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Seymour, Lord (1850)
161

Seymour, Francis
133

Sheffield, Charles (formerly Charles Herbert)
xv,
26–7, 27
n

Sheffield, John
see
Buckingham, 1st Duke of

Shinwell, Emanuel
374

Simpson, Dr (1853)
143

Simpson, Ernest
259–60
,
261
,
270–71

Simpson, Wallis
see
Windsor, Duchess of

site
1–5
,
7–8
,
16
,
22–3
,
37
,
86–7
,
91–2
,
101
PI

Sitwell, Edith
338

Smallpiece, Sir Basil
345

Smirke, Sir Robert
90
,
100
,
105

Smith, Clifford
85
,
223

Smith, J. T.
42

Smith, Joseph
40

Smith, Sidney
121

Smuts, Jan Christian (Field Marshal)
326–7

Snow, John
143

Snowden, Ethel
254

Snowden, Philip
253

Soane, Sir John
84
,
90–91
,
100
,
105

soft furnishings no,
203
,
229–30
,
348–9

Arlington House
6
,
15
,
16

Queen's House
42–4
,
47
,
52
,
53
,
70
,
71–2

Sokolnikov (Soviet Ambassador, 1930)
253

Solti, Sir Georg and Lady Solti
371–2

Somerset House
1–
271,
32
,
33

Sophia, Princess (daughter of George III)
70

Sophia of Gloucester, Princess
72

South Africa
322
,
323–4
,
325–6
,
358
,
362

Spain
291
,
296–7

Civil War
293

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

Stained-glass window, restored
390

staircase
36
,
44
,
47
,
53
,
95
,
97
,
108
,
198
CP6

Stallinge, William and Jasper
3

Stamfordham, Lord (Sir Arthur Bigge)
177
, 215
n
,
249–50
, 250
n
,
350

stamp collection
203
,
212–13
,
375
,
383

standards, personal: Elizabeth II
361

State Coach of George III
46–7

State Dining Room
108–9
,
169
,
183
,
244
,
365

State Rooms
95–6
,
108–10
,
196
,
198
,
314
,
347
,
381

state visits to Britain
346

Steen,Jan
84

Stephanoff, James
CP6
,
CP8
,
CP9

Stephenson, Benjamin
86
,
105

steps, to entrance
94

Stewart, Michael
378

Stockmar, Baron
73
,
74
,
80
,
129–30
,
131–4
,
135
,
171–6

influence on Victoria
114–5
,
117–9
,
136
,
142
,
143–4

reorganization of Royal Household
145–52

Stockmar's son,
141
,
144–5
,
150–51

Stothard, Thomas and Alfred
390

Strathmore, 14th Earl of (Claude Bowes-Lyon, father of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother)
243–4

Strathmore, Lady (mother of the Queen Mother)
286
,
290
,
294

Strauss, Johann, the Elder
122

Strelitzia Reginae
41

strikes and disputes
105
,
217
,
247–8
,
358
,
368

Struansee, Dr
67–8

Stuart, John, 3rd Earl of Bute
29
,
30
,
33
,
37–8
,
40
,
49
,
62–3

Stubbs, George
84
CP17

Suez
180
,
351
,
355
,
356

suffragettes
218–9

Summerson, John,
95
,
101

Supper Room
244

Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
384

Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art
383–4

Sussex, Augustus, Duke of
76
,
106
,
116

Swan Keeper
377

Sweated Industries Exhibition (1906)
236

swimming pool 94n,
285–6
,
300
,
301
,
319
P12

Table of the Grand Commanders
389

Taylor, Robert, and the Taylorian Institute
87–8

Taylor, Sir Herbert
109
,
141

Teck, Duchess of (Mary Adelaide, mother of Queen Mary)
184
,
185
,
186
,
234

Teck,Duke of (father of Queen Mary)
214
,
223

Teck, Duke of (later Marquess of Cambridge; brother of Queen Mary)
185
,
222
,
226

telegraph inaugurated
188

telephone
274
,
278

television
340–41
,
373
,
380–81
,
391

Tennyson, Alfred Lord,
175–6

terrace
35
,
94–5
,
367

Thaarup, Aage
368

Thalberg, Sigismund
122

Thatcher, Margaret
358
,
379
,
386

Theakston, Joseph
98
,
108

Thomas, Godfrey
268–9

Thomas, J. H.
246
,
249

throne
71
,
149
,
169
,
199
,
219
CP18

Throne Room
95
,
98
,
388

uses
134
,
184
,
213
,
371
,
372

The Times:
reports
86–7
,
91
,
97
,
150
,
151
,
191
,
373

on work on the Palace
152
,
158
,
159
,
217
,
218
,
227
,
285

Tintoretto
7

Titian
7
,
41

Trafalgar, Battle of, and Nelson
69
,
92–3
,
389–90

Trafalgar Square
86
,
92–3

Treasurer of the Household
359

Trench, Colonel
84–5

Treves, Sir Frederick
201

Trooping the Colour
368–9

Turner, J. M. W.
101
,
107

Tuxen, Laurits Regner
140
,
389
CP21
,
CP22

Tyburn (stream)
2

Upper and Lower Crow
8

Valdemar of Denmark, Prince
P9

Van der Doort, Abraham
385

Van Dyck, Sir Anthony
7
,
15
,
41
,
52
,
71
,
386
,
388
CP32

Verity, Frank T.
198
,
203

Vermeer, Jan
40

Vermin man'
287–8

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
359

Victoire, Princess (mother of Victoria)
see
Kent, Duchess of

Victoria, Empress of Germany (daughter of Victoria)
143
,
144
,
170–71
,
224

Victoria, Princess (daughter of Edward VII)
190
,
261
P10

Victoria, Queen 94
n
,
116–89
,
249
,
250
,
349
,
385
,
389

P6,
CP18
,
CP19
,
CP21
,
CP22

after death of Albert
176–89
P8

before accession
112–5
,
116–7
,
119–20

chloroform used in childbirth
143

Coronation
122
,
125
,
132

costs at Buckingham Palace
124
,
126
,
140
,
144
,
151
:

Palace improvements
153–4
, 157—8,
159
,
168

Diamond Jubilee
184
,
188
,
193

engagement and wedding
125
,
134–6

Golden Jubilee
140
,
182–4

marriage with Albert
136–76

named ‘Empress of India'
179

others' work following her death
191–2
,
193
,
197
,
203
,
216

Victoria and Albert
(Royal Yacht)
199
,
201
,
204

Victoria & Albert Museum
217
,
223

Victoria Memorial
205
,
216
,
225

Vile & Cobb
42

Vile, William
40
,
43
,
222
CP10

Villiers, Barbara (Duchess of Cleveland)
14

Virginia Water
98–9
,
179–80

Visitors' book, signed by Ambassadors
363

Vulliamy (father of Benjamin)
46
,
53

Vulliamy, Benjamin
46
,
232

Wallace Collection
222
,
348

Walmoden, Countess (George II's mistress)
34

Walpole, Horace
26
,
32–3
,
34–5
,
43
,
47

Walpole, Sir Robert
49

Walton, Parry
385

Walton, Peter
385

Ward, Freda Dudley
243

Warren, Sir Herbert
241

Warwick, Countess of (Lady Brooke)
191

Waterloo, Battle of
83
,
92–3
,
99
,
108
,
389–90

Waterloo Vase
366

Watson, Sir Frederick
146–7

Webb, Sidney
252

Webb, Sir Aston
216
,
217

Wedgwood, Josiah
44–5

Welbeck Abbey
231

Wellington Arch
304–6

Wellington, Duke of
84
,
99
,
162

Battle of Waterloo
83
,
92–3
,
389

and Victoria
116
,
123
,
127
,
140
,
155

Wells, H. G.
225

West, Benjamin
41
,
60
,
71
,
76
,
385
,
388–9
CP3
,
CP7

West Thorpe House, nr Marlow
45

Westbourne (stream)
2

Westmacott, Richard
93
,
97–8
,
108

Westminster Abbey
25
,
36
,
53
,
112
,
336

Coronations
201
,
214–5
, 34
1–2

funerals
25
,
206–7
,
336

weddings
244
,
325
,
328–9
,
331

Westminster Hall,
see under
Palace of Westminster

Wheatly, John
252

Whitby, Lionel
248

White Allom & Co.
203
,
213
,
227
,
232

White, Charles, of White Allom,
227

White Drawing Room
95
,
109
,
332
,
372
P14

White House, Kew
32

Whitehall Palace
2
,
4
,
6–7
,
8–9
,
16–17
,
33
,
370
,
388
,
CP32

Banqueting House
6
,
7
,
8–9
,
36

Wigram, Lord
268–9

Wilding, Emily
218

Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands
296
,
297
,
299

Wilkie, David
84
,
116
,
139

William II, Emperor of Germany
189
,
206–7
,
225–6
,
245

William III, King, and Mary
15
,
18
,
20
,
21
,
29–30
,
74
,
385
,
388

William IV, King
102–15
,
124–5
135
,
141
,
186–7
,
197
,
385

Buckingham Palace
102
,
104
,
110–11

as Duke of Clarence
78–9
,
102
,
110–12

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