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.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Dorothy Bussy
DB 's father, Sir Richard Strachey , was born on 24 July 1817 at Sutton Court at Stowey in Somerset. He joined the Bombay Engineers at the age of nineteen and pursued an immensely...
Family and Intimate relationships Anna Kavan
Her mother, Helen (Bright) Woods , was the illegitimate grand-daughter of Dr Richard Bright , physician to Queen Victoria and discoverer of Bright's disease. She was a seventeen-year old beauty with no fortune when she...
Family and Intimate relationships Anne Marsh
Anne's brother-in-law from 1822 was the distinguished Sir Henry Holland (physician to Princess Caroline, and later Prince Albert and Queen Victoria ), a descendent of the Wedgwood family and cousin of Elizabeth Gaskell ...
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Ottoline Morrell
After the widowed Mrs Bentinck's stepson Arthur became the sixth Duke of Portland, Prime Minister Disraeli , whose career had been greatly assisted by the Bentincks, prevailed upon Queen Victoria to create her Baroness Bolsover...
Family and Intimate relationships Lady Margaret Sackville
LMS 's father, the Reverend Reginald Windsor , was Baron Buckhurst and later seventh Earl De La Warr. On succeeding to the title he took the surname of Sackville, rather than Sackville-West. He died on...
Family and Intimate relationships Constance Naden
Hughes notes that this day was Queen Victoria 's Jubilee, so that CN grieved while the rest of the country was rejoicing.
Hughes, William Richard et al. Constance Naden: A Memoir. Bickers and Son, 1890.
38
Family and Intimate relationships Antonia Fraser
Her mother, born Elizabeth Harman, has been described as one of the most brilliant women of her generation and as the radical force in her marriage.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Elizabeth Pakenham, Francis Aungier Pakenham
She ran for...
Family and Intimate relationships Anna Steele
AS 's brother Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood was an army officer who was responsible for negotiating the Treaty of Pretoria, signed on 5 April 1881, at the end of the Boer War. Popular with Queen Victoria
Family and Intimate relationships Laurence Hope
She was said to be twenty-three when she married Nicolson, who was then forty-six. Her new husband always called her Violet. He was an accomplished linguist, proficient in Baluchi, Persian, Pashto, and Brahui, was...
Family and Intimate relationships Blanche Warre Cornish
In a grand-daughter's satirical words the Ritchies and Thackerays were one of those now old-fashioned families with uncles and cousins meting out justice in India, who spent their lives in carefully weighing in the scales...
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 Cecil Frances Alexander
Her mother, Elizabeth Frances (Reed) Humphreys , was the sister of General Sir Thomas Reed , an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria .
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput, 1995.
99, 197-8
Her mother's religious views had a strong influence on CFA ...
Family and Intimate relationships Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton first Earl Lytton
On 4 October 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton married Edith Villiers , who had a yearly income of £6,000. Together they had three daughters and four sons. After her husband's death, Edith fell into financial...
Family and Intimate relationships Laurence Alma-Tadema
LAT 's father, painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema , received from Queen Victorialetters of denization making him a British subject.
Swanson, Vern G. The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Garton, 1990.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Family and Intimate relationships Emily Faithfull
Charlotte Robinson was EF 's intimate friend, and likely her lesbian lover, in her later life.
Vicinus, Martha. “Lesbian Perversity and Victorian Marriage: The 1864 Codrington Divorce Trial”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
36
, 1997, pp. 70-98.
85
Although it is unknown when they met, Charlotte accompanied EF on at least one of her American lecture...

Timeline

3-4 November 1839: Welsh Chartists marched on Newport in Mo...

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3-4 November 1839

Welsh Chartists marched on Newport in Monmouthshire.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
40
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
180
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
26

Early 1840: At the time of Queen Victoria's marriage...

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Early 1840

At the time of Queen Victoria 's marriage to Prince Albert , the Devon industry of hand-crafted lace-making had so far declined that it was difficult to obtain enough for her wedding dress.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
37

1 February 1840: Death sentences on Welsh Chartist leaders...

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1 February 1840

Death sentences on Welsh Chartist leaders were commuted to transportation for life.
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011, editor. The Early Chartists. Macmillan, 1971.
40
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. Outsiders: Class, Gender and Nation. Verso, 1993.
174

1 May 1840: The first adhesive postage stamps went on...

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1 May 1840

The first adhesive postage stamps went on sale in Great Britain in penny and twopenny denominations which bore the profile of Queen Victoria .
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
407

21 November 1840: Prince Albert's attendance at Queen Victoria's...

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21 November 1840

Prince Albert 's attendance at Queen Victoria 's labour, in London, increased the popularity of fathers attending births.
Weintraub, Stanley. Victoria: An Intimate Biography. Dutton, 1987.
148-9
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
120

13 June 1842: Queen Victoria first travelled by train,...

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13 June 1842

Queen Victoria first travelled by train, from Slough to Paddington.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
92
Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
48, 105, 118
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.
85

12 June 1843: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part...

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12 June 1843

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part of the theatre-going public when they visited the Drury Lane Theatre in state.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
68
Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
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1844: The anonymous publication of Robert Chambers's...

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1844

The anonymous publication of Robert Chambers 's Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation influenced the evolutionary thinking of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace .
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
310
Yeo, Richard. Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge, and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
113-14, 232-3
Hill, Rosemary. “Snakes and Leeches”. London Review of Books, Vol.
40
, No. 1, 4 Jan. 2018, pp. 23-5.
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1847: Professor James Young Simpson first used...

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1847

Professor James Young Simpson first used chloroform to aid a woman in childbirth in London.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
249
Jalland, Patricia, and John Hooper. Women from Birth to Death: The Female Life Cycle in Britain 1830-1914. Harvester, 1986.
165-67
Talbott, John H. A Biographical History of Medicine: Excerpts and Essays on the Men and Their Work. Grune and Stratton, 1970.
656

4 May 1847: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, gave...

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4 May 1847

Jenny Lind , the Swedish Nightingale, gave her first London performance at Her Majesty's Theatre .
Wagenknecht, Edward. Jenny Lind. Houghton Mifflin, 1931.
10, 13, 18, 113

1 May 1848: Queen's College for Women (a secondary, not...

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1 May 1848

Queen's College for Women (a secondary, not a post-secondary institution) was founded in London to educate prospective governesses and improve girls' education generally.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
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Borer, Mary Cathcart. Willingly to School: A History of Women’s Education. Lutterworth Press, 1976.
263-4

1849: Sir David Brewster invented the stereosc...

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1849

Sir David Brewster invented the stereoscope.
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
72

1850: From this date, anaesthetic was regularly...

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1850

From this date, anaesthetic was regularly used in the practice of gynaecology, gaining wide popularity after 1870.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
126

1 June 1850: Alfred Tennyson anonymously published his...

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1 June 1850

Alfred Tennyson anonymously published his poetic sequence In Memoriam.
Wise, Thomas J. A Bibliography of the Writings of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1967, 2 Vols.
108-11
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
1 June 2010

1851: Owens College opened in Manchester; in 1871...

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1851

Owens College opened in Manchester; in 1871 it began to admit women.
Evans, Keith. The Development and Structure of the English Educational System. University of London Press, 1975.
247-8
Curtis, Stanley James. Education in Britain since 1900. Greenwood Press, 1970.
434-9

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