Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland's letter to William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, writing of herself in the third person, dated May 5, 1838

Source:

The letters of Queen Victoria: a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1831 and 1861: published by authority of His Majesty the King, edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Reginald Baliol Brett Esher, 1907

https://archive.org/details/lettersofqueenvi01victuoft/page/114/mode/2up

Above: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, drawn by Edmund Thomas Parris.

Above: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.

The letter:

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 5th May 1838.

The Queen sends the papers relating to the Coronation as Lord Melbourne wished. The Queen also transmits the names of the young ladies who she proposes should carry her train. If Lord Melbourne sees any objection to any of these she hopes he will say so.

The Queen has put down Lady Mary Talbot, as being the daughter of the oldest Earl in the Kingdom and a Roman Catholic; and Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, who has been very kind to the Queen.

Perhaps, when the names are agreed to, Lord Melbourne would kindly undertake to speak or write to the parents of the young ladies proposing it to them.

Lady Caroline Lennox.

Lady Adelaide Paget.

Lady Fanny Cowper.

Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope.

Lady Mary Talbot.

Lady Anne Fitzwilliam.

Lady Mary Grimston.

Lady Louisa Jenkinson.