Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1.
Sarah Tytler Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. Table of Contents
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1...... 1 Sarah Tytler...... 1 PREFACE...... 2 CHAPTER I. SIXTY−THREE YEARS SINCE...... 2 CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD...... 9 CHAPTER III. YOUTH...... 23 CHAPTER IV. THE ACCESSION...... 31 CHAPTER V. THE PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT, THE VISIT TO GUILDHALL, AND THE CORONATION...... 41 CHAPTER VI. THE MAIDEN QUEEN...... 55 CHAPTER VII. THE BETROTHAL...... 58 CHAPTER VIII. THE MARRIAGE...... 70 CHAPTER IX. A ROYAL PAIR...... 76 CHAPTER X. ROYAL OCCUPATIONS. AN ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE...... 82 CHAPTER XI THE FIRST CHRISTENING. THE SEASON OF 1841...... 88 CHAPTER XII. BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE AFGHAN DISASTERS. VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. THE QUEEN'S PLANTAGENET BALL. ...... 92 CHAPTER XIII. FRESH ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE QUEEN'S LIFE. MENDELSSOHN. DEATH OF THE DUC D'ORLEANS...... 100 CHAPTER XIV. THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO SCOTLAND...... 105 CHAPTER XV. A MARRIAGE, A DEATH, AND A BIRTH IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. A PALACE HOME...... 112 CHAPTER XVI. THE CONDEMNATION OF THE ENGLISH DUEL. ANOTHER MARRIAGE. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHATEAU D'EU...... 120 CHAPTER XVII. THE QUEEN'S TRIP TO OSTEND: VISITS TO DRAYTON, CHATSWORTH, AND BELVOIR...... 124 CHAPTER XVIII. ALLIES FROM AFAR. DEATH AND ABSENCE. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS...... 129 CHAPTER XIX. ROYAL VISITORS. THE BIRTH OP PRINCE ALFRED. A NORTHERN RETREAT...... 132 CHAPTER XX. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT. THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE...... 137
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• PREFACE. • CHAPTER I. SIXTY−THREE YEARS SINCE. • CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD. • CHAPTER III. YOUTH. • CHAPTER IV. THE ACCESSION. • CHAPTER V. THE PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT, THE VISIT TO GUILDHALL, AND THE CORONATION. • CHAPTER VI. THE MAIDEN QUEEN. • CHAPTER VII. THE BETROTHAL. • CHAPTER VIII. THE MARRIAGE. • CHAPTER IX. A ROYAL PAIR. • CHAPTER X. ROYAL OCCUPATIONS. AN ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. • CHAPTER XI THE FIRST CHRISTENING. THE SEASON OF 1841. • CHAPTER XII. BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE AFGHAN DISASTERS. VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. THE QUEEN'S PLANTAGENET BALL. • CHAPTER XIII. FRESH ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE QUEEN'S LIFE. MENDELSSOHN. DEATH OF THE DUC D'ORLEANS. • CHAPTER XIV. THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO SCOTLAND. • CHAPTER XV. A MARRIAGE, A DEATH, AND A BIRTH IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. A PALACE HOME. • CHAPTER XVI. THE CONDEMNATION OF THE ENGLISH DUEL. ANOTHER MARRIAGE. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHATEAU D'EU. • CHAPTER XVII. THE QUEEN'S TRIP TO OSTEND: VISITS TO DRAYTON, CHATSWORTH, AND BELVOIR. • CHAPTER XVIII. ALLIES FROM AFAR. DEATH AND ABSENCE. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS. • CHAPTER XIX. ROYAL VISITORS. THE BIRTH OP PRINCE ALFRED. A NORTHERN RETREAT. • CHAPTER XX. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT. THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.
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EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY LORD RONALD GOWER, F.S.A.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty−five, by GEORGE VIRTUE, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. 1 Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. PREFACE.
I have been asked to write a few words of preface to this work.
If the life−long friendship of my mother with her Majesty, which gained for me the honour of often seeing the Queen, or a deep feeling of loyalty and affection for our sovereign, which is shared by all her subjects, be accepted as a qualification, I gratefully respond to the call, but I feel that no written words of mine can add value to the following pages.
Looking over some papers lately, I found the following note on a sketch which I had accidentally met with in Windsor Castle a coloured chalk drawing, a mere study of one of the Queen's hands, by Sir David Wilkie, probably made for his picture now in the corridor of the Castle, representing the first council of Victoria. Of this sketch I wrote as follows: