Henderson, Jim. “Ann of Swansea: a life on the edge”. National Library of Wales Journal, No. 1, pp. 1 - 47.
40 and n109
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent
Standard Name: Kent, Victoria Mary Louisa,,, Duchess of
Used Form: Victoire of Leiningen, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Duchess of Kent
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Ann Hatton | Somebody wrote to The Observer to correct errors printed about AH
's family, and say that she was preparing The Raconteur for publication, |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | QV
's mother was Victoire of Leiningen, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Duchess of Kent
, who came from a strong line of German monarchy. Thompson, Dorothy. Queen Victoria: Gender and Power. Virago Press, 1990. 1 Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row, 1964. 16, 19 Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996. 253 |
| 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 |
| Occupation | Queen Victoria | Princess Alexandrina Victoria
became patron of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
, along with her mother, 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, a monthly magazine on high culture and fashion, was founded in London by Mr and Mrs Bell
.
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.