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- Scottish Church, Queen's reverence for, 220.
- Sebastopol, 183, 186.
- Seeley, Sir John, 252.
- Shaftesbury, Earl of, 59, 83, 90, 154, 155.
- Spanish marriages, the, 145-8, 166.
- Stanley, Dean, 35, 174, 233.
- Stanley, Lady Augusta, 136, 204.
- Stockmar, Baron, 54, 55, 62, 65, 66, 73, 77, 85, 104-118, 145, 148, 191, 202, 255.
- Sussex, Duke of, 19, 47, 89, 90.
- Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, 248.
- Teck, Duchess of. See Cambridge.
- Teck, Princess Victoria Mary of, 234, 240.
- Tory Party, outbreak of disloyalty in, 73.
- United Irishman, The, 150.
- United States, Civil War, Trent affair, 208.
- Victor Emmannuel, King of Italy, 206.
- Victoria, Queen, birth of, 13; christening of, 14; education of, 20, 28, 34; great affection of, for her uncle Leopold, 25; appearance of, 32, 33; Carlyle on, 33, 224-6; Baroness Bunsen on, 33; care of, for her household and servants, 34; as a musician, 36; Whig sympathies of, 44, 71; accession of, 46; consideration of, for Queen Adelaide, 49, 50; on the bedchamber question, 62; wishes to defer her marriage, 62, 63; betrothal to Prince Albert, 66; announces her engagement to the Council, 69; unpopularity with the Tories, 72, 77; marriage of, 79; efforts of, to preserve the purity of her Court, 83; religious views of, 88, 130, 131, 219; and Lord Melbourne, 52, 53, 94; and Sir James Graham, 96; and Sir Robert Peel, 61, 72, 94-103; Stockmar's influence on, 111-118; attempts on life of, 90, 119, 139, 140, 141; birth of children, 119-128, magnanimity of, 123; good health of, 129, 137; as a mother, 129, 130, 131; legacy to, 139; a good sailor, 142; first visit to France, 144; and Viscount Palmerston, 156-172; on the Haynau incident, 161; at the opening of the Great Exhibition, 173, 175; and Emperor Nicholas, 176; disapproves of Day of Humiliation for Crimean War, 178; visits Paris, 185; and Cherbourg, 196, 197; on her daughter's marriage, 189; Indian Proclamation, 193, 194; reviews the Volunteers, 199, 200; death of mother, 201; death of husband, 201-211; unveiling the Prince's statue at Aberdeen, 221; children's marriages, 227; prevents war with Germany, 229; interest in providing medical women for India, 236; letter of, to Miss Gordon, 238; letter of, to the nation, on death of Duke of Clarence, 242; activity of, in preventing disputes between the Houses of Parliament, 246-252; on the secret of happiness, 255.
- Villiers, the Hon. Charles, 101.
- Volunteer movement, the, 198.
- Wales, Prince of, 117, 121, 185, 187, 205, 217, 228, 239.
- Wales, Princess of, 206, 215, 228, 239.
- Wellington, Duke of, 18, 41, 42, 45, 57, 60, 71, 107, 125, 151, 161, 175.
- Whigs, the Queen's sympathies with, 44, 72.
- Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, 29, 88, 188, 228.
- William I., King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, 178, 239.
- William II., King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, 205, 228, 239.
- William IV., 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 46, 51, 111.
- Windsor, housekeeping at, 134.
- Wynn, Miss, account by, of Queen's accession, 47.
- York, Duchess of, 243.
- York, Duke of, Queen's uncle, 17.
- York, Duke of, Prince George of Wales, 243.
- York, Prince Edward of, 243.
