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King Edward VII succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom in January, 1901. Before his accession, he made extensive tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as the Prince of Wales. His visit to Canada was regarded as the first modern official visit to overseas territories by a member of the royal family,[1] and his visit to India was the first to the country by a future British monarch.[2] As King, he revived state visit to foreign countries as an important tool of diplomatic maneuver and royal influence, playing a significant role in establishing the modern form of state visit of the British monarchs.[3] Among his many visits to European countries were the first state visit by a reigning British monarch to a republic (France) and the first to Russia as well as some less formal ones that were not counted as full state visits (e.g. his visit to Austria in August – September 1903).[4] He did not make official tours of British territories outside Europe as King.

Official tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as Prince of Wales

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Tour of North America from July to October 1860:[a]
Date Territory Areas visited Host
24–26 July 1860[7][8] Newfoundland St John's Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman
30 July – 2 August,
8 August, 1860
[9][10][11][12] 		Nova Scotia Halifax, Windsor, Truro Lieutenant Governor Lord Mulgrave
3–7 August 1860[13][14] New Brunswick Saint John, Fredericton Lieutenant Governor Sir John Manners-Sutton
9–11 August 1860[15][16] Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Governor George Dundas
18 August – 20 September
1860[17][18][19][20][21]
[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] 		Province of Canada Quebec City, Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sherbrooke, Ottawa, Cobourg, Port Hope, Toronto, Collingwood, Guelph, London, Sarnia, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton Governor General Sir Edmund Head
Tour of Eastern Mediterranean from February to June 1862:[b]
Date Territory Areas visited Host
5–7 June 1862[30] Malta Valletta Governor Sir John Le Marchant
Tour of India and other overseas territories from November 1875 to April 1876:[c]
Date Territory Areas visited Host
1 November 1875[35] Aden Settlement[d] Aden Resident John William Schneider
8–29 November 1875,
10 December 1875 –
20 February 1876,
5–13 March 1876
[36][37][38][39][40][41]
[42][32][43][44][45][46]
[47][48][49][50][51] 		India Bombay Presidency (Bombay, Poona),
Madras Presidency (Tuticorin, Madura, Trichinopoly, Madras),
Bengal Presidency (Calcutta, Barrackpore, Bankipur),
North Western Provinces and Oudh (Faizabad, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Agra, Moradabad, Nainital, Pilibhit, Bareilly, Allahabad),
Punjab Province (Delhi, Lahore, Wazirabad, Sialkot, Amritsar),
Central Provinces (Jabalpur),
9 Princely states (see below) 		Viceroy Lord Northbrook
Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse
Governor Duke of Buckingham
19–23 November 1875
[52][53] 		Baroda[e] Baroda Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III
4–6 January 1876[43][44] Benares[e] Benares Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh
20–22 January 1876[47] Jammu and Kashmir[e] Jammu Maharaja Ranbir Singh
24–25 January 1876[48][f]  Patiala[e] Rajpura Maharaja Mahendra Singh
31 January, 2 February,
1876[54][g] 		 Dholpur[e] Dholpur Maharaja Rana Nihal Singh
31 January – 2 February
1876[55][56] 		 Gwalior[e] Gwalior Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia
4 February 1876[54][h] Bharatpur[e] Bharatpur Maharaja Jaswant Singh
4–7 February 1876[54][57] Jaipur[e] Jaipur Maharaja Ram Singh II
9–10 March 1876[50]  Indore[e] Indore Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II
1–8 December 1875
[58][59][60][61] 		 Ceylon Colombo, Kandy, Ruanwalla Governor Sir William Henry Gregory
6–11 April 1876[62][63] Malta Valletta Governor Sir Charles van Straubenzee
16–20 April 1876[64][65] Gibraltar Acting Governor Edward Arthur Somerset

State visits as King

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Date Country Areas visited Host
27–30 April 1903[66][67][i]  Italy Rome King Victor Emmanuel III
1–4 May 1903[69][70][71][j]  France Paris, Vincennes President Émile Loubet
8–10 April 1907[72][73][74][k]  Spain Cartagena King Alfonso XIII
21–25 April 1908[76][77]  Denmark Copenhagen King Frederick VIII
26–27 April 1908[77][78]  Sweden Stockholm King Gustaf V
28 April – 2 May 1908[79][80]  Norway Christiania King Haakon VII
9–11 June 1908[81][82][83][l]  Russia Reval Emperor Nicholas II
9–12 February 1909[85][86]  Germany Berlin Emperor Wilhelm II

Official tours of territories of the British Empire as King

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Date Territory Areas visited Host
8–13 April 1903[87][88] Gibraltar Governor Sir George White
16–21 April 1903[89][90]  Malta Valletta Governor Sir Charles Clarke
13–17 April 1907[91][92] Valletta, Attard
21–25 April 1909[93][94][95] Governor Sir Henry Grant

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Prince paid an unofficial visit to the United States over 20 September – 20 October.[5][6] The voyages were on board HMS Hero.
  2. ^ The Prince also paid unofficial visit to the United States of the Ionian Islands in February.[29] The voyages were on board HMY Osborne.
  3. ^ The Prince visited Portuguese Goa on 27 November,[31] French Chandernagore on 26 December[32] and took part in a hunting trip in Nepal arranged by the Prime Minister over 20 February – 5 March.[33][34] The voyages were on board HMS Serapis.
  4. ^ A territory under the administration of the British Raj.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i A princely state of the British Raj.
  6. ^ A short visit by the Prince en route to Agra.
  7. ^ Two short visits by the Prince en route to and from Gwalior.
  8. ^ A short visit by the Prince en route to Jaipur.
  9. ^ Queen Alexandra did not accompany The King on this visit. The King paid a private visit to Pope Leo XIII in Vatican on 29 April which made him the first reigning British monarch to meet the Pope since the English Reformation.[68]
  10. ^ Queen Alexandra did not accompany The King on this visit.
  11. ^ This was arranged as a "naval visit" in the sense that The King arrived at the harbour onboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert with a fleet of the Royal Navy and did not land on Spanish soil. The state banquet hosted by the King of Spain was held onboard the Spanish ironclad Numancia.[75]
  12. ^ This was arranged as a "naval visit" in the sense that The King arrived at the harbour onboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert with a fleet of the Royal Navy and did not land on Russian soil. The state banquet hosted by the Emperor of Russia was held onboard the Russian Imperial Yacht Standart.[84]

References

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  • Glencross, Matthew (2016). The State Visit of Edward VII. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137548986.

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  4. ^ Glencross 2016, pp. 3, 113–115.
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  6. ^ "Departure of the Prince". The New York Times. 22 October 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  9. ^ "The Prince of Wales at Halifax". The New York Times. 31 July 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Movements of the Prince of Wales". The New York Times. 3 August 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. ^ "News of the Day". The New York Times. 9 August 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  13. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The New York Times. 4 August 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ^ "The Prince's Progress". The New York Times. 6 August 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  15. ^ "News of the Day". The New York Times. 11 August 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ "News of the Day". The New York Times. 13 August 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  21. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The New York Times. 5 September 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  22. ^ "The Canadian Excitement". The New York Times. 8 September 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  23. ^ "The Prince at Toronto". The New York Times. 11 September 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  24. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The New York Times. 13 September 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  25. ^ "The Prince's Progress". The New York Times. 14 September 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  26. ^ "News of the Day". The New York Times. 15 September 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Movements of the Prince". The New York Times. 19 September 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  28. ^ "The Prince in the United States". The New York Times. 22 September 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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  35. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28462. London. November 2, 1875. col C, p. 5.
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  42. ^ "The Prince of Wales at Calcutta". The Times. No. 28507. London. December 24, 1875. col F, p. 9.
  43. ^ a b "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28518. London. January 6, 1876. col D, p. 5.
  44. ^ a b "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28519. London. January 7, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  45. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28523. London. January 12, 1876. col D, p. 5.
  46. ^ "The Prince of Wales at Delhi". The Times. No. 28531. London. January 21, 1876. col A, p. 8.
  47. ^ a b "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28533. London. January 24, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  48. ^ a b "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28536. London. January 27, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  49. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28551. London. February 14, 1876. col A, p. 8.
  50. ^ a b "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28575. London. March 13, 1876. col F, p. 11.
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  53. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28481. London. November 24, 1875. col F, p. 9.
  54. ^ a b c "The Prince of Wales and the Native Princes". The Times. No. 28545. London. February 7, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  55. ^ "The Prince of Wales at Gwalior". The Times. No. 28541. London. February 2, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  56. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28542. London. February 3, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  57. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28546. London. February 8, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  58. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28488. London. December 2, 1875. col E, p. 5.
  59. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28489. London. December 3, 1875. col F, p. 7.
  60. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28491. London. December 6, 1875. col E, p. 5.
  61. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28495. London. December 10, 1875. col F, p. 9.
  62. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28597. London. April 7, 1876. col A, p. 10.
  63. ^ "The Prince of Wales in Malta". The Times. No. 28601. London. April 12, 1876. col C, p. 7.
  64. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28605. London. April 17, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  65. ^ "The Prince of Wales". The Times. No. 28609. London. April 21, 1876. col F, p. 9.
  66. ^ "The King in Rome". The Times. No. 37066. London. April 28, 1903. col A, p. 5.
  67. ^ "The Departure of The King from Rome". The Times. No. 37069. London. May 1, 1903. col A, p. 3.
  68. ^ "The King and The Pope". The Times. No. 37068. London. April 30, 1903. col B, p. 5.
  69. ^ "The King in Paris". The Times. No. 37070. London. May 2, 1903. col A, p. 7.
  70. ^ "Latest Intelligence". The Times. No. 37071. London. May 4, 1903. col A, p. 7.
  71. ^ "The Departure of The King from Paris". The Times. No. 37072. London. May 5, 1903. col A, p. 3.
  72. ^ "The Royal Visit to Cartagena". The Times. No. 38302. London. April 9, 1907. col A, p. 5.
  73. ^ "The Cartagena Meeting". The Times. No. 38303. London. April 10, 1907. col B, p. 5.
  74. ^ "The Cartagena Meeting". The Times. No. 38304. London. April 11, 1907. col B, p. 5.
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  76. ^ "The King and Queen". The Times. No. 38627. London. April 22, 1908. col B, p. 3.
  77. ^ a b "The King and Queen". The Times. No. 38631. London. April 27, 1908. col D, p. 5.
  78. ^ "The King in Sweden". The Times. No. 38632. London. April 28, 1908. col A, p. 5.
  79. ^ "The King and Queen". The Times. No. 38633. London. April 29, 1908. col B, p. 7.
  80. ^ "The King and Queen". The Times. No. 38637. London. May 4, 1908. col F, p. 5.
  81. ^ "The King and The Tsar". The Times. No. 38669. London. June 10, 1908. col A, p. 7.
  82. ^ "The King and The Tsar". The Times. No. 38670. London. June 11, 1908. col A, p. 5.
  83. ^ "The King and The Tsar". The Times. No. 38671. London. June 12, 1908. col A, p. 5.
  84. ^ Glencross 2016, pp. 165–180.
  85. ^ "The Royal Visit to Berlin". The Times. No. 38879. London. February 10, 1909. col C, p. 9.
  86. ^ "The Royal Visit to Berlin". The Times. No. 38882. London. February 13, 1909. col C, p. 7.
  87. ^ "Arrival of The King at Gibraltar". The Times. No. 37050. London. April 9, 1903. col A, p. 3.
  88. ^ "The King's Cruise". The Times. No. 37054. London. April 14, 1903. col A, p. 3.
  89. ^ "Arrival of The King at Malta". The Times. No. 37057. London. April 17, 1903. col A, p. 3.
  90. ^ "The King's Journey". The Times. No. 37061. London. April 22, 1903. col A, p. 5.
  91. ^ "The King's Cruise". The Times. No. 38307. London. April 15, 1907. col B, p. 5.
  92. ^ "The King's Journey". The Times. No. 38310. London. April 18, 1907. col A, p. 5.
  93. ^ "The King and Queen at Malta". The Times. No. 38940. London. April 22, 1909. col C, p. 5.
  94. ^ "The King and Queen at Malta". The Times. No. 38941. London. April 23, 1909. col E, p. 5.
  95. ^ "The King and Queen". The Times. No. 38943. London. April 26, 1909. col B, p. 6.
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