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Combermere, Viscount, i. 420; Constable of the Tower, ii. 393; Field-Marshal, iii. _146_

Companies, Limited Liability, statute passed, iii. _64_

Conroy, Sir J., comptroller to Duchess of Kent, i. 99

Conservatives in opposition, i. _56_; dissensions, ii. _1_; Corn Laws, ii. 66; ii. 83, 315, 384, 403; form a Government, ii. 412-430; Roebuck Motion, iii. 79, 226; Government of 1858, iii. _262_, 266; possible dissolution, iii. 283-292; new Reform Bill, iii. _307_; defeat, iii. 341; iii. 362; overtures to Lord Palmerston, iii. _420_, 429

Consort, Prince (_see_ Victoria, Queen), parentage, i. 4; influence of Baron Stockmar, i. 26; his character, i. _28_; Princess of Hohenlohe's opinion of, i. 46; Queen's first impression of, i. 49; education of, i. 97, 109, 111; engagement to Queen Victoria, i. _141_, 188; visits Italy, i. 152; Queen's views, i. 177; description of, i. 186; arrival at Windsor, i. 188; religion, i. 196; question of a peerage, i. 198; the Declaration, i. 203, 204; his Household, i. 204, 206, 207; marriage with the Queen, i. _209_, 217; his grant, i. _209_, 214; appointed Regent, i. _209_; the Queen's confidential secretary, i. 28; name in Prayer Book, i. 249; on changes at Court, i. 256; visits Oxford, i. 291; his position on change of Government, i. 304; Lord Melbourne's opinion of, i. 306; Fine Arts Commission, i. 332; lays foundation stone of Royal Exchange, i. 376; on duelling, i. _450_; domestic life, i. 464; to hold levées, i. 470, 471; reception at Birmingham, i. 509; his father's death, ii. 6; Grand Cross of St Andrew, ii. 17; birthday, ii. _20_; French King's appreciation of, ii. 25; title rumours, ii. 34; interest in Osborne, ii. 42; attacks on, ii. 46; memo. on change of Government, ii. 61; council meeting, ii. 65; Sir R. Peel and memo. of their conversation, ii. 76; memo. on resignation of Sir R. Peel, ii. 80, 83; on new Government, ii. 85; Sir R. Peel, ii. 93; his self-denial, ii. 129; visits King Louis Philippe at Claremont, ii. 163; and the unemployed, ii. 168; visit to York, ii. 184; visit with the Queen to Ireland, ii. 224; opening of new Coal Exchange, ii. 228; Exhibition of 1851, ii. _231_, 316-318; memo. on Lord Palmerston's Foreign Policy, ii. 235, 243, 260, 261; Mansion House speech, ii. 239; memos. on formation of a new Government, ii. 293, 297, 298, 300, 302, 306, 309, 310, 311; presides at Propagation of Gospel Meeting, ii. _319_; on Lord Palmerston's successor, ii. 345-347; his fondness for politics and business, ii. 362; and the Army, ii. 365; on resignation of Lord John Russell, ii. 367, 369, 371; on change of Government, ii. 374; command of Grenadier Guards and Rifle Brigade, ii. 392; on new appointments on death of Duke of Wellington, ii. 392; on national defences, ii. 398-400; on Free Trade Debate, ii. 404; on resignation of Lord Derby, ii. 412-413; on new Government, ii. 413, 415, 420; Lord Derby's opinion of, ii. 426; on change of Ministry, ii. 427; birth of Prince Leopold (afterwards Duke of Albany), ii. 444; congratulates Mr Gladstone on his Budget speech, ii. 446; memo. on Eastern Question, ii. 454, 456; memo. on Lord Palmerston's resignation, ii. 467; Press attacks on, iii. _1_, 3, _4_, 7, 8; interview with Emperor Napoleon, iii. _1_; President of Patriotic Fund, iii. _2_; memos. on Reform Bill, iii. _20_, 22, 23, 24; memo. of Government changes, iii. 33, 34; visits French Emperor, iii. _41_-43; memo. on Lord John Russell's possible resignation, iii. 58; visits the French Emperor, iii. _64_; memo. on Lord John Russell's resignation, iii. 72; memos. on inability of Lord Derby and Lord John Russell to form a Government, iii. 83-96; memo. on Lord Palmerston's Government of 1855, iii. 97, 98; asks Lord Aberdeen to join new Government, iii. 98; memo. of interview with Mr Gladstone, iii. 107-109; on Austria's proposal of Crimean settlement, iii. 120, _127_; visits France, iii. 135; appointment of Sir W. Codrington, iii. 155; Queen's memo. on his status, iii. 192-194; title of Prince Consort conferred, iii. 196, 197, _197_; French Emperor's feeling towards England, iii. 232, 233; marriage of Princess Royal, iii. _261_, 263, 264; memo. on resignation of the Government, iii. 266-268; Danish Question, iii. _281_; memo. on Oudh Proclamation, iii. 284; memo. on Lord Derby and dissolution, iii. 289; visit to French Emperor at Cherbourg, iii. 295; memo. on Lord Palmerston, iii. 300; Lord Stanley's position with the Queen, iii. 301-303; tours of Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, iii. _411_; Princess Alice's engagement, iii. 415; state visit to Ireland, iii. _420_; Lord John Russell's despatch to America, iii. _421_; failure of health, iii. _421_; death of the Duchess of Kent, iii. 435-439; illness, iii. 468, 470; draft despatch to United States, last written by, iii. 469; slight rally, 472, 473; death, iii. _421_, 473

Conspiracy and Assassination Bill, iii. _266_

Constantin, expedition against, i. _43_; taken by France, i. 96

Constantine of Russia, Grand Duchess, ii. 7; iii. 466

Constantinople, i. 232; Russian Fleet ordered to, ii. 441, 452

_Constitution de la Belgique_, newspaper, i. 55

Constitution, the English, i. 358

_Constitutional_ newspaper, i. 53

Conyngham, Lady Maria, i. 12

---- Marchioness, i. 12

---- Marquess, Lord Chamberlain, i. 12, 74, 75, 84, 110, 121

Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, i. 424

Coorg, Princess of, iii. 54

Corbett, Mr, Secretary of Legation at Florence, iii. 310

Corigan, Dominic, Physician-in-Ordinary, ii. _136_

Cork, Queen Victoria's visit to, ii. 224; question of dockyard, iii. 151

Corn Laws, petition against, i. 148; debates on, i. 218, 265, 278, 280, _370_, 381, 415, _450_, 465; Anti-Corn-Law League, i. _370_, 415, 466; ii. _30_, 49, _383_; paragraph in the _Times_, ii. 48, 49; Lord John Russell's policy, ii. 59; Sir R. Peel's views, ii. 65, 66, 87; settlement, ii. 233; Earl Grey on, ii. 377; Mr Disraeli on, ii. 381

Coronation, i. 120, 127

Corry, H., ii. 306, 405

Cottenham, Earl of, Chancellor, i. 271, 308, 314; ii. 83

County and Borough Franchise, ii. 288

Couper, Sir George, iii. 254

Courvoisier murders Lord William Russell, i. _220_

Covent Garden Theatre, Free Trade meetings at, ii. 131

Coventry, Earl of, i. 91

Cowell, Major (afterwards Sir John), tutor to Prince Alfred, iii. _413_

Cowley, first Baron, Minister at Frankfort, i. 495

---- second Baron (created Earl 1859), ii. 146, 186, 275; Queen's high opinion of, ii. 285, 286; Ambassador at Napoleon's Court, ii. 397, 407; Napoleon's marriage, ii. 435; Eastern Question, iii. 115, 151, 153, 154, 160; council of war at Paris, iii. 168; honours, iii. 186;