Queen Victoria

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Standard Name: Victoria, Queen
Birth Name: Alexandrina Victoria
Royal Name: Queen Victoria
Titled: Queen Victoria, Empress of India
Used Form: Princess Victoria
From a young age, Queen Victoria wrote extensive journals, two of which were published with great success during her lifetime. Other selections from her journals, collections of her letters, and drawings and watercolours from her sketchbooks were published posthumously.
Black and white photograph of Queen Victoria, done for her Diamond Jubilee, 1897, by W. and D. Downey. She is seated, face in profile, holding a fan and wearing an elaborately embroidered floor-length dress, a small crown, a veil on the back of her head whose lace matches that of her skirt, a jewelled bracelet and drop earrings. National Archives of Canada.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth von Arnim
EA had one elder sister and four elder brothers: Ralph (b. 1857), Charlotte (b. 1858), Sydney (b. 1861), Walter (b. 1862), and Harry (b. 1864). As an adult she was close to Charlotte and Sydney...
Family and Intimate relationships Caroline Norton
For a while after the separation CN pursued Melbourne with letters in an attempt to revive their intimacy, which in her isolation she sorely missed. He held her firmly at a distance. She accused him...
Friends, Associates Alfred Tennyson
A sociable man (although distrustful of unknown admirers) Tennyson was acquainted with many of the major artistic and political figures of the nineteenth century, including Edward FitzGerald , Coventry Patmore , Edward Lear , William Ewart Gladstone
Friends, Associates Annie S. Swan
ASS drops the names of at least two social classes in the earlier parts of her autobiography. The Dowager Duchess of Atholl (a Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria ) brought her to the attention...
Friends, Associates Mary Berry
Despite her relative poverty, MB moved easily in circles of the great and the good. Her closest friends were Anne Damer (whose death in 1828 was a terrible loss), Joanna Baillie (whom in 1831 she...
Friends, Associates Charles Dickens
As one of the leading literary figures of the period, CD had an extensive social network. His early acquaintances in publishing included Richard Bentley , William Harrison Ainsworth , and John Forster (who later became...
Friends, Associates Augusta Gregory
With her marriage, AG became part of her husband's impressive social network. She met Queen Victoria , Heinrich Schliemann , and James Froude shortly after her wedding, and visited Robert Browning and Henry James on...
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...
Friends, Associates Frances Isabella Duberly
Queen Victoria , with Prince Albert and their eldest daughter , reviewed the Eighth Hussars at Portsmouth on their return from the Crimean War. She bowed deeply to FID , though she did not speak to her.
Duberly, Frances Isabella. “Editor’s Introduction”. Mrs Duberly’s War. Journals and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, edited by Christine Kelly, Oxford University Press, 2007, p. xi - xlviii.
xxxiii-xxxiv
Friends, Associates Mary Frere
Upon their return, she and her sister were received at Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Friends, Associates Lucie Duff Gordon
Living once again with her parents in London, Lucie Austin began an active social life. She was introduced to Queen Victoria , met and became friendly with Caroline Norton , and was introduced to...
Friends, Associates Elizabeth Rigby
The same year they saw Queen Victoria 's entourage in Paris on a state visit.
Lochhead, Marion C. Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake. John Murray, 1961.
105
Friends, Associates Florence Nightingale
FN visited the Queen and the Prince on 21 September 1856 at Balmoral, where she pleaded the case for military hospital reform. A few years later, the Queen offered her an apartment in Kensington...
Friends, Associates Elizabeth Rigby
Queen Victoria soon afterwards relayed her deepest sympathy.
Lochhead, Marion C. Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake. John Murray, 1961.
112
Rigby, Elizabeth. Journals and Correspondence of Lady Eastlake. Editor Smith, Charles Eastlake, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols.
2: 203-4
ER , however, remained grief-stricken. It is of no use your hoping to find me in good spirits—I shall never be that again, she...
Intertextuality and Influence Pandita Ramabai
Rachel L. Bodley claims that this was read by (and influenced the opinions of) Queen Victoria .
Ramabai, Pandita. Pandita Ramabai’s American Encounter. Kosambi, MeeraEditor & translator , Indiana University Press, 2003.
242n12
Bodley, Rachel L., and Pandita Ramabai. “Introduction”. The High-Caste Hindu Woman, Jas B. Rogers, 1888, p. i - xxiv.
xvi, xviii

Timeline

1 May 1851: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry...

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1 May 1851

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, the first world's fair, was opened by Queen Victoria in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.
Beaver, Patrick. The Crystal Palace 1851-1936: A Portrait of Victorian Enterprise. Hugh Evelyn, 1970.
5, 11, 13
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.

October 1852: Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice...

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October 1852

Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice of spiritualism across the ocean to England, where she advertised as a medium.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
19
Porter, Katherine H. Through a Glass Darkly: Spiritualism in the Browning Circle. Octagon, 1972.
1-2

January 1853: Following Napoleon III's marriage to Eugénie...

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January 1853

Following Napoleon III 's marriage to Eugénie de Montijo , English female hairstyles followed the fashionable French example.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
43, 54

1854: Queen Victoria sat for the first photographic...

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1854

Queen Victoria sat for the first photographic portraits of the royal family, taken by Roger Fenton .
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
67

10 June 1854: Queen Victoria reopened the Crystal Palace...

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10 June 1854

Queen Victoria reopened the Crystal Palace on its new site in Sydenham just south of London.
Beaver, Patrick. The Crystal Palace 1851-1936: A Portrait of Victorian Enterprise. Hugh Evelyn, 1970.
69, 99, 141

1855: When Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress...

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1855

When Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugénie , visited Queen Victoria , Eugénie brought the first crinoline to England with her.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
227

29 January 1856: Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross...

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29 January 1856

Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross for acts of conspicuous valour.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
276

May 1856: Ellen Terry made her theatrical debut at...

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May 1856

Ellen Terry made her theatrical debut at the Princess's Theatre , watched by an audience which included Queen Victoria and Prince Albert .
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
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Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
356

1857: The Department of Practical Art constructed...

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1857

The Department of Practical Art constructed a facility on eighty-seven acres of land in South Kensington.
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
10: 270
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1858: Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to become the...

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1858

Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to become the capital of Canada.
McInnis, Edgar. Canada: A Political and Social History. Revised ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
285
Lower, Arthur R. M. Colony to Nation: A History of Canada. Longmans, Green, 1946.
311

9 April 1858: Queen Victoria signed the royal charter giving...

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9 April 1858

Queen Victoria signed the royal charter giving London University (then comprised of two schools, University College and King's College ) the revolutionary power of offering courses and degrees externally.
MacLeod, Donald. “All aboard the London-Delhi express”. Guardian Weekly, 28 Mar. 2008, p. 43.
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2 August 1858: Government and military control of India...

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2 August 1858

Government and military control of India was transferred by the Government of India Act from the East India Company to the British Crown after the successful suppression of the Indian Mutiny by the British army...

5 August 1858: The first effective transatlantic telegraph...

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5 August 1858

The first effective transatlantic telegraph cable was laid between Ireland and Newfoundland. During the celebrations, Queen Victoria and President James Buchanan exchanged messages over the cable.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
26: 527-8
Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
81, 83-4

4 May 1874: Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler, exhibited...

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4 May 1874

Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler , exhibited her painting Roll Call at the Royal Academy ; it was bought by Queen Victoria .

October 1860: Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn; or, The...

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October 1860

Dion Boucicault 's The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen opened at the Adelphi Theatre .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1716 (1860): 360-1
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
59
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
89

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