"Queen dowager" Quotes from Famous Books
... L5,000. Lady Walsingham, daughter of the first-named of these mistresses, had an Irish pension of L1,500; and Lady Howe, daughter of the second, had a pension of L500. Madame de Walmoden, mistress of the German Protestant King George II., had an Irish pension of L3,000. This king's sister, the queen dowager of Prussia, Count Bernsdorff, a prominent German politician, and a number of other German names may be found on the Irish ... — Newfoundland and the Jingoes - An Appeal to England's Honor • John Fretwell |