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Queen Victoria's Accession and the MCC's Loyal Address — June 1837
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1837-06-26
On 20 June 1837 William IV died and Princess Victoria, eighteen, became Queen. Within a week the MCC committee — chaired by William Ward — voted a formal loyal address to the new monarch and dispatched it to St James's Palace. The address, courteously acknowledged from the Queen's secretary, was one of dozens received from sporting and civic bodies but is the formal opening of MCC's relationship with the Victorian monarchy.
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