Photocopies of correspondence, dated 1842-61, of Charlotte Elizabeth, Countess Canning (nee Stuart de Rothesay) 1842-1861
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Canning, Charlotte, Countess Canning, 1817-1861
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1835 married Charles John Canning; 1842-1850s lady of the bedchamber to Queen Victoria; 1850s chairwoman of the committee of the Establishment for Gentlewomen during Illness; 1856-1861 vicereine of India Epithet: courtier Title: Countess Canning British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000375 ...
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...