Biography of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

Paternal Family Tree: Hanover

Maternal Family Tree: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 1610-1684

1837 Death of King William IV Succession of Queen Victoria

1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria

1839 Death of Flora Hastings

1840 Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

1842 Appointment of Garter Knights

1844 Appointment of Garter Knights

1846 Appointment of Garter Knights

1848 Charge of the Light Brigade

1851 Appointment of Garter Knights

1855 Appointment of Garter Knights

1856 Appointment of Garter Knights

1857 Appointment of Garter Knights

1858 Appointment of Garter Knights

1858 Marriage of the future King Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha

1859 Appointment of Garter Knights

1861 Death of Prince Albert

1862 Appointment of Garter Knights

1863 Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra

1874 Wedding of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia

1901 Death of Queen Victoria

On 24 Apr 1799 [her father] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 31) was created 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn.

On 29 May 1818 [her father] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 50) and [her mother] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 31) were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 61). He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were third cousin once removed.

On 24 May 1819 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was born to Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 51) and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 32). She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

Before 1824 Charles Lambert (age 55) rented Osborne House, Isle of Wight before it was sold to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 4) in 1844.

In 1831 Princes Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (age 11), the future Queen Victoria, visited Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] with her mother, the [her mother] Duchess of Kent (age 44), as part of an extensive tour of the country.

1833. George Hayter (age 40). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 13).

In 1837 Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber (age 57) was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 17).

Death of King William IV Succession of Queen Victoria

On 20 Jun 1837 [her uncle] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 71) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His niece Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 18) succeeded I Queen Great Britain and Ireland. His brother [her uncle] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 66) succeeded King Hanover. Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 59) by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.

At 5am Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) and Archbishop William Howley (age 71) went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess she was now Queen. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'.

1880. Henry Tanworth Wells (age 51). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 60) being informed she was Queen by Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham and Archbishop William Howley.Death of King William IV Succession of Queen Victoria

Coronation of Queen Victoria

Around 28 Jun 1838. George Hayter (age 45). Coronation Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 19).

On 28 Jun 1838 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 19) was crowned I King Great Britain and Ireland.

On 16 Jul 1838 [her uncle] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 54) was appointed 682nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 19).

In 1839 Edward Smith-Stanley 13th Earl of Derby (age 63) was appointed 683rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 19).

Death of Flora Hastings

On 05 Jul 1839 Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings (age 33) died. She had suffered a swelling in her abdomen. She refused an examination. Rumours were spread, by among others the future Queen Victoria (age 20), that she was pregnant. When Lady Flora (age 33) did finally consent to an examination she was found to an advanced cancerous liver tumour, and had only months left to live. The future Queen Victoria (age 20) visited Lady Flora on 27 Jun 1839 eight days before her death.

On 16 Dec 1839 [her future husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 20) was appointed 685th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20).

In 1840. Richard Rothwell (age 39). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20).

Around 1840. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 34). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20). Note the Arm Garter as worn by Ladies of the Garter.

Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

On 10 Feb 1840 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 20) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20) were married by Archibishop Charles Longley (age 45) at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 53). He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 56) and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

10 Feb 1840. George Hayter (age 47). Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Hayter included portraits of fifty-six of those present at the occasion and sittings took place over the next year. The Queen (age 20) sat for him in March in her 'Bridal dress, veil, wreath & all', and [her husband] Prince Albert (age 20) also posed for his portrait several times during the following months. Hayter's family too helped out with his son, Henry, modelling the Prince's costume, while his daughter Mary posed for the Queen's arm and wearing the veil. Victoria's aunt Queen Adelaide (age 47), however, was unwilling to co-operate and the artist had to refer to a miniature for her likeness. Hayter included himself in the painting, on the lower right, with his sketchbook and pencil.

11 Feb 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.

St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.

THIS day the Marriage of the QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY (age 20) with [her husband] Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (age 20), was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.

Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert (age 20), attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:

The first Carriage,.

Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. (age 43); George Edward Anson, Esq (age 28); and Francis Seymour, Esq (age 26); the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.

The second Carriage,.

Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge (age 42) (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath (age 62), Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.

The third Carriage,.

Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert (age 20), [her uncle] His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha (age 56) (father), and the [her brother-in-law] Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha (age 21) (elder brother).

Her Majesty (age 20), attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by [her mother] Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (age 53), proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:

The first Carriage,

Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq (age 33) and the Honourable Heneage Legge (age 51); Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour (age 51).

The second Carriage,.

Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget (age 23); two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng (age 8), Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.

The third Carriage,.

Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish (age 50); the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. (age 43); and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng (age 33).

The fourth Carriage,.

Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand (age 60); the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester (age 52); the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey (age 48).

The fifth Carriage,.

Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks (age 45); the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington (age 27).

The sixth Carriage,.

Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich (age 27); the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. (age 67); the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H. (age 38); and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge (age 42).

The seventh Carriage,.

Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN (age 20); Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (age 53); and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty (age 33).

The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:

THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.

Drums and Trumpets.

Serjeant Trumpeter.

Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.

Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H (age 65), York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq (age 44).

The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq (age 26) Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. (age 43) George Edward Anson, Esq (age 28).

Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H. (age 43), Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.

Continues ...

THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.

Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.

Lady Adelaide Paget (age 20), Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox (age 20), Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers (age 18), Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard (age 23), Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper (age 20), Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay (age 18), Lady Elizabeth West (age 21), Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston (age 20), Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie (age 20), Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (age 12), Lady Mary Charlotte Howard (age 18).

Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour (age 51).

Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H. (age 67), Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland (age 33).

Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby (age 41), The Duchess of Bedford (age 56), The Countess of Burlington (age 28), The Countess of Sandwich (age 27), The Baroness Portman (age 30), The Dowager Lady Lyttleton (age 52), The Lady Barham (age 25).

Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.

On 21 Nov 1840 [her daughter] Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 21) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

In 1841 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster (age 73) was appointed 687th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 21).

In 1841 George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 54) was appointed 686th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 21).

On 09 Nov 1841 [her son] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 22) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

1842 Appointment of Garter Knights

Adeline Horsey Recollections. My mother presented me at Court in February 1842, and shortly afterwards I went with my parents to the first fancy dress ball given by Queen Victoria (age 22).

Our dresses were lovely. My father (age 52) wore the uniform of a Garde Francaise, and my mother was dressed as a Court lady of the same period. I went as a Louis XV. shepherdess. Mamma took endless pains in seeing that my costume was perfectly designed and carried out, and the result amply repaid her. I was very pleased with my own reflection when at last I was ready after what seemed hours of preparation. My hair was exquisitely poudre and my beautiful pink and white brocade gown, garlanded with roses, looked as though it had actually belonged to my prototype at Versailles. The Queen (age 22) and [her husband] Prince Albert (age 22) complimented mamma on my appearance, and told her that my dress was one of the prettiest in the ballroom. I wore my "Shepherdess" costume at Stafford House St James' in the following July when the Royal Ball was reproduced.

On 25 Apr 1843 [her daughter] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 23) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

1844 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1844 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 24) appointed Knights of the Garter:

694th. King Louis Philippe I of France (age 70).

695th. [her brother-in-law] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 25).

696th. Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 62).

697th. James Hamilton 1st Duke Abercorn (age 32).

698th. Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot (age 66).

699th. Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 58).

In 1844 John Gibson (age 53) visited Britain at which time he was introduced to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 24) and [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 24). He enjoyed their patronage for the rest of his life. Gibson produced several portraits of Queen Victoria, including a bust and a full-length statue. He also made a marble relief of Cupid and Psyche that the Queen gave to her husband as a Christmas present.

On 06 Aug 1844 [her son] Prince Alfred Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 24) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 25) at Windsor Castle [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

1845 Francis Grant (age 41). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 25).

1846 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1846 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 26) appointed Knights of the Garter:

700th. George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 46).

701st. Richard Seymour-Conway 4th Marquess Hertford (age 45).

Around 1846. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 40). Portrait of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 26) and [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 26) and their children.

On 25 May 1846 [her daughter] Helena Windsor was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 26) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

On 26 Mar 1847 Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford (age 58) was appointed 702nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 27).

On 08 Oct 1847 Robert Gordon (age 56) died by choking on a fish bone. [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) bought Balmoral estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28).

Charge of the Light Brigade

Adeline Horsey Recollections. Among those who came to our house at 8 Upper Grosvenor Street, the Earl of Cardigan (age 50) was my father's (age 58) particular friend, and in consequence we saw a great deal of him. Lord Cardigan (age 50) has sometimes been described as a favourite of fortune, for he possessed great wealth, great personal attractions, and he was much liked by the late Queen Victoria (age 28) and [her husband] Prince Albert (age 28). Commanding the 11th Hussars, he was the first person to welcome the Prince (age 28) at Dover, Kent [Map] when he arrived to marry the Queen (age 28), and his regiment was afterwards known as Prince Albert's own Hussars.

His Lordship (age 50) was a typical soldier, and after the Crimean War there was perhaps no more popular hero in all England. So much has been written about him that it is unnecessary for me to retell matters that are well known. I have often been asked whether he confided to me anything particular about the Charge of the Light Brigade, but the truth is that he never seemed to attach any importance to the part he played. Such matters are the property of the historian, and as his widow I am naturally his greatest admirer.

In 1848 Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk (age 56) was appointed 703rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28).

In 1848 the ruins of Furness Abbey [Map] were visited by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28) with her lady-in-waiting Augusta Elizabeth Frederica Bruce (age 25).

On 18 Mar 1848 [her daughter] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

In 1849 George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 48) was appointed 704th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 29).

In 1849 Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer (age 50) was appointed 705th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 29).

On 01 May 1850 [her son] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 30) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 30) at Buckingham Palace [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

On 20 Jun 1850 Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais (age 22) was presented to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 31).

1851 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1851 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 31) appointed two Knights of the Garter:

706th Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby (age 53).

707th Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 64).

In 1853 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 60) was appointed 708th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 33).

In 1853 Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 75) was appointed 709th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 33).

On 07 Apr 1853 [her son] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 33) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 33) at Buckingham Palace [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

In 1854 Jane Conyngham Baroness Churchill (age 27) was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 34).

1855 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1855 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 35) appointed five Knights of the Garter:

709th George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 52).

711th Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 54).

712th George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 70).

713th Emperor Napoléon III (age 46).

714th King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (age 34).

1856 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 36) appointed three Knights of the Garter:

715th Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue (age 72).

716th Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 71).

717th Sultan Abdulmejid I (age 32).

1857 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1857 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 37) appointed two Knights of the Garter:

718th Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (age 41).

719th Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 61).

On 14 Apr 1857 [her daughter] Princess Beatrice was born to [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 37) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 37). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

1858 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1858 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 38) appointed five Knights of the Garter:

720th [her future son-in-law] Frederick III King Prussia (age 26).

721st Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington (age 50).

722nd William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 49).

723rd King Pedro V of Portugal (age 20).

724th The [her son] Prince of Wales (age 16).

Marriage of the future King Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha

On 25 Jan 1858 [her son-in-law] Frederick III King Prussia (age 26) and [her daughter] Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 17) were married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 38). He the son of William I King Prussia (age 60). He a great x 4 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 20 Sep 1858 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 60) and Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 33) were married after having been his mistress. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. The marriages something of a scandal since James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 60) had left his first wife; Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 39) refused to have her at court. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.

1859 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1859 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 39) appointed two Knights of the Garter:

725th Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (age 60).

726th Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (age 59).

On 17 Dec 1860 Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 49) was appointed 727th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 41).

In 1861 William I King Prussia (age 63) was appointed 728th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 41)..

Death of Prince Albert

On 14 Dec 1861 [her husband] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 42) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His wife, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) never recovered from his death spending, more or less, the remainder of her life in mourning.

The Times. 24 Dec 1861. Yesterday, with little of the pomp and pageantry of a State ceremonial, but with every outward mark of respect, and with all the solemnity which befitted his high station and his public virties, the [her former husband] mortal remains of the husband (deceased) of our Queen (age 42) were interred in the last resting-place of England's Sovereigns-the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor [Map]. By the express desire of his Royal Highness the funeral was of the plainest and most private character; but in the Chapel, to do honour to his obsequies, were assembled all the chiefest men of the State, and throughout England, by every sign of sorrow and imourning, the nation manifested its sense of the loss wlhich it has sustaiined. Windsor itself wore an aspect of the most profound gloom. Every shop was closed and every blind drawn down. The streets were silent and almost deserted, and all wvho appeared abroad were dressed in the deepest mourning. The great bell of Windsor Castle [Map] clanged out: its doleful sound at intervals from an early hour, and minute bells were tolled also at St. John's Church. At the parish church of Cleover and at St. John's there were services in the morning and: aternoon, and the day was observed throughout the Royal borough in the strictest manner. The weather was in character with the occasion, a chill, damp air, with a dull leaden sky above, increased the gloom which hung over all. There were but few visitors in the town, for the procession did not pass beyond the immediate precincts of the Chapel and Castle, and none were admitted except those connected with the Castle andi their friends. At 11 o'clock a strong force of the A division took possession of the avenues leading to the Chapel Royal, and from that time only the guests specially invited and those who were to take part in the ceremonial were allowed to pass. Shortly afterwards a of honour of the Grenadier Guards, of which regiment his Royal Highness was Colonel, with the colonrs of the regiment shrouded in crape, marched in and took up its position before the principal entrance to the Chapel Royal. Another guard of honour from the same regiment was also on duty in the Quadrangle at the entrance to the State apartments. They were speedily followed by a squadron of the 2nd Life Guards dismounted, and by two companies of the Fusileer Guards, who were drawn uip in single file along each side of the road by which the procession was to pass, from the Norman gateway to the Chapel door. The officers wore the deepest military mourning-scarves, sword-knots, and rosettes of crape. In the Rome Park was stationed a troop of Horse Artillery, which commenced firing minute guns at the end of the Long Walk, advancing slowly until it reached the Castle gates just at the close of the ceremony. The Ministers, the officers of the Queen's Household, and other distinguished personages who had been honoured with an invitation to attend the ceremonial, reached Windsor a special train from Paddington. They were met by carriages provided for them at the station, and began to arrive at the Chapel Royal soon after 11 o'clock. The Earl of Derby (age 62), the Archbishop of Canterbury (age 81), Earl Russell (age 69), and the Duke of Buccleuch were among the first to make their appearance, and as they alighted at the door of the Chapel they were received by the proper officials and conducted to the seats appointed for them in the Choir. In the Great Quadrangle were drawn up the hearse and the mourning coaches, and, all the preparations having been completed within the Castle, the procession began to be formed shortly before 12 o'clock. It had been originally intended that it should leave the Castle by the St. George's gate, and, proceeding down Castle-hill, approach the Chapel through Henry VII.'s gateway, but at a late hour this arrangement was changed, and the shorter route by the Norman gatewvay was chosen.

The crowd which had gradually collected at the foot of Castle-hill, owing to this change, saw nothing of the procession but the empty carriages as they returned to the Castle after setting down at the Chapel. The few spectators who were fortunate enough to gain admission to the Lower Ward stood in a narrow fringe along the edge of the flags in front of the houses of the Poor Knights, and their presence was the only exception to the strict privacy of the ceremonial. The [her son] Prince of Wales (age 20) and the other Royal mourners assembled in the Oak Room, but did not form part of the procession. They were conveyed to the Chapel in private carriages before the coffin was placed in the hearse, passing through St. George's gatewayinto the Lower Ward. In the first carriage were the Prince of Wales (age 20), [her son] Prince Arthur (age 11), and the [her son] Duke of Saxe Coburg (age 8). The [her son-in-law] Crown Prince of Prussia (age 30), the Duke of Brabant (age 26), and the Count of Flanders (age 24) followed in the next; and in the others were the Duke de Nemours (age 47), [her future son-in-law] Prince Louis of Hesse (age 24), Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (age 38), and the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, with the gentlemen of their respective suites. Scarcely had they alighted at the door of Wolsey's Chapel, from which they were conducted through the Chapter Room to the door of the Chapel Royal to be in readiness to meet the coffin, when the first minute gun fired in tlhe distance, and the rattle of the troops reversing arms announced that the procession had started, and exactly at 12 o'clock the first mourning coach moved from under the Norman gateway. First came nine mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, conveying the Physicians, Equerries, and other members of the household of the late Prince. In the last were the Lord Steward (age 63) (Earl St. Germans), the Lord Chamberlain (age 56) (Viscount Sidney), and the Master of the Horse (age 57) (the Marquis of Ailesbury). The carriages and trappings were of the plainest description; the horses had black velvet housings and feathers, but on the carriages there, were no feathers or ornaments of any kind. The mourning coaches were followed by one of the Queen's carriages, drawn by six horses, and attended by servants in State liveries, in which was the Groom of the Stole (age 26), Earl Spencer, carrying the crown, and a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord George Lennox, carrying the baton, sword, and hat of his late Royal Highness. Next escorted by a troop of the 2nd Life Guards, came the hearse, drawn by six black horses, which, like the carriages, was quite plain and unornamented. On the housings of the horses and on the sides of the hearse were emblazoned the scutcheons of Her Majesty and of the Prince, each surmounted by a, crown, the Prince's arms being in black and Her Majesty's in white. The procession was closed by four State carriages.

1862 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1862 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) appointed seven Knights of the Garter:

729th Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49). He died a month later.

730th Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke Somerset (age 57).

731st. John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 69).

732nd Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 60).

733rd William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 46).

734th [her future son-in-law] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24).

735th Grand Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (age 42).

On 01 Jul 1862 [her son-in-law] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24) and [her daughter] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 19) were married at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43).

In 1863 Lucy Caroline Lyttelton (age 21) was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43).

Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra

On 10 Mar 1863 [her son] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 18) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (age 44) and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (age 45). He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

10 Mar 1863. William Powell Frith (age 44). Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the [her son] Prince (age 21) is about to place the ring on the [her daughter-in-law] Princess' (age 18) finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are [her son] Prince Leopold (age 9) and [her son] Prince Arthur (age 12), Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen (age 43) herself looks down on the ceremony.

On 10 Jun 1863 [her son] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 18) was appointed 736th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 44).

After 10 Jun 1863 George Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke Sutherland (age 34) was appointed 738th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 44).

After 10 Jun 1863 Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey (age 60) was appointed 737th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 44).

In 1864 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne (age 47) was appointed 740th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 44).

On 25 May 1864 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 59) was appointed 739th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45).

In 1865 Louis Hesse Darmstadt III Grand Duke (age 58) was appointed 745th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45)..

In 1865 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper (age 30) was appointed 746th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45).

In 1865 John Poyntz Spencer 5th Earl Spencer (age 30) was appointed 741st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45).

In 1865 King Christian IX of Denmark (age 46) was appointed 744th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45)..

In 1866 [her future son-in-law] Prince Frederick Christian Oldenburg (age 34) was appointed 749th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 46).

In 1866 King Leopold II of Belgium (age 30) was appointed 748th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 46).

The Times. 03 Feb 1866. Her Majesty (age 46) drove out yesterday morning and afternoon. Mr. Engleheart arrived at Osborne on Thursday, and had the honour of dining with Her Majesty (age 46) and the Royal family yesterday. The Queen (age 46) held a Council today, which was attended by Earl Russell (age 73), Earl de Grey and Ripon (age 38), and Mr. Guschen.

Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.

Earl Cowley (age 61), Viscount Sydney (age 60), and Sir Charles Young (age 70), Garter, arrived from London this morning. Lord Cowley (age 61) was introduced by Lord Sydney (age 60), Lord Chamberlain (Sir Charles Young (age 70) attending with the insignia of the Order of the Garter), and Her Majesty (age 46) invested Lord Cowley (age 61) with the Riband and Badge of the Garter.

Earl Russell (age 73) and Earl de Grey (age 38) had audiences of Her Majesty (age 46).

Note. On 03 Feb 1866 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 61) was appointed 747th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 46).

In 1867 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 43) was appointed 752nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47).

In 1867 Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke Richmond (age 48) was appointed 750th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47).

In 1867 [her son] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 16) was appointed 753rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47).

In 1867 Charles Manners 6th Duke Rutland (age 51) was appointed 751st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47).

Before 14 Apr 1867 [her son-in-law] Prince Frederick Christian Oldenburg (age 36) and [her daughter] Helena Windsor (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 47). He the son of Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 68) and Louise Sophie Danneskiold Samsøe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1868 John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 45) was appointed 757th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 48).

In 1869 [her son] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany (age 15) was appointed 758th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 49).

In 1869 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon (age 41) was appointed 760th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 49).

In 1870 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster (age 44) was appointed 761st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 50).

In 1872 Thomas Laurence Dundas 2nd Earl Zetland (age 76) was appointed 763rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 52).

In 1873 Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 50) was appointed 765th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 53).

Wedding of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia

On 23 Jan 1874 [her son] Prince Alfred Windsor (age 29) and [her daughter-in-law] Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 20) were married. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 54). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1876 George I King Greece (age 30) was appointed 766th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 56).

In 1878 Ernest Augustus Hanover 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale (age 32) was appointed 769th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 58).

In 1878 Benjamin Disraeli Earl Beaconsfield (age 73) was appointed 770th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 58).

In 1878 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 47) was appointed 771st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 58).

On 14 Dec 1878 [her daughter] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 35) died.

On 13 Mar 1879 [her son] Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 18) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 59). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 01 Dec 1880 Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 61) was appointed 772nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 61).

In 1881 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 23) was appointed 775th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 61).

On 27 Apr 1882 [her son] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany (age 29) and [her daughter-in-law] Helena Waldeck Duchess Albany were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Albany. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 62).

In 1883 Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy 7th Duke Grafton (age 61) was appointed 778th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 63).

In 1883 Prince Albert Victor "Eddy" Windsor (age 18) was appointed 779th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 63).

In 1884 George V King United Kingdom (age 18) was appointed 782th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 64).

In 1884 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby (age 57) was appointed 781st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 64).

In 1885 George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 35) and Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 27) came to blows at Hyde Park [Map] over the affections of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton "Lily Langtry" (age 31) who they had both arranged to meet. George Chetwynd 4th Baronet (age 35), apparently, got the better of Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 27). Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 27) was summoned by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 65) to explain himself.

In 1885 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley (age 58) was appointed 783rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 65).

In 1885 William Molyneux 4th Earl Sefton (age 49) was appointed 785th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 65).

In 1885 William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton (age 67) was appointed 784th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 65).

On 23 Jul 1885 [her son-in-law] Henry Mountbatten (age 26) and [her daughter] Princess Beatrice (age 28) were married at St Mildred's Church, Whippingham. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).

In 1886 Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk (age 38) was appointed 789th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).

In 1886 Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland (age 75) was appointed 787th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).

In 1886 William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny (age 59) was appointed 788th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).

Before 30 Mar 1886 Chaplain Richard Cavendish Boyle (age 74) was appointed Chaplain to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 66).

In 1888 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 35) was appointed 791st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 68).

On 24 Aug 1889 Evan Morris was knighted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 70) on her visit to Wrexham.

In 1891 George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan (age 50) was appointed 796th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 71).

In 1891 John James Robert Manners 7th Duke Rutland (age 72) was appointed 795th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 71).

In 1892 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 58) was appointed 799th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 72).

In 1892 Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 44) was appointed 801st Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 72).

In 1892 James Hamilton 2nd Duke Abercorn (age 53) was appointed 800th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 72).

The Times. 01 Aug 1892. The marriage of Mr. Victor Cavendish (age 24), MP, eldest son of the late Lord Edward Cavendish, and nephew and heir presumptive of tho Duke of Devonshire (age 59), to Lady Evelyn Fitzmaurice (age 21), eldest daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne (age 47), Viceroy of India, took place on Saturday afternoon in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The church was tastefully decorated with flowers. A large crowd assembled outside the church long before half-past 2, the hour fixed for the ceremony, but admittance could only be obtained by those favoured with invitations or tickets. Shortly before 2 o'clock, Mr. Victor Cavendish (age 24) entered by the east door, secompanied by his brother, Mr. Richard Cavendish (age 21), who dlscharged the duties of best man, and took up his position at the chancel steps. Meanwhile the bridesmaids, eight in number, assembled inside the entrance. They were Miss Blanche Egerton (age 21), eldest daughter of the Hon. Francis (age 67) and Lady Louisa Egerton (age 57), cousin of the bridegroom; Lady Francis Spencer Churchill (age 21) eldest daughter of the Marchioness of Blandford, Lady Maud Anson (age 23), daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, Lady Katherine Scott (age 17), daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch (age 60); Lady Gladys Hamilton (age 12), daughter of the Duke of Abercorn (age 53), Miss Muriel Herbert, second cousin of the bride; Lady Dorothy Osborne (age 3), daughter of the Marquis of Carmarthen (age 29); and Miss Margery Digby, daughter of Colonel and Lady Emily Digby (age 37), cousin of the bride.

They were attired alike in dresses of white satin veiled with lisse, the bodices being arranged with fichus having small frills at the edge, and tied in large bows in front, and wore Gainsborough hats trimmed with white feathers and pale pink roses. Each carried a shower bouquet of pink roses and wore a diamond snake brooch, the Cavendish crest, a present from the bridegroom. Master Harry Strettfeild, son of Colonel and Lady Florence Streatfeild (age 32), acted as psge, and wore a costume of white velvet, and a diamond scarf-pin, the bridegroom's gift.

The bride, who arrived punctually at half-past 2, was met at the entrance by the clergy and choir, and a procession being formed, advanced up the aisle, the choristers singing "The voice that breathed o'er Eden" to a setting by Barnby. The Bishop of London, uncle of the bride-groom, performed the nuptial rite, and was assisted in the service by the Rev. John Duncan, M.A., Vicar of CaIne, Wilts, and chaplain to the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Rev. C. Gore and the Rev. H. Rounsell. The music used throughout the service was by Barnby, and included "Jlesn, lover of my soul," from the Hymnary, and "For all the Saints who from their labours rest." The bride, who, in the absence of the Viceroy, was given away by her brother, the Earl of Kerry (age 47), wore a dress of rich white satin duchesse trimmed with beautiful Brussels point lace; the skirt being plainly made, and having a very narrow trimming round the hem. Her tulle veil fell from a wreath of orange flowers and her ornaments included a diamond necklace and a pearl necklace, the gift of her father, thee diamond stars, given by Lady Edward Cavendish, and a fine diamond bracelet, presented to her by the Viceregal Staff in India. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party proceeded to the vestry and signed the registers, the attestors being the Marchioness of Lansdowne (age 42), the Duke of Devonshire (age 59), the Duke of Abercorn (age 53), Lady Edward Cavendish, and the Dowager Maarchioness of Lansdowne, during which the organist plaved the March from St. Polycarp.

The bride, and bridegroom left the church Mendelssohn's Wedding March was played, acd the hells of St. Margaret's rang out a merry peal. The reception was held at ffampden-houlse, lent for the occasion by the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn. In the Lawrence Room was stationed Herr Wurms's White Vienna Band, and refreshments were served in the dining room, the long buffet being profusely decorated with choice white flowers admirably arranged in a number of large silver bowls. Among the company present were the Duke of Devonshire (age 59), the Duke (age 60) and Duchess (age 55) of Bucceuch, the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn, the Duchess Dowager of Abercorn, the Duchess of Leeds and the Ladies Godolphin Osborne, the Dowager Maarchioness of Lansdowne, Lady Edward Cavendish, Lady Frederick Cavendish, the Countess of Kerry, Lord Charles Fitzmaurice, Lord and Lady Edmond Fitzmaurice, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Gwrendolen Cecil, the Marchioness of Blandford and the Ladies Spencer Churchill, the Marquis of Headtort, the Dowager Marchioness of Waterford, the Marchioness of Waterford, the Countess of Normanton and Lady Mary Agar, the Countess of Mayo and Lady Florence Bourke, the Earlof Ava. theEarl and Countess of Morley, and Lady Katherine Parker the Earl and Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliot Countess Percy and the Ladies Percy, Earl Winterton Countess Spencer, the Earl and Countess of St Germans and Mliss Lascelles, the Earl of Camperdown, Viscount Cross, Viscountess Galway, Viscountess Hampden and the Hon. Miss Brand, Lord Robert Cecil, Lady Alexandra Hamilton, Lady Gladys Hamilton, Lord John Hamnilton, Lord Henry Fitzgerald, LadyHelen Feruson,Lady Li ian Yorkeand Miss Pelly, Lady Rovelstokc and the HIon. M£i5S Baring, Lady George Hamlton, Lady lantage, Lord Frederick Hamilton, the Ladies Egerton, Lord and Lady Alexander Russcll, Lady Constance Scott, Lady Harris, Lady Louisa Blagelis, Lady Beatrix Herbert and Miss Uuriel Herbert, Lady Mauriel Boyle, Lady Lyttelton, Lady Fanny Marjoribanks, Lady Olliffe and Mlliss Olliffe, Lady Abercromby, Lady Claud Hamilton, Lady William Osborne Elphinstone, the Hon. Lady Yoley, the Hon. Charles Gore, Mr. and Mrs. Childers, 1r. Chaplin, the Hon. bliss Roberts and Miss Pryde, Hon. Percy Wyndham and Miss Pamela KWyndham and the.on. MIary lVyndham, the Hon. Thomas Egerton, thec Hon. C. Anson, the Hon. Mrs. Assheton 6?urzon, the Hon. Lionel Holland, the Hon. Alexander Hood, Mlajor the Hon Montagu and M1rs. COrzon, the Hon. Mrs. Agar Ellis, Mr. and Lady Louise Loder, Lady Sybil Beauclerk, Sir James Ramsden, Sir George Baden-Powell Sir Thomas and Lady Brooks, Sir Andrew Scobie, Sir. Henry and Miss James, General Sir Hugh and Lady Gough, Sir Donald Wallace, Colonel and Lady Emily Digby, MIr. and Lady Helena Heneasge, Sir George and Lady Young, General Arthur Ellis, Ilrs. Grenfell, BMrs. Temple, Mr. Hercert, MIrs. Reginald Brett, Miss Chandos Pole, Mr. IV. H. Grenfell, Mrs. Arthur Barclay, Admiral and Mrs. F. Robinson, Mr. Leveson-Gower, Mr. G. Leveson-Gower, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grey, Mr. Reginald Loder, Mr. Leeson, Colonel Ian and MN rs. Haamilton, Mr. James Cavendish, Mr. and Mrs. Baillie Hamilton, Mr. and Mirs. P. Ponsonby, Mrs. Francis Gore, and many others. Later in the afternoon Mr. and Lady Evelyn Cavendish left for Bowood-park, Lord Lansdowne's seat in Wiltshire, for the honeymoon. Lady Evelyn Cavendish travelled in a dress of ptle blue radzimir, trimmed with white embroidered lisse, with lar-e revers of white moire antique, and wore a large black hat.

The Queen (age 73) presented the bride with an Indian shawl, and the bridegroom with a bronze statuette of herself, with the inscription, "Presented to Victor Cavendish by Victoria, R.I., 1892." The Empress Eugenie gave the bride a ruby and diamond watch bracelet, and Princess Christian presented the bridegroom with 12 volumes of Tennyson's poems, bound in white calf. The other presents to the bride included, from the bridegroom, a superb diamond tiara, an antique chatelaine watch set in diamonds, and a sapphire and diamond bracelet; from the Marchioness of Lansdowne, a diamond necklace and a pearl necklace; the Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch, a diamond and pearl necklace; the Duke of Devonshire, a three-stringed pearl necklace the Ducchess of 'Abercorm, pair of gold links with tucquoise in centre; the Duke of Abercorn, silver and tortoiseshell box; the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, gold and enamel filagree tulip watch, gold bracelet with motto, and four silver-gilt shell dishes; the Duke of Westminster, a necklace of brilliantts, pink topazes, beryls, and white enamel olira leaves; the MIa-quis of Lansdowne's staff diamond heart bracelet; the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, pair of amber heart-shaped links with diamond centres; the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, diamond and carbuncle horseshoe brooch: the Dowager M1archioness of Lansdowne, diamond and sapphire thistle brooch the Earl of Mlount Edgeumbe, diamond and sapphire bangle; the Earl of Durham, diamond and sapphire brooch, the Marquis de Lavalette, ring with large pearl in centre and iamonds; La Marquise de Lavalette, diamond flowver brooch; the Earl and Countess of Powis, silver ink-stand and candlesticks; the Earl of Kerry and Lord Charles Fitzmaurice, silver tea service in case; Earl and Countess Winterton, fluted silver bowl; Countess Russell, silver fan-shaped box; the Earl of Rosebery 2 pair of silver candlesticks; the MIarquis of Tullibardine, pair of tortoiseshell and silver opera-glasses the Countess of Lichfield, pair of carved rosewood book shelves; the Countess of Kerry, pair of silver candlesticks; the Marquis of Hamilton, two silver pepper-boxes in case; the Duke of Athole, silver and tortoiseshell inkstand and tray with letter clip; Countess Granville, fitted luncheon basket;fhe MIarquis of Bath, tortoiseshell and silver photo frame Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, silver-gilt box; the Dowager Marchioness of Waterford, leather dressing-case with silver-gilt fittings; the Earl and Countess of Ilchester, painted lace fan; the Earl of Dalkeith. lace fanD; tnc Eiarl of Northbrook, act of enamelled trays; the Marchioness of Headfort, six fruit knives with malachite handles; the Earl of Ava, crystal seal with diamond-beaded snake entwined; Countess Spencer, pair of large Mintonvases; the MIarchioness ot Blandfora, a framed engraving; Louise, Duchess of Manchester, carriage-basket with clock, &c. the Countess of Minto, Louis XVI. clock; Earl and Coun tess of Wharneliffe, large copper jardiniere on iron stand; Earl and Countess Cowrper, Louis XV clock,; Lord Wolverton silver and copper card-case and memo-book; Lord and Lady Strathrnore. heart-shaped mirror in silver frame; Lord aBnd Lady P.oay, silver trinket tray on stand; Viscount Turnour, silver shell tray; Lady Claud AnSOn, silver tray; Lord and Lady Edmunud Fitzmaurice, pearl and diamond brooch; Viscountess Cranborne ann Lady Esther Gore, gold curb bracelet with crimson enamel heart; Lord and Lady Mount Stephen,. a sable travelling rug; Lady Edward S*vs;di'eA4d tars viacoant Valetort, diamond bracelet: l; dy Robert Cecil and Lady Anne Lambton, pair of gold and malachite links; the Ladies Churchill, silver-mounted heart-shaped tortoise-shell tray; Lady Suffolk, diamond and pearl brooch; Lord Frederick Hamilton, enamel miniature locket set with pearls; Lord Henry Scott, silver tea-caddy the Earl of Caraperdown, silver box; Lord Alington, three-fold screen; Dowager Baroness Ashburton and Mliss Digby, screen; Lord and Lady Roberts, Indian silver bowl; Lady Amnpthill,:gilt carriage clock; Baroness Leconfield, rosewood specimen table; Lord and Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, tortoiseshell and silver tea-caddy; Viscount and Viscountess Cross, hammered silver tray; Lady Abercromby, gold box with enamelled cross and pearl in centre; Lord Revelstoke Savres chin-: vase; Baroness Revelstoke, gold-mounted torto.iseshell paper knife; Lord Rowton, silver-gilt vase; Lady Wantage, Louis XV. clock; Viscount and Viscountess Newport, pair of agate trays; Lord and Lady Ernest Hamilton,two Crorwn Derby ink-pots and tua7; Earl and Countes5 oEf Morley, pair of silver-gilt mounted claret jugs; Lady Beatrice Fitzmaurice, chased silver teapot; Baroness Carrington, silver hot-milk jug-; archioness of Carmarthen, ostrich feather fan; Mrs. 3ontefiore, inlaid cabinet table vith marble top; Hon C Lambton, small silver dish; Mrs. Temple, sil-er bell; Mr Thomas Baring, gold necklace with onys Dendant set. in diamonds; 3r. John Baring, gold curb bracelet with moonstone heart surmonnted with rubies and diamonds; Hon. Miss Baring, diamond and enamel heart brooch; Mrs. Sackville West, gold ball hatpin set with diamonds. Mrs. Grace, silver inkstand and tray; Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes,massive silver-framed:mirror.; Sir Alerander Iackenzie, gold safety-pin brooch set with pearls and diamonds; Captain and Mrs. Cecil Cavendish, silver-mounted pin-cushion; Hon. Mrs Wyndharn, silver buckle Mrr and Lady Fanny hlarioribanks, piece of Indian plate; Mr. and hMrs. W. Grenfell, copper and brass standard lamp; General Brackenbury, large silver-mounted:scent bottle, Mr. and Lady Louise Loder, silver inkstand and tray; MIr. Cyril Flower, large Venetian glass bowl hlr. and Irs. Childers, Dresden china tdte-&-tetc tea service Lord Lansdowne's WViltshire tenants, diamond bracelet. The bridegroom's presents included --From the Duchess of Westminster, tortoiseshell blotting case inlaid with gold; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, sl1ver salver; the Marquis of Blandford, silver-gilt card case; the Earl of Chesterfield, silver flask; Mr. R. Cavendish, Eervice of plate in walnut case; the Dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne, large diamond scarf-pin; the Dowrager Duchess of Abercorn, silver cofee pot; the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, gold and bloodstone seal,; the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, tortoiseshell and silver calendar frame Lady Frederick Cavendish, 24 volumes of George Eliot's works; the Countess of Bectivo, crystal and gold bos; the Marchioness of Salisbury, pair of tall silver salt cellars and spoons in case; Louise, Duchess of Manchester, silver milk jug; the Marquis of Granby, silver-mounted walking stick; Viscount 'Wolmer, silver-mounted hunting crop; Viscount and Viscountes6 Portman, half-a-dozen silver-gilt dessert spoons in a case; Earl of Arran, gold and nearl Albert chain; Lord and Lady Burton and Hon. ellie Bass, antique silver box; Baroness Taunton, pair of silver candlesticks; Lord Ampthill, massive silver-mounted inkstand; Lord and Lady Henry Bentinek, silver hot milk jug; Sir Thomas asd Baroness Brooke, pair of antique b-rass ornaments; Lord and Lady Herschell, silver-mounted blotter; Hon. W. and Mrs. Cavendish, silver-mounted hock jug; Sir H. and Lady Mleysey Thompson, silver-gilt match box and tray; Hon. A. Lyttelton, silver-mounted riding whip; Hon E. Cavendish, silver grenade cigar lighter; Lord Vernon, silver.tobacco box; Lord and Baroness Chesham, gold and enamel pencil-case Lord and Baroness Penrhyn, four silver salt cellars and spoons; Viscount and Viscountess Hampden, silver coffee-pot; the Earl and Countess of St. toermans, pair of vases; the Countess of Leicester, silver and tortoiseshell scimitar paper cutter; Sir George Baden Powell, silver-mounted ebony stick; Sir Henry James, set of pearl studs; Colonel J. C. Cavendish, silver inkstand; Viscount St. Cyres, silver-mounted walking-stick; Lord and Lady Belper, silver inkstand; Ron. J. Mansfield, silver match-box; Hon. F. Leveson-Gower, two engravings; Earl Spencer, silver sandwich box and flask in casel; Mr and Lady Harriet Cavendish, a silver-mounted driving whip.

In 1895 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 49) was appointed 805th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 75).

In 1897 William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 65) was appointed 809th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 77).

In 1897 Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby (age 55) was appointed 808th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 77).

In 1899 Victor Bruce 13th Earl Kincardine 9th Earl Elgin (age 49) was appointed 810th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 79).

In 1899 Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 52) was appointed 811th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 79).

In 1900 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) was appointed 812th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80).

Death of Queen Victoria

On 22 Jan 1901 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 81) died at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her son [her son] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 59) succeeded VII King of the United Kingdom.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. Lord Cardigan hated the idea of being put underground, so his coffin was placed immediately under his effigy inside the tomb and not in a vault. He had always intended to have a monument erected during his lifetime in the Rectory grounds, and actually had some stone brought from his Stanion quarries for this purpose. One day Lord Westmorland called, and noticing the quantity of stone, asked what it was to be used for. Cardigan told him. "Nonsense", said Lord Westmorland, "give the stone to me instead. I want to make an entrance-hall at Apethorpe, and it will be the very thing!" My husband very good-naturedly gave him the Stanion stone, and the low entrance-hall at Apethorpe was built of it.

The late Queen Victoria greatly admired the design for the monument, and I was told on good authority that she even had her own figure modelled in her lifetime for her memorial tomb but that when search was made after her death the figure had disappeared and nobody knew what had become of it.

Royal Ancestors of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Royal Descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 1

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 1

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 1

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 1

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 1

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 1

Carl XVI King Sweden x 2

Ancestors of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George I of Great Britain and Ireland Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Palatinate Simmern Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

Father: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Julius Ernst Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Katharina 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ulrich Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

GrandMother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England