# Queen Victoria — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Queen Victoria in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0015-florence-nightingale

## Who they are

British monarch during the events of the book.

## In the story

### [Manning's Final Years and Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/x)

Queen Victoria is referenced indirectly through the mention of the Bishop of London and the Dock Strike.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/ii)

Deeply moved by Nightingale's work; wrote a letter expressing sympathy for the troops, which was read aloud in the wards.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/iii)

Invited Miss Nightingale to the Crimea and gave her a commemorative brooch. After her return, Miss Nightingale visits Balmoral and has several interviews with the Queen and Prince Consort about military hospital defects.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/v)

Royal command brings the Order of Merit to Nightingale.

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