The Jewel House: An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia: Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot's Account of Colonel Blood's PlotYounghusband, G. J. (George John)
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The Jewel House: An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia: Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot's Account of Colonel Blood's Plot
Younghusband, G. J. (George John)
Crown jewels -- Great Britain
Hope diamond, the, 168
“Hotspur.” See Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
House of Commons, 68, 92, 93
House of Lords, 42, 80, 92
Hyde, Lord Chancellor, 132, 237
“Imperatricis Auspicus,” motto of Order of Indian Empire, 208
Imperial Crown of India, 35, 38-39, 228
Imperial Mantle or Pall of Cloth of Gold, 84
Imperial State Crown, 35, 228
Imperial War Museum, 27
Income taken from visitors to Jewel House, 90
Inthronisation, the, 88
Iron Gate, 185, 186
James I, 16, 118, 171
James II, 40, 57, 68, 73, 104, 105, 106, 141, 160, 167
Jewel House, the, 11-33 et seq.
Jewelled State Sword, 51-53, 84, 229
Katherine, widow of Henry V, 148
Katherine of Aragon, 114, 115
Keeper of the Jewel House—
Appointment of the first by Henry III, 14
Christmas box of, 129
Office suppressed in 1782, 124
Office duties of, transferred to Lord Chamberlain, 124
Office lays dormant for years, 124
Office revived by Queen Victoria, 124
Perquisites of, 127-135
Robes worn by, 139
Salaries of, 127-134
Sergeant Painter seeks post of, 135, 136
Sir Gilbert Talbot’s account of the ancient rights and privileges
of office, 131-132
Tips of, 130
Keepers of the Jewel House, List of, Appendix A, 221-223
Khojeh, Raphael, 165
King Harold, 94
King’s Coronation Ring, presented by William IV to Princess
Victoria, 56, 229
King’s Orb, 47, 48, 49, 229
King’s Royal Sceptre, 43
King’s Sceptre with the Dove, 44, 45, 87
King’s State Crown, 36, 37, 38, 50, 57
Knight Commander, 203, 204
Knights of the Bath, 201, 202, 203
Knights of the Garter, 194, 195, 196, 198
Koh-i-Nur diamond, the, 41, 151-159, 168
Model of, 58-59, 231
Lady Jane Grey, 117
Lawley, Sir Francis, Keeper of the Jewel House, 122, 222
Lawrence, Sir John, and the Koh-i-Nur diamond, 156-157
Lieutenants’ Lodgings, 21
List of the Regalia. See Regalia, complete list of the
Long, Sir Robert, 236
Lyttleton, Sir Richard, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222
Loftus, Captain Arthur John, Keeper of the Jewel House, 125, 223
Lord Auckland, 155
Lord Chamberlain, duties of, 124
Lord Gough, 155
Lord Manchester, 134
Lord Roberts, 213
Louis XIV, 167
Lowndes, Mrs., 131 n., 232
Low, General Sir Robert, Keeper of the Jewel House, 125, 126, 223
Lucknow, 26
Mace-bearers, 69
Maces, 229
Macheson, Major, 157
Maharajah Punjeet Singh, the Lion of the Punjab, 155
Maharajah of Patiala, 167
Mahomed Shah, 152, 153, 154
Martin Tower, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33, 175, 176, 180, 183
Mary of Modena, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 105, 106
Mary, Queen, 41, 107
Master of King’s Wardrobe, 110
Maundy Dish, 74, 76, 107, 231
Maundy Money, 75, 107
Maundy Thursday, 75, 107
Merry England, 175
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