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Queen of the UK from 1837, when she succeeded
her uncle William IV, and empress of India
from 1876. In 1840 she married Prince Albert
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her relations with
her prime ministers ranged from the
affectionate (Melbourne and Disraeli) to the
stormy (Peel, Palmerston, and Gladstone). Her
golden jubilee 1887 and diamond jubilee 1897
marked a waning of republican sentiment,
which had developed with her withdrawal from
public life on Albert's death. Only child of
Edward, duke of Kent, fourth son of George
III, she was born 24 May 1819 at Kensington
Palace, London. She and Albert had four sons
and five daughters. After Albert's death 1861
she lived mainly in retirement. Nevertheless,
she kept control of affairs, refusing the
Prince of Wales (Edward VII) any active role.
From 1848 she regularly visited the Scottish
Highlands, where she had a house at Balmoral
built to Prince Albert's designs. She died at
Osborne House, her home in the Isle of Wight,
22 Jan 1901, and was buried at Windsor.
2.
Industrial port (shipbuilding, chemicals,
clothing, furniture) on Vancouver Island,
capital of British Columbia, Canada;
population (1986) 66,303. It was founded as
Fort Victoria 1843 by the Hudson's Bay
Company. Its university was founded 1964.
3.
Port and capital of the Seychelles, on Mahe
island; population (1985) 23,000.
4.
District of Hong Kong, rising to 554 m/1,800
ft at Victoria Park.
5.
State of SE Australia. area 227,600 sq
km/87,854 sq mi capital Melbourne towns
Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo physical part of
the Great Dividing Range, running E-W and
including the larger part of the Australian
Alps; Gippsland lakes; shallow lagoons on the
coast; the mallee shrub region products
sheep, beef cattle, dairy products, tobacco,
wheat, vines for wine and dried fruit,
orchard fruits, vegetables, gold, brown coal
(Latrobe Valley), oil and natural gas (Bass
Strait) population (1987) 4,184,000; 70% in
the Melbourne area history annexed for
Britain by Captain Cook 1770; settled in the
1830s; after being part of New South Wales
became a separate colony 1851, named after
the queen; became a state 1901