Royal Wedding Notes and Dress Descriptions From Court Circular
The report notes Admiralty expenditure of 20 000 and remarks on Gladstone’s absence from the wedding invite list. It covers toasts at breakfast and a detailed Court Circular on royal attire for the Duke of Connaught’s marriage, listing outfits, trains, headdresses, and jewelry of Queen Victoria, Princess of Wales, Princess Louise, and other royal ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Gladstone
Granville and
Hartington
Mayfair
Prince Leopold
Prince of Wales
Germany
Frederick Charles
Prussia
Duke of Connaught
Alice
Hesse
Order of the Garter
Victoria and Albert
India
Louise
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess of Wales
Angleterre
Princess Louise
Princess Victoria
Princess Maud of Wales
Duchess of Edinburgh
Star of India
St. Catherine
Russia
Christian of
Sleswick- Holstein
St. Isabel
Portugal
Beatrice
St. Catherine of Russia
Court of Inquiry on Isandlwana Disaster Details
A supplementary report to the London Gazette outlines the Isandlwana disaster court of inquiry. It records that the inquiry found little new, with Lord Chelmsford withholding comment and requesting further witness statements from survivors. The panel included Hassard, Law, and Harness. The narrative covers January 20–22 with recon moves by Native Contingent and Dartnell reporting enemy strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Isandula
Isandlana
Lord Chelmsford
Hassard
Royal Engineers
Law
Harness
Royal Artillery
Glyn
Lonsdale
Dartnell
Isandlwana Camp Defense and Isandula Attack Recounted
The narrative details Lord Chelmsford's plan to defend the Isandlwana camp. It covers orders issued to Colonel Pulleine and Colonel Durnford, the march of troops including the 2nd Batt. 24th Regt. and Natal Pioneers, plus reinforcements. It notes the Zulu force sighting, the failed relief attempts, and Captain Essex's estimate of about 15,000 attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th Regiment
2Nd Batt. 24Th Regt
Natal
Chelmsford
Durnford
Rorke’s Drift
Pulleine
Clery
Glyn
Alan Gardner
14Th Hussars
Lord Chelmsford
Isandula
Cochrane
Essex
Crealock
Royal visits and cabinet meetings mark London week
Windsor guests depart as the King and Queen of the Belgians visit Marlborough House while the Prince and Princess of Wales and German royalty attend services at Berkeley Chapel. The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany dine with the Duke of Cambridge, and a royal revue opens at St James's Palace. Downing Street hosts Cabinet Councils and steel from Cleveland ore is hailed as a breakthrough. A Hampstead Road coffee tavern opens as part of a London expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
Princess of Wales
Marlborough House
Germany
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke of Cambridge
Gloucester House
Prince of Wales
St. James’s Palace
Crown Prince
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince William of Prussia
Frederick Charles
Prince Christian
Downing-street
Messrs
Hampstead Road
Forsyth
M.P
London
Diverse 1879 British notices span trade, war, and transport
Treasury invites tenders for telegraph links with South Africa and Mauritius via Aden or India. Layard may return as ambassador to the Porte by May. Scotland endures severe winter with sheep losses and thaw. Habron to be released. compensation debated. London to gain a 30,000 market hall. Belfast unrest on Saint Patrick’s Day. Bright and Mundella criticize government war policy and temperance urges. Boxing interest grows with notable patrons. Distress reports from suicides in Bury St Edmunds. Whalley and Hampden Whalley head to Africa. Thames Tunnel construction moves forward to enable year-end opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porte
Scotland
Cross
House of Commons
William Habron
Cook
Whalley Range
Home Secretary
London
Charterhouse-street
Snowhill
Farringdon Road
London, Chatham, and Dover
London Central
Belfast
The
Peace Society
Birmingham
John Bright
Mundella
M.P
Richardson
F.R.S
Deptford
Greenwich
Liverpool Peace Society
Afghanistan
Zululand
England
Association For the Encouragement of
St. James’s Hall
John Astley
Duke of Montrose
Lord Rossmore
Viscount Dupplin
Lord Londesborough
Viscount Mandeville
William Call
H. Coventry
Bury St. Edmunds
John Spa
Whalley
Cetewayo
Thames
North
Woolwich
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