John Conroy was born on 21 October 1786 as the son of John Ponsonby Conroy, Esq., and Margaret Wilson in Wales. Both his parents were Irish, and he was one of six siblings. He entered the army at the age of 17, but he was not quite as successful as he might have hoped. His [read more]
Queen Victoria’s half-brother Charles was born on 12 September 1804 as the son of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Victoria herself married at the age of 17 to the widowed Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen who was then 40 years old and had previously been married to Victoria’s [read more]
In August 1836, King William IV celebrated his last birthday in style. He invited the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria to stay at Windsor Castle from the 13th – Queen Adelaide’s birthday – until his own birthday on the 21st. However, the Duchess of Kent told him that she wanted to have her own [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. It would not be until her daughter became a mother of her own, that Victoria found herself welcomed back into the family. When Sir John Conroy died in 1854, Victoria wrote to her daughter, “He has been of great use to me, but [read more]
Read part one here. Read part two here. As her daughter received the news of her accession, Victoria sat outside the door. The new Queen’s first act was to ask for an hour alone and for her bed to be moved from her mother’s room. Victoria would spend the day trying to get close to [read more]
Read part one here. Shortly after her husband’s death, Victoria was persuaded to return to London, and on 23 January she did so with Feodora, young Victoria and John Conroy. The Prince Regent eventually relented and let Victoria move into Kensington Palace with her children, although she would have to furnish it herself. Just a [read more]
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