The Last Princess (54 page)

Read The Last Princess Online

Authors: Matthew Dennison

Tags: #History, #Europe, #Great Britain, #Biography & Autobiography, #Royalty

BOOK: The Last Princess
6.53Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

Lowe, Miss (dancing teacher),
44

Lyric Theatre,
216

Lyttelton, Sarah, Lady,
18

Lytton, Edith, Countess of: on Balmoral,
111
; and Princess Beatrice's shyness,
121
; and her maternal nature,
183
; and death of Prince Henry,
192
,
195
,
200
; on Minnie Cochrane,
201

Macclesfield, Mary, Countess of,
43

Macdonald, Annie,
26
–7

McGonagall, William,
189

Madeira,
192

Madrid,
237
–40,
251
,
255

Mallet, Henry,
201

Mallet, Marie: on Princess Beatrice,
85
,
222
,
225
,
232
,
241
,
243
; on Balmoral,
109
; at Osborne,
113
; and royal amateur
dramatics,
172
,
174
,
177
; on Prince Henry's sailing trips,
179
; and death of Prince Henry,
190
,
194
–5,
200
–201; on Arthur Bigge,
206
; and death of Queen Victoria,
214

Malta,
160

Manchester, Louise, Duchess of,
23

Maori chiefs: reception at Osborne,
39

Margaret of Connaught, Princess (
later
Crown Princess of Sweden),
108

Margaret of Prussia, Princess (
later
Princess Frederick of Hesse-Cassel),
212

Maria Christina, Queen of Spain,
236
,
247

Marie of Battenberg, Princess (
later
Countess of Erbach-Schonberg),
125
,
154
,
157
,
158
–9,
161
,
178
,
185
,
189
,
238
,
251

Marie of Edinburgh, Princess (
later
Queen of Roumania),
141
,
142

Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (
later
Duchess of Edinburgh,
then
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha),
83
,
120
,
142
–3,
195
–6

Marie Alexandrovna, Princess (Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia),
49

Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess,
65
,
243
–4,
246

Marochetti, Carlo,
28
,
215

Martin, Helen, Lady,
188

Martin, (Sir) Theodore,
51
,
52
,
85
,
106
,
107
,
188
,
221

Mary of Teck, Princess (
later
Duchess of York,
then
Princess of Wales,
afterwards
Queen Mary; ‘May’): and death of Prince Henry,
201
; her photography,
204
; and Princess Beatrice's editing of Queen Victoria's Journal,
220
; and Osborne,
227
; and death of Edward VII,
234
; and marriage of Princess Victoria Eugenie (‘Ena’),
237
; visit to Princess Henry of Battenberg Hospital,
244
; coronation,
256
; and
In Napoleonic Days,
262; on destruction of Darmstadt,
265

Mary Adelaide, Princess, Duchess of Teck,
42
,
103
,
153
,
165
,
198
,
200

Maud of Wales, Princess (
later
Queen of Norway),
61
,
141
,
142
,
234

Maurice of Battenberg, Prince: birth,
168
–9; childhood,
211
,
229
; and deaths of Prince Henry and Queen Victoria,
214
; military career,
242
–3; death,
245
–6

Maximilian, Archduke of Austria (
later
Emperor of Mexico),
7

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augusta, Grand Duchess of,
237

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount,
15

Melville, Alexander,
176

Memoirs of Wilhelmine, Margravine of Bayreuth,
161

Menton,
114

Milner, Sir Frederick,
244
,
245

Minto, Mary, Lady,
198

Montefiore, Sir Moses,
134

Moreton, Colonel Augustus Macdonald,
244

Morgan, Miss (dresser),
99

Morral, Mateo,
238

Mottistone, Evelyn, Lady,
228
,
254

Mottistone, John Seely, ist Baron
see
Seely, Colonel J.E.B.

Mountbatten, Lady Iris,
249
,
255
–6

Mountbatten, Lord Leopold
see
Leopold of Battenberg, Prince

Murray, John,
160
–61,
245
,
260
,
261
–3

music,
17
,
57
–60,
92
–3,
172
–3,
244

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,
18
,
86
,
87

National Art Training School,
74

Nautet, Charlotte,
95
,
114

Negre, Joseph,
182

New Gallery, Bond Street,
204

Newport, Isle of Wight,
151

Nice,
114

Norele, Mademoiselle (governess),
41
,
85
,
112
,
153
,
175

Norris Castle,
149

Nottingham, Robert Brindle, Bishop of,
236

Noyes, Alfred,
256

Noyes, Hugh,
256

obstetrics,
2
–3

Onor of Hesse, Grand Duchess,
240

Order of the Garter,
150

Order of St Catherine,
83

Order of St John of Jerusalem,
160
,
253
Order of Victoria and Albert,
152
Osborne House: Queen Victoria's lying-in at,
8
; royal children's statues,
12
; Swiss Cottage,
14
,
17
–18,
44
; royal family's summers at,
20
,
44
; Queen Victoria's stay following Prince Albert's funeral,
26
; Princess Alice's wedding,
36
; reception of Maori chiefs,
39
; draughty windows,
43
, no; royal children stage play at,
50
; sledging at,
63
; pets'
portraits,
68
; at New Year 1869,
74
; the Terrace,
113
; Kent House,
137
,
149
,
226
; Princess Beatrice's wedding,
155
–6; Durbar Wing,
184
; disposal after Queen Victoria's death,
225
–9; Osborne Cottage,
226
–8,
230
,
250

Osborne
(yacht),
149

Ottewell, Benjamin,
106

Paget, Sir Augustus,
195

Paget, Catherine,
55

Paget, Walpurga, Lady,
195

Palmerston, Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount,
2
,
4
. 18,
34

Paris: state visit to (1855),
18
,
86

Parkins & Gotto (stationers),
219

Parratt (organist),
149

Paton, (Sir) Joseph Noel,
21

Patricia of Connaught, Princess (
later
Lady Patricia Ramsay; ‘Patsy’),
164
,
234
,
235

Patti, Adelina,
178
,
180

pets,
44
,
66
–8,
228

Phillip, John,
16

Phillips, Robert (jeweller),
80

Phipps, Sir Charles,
44

Phipps, Harriet,
112
,
174
,
204

Ponsonby, Arthur (
later
ist Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede),
175

Ponsonby, (Sir) Frederick (
later
ist Baron Sysonby; ‘Fritz’),
175
,
204
–6,
209
,
252

Ponsonby, (Sir) Henry: on Swiss holiday (1868),
56
–7; and Henry Graves,
84
; on Louis Napoleon and John Brown,
87
; on Queen Victoria's fondness for cold climates, ill; on Princess Beatrice's chances for marrying,
121
,
123
; on Ethel Cadogan,
137
; and Princess Beatrice's wedding,
145
,
146
,
153
; amateur dramatics,
174
; on Prince Henry of Battenberg,
182
; death,
204
,
226

Ponsonby, Mary, Lady
see
Bulteel, Mary

Ponsonby-Fane, Sir Spencer,
146

Pope-Hennessy, James,
227

Princess Henry of Battenberg Hospital for Officers,
244

Prothero, Canon George,
81
,
146

Prothero, Rowland (
later
ist Baron Ernie),
183
. 197

Pryde, Miss (governess),
105

Quarr Abbey,
155
–6

Ramsgate,
110

Ravenswood,
258
–9,
260
–61

Redfern (fashion house),
148

Reid, (Sir) James: physician to Queen Victoria,
95
,
114
,
124
; birth of Princess Beatrice's children,
162
–3,
164
,
166
,
168
; on royal amateur dramatics,
174
–5; anc l Prince Henry's relationship with Princess Louise,
199
–200; and Queen Victoria's failing health,
204
,
211
–12

Reid, Susan, (Lady),
211
–12

Reinhardsbrunn Castle,
40

republicanism,
75
,
140

Rice-Oxley, (Sir) Alfred,
244

Ripon,
224

Ripon, William Boyd-Carpenter, Bishop of,
193
–4> 2–39

Rosenau Castle,
40

Royal Academy of Arts,
83
,
84

Royal Albert Hall: opening of,
70

Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton,
157

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour,
106
–7, r 4 §

Royal Military Academy,
86

Royal Order of Victoria and Albert,
83

Royal Victorian Order,
197

Ryde,
151
; School of Art,
107

St George's Chapel, Windsor,
25
,
36
,
149

St Mildred's Church, Whippingham,
81
–2,
141
,
146
–7,
149
,
152
–3,
192
,
197
,
200
,
248

Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of,
192

‘Salut a la Princesse’ (Meyer),
115

Sandringham,
78
,
225

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alfred, Duke of
see
Alfred, Prince

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Augusta, Duchess of,
223
,
259
;
In Napoleonic Days,
241,
259
–60,
261
–3

Saxe-Meiningen, Bernard III, Duke of,
62

Scarborough,
215

Scilly, Isles of,
177
,
178
,
180
,
212

Scott, Sir Francis,
190
–91

Second World War,
257
,
259
–61,
264
,
265

Seely, Colonel J.E.B. (
later
ist Baron Mottistone),
240
,
242
,
245
,
247
,
257
,
261
,
264

Serge Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia,
127

Sheila
(yacht),
177
,
178
,
212

Sicily, i n,
250

Sierra Leone Messenger
(newspaper),
187

Skerrett, Miss (dresser), Ioo

Sketch, The
(newspaper),
245
–6

Slatin, Rudolf Carl von,
229

Smith, Elder & Co. (publishers),
107
–8,
160
,
161
,
245

Smith, John Taylor: consecration as Bishop of Sierra Leone,
187
; Ashanti expedition,
188
–9; and death of Prince Henry,
192
–3,
194
–5,
ZI4>
anc l Duchess of Albany,
201
–2; and Princess Beatrice's children,
211
–12,
214

Snow, John,
3
–4,
8
–9

Sohn, Carl Rudolph,
90
,
120
,
121
,
127
,
129
,
228

South Africa: Zulu uprising,
88
–9; Boer War,
208
,
210

Soveral, Marquess de,
234

Spain,
237
–40,
251
,
255

spas,
109
,
224

Spectator, The,
263

Sphere, The
(journal),
233
,
236

Stamfordham, Arthur Bigge, ist Baron
see
Bigge, (Sir) Arthur

Stanley, Arthur, Dean of Westminster,
41
,
44
–5

Stanley, Lady Augusta
see
Bruce, Lady Augusta

Stanley, Edward, Lord (
later
15th Earl of Derby),
10

Stanley, Eleanor,
14
,
20
,
26
–7,
43

Stanley, Mary,
37

Other books

Deadly Pursuit by Michael Prescott
The Virgin Huntress by Victoria Vane
Desperate Measures by Fern Michaels
Blowing on Dandelions by Miralee Ferrell
The Merger by Bernadette Marie
Not Planning on You by Sydney Landon
Tangled Rose by Abby Weeks