Dictionary Of National Biography, 1912 Supplement Edward Vii Wikisource, The Absolutely Free On Line Library
He served on the royal commission for the British section—a first taste of a typical later expertise. A fellow guest in Paris was Abdul Aziz, the sultan of Turkey, whose acquaintance he had made at Constantinople in 1862. The sultan reached England next month, and the prince was active in hospitalities on the queen’s behalf. The duchy of Cornwall was his appanage, and supplied a substantial revenue. Owing to the cautious administration of the prince consort the income of the…