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Although some believed the myth that Queen Victoria (known in Ireland in later decades as the "Famine Queen") had only donated a miserly £5 to famine relief, in fact the sum was £2,000, the equivalent of between £217,000 and £8,120,000 in 2022, from her personal resources. She also was patron of a charity that fundraised.
Queen Victoria wrote open letters to Anglicans in March and October 1847, known as the 'Queen's Letters', and these appeals Church of England congregations raised around £170,000 and £30,000 respectively. [13] Other donations were received from Methodist, Roman Catholic and Baptist groups. Many donations were sent from overseas.
In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". [ 78 ] [ 79 ] In January 1847 she personally donated £2,000 (equivalent to between £230,000 and £8.5 million in 2022) [ 80 ] to the British Relief Association , more than any other individual famine relief donor, [ 81 ] and supported the Maynooth Grant to a Roman Catholic seminary in ...
Robert Traill or Trail FRSE (1793–1847) was a clergyman in the established Church of Ireland.He was rector of Schull, County Cork from 1832 until his death and part-owned a copper mine in the area.
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
In this commentary piece, William Lambers reflects on the Irish potato famine of the 1840s and urges steps be taken to prevent future famines
On return to Britain in 1840 he was appointed as assistant secretary to HM Treasury, and served to 1859, during both the Irish famine (1845–1852) and the Highland Potato Famine (1846–1857) in Scotland. In Ireland, he administered famine relief, whilst in Scotland he was closely associated with the work of the Central Board for Highland Relief.
At the same time, he continued to plead what he saw as Ireland's case. In the hope of garnering greater English sympathy, in 1849 he hosted Queen Victoria in Ireland. Her visit was deemed a "great popular success". [8] But it appeared to make no impression on Irish policy.