Maharajah’s Elephants at Whitby

Maharajah’s Elephants at Whitby

This article first appeared in London Historians Members’ Newsletter of December 2013.by Essie Fox Most of us are fully aware of Queen Victoria’s terrible grief at the time of her husband’s sudden death. We know the story of John Brown, the servant on whom she came to...
Queen Victoria, the Maharajah, and the Diamond

Queen Victoria, the Maharajah, and the Diamond

This article first appeared in London Historians Members’ Newsletter of December 2013.by Essie Fox Most of us are fully aware of Queen Victoria’s terrible grief at the time of her husband’s sudden death. We know the story of John Brown, the servant on whom she came to...