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Prince Albert's Official Papers

Papers relating to Prince Albert’s contribution to matters of state

    VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

    Copy letter to Queen Victoria to Lady Fanny Howard

    10 Sep 1864

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (3 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/189

    Copy letter from Queen Victoria to Lady Fanny Howard enquiring as to the qualifications of Baroness Elizabeth Jane Waterpark as a potential Lady of the Bedchamber.

    • Creator(s)

      Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (writer)

      Lady Fanny Howard (addressee)

    • 1 document (3 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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