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Queen and Empress Victoria Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Empire from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. At the start of her reign, responsible government outside of the United Kingdom itself was unknown, but starting in the 1840s this would change.
Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed by King William IV in 1834, the last
A young John Brown as sketched by Queen Victoria. Prince Albert's untimely death in 1861 was a shock from which Queen Victoria never fully recovered. John Brown became a friend and supported the Queen. Victoria was known to give him many gifts as well as creating two medals for him, the Faithful Servant Medal and the Devoted Service Medal.
She was very fond of her first PM – Sir Winston Churchill.
Victoria approached both Derby and Russell to form a ministry, but neither had sufficient support, and Victoria was forced to appoint Palmerston as prime minister. [ 99 ] Napoleon III, Britain's closest ally as a result of the Crimean War, [ 66 ] visited London in April 1855, and from 17 to 28 August the same year Victoria and Albert returned ...
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (informally, while Prime Minister) 1837 1840 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 ...
The film depicts Conroy as a maniacal, controlling pseudo-father to the young Victoria during the year preceding her accession, even going so far as depicting him assaulting the princess twice. The film goes on to depict Conroy's expulsion from Queen Victoria's household. Conroy also appears in numerous historical fiction novels about Queen ...