1. Valetta, 1
2. Vanguard, HMS, 1
3. Varna, 1
4. Venetia, or the Poet’s Daughter (D), 1;
   1. based on Byron and Shelley, 1, 2;
   2. faults of, 1
5. ‘Venetian constitution’, 1, 2, 3, 4
6. Venice, 1;
   1. alleged home of Disraeli family, 1
7. Victoria, Queen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27;
   1. accession of, 1;
   2. ‘points Dizzy out’, 1;
   3. D’s flattery of, 1;
   4. pensions ‘Tita’, 1;
   5. constitutional power, 1;
   6. approves of Peelites, 1;
   7. her nuisance value, 1;
   8. low opinion of D, 1, 2, 3;
   9. and Stanley’s efforts to form ministry, 1;
   10. on Derby’s single-handed government, 1;
   11. pro-Austrian, 1, 2;
   12. more cordial towards D, 1, 2;
   13. honours him with personal audience, 1;
   14. ‘Faery’ myth begins, 1, 2;
   15. supports Derby on reform, 1;
   16. offers to mediate with Liberals, 1;
   17. favours positive Eastern policy, 1;
   18. regards D as Derby’s successor, 1, 2;
   19. D’s success with, 1;
   20. Gladstone’s failure with, 1, 2;
   21. favours Broad Church, 1;
   22. and Church appointments, 1, 2, 3;
   23. doubts over making Mrs D a peeress, 1;
   24. delight at D’s 1874 Cabinet, 1;
   25. her Household, 1;
   26. increasingly cordial relations with D, 1;
   27. disapproval and fear of Gladstone, 1;
   28. D’s flattery of, 1, 2;
   29. attitude to Eastern question, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
   30. unconstitutional notions of power, 1, 2, 3;
   31. threats to abdicate, 1, 2, 3, 4;
   32. in Mistletoe accident, 1;
   33. and Royal Titles Bill, 1, 2;
   34. D makes Empress of India, 1, 2;
   35. suggests D going to House of Lords, 1;
   36. fears effect of Berlin Memo rejection, 1, 2, 3;
   37. pro-Turk, 1;
   38. fierce hostility to Gladstone, 1, 2, 3;
   39. lunches with ‘the Jew in his ghetto’, 1, 2;
   40. urges retention of Elliot, 1;
   41. ready for war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
   42. extreme views, 1;
   43. suspects Derby’s indiscretion, 1;
   44. doubts on middle-class First Lord of Admiralty, 1;
   45. rebukes Lady Derby, 1;
   46. offers D the Garter, 1;
   47. ‘would give those horrid Russians such a beating’, 1;
   48. rebukes Derby, 1;
   49. and D’s triumph at Berlin, 1;
   50. and death of Prince Imperial, 1;
   51. disagrees over D’s treatment of Chelmsford, 1;
   52. impervious to cold, 1;
   53. and patronage, 1, 2, 3;
   54. vexed at Sultan incident, 1;
   55. sends valentine, 1;
   56. laments D’s defeat in 1880, 1;
   57. reluctantly sends for Gladstone, 1;
   58. plans for Prince Leopold, 1;
   59. sees D for last time, 1;
   60. anxiety over, 1;
   61. grief at his death, 1;
   62. visits grave, 1;
   63. relies on Corry for advice, 1;
   64. D’s correspondence with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
8. Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia (later German Empress), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
9. Vigny, Alfred de, 1
10. Villebois (later Bathurst), Emily, 1n
11. Villebois, Henry (father of Henrietta Sykes), 1, 2, 3
12. Villebois, Maria, 1n , 2
13. Villiers, Charles, 1, 2;
    1. resolution on free trade, 1, 2
14. Villiers, Lady Clementina, 1
15. Villiers, Francis, 1
16. Vindication of the English Constitution (D), 1, 2n , 3, 4;
    1. addressed to Lyndhurst, 1;
    2. a defence of House of Lords, 1;
    3. D’s idea of history and politics in, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    4. its style, 1
17. Vitzthum, Count, 1
18. Vivian Grey (D), 1, 2, 3, 4n , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
    1. schoolboy life portrayed in, 1, 2, 3;
    2. D’s reckless frame of mind (1824) suggested in, 1;
    3. modelled on Ward’s Tremaine, 1, 2;
    4. writing of, 1, 2;
    5. publication, 1, 2;
    6. D ashamed of, 1;
    7. analysis of, 1;
    8. as story of Representative , 1, 2, 3;
    9. self–portrait of D in, 1;
    10. speculation over author, 1;
    11. criticisms of, 1;
    12. social blunders in, 1, 2;
    13. adverse effect on D’s career, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    14. sequel to, 1;
    15. reissued, 1
19. Vyvyan, Sir Richard, 1, 2