&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Princess_Victoria_and_Dash_by_George_Hayter.jpg) Dash with Princess Victoria, by Sir George Hayter, 1833 | |
| Species | Canis familiaris |
|---|---|
| Breed | King Charles Spaniel |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | 1830 |
| Died | 24 December 1840 |
| Resting place | Adelaide Cottage, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Owner | Queen Victoria |
Dash (1830–1840) was a King Charles Spaniel owned by Queen Victoria. Victoria's biographer Elizabeth Longford, called him "the Queen's closest childhood companion",[1] and in the words of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he "was the first in a long line of beloved little dogs".[2]
- ^ Longford 1964, p. 155
- ^ Matthew & Reynolds 2004