List of official overseas trips made by Edward VII

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, and his visit to India was the first to the country by a future British monarch. 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 24–26 July 1860 Newfoundland St John's Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman 30 July – 2 August, 8 August, 1860 Nova Scotia Halifax, Windsor, Truro Lieutenant Governor Lord Mulgrave 3–7 August 1860 New Brunswick Saint John, Fredericton Lieutenant Governor Sir John Manners-Sutton 9–11 August 1860 Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Governor George Dundas 18 August – 20 September 1860 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 HeadTour of Eastern Mediterranean from February to June 1862: Date Territory Areas visited Host 5–7 June 1862 Malta Valletta Governor Sir John Le MarchantTour of India and other overseas territories from November 1875 to April 1876: Date Territory Areas visited Host 1 November 1875 Aden Settlement Aden Resident John William Schneider 8–29 November 1875, 10 December 1875 – 20 February 1876, 5–13 March 1876 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 NorthbrookGovernor Sir Philip WodehouseGovernor Duke of Buckingham 19–23 November 1875 Baroda Baroda Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III 1–8 December 1875 Colombo, Kandy, Ruanwalla Governor Sir William Henry Gregory 4–6 January 1876 Benares Benares Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh 20–22 January 1876 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu Maharaja Ranbir Singh 24–25 January 1876 Rajpura Maharaja Mahendra Singh 31 January, 2 February, 1876 Dholpur Maharaja Rana Nihal Singh 31 January – 2 February 1876 Gwalior Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia 4 February 1876 Bharatpur Bharatpur Maharaja Jaswant Singh 4–7 February 1876 Jaipur Jaipur Maharaja Ram Singh II 9–10 March 1876 Indore Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II 6–11 April 1876 Malta Valletta Governor Sir Charles van Straubenzee 16–20 April 1876 Gibraltar Acting Governor Edward Arthur Somerset

State visits as King Date Country Areas visited Host 27–30 April 1903 Rome King Victor Emmanuel III 1–4 May 1903 Paris, Vincennes President Émile Loubet 8–10 April 1907 Cartagena King Alfonso XIII 21–25 April 1908 Copenhagen King Frederick VIII 26–27 April 1908 Stockholm King Gustaf V 28 April – 2 May 1908 Christiania King Haakon VII 9–11 June 1908 Reval Emperor Nicholas II 9–12 February 1909 Berlin Emperor Wilhelm II

Official tours of territories of the British Empire as King Date Territory Areas visited Host 8–13 April 1903 Gibraltar Governor Sir George White 16–21 April 1903 VallettaGovernor Sir Charles Clarke 13–17 April 1907Valletta, Attard 21–25 April 1909 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

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