Queen's House (65 page)

Windsor, HRH The Duchess of,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
Michael Joseph, London, 1956.

Windsor, HRH The Duke of,
A King's Story,
Cassell, London, 1951.

Wraxall, Nathaniel,
Historical Memoirs,
ed. H. B. Wheatley, 5 vols., 1884.

Wright, Patricia,
The Strange History of Buckingham Palace,
Alan Sutton, Gloucestershire, 1996.

Ziegler, Philip,
King William IV,
Collins, London, 1971.

Ziegler, Philip,
Crown & People,
Collins, London, 1978.

REFERENCES

Hansard
Journal of the House of Lords
The Annual Register

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

Chronicle of the 20th Century
, Jacques Legrand, Paris, 1988.

Chronicle of The Royal Family
, Chronicle Communications, London, 1991.

Dictionary of National Biography
, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1975.

Oxford History of The British Monarchy
, ed. John Cannon and Ralph Griffiths,
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988.

Royal Encyclopedia,
Macmillan, London, 1991.

PERIODICALS

Apollo
Burlington Magazine
Fortnightly Review
Gentleman 's Magazine
Punch
The Times, Sunday Times, et al
.

Index

CP
and
P
at the end of entries refer to either the colour plate insets or the black and white plate inset.

Abdul Karim
183–4

Aberdeen, 4th Earl of
163

accidents
52
,
136
,
217–18
,
233
,
366

Adam: Robert, James & William Adam (firm)
88–9

Adam, James
40

Adam, Robert (architect)
xv-xvi,
38
,
39
,
96
CP5

Adams, John,
39

Adeane, Sir Michael
250
,
350
,
351
,
386
,
392

Adelaide, Queen
78–9
,
102
,
109–10
,
112
,
113
,
114
,
125
,
135

daughter
197

Adolphus, Prince (brother of Queen Mary)
see
Cambridge, Adolphus, Marquess of

Africa, royal tours
322
,
323–4
,
335
,
361

air raid shelters
298
,
300
,
307–8

Airlie, 13th Earl of
ix,
378
,
380

Airlie, Countess of (wife of 13th Earl)
353

Airlie, Mabell, Countess of
209
,
232–3
,
239–40
,
248
,
252
,
253–4
,
271–2
,
299
,
378

after accession of George VI
285
,
286–7
,
290
,
336

Elizabeth II's wedding
323
,
324
,
326–7

Aiton, William Townsend
367

Albani, Cardinal
40

Albert, Prince Consort
114
,
129–30
,
131–76
,
197
,
344
,
349
,
385
,
389
P6
,
CP18

affect of his death on Victoria
176–8
,
192
,
196–7

made ‘Prince Consort'
163–4

Palace improvements
157
,
160
,
163
,
165–70
,
203

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
see
Edward VII

Albert Victor, Prince
see
Clarence and Avondale

Alexander I, Tsar
73

Alexander II, Tsar
178–9
,
180
,
182

Alexander, Prince, of Russia
187

Alexander, Tsarevich (1839)
128
,
129

Alexander, Sir Ulrick
321
,
325

Alexander of Wurttemberg, Duke
186
,
229

Alexandra, Princess
380

Alexandra, Queen
204
,
224
,
225
,
244
,
267

Buckingham Palace
190
,
195
,
199
,
201–3
, 202
n
,
206
,
212
,
390

death
261

Edward's death
206–7
,
212

as Princess of Wales
174
,
176
,
183
,
185
,
187
P8
,
P9
,
P10
,
CP22

Alexandra, Tsarina
225
,
226

Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (son of Victoria)
176
,
178–9
,
225

Alfred, Prince (son of George III)
76
,
388
CP7

Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
245
,
309–10
,
380

Alice, Princess (daughter of Victoria)
179
,
312

Alice, Princess (mother of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
312
,
313

Althorp, Viscount (3rd Earl Spencer)
104
,
105
,
106

Altrincham, Lord (later John Grigg)
373
,
392

Amelia, Princess
34
,
69

America

Civil War: Prince Albert's memorandum
174

Court etiquette
182
,
250–51
,
343

royal tours
294–5
,
334

War of Independence
63
,
78

Anderson, Mabel
331
,
339

Anderson, Sir John
298

Anderson, Will
236
,
237–8

Andrew, Duke of York
355
,
380–81

Angeli, Heinrich von
140

animals and birds
11–12
,
18
,
24
,
43
,
285
,
371
see also
horses

Anne, the Princess Royal
331
,
339
,
380
P14

Anne, Queen
20
,
21–2
,
23
,
24
,
29

Anne of Denmark, Queen (wife of James I)
6
,
29

Annuities to the Royal Family
135
,
375
,
376
,
380

Anson, Charles,
x

Anson, George
135

Arbuthnot, Charles and Mrs,
84
,
90

Arlington, Earl of (Henry Bennett)
11
,
20

Arlington, Isabella (Duchess of Grafton)
14–15
,
19

Arlington House
16–20
,
21
P2

Arnold, Frieda,
165

Arnold, John
46

art(s)
6–7
,
13
,
15–16
,
19
,
21
,
36
,
170

art(s) –
cont.

Carlton House
83–4

Edward VII
194–5
,
196–7
,
198–9

family portraits
7
,
41
,
42
,
52
,
53
,
68
,
75–6
,
140
,
214
,
301
,
311
,
388–9

frescos
133
,
169–70
CP20

Raphael's cartoons
7
,
36
,
41
,
52
,
70
,
170

George III and Charlotte
35
,
39–45
,
47
,
53
,
60
,
71
,
75–6

George IV
83–4
,
98
,
109
,
382
,
385
,
387

George V and Mary
221
,
229
,
231

light fittings put in the way
197–8

Queen's Gallery
x,
348
,
384–5

Royal Collection
138–40
,
375
,
383
,
384–91

Victoria & Albert
123
,
133
,
138–41
,
160

Windsor
34
,
39–40

see also
china; furnishings; soft furnishings

Arthur, Prince
140
,
175

Asquith, Herbert
205
,
206
, 215n

Assistant to the Master of the Household
347

Aston, Lord (d 1639)
8

Astor, Nancy, Viscountess
254

Athlone, Earl of
226

ATS, Camberley
313–4

Attlee, Clement

316–7
,
322–3
,
324
,
325
,
332
,
333–4
,
335
,
336–7
,
341

Audley, Hugh
4–5
,
8
,
10
,
16

Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick
67
,
388

Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
78
,
152
,
186–7
,
190
,
221
,
235
,
238

Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (Duchess of Cambridge)
76
,
78
,
154
,
301

Augusta, Princess (daughter of George III)
54
,
72
,
79

Augusta, the Princess Royal (sister of George III)
59
,
67

Augusta, Princess of Wales (mother of George III)
28–9
,
30
,
32
,
37
,
67
,
83

Australia and the Royal Family
352
,
361

Bach, Johann Christian
48
,
51
,
61

Badminton, Gloucestershire
299
,
307

Bahamas: Duke and Duchess of Windsor
297

Bailey, E. H.
93

balcony
163
,
183
,
217–18
,
224
,
244
,
278
,
392
,
394
CP29

1st World War
242

George VI with family
314
,
318
,
330
P13

RAF fly-past
368

Baldwin, Stanley
246
,
247
,
256–7

ballroom(s)
160
,
165–6
,
168–70
,
183
,
198
,
203
CP20

Investitures
364

state banquets
364–5

balls
61
,
114
,
128
,
363

George V Silver Jubilee
260–61

Victoria
154–6
,
163
,
170
,
184
CP18

Balmoral
152–3
,
176
,
191
,
299

Elizabeth II and Philip
327
,
329
,
330
,
345
,
359
,
375
,
376

Banks, Sir Joseph
60

Banqueting House, Whitehall
6
,
7
,
8–9
,
36

banquets and receptions
202
, 202n,
244–5
,
355
,
362–3
,
364–5
CPl,
CP31
,
CP33

Victoria
156
,
171
,
178
,
183

Barberini, Cardinal
7

Baring, Sir Thomas
84

Barnett, Joel
377

Bateman, William
278

Bath stone
93
,
94

bathing cisterns
18
,
19

bathrooms
196
,
288

cistern
35

sanitation
147
,
158–9
,
165

Bean: threat to Victoria
149

Beaton, Cecil
P11
,
CP28

Beatrice, Princess (daughter of Victoria)
143
,
197

Beatrix, Princess (later Queen of the Netherlands)
297

Beaufort, Duchess of (niece of Queen Mary)
299

Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron
270
,
272
,
276–7

Bedaux, Charles and Fern
293
bedrooms
36
,
52
,
107–8
,
228
,
289
,
314

King's Bedchamber
39
,
41

beds, Queen's House
43–4
,
50

Beechey, Sir William
76
,
84
,
388
CP14

Belgian Suite
123
,
198–9
,
248
,
273–4

George VI
288
,
331

Bennett, Henry (Earl of Arlington)
11–20

Bennett (Queen's Page of the Presence)
340

Bentley (partner of Wedgwood)
45

Bernasconi, Francis
390–91

Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands
297
,
310

Bertram
&c
Son
198
Bessant, C. H.
198

Bessborough, 4th Earl of
see
Duncannon