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

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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 and Local Studies
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