CHAPTER XV

QUEEN VICTORIA’S HOME 364

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Queen Victoria. (From a painting by W. C. Ross, A.R.A.) _Frontispiece_

Queen Adelaide. (From a painting by Sir William Beechey in National Portrait Gallery) _To face page_ 36

William IV „ 60

* H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent „ 94

* Lord Melbourne „ 118

King Leopold of the Belgians. (From the drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.) „ 138

Hon. Mrs. Norton „ 150

* Lord Brougham „ 165

* Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland „ 176

* Sir Robert Peel „ 210

* Lady Tavistock „ 218

* Lady Flora Hastings „ 258

* Lady Portman „ 274

14. H.R.H. Prince Albert. (From a painting by Winterhalter in the National Portrait Gallery) „ 314

Queen Victoria. (From the drawing by Drummond, 1842) „ 338

* The Duke of Wellington „ 352

* Baron Stockmar „ 364

N.B.--_The illustrations marked with an asterisk_ (*) _are from the collection of Mr. A. M. Broadley_.

THE EARLY COURT OF QUEEN VICTORIA