"The Little-Known Story of Queen Victoria’s Black ..." Topic

…Goddaughter

"Anew portrait of Queen Victoria's black goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, is now on view at Osborne, the Hanover monarch's beloved seaside home.

Per a statement, the painting—created by artist Hannah Uzor—is based on a photograph currently housed at the National Portrait Gallery in London. It's one of a series of works commissioned by English Heritage to spotlight historical black figures whose stories have previously been overlooked…."

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Armand

Little known. Apart from the fairly major TV drama about her a few years ago…

Queen Victoria had quite a few godchildren – I wonder how many have been overlooked.

List of Godchildren of Members of The British Royal Family – Queen Victoria

Sara Forbes Bonetta, later Mrs. J P L Davies of Lagos (c. 1842-1880)
Hon Victor Alexander Henniker-Major (1878 – ? )
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Anna Maria Byng (1842–1899)
Victor Alexander Brooke Esq, later 3rd Baronet (1843–1891)
Victor Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, later styled Earl Grosvenor (1853–1884)
The Lady Victoria Alexandrina Spencer, later Viscountess Mansfield (1855–1906)
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hare (1858–1927)
Prince Albert Edward Kamehameha of Hawaiʻi (1858–1862)
Victor Alexander Seymour (1859–1935)
Alexandrina Victoria Macdonald (1860–1953)
Victor Albert Nelson Hood (1862–1929)
Alberta Victoria Ponsonby (1862–1945)
Alberta Victoria Sarah Caroline Paget (1863–1944)
Victoria Forbes Bonetta Davies, later Mrs. J Randle of Freetown (1863 – ?)
The Hon Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, later 1st Viscount Churchill (1864–1934)
Victor Albert William Welby (1864–1876)
Victoria Alexandrina Julia Peel (1865–1935)
Victor Albert Stanley (1867–1934)
Victor Carl Haag (1867–1945)
Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, Earl of Burford, later 11th Duke of St Albans (1870–1934)
Victoria Alexandrina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1873–1968)
The Lady Victoria Alexandrina Mary Cecil Herbert (1874–1957)
The Hon Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell (1874–1965)
The Hon Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell (1874–1965, twin of above)
Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, later Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)
The Hon Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, later 21st Earl of Erroll (1876–1928)
Victor Alexander Augustus Henry Wellesley (1876–1954)
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Alberta Kerr (1876–1956)
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Murray (1877–1925)
Victoria Alexandrina Innes-Ker (1877–1970)
Victoria Alexandrina Phipps (1877–1959)
Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley (1877–1933)
Victoria Alexandrina Elizabeth Grey (1877–1922)
Victor Alexander Henniker-Major (1878–1954)
Lady Victoria Sybil Mary Grey (1878–1907)
Victoria Alexandrina Hicks-Beach (1879–1963)
Victoria Alexandra Wyatt Rawson (1882–1953)
Princess Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany (1883–1981)
Victoria Alexandrina Stella Legge (1885–1965)
Victoria Alexandra Dalrymple (1886–1890)
Victor Alexander Spencer, later 2nd Viscount Churchill (1890–1973)
The Lady Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (1890–1994)
The Hon Victor Alexander Herbert Hula Onslow (1890–1922)
The Hon Victoria Alexandrina Carington (1892–1966)
Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (1893–1986)
Victoria Alexandrina Leopoldine Bridgeman (1894–1961)
Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David of York, later Edward VIII (1894–1972)
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of York, later George VI (1895–1952)
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918)
The Hon Victor Alexander Cecil Savile (1895–1975)
Victor Alexander Cazalet (1896–1943)
Victoria Alexandrina Alice Curzon-Howe (1896–1910)
Victoria Ivy Louise Spencer (1897–1946)
Victor Alexander Charles Harbord, later 7th Baron Suffield (1897–1943)
Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of York (1897–1965)
Victor Alexander Charles Bannatyne (1898–1946)
Victoria Alexandrina Vivian Smith (1899–1969)
Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender, later 1st Baron Bruntisfield (1899–1953)
Victoria Alexandrina Catherine Wingate (1899–1989)
Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)
Victor Alexander Henry Desmond Ponsonby (born and died 1900)
The Hon Victoria Alexandrina Windsor (died 1920)

I was surprised to learn recently that Queen Victoria is my 11th cousin, 3 times removed.

(I didn't do the research myself and haven't verified it, but it's posted on one of the well-known family history websites.)

Thanks!.

Armand