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unusual facts about Edward VII of the United Kingdom



Allen Young

Sir Allen Young is also remembered for a dinner party he held in London on 24 May 1877 at which the Prince of Wales, subsequently Edward VII of the United Kingdom, arranged to sit next to his mistress Lillie Langtry while her husband was discreetly seated elsewhere.

Anchor Brewery, Southwark

Visitors included the Prince of Wales, the German statesman Otto von Bismarck, Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau, who was attacked by draymen while touring the brewery in 1850, and the Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1864.

Ann Glanville

When the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Plymouth in 1879, they invited Ann to lunch on their yacht.

Ardeer Platform railway station

The station was primarily used by factory workers however in 1902 the station was used by the various prime ministers of the British Colonies and their guests, along with the provost and magistrates of Glasgow to visit the factory after the Coronation of King Edward VII.

Battlefield Line Railway

It conveyed King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria on their way to Gopsall Hall, where Handel is reputed to have composed his oratorio Messiah.

Charles Willie Mathews

Mathews was very sociable; he was a member of the Turf, Garrick, and Beefsteak Clubs, and was a friend of King Edward VII and King George V.

Chief Butler of England

The last occasion on which a coronation banquet was considered was in 1902 for Edward VII, but plans were abandoned as a result of his illness.

Clumber Spaniel

Prince Albert, the Prince consort of Queen Victoria, was a fancier and promoter of the breed, as was his son King Edward VII, who bred them at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

On 6 May 1904, he presented his credentials as Ambassador of the Dual Monarchy at the Court of St. James's, a promotion over the heads of many of his seniors that had come at the request of his second cousin King Edward VII.

Daniel Maynard Burgess

Burgess died within minutes of giving final instructions on the publication of his memoir, in which he reminisces about numerous acquaintances of note including Presidents Grant, Arthur and Cleveland; Generals Winfield Scott, Philip Sheridan, and Robert E. Lee; Daniel Webster, Mark Hanna, Roscoe Conkling, William Tweed, Charles Dana, F. Hopkinson Smith, and King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg

She was German Kasier Wilhelm II's candidate for a bride for King Alfonso XIII of Spain although he would married Princess Victoria Eugenie, niece of British King Edward VII.

Earl Fife

In 1889, the 6th Earl Fife was further created Duke of Fife, in Scotland, and Marquess of Macduff, in the County of Banff, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, two days after his marriage to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII).

Earl of Gosford

His son, the fourth Earl, served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh and was also a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.

Edward Findley

Findley was elected as an Australian Labor Party member for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne in 1900 but was expelled from parliament soon after on 25 June 1901 for seditious libel as editor of the Toscin for republishing a Dublin Irish People article on King Edward VII.

Edward George Clarke

His legal career included representing Oscar Wilde in his disastrous prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, and representing the plaintiff in the "Baccarat Case", during which Sir Edward cross-examined the Prince of Wales.

Elmhurst, Staffordshire

It was once the site of Elmhurst Hall a large country residence which once hosted King Edward VII when he visited Lichfield for the centenary of the Staffordshire Yeomanry in 1894.

Flitcham, Norfolk

Olav V (2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) who was the King of Norway from 1957, was Born in Appleton House, Flitcham, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud, (daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom), he was given the names and title of Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, Prince of Denmark.

George Alex Stevens

His first successful song was "The Huntsman", sung by Dan Leno at a Royal Command Performance before King Edward VII in 1901.

George Witton

However, he strongly protested and secured a legal opinion from Isaac Isaacs KC, an Australian member of parliament, who recommended that he should petition HM the King for a pardon.

Georgian era

She married Prince Albert, who was of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and so, when their son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales succeeded as Edward VII, that House gained the British throne.

Grange Fell

Grange Fell is owned by the National Trust and was one of its first acquisitions in the Lake District in 1910; the fell was purchased by public subscription as a memorial to King Edward VII at the bequest of the King’s sister Princess Louise, who then was President of the Trust.

Ham Lambert

His grandfather was veterinary surgeon to three reigning monarchs, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V, his father ran a practice which cared for the draught horses of Dublin from the turn of the 20th century until the early 1930s when working horses became less numerous.

Haras de Jardy

Haras de Jardy would gain such a reputation that it was visited by horse owners and breeders from around the world, including King Edward VII in 1905, Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 and Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.

Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford

He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex between 1898 and 1926, President of the Zoological Society in 1899, Mayor of Holborn in 1900, Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India between 1885 and 1886, Military Aide-de-Camp between 1908 and 1920 to King Edward VII and King George V, and sometime Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.

King Edward potato

The Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 coincided with the introduction of this variety of potato and its name is believed to originate as a 'commemoration' of this occasion.

King's Own Band

It got its name from King Edward VII, who chose the name in 1901 upon advancing to the English throne, as it was previously called the Prince of Wales band.

Komura Jutarō

From June 1906 to August 1908, Komura served as ambassador to Great Britain, during which time he was made a K.C.B. by King Edward VII and made a member of the Royal Victorian Order.

Lord Avondale

The most recent creation was for Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII).

Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen

The following year he was cited as one of two co-respondents in the case for divorce brought by Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Bt., a former M.P., against his wife, Harriet, in which Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), was called to give evidence.

Monto

The then Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII), according to popular legend, lost his virginity there.

Morton Selten

Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII).

Negretti and Zambra

Henry Negretti (1818–1879) and Joseph Zambra (1822–1897) formed a partnership in 1850, thereby founding the firm which would eventually be appointed opticians and scientific instrument makers to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the Royal Observatory and the British Admiralty.

Prince of Wales College

In 1860 the Central Academy was upgraded and renamed Prince of Wales College (PWC) in honour of a visit to the colony that year by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII.

Prince of Wales Reach

This arm was named during the 1860 survey by the HMS Plumber who charted all the of the area and was named after Albert Edward - the Prince Of Wales, later Edward VII, who was the second child born in 1841 to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England.

Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont

In 1910, he accompanied Friedrich to the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

Princess Augusta of Cambridge

In making preparations for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1901, the Duke of Norfolk consulted her on matters of etiquette and attire.

Queens Park, Western Australia

It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII.

The Rainbow People

Collier says, "The era of the Rainbow People opened with the coronation of a prince called 'Tum-Tum' as Britain's Edward VII in 1902 and closed in 1975 with the death of Aristotle Onassis, dubbed 'Daddy-O' by Women's Wear Daily."

Vera Duckworth

He also stunned her when he let her in on the family secret — his father was the illegitimate grandson of King Edward VII, thus Vera believes herself to be a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

Waterloo Vase

The Gallery finally returned the white elephant to the sovereign in 1906, and Edward VII had the vase placed outside in the garden at Buckingham Palace where it now remains standing some distance from the palace in a wooded area to the northwest of the main building, on an austere brick paved plinth.

Wye, Kent

On the Downs east of the village is a crown (hill figure) carved in the chalk by students in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

Zaitao

In May 1910 he was sent to Britain as an ambassador and represented the Qing Dynasty at the funeral of King Edward VII.


see also

1844 in Denmark

December 1 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen-empress consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (died 1925)

Alexandra of Glucksburg

Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Princess Maud

Maud of Wales, later Queen Maud of Norway, daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, granddaughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom