Victoria & Abdul (44 page)
Authors: Shrabani Basu
16
Ibid., Telegram No. 42, Lansdowne to Queen, 30 October 1890, Viceroy’s camp
17
Ibid., Telegram No. 40, Queen to Lansdowne, 30 October 1890, Balmoral
18
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/7
19
RA VIC/ADDU/32/1890: 2 November
20
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/3, Lansdowne to Cross, 12 November 1890, Jeypore
21
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No. 41, Queen to Lansdowne, 21 November 1890, Windsor
22
Ibid., Telegram Nos 43–44, Queen to Lansdowne, 23 November 1890, Windsor
23
IOR MSS/Eur/558/1, Telegram Nos 44–45, Queen to Lansdowne, 24 November 1890, Windsor
24
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No. 45, Lansdowne to Queen, 26 November 1890, Agra
25
Ibid., Lansdowne to Cross, 27 November 1890
26
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/3, Lansdowne to Cross, 2 December 1890
27
Ibid., Cross to Lansdowne, 18 December 1890, India Office, Whitehall
28
IOR MSS/Eur/558/1, Telegram No. 49, Queen to Lansdowne, 18 December 1890, Windsor
29
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No. 55, Queen to Lansdowne, 26 January 1891, Osborne
30
Ibid., Telegram No. 57, Queen to Lansdowne, 30 January 1891, Osborne
31
Ibid., Telegram No. 65, Lansdowne to Queen, 15 February 1891, Calcutta
32
Ibid., Telegram No. 60, Queen to Lansdowne, 15 February 1891, Osborne
33
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/3, Cross to Lansdowne, 24 December 1890, India Office, Whitehall
7. Indian Affairs
1
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/4
2
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, 1891, cutting from
The Standard
, 26 March 1891
3
Michael Nelson,
Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera
(London: Tauris Parke, 2007), p. 52
4
IOR MSS/Eur/F130/6, Letter to Lala Jhinda Ram, 1 May 1891, Moscow
5
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/7, Cross to Lansdowne, 25 July 1890
6
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/3, Cross to Duleep Singh, 1 August 1890, Whitehall
7
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1891: 31 March
8
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, 1891, cutting from
Dundee Evening Telegraph
, 10 September 1891
9
Gabriel Tschumi,
Royal Chef
, 4th edn (London: William Kimber, 1974), p. 69
10
RA VIC/QVJ/MAIN/1893: 26 August
11
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/4, Cross to Lansdowne, 15 October 1891, Balmoral
12
Ibid., Cross to Lansdowne, 1 October 1891, Balmoral
13
Ibid., Cross to Lansdowne, 19 August 1891, Broughton-in-Furness
14
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, 1891, Vol. 2
15
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, Vol. 2, ‘Abstract of conversation with John Tyler’
16
Quoted from
Life
, Vol. 1, Marie of Romania, in
Heart of a Queen
by Theo Aronson, p. 240
17
RA VIC/ADDQ/5/116, Alex Profeit to Queen, 8 May 1892
18
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, Vol. 2
19
RA GV/PRIV/AA10/41, Queen to Duke of York
20
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/12, Queen to Lansdowne, June 1892, Balmoral
21
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/10, Secretary of State to Viceroy, 15 March 1893
22
The Times
, 24 March 1893
23
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/HIND/1: 11 May 1893
24
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1893: 18 November
25
The Times
, 19 November 1893
26
Letter from Queen Victoria to Empress Frederick of Germany, 9 December 1893, quoted in Sushila Anand,
Indian Sahib
, p. 45
27
The first five of the Hindustani Journals have not survived and hence the 6th book is numbered 1 in the references
28
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/HIND/1: 14 November 1892
29
Ibid., 31 December 1892
30
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/ADDU/104/12, Queen to Karim, 28 December 1893, Osborne
31
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/ADDU/104/13, 15 February 1894, Osborne
32
RA VIC/MAIN/ADDU/104/10, 12 December 1893, Windsor
33
Reid Archives, Diary, 16 December 1893
34
RA VIC/ADDU/104/11
35
RA VIC/ADDU/104/14: 15 September 1894, Balmoral
36
RA VIC/ADDU/104/15: 9 October 1894, Balmoral
37
RA VIC/ADDU/104/16: 11 October 1894, Balmoral
38
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No. 123, Queen to Viceroy, 15 August 1893, Osborne
39
Ibid., Telegram No. 124, Queen to Viceroy, 25 August 1893, Osborne
40
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No.151, Viceroy to Queen, November 1893
41
Ibid., Telegram No. 126, Queen to Viceroy, 21 September 1893, Balmoral
42
Ibid., Telegram No. 134, Queen to Viceroy, 8 December 1893
43
Ibid., Viceroy to Queen, November 1893
44
Ibid., Telegram No.134, Queen to Viceroy, 8 December 1893
45
IOR MSS/Eur/D558/1, Telegram No. 167, Viceroy to Queen, December 1893, Government House, Calcutta
8. The Viceroy Receives a Christmas Card
1
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, Vol. 12
2
Ibid.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
Ibid.
6
Arthur Ponsonby,
Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria’s Private Secretary, His Life From His Letters
(London: Macmillan & Co., 1943), p. 131
7
Ibid.
8
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, 1891
9
RA LC/LCO/AR/1894
10
Reid Archives, Diary, October 1894
11
RA VIC/MAIN/Z/477/6
12
IOR/MSS/Eur/F84
13
Frederick Ponsonby,
Recollections of Three Reigns
(London: Odhams Press), p. 12
14
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126 ff/47/v, Fritz Ponsonby to Lord Elgin, 25 January 1895
15
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126b, Durand to Fritz Ponsonby, 13 February 1895
16
Ibid., Elgin to Fowler, 15 February 1895
17
AKJ (year 1894)
18
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/HIND/3: 1 January 1895
9. The Household Conspires
1
Strand Magazine
, December 1892
2
RA VIC/MAIN/H/37/46, Queen to Prime Minister, 16 October 1895
3
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126a
4
IOR MSS/Eur/L/PS/8/61
5
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126
6
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126b, Gadley to Elgin, 8 March 1895, Whitehall
7
IOR MSS/Eur/ F84/126a, Gadley to Elgin
8
RA VIC/MAIN/Z/477/207, Queen to Duchess of York, 11 March 1895, Windsor
9
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, Vol. 15, newspaper cutting
10
Ibid., cutting from
The Galignani Messenger
, 22 March 1895
11
Ibid., newspaper cutting
12
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126b, Fritz Ponsonby to Elgin
13
RA VIC/ADDU/32/27, April 1895, Darmstadt
14
RA VIC/ADDU/104/17, Queen to Karim, 15 May 1895, Windsor
15
Reid Archives, Diary, 24 June 1895, Windsor
16
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126b, Fritz Ponsonby to Elgin, 6 June 1895, Guard’s Club, London
17
Reid Archives, Scrap Book, Vol. 16
18
The Aberdeen Journal
, 6 September 1895
19
Mary Lutyens (ed.),
Lady Lytton’s Court Diary 1895–1899
(London: Rupert Hart Davis, 1961), p. 44
20
The Times
Court Circular, 11 November 1895
21
Giles St Aubyn,
Edward VII, Prince and King
(London: William Collins, 1979), p. 142
22
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126 a/b, Hamilton to Elgin, 15 November 1895, Whitehall
23
Michaela Reid,
Ask Sir James
(London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1987), p. 142
24
The Times
, 19 December 1895
25
Black
, 15 June 1895
26
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/HIND/3: 2 December 1895
10. Rebellion in the Ranks
1
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126b, Elgin to Sandhurst, 14 March 1896, Calcutta
2
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126/f3, Hamilton to Elgin, 21 February 1896, Whitehall
3
Ibid.
4
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126a
5
Ibid.
6
Ibid.
7
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126/f16
8
Victor Mallet (ed.),
Life With Queen Victoria: Marie Mallet’s Letters From Court 1887–1901
(London: John Murray), p. 96
9
Ibid., p. 2
10
The Times
, 12 March 1897
11
Reid Archives, Diary, 13 March 1897
12
Ibid., 27 March 1897
13
Ibid., 28 March 1897
14
Ibid., 30 March 1897
15
Ibid.
16
IOR MSS/Eur/F84/126, Elgin to Hamilton, 3 April 1897