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Record W1989284763 · doi:10.1353/vic.2003.0105

Henry and Mary Ponsonby: Life at the Court of Queen Victoria (review)

2003· article· en· W1989284763 on OpenAlex
Martha Vicinus

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Bibliographic record

VenueVictorian Studies · 2003
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicScottish History and National Identity
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsQueen (butterfly)SpellLawPrime ministerSovereigntyFidesSociologyHistoryPolitical sciencePoliticsTheologyPhilosophy

Abstract

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Henry Ponsonby (1825-95) was the oldest son of a military general who died when he was eleven. He was a model son, deferential to authority yet popular with his peers at Sandhurst. After a spell as an aide-de-camp in Ireland, the Crimea, and Canada, Ponsonby became an equerry in Queen Victoria's court. From 1870 until his death he served as the Queen's private secretary. As William M. Kuhn astutely notes, the position originated "not in the [End Page 380] sovereign's readiness for business, but in the sovereign's incapacity for business" (140). Ponsonby served during the years when Victoria's extended mourning was used as an excuse to neglect much official business. The position demanded the utmost tact; Ponsonby's responsibilities ranged from acting as the Queen's go-between with prime ministers to delivering reprimands to her adult children. He always traveled with the royal retinue and could rarely command his own time. Yet he seems to have enjoyed the post. Kuhn makes us appreciate, even like, this talented man who subsumed his personality and ambition to an increasingly difficult queen, whilst always remaining slightly apart, humorously mocking the codes of behavior he did so much to uphold.

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DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.728
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

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