;
ii. 126;
Corrupt Practices Bill, iii. 8

Elgin, Earl of, Governor in Jamaica, ii. 47, 94;
treaty with Japan, iii. _262_;
Postmaster-General, iii. 349

Elimar, Prince, of Oldenburg, iii. 458

Eliot, Lord, afterwards Earl of St Germans, i. 310

Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Queen Adelaide, death, i. 31

Ellenborough, Lord (afterwards Earl of), President of Board of
Control, i. 163, 309, 326;
Governor-General of India, i, 344;
Indian warfare, i. 407, _443_;
Somnauth proclamation, i. 445, 462, 468;
Scinde controversy, i. 502;
recall of, ii. _1_, 9, 18;
Earldom, ii. 10;
in office, ii. 65, 70;
protectionist, ii. 306;
and Lord Cochrane, iii. _10_;
iii. 73, 81;
President of Board of Control, iii. _262_, 272;
Oudh despatch, iii. _281_, 282-289;
resignation, iii. 282-285

Ellesmere, Earl of, death, iii. 227

Ellice, Mr, i. 144; ii. 92

Elliot, Captain, Chinese opium trade, i. _254_, 260, _261_;
recalled, i. 265

---- Lady Fanny, i. 291

---- Lady Harriet, illness of, iii. _69_

---- Mr (afterwards Sir Henry), P.C., G.C.B., Plenipotentiary to Naples, iii. 356, 418

Elphinstone, General, capture of, i. _254_

---- Sir J. D. H., M.P. for Portsmouth, iii. 278

---- Baron, Governor of Bombay, iii. 313, 406

Ely, bishopric of, ii. 35

---- Marchioness of, iii. 378

Emlyn, Lord, marriage, i. 395

Enfield, iii. 212

England, troubles in Afghanistan, _254_, _370_, 373, 382, 385

---- and Austria, ii. _182_, 183, 187, 190, 380;
Eastern Question, ii. _432_, 441, 444, 452; iii. _1_, 13, 25;
proposed alliance, iii. _49_, 50, 65, 115, 118;
Four Points, iii. 120, 144;
ultimatum, iii. 152, 168, 182

---- and China, i. 260-262;
successes in, i. 441;
dispute with and ultimatum, iii. _223_, 226, _231_;
treaty of Tien-tsin, iii. _262_, _381_;
march to Pekin, iii. _381_

---- and Denmark, ii. 358

---- and France, i. 93, _209_, 230; ii. _1_, 19, 96, _120_;
hospitality to King of, ii. 155;
relations with as a Republic, ii. 206;
on the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 443, _452_, 458, 460, 470;
alliance with, iii. _1_, 232;
feeling against, iii. _261_, _264_

---- and Germany, ii. 274, 275, 276

---- and India (_see_ India)

---- and Italy, ii. 182, 186;
Rome, ii. 279, 386, 387;
Naples, iii. 140, 141

---- and Japan, treaty, iii. _262_

---- and Persia, war, iii. _159_

---- and Portugal, unpopularity, i. _57_;
English fleet in the Tagus, ii. _109_;
constitutional trouble, ii. 111, 118;
conference, ii. _120_;
policy in, ii. 179

---- Punjab, annexation of, ii. _208_

---- and Russia, i. 86; ii. 19;
on the Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-445, _452_; iii. _1_, 4,
11, 12, 13, 14;
declaration of war, iii. _19_;
Crimea, iii. 24-32, 35, 36, 43;
defeat at the Alma, iii. _43_, 44, 50;
battle of Balaklava, iii. 50;
Four Points, iii. _65_, 120;
Sebastopol taken, iii. 141;
Austrian ultimatum, iii. _152_;
peace and terms of settlement, iii. _158_;
difficulty of enforcing settlement, iii. _159_-186, 213;
Danish Question, iii. 439

---- and Spain, i. 433, 486, 487, 512; ii. _31_, 32, 44;
marriage question, ii. 72, 95-108

---- Sweden and Norway, iii. _134_

---- and Turkey, Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 437, 441-445, _452_; iii. _1_, 11, _13,_ 19

England and United States of America, boundary dispute, i. _254_,
355, 368, 461; ii. _30_, _72_;
rupture with, iii. _159_, _219_;
_Trent_ affair, iii. _421_

England, General (afterwards Sir Richard), i. 402, 407

Enrique, Don, ii. 89, 90, 96, 98, 99, 103

Ense, Varnhagen, von, memoirs of, iii. 472

Erfurt, Diet of, ii. 229

Ernest, Prince, of Hohenlohe, death of, iii. 396

Ernest, King, of Hanover, i. _57_, 189.
_See_ Cumberland, Duke of

---- Prince, of Saxe-Coburg, i. 48;
arrival at Windsor, i. 188;
i. 205;
marriage, i. 380;
bravery, ii. 218

Ernestine branch of Saxe-Coburg family, history of, i. 2

Erroll, Earl of, i. 300, 474

Espartero, Joaquin, Regent of Spain, i. _57_, 346

Este, Sir Augustus de, i. _489_

Esterhazy, Prince Paul, i. 115, 435

Eton College, ii. _21_;
Montem, ii. 109;
resignation of Dr Hawtrey, ii. 433;
extra week's holiday, iii. 200;
election of Provost, iii. 431

Eu, Chateau de, i. 181, 182;
Queen's visit to, i. 490; ii. 23, 89

Eugenie, Empress of the French, _see_ Montijo

Eupatoria, disaster at, iii. _1_, _63_, _111_

Evans, Col. (afterwards Sir G. de Lacy), i. _44_, _57_; iii. _53_, 297

Examinations, competitive, iii. 10, _297_

Executions, public, ii. 38

Exeter, Bishop of, Gorham case, ii. _273_

Exeter, Marquess of, i. 312

Exhibition of 1851, in Hyde Park, ii. _231_, 239;
success of, ii. _283_, 316, 317;
ball at Guildhall, ii. 320

Factory Labour, Bill, ii. _1_, _115_

Fane, Hon. Julian, Secretary of Embassy, Vienna, iii. 370, _409_

Farnham, Queen's visit to, iii. 400

Fawcett, Col., shot in a duel, i. _485_

Featherstonhaugh, Mr., H.B.M. Consul, Havre, arranges escape of King Louis Philippe, ii. 156-160, 163

Feodore, Princess, of Leiningen, the Queen's half-sister, marriage
to Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, i. 3, _33_;
childhood, i. 18;
i. 31, 37, 88, 125, 480, 510

Ferdinand, Maximilian Joseph, of Austria, Archduke, proposed marriage, iii. 211; marriage and death of, iii. _234_, _240_

---- Duke of Orleans, i. 234

---- _see_ Portugal, King of

---- II., King of Naples, i. 51;
rising against, ii. _141_;
illness and death, iii. 324

---- of Bulgaria, Prince, i. _431_

Feroz Shah, Prince, iii. 47

Ferozepore, ii. 74, _208_

Ferozeshah, ii. _31_, _76_

Fieschi attempts King Louis Philippe's life, i. 407

Fife, Earl of, Peerage, iii. 245

Fine Arts Commission, i. 332

Finlay, Mr, claim against Greek Government, ii. _231_, _239_

Finmark, guarantee of, iii. _134_

Fiscal Policy, ii. _292_

Fisher, Dr, _see_ Salisbury, Bishop of

Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus, i. 390

Fitzgerald, William Robert Seymour Vesey, Under Secretary for Foreign affairs, iii. 277, 445

---- Sir John, iii. 76

---- and Vesci, Lord, President of Board of Control, i. 347, 372

Fitzmayer, Col., iii. 182

Fitzwilliam, Earl, ii. 126-128

---- Lady Anne, i. 121

Flahaut, Madame de, ii. 39

Florence, visited by Prince Albert, i. 152;
revolution in, iii. _308_

Follett, Sir William, i. 219;
Solicitor-General, i. 469

Fonblanque, Albany, i. 412

Foreign Enlistment Bill, iii. _2_, _58_

Foreign Office, new, iii. 444

Foreign Secretary, duties of, ii. 264

Forey, General, iii. 455

Fortescue, second Earl, receives the Garter, iii. 157

---- Dudley, iii. 443

Fould, Achille, French Minister, iii. _333_, 418

Four Points, Crimean negotiations, iii. _63_, 65, 120, 154, _158_, 160-185

Fox, Charles James, i. 5, 391

---- Mr, British Minister at Washington, i. 355

France, attempts on life of King, i. _43_, 243, _408_;
expedition to Constantin, i. _43_, _57_;
heated debates in Chamber, i. 59, 63;
Duke and Duchess of Orleans, i. 69;
and England, i. 93, 97, _209_, 230;
and the Peninsula, i. 94;
in Africa, i. 96;
sympathy with Belgium, i. _102_, 135;
resignation of Ministry, i. 149, 151;
Louis Bonaparte, i. _209_;
Turco-Egyptian convention, i. 227;
Eastern crisis, i. 231, 235-240;
friendliness with England, i. 239, 244;
Thiers Ministry dismissed, i. 242;
possibility of revolution, i. 246-249;
and Spain, i. 347, 351, 445;
Spanish marriage, i. _488_; ii. 32, 44, _72_, 96-109;
Queen Victoria's visit to, i. 490;
friction with England, ii. _1_, 6, 21;
England and Russia, ii. 19;
hostilities with Morocco, ii. 20;
fortification of Paris and Algerian trouble, ii. _31_;
Syrian War, ii. 68;
murder of Duchesse de Praslin, ii. _115_, 128;
revolution, ii. _141_;
abdication of King, ii. _149_;
republic, ii. 148, 151;
new Government, ii. 155, 172;
national assembly, ii. _173_;
the Royal Family, ii. 176;
_entente cordiale_, ii. 186, 190;
English Ambassador to, ii. 190, 206;
Louis Bonaparte, President of Republic, ii. 205, 210, 214;
relations with England, ii. 206;
state of, ii. 238;
_coup d'etat_ in Paris, ii. 334-340, 353;
dispute with Russia, ii. _356_;
and the Swiss Government, ii. 380;
champion of Italian liberty, ii. 387;
Bourbons, ii. 389;
position of Louis Napoleon, ii. 390;
assumes imperial title, ii. _406_;
Eastern Question, ii. _431_, 441-444, _449_, 451-471; iii. _1_;
fleet sent to Salamis, ii. _441_;
and England, ii. _443_;
alliance with England against Russia, iii. _1_, _6_, 13;
and Sebastopol, iii. 43, 44;
Inkerman, iii. 52;
and the Four Points, iii. 120;
success against Russia, iii. _135_;
Queen's visit to, iii. 135, 136;
fall of Sebastopol, iii. 142, 143, 145;
desire for peace, iii. 153;
peace and terms of settlement, iii. _138_-185, 214, 215;
rupture with King Ferdinand, iii. _158_, _159_;
and Austria, iii. 168;
bad state of army, iii. 180;
feeling against England, iii. _261_, _264_;
Italy and Sardinia, iii. _307_;
war with Austria, iii. _310_, 314;
reported treaty with Russia, iii. _328_;
victories, iii. _353_;
conclusion of peace, iii. _355_;
Treaty of Zurich, iii. _374_;
annexation of Savoy and Nice, iii. _379_;
expedition to Pekin, iii. _381_;
policy in Italy, iii. 412

Franchise, County and Borough, ii. 288, 289;
Extension Committee, ii. 324;
Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 380, 381;
based on personal property, iii. _307_;
Borough, iii. _379_

Francis, attempts the Queen's life, i. _370_, 398, 405

---- II., King of Naples, flight to Gaeta, iii. _380_, 407

Frankfort, National Assembly at, ii. 174, _188_, _192_

Frederic of the Netherlands, Prince, iii. 458

---- Archduke, i. 431

Frederick, William Victor Albert (afterwards German Emperor), birth of, iii. 314; christening, iii. 324

Frederick I., _see_ Wuertemberg, King of

---- Augustus II., _see_ Saxony, King of

---- Crown Prince of Prussia, _see_ Prussia, Prince Frederick

Free Church of Scotland, founded, i. 448

Freemasons, i. 478

Free Trade, i. 382; ii. _132_, 248, 310, 313, 344, 384, 386, 390, _399_, 405, 427

Fremantle, Sir Thomas, afterwards Lord Cottesloe, i. 482

French, Emperor of the, _see_ Napoleon

---- Empress of the, _see_ Montijo, Mademoiselle de

French, King of the, _see_ Louis Philippe

---- Queen of the (Marie Amelie) (_see_ Louis Philippe), death, ii. 265

Frogmore, iii. 399;
death of Duchess of Kent at, iii. 435-439, 447

Fueros, i. 188

Gaelic, in Highland schools, ii. 214

Gaeta, ii. 205

Gaillard, Gabriel Henri, _La Rivalite de la France et de l'Espagne_, i. 39

Gainsborough, Countess of, _see_ Barham, Lady

Gaisford, Very Rev. Thomas (Dean of Christchurch), iii. 148

Garbett, Mr, i. 374

Gardner, Lord, i. 291

Garibaldi, guerilla leader, iii. _308_;
deputy for Nice, iii. _380_;
and Sicilian insurrection, iii. _380_, 410;
Lord J. Russell's letter to and reply, iii. 431, 432, 434

Geisel, Cardinal, iii. 457

George III., his politics, i. 5;
family, i. 6

---- IV., marriage, i. 1;
politics, i. 5;
Queen's visit to, i. 11-13, 258;
death, i. 19

---- V., of Hanover, _see_ Hanover

---- Prince, of Denmark, i. 214

Germany, King of Prussia on, ii. 137;
effect of French Revolution, ii. _141_;
anxiety in, ii. 167, 170, 174;
Minor States, ii. 188, 189;
interest in Lombardy, ii. 193;
disorder in, ii. 199, 215;
Imperial crown declined by King of Prussia, ii. 219;
Union of Schleswig and Holstein, ii. 222, 249, 254;
critical position of, ii. 229, 273, 275, 278;
and England, ii. 274;
constitutionalism, ii. 275;
anxiety in, ii. 278;
Diet, ii. 320;
coronation, iii. 456-459;
the Emperor's views, iii. 465

Ghent, disturbances at, i. 187

Gholab Singh, ii. 74

Gholam Mohammed, Prince, iii. 39

Ghuznee, surrender of, i. 402, _442_;
Mahmood of, iii. 46

Gibraltar, Governorship of, ii. 201

Gilbert, Major-General, ii. 217

Girardin, Emile, ii. 149

Giurgevo, Turkish success at, iii. _1_, _35_

Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., Member for Newark, i. 220;
President of Board of Trade, i. _370_;
Corn Laws, i. 381;
retirement, ii. _30_;
Colonial Secretary, ii. 64, 65;
ii. _71_, 248, 252, 302, 305, 306, 368;
Disfranchisement Bill, ii. 381;
education minute, ii. 391;
Free Trade, ii. 403, 404;
and Disraeli, ii. 405;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, ii. 421;
first Budget, ii. _431_, _446_;
Prince Albert's congratulations, ii. 440;
Eastern Question, ii. _454_;
possible Leader, ii. 458; iii. 24;
letter in the _Morning Chronicle_, iii. 8;
Civil Service examinations, iii. 9, 10;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 77, 79, 109;
formation of Government of 1855, iii. 83, 86, 93, 94, 97, 98, 107;
Chancellor of Exchequer, iii. 104;
interview with Prince Albert, iii. 107;
resignation, iii. 109;
iii. 149;
preparation for war, iii. 192;
attack on Budget, iii. _224_, 226;
Chinese dispute, iii. _228_;
Divorce Bill, iii. _231_;
High Commissioner to Ionian Islands, iii. _262_, 301, 309;
Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265;
refusal to join Government of 1858, iii. 270, 292;
Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. 290;
Crown prerogatives (India), iii. _295_;
new Reform Bill, iii. _307_;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. _307_;
on the fate of the Government, iii. 341;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, iii. 349;
and the Pope, iii. 357;
Italian policy, iii. 367;
rise in Income Tax, iii. _379_;
desire to resign, iii. _379_;
Budget import duties, iii. _388_;
Bill for Abolition of Paper Duties thrown out, iii. 401, 402, _420_;
threatens resignation, iii. 403;
disagreement with Palmerston, iii. _420_, 423, 429

Glasgow, serious riot, ii. _141_;
Queen opens Waterworks, iii. _308_

Glenelg, Lord, Colonial Secretary, i. _102_, 104

Glenlyon, Lord (afterwards Duke of Athole), i. 429; ii. 25

Gloucester, Duchess of (Princess Mary), i. 12, 31, 172, 194, 389; ii. 174

---- Duke of, character and politics, i. 7

---- Princess Sophia Matilda of, i. 480

Gluecksburg, Prince Christian of, _see_ Christian

Goblet, Albert Joseph, Count d'Alviella, i. 52

Goldie, Brig.-Gen., death at Inkerman, iii. _52_

Goodford, Dr, Headmaster of Eton College, elected Provost, iii. 431

Gordon, Col., Deputy Quartermaster-General, censure on, iii. _174_

---- Sir Robert, Ambassador to Vienna, i. 326, 359, 487, 512

Gorham, Mr, and the Bishop of Exeter, ii. _272_

Gortschakoff, Prince, iii. _135_;
character, iii. 204, 334, 410

Gosford, Earl of, Governor of Lower Canada, i. _56_

Gotha, line extinguished, i. 2

Gough, Sir Hugh (afterwards Viscount), successes in China, i. 441;
baronet, i. 444;
successes in India, ii. _30_, _71_, _73_, 74;
Commander-in-Chief in India, ii. _142_, _208_;
superseded, ii. 215;
Viscount, ii. 221

Goulburn, H., Chancellor of the Exchequer, i. 309; ii. 37, 38, 306;
Disraeli's attack on, ii. _428_

Gower, Lady Elizabeth (afterwards Duchess of Argyll), i. 449

---- Lady Evelyn Leveson, marriage, i. 489

Graham, Sir James, Home Secretary, i. 163, 219, _253_, 309, 448;
public executions, ii. 38, 39;
Corn Laws, ii. 49;
takes leave of the Queen, ii. 85, 88;
as to joining the Whig Cabinet, ii. 287, 293, 298, 305, 359, 368, 375;
speech on Corn Duty, ii. 382;
ii. 415;
Colonial Office, ii. 421;
and Disraeli, ii. _428_;
India Bill, ii. 447;
Eastern Question, ii. _454_, 455;
position in the Government, ii. 458;
speech at Reform Club, iii. _25_;
Government of 1855, iii. 91, 93, 94, 97, 100;
Admiralty, iii. 104;
resignation, iii. 109;
iii. 175, 190;
Conspiracy Bill, iii. _265_;
defeat of the Government, iii. 267-272;
Oudh Proclamation debate, iii. _290_;
competitive exams., iii, 297;
assailed by Disraeli, iii. _341_

Grahamstown, new See, ii. 448

Granby, Marquess of, iii. 76

Grantown, Queen's visit to, iii. 407

Granville, first Earl, Ambassador at Paris, i. 95, 181, 258

---- second Earl, ii. 261;
Foreign Secretary, ii. _283_, 343, 344, 345, 348;
audience with the Queen, ii. 349;
Queen's view of Foreign Policy, ii. 351, 366, 372;
resignation 1852, ii. 375;
Board of Trade, ii. 421; iii. 34;
Government of 1855, iii. 97;
President of the Council, iii. 104;
iii. 141;
coronation of Czar, iii. _158_;
iii. 196;
his opinion of the Czar, iii. 203;
Garter, iii. 227;
China War debate, iii. 229;
fails to form a Government, iii. _307_, 343;
and the _Times_ disclosures, iii. 347;
President of the Council, iii. 348;
and the Pope, iii. 357;
Sir James Hudson, iii. 377;
Lord J. Russell's despatch to France, iii. 389

Graves, Lord, i. 12

Greece, throne of, i. 63; ii. 21, 199;
case of Don Pacifico and Mr Finlay, ii. _231_, 234;
appeal to Russia, and France, ii. _242_

Gregory XVI., Pope,
interview with Prince Albert, i. 152;
death, ii. _115_

Grenadiers, wounded from Crimea iii. 110

Grenville, Lord, i. 357

Greville, Charles, journal of, i. 285;
and Lord Palmerston, ii. 263; iii. _300_

Grey, Sir George, Governor of Cape of Good Hope (afterwards Governor
of New Zealand), iii. _201_;
difficulties with Hottentots, Kaffirs, and Boers, iii. 225;
action at Cape Town, iii. _238_

---- General, iii. 407, 473

---- second Earl, Prime Minister, i. 55;
Reform Bill, i. 61;
i. 283;
illness, i. 512;
death, ii. 43

---- third Earl, _see_ Howick, Lord

---- Sir George, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, i. 135;
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, i. 308;
Home Secretary, ii. 60, 86;
Chartist meeting, ii. 169;
officers' commissions, ii. 185;
ii. 237, 244, 261;
on Palmerston's successor, ii. 346;
seals of office given up, ii. 374;
Home Office, ii. 468;
Colonies, iii. _1_, 34;
resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 75, 76-78;
Government of 1855, iii. 93, 95, 97, 98;
Cabinet of 1855, iii. 103, 104, 149, 150;
Conspiracy Bill debate, iii. 265;
iii. 272;
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, iii. 349;
on Sir James Hudson's appointment, iii. 377;
_Trent_ affair, iii. 466

---- George Henry (son of the above), iii. 103

Grimston, Lady Mary, trainbearer to the Queen, i. 121;
her beauty, i. 123

Groeben, General Count von der, iii. 16

Gros, Baron, ii. 235

Grosvenor, Lord, i. 202, 204, 207

---- Lord Robert (afterwards Lord Ebury), peerage, iii. 245

Guards, The, embarkation for the Crimea, iii. 14

Guelphic Order, ii. 5

Gueronniere, M. de la, _The Pope and the Congress_ pamphlet, iii. _313_, 382

Guilford, Earl of, _see_ North, Lord

Guizot, M., i. 237, 238, 321, 347, 348; ii, 6, 20, 44, 106, 108;
a fugitive, ii. _141_; ii. 145, 153, 156, 162, 170, 263

Gujerat, ii. _208_, 217

Haddington, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, i. 309, 432; ii. 65

Hadfield, Mr, iii. 239

Halford, Sir Henry, Court Physician, i. 144, 477

Hall, Sir Benjamin (afterwards Baron Llanover), First Commissioner of Public Works, ii. _365_; iii. 135, 150

Hallam's _Constitutional History_, i. 435, 449

Hamilton, William, attempt on Queen's life, ii. 220

Hammond, Mr (afterwards Lord), permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Office, iii. 466

Hampden, Dr, Bishop of Hereford, ii. _115_, 135, 136, 139

Hanover, House of, history of, i. 1

---- constitution abrogated, i. _57_;
Princess Royal's reception, iii. 454

---- King of (Ernest Augustus), the Queen's uncle, i. 6, 72, 76,
123, 126;
claim to Crown jewels, i. 439;
visit to the Queen, i. 477, 480-482;
power to confer Orders, ii. 5;
death, ii. 331;
treatment of Prince Consort, iii. 192

---- King George V. of, marriage, i. 437;
succeeds to the throne, ii. 334;
ii. 449

Hanoverian Orders, ii. 5

Harcourt, Edward Vernon, Archbishop of York, i. _291_, 292

Hardinge, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount), i. 65;
Secretary at War, i. 163, 279, 309;
Governor-General of India, ii. 28, 29;
settlement of Sikh boundaries, ii. 74;
Queen's appreciation of, ii. 75, 77, 88;
state of India, ii. 125;
Ireland, ii. 188;
audience with the Queen, ii. 376;
Commander-in-Chief, ii. 393, 394, 396;
Army promotions, iii. 39;
Field-Marshal, iii. 146;
Army discipline, iii. 152, 189;
illness and resignation, iii. 197, 198;
death and Queen's opinion of, iii. 210, 211

Hardwicke, first Earl, Lord Chancellor, i. _500_, 504

---- fourth Earl, i. 384, 497; ii. 23;
Lord Privy Seal, iii. _272_

Harley, Lord (afterwards Earl of Oxford), i. 504

Harrow, extra week's holiday, iii. 200

Harrowby, Lord, iii. 149

Hartington, Lord (afterwards Duke of Devonshire), iii. 340

Hatzfeldt, Count, iii. _181_

Havelock, Colonel, death of, ii. _212_

---- General, Lucknow relief, iii. _224_, _238_, 249, _255_, 259;
death of, iii. 259

Havre, flight of King Louis Philippe, ii. 157-160

Hawes, Mr, i. 220; ii. 83

Hawtrey, Dr, Headmaster of Eton College, i. 339;
Montem, ii. 109;
resignation, ii. 433

Hay, Lord John, i. _44_, _57_

Haynau, General, attack on, ii. _231_, 267, 269, 402

Hayter, Mr, artist, i. 338

---- Mr (afterwards Sir William), Liberal Whip, iii. 227

Head, Sir Francis, i. _56_

Heath, Captain, H.M.S. _Sanspareil_, iii. 70

Heathcote, Sir William, iii. 292

Helena, Princess (afterwards Princess Christian), ii. 220

Henley, J. W., iii. 78;
President of Board of Trade, iii. 272;
withdrawal from Ministry, iii. _307_

Hennessy, John Pope (afterwards Sir), M.P., iii. 445

_Henri IV._, French warship, loss of, at Balaklava, iii. 56

Herat, i. 327; iii. _159_;
siege of, iii. _199_

Herbert, Sidney (afterwards Lord Herbert of Lea), ii. _48_, 49, 84, 368;
Militia Bill, ii. 388;
Free Trade debate, ii. 405, 415;
Admiralty, ii. 421;
sends out Florence Nightingale, iii. _62_;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 76;
formation of Government of 1855, iii. 83, 87, 91, 97, 99;
Cabinet, iii. 103, 104;
resignation, iii. 109;
Lord Palmerston, opinion of, iii. 149, 150;
declines to join the Government, iii. 150;
Secretary for War, iii. 349;
England's interference with Italy, iii. 364;
illness and death, iii. 422

Herries, Rt. Hon. J. C., ii. 291, 303

Hesse-Cassel, ii. _272_

Hesse, Prince Charles of, iii. 458

Hever Castle, Queen's visit to, i. 37

Heytesbury, Lord, Governor of Isle of Wight, i. 326, 330

Highland Volunteers, i. 429

Highlanders, 92nd, i. 429

Hill, Viscount, Commander-in-Chief, i. 100, 263;
resignation and death, i. 419, 420, _421_, 446

---- Lord Marcus, i. 300

Hilliers, Gen. Baraguay de, at capture of Bomarsund, iii. _36_

Hindoos, public offices opened to, ii. 29;
remarriage of widows, iii. _223_, 235;
Indian Mutiny, iii. _224_, 252;
address to the Queen, iii. 399

Hobhouse, Sir John Cam (afterwards Lord Broughton), President of Board of Control, i. 62, 281; ii. 86, 287

Hohenlohe, House of, history of, i. 3

---- Langenburg, Ernest, Prince of, i. 3;
marriage, i. 33; ii. 402;
question of his daughter's marriage, ii. 429

---- Hermann, Prince, of, iii. 396

---- Princess of, _see_ Adelaide, Princess; Feodore, Princess

Hohenzollern, Prince of, iii. 457

Holland, Dr (afterwards Sir Henry), Court Physician, i. 237, 438; ii. 8; Prince Consort's last illness, iii. 473

---- and Belgian dispute settled, i. _43_, _102_, _142_, 145, 146;
King Leopold's views on, i. 152;
and England, i. 117-120;
Queens visit to, ii. _44_

---- King William I. of, i. _188_;
abdication, i. _210_, 351

---- King William II. of, as Prince of Orange, suitor to the Queen,
i. 1;
becomes King, i. _210_;
i. 379, 380, 409;
visit to the Queen Sophia Frederica, ii. 42

---- King William III. of, visit to King Leopold, iii. 454

---- Queen of, visit to England, iii. 240

Holland, Lord, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, i. 245

Holstein, union with Schleswig, ii. _222_, 249, 250, 251, 258, 270

Holy Alliance, i. _44_

Holyrood Palace, ii. 266; iii. 50

Honfleur, ii. 157, 159

Hong-Kong, i. 261, 262;
cession of, to England, i. _370_; ii. 4

Hooghly River, iii. 250

Hope, A. J. (afterwards Beresford-Hope), iii. 8

Horsman, Mr, M.P., iii. 276, 404

Hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers, iii. 113

Hotham, Admiral Sir William, i. _216_

House Tax, ii. _407_, 411

Household appointments, ii. 373, 376

Howard, Charles, i. 419

---- de Walden, Lord, British Minister at Lisbon and Brussels, i. 96, 131, 133, 356, 485; ii. 95

Howden, Lord (formerly Sir John H. Caradoc), British Minister at Rio Janeiro and Madrid, ii. 133, 241, 323, 390

Howick, Lord (afterwards third Earl Grey), views on Canadian affairs,
i. 98, 100;
on civil government of the Army, i. 147;
Corn Laws, i. 465;
and Lord Palmerston, ii. 59;
possible Colonial Secretary, ii. 59;
Ireland, ii. 84;
his party, ii. 86;
views on resignation of Government, ii. 375; iii. 80, 81, 86, 89, 90;
iii. 192;
South Africa, iii. 201;
refusal to join the Government of 1858, iii. 270

Howley, Dr, _see_ Canterbury, Archbishop of

Huebner, Baron, Austrian Ambassador at Paris, ii. 422; iii. _310_, 321, 327

Hudson, Sir J., British Envoy at Turin, ii. 386; iii. 161, _333_;
peace at Villafranca, iii. _359_;
iii. 375, 440

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), _Napoleon le Petit_, ii. _391_

Hull, Queen's visit to, iii. 49

Hume, Joseph, i. 60, 90, 147; ii. 70, _123_