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Brown was born on 8 December 1826 at Crathienaird, Crathie and Braemar Aberdeenshire, to Margaret Leys and John Brown, [2] [3] and went to work as an outdoor servant (in Scots ghillie or gillie) at Balmoral Castle, which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leased in February 1848, and purchased outright in November 1851.
Victoria (1837–1901) Prince Albert (informally) 1840 1861 Colonel Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps: 1861 1866 General Charles Grey: 1861 1870 Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby: 1870 1895 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge: 1895 1901 Baron Stamfordham: Francis Knolyss, 1st Baron Knollys: 1901 1910 Viscount Knollys: Edward VII (1901–1910) 1910 ...
Five months later, he was re-appointed and served for six more years, into the reign of Queen Victoria. He is best known for helping Victoria settle into her role as Queen, acting almost as her private secretary, and the political scandals that resulted from it, most notably the Bedchamber Crisis. His legacy as prime minister was not favourable ...
Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane, was Queen Elizabeth's private secretary for 19 years. He served in the military, and then was King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's assistant private secretary, before ...
At the commencement of the reign of Queen Victoria, the two establishments were combined, and considerably reduced. On the accession of Edward VII , the civil list was again reconstituted; while the household of the king and his consort became larger than during the previous reign, redundant or unnecessary offices were merged or abolished.
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-serving monarch in British history on Wednesday, surpassing her great-great grandmother Victoria's extraordinary record of 63 years and 216 days.
Johanna Clara Louise, Baroness von Lehzen (3 October 1784 – 9 September 1870) was the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.. Lehzen was born to a Lutheran pastor Joachim Friedrich Lehzen (1735-1800) and his wife, Marie Catharina Melusine Palm (1745-1793), herself the daughter of a priest.
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