Windsor Castle
William Smith O’Brien
In 1845 Davis died, and the leadership of the Party passed into the hands of William Smith O’Brien, his lieutenants being John Mitchel and John Martin. All three were Protestants. Mr. Smith O’Brien was descended from King Brian Borhoimè—who played the part of Alfred the Great in Irish history. A brother of Lord Inchiquin, he was an aristocrat and a Tory, with frigid manners, and a high and chivalrous sense of honour. He had drifted into the “Young Ireland” Party, firstly, because fourteen years’ experience of the Imperial Parliament convinced him that it could not legislate wisely for Ireland, and, secondly, because he despaired of any other Party obtaining for Ireland the only Government that could lift her to her place among the nations. As a speaker he was cold, logical, and stilted. But he had a severe and ascetic sense of public duty, and his fidelity and truthfulness secured for him the unswerving loyalty of his followers.
Westminster Hall
West Front of Kensington Palace
In the dawn of June 20th, 1837, immediately after the death of King William IV., the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain left Windsor for Kensington, to convey the tidings to his late Majesty’s successor. They reached the Palace about five o’clock in the morning, and knocked, rang, and beat at the doors several times before they could obtain admission. When at length the porter was aroused, the visitors were shown into one of the lower rooms, where a long time passed without any attention being paid them. Growing impatient, they rang the bell, and desired that the attendant on the Princess Victoria might be sent to inform her Royal Highness that they requested an audience on business of importance. Another long delay ensued, and again the bell was rung, that some explanation might be given of the difficulty which appeared to exist. On the Princess’s attendant making her appearance, she declared that her Royal Highness was in so sweet a sleep that she could not venture to disturb her. It was now evident that stronger measures must be taken, and one of the visitors said, “We have come on business of State to the Queen, and even her sleep must give way to that.” The attendant disappeared, and a few minutes afterwards the young sovereign came into the room in a loose white robe and shawl, her fair hair falling over her shoulders, her feet in slippers, her eyes dim with tears, but her aspect perfectly calm and dignified
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
The Victoria Tower, Westminster Palace
The Throne-Room, Buckingham Palace
The South-East Corridor, Windsor Castle
The Royal Visit to Fingal’s Cave
The Royal Palace, Madrid
The Royal Arms
The Royal Arms
The Revolution in Paris
The Remnant of an army
The Queen’s First Council
The Queens visit to France
The Queens Entrry in Edinburgh
The Queen Visiting a Cornish Iron Mine
The Queen Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation
The Queen Opening Parliament in 1846
The Queen in the Woodwardian Museum
The Queen in the Royal Gallery, St George’s Chapel, 1846
The Queen and the Reapers at Blair Castle
The Queen and the Deserter’s Death-Warrant
The Queen and Prince Albert at the Children’s Fête in Coburg on St. Gregory’s Day
The Prince-Chancellor of Cambridge University Presenting an Address to the Queen
The Overland Route
The Municipal Dignitaries of Penryn introduced to the Prince of Wales
The Marquis of Lansdowne
The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace
The Lower Ward, Windsor Castle
The King of Prussia Addressing the Berliners
The Irish Rebellion of 1848
Forging Pikes
The Houses of Parliament
The Grand Staircase, Buckingham Palace
The Four Courts, Dublin
The Exchange and Frederick’s Bridge, Berlin
The Earl of Durham
The Earl of Clarendon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
The Earl of Aberdeen
The Duke of Wellington at Windsor Castle
The Duke of Kent
The Duchess of Kent
The Deputation from London and Dublin Corporations before the Queen
The Custom House, Dublin
The Council Chamber
The Coronation of the Queen
The Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey
The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common
The Castle of the Wartburg
the British Consulate in Canton
The British Army Crossing the Sutlej
The Battle of Ferozeshah
The Bank of England
Starving Peasants at a Work-house Gate
St. Stephen’s Cloisters, Westminster Hall
St Georges Chapel, Windsor
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert and Lady Sale
Sir James Graham
Sir Henry Hardinge