Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

This page summarises records created by this Person

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Surname:	Victoria
Gender:	Female
Date:	1819-1901
Title:	Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
History:	Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent (fourth son of George III). Succeeded to the throne in June 1837 (aged 18) on the death of her uncle, William IV; crowned 28 June 1838. Married 10 Feb 1840 to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (given title of Prince Consort in 1857; died Dec 1861). In May 1876, the title Empress of India was conferred on her by the Royal Titles Bill. Died 22 Jan 1901 (aged 83) and was succeeded by eldest son, Edward VII.
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275277 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P159519 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1826-1901: political and personal corresp and papers	Royal Archives		NRA 43346 Windsor See Archives, XIII, no 59, 1978, pp115-130
2	album consolativum on death of Prince Albert	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62089-90
3	notebook in the shape of a cross used by Victoria as a child	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	MSL.1987/3	NRA 38891 V & A Museum
4	letters to Duchess of Atholl	Blair Castle	NRA(S)0234	NRA 11000 Stewart-Murray
5	1887-1900: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49683 Passim
6	1841-61: letters to Marquess of Breadalbane	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD112/77/3-4	NRA 31601 Campbell
7	letters to 6th Duchess of Buccleuch	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD224/11	NRA 34806 Buccleuch
8	c1866-75: corresp with Duke of Buckingham	Buckinghamshire Archives	D54	NRA 25231 Buckingham
9	1838-1900: corresp with 5th Earl Cadogan	Parliamentary Archives	CAD	NRA 17340
10	1842-61: letters from Lady Canning	British Library: Asian and African Studies	Photo Eur 321	NRA 25125 India Office Library
11	1874-90: corresp with Lord and Lady Carnarvon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60757
12	1883-1900: corresp with Bishop Carpenter	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46717-20
13	1892-1901: corresp with Joseph Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	JC/5,11	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
14	1870-91: corresp with Hugh Childers	The National Archives	PRO30/61
15	1885-1886: corresp with Lord Randolph Churchill	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9248	NRA 13273 Churchill
16	1839-1900: letters to Sir James Clark	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1259	NRA 19549
17	1867-95: letters to Lord Cranbrook	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA43	NRA 1182 Gathorne-Hardy
18	1869-1900: corresp with Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury	Lambeth Palace Library		NRA 37975 Davidson
19	1841-59: letters to 14th Earl of Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 Der 14, box 136	NRA 20084
20	1873-81: corresp with Benjamin Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
21	1883-1901: letters to Lady Downe	North Yorkshire County Record Office	ZDS	NRA 21335
22	1871-88: corresp with Lord Dufferin	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1071	NRA 5700 Blackwood
23	1846: corresp with Lord Ellenborough	The National Archives	PRO 30/12
24	1864-91: corresp with Catherine Gladstone	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS 806, 829	NRA 14174 Gladstone
25	1845-94: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 73	NRA 21658
26	1856-93: letters to 7th Duke of Grafton	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	HA513	NRA 2567 Fitzroy
27	1842-55: corresp with Sir James Graham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Dep. 9374	NRA 2634 Graham See Annual Return 1994
28	1851-1889: corresp with 2nd Earl Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO30/29
29	1837-79: corresp with 3rd Earl Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE/B129/6-8	NRA 6228 Grey
30	1870-90: letters from Caroline Grey	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 13185	NRA 10476 Minto
31	1851-70: corresp with General Charles Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	addnl	NRA 6228 Grey See Accessions to Repositories 1990
32	1853-66: notes to General Charles Grey	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D/4091/B/1/4-5	NRA 40472 MacDonnell
33	1854-84: corresp with Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers A4	NRA 8128 Wood
34	1895-1900: letters to Lord George Hamilton	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur A 147	See Annual Report 1981
35	1837-78: letters to Catherine Vernon Harcourt	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 72	NRA 21672
36	1880-99: corresp with Sir William Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
37	letters to Lord Hardinge	McGill University Archives		NRA 7539 Hardinge
38	1864-1900: letters to Lord Hartington	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	/16	NRA 20594 Cavendish
39	corresp with Sidney and Sir Michael Herbert	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
40	1877-97: corresp with Sir M Hicks-Beach	Gloucestershire Archives	D2440	NRA 3526
41	1837-51: corresp with JC Hobhouse	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 213	NRA 27784 Hobhouse
42	1862-88: letters to Lady Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52113
43	1837-39: corresp with Lord Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51524
44	1853-95: letters from Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
45	1899-1901: letters to Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	WO 159
46	1899-1901: letters to Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	PRO 30/57
47	1859-62: letters to Sir George Cornewall Lewis	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Harpton Court	NRA 22798 Duff Gordon
48	1840-48: letters to Lord and Lady Lyttelton	Unknown location		NRA 14545 Lyttelton
49	1858-59: corresp with Lord Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
50	1880: corresp with Earl of Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
51	1884-95: corresp with Sir Edward Malet	The National Archives	FO 343
52	letters to Marie Mallet	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 42077 Mallet
53	corresp with 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	Hampshire Archives	7M54, 26M56, 9M73, 28M91	NRA 6589 Harris
54	1843-71: (copy) letters (68) to County Mensdorff-Pouilly	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 1207
55	1853-83: letters to Emily Meynell-Ingram	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers A2/267/7	NRA 8128 Wood
56	1898-1900: corresp with Lord Minto	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 12561	NRA 10476 Minto
57	1863-1900: letters to Friedrich and Georgina Max Muller	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng d 2349 passim, d 2366	NRA 12354 Muller
58	1843-44: letters to Sir Charles Augustus Murray	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD261	NRA 14153 See NRA(S)0485
59	1853-64: corresp with Duke of Newcastle	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ne	NRA 7411 Pelham
60	1872-76: letters from Lord Northbrook	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur C 144	NRA 11218
61	1862-84: corresp with Sir Stafford Northcote	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50013	NRA 5873
62	1828-66: letters to Duchess of Northumberland	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	D/BP	NRA 26972
63	1858-59: letters to Sir John Pakington	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	705:8/705:349	NRA 7371 Pakington
64	letters to Sir John Pakington	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	705:8/705:349	NRA 7371 Pakington
65	1837-65: corresp with Lord Palmerston	University of Southampton Library	MS 62	NRA 12889
66	1855-58: corresp with Lord Panmure	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD45	NRA 17164 See NRA(S)0805
67	1866-1872: letters (15) to Jonathan Peel	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections	Class K/Box 4	NRA 26039 Morier
68	1839-50: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40303, 40432-41
69	1855: corresp with Lord Raglan	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	6807/279-305	NRA 20794 Somerset
70	1867-97: letters (89) to Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
71	1843-46: corresp with Lord Ripon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 40864-77
72	1879-1902: letters to Earl Roberts	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	7101/23, 8310/155-62	NRA 18656
73	1886-1900: corresp with Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.10001-10216	NRA 22490 Primrose
74	1879-1901: corresp with 6th and 7th Duchesses of Roxburghe	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1100	NRA 10542 Innes-Ker See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [57a]
75	1878-1900: corresp with Lord Salisbury	Hatfield House Library and Archives		NRA 9226 Gascoyne-Cecil
76	1878-90: corresp with WH Smith	University of Reading: Special Collections		NRA 4812 Smith
77	1860-66: corresp with Duke of Somerset	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-RA	NRA 11704 Ramsden
78	letters to 5th Earl Spencer	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Friends of National Libraries Annual Report 1984 p5
79	1886-92: corresp with Edward Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O250/1	NRA 25095
80	1863-74: letters from Mrs AP Stanley	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room		See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
81	1868-88: letters to Duchess of Sutherland	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D593, 868, 4092, 4193, 4401; D(W)O/5-6	NRA 10699 Leveson-Gower
82	1858-79: corresp with AC Tait	Lambeth Palace Library	Tait	NRA 8476 Tait
83	1837-45: letters (10) to Lady Tavistock	Bedford Estates	7th Duke p13	NRA 26179 Russell See HMC
84	1864-1895: letters to John Alfred Vinter	Tate Gallery Archive	TGA 7922	NRA 38587
85	1842-48: letters (17) to Duke of Wellington	University of Southampton Library	MS 61	NRA 20085
86	1880-94: letters (12) to 1st Duke of Westminster	Collection held privately: enquiries to Cheshire Archives and Local Studies		NRA 13470 Grosvenor
87	1886-98: letters (8) to Sir John Williams, her physician	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Sir John Williams Deeds and Papers 1093-1100	NRA 37536
88	1882-85: letters (24) to Lord Wolseley	Hove Library	Wolseley	NRA 10471 Wolseley
89	letters to Sir Alexander George Woodford	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 136/C/75	NRA 26325 Newdegate
90	1830-61: letters (65)	Huntington Library		See NUC MS 62-474
91	1870-1900: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9983-10248 passim
92	1832-1837: account books as Princess Victoria of Kent	Royal Archives	Annual Report 2002
93	1840s: five pencil etchings of her children	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM CN. Drawer 7