Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's ReignMaxwell, Herbert, Sir
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Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's Reign
Maxwell, Herbert, Sir
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., portrait, *139;
speech on Canadian Constitutions Bills, 16;
enters Peel's Cabinet, 39;
on Maynooth Grants, 40;
attacks Disraeli's Budget, 69;
War Budget, 79;
sympathy with Italy, 110;
on Paper Duty, 111;
unseated for Oxford, 125;
"unmuzzled," 126;
Leader of House, 127;
Franchise Bill, 127;
first Administration, 134-139;
defeat, 139;
resumes office, 139;
appeals to country, 140;
retires, 141;
first Midlothian campaign, 152;
second ditto, 153;
second Administration, 153;
defeat, 168;
third Midlothian campaign, 169;
third Administration, 169;
accepts Home Rule, 169, 170;
appoints Parnell Commission, 174;
fourth Midlothian campaign, 177;
second Home Rule Bill, 178, *179, 190;
retirement, 179;
on Armenia, 181, 182.
Goojerat, Battle of, 46.
Gordon, General, 164.
Gough, Sir Hugh (Lord), *45;
in China, 29;
in India, 45.
Goulbourne, Mr., *48.
Grant, Sir Hope, *104, 105, 114.
Granville, Lord, 139, 153.
_Great Eastern_ Steamship, *38, 130.
Greece, difficulty with, 53;
War with Turkey, 182.
Greville, Chas., 5, *7;
quotations from, 4, 8, 17, 21, 25, 54.
Grey, Sir George, *112.
Gun-cotton factory, *94, *95.
Guns, heavy, *74, *75, *78;
machine, *95.
Hanover, King of, 4, *5, 6;
severance of Crown of from that of Great Britain, 6.
Harcourt, Sir W., Home Secretary, 163;
Leader of House, 179;
defeat at Derby, 180.
Hardinge, Viscount, *44, 45.
Hartington, Marquis of, 110, 153. _See also_ Devonshire, Duke of.
Havelock, Sir Henry, 102, 103, *104, *105.
Haynau, General, mobbed, 68.
Head, Sir F., 16.
Helena, Princess, *49, *107, *124, *127;
marriage, *129.
Henry, Prince, of Battenberg, marriage, *168;
death, *178.
Herschel, Sir John F. W., *91.
Hill, Lord, *10, *25.
Hill, Sir Rowland, *23.
Hobart Town, *131.
Holy Land, Turkish position in, 75.
Home Rule movement, 153, 169, 177, 178.
Hongkong, *113.
Hyde Park, riot in, 129.
Hyderabad, attack on, 44.
Imperial Institute, 173, *174.
Imports of United Kingdom, 52.
India, affairs of, 43;
expansion of British dominion in, 71;
Mutiny, 95-106;
government passes to Crown, 106;
population, *100, 144;
views in, *100-*103;
Queen proclaimed Empress, 144, *145.
Indian Cavalry, Types of, *99.
Influenza, 177.
Inkermann, Battle of, 85, *86.
Ireland, Famine in, 36, 47, 131;
Queen's visit to, 52;
discontent in, 131;
crime in, 158, 162.
_See also under_ Home Rule.
Irish Church, disestablishment of, 134, 135.
Irish Land League, 157.
Irish Land Legislation, 135, 158.
Irish Members, imprisonment of, 161.
Irish Party, split in, 176.
Irish University Bill, 139.
Ironclads. _See_ Navy.
Irving, Sir Henry, *146.
Isandhlana, 149.
Jameson, Dr., 182, *183.
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