Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll to Louise's youngest sister, Beatrice. Louise and Beatrice were now neighbours both at Kensington Palace and Osborne. Upon Queen Victoria's death, Louise entered the social circle of her brother, the new King Edward VII, with whom she had much in common, including smoking. She had an obsession with physical fitness, and if she was sneered at for this, she would retort by saying: "Never mind, I'll outlive you all." Meanwhile, Louise's husband, 9th Duke of Argyll since 1900, took his seat in the House of Lords. The Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, offered him the office of Governor-General of Australia that
Haemophilia in European royalty "(1846–1923)" Issue: Prince Christian Victor, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Helena Victoria, Princess Marie Louise, Prince Harald Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll "(1848–1939)" No issue Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn "(1850–1942)" Issue: Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Princess Patricia, Lady Ramsay Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany "(1853–1884)" Issue: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg "(1857–1944)" Issue: Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Prince Maurice of Battenberg Alice (1843–1878), Victoria's third child, and wife of the