List of official overseas trips made by Edward VII

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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.

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

Tour of North America from July to October 1860: [a]
DateTerritoryAreas visitedHost
24–26 July 1860 [7] [8] Flag of Newfoundland (1862-1870).svg Newfoundland St John's Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman
30 July – 2 August,
8 August, 1860
[9] [10] [11] [12] 		Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Nova Scotia Halifax, Windsor, Truro Lieutenant Governor Lord Mulgrave
3–7 August 1860 [13] [14] Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg New Brunswick Saint John, Fredericton Lieutenant Governor Sir John Manners-Sutton
9–11 August 1860 [15] [16] Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Governor George Dundas
18 August – 20 September
1860 [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] 		Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg 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]
DateTerritoryAreas visitedHost
5–7 June 1862 [30] 19th Century Flag of Malta.svg Malta Valletta Governor Sir John Le Marchant
Tour of India and other overseas territories from November 1875 to April 1876: [c]
DateTerritoryAreas visitedHost
1 November 1875 [35] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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] 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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 State standard ca 1874-1936.png Baroda [e] Baroda Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III
1–8 December 1875
[54] [55] [56] [57] 		Flag of Ceylon (1875-1948).svg Ceylon Colombo, Kandy, Ruanwalla Governor Sir William Henry Gregory
4–6 January 1876 [43] [44] Flag of the Royal House of Benares.svg Benares [e] Benares Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh
20–22 January 1876 [47] Flag of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (1836-1936).svg Jammu and Kashmir [e] Jammu Maharaja Ranbir Singh
24–25 January 1876 [48] [f] Patiala flag.svg Patiala [e] Rajpura Maharaja Mahendra Singh
31 January, 2 February,
1876 [58] [g] 		Dholpur flag.svg Dholpur [e] Dholpur Maharaja Rana Nihal Singh
31 January – 2 February
1876 [59] [60] 		Gwalior flag.svg Gwalior [e] Gwalior Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia
4 February 1876 [58] [h] Flag of the Bharatpur Princely State (1880-c.1943).svg Bharatpur [e] Bharatpur Maharaja Jaswant Singh
4–7 February 1876 [58] [61] Drapeau Jaipur.png Jaipur [e] Jaipur Maharaja Ram Singh II
9–10 March 1876 [50] Flag of Indore.svg Indore [e] Indore Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II
6–11 April 1876 [62] [63] Flag of Malta (1875-1898).svg Malta Valletta Governor Sir Charles van Straubenzee
16–20 April 1876 [64] [65] Government Ensign of Gibraltar (1875-1921).svg Gibraltar Acting Governor Edward Arthur Somerset

State visits as King

DateCountryAreas visitedHost
27–30 April 1903 [66] [67] [i] Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy Rome King Victor Emmanuel III
1–4 May 1903 [69] [70] [71] [j] Flag of France (1794-1958).svg France Paris, Vincennes President Émile Loubet
8–10 April 1907 [72] [73] [74] [k] Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain Cartagena King Alfonso XIII
21–25 April 1908 [76] [77] Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Copenhagen King Frederick VIII
26–27 April 1908 [77] [78] Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm King Gustaf V
28 April – 2 May 1908 [79] [80] Flag of Norway.svg Norway Christiania King Haakon VII
9–11 June 1908 [81] [82] [83] [l] Flag of Russia.svg Russia Reval Emperor Nicholas II
9–12 February 1909 [85] [86] Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany Berlin Emperor Wilhelm II

Official tours of territories of the British Empire as King

DateTerritoryAreas visitedHost
8–13 April 1903 [87] [88] Government Ensign of Gibraltar (1875-1921).svg Gibraltar Governor Sir George White
16–21 April 1903 [89] [90] Flag of Malta (1898-1923).svg 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

Notes

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 aboard the Spanish armoured frigate 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]

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