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 CHAPTER I PRINCESS VICTORIA’S RELATIVES “We are going presently to write our names for the Duchess of Kent, who has produced a daughter.”--_The Hon. Mrs. Calvert._ 1819.