Queen Victoria 1838 · Windsor Castle
Retire after the evening circle
23:30 · bedtime
“At about half-past eleven she goes”“or whenever the Duchess has played her usual number of rubbers, and the band have performed all the pieces on their list for the night.”
Two separate excerpts · Charles C. F. Greville
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A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, Vol. I
The Greville Memoirs, Second Part · London, 1885
15 December 1838 · pp. 146–148 · paragraph beginning ‘The life which the Queen leads is this’
Passage: 15 December 1838 · pp. 147–148 · sentence continuing ‘to bed’ across the page break
Timing & context
Bedtime was about 23:30, with variation according to the Duchess of Kent’s card games and the band’s programme. No sleep duration is recorded.
Greville describes the Queen’s established Windsor routine after staying at court. This is his eyewitness account, not Victoria’s own journal. Some times vary; morning business and afternoon leisure are placed approximately.
1838 is the year of Greville’s account. His 15 December entry describes an established Windsor routine, not only the events of that day. The routine should not be generalized to Victoria’s entire reign.