Oman, Carola. An Oxford Childhood. Hodder and Stoughton, 1976.
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King Edward VII
Standard Name: Edward VII, King
Used Form: Edward Prince of Wales
Used Form: Edward Albert
Used Form: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Carola Oman | CO
was born in Oxford, the middle child in a family of three, during a visit to Oxford by the Prince of Wales
. |
| Cultural formation | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Born Scottish, with some Irish forebears, the young Conan Doyle (later SACD
) was somewhat precariously placed in the British middle class, living in comparative poverty but supported through a privileged education by richer relations... |
| Dedications | Florence Dixie | The journey was undertaken with the intention of writing about it. The book appeared with a dedication, by permission, to the Prince of Wales
. Roberts, Brian. The Mad Bad Line. Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 83 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | The Prince of Wales, and heir to the throne of Britain, Edward Albert
, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark
. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996. xvi |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Brett | DB
's father, Reginald Baliol Brett
, became the second Viscount Esher after his father
's death in 1899. In his capacity as a peer and courtier, Reginald Regy Brett wore distinguished hats after being... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | Commonly referred to as Bertie, he became in due course King Edward VII
. Prince Albert purposely broke with the tradition of inviting the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord President of the Council... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | The Prince of Wales
was in this year seriously ill with typhoid. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996. xvii |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | VT
's mother, Alice Frederica (Edmonstone) Keppel
, was born in 1869 to Mary Elizabeth (Parsons)
and William Edmonstone
at Duntreath Castle near Loch Lomond, Scotland. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo, 1997. 15-17 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | Later in life especially, Trefusis liked to whisper to friends that she was really the daughter of Edward VII
, whom she and her sister called Grandpapa and Kingy Gateau as children. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo, 1997. 15, 62 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | Mrs Keppel was a wealthy woman, both as Edward VII
's former mistress and because by 1918 her own speculations yielded more than £20,000 a year. This gave her an advantage in her goal of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Florence Dixie | FD
's second son, Albert Edward Wolston Beaumont Dixie
, was born: the future King Edward VII
, still Prince of Wales, stood godfather to him. Roberts, Brian. The Mad Bad Line. Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 79 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Alice Meynell | AM
's sister Elizabeth
, later Lady Butler, became a well-known painter. She earned high praise for her depiction of a battle scene in The Roll Call, exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1874... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elma Napier | The game in question occurred at Wilson's home in September 1890. The Prince of Wales
had been in attendance, and was called to testify against EN
's father. The guilty verdict is often attributed to... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Pam Gems | PG
's mother, Elsie (Annetts) Price
, and her two widowed grandmothers brought her up. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | QV
gave birth to her second child, the heir to the throne, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press, 1996. xiv |
Timeline
From May 1851: At the Great Exhibition, Bax and Company...
Building item
From May 1851
At the Great Exhibition, Bax and Company
exhibited their newly invented waterproof, flexible, breathable fabric called Aquascutum.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
83-4
1862: By royal command, photographer Francis Bedford...
Building item
1862
By royal command, photographer Francis Bedford
attended the Prince of Wales
on his trip to the Near East.
Hannavy, John. Masters of Victorian Photography. David and Charles, 1976.
73
May 1877: Lillie Langtry, aged twenty-four, made her...
Building item
May 1877
Lillie Langtry
, aged twenty-four, made her entrance into London society at a dinner party; she soon became a famous professional beauty.
Angeloglou, Maggie. A History of Make-up. Studio Vista, 1970.
100-2
By 24 December 1881: Lillie Langtry became the first English society...
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By 24 December 1881
Lillie Langtry
became the first English society woman to appear professionally on the stage when she played Kate Hardcastle in Goldsmith
's She Stoops to Conquer at the Haymarket Theatre
, London.
Norback, Craig T., and Melvin Gray. The World’s Great News Photos 1840-1980. Crown Publishers, 1980.
23
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
2
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2826 (1881): 861
21 April 1883: The Royal College of Music was founded in...
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21 April 1883
The Royal College of Music
was founded in London.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
834
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
308
1889-1893: Augustus Harris rented Covent Garden opera...
Building item
1889-1893
Augustus Harris
rented Covent Garden
opera house, where he instigated many changes. Most notably, French and German operas were performed in their original language for the first time at that venue.
Drogheda, Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, Earl of et al. The Covent Garden Album: 250 Years of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981.
92
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
183
18 December 1890: London's City and South London line became...
National or international item
18 December 1890
London's City and South London line became the world's first electric underground railway and the first to supply electricity to locomotives by means of a third rail.
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
152, 154
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
318
Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
54-5
Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
152
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
135
1896: The Daimler Company of Stuttgart opened a...
National or international item
1896
The Daimler Company
of Stuttgart opened a factory in England at Coventry. It manufactured patented French and German cars.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
143
22 January 1901: Edward VII assumed the throne on the death...
National or international item
22 January 1901
Edward VII
assumed the throne on the death of his mother, Queen Victoria
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 216
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
47
19 July 1904: King Edward VII laid the foundation stone...
Building item
19 July 1904
King Edward VII
laid the foundation stone for Liverpool Cathedral, built to the designs of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
.
“The Cathedral”. 1904-2004: Liverpool Cathedral.
18 November 1905: King Edward VII's daughter Queen Maud became...
National or international item
18 November 1905
King Edward VII
's daughter Queen Maud
became Norway's first queen in the year that that country gained its independence from Sweden and her husband accepted election to its throne as Haakon VII
.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
26 June 1909: Edward VII opened the Victoria and Albert...
Building item
26 June 1909
Edward VII
opened the Victoria and Albert Museum
, South Kensington, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
342
January 1910: A general election was fought in Britain...
National or international item
January 1910
A general election was fought in Britain on the issue of Lloyd George
's people's budget of the previous year: the combined Conservative
and [Ulster] Unionist Parties
came in only two votes behind the Liberals
6 May 1910: King Edward VII died, and George V assumed...
National or international item
6 May 1910
King Edward VII
died, and George V
assumed the throne; Virginia Woolf
dated a section of The Years from the old king's death.
Woolf, Virginia. The Years. Hogarth Press, 1979.
172, 184, 205
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