_, 233-239, _243_,
_244_, _247_;
suggested rearrangement of offices, ii. 236;
Foreign Policy defended, ii. 252;
in difficulties, ii. _283_;
Government defeat and resignation, ii. 288, 291;
return to office, ii. 314;
attempted fusion with Peelites, ii. 359;
Militia Bill, ii. 368;
resignation, ii. 368, 385;
confusion of parties, ii. 403;
defeat Government on House Tax, ii. 411, 412, 413, 423, 425;
Lord Aberdeen forms a new Government, ii. 412-430;
withdrawal of Reform Bill, iii. _16_, _23_;
resignation of Lord John Russell, iii. 58, 61, _63_, 73-76;
Lord Palmerston becomes Premier, iii. 76;
Roebuck Motion, iii. 76, 78;
and Lord John Russell, iii. 86;
Government of 1855, iii. 97, 102;
Cabinet, iii. 103, 108, _109_;
Lord John Russell accepts the Colonial Office, iii. _109_;
dissolution on Chinese debate, iii. _229_;
return to power, iii. _307_

Whiteside, Mr, iii. 239

Whiting, page to Queen Victoria, i. 12

Wilberforce, Archdeacon (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), i. 333;
ii. 35, 82, 135;
Divorce Bill, iii. 231, 232

Wilkie, Sir David, i. 313

William I., King of Prussia, _see_ Prussia

---- King of the Netherlands, _see_ Holland

---- IV. of England (formerly Duke of Clarence), politics, i. 5;
marriage, i. 8, 14, 24;
succession to the Throne, i. 19;
estrangement with Duchess of Kent, i. 19, _27_, 68;
death and review of his reign, i. 19, 20, _56_;
illness, i. 71, 72, 73;
death, i. 74;
his children, i. _258_

Williams, General Fenwick, gallant defence of Kars, iii. _64_

---- Mr, i. 374

Willis's Rooms, iii. _341_

Willoughby, Lord, receptions at Court, iii. 385

Wilson, James, Financial Secretary to Treasury, afterwards Privy
Councillor, ii. 190

Wimpole, i. 504

Winchester, Marquess of, ii. 393

Windsor, Queen's opinion of, i. 85;
beauty of, i. 372

Wiseman, Cardinal, made Archbishop of Westminster, ii. _232_, _273_, 278

Woburn Abbey, Queen's visit to, i. 295

Wodehouse, Lady, iii. 205

---- Lord (afterwards Earl of Kimberley), iii. 377

Women and Politics, Queen Victoria's view of, ii. 362

Wood, Sir Charles (afterwards Viscount Halifax), Chancellor of the
Exchequer, ii. 84, 86, 109, 130, _132_, 139, 312, 324, 359;
Seals of Office given up, ii. 375;
Board of Control, ii. 421;
and Disraeli, ii, _428_;
India Bill, ii. 447;
and Lord John Russell, iii. 59;
Government of, 1855, iii. 93, 97, 98;
India Board,