Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax: Correspondence from Queen Victoria

Scope and Content

Including drafts of letters and memoranda of 1st Viscount to the Queen.
Subjects include:
1854-1855: Kaffir War; Arctic and Crimea medals.
Jun-Aug 1855: Crimea; Sea of Azoff; Baltic.
16 Nov 1855: Dockyard for defence against France and Russia.
Jan 1857: Coast Guards.
1861: Indian Army.
Dec 1863: India; Death of 8th Earl of Elgin.
Dec 1865-Feb 1866: 1st Viscount's accident and retirement; Engagement of Princess Helena.
Sep 1870: Prince of Wales and Colonelcy of the Fusilier Guards.
1870-1871: Franco-Prussian War.
July-Sep 1871: Criticism of the Queen's absence in Scotland and of the royal family generally; Memorandum by 1st Viscount "Extracts as to the Queen's conduct" c Aug 1871; The Queen's health and that of the Prince of Wales.
1873: Death of Francis Wood, R.N.
1884: 1st Viscount to the Queen after the death of Lady Mary Wood.

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