List of official overseas trips made by Edward VII explained

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. 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). 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

Tour of North America from July to October 1860:
Date	Territory	Areas visited	Host
nowrap	24–26 July 1860[3] [4]	Newfoundland	St John's	Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman
nowrap	30 July – 2 August, 8 August, 1860[5] [6] [7] [8]	Nova Scotia	Halifax, Windsor, Truro	Lieutenant Governor Lord Mulgrave
nowrap	3–7 August 1860[9] [10]	New Brunswick	Saint John, Fredericton	Lieutenant Governor Sir John Manners-Sutton
nowrap	9–11 August 1860[11] [12]	Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	Governor George Dundas
nowrap	18 August – 20 September 1860[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]	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:
Date	Territory	Areas visited	Host
nowrap	5–7 June 1862[25]	Malta	Valletta	Governor Sir John Le Marchant
Tour of India and other overseas territories from November 1875 to April 1876:
Date	Territory	Areas visited	Host
nowrap	1 November 1875[26]	Aden Settlement	Aden	Resident John William Schneider
nowrap	8–29 November 1875, 10 December 1875 – 20 February 1876, 5–13 March 1876 [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]	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
nowrap	19–23 November 1875 [44] [45]	Baroda	Baroda	Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III
nowrap	4–6 January 1876	Benares	Benares	Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh
nowrap	20–22 January 1876	Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu	Maharaja Ranbir Singh
nowrap	24–25 January 1876		Rajpura	Maharaja Mahendra Singh
nowrap	31 January, 2 February, 1876[46]		Dholpur	Maharaja Rana Nihal Singh
nowrap	31 January – 2 February 1876[47] [48]		Gwalior	Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia
nowrap	4 February 1876	Bharatpur	Bharatpur	Maharaja Jaswant Singh
nowrap	4–7 February 1876[49]	Jaipur	Jaipur	Maharaja Ram Singh II
nowrap	9–10 March 1876		Indore	Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II
nowrap	1–8 December 1875 [50] [51] [52] [53]		Colombo, Kandy, Ruanwalla	Governor Sir William Henry Gregory
nowrap	6–11 April 1876[54] [55]	Malta	Valletta	Governor Sir Charles van Straubenzee
nowrap	16–20 April 1876[56] [57]	Gibraltar		Acting Governor Edward Arthur Somerset

State visits as King

Date	Country	Areas visited	Host
nowrap	27–30 April 1903[58] [59]		Rome	King Victor Emmanuel III
nowrap	1–4 May 1903[60] [61] [62]	France	Paris, Vincennes	President Émile Loubet
nowrap	8–10 April 1907[63] [64] [65]	Spain	Cartagena	King Alfonso XIII
nowrap	21–25 April 1908[66] [67]	Denmark	Copenhagen	King Frederick VIII
nowrap	26–27 April 1908[68]	Sweden	Stockholm	King Gustaf V
nowrap	28 April – 2 May 1908[69] [70]	Norway	Christiania	King Haakon VII
nowrap	9–11 June 1908[71] [72] [73]		Reval	Emperor Nicholas II
nowrap	9–12 February 1909[74] [75]		Berlin	Emperor Wilhelm II

Official tours of territories of the British Empire as King

Date	Territory	Areas visited	Host
nowrap	8–13 April 1903[76] [77]	Gibraltar		Governor Sir George White
nowrap	16–21 April 1903[78] [79]		Valletta	Governor Sir Charles Clarke
nowrap	13–17 April 1907[80] [81]		Valletta, Attard
nowrap	21–25 April 1909[82] [83] [84]			Governor Sir Henry Grant

See also

• List of state visits received by Edward VII
• List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria
• List of official overseas trips made by George V

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Royal Visit . The Historical Society of Ottawa . 2024-08-04 .
2. Web site: Bertie's Progress: The Prince of Wales in India, 1875-76: Part I, Bombay to Delhi . The Victorian Web . 2024-08-04 .
3. News: The Prince of Wales . 25 July 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
4. News: The Prince of Wales . 27 July 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
5. News: The Prince of Wales at Halifax . 31 July 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 5 .
6. News: Movements of the Prince of Wales . 3 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
7. News: News of the Day . 9 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
8. News: News of the Day . 10 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
9. News: The Prince of Wales . 4 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
10. News: The Prince's Progress . 6 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 5 .
11. News: News of the Day . 11 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
12. News: News of the Day . 13 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
13. News: The Prince of Wales . 20 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 8 .
14. News: The Prince of Wales . 25 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
15. News: The Prince of Wales . 31 August 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
16. News: The Prince of Wales . 1 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
17. News: The Prince of Wales . 5 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
18. News: The Canadian Excitement . 8 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
19. News: The Prince at Toronto . 11 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
20. News: The Prince of Wales . 13 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 5 .
21. News: The Prince's Progress . 14 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 5 .
22. News: News of the Day . 15 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
23. News: Movements of the Prince . 19 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 4 .
24. News: The Prince in the United States . 22 September 1860 . The New York Times . 4 August 2024 . 1 .
25. The Prince of Wales at Malta . June 12, 1862 . 12 . 24270 . B .
26. The Prince of Wales . November 2, 1875 . 5 . 28462 . C .
27. The Prince of Wales at Bombay . November 9, 1875 . 7 . 28468 . F .
28. The Prince of Wales . November 15, 1875 . 9 . 28473 . F .
29. The Prince of Wales . November 30, 1875 . 8 . 28486 . A .
30. The Prince of Wales . December 11, 1875 . 9 . 28496 . F .
31. The Prince of Wales . December 13, 1875 . 8 . 28497 . A .
32. The Prince of Wales . December 14, 1875 . 5 . 28498 . E .
33. The Prince of Wales at Calcutta . December 24, 1875 . 9 . 28507 . F .
34. The Prince of Wales at Calcutta . December 27, 1875 . 7 . 28509 . F .
35. The Prince of Wales . January 6, 1876 . 5 . 28518 . D .
36. The Prince of Wales . January 7, 1876 . 9 . 28519 . F .
37. The Prince of Wales . January 12, 1876 . 5 . 28523 . D .
38. The Prince of Wales at Delhi . January 21, 1876 . 8 . 28531 . A .
39. The Prince of Wales . January 24, 1876 . 9 . 28533 . F .
40. The Prince of Wales . January 27, 1876 . 9 . 28536 . F .
41. The Prince of Wales . February 14, 1876 . 8 . 28551 . A .
42. The Prince of Wales . March 13, 1876 . 11 . 28575 . F .
43. The Prince of Wales . March 14, 1876 . 5 . 28576 . D .
44. The Prince of Wales . November 20, 1875 . 9 . 28478 . F .
45. The Prince of Wales . November 24, 1875 . 9 . 28481 . F .
46. The Prince of Wales and the Native Princes . February 7, 1876 . 9 . 28545 . F .
47. The Prince of Wales at Gwalior . February 2, 1876 . 9 . 28541 . F .
48. The Prince of Wales . February 3, 1876 . 9 . 28542 . F .
49. The Prince of Wales . February 8, 1876 . 9 . 28546 . F .
50. The Prince of Wales . December 2, 1875 . 5 . 28488 . E .
51. The Prince of Wales . December 3, 1875 . 7 . 28489 . F .
52. The Prince of Wales . December 6, 1875 . 5 . 28491 . E .
53. The Prince of Wales . December 10, 1875 . 9 . 28495 . F .
54. The Prince of Wales . April 7, 1876 . 10 . 28597 . A .
55. The Prince of Wales in Malta . April 12, 1876 . 7 . 28601 . C .
56. The Prince of Wales . April 17, 1876 . 9 . 28605 . F .
57. The Prince of Wales . April 21, 1876 . 9 . 28609 . F .
58. The King in Rome . April 28, 1903 . 5 . 37066 .
59. The Departure of The King from Rome . May 1, 1903 . 3 . 37069 .
60. The King in Paris . May 2, 1903 . 7 . 37070 .
61. Court Circular and News . May 4, 1903 . 11 . 37071 .
62. The Departure of The King from Paris . May 5, 1903 . 3 . 37072 .
63. The Royal Visit to Cartagena . April 9, 1907 . 5 . 38302 .
64. The Cartagena Meeting . April 10, 1907 . 5 . 38303 .
65. The Cartagena Meeting . April 11, 1907 . 5 . 38304 .
66. The King and Queen . April 22, 1908 . 3 . 38627 .
67. The King and Queen . April 27, 1908 . 5 . 38631 .
68. The King in Sweden . April 28, 1908 . 5 . 38632 .
69. The King and Queen . April 29, 1908 . 7 . 38633 .
70. The King and Queen . May 4, 1908 . 5 . 38637 .
71. The King and The Tsar . June 10, 1908 . 7 . 38669 .
72. The King and The Tsar . June 11, 1908 . 5 . 38670 .
73. The King and The Tsar . June 12, 1908 . 5 . 38671 .
74. The Royal Visit to Berlin . February 10, 1909 . 9 . 38879 .
75. The Royal Visit to Berlin . February 13, 1909 . 7 . 38882 .
76. Arrival of The King at Gibraltar . April 9, 1903 . 3 . 37050 . A .
77. The King's Cruise . April 14, 1903 . 3 . 37054 . A .
78. Arrival of The King at Malta . April 17, 1903 . 3 . 37057 .
79. The King's Journey . April 22, 1903 . 5 . 37061 .
80. The King's Cruise . April 15, 1907 . 5 . 38307 .
81. The King's Journey . April 18, 1907 . 5 . 38310 .
82. The King and Queen at Malta . April 22, 1909 . 5 . 38940 .
83. The King and Queen at Malta . April 23, 1909 . 5 . 38941 .
84. The King and Queen . April 26, 1909 . 6 . 38943 .