Charles Greville (diarist)
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Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played from 1819 to 1827. His father, Charles Greville, was a second cousin of the 1st Earl of Warwick. His mother,
Charles Greville by J.E. Mayall and Joseph Brown
Queen Victoria
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Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecess
Charles Greville (diarist)
…perform them for nearly forty years, until his retirement in 1859. He, therefore, served under three successive sovereigns (George IV, William IV, and Victoria) and, although no political or confidential functions were attached to that office, it was one that brought him into habitual intercourse with the…
Victoria as a child with her mother, by William Beechey
Portrait by Stephen Poyntz Denning, 1823
Portrait with her spaniel Dash by George Hayter, 1833