2/5/2024 0 Comments Queen victoria's tree family![]() ![]() Victoria came to depend more and more on Albert's support and guidance. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success. He gradually developed a reputation for supporting public causes, such as educational reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and he was entrusted with running the Queen's household, office and estates. Initially, he felt constrained by his role as consort, which did not afford him power or responsibilities. At the age of 20, he married Victoria, his cousin, with whom he had nine children. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.Īlbert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. She resigned from the position of Second Assistant in the Coffee Room on 25th October 1859.Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. Her sister, Jane Wareham, entered the Royal Household in 1844 as a Coffee Room Assistant. "I have made a search of our records and have found a brief reference to Ellis Wareham and can confirm that she entered the Royal Household as First Assistant in the Coffee Room in 1842 and retired in 1867. I received a very nice reply in a very smart, official looking envelope, saying : ![]() Some time ago, before the National Archives made all of Queen Victoria's staff records public, I wrote to the Archivist of The Royal Archives at Windsor Castle to find out if she could trace my relatives in their records. Again, a coffee room maid, this time described as “ belonging to the Lord Stewards Department”. Ten years later in 1861, Ellis is now on the Isle of Wight at Osborne House. The 1851 census shows Ellis as being a coffee room maid with her sister at Buckingham Palace, both working for the Lord Stewards Department. It seems to me, that being roughly the same age and working for the Queen in such an occupation continuously for 25 years, Ellis must have done a pretty good job and probably got on well with the Royal Family. Victoria was just 18 months younger than Ellis and her occupation on the census was described as “The Queen”. Victoria married Prince Albert in February 1840 and she then went on to have nine children between November 1840 and April 1857 before Albert's death in 1861. It was possibly through his connections that Ellis and Jane got their jobs. On the 1841 census Ellis was living near Buckingham Palace with the family of one of the members of the Queen's household who was Clerk Comptroller of the Royal Kitchens. ![]() She was born in 1817 in Esher, Surrey, the second of six girls born to William and Tabitha, whose first child had lived for just five months. Her sister, Jane Wareham, worked in a similar capacity but had to resign after 15 years due to her marriage to another member of the Queen's staff.Įllis was the daughter of one of my 3 x great grandfather's brothers on my adopted tree. Sadly I'm not related to Royalty but certainly a connection to be proud of.Įllis Wareham was coffee maid to Queen Victoria at both Buckingham Palace and at her country retreat of Osborne House for 25 years. When you are searching for your ancestors you always hope in the back of your mind that somewhere you will find a connection to The Royal Family. ![]()
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