 Lord Lansdowne 's term of office ended in 1894 , and he was replaced by Lord Elgin . Ponsonby 's son Frederick was Elgin 's aide @-@ de @-@ camp in India for a short time before being appointed an equerry to Victoria . Victoria asked Frederick to visit Waziruddin , the " surgeon @-@ general " at Agra . On his return to Britain , Frederick told Victoria that Waziruddin " was not the surgeon @-@ general but only the apothecary at the jail " , which Victoria " stoutly denied " saying Frederick " must have seen the wrong man " . To " mark her displeasure " , Victoria did not invite Frederick to dinner for a year . 
