Volume 1 of Robert Ferguson's personal journal with detailed but irregular entries re his service as as an obstetrician for Queen Victoria, including references to her mental health.
TitleVolume 1 of Robert Ferguson's personal journal with detailed but irregular entries re his service as as an obstetrician for Queen Victoria, including references to her mental health.
ReferenceMS4973
Date
3 Dec 1841 - 2 Jan 1852
Creator Robert (1799-1865) Ferguson
Production date 1841 - 1852
Scope and ContentIncludes the following insert: loose letter from John Murray to Ferguson's son on the proposed publication, 3pages, 5 Aug 1908
Includes details of royal arrangements for childbirth, the birth of the princess royal, character sketches of the royal family and many professional & personal subjects.
Includes references to the following people: Queen Victoria (pp 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 50, 52, 55, 57, 79, 80), Prince Albert (pp 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35 , 38, 39, 51, 52), Baroness Lehzen (pp 2, 14, 29, 30, 32, 33, 50), Sir John Conroy (pp 2, 3, 12), Duchess of Kent (pp 2, 12, 14), Sir James Clarke (pp 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 51), Baron Stockmar (pp 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 50), Charles Robert Leslie (p 9), Lord Melbourne (pp 10, 80), Sir Charles Locock (pp 11, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32, 35), Princess Victoria, Princess Royal (pp 11, 14, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 42), Lady Stopford (p 12), Prince Leopold, King of the Belgians (p 13), Princess Charlotte (p 13), Lord Ashley (p 14), Princess Feodore (p 14), King George IV (p 14), Duke of Wellington (pp 16, 55), Sir William Knighton (p 17), George Canning (p 17), Lady Flora Hastings (pp 18, 34), Dr Blagden (pp 19, 21, 32, 57), George Anson (p 19), Mrs Villiers (pp 20, 33), Lord Clarendon (p 20), Mrs Lilly (p 22), Mrs Pegly (p 23), John Gibson Lockhart (pp 24, 25, 58, 67, 79, 81), Charles Scott (pp 24, 25), Madame Du Hamel (p 24), Sir Walter Scott (p 25), Walter Lockhart (p 25), Charlotte Lockhart (p 25), Sir John McNeill (pp 25, 53, 54, 78), Mrs Roberts (p 28), Prince Albert Edward (pp 30, 31, 37, 42, 52), Mr Blaker (p 31), Mr Brown (pp 31, 50), William Frederick Chambers (pp 32, 35, 36), Duke/ Duchess of Cambridge (pp 33, 51), Duke/ Duchess of Gloucester (p 33), Dr William Prout (p 38), Lord Liverpool (p 38), James Boswell (p 39), Samuel Johnson (p 39, 63), Herbert Mayo (p 40), Sir Charles Bell (pp 40, 60, 67, 68, 72), Thomas Mayo (p 40), William Maginn (pp 41, 42), John Milton (p 41), Cecilia Ferguson (Ferguson's wife, nee Labalmondiere) (p 43, 46, 54, 58), Elizabeth 'Eliza' Labalmondiere (Ferguson's mother-in-law) (p 43, 58), Lady Augusta Somerset (pp 50, 51), Prince George of Cambridge (p 50), Sir Alex Spearman (p 51), George Labalmondiere (Ferguson's brother-in-law) (p 51), Sir James Graham (pp 51, 52, 54, 69), Mr George Stephenson (pp 52, 69, 79), Lord Aberdeen (p 52), Sir Alexander Burnes (p 53), Mr Hardwicke (p 55), Marquis/ Marchioness of Duoro (p 51), Lord/ Lady Mahon (p 55), William Paley (pp 56, 64), George Robert Glieg (p 57), Captain Elliot (p 57), Montagu Stopford (p 57), Sir George Cockburn (p 57), Colonel Barnard (pp 57, 58, 75), Alexander Dallas (Ferguson's brother-in-law) (pp 58, 66), Mary Anne Dallas (Ferguson's sister) (p 70), Sir Egerton Brydges (p 60), 7th Earl of Derby (p 60), Lady Bell (pp 60, 67), Lady Harriet Cocks (p 62), Mrs Burnett & Bella (p 63), R.B. Sheridan (p 63), Edmund Burke (p 63), Mr Glen (p 63), Mr Walker (p 63), Mr Gibbs (p 63), Sir Henry Taylor (p 64), Francis Baring (p 64), Henry Rices (p 64), Joseph Priestley (p 64), Sir Vincent Eyre (p 65), Akbar Khan (p 65), General Arnold (p 65), Sir/ Lady William McNaghten (p 65), Lieutenant Terry (p 66), General McGaskill (p 66), General Sir George Pollock (p 66), General Sir William Nott (p 66), Mr Christie (pp 66, 67, 76), Jane Austen (p 67), George Joseph Bell (p 68), Edward Drummond and family (pp 68, 69, 71, 76, 79, 81), Sir/ Lady Robert Peel (pp 68, 69, 79), Daniel McNaghten (pp 68, 82), George James Guthrie (p 68), Dr Wilson (p 71), Marquis of Anglesea (p 71), Sliddell MacKenzie (p 71), Mr Spencer, American War Secretary (p 72), Lord Morpeth (p 72), Mrs Chapman (p 72), Lord Ellenbrough (p 72), Forbes McNeill (pp 73, 76, 78), John Abel Smith (pp 73, 75, 76, 78, 79), Mr Ravenshaw (pp 73, 76), Colonel Stopford (p 73), Sir John M’Dougall (p 73), Kitty (Ferguson’s sister) (p 77), Sir Charles Bagot (p 79), Sir Charles Metcalfe (p 79), Marquess of Hastings (pp 80, 81), Earl of Huntingdon (p 80), Henry Nugent Bell (p 80), Sir Jacob Astley (p 80), Lady Sophia Hastings (p 80), Sir James Law Lushington (p 81), Laurence Sterne (p 81), Lord Byron (p 81), Jack Sheppard (p 81), Charles Dickens (p 81).
Includes details of royal arrangements for childbirth, the birth of the princess royal, character sketches of the royal family and many professional & personal subjects.
Includes references to the following people: Queen Victoria (pp 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 50, 52, 55, 57, 79, 80), Prince Albert (pp 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35 , 38, 39, 51, 52), Baroness Lehzen (pp 2, 14, 29, 30, 32, 33, 50), Sir John Conroy (pp 2, 3, 12), Duchess of Kent (pp 2, 12, 14), Sir James Clarke (pp 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 51), Baron Stockmar (pp 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 50), Charles Robert Leslie (p 9), Lord Melbourne (pp 10, 80), Sir Charles Locock (pp 11, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32, 35), Princess Victoria, Princess Royal (pp 11, 14, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 42), Lady Stopford (p 12), Prince Leopold, King of the Belgians (p 13), Princess Charlotte (p 13), Lord Ashley (p 14), Princess Feodore (p 14), King George IV (p 14), Duke of Wellington (pp 16, 55), Sir William Knighton (p 17), George Canning (p 17), Lady Flora Hastings (pp 18, 34), Dr Blagden (pp 19, 21, 32, 57), George Anson (p 19), Mrs Villiers (pp 20, 33), Lord Clarendon (p 20), Mrs Lilly (p 22), Mrs Pegly (p 23), John Gibson Lockhart (pp 24, 25, 58, 67, 79, 81), Charles Scott (pp 24, 25), Madame Du Hamel (p 24), Sir Walter Scott (p 25), Walter Lockhart (p 25), Charlotte Lockhart (p 25), Sir John McNeill (pp 25, 53, 54, 78), Mrs Roberts (p 28), Prince Albert Edward (pp 30, 31, 37, 42, 52), Mr Blaker (p 31), Mr Brown (pp 31, 50), William Frederick Chambers (pp 32, 35, 36), Duke/ Duchess of Cambridge (pp 33, 51), Duke/ Duchess of Gloucester (p 33), Dr William Prout (p 38), Lord Liverpool (p 38), James Boswell (p 39), Samuel Johnson (p 39, 63), Herbert Mayo (p 40), Sir Charles Bell (pp 40, 60, 67, 68, 72), Thomas Mayo (p 40), William Maginn (pp 41, 42), John Milton (p 41), Cecilia Ferguson (Ferguson's wife, nee Labalmondiere) (p 43, 46, 54, 58), Elizabeth 'Eliza' Labalmondiere (Ferguson's mother-in-law) (p 43, 58), Lady Augusta Somerset (pp 50, 51), Prince George of Cambridge (p 50), Sir Alex Spearman (p 51), George Labalmondiere (Ferguson's brother-in-law) (p 51), Sir James Graham (pp 51, 52, 54, 69), Mr George Stephenson (pp 52, 69, 79), Lord Aberdeen (p 52), Sir Alexander Burnes (p 53), Mr Hardwicke (p 55), Marquis/ Marchioness of Duoro (p 51), Lord/ Lady Mahon (p 55), William Paley (pp 56, 64), George Robert Glieg (p 57), Captain Elliot (p 57), Montagu Stopford (p 57), Sir George Cockburn (p 57), Colonel Barnard (pp 57, 58, 75), Alexander Dallas (Ferguson's brother-in-law) (pp 58, 66), Mary Anne Dallas (Ferguson's sister) (p 70), Sir Egerton Brydges (p 60), 7th Earl of Derby (p 60), Lady Bell (pp 60, 67), Lady Harriet Cocks (p 62), Mrs Burnett & Bella (p 63), R.B. Sheridan (p 63), Edmund Burke (p 63), Mr Glen (p 63), Mr Walker (p 63), Mr Gibbs (p 63), Sir Henry Taylor (p 64), Francis Baring (p 64), Henry Rices (p 64), Joseph Priestley (p 64), Sir Vincent Eyre (p 65), Akbar Khan (p 65), General Arnold (p 65), Sir/ Lady William McNaghten (p 65), Lieutenant Terry (p 66), General McGaskill (p 66), General Sir George Pollock (p 66), General Sir William Nott (p 66), Mr Christie (pp 66, 67, 76), Jane Austen (p 67), George Joseph Bell (p 68), Edward Drummond and family (pp 68, 69, 71, 76, 79, 81), Sir/ Lady Robert Peel (pp 68, 69, 79), Daniel McNaghten (pp 68, 82), George James Guthrie (p 68), Dr Wilson (p 71), Marquis of Anglesea (p 71), Sliddell MacKenzie (p 71), Mr Spencer, American War Secretary (p 72), Lord Morpeth (p 72), Mrs Chapman (p 72), Lord Ellenbrough (p 72), Forbes McNeill (pp 73, 76, 78), John Abel Smith (pp 73, 75, 76, 78, 79), Mr Ravenshaw (pp 73, 76), Colonel Stopford (p 73), Sir John M’Dougall (p 73), Kitty (Ferguson’s sister) (p 77), Sir Charles Bagot (p 79), Sir Charles Metcalfe (p 79), Marquess of Hastings (pp 80, 81), Earl of Huntingdon (p 80), Henry Nugent Bell (p 80), Sir Jacob Astley (p 80), Lady Sophia Hastings (p 80), Sir James Law Lushington (p 81), Laurence Sterne (p 81), Lord Byron (p 81), Jack Sheppard (p 81), Charles Dickens (p 81).
Extent168 pp.
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyBought at auction, lot 15, Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2009
SubjectMental health, Personal stories
Levelfile