The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort

by Theodore Martin

Overview

A lawyer by profession, Theodore Martin (1816–1909) gained literary distinction as both a humorous essayist and versatile translator. He found his greatest success, however, in the role of biographer to Prince Albert (1819–61). Commissioned by Queen Victoria to memorialise her late husband, this five-volume work was first published between 1875 and 1880. Intended as a continuation of the biography begun by Charles Grey (also reissued in this series), it has been described as 'less adulatory in tone than might be expected'. A treasury of letters and memoranda, it presents a detailed portrait of the character, words and deeds of a man whose life was necessarily immersed in the great events of his time. Volume 1 covers Albert's youth, his marriage to Victoria and the early years as her husband, up until the birth of their sixth child, Princess Louise, in 1848.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108059800
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/18/2013
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Pages:	598
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.34(d)

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CHAPTER XCIX. Letter to Prince Consort by Prince Regent of Prussia—Alarm ereated by Cession of Savoy and Nice—Reform Bill introduced by Lord John Russell—Indifference of Country on the Subject. On the llth and 12th of March, a vote by ballot and universal suffrage took place in Tuscany and the ./Emilia on the question, whether these were to be erected into a separate kingdom, or to be incorporated with Sardinia. By an overwhelming majority the latter alternative was adopted, and the homage of these States was forthwith presented at Turin by Signer Farini on behalf of the Emilia, and by Baron Ricasoli on behalf of Tuscany, and accepted by King Victor Emmanuel. It only now remained to carry out the counterpart of the arrangement. When the intended annexation of Savoy to France first became known, Switzerland became alarmed, and claimed that the districts of Chablais and Faucigny, which had been handed over in 1815 to Sardinia under a guarantee for their neutrality, should be transferred to Switzerland, as a measure of protection to their frontier. The Swiss Government were for a time induced by M. Thouvenel to believe that their claim would be entertained. Count Cavour, on the other hand, had frankly told them from the first to expect no concession, and that France would take her stand upon the ground that her obligations to Europe were satisfied by her agreeing to accept the transfer of Savoy, subject to the conditions as to maintaining the neutralitv of Chablais and Faucigny imposed on Sardinia by the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. So soon as the annexation of Savoy was assured, this attitude was definitively taken up by France. M. Thouvenel addressed to therepresentatives of the Great Powers (13th March) a long and laboured justification of the annexation of Savoy and Nic...

Table of Contents

To the Queen; 97. 1860; 98. 1860 - continued; 99. 1860 - continued; 100. 1860 - continued; 101. 1860 - continued; 102. 1860 - continued; 103. 1860 - continued; 104. 1860 - continued; 105. 1860 - continued; 106. 1860 - continued; 107. 1860 - continued; 108. 1860 - continued; 109. 1861; 110. 1861 - continued; 111. 1861 - continued; 112. 1861 - continued; 113. 1861 - continued; 114. 1861 - continued; 115. 1861 - continued; 116. 1861 - continued; Appendix; Index.