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Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death. The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to many urban working men, though she was not in favour of votes for women. Derby resigned in 1868, to be replaced by Benjamin Disraeli, who charmed Victoria. "Everyone likes flattery," he said, "and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel." With the phrase "we authors, Ma'am", he complimented her. Disraeli's ministry only lasted a matter of months, and at the end of the year his Liberal rival, William Ewart Gladstone, was appointed prime minister. Victoria found Gladstone's demeanour far less appealing; he spoke to her, she is thought to have complained, as though she were "a public meeting rather than a woman".

Q1: Who died in 1865?
A1: Palmerston
Q2: Who resigned in 1868?
A2: Derby
Q3: How long was Disraeli in office?
A3: matter of months
Q4: Who was Disraeli's rival?
A4: William Ewart Gladstone
Q5: What political view did Gladstone hold?
A5: Liberal
Q6: What year did Palmerston die?
A6: 1865
Q7: Who let the ministry for a very short time after the death of Palmerston?
A7: Russell
Q8: Who returned to power after Russels brief rule of the ministry?
A8: Derby
Q9: Following Alberts death, what was the first year that Victoria attended the State opening of Parliment?
A9: 1866
Q10: Who replaced Derby after his resignation?
A10: Benjamin Disraeli
Q11: What year did Pamerston die?
A11: 1865
Q12: What event did Victoria attend in 1866 for the first time following Albert's death?
A12: State Opening of Parliament
Q13: What Act by Victoria granted the ability to vote to working men, but not women?
A13: Reform Act 1867
Q14: Who replaced Derby when he resigned in 1868?
A14: Benjamin Disraeli
Q15: What Liberal replaced Disraeli after only a few short months in office?
A15: William Ewart Gladstone
Q16: When did Palmerston die?
A16: 1865
Q17: Who was ultimately returned to office after Palmerston's death?
A17: Derby
Q18: When did Derby resign?
A18: 1868
Q19: Who was Derby's replacement?
A19: Benjamin Disraeli
Q20: How long did Disralei last in office?
A20: only lasted a matter of months
In 1887, the British Empire celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Victoria marked the fiftieth anniversary of her accession on 20 June with a banquet to which 50 kings and princes were invited. The following day, she participated in a procession and attended a thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey. By this time, Victoria was once again extremely popular. Two days later on 23 June, she engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters, one of whom was Abdul Karim. He was soon promoted to "Munshi": teaching her Hindustani, and acting as a clerk. Her family and retainers were appalled, and accused Abdul Karim of spying for the Muslim Patriotic League, and biasing the Queen against the Hindus. Equerry Frederick Ponsonby (the son of Sir Henry) discovered that the Munshi had lied about his parentage, and reported to Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India, "the Munshi occupies very much the same position as John Brown used to do." Victoria dismissed their complaints as racial prejudice. Abdul Karim remained in her service until he returned to India with a pension on her death.

Q1: How many kings and princes were invited to the Golden Jubilee?
A1: 50
Q2: What year anniversary does the Golden Jubilee celebrate?
A2: fiftieth anniversary
Q3: Who accused Karim of spying?
A3: Her family and retainers
Q4: What was Munshi lying about?
A4: his parentage
Q5: What year was Victoria's Golden Jubilee held?
A5: 1887
Q6: Who did Ponsonby report the Munshis lies about his parentage to?
A6: Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India
Q7: What was the name of the waited that was promoted to Munshi?
A7: Abdul Karim
Q8: Whio was Equerry Frederick Ponsonby's father?
A8: Sir Henry
Q9: Who discovered that Victoria's new Munshi lied about his parentage?
A9: Equerry Frederick Ponsonby
Q10: When was Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee?
A10: 1887
Q11: What was Abdul Karim teaching Queen Victoria after his promotion?
A11: Hindustani
Q12: Who was Karim accused of spying for by Victoria's family?
A12: Muslim Patriotic League
Q13: Who discovered that Karim had lied about his parentage to Victoria?
A13: Equerry Frederick Ponsonby
Q14: What day did Queen Victoria celebrate her Golden Jubilee at a dinner with kings and queens from other nations?
A14: 20 June
Q15: When was Victoria's Golden Jubilee?
A15: 1887
Q16: What is the point of the Golden Jubilee?
A16: the fiftieth anniversary of her accession
Q17: Who was promoted from waiter to Munshi?
A17: Abdul Karim
Q18: Why did Victoria's family disapprove of Abdul Karim?
A18: spying for the Muslim Patriotic League, and biasing the Queen against the Hindus
Q19: How long was Karim in the Queen's employment?
A19: until he returned to India with a pension on her death
Victoria visited mainland Europe regularly for holidays. In 1889, during a stay in Biarritz, she became the first reigning monarch from Britain to set foot in Spain when she crossed the border for a brief visit. By April 1900, the Boer War was so unpopular in mainland Europe that her annual trip to France seemed inadvisable. Instead, the Queen went to Ireland for the first time since 1861, in part to acknowledge the contribution of Irish regiments to the South African war. In July, her second son Alfred ("Affie") died; "Oh, God! My poor darling Affie gone too", she wrote in her journal. "It is a horrible year, nothing but sadness & horrors of one kind & another."

Q1: Who was the first reigning monarch from Britain to set foot in Spain?
A1: Victoria
Q2: What year did Queen Victoria first set foot in Spain?
A2: 1889
Q3: What year did Victoria stop her annual visits to Spain due to the Boer war?
A3: 1900
Q4: Where did Victoria visit instead of Spain during the Boer war?
A4: Ireland
Q5: What year did Victoria's second son Alfred die?
A5: 1900
Q6: Where did Victoria stay in Spain in 1889?
A6: Biarritz
Q7: What war prevented Queen Victoria from taking her annual trip to France in 1900?
A7: Boer War
Q8: What country did Victoria visit instead of France during the Boer War?
A8: Ireland
Q9: Which of Queen Victoria's children died in July of that year?
A9: her second son Alfred
Q10: Where did Victoria often go for holiday?
A10: mainland Europe
Q11: In 1889, what was Victoria the first reining monarch from Britian to do?
A11: set foot in Spain
Q12: Why did Victoria visit Ireland in 1861?
A12: acknowledge the contribution of Irish regiments to the South African war
Q13: Why was Victoria advised not to visit France in April of 1900?
A13: the Boer War
Q14: What tragedy did Victoria face in July of 1900?
A14: her second son Alfred ("Affie") died
Victoria was physically unprepossessing—she was stout, dowdy and no more than five feet tall—but she succeeded in projecting a grand image. She experienced unpopularity during the first years of her widowhood, but was well liked during the 1880s and 1890s, when she embodied the empire as a benevolent matriarchal figure. Only after the release of her diary and letters did the extent of her political influence become known to the wider public. Biographies of Victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date. The biographies written by Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired. They, and others, conclude that as a person Victoria was emotional, obstinate, honest, and straight-talking.

Q1: How tall was Queen Victoria?
A1: no more than five feet tall
Q2: The extent of Victorias political influence became well known after the publishing of what?
A2: her diary and letters
Q3: What year did Elizabeth Longford write a biography of Victoria?
A3: 1964
Q4: What year did Cecil Woodham Smith writ Victorias biography?
A4: 1972
Q5: How tall was Queen Victoria?
A5: five feet
Q6: Who wrote the biography about Queen Victoria that is now considered to be out of date?
A6: Lytton Strachey
Q7: What woman wrote a biography of Queen Victoria in 1964?
A7: Elizabeth Longford
Q8: When did Celcil Woodham-Smith also write a well recieved biography about Victoria?
A8: 1972
Q9: What was Victoria like, physically?
A9: stout, dowdy and no more than five feet tall
Q10: When did people really start to understand the political mind of Queen Victoria?
A10: after the release of her diary and letters
Q11: Who were two good biographers of Queen Victoria?
A11: Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith
Q12: When were the best biographies of Queen Victoria written?
A12: 1964 and 1972
Q13: What kind of person was Victoria?
A13: emotional, obstinate, honest, and straight-talking
In 1830, the Duchess of Kent and Conroy took Victoria across the centre of England to visit the Malvern Hills, stopping at towns and great country houses along the way. Similar journeys to other parts of England and Wales were taken in 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835. To the King's annoyance, Victoria was enthusiastically welcomed in each of the stops. William compared the journeys to royal progresses and was concerned that they portrayed Victoria as his rival rather than his heiress presumptive. Victoria disliked the trips; the constant round of public appearances made her tired and ill, and there was little time for her to rest. She objected on the grounds of the King's disapproval, but her mother dismissed his complaints as motivated by jealousy, and forced Victoria to continue the tours. At Ramsgate in October 1835, Victoria contracted a severe fever, which Conroy initially dismissed as a childish pretence. While Victoria was ill, Conroy and the Duchess unsuccessfully badgered her to make Conroy her private secretary. As a teenager, Victoria resisted persistent attempts by her mother and Conroy to appoint him to her staff. Once queen, she banned him from her presence, but he remained in her mother's household.

Q1: In 1830, what part of England did Victoria travel to with Dutchess of Kent and Conroy?
A1: the centre of England
Q2: What town did Victoria visit in the center of England on her trip with the Dutchess of kent and Conroy?
A2: Malvern Hills
Q3: What years were journeys similar to the Queen trip to Melvern Hills made?
A3: 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835
Q4: Willam was concerned that Victoria would was being portrayed as what because of her trips to central England?
A4: his rival
Q5: Who was annoyed that Victoria was welcomed at each of her visits to central England?
A5: William
Q6: Who was annoyed at how well recieved Victoria was on her tours of the countryside of England and Wales?
A6: William
Q7: Where did Victoria become seriously ill during one of her trips?
A7: Ramsgate
Q8: Who did Victoria dislike so much she banned him from her presence once she became Queen?
A8: Conroy
Q9: What position did Conroy try and fail to get Victoria to appoint him to during her illness and later?
A9: private secretary
Q10: Who took Victoria on a trip to Malvern Hills in 1830?
A10: the Duchess of Kent and Conroy
Q11: Who was Victoria convinced to make her secretery when she was very ill?
A11: Conroy
Q12: How did Victoria feel about all of the trips?
A12: disliked
Q13: What annoyed the King about the way Victoria was received at her stops?
A13: enthusiastically welcomed in each
Q14: Why did the King dislike Victoria taking the trips?
A14: concerned that they portrayed Victoria as his rival
Q15: When she was made Queen, what did Victoria do about Conroy?
A15: banned him from her presence
At the time of her accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne, who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen, who relied on him for advice. Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure. Her coronation took place on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey. Over 400,000 visitors came to London for the celebrations. She became the first sovereign to take up residence at Buckingham Palace and inherited the revenues of the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall as well as being granted a civil list allowance of £385,000 per year. Financially prudent, she paid off her father's debts.

Q1: Who was in charge of the Governemnt at the time of Victorias ascession?
A1: Lord Melbourne
Q2: What was the name of the Whig Prime minister at the time of Victorias ascession?
A2: Lord Melbourne
Q3: When was Queen Victorias coronation held?
A3: 28 June 1838
Q4: Where was Victorias coronation held?
A4: Westminster Abbey
Q5: How many visitors came to London for Victorias coronation?
A5: Over 400,000
Q6: When did Victoria's coronation take place at Westminster Abbey?
A6: 28 June 1838
Q7: Who thought that Melbourne saw Victoria as if she was his daughter?
A7: Charles Greville
Q8: How many people visited London for the Coronation of Queen Victoria?
A8: 400,000
Q9: What was Victoria's allowance upon becoming Queen?
A9: £385,000 per year
Q10: What Whig was prime minister during Victoria's accession?
A10: Lord Melbourne
Q11: Who was leading the government at the time of Victoria's accension?
A11: Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne
Q12: What kind of influence was Melbourne to Victoria?
A12: powerful
Q13: When was Victoria's coronation?
A13: 28 June 1838
Q14: What major accomplishment did Victoria achieve with her civil list allowance?
A14: she paid off her father's debts
Q15: Where did Queen Victoria reside?
A15: Buckingham Palace
In 1845, Ireland was hit by a potato blight. In the next four years over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". She personally donated £2,000 to famine relief, more than any other individual donor, and also supported the Maynooth Grant to a Roman Catholic seminary in Ireland, despite Protestant opposition. The story that she donated only £5 in aid to the Irish, and on the same day gave the same amount to Battersea Dogs Home, was a myth generated towards the end of the 19th century.

Q1: What year was the potato blight in Ireland?
A1: 1845
Q2: How much money did Victoria donate to famine relief?
A2: £2,000
Q3: How long did the Great Famine last?
A3: four years
Q4: How many Irish people died during the Great Famine?
A4: over a million
Q5: What was the label given to Queen Victoria during the Great Famine?
A5: The Famine Queen
Q6: What crisis struck Ireland during 1845?
A6: potato blight
Q7: How many people died during the Great Famine in Ireland?
A7: over a million
Q8: What was Queen Victoria called in Ireland during the Great Famine?
A8: The Famine Queen
Q9: What story was later proven false about Victoria during the Great Famine?
A9: that she donated only £5 in aid to the Irish, and on the same day gave the same amount to Battersea Dogs Home
Q10: How much did Queen Victoria actually donate to support relief in Ireland, making her the top individual donor?
A10: £2,000
Q11: What happened that decimated a large portion of Ireland?
A11: potato blight
Q12: When did the potato blight begin?
A12: 1845
Q13: How many people did Ireland lose to the potato blight?
A13: a million
Q14: What did the potato blight cause Victoria to be called?
A14: The Famine Queen
Q15: How much did Victoria donate to Ireland to help with famine relief?
A15: £2,000
Victoria's self-imposed isolation from the public diminished the popularity of the monarchy, and encouraged the growth of the republican movement. She did undertake her official government duties, yet chose to remain secluded in her royal residences—Windsor Castle, Osborne House, and the private estate in Scotland that she and Albert had acquired in 1847, Balmoral Castle. In March 1864, a protester stuck a notice on the railings of Buckingham Palace that announced "these commanding premises to be let or sold in consequence of the late occupant's declining business". Her uncle Leopold wrote to her advising her to appear in public. She agreed to visit the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Kensington and take a drive through London in an open carriage.

Q1: When Victoria isolated herself from the public, what movement began to grow?
A1: the republican movement
Q2: Where did Victoria isolate herself?
A2: in her royal residences
Q3: What was the name of the private Estate in Scotland that Albert and Victoria purchased?
A3: Balmoral Castle
Q4: What year did the Queen and Albert purchase Balmoral Castle?
A4: 1847
Q5: What year did a protester attach a note to the door at Buckingham Palace saying it was to be sold?
A5: 1864
Q6: What private estate did Victoria aquire with Albert in 1847?
A6: Balmoral Castle
Q7: Where did a protector put a notice because of Queen Victoria's lack of public appearances in March of 1864?
A7: Buckingham Palace
Q8: Where did Victoria visit after Leopold advised her to make more public appearances?
A8: the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Kensington
Q9: What movement gained popularity due to the lack of Victoria appearing in public?
A9: republican movement
Q10: What was a major reason Victoria's monarchy was not as popular as some others?
A10: self-imposed isolation from the public
Q11: What did Victoria's isolation give way to?
A11: the growth of the republican movement
Q12: Who advised Vicotria to begin appaering in public?
A12: Her uncle Leopold
Q13: Where did Victoria visit to become more in the public view?
A13: Royal Horticultural Society at Kensington
Q14: What else did Victoria do to try to return her former public image?
A14: take a drive through London in an open carriage
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire. The Queen had a relatively balanced view of the conflict, and condemned atrocities on both sides. She wrote of "her feelings of horror and regret at the result of this bloody civil war", and insisted, urged on by Albert, that an official proclamation announcing the transfer of power from the company to the state "should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence and religious toleration". At her behest, a reference threatening the "undermining of native religions and customs" was replaced by a passage guaranteeing religious freedom.

Q1: What year was the Indian Rebellion?
A1: 1857
Q2: What company was dissolved after the Indian Rebellion?
A2: British East India Company
Q3: What company ruled much of India before the end of the Indian Rebellion?
A3: British East India Company
Q4: Who did the Queen condemn in the Indian Rebellion?
A4: both sides
Q5: What ruler was dissolved after the Indian Rebellion in 1857?
A5: British East India Company
Q6: Who encouraged Victoria to issue an official statement on the conflict of the civil war in India?
A6: Albert
Q7: What happened to the British possesions after the Rebellion of 1857?
A7: were formally incorporated into the British Empire
Q8: What statement was replaced in her proclamation about the civil war?
A8: a reference threatening the "undermining of native religions and customs"
Q9: Before 1857, who controlled most of India?
A9: British East India Company
Q10: What caused the British East India Company to lose control of India?
A10: the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Q11: What happened to the assets of the British East India Company after it was removed from power?
A11: formally incorporated into the British Empire
Q12: How did the Queen view the Indian Rebellion?
A12: relatively balanced view of the conflict, and condemned atrocities on both sides
Q13: What did Victoria believe that an official proclamation transferring control from the company to the monarchy would do?
A13: "should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence and religious toleration"
On 17 March 1883, she fell down some stairs at Windsor, which left her lame until July; she never fully recovered and was plagued with rheumatism thereafter. Brown died 10 days after her accident, and to the consternation of her private secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, Victoria began work on a eulogistic biography of Brown. Ponsonby and Randall Davidson, Dean of Windsor, who had both seen early drafts, advised Victoria against publication, on the grounds that it would stoke the rumours of a love affair. The manuscript was destroyed. In early 1884, Victoria did publish More Leaves from a Journal of a Life in the Highlands, a sequel to her earlier book, which she dedicated to her "devoted personal attendant and faithful friend John Brown". On the day after the first anniversary of Brown's death, Victoria was informed by telegram that her youngest son, Leopold, had died in Cannes. He was "the dearest of my dear sons", she lamented. The following month, Victoria's youngest child, Beatrice, met and fell in love with Prince Henry of Battenberg at the wedding of Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine to Henry's brother Prince Louis of Battenberg. Beatrice and Henry planned to marry, but Victoria opposed the match at first, wishing to keep Beatrice at home to act as her companion. After a year, she was won around to the marriage by Henry and Beatrice's promise to remain living with and attending her.

Q1: What year did Victoria fall down the stairs at Windsor?
A1: 1883
Q2: After her fall down the stairs, what health issue was Victoria plaged with thereafter?
A2: rheumatism thereafter
Q3: Who died 10 days after Victorias fall down the stairs?
A3: Brown
Q4: How was Victoria notified of her youngest son leopolds death?
A4: by telegram
Q5: Who was Victorias private secretary during the years following her accident at Windsor?
A5: Sir Henry Ponsonby
Q6: When was Queen Victoria get injured after taking a fall down some stairs?
A6: 17 March 1883
Q7: Who did Queen Victoria write a biography about that was never published?
A7: John Brown
Q8: Where did Victoria's youngest son, Leopold die?
A8: Cannes
Q9: Victoria initially opposed Beatrice's marriage to what man?
A9: Prince Henry of Battenberg
Q10: Where did Beatrice meet and fall in love with Prince Henry?
A10: at the wedding of Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse
Q11: What caused Victoria's rheumatism?
A11: she fell down some stairs at Windsor
Q12: Who died 10 days after Victoria's accident?
A12: Brown
Q13: What did Victoria begin working on after Brown's death?
A13: a eulogistic biography
Q14: Who was opposed to Victoria writing a biography of Brown?
A14: Sir Henry Ponsonby
Q15: What happened in Victoria's life on the day after the one year anniversary of Brown's death?
A15: her youngest son, Leopold, had died in Cannes