Victoria, Queen of England, and Empress of India

Join us for an illustrated lecture with Miles Taylor about the relationship between India and its first and only British Empress, Queen Victoria

Talk

  • Monday, 21 January 2019 at

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

  • For Members

  • Tickets cost £15.00 - £18.00

    Includes wine reception.

Past Event
Victoria, Queen of England, and Empress of India photo

As Empress of India, Queen Victoria was never a token ruler. She intervened in Indian politics; commissioned artists and photographers to record the landscape and people; sent her sons as ambassadors to the sub-continent and surrounded herself with the trappings of Indian conquest. In turn, Indian politics and society were fundamentally reshaped by her influence from afar. In this illustrated lecture, Miles Taylor talks about the significant effects India had on the Queen as well as the pivotal role she played in India.

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