List of Queen Victoria's pets

Queen Victoria and her close family kept numerous pet animals, including:

Fatima – a Pug
Alma – a possible Thoroughbred^[2]
Dandie – a Skye Terrier^[3]
Dash – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel^[1]
Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany^[1]
Flora – a Highland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel^[2]
Goats – Mohammad Shah Qajar, the Shah of Persia, presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Tibetan goats upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat herd was established at Windsor. Goats from this herd were then used as regimental mascots by regiments such as the Royal Welch Fusiliers.^[4]
Nero – a greyhound^[1]
Islay – a Skye terrier.^[2] Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat.^[5]
Jacquot – a donkey^[2]
Unknown name – a lory^[2]
Looty – a Pekingese dog taken from the Old Summer Palace during the Second Opium War^[6]
Marco – a small spitz which was the first of her many Pomeranians.^[7]
Hector – a deerhound^[2]
Noble – the Queen's favourite collie.^[2] A statue by Princess Louise is in Osborne House.^[8]
Picco – a Sardinian pony^[2]
Sharp – a collie^[9]^[10]
Turi – a Pomeranian who lay on her deathbed at her request^[2]
Coco – an African grey parrot^[11]^[12]^[13]
White Heather – a black and white Persian cat owned by the Queen,^[14] and inherited by her son King Edward VII after her death^[15]

Wednesday 18 May 1836

Dear Uncle Ernest made me the present of a most delightful Lory, which is so tame, that it remains on your hand, & you may put your finger into its beak, or do any thing with it without its ever attempting to bite. It is larger than Mamma's Grey Parrot, & has a most beautiful plumage; it is scarlet, blue, brown, yellow & purple.

Queen Victoria's journal (18 May 1836)

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List of Queen Victoria's pets

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