3-052-441 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

H.M.S. Bacchante off Port George, Grenada, 1880. 'The cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante, under command of Captain Lord Charles Scott, having on board the two sons of the Prince of Wales, their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, has afforded much gratification to the subjects of her Majesty in the West Indies. On the 7th January the ship arrived at Port of Spain, Trinidad, where the two young Princes, with their tutor, the Rev. Mr. Dalton, and Lord George Scott, were hospitably entertained...the Hon. Leon Agostini, one of the wealthy Creole inhabitants of Trinidad, with Mrs. Agostini, gave a splendid party at their house, which is named Coblentz; and it was honoured with the presence of their Royal Highnesses, as well as of the Governor of Trinidad. The elder Prince, who attained his sixteenth year on Jan. 8, being at Mr. and Mrs. Agostini's ball that morning, was introduced to the company as "Prince Edward of Wales" instead of "Prince Albert Victor." His brother, Prince George, [the future King George V] is fourteen. On the 26th January. the Bacchante arrived at the island of Grenada; and our Illustration, from a sketch by Mr. P. D. Davis, shows the vessel off Fort George, at the entrance to the port'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.