XXVII7  . 2 At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort's See also:

• DEATH

death the prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales was in. his twenty-first See also:

• YEAR

year . He had spent several terms at See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage each of the two See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, of the and he had already travelled much, having visited prince of most of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . Wales, His marriage was solemnized at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor on the loth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1863 . The See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen witnessed the See also:

• WEDDING

wedding from the private See also:

• PEW (Mid. Eng. puwe, through O. Fr. puya, pui, mod, puy, in the sense of hill, cf. appuyer, to lean against; from Lat. podium, a high place, balcony; Gr. lrb&ov, pedestal, 'roes, foot)

pew or See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George's See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel, Windsor, but she wore the deep See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning which she was never wholly to put off to the end of her See also:

• LIFE

life, and she took no See also:

• PART

part in the festivities of the wedding . In See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign imperial affairs, and in the See also:

• ADJUSTMENT (from late Lat. ad juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from justus, right)

adjustment of serious See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary difficulties, the queen's dynastic See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence abroad and her position as above party at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, together with the respect due to her See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense and experience, still remained a powerful See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in the See also:

• BRITISH

British polity, as was shown Austro• on more than one occasion . In 1866 the Austro-Prussian Prussian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out, and many See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-sighted See also:

• PEOPLE

people War. were tempted to See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France when, in 1867, See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon III. sought to obtain a " moral See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation " by laying a claim to the duchy of See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg . A See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference met in See also:

• LONDON

London, and the difficulty was settled by neutralizing the duchy and ordering the evacuation of the Prussian troops who kept See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison there . But this See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution, which averted an imminent war, was only arrived at through Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal intercession . In the words of a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French writer " The queen wrote both to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia and to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Napoleon . Her See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to the emperor, pervaded with the religious and almost mystic sentiments which predominate in the queen's mind, particularly since the death of Prince See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert, seems to have made a deep impression on the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign who, amid the struggles of politics, had never completely repudiated the philanthropic theories of his youth, and who, on the battlefield of See also:

• SOLFERINO

Solferino, covered with the dead and wounded, was seized with an unspeakable horror of war." Moreover, Disraeli's two premierships (1868, 1874-8o) did a good See also:

• DEAL

deal to give new encouragement to a right See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the Disraeli constitutional See also:

• FUNCTION

function of the See also:

• CROWN

crown . Disraeli thought and that the queen ought to be a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state .

His Clad- notion of See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty—at once a loyal and chivalrous one See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone. was that he was obliged to give the queen the best of his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, but that the final decision in any course See also:

• LAY

lay with her, and that once she had decided, he was See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound, what-ever might be his own See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, to stand up for her decision in public . The queen, not unnaturally, came to See also:

• TRUST

trust Disraeli implicitly, and she frequently showed her friendship for him . At his death she paid an exceptional See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to his " dear and honoured memory " from his " grateful and affectionate sovereign and friend." To something like this position See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury after 1886 succeeded . A somewhat different conception of the sovereign's functions was that of Disraeli's See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• RIVAL

rival, See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, who, though his respect for the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person and See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of the sovereign was unbounded, not only expected allpeople, the queen included, to agree with him when he changed his mind, but to become suddenly enthusiastic about his new ideas . The queen consequently never See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt safe with him . Nor did she like his manner—he spoke to her (she is believed to have said) as if she were a public See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting . The queen was opposed to the Disestablishment of the Irish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church (1869)—the question which brought Gladstone to be premier—and though she yielded with good See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, Gladstone was fretful and astonished because she would not pretend to give a hearty assent to the measure . Through her secretary, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey, the queen pointed out that she had not concealed from Gladstone " how deeply she deplored " his having felt himself under the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of raising the question, and how apprehensive she was of the possible consequences of the measure; but, when a general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election had pronounced on the principle, when the See also:

• BILL

bill had been carried through the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons by unvarying majorities, she did not see what good could be gained by rejecting it in the Lords . Later, when through the skilful See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy of the See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate the Lords had passed the second See also:

• READING

reading by a small but sufficient See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority (179 to 146), and after amendments had been adopted, the queen 'herself wrote " The queen . . . is very sensible of the prudence and, at the same time, the anxiety for the welfare of the Irish See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

Establishment which the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop has manifested during the course of the debates, and she will be very glad if the amendments which have been adopted at his See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the question; but to effect this, concessions, the queen believes, will have to be made on both sides . The queen must say that she cannot view without alarm possible consequences of another year of agitation on the Irish Church, and she would ask the archbishop seriously to consider, in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case the concessions to which the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government may agree should not go so far as he may himself wish, whether the postponement of the settlement for another year may not be likely to result in worse rather than in better terms for the Church . The queen See also:

• TRUSTS

trusts, therefore, that the archbishop will himself consider, and, as far as he can, endeavour to induce the others to consider, any concessions that may be offered by the House of Commons in the most conciliatory spirit." The See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence of which this letter forms a part is one of the few published witnesses to the queen's careful and active See also:

• INTEREST

interest in home politics during the latter See also:

• HALF

half of her reign; but it is enough to prove how See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise, how moderate and how steeped in the spirit of the Constitution she was .

Another instance is that of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

Franchise and Redistribution Bills of 1884-85 . There, again, a conflict between the two houses was imminent, and the queen's wish for a settlement had considerable See also:

• WEIGHT

weight in bringing about the curious but effective conference of the two parties, of which the first suggestion, it is believed, was due to Lord See also:

• RANDOLPH, EDMUND [JENNINGS] (1753–1813)
• RANDOLPH, JOHN (1773–1833)
• RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1523-1590)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1605-1635)

Randolph See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill . In 1876 a bill was introduced into See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for conferring on the queen the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " Empress of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India." It met with much opposition, and Disraeli was accused of ministering simply to a whim of the sovereign, whereas, in fact, "Empress of India . the title was intended to impress the idea of British See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty forcibly upon the minds of the native princes, and upon the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Hindustan . The prince of Wales's voyage to India in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1875-76 had brought the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir to the See also:

• THRONE

throne into personal relationship with the great See also:

• INDIAN

Indian vassals of the British crown, and it was felt that a further demonstration of the queen's interest in her magnificent dependency would confirm their See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty . The queen's private life during the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade 187o-8o was one of quiet, broken only by one great sorrow when the Princess Alice died in 1878 . In 1867 her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

majesty had started in author-See also:

• SHIP

ship by See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Days of the Prince life . Private Consort, compiled by General Grey; in 1869 she gave to the See also:

• WORLD

world her interesting and simply written See also:

• DIARY

diary entitled Leaves from the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of our Life in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands, and in 1874 appeared the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of The Life and Letters of the Prince Consort (2nd vol. in 188o), edited by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin . A second See also:

• INSTALMENT (for earlier stallment or estallment, from Fr. estaler, to fix, arrange; the change is probably due to the influence of the verb " install ")

instalment of the Highland journal appeared in 1885 . These See also:

• LITERARY

literary occupations solaced the See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of a life which was mostly spent in privacy . A few trips to the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent, in which the queen was always accompanied by her youngest daughter, the Princess See also:

• BEATRICE

Beatrice, brought a little variety into the home-life, and aided much in keeping up the good See also:

• HEALTH

health which the queen enjoyed almost uninterruptedly . So far as public ceremonies were concerned, the prince and princess of Wales were now coming forward more and more to represent the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family .

People noticed meanwhile that the queen had taken a great See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for her Scottish See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man-servant, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown, who had been in her service since 1849; she made him her See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant personal attendant, and looked on him more as a friend than as servant . When he died in 1883 the queen's grief was intense . From 188o onwards See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland almost monopolized the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of domestic politics . The queen was privately opposed to Gladstone's Home See also:

• RULE

Rule policy; but she observed in public a constitutional reticence on the subject . In the year, however, of the Crimes See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1887, an event took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place which was of more intimate personal concern to the queen, and of more attractive import to the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire at large . See also:

• JUNE

June loth was the fiftieth anniversary of her See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession to the the throne, and on the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, for the second Jahilee. time in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• HISTORY

history, a great See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

Jubilee celebration was held to commemorate so happy an event . The country threw itself into the celebration with unchecked See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm; large sums of See also:

• MONEY

money were everywhere subscribed; in every See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• VILLAGE

village something was done both in the way of rejoicing and in the way of establishing some permanent memorial of the event . In London the day itself was kept by a See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn service in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey, to which the queen went in state, surrounded by the most brilliant, royal, and princely escort that had ever accompanied a British sovereign, and cheered on her way by the See also:

• APPLAUSE (Lat. applaudere, to strike upon, clap)

applause of hundreds of thousands of her subjects . The queen had already paid a memorable visit to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East End, when she opened the People's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace on the 14th of May . On the and of See also:

• JULY

July she reviewed at See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham Palace some 28,000 See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers of London and the home counties . On the 4th of July she laid the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation stone of the Imperial See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, the See also:

• BUILDING

building at See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington to which, at the instance of the prince of Wales, it had been determined to devote the large sum of money collected as a Jubilee offering, and which was opened by the queen in 1893 . On the 9th of July the queen reviewed 6o,000 men at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot; and, last and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of all, on the 23rd of July, one of the most brilliant days of a brilliant summer, she reviewed the See also:

• FLEET

fleet at Spithead .

The year 1888 witnessed two events which greatly affected See also:

• EUROPEAN

European history, and in a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor, though still marked, degree The queen the life of the English See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . On the 9th of March and the emperor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I. died at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . He was See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck. succeeded by his son, the emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III., regarded with See also:

• SPECIAL

special affection in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband of the princess royal . But at the time he was suffering from a See also:

• MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

malignant disease of the See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat, and he died on the 15th of June, being succeeded by his eldest son, the emperor William II., the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of the queen . Meanwhile Queen Victoria spent some See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence at the See also:

• VILLA

Villa Palmieri, and returned home by See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt and Berlin . In spite of the illness of the emperor Frederick a certain number of court festivities were held in her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, and she had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long conversations with Prince Bismarck, who was deeply impressed by her majesty's See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality . Just before, the prince, who was still See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, had taken a very strong See also:

• LINE

line with regard to a royal marriage in which the queen was keenly interested—the proposal that Prince See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander of See also:

• BATTENBERG

Battenberg, lately ruler of See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria, and See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the queen's son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, Prince See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, should marry Princess Victoria, the eldest daughter of the emperor Frederick . Prince Bismarck, who had' been See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Battenberg from the beginning, vehemently opposed this marriage, on the ground that for reasons of state policy it would never do for a daughter of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German emperor to marry a prince who was personally disliked by the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar . This affair caused no little agitation in royal circles, but in the end state reasons were allowed to prevail and the _chancellor had his way . The queen had See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne so well the fatigue of the Jubilee that during the succeeding years she was encouraged to make some-1888 89. what more frequent appearances among her subjects . In May 1888 she attended a performance of Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan's See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

Legend at the Albert See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August she visited See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow to open the magnificent new municipal buildings, remaining for a couple of nights at Blythswood, the seat of Sir See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell . Early in 1889 she received at Windsor a special See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, which was the beginning of a memorable See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of English history: two See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele chiefs were sent by King Lobengula to See also:

• PRESENT

present his respects to the " great See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Queen," as to whose very existence, it was said, he had up till that time been sceptical .

Soon afterwards her majesty went to See also:

• BIARRITZ

Biarritz, and the occasion was made memorable by a visit which she paid to the queen-See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain at See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian, the only visit that an English reigning sovereign had ever paid to the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula . The relations between the court and the country formed See also:

• MATTER

matter in 1889 for a somewhat See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp discussion in parliament and in the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . A royal See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message was brought by Mr W . H . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith on the 2nd of July, expressing, on the one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the queen's See also:

• DESIRE

desire to provide for Prince Albert See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor of Wales, and,on the other, informing the house of the intended marriage of the prince of Wales's daughter, the Princess See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise, to the See also:

• EARL

earl (afterwards See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke) of See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife . On the proposal of Mr Smith, seconded by Gladstone, a select See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee mentary was appointed to consider these messages and to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report to the house as to the existing practice and as the prince to the principles to be adopted for the future . The ofildWarenles's ch See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence laid before the committee explained to the country for the first time the actual state of the royal income, and on the proposal of Gladstone, amending the proposal of the government, it was proposed to grant a fixed addition of 36,000 per annum to the prince of Wales, out of which he should be expected to provide for his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children without further application to the country . Effect was given to this proposal in a bill called " The Prince of Wales's Children's Bill," which was carried in spite of the persistent opposition of a small See also:

• GROUP

group of Radicals . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1890 the queen visited See also:

• AIX

Aix-See also:

• LES

les-Bains in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope that the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of that health resort might alleviate the See also:

• RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism from which she was now frequently 1890 91. suffering . She returned as usual by way of Darmstadt, and shortly after her arrival at Windsor paid a visit to See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand See also:

• ROTHSCHILD

Rothschild at Waddesdon See also:

• MANOR

Manor . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February she launched the battleship " Royal Sovereign " at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth; a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week later she visited the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse Show at See also:

• ISLINGTON (in Domesday and later documents Iseldon, Isendon and in the 16th century Hisselton)

Islington . Her See also:

• ANNUAL

annual spring visit to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South was this year paid to the little town of See also:

• GRASSE
• GRASSE, FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL, MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY, COMTE DE (1722-1788)

Grasse .

At the beginning of 1892 a heavy See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon the queen in the death of the prince of Wales's eldest son Albert Victor, duke of See also:

• CLARENCE, DUKES OF

Clarence and Avondale . He had never been Death of a robust constitution, and after a little more than of the a week's illness from See also:

• PNEUMONIA (Gr. ?rveu AMP, lung)

pneumonia following See also:

• INFLUENZA (syn. " grip," la grippe)

influenza; duke of he died at See also:

• SANDRINGHAM

Sandringham . The pathos of his death Clarence. was increased by the fact that only a short time before it had been announced that the prince was about to marry his second See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Princess May, daughter of the duke and duchess of See also:

• TECK

Teck . The death of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young prince threw a gloom over the country, and caused the royal family to spend the year in such retirement as was possible . The queen this year paid a visit to Costebelle, and stayed there for some quiet weeks . In 1893 the country, on the expiration of the royal mourning, began to take a more than usual interest in the affairs of the royal family . On the 19th of February the queen 189 See also:

• LEFT

left home for a visit to Florence, and spent it in the Villa Palmieri . She was able to display remarkable See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy in visiting the See also:

• SIGHTS

sights of the city, and even went as far afield as San Gimignano; and her visit had a notable effect in strengthening the bonds of friendship between the United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom and the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian people . On 28th See also:

• APRIL

April she arrived home, and a few days later the prince of Wales's second son, George, duke of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York (see GEORGE V.), who by his brother's death had been left in the See also:

• DIRECT

direct line of See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the throne, was betrothed to the Princess May, the marriage being celebrated on 6th July in the Chapel Royal of St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's Palace . In 1894 the queen stayed for some weeks at Florence, and on her return she stopped at