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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Public Life of Queen Victoria, by John McGilchrist
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Title: The Public Life of Queen Victoria
Author: John McGilchrist
Release Date: May 3, 2012 [eBook #39603]
Language: English
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THE
PUBLIC LIFE
OF
QUEEN VICTORIA.
BY
JOHN McGILCHRIST.
FELT AND DILLINGHAM,
455, BROOME STREET, NEW YORK.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| ANCESTRY. | |
| Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, the Protector of Luther—Staunch Protestantism of the Queen’s Saxon Forefathers—House of Saxe-Coburg—A Saxon Desperado of the Middle Ages—A Fighting Hero of the Eighteenth Century—The Queen’s Grandmother a Woman of Extraordinary Excellence—Great Alliances in the Marriages of her Uncles and Aunts | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE GREATEST OF THE MODERN COBURGS. | |
| Romantic Career of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Queen’s Uncle—His Continuous, Kind, and Fatherly Care of his Orphaned Niece—The Duchy of Coburg held by Napoleon—Sufferings of the Ducal Family—A Temptation resisted—The Tide turned—Leopold’s Popularity in England—Betrothal and Marriage to the Princess Charlotte of Wales | 8 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| PARENTAGE AND BIRTH OF QUEEN VICTORIA. | |
| How the Princess Victoria came to be Heiress Presumptive to the Throne—Death of the Princess Charlotte—Marriages of the Royal Dukes—Of the Duke of Kent—Birth of the Princess Alexandrina Victoria—Prediction of George IV.—Death of the Duke of Kent—His Character—His Liberal Opinions—Public Condolence with the Widow and Orphan—Early Life of the Duchess of Kent | 14 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| FIRST YEARS OF CHILDHOOD. | |
| Old Memories of Kensington Palace—Enlargements of the Structure by William III., Anne, Queen Caroline, and the Duke of Sussex—Maids of Honour—Rank and Beauty in the Gardens—Wilberforce and the Infant Princess—Victoria at Ramsgate—A Picture of Victoria when Five Years Old—Her Physical Training—Popularity as a Child—Her Youthful Charities—A Narrow Escape from Death—Early Development of Quick Intelligence—Anecdotes—Love of Nature—Proneness to Self-Will—But Counterbalanced by Candour—Waggishness—A Portrait of the Child-Princess by Leigh Hunt | 23 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| EDUCATION OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. | |
| Additional Grant by Parliament for the Maintenance and Education of the Princess—Wise Lessons learned at her Mother’s Knee—A Visit to George IV. at Windsor—Assiduous Pursuit of Knowledge—Accession of William IV.—Victoria becomes next in Succession to the Crown—Regency Bill—Satisfaction of the Good Grandmother at Coburg—Her Death—Joy of Victoria at the Elevation of her Uncle to the Belgian Throne—Parliamentary Inquiry into the Progress of her Education—Satisfactory Report in Response—Presented at Court—Great Ball on her Twelfth Birthday at St. James’s Palace—Court Scandal and Baseless Rumours—The Duchess of Northumberland appointed Governess—The Princess and the Poet Southey | 37 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| THE PRINCESS IN HER TEENS. | |
| Visits paid to many parts of England—Love of Cathedrals and Church Music—Trip to North Wales and the Midland Counties—Visit to a Cotton Mill—To Oxford—Gala Day at Southampton—Interview with the Young Queen of Portugal—Confirmation of the Princess—Tour to the North—York Musical Festival—At Ramsgate with the King of the Belgians—A Noble Deed at Tunbridge Wells | 47 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| EARLY DAYS OF PRINCE ALBERT. | |
| Birth—Melancholy Story of |