Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row, 1964.
16, 19
Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996.
253
Victoire was a thirty-year-old widow, with two children...
Friends, Associates
Georgiana Chatterton
While spending two summers with her mother at Tunbridge Wells, the young Georgiana Iremonger
met with the Duchess of Kent
and her daughter (the future Queen Victoria
) almost every day, and spent time...
Occupation
Georgiana Chatterton
She was a talented and successful amateur painter, who provided sketches for the illustrations of some of her own books and made gifts of her work to members of the court including the Duchess of Kent
Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996.
xiii
Reception
Mary Somerville
MS
attended a private audience with Princess Victoria
and the Duchess of Kent
.
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff, 1983.
156
Residence
Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan
Her new house was one of the first completed on a new estate by builder-entrepreneur Thomas Cubitt
. In January 1838, when she and her husband moved in, the area was still green, almost rural...
Timeline
1824: The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons,...
Building item
1824
The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, a monthly magazine on high culture and fashion, was founded in London by Mr and Mrs Bell
.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
29-30
5 July 1839: Lady Flora Hastings, a lady-in-waiting to...
Women writers item
5 July 1839
Lady Flora Hastings
, a lady-in-waiting to the mother
of the young and inexperienced Queen Victoria
, died, probably of liver cancer, at Buckingham Palace after being publicly suspected of illicit pregnancy.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.