Queen Victoria 1838 · Windsor Castle
Business with Lord Melbourne
11:00–12:00 · Estimated
Estimated by typical tue. The 11:00–12:00 block selects one of the source’s two possible starts. It is not a fixed daily appointment.Source timing: Eleven or twelve; an hour, more or less
“At eleven or twelve Melbourne comes to her and stays an hour, more or less, according to the business he may have to transact.”
Verbatim excerpt · Charles C. F. Greville
Line breaks and page markers omitted.
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 · p. 147 · ‘At eleven or twelve’
Timing & context
The start could be eleven or noon and the length varied. The calendar draws the earlier start with an approximately one-hour duration.
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.