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Dash (1830–1840) was a King Charles Spaniel owned by Queen Victoria. Victoria's biographer Elizabeth Longford , called him "the Queen's closest childhood companion", [ 1 ] and in the words of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , he "was the first in a long line of beloved little dogs".
Dash – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel [1] Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany [1] Flora – a Highland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel [2] Goats – Mohammad Shah Qajar, the Shah of Persia, presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Tibetan goats upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat herd was ...
Looty or Lootie was a female Pekingese dog acquired by Captain John Hart Dunne during the looting of the Old Summer Palace (near Beijing) in October of 1860. He presented her to Queen Victoria for the Royal Collection of Dogs, who named her Looty or Lootie in reference to how she was acquired. Looty may have been the first Pekingese dog to ...
The dog no longer fits.” Looty died in the Spring of 1872. Unlike many of Queen Victoria’s dogs, she was buried in an unmarked grave at Windsor Castle, the whereabouts of which remains unknown ...
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A Pekingese given to Queen Victoria in the 1860s created a frenzy among Britain’s upper classes. But the dog’s gentle demeanor belied a brutal past.
Queen Victoria Riding Out is an 1840 painting by the British artist Francis Grant. [1] It depicts Queen Victoria riding out on her horse Comus in Windsor Great Park . Next to her is the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne while her dogs Dash and Islay run out in front.
The Royal Family has announced that one of Queen Camilla’s dogs, Beth, has died. While the Royal Family have long had an association with Corgis, ever since Queen Elizabeth II’s father King ...