Queen Victoria 1838 · Windsor Castle
Ride with her suite
14:00–16:00
“At two she rides with a large suite”“she rides for two hours along the road, and the greater part of the time at a full gallop”
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 · p. 147 · riding paragraph
Timing & context
The start and two-hour duration are explicit. Melbourne rode at her left.
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.