# Queen Victoria — Character guide

> Key figures in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

- [Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/queen_victoria.md): The monarch and central figure of the book, whose reign and personal life are chronicled.
- [Prince Albert](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_albert.md): Victoria's beloved husband and consort, deeply influential in her reign and family life.
- [Lord Melbourne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_melbourne.md): Victoria's first Prime Minister and trusted mentor during her early reign.
- [Sir Robert Peel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_robert_peel.md): Prime Minister who succeeded Melbourne and managed Victoria's early constitutional crises.
- [Lord Palmerston](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_palmerston.md): Dominant Foreign Secretary and later Prime Minister, often clashing with Victoria.
- [King Leopold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/king_leopold.md): Victoria's uncle and King of the Belgians, a key advisor and correspondent.
- [Baron Stockmar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/baron_stockmar.md): Trusted physician and advisor to both Leopold and the British royal family.
- [Duchess of Kent](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/duchess_of_kent.md): Victoria's mother, who raised her in a sheltered environment under the Kensington System.
- [Baroness Lehzen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/baroness_lehzen.md): Victoria's beloved governess and companion, later dismissed by Albert.
- [Benjamin Disraeli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_disraeli.md): Prime Minister and favorite of Victoria, who made him Earl of Beaconsfield.
- [William Ewart Gladstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/william_gladstone.md): Victoria's frequent Prime Minister, with whom she had a famously difficult relationship.
- [Lord John Russell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_john_russell.md): Whig Prime Minister and reformer during Victoria's middle reign.
- [Prince Ernest](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_ernest.md): Albert's older brother and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
- [Princess Charlotte](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/princess_charlotte.md): Victoria's cousin and heir presumptive, whose death led to Victoria's birth.
- [King William IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/king_william_iv.md): Victoria's uncle and predecessor, who died shortly after her 18th birthday.
- [Duke of Wellington](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/duke_of_wellington.md): Military hero and elder statesman who served as a mentor to Victoria.
- [Lady Flora Hastings](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lady_flora_hastings.md): Lady-in-waiting whose false pregnancy scandal rocked Victoria's early court.
- [Sir John Conroy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_john_conroy.md): Comptroller of the Duchess of Kent's household, whom Victoria deeply distrusted.
- [Princess Alice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/princess_alice.md): Victoria's second daughter, who nursed Albert during his final illness.
- [John Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/john_brown.md): Victoria's loyal Scottish servant and close companion in her widowhood.
- [Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_leopold_of_saxe_coburg.md): Younger son of King Leopold, briefly considered as a husband for Victoria.
- [Lord Derby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_derby.md): Conservative Prime Minister who served three brief terms.
- [Lord Clarendon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_clarendon.md): Foreign Secretary under Palmerston and Russell.
- [General Charles Grey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/general_grey.md): Victoria's private secretary and trusted advisor.
- [Sir James Clark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_james_clark.md): Royal physician involved in the Lady Flora Hastings scandal.
- [Charles Greville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_greville.md): Clerk to the Privy Council and diarist of Victorian politics.
- [Louis Philippe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/louis_philippe.md): King of the French who was deposed in 1848 and fled to England.
- [Napoleon III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/napoleon_iii.md): Emperor of the French and frequent subject of Victoria's diplomacy.
- [Otto von Bismarck](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/otto_von_bismarck.md): Prussian Chancellor who unified Germany and interacted with Victoria.
- [Prince Arthur](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_arthur.md): Victoria's third son, later Duke of Connaught.
- [Princess Beatrice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/princess_beatrice.md): Victoria's youngest daughter and constant companion in later life.
- [Prince of Wales](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_of_wales.md): Victoria's eldest son and heir, later Edward VII.
- [Feodora](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/feodora.md): Victoria's half-sister, who married and moved to Germany.
- [Lady Lyttelton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lady_lyttelton.md): Lady-in-waiting and governess to Victoria's children.
- [Sir Theodore Martin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_theodore_martin.md): Author of the official biography of Prince Albert.
- [Thomas Creevey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_creevey.md): Politician and diarist whose memoirs are cited in the book.
- [Lady Cowper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lady_cowper.md): Society hostess and sister of Lord Palmerston.
- [Queen Adelaide](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/queen_adelaide.md): Widow of William IV, who had a strained relationship with Victoria.
- [Duke of Kent](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/duke_of_kent.md): Victoria's father, who died shortly after her birth.
- [Lord Granville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_granville.md): Liberal Foreign Secretary and ambassador.
- [Sir Arthur Helps](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_arthur_helps.md): Clerk of the Privy Council and editor of Victoria's letters.
- [Lady Churchill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lady_churchill.md): Lady-in-waiting and close friend of Victoria.
- [Baron Bunsen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/baron_bunsen.md): Prussian ambassador to London and friend of Albert.
- [Mr. Gladstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_gladstone.md): Liberal statesman and frequent Prime Minister.
- [Lord Salisbury](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_salisbury.md): Conservative Prime Minister in Victoria's later years.
- [Duke of York](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/duke_of_york.md): Victoria's uncle, known for military scandals.
- [George IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/george_iv.md): Victoria's uncle and predecessor as king.
- [George III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/george_iii.md): Victoria's grandfather, who reigned during her childhood.
- [Prince Augustus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_augustus.md): Prince Albert's uncle and a Coburg family member.
- [Lady Jane Ellice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lady_jane_ellice.md): Lady-in-waiting who witnessed the 1840 assassination attempt.
- [Edward Oxford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/edward_oxford.md): First of several men who attempted to assassinate Victoria.
- [Lieutenant Robert Pate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lieutenant_pate.md): Former army officer who struck Victoria with a cane.
- [Roderick Maclean](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/roderick_maclean.md): Last of Victoria's would-be assassins, tried for treason.
- [Mr. Gilbert Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_gilbert_scott.md): Architect who designed the Albert Memorial.
- [Sir Edwin Landseer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_edwin_landseer.md): Painter and sculptor who created the lions in Trafalgar Square.
- [Felix Mendelssohn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mendelssohn.md): German composer who visited and performed for Victoria and Albert.
- [Charlotte Brontë](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/charlotte_bront%C3%AB.md): Novelist who met Victoria and wrote about her.
- [Matthew Arnold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/matthew_arnold.md): Poet and critic who wrote about Victoria's court.
- [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_tennyson.md): Poet Laureate who wrote poems about Victoria and Albert.
- [Charles Kean](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_kean.md): Actor-manager who performed for the royal family.
- [Marie Taglioni](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/taglioni.md): Famous ballerina who danced for Victoria.
- [Luigi Lablache](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lablache.md): Opera singer who performed at Victoria's coronation.
- [Fanny Kemble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/fanny_kemble.md): Actress and writer who performed Shakespeare for Victoria.
- [John Thadeus Delane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_delane.md): Editor of The Times during Victoria's reign.
- [Sir Charles Dilke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/sir_charles_dilke.md): Radical politician and republican who criticized the monarchy.
- [Lord Durham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/lord_durham.md): Whig statesman and governor general of Canada.
- [Prince Alexander of Battenberg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_alexander_of_battenberg.md): Prince of Bulgaria whose marriage to Victoria's granddaughter was blocked.
- [General Haynau](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/general_haynau.md): Austrian general attacked by British workers for his brutality.
- [Prince Metternich](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/prince_metternich.md): Austrian statesman who shaped European politics before 1848.
- [Queen Isabella II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/queen_isabella.md): Queen of Spain whose marriage caused diplomatic intrigue.
- [Queen Maria II of Portugal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/queen_maria_ii.md): Queen of Portugal and cousin of Victoria.
- [Tsar Nicholas I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/tsar_nicholas_i.md): Russian tsar who visited Victoria and later fought in the Crimean War.
- [John Henry Foley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/mr_foley.md): Sculptor who created the Albert Memorial statue.

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