Distinguished Service Medal, 217 Distinguished Service Order, 214-215 “Doing Something-or-other Order,” 215 Don Pedro, King of Castille, 144, 145 Duc d’Alençon, 147 Duc d’Orleans, Regent of France, 168 Duchess of Brunswick. See Princess Augusta Duke of Wellington, Constable of the Tower, 124 Earl of Essex. See Thomas Cromwell East India Company, 155, 156 Ecclesiastical Plate. See Plate, Ecclesiastical Eden, Hon. Emily, 155 Edward I, 14 Edward III, 111, 144, 192 Edward VII, 19, 25, 35, 43, 86, 107, 125, 161, 162, 163, 172, 199, 209 Edward the Confessor, 13, 36, 57, 110, 159, 160 Crown of, 228 Sapphire of, 159 Edward the Confessor’s Staff and Coronation Ring, 13 Edwards, Talbot. See Talbot Edwards Egbert, King, 12, 13 Elizabeth, Queen, 16, 103, 167, 170, 171, 173 Emperor of Russia, the late, 195 English monarchy, oldest in Europe, 13 English Royal Family, length of pedigree of, 13 Enthronement. See Inthronisation Exchequer, penurious, of Charles II, 177 Exeter, 103. See also Plate, Royal Field-Marshal Earl Haig, 197 Fisher, Bishop, 115, 116 Flete, John de, Keeper of the Jewel House, 111, 221 “For God and Empire,” motto of Order of the British Empire, 210 “For Merit,” motto of Order of Merit, 199-200 “For Valour,” motto on Victoria Cross, 213 Fouché, 31 Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 76 French Crown Jewels, 168 Garrard, Messrs., Court Jewellers, 39, 41, 43, 87, 137, 150 Garter, composition of the, 195 Gawler, Colonel John Cox, Keeper of the Jewel House, 125, 223 Gentlemen of the Blood, meaning of the phrase, 193 George I, 68, 123 George II, 123 George III, 57, 76, 123, 161 George IV, 52, 76, 161 George V, 13, 37, 38, 81, 107, 172, 210 German Emperor, the, 26, 194 German lady, interesting story of, and Crown Jewels, 25 Ghost, Earl of Northumberland’s, story of, 19, 20 Story of Queen Anne Boleyn’s, 21 Godfrey, Charles, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222 Golconda, King of, 151 Gold maces, 68, 69 Gough, General Sir Hugh, Keeper of the Jewel House, 125, 223 Great Gems, romance of the. See Romance of the Great Gems Great Moghul diamond, the, 167 Great Mogul, the, 151 Great Tragedy, the, 91-108 Great War, the, 13, 26, 33, 67, 172, 210, 212, 213, 215, 216, 219 Haig, Field-Marshal Earl, 197 Hampton Court, 113 Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I, 167 Henry III, 14, 110 Henry V, 146, 149 Henry VII, 148 Henry VIII, 54, 95, 112, 114, 116, 117, 120, 224 Henry IV of France, 166, 167 Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, 18, 20 Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, father of above, 20 Heriot the Astronomer, 18 “Honi soit qui mal y pense,” motto of the Order of the Garter, 192, 195