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Index
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‘AB’ indicates Aneurin Bevan, ‘DL’ David Livingstone, ‘JL’ Jennie Lee, ‘ML’ Mary Livingstone, ‘FS’ Fanny Stevenson, ‘RLS’ Robert Louis Stevenson.
Alcott, Louisa May: Good Wives 317
American Civil War 115
Annie (JL’s cleaner) 232
Antwerp 119–20
Apemana 164
Apia, Samoa 165, 166, 169, 178, 179, 181, 182, 185, 186
Archer, Jeffrey, Baron 297
Archer, Mary 297
Asheridge farm, near Chesham, Chilterns 259–60, 262, 263, 265, 268, 269, 272, 274, 275, 276, 278, 281
Ashley Street school, Carlisle 288
Ashton, Mrs 69
Ashton family 68
Astor, Lady 221
Attlee, Clement 237, 254, 255
Auckland 168
Bacon, Francis 8
Bakwain tribe 89
Balfour, Dr 156–7
Bath 153
Baxter, Charles 124, 132, 139, 166, 169
Beatles 306
Beaverbrook, Max 234
Bennett, Mr (physician) 50
Bevan, Aneurin; marries JL 10, 231, 286; Minister of Health and Housing 10, 237, 240, 241, 244, 245, 249, 251, 252; and the National Health Service 10, 245, 250–51, 253, 255, 256, 283; relationship with JL 225, 226–7; personality 226, 229, 246, 252; education 228; MP for Ebbw Vale 228, 237; meets JL 228–9, 288; as a speaker 229, 232, 254, 256, 267–8; JL’s support 236; JL protects 240–41; health 241, 247, 272–9; appoints JL to housing committee 243–4; travels abroad 251–2, 259, 260, 262; and steel nationalisation 253–4; Minister of Labour 255; resignation 256, 257; buys a farm 259–60; the Gosfield Street flat 261, 265; sues the Spectator 262; Party Treasurer 264; Shadow Foreign Secretary 264; and nuclear disarmament 266–9; meets Khrushchev 271; death and services 279–81
Bevan, Arianwen (AB’s sister) 228, 248, 273, 279
Bevan, Billy (AB’s brother) 231
Bevan, Mr (AB’s father) 228, 272
Bevan, Phoebe (AB’s mother) 228, 248
Bevan family 233, 247–9, 279, 303, 308
Blair, Cherie 101
Blantyre 22–3
Blue Ball pub, near Chesham 269
Boers 35, 36, 39, 54, 69
Boodle, Adelaide 152, 201, 202
Botei river 42
Botswana 109
Bournemouth 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 194
Braemar 142
Braithwaite, Anna 68
Braithwaite family 55, 56
Brighton 278
Bristol Central by-election 235
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 206
Browning, Robert 155
Brussels 220
Buchan, Jack 278, 279
Buckland, Mr (‘Tin Jack’) 168
Burdett-Coutts, Angela 71
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward 155
Burrup, Mr 85
Burrup, Mrs (missionary’s wife) 76, 77, 81, 85–6
Bushman 18
Caldewgate, Carlisle 2
California 160, 164
Cannock, Staffordshire 236–7, 244, 246, 247, 258, 264, 282, 283, 284
Cape, the, South Africa 23, 24, 31, 48, 49, 50, 55, 56, 65, 66, 67, 69, 72, 77, 78, 85
Cape Province 18, 35
Cape Town, South Africa 13, 15, 19, 39, 49–50, 59, 66, 67, 73, 75, 76
Capri 251
Carlisle 2, 3, 98, 102, 198, 288, 289, 290, 301
Casco (schooner) 160, 161–2, 163
Cassell’s publishers 154
Castle, Barbara 282
Central Housing Advisory Committee 244
Central Labour College, London 228
Chalet la Solitude, Hyères 147
Cheetham, Manchester 5
Cheever, George 38
Chobe river 46
Chonwane 29–36
Church of Scotland 156
Churchill, Sir Winston 234, 236
Clark, Sir Andrew 150
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 296–7
Colorado 157
Colvin, Sidney 124, 125–6, 130, 133, 137, 139, 144, 152, 155, 169, 179, 182, 186
Conservative Party; Bevan on 254; majority in 1959 election 272
Cornwall 199
Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire 213, 217
Crossman, Richard 262
Daily Mirror 234
David, Elizabeth 107
Davies, Annabel 289, 296
Davies, Dan 275, 276, 278
Davies, Hunter 4–5, 95–105, 107, 108, 190–96, 198–206, 288–96, 299–302, 304–8, 310, 311
Davies, Rosa 316
Davies family 95
Davos, Switzerland 139–42, 143, 145, 146, 147, 150, 153, 157, 159
Derbyshire 154
Devereux, W. C. 76–81, 83
du Maurier, Daphne 199
Dublin 61
Durban 74, 75, 76
Durham University 102, 204, 205
East Oakland 118, 133, 134, 147
Ebbw Vale constituency 228, 233–4, 237
Edinburgh 126, 139, 146, 156, 157, 171, 281
Edinburgh University 217
Edwards, Mr (missionary at Mabotsa) 23, 29
Edwards, Mrs 23, 25
Epsom, Surrey 56
Equator (schooner) 164, 165, 168
feminism 9, 317, 319, 321
Fiji 178
Foot, Michae
l 272, 280
Forster, Arthur 3–4, 109, 197, 198
Forster, Lily 1–4, 6, 109–10, 194, 195, 197, 198
Fox, Dr 150
Free Kirk Foreign Mission Committee 70
Gaitskell, Dora 271
Gaitskell, Hugh 255, 256, 269, 270, 271
General Election; 1929 (‘Flapper election’) 221–2; 1945 236, 237, 243, 253; 1950 253, 254; 1959 269, 271, 272; 1964 282
General Strike (1926) 218, 219
Gerhardt family 120
Gilbert Islands 164
Gillies, Dan 217, 218
Glasgow 51, 55, 70, 75, 91
Good Housekeeping 107
Goodman, Arnold 283
Gorgon (ship) 77, 85
Gosse, Edmund 134, 139, 140, 169, 186
Grahamstown, Cape Province 18, 19
Grez 121–4, 125, 129
Griquatown 23, 50
Guardian 277
Hadley Green, Barnet, Hertfordshire 61
Hall, Mrs (sitting tenant) 104, 292, 296, 305–6
Hamilton, near Glasgow 51, 52, 53, 63
Hamilton Academy 62
Harrison, Birge 122
Healey, Denis 271
Healey, Edna 271
Helmore, Holloway 69
Henley, W. E. 131, 133, 137, 139, 140, 144, 146, 153, 169, 186, 203
Hetty Ellen (ship) 76
Highland clans 143
Hitler, Adolf 235
Honolulu 162–4, 171
House of Commons 9, 221
Hyères, near Toulon 147–50, 169
Independent Labour Party (ILP) 221, 222, 229, 235, 237
Indiana 113, 117, 159, 162
Indianapolis 115, 118, 124, 128, 131, 157
Ingraham Cottage, Burnbank Road, Hamilton 52
International Women’s Committee 232
Islington Town Hall 316
Italian Socialist Party 262
Janet Nicholl (a steamer) 168, 169, 170
Jeal, Tim 8
Johanna island 85
Johnson, Dr Samuel 93
Julien’s Atelier des Dames, Paris 120
Kate, Miss (a governess) 119–22
Kendal 54, 55, 56; Quaker school 56, 70
Kgatta tribe 29
Khrushchev, Madame 271
Khrushchev, Nikita 271
Kilburn, London 6, 300–301
King, Cecil 234
King’s Cross Nose and Throat Hospital, London 273
Kirk, Dr John 65, 66, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 86, 87–8, 90, 91
Kolobeng 33–44, 46, 49, 54, 84, 89
Kuruman mission station 13, 15–18, 20–25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 36, 39, 40, 41, 44, 48, 66–9
Labour Party 244, 257, 309; conferences 220, 266, 268, 269, 270; and Europe 232; JL’s Bristol Central candidacy 235; JL’s re-entry to 235–6; comes into office (1945) 237, 243; and steel nationalisation 253; small majority in 1950 election 254; National Executive Committee (NEC) 258, 260, 264; nuclear disarmament 266; the October 1959 election disaster 272; organises AB’s memorial service 280; wins 1964 election 282
Lake Ngami 39, 42
Lake Nyasa 82
Lake Ujiji 94
The Lancet 149
Lane End Cottage, near Reading 233, 234, 238, 259, 260, 263
Lauder Brunton, Dr 150
Lee, Euphemia (JL’s mother) 212–13, 215, 216, 219, 220, 232, 238, 247, 249, 250, 257–61, 264, 265, 273, 274, 276, 277–8, 280, 281, 286, 287
Lee, James (JL’s father) 213, 215, 216, 219–20, 228, 232–3, 247, 249, 250, 257–8, 286
Lee, Jennie; birth (1904) 9; decision not to marry 9, 10, 211, 212, 286; dedication to socialism 10; marries Aneurin Bevan (1934) 10, 231, 286; a disaster as a trainee wife 213–14; childhood 215; education 216, 217, 219; appearance 217, 218, 221, 246; first trip abroad 220; first appearance in the Commons 221; affair with Frank Wise 222–6; and Frank’s death 225–6, 230; loses her seat (1931) 223; meets AB 228–9, 288; works for Beaverbrook 234; Daily Mirror political correspondent 234; support of AB 236; contests and wins Cannock 236–7; life-style with AB 238–9; decision not to have children 239–40, 307–9; protects AB 240–41, 304–5; AB appoints her to the Central Housing Advisory Committee 243–4; personality 246; attitude to the Bevan family 247–9; travels abroad 251–2; buys a farm 259–60; the Gosfield Street flat 261–2, 264, 301; ‘mad’ letter 265–6, 309; and nuclear disarmament 266–8; meets Khrushchev 271; AB’s illness and death 274–81; helped by her cousin Bettina 282; Minister for the Arts 282–4; loses Cannock seat 283, 284; created Baroness Lee of Asheridge 283; and founding of the Open University 284; death 284–5; Russia, Our Ally pamphlet 235
Lee, Jennie (JL’s niece) 249
Lee, Jim (JL’s nephew) 249
Lee, Meg (JL’s aunt) 215–16
Lee, Rose (JL’s sister-in-law) 249, 250
Lee, Tommy (JL’s brother) 214, 220, 249–50, 258, 281
Lennon, John 306
Lennox, Jessie 74, 76
Lewinsky, Monica 297
Linyanti 46
Livingstone, Agnes (DL’s mother) 48, 62
Livingstone, Agnes (ML’s daughter); birth 33; childhood 41, 42, 43, 48–9, 61, 72; education 56; relationship with ML 62
Livingstone, Anna (ML’s daughter) 68, 69, 70, 72, 91, 104
Livingstone, Annie (DL’s sister) 48–9
Livingstone, David; attitude to marriage 8, 22, 23–4, 28; and Mrs Sewell 22–5, 28, 38, 66; influenced by Robert Moffat 22; early life 22–3; travels to Kuruman (1841) 22–3; wounded by a lion 24, 25; attitude to women and to family 24–5; personality 26, 34, 51, 81, 82; love for ML 26; marries ML (1845) 27; ML’s dependency 30, 48, 102–3; birth of his children 30–31, 33, 38–9, 47; and Lake Ngami 39, 42; death of daughter Elizabeth 43, 90; discovers Victoria Falls 57; reunited with ML in England 57–8; appearance 58, 60, 76, 99; honours 58–9; appointed Consul at Quelimane 64; leader of the Zambesi Expedition 64; reunion with ML in Africa 76–7; and ML’s religious doubts 84; and ML’s death 87–91, 94; Stanley finds 94; death 94; Missionary Travels and Researches in Southern Africa 61
Livingstone, Elizabeth (ML’s daughter) 42–3, 90
Livingstone, Janet (DL’s sister) 48–9
Livingstone, Mary (née Moffat); birth (1821) 13, 17; marries DL (1845) 9, 27; attitude to her marriage 9; death of her brother James 14; education 18–19, 20; personality 18, 19, 21–2, 25, 26, 34, 53; in England (1839–43) 21; appearance 21, 25, 26, 32–3, 49–50, 59, 63, 77, 79, 93; helps to nurse DL 25; as a teacher 26, 29, 37, 38; in Mabotsa 28–30; dependency on DL 30, 48, 102–3; pregnancies 29–32, 38–9, 41–7, 63, 65–8, 72; in Chonwane 31–5; in Kolobeng 36–44, 49, 89; mild stroke 43, 50–51; death of daughter Elizabeth 43; in Britain 51–64; and alcohol 53, 71, 75–6, 86, 93; reunited with DL in England 57–8; her poem 57–8, 62, 103; birth of Anna at Kuruman 68; returns to Britain 69; religious doubts 72, 84; rumours about her and Stewart 72–5, 77, 86, 88, 93; reunion with DL in Africa 77; death and burial (1862) 87–8; fatal degree of obedience to DL 92, 109; good/bad wife 93–4
Livingstone, Neil (DL’s father) 49, 51–2, 62, 98
Livingstone, Oswell (ML’s son); birth 47, 71; childhood 48–9, 56, 61, 63–4, 65, 68; DL writes of ML’s death 88
Livingstone, Robert (ML’s son) 63; birth 30; childhood 31, 41, 42, 48–9; personality 51, 62; education 56, 62, 70; plays truant from medical school 70–71; ML’s worries 72–3
Livingstone, Thomas (ML’s son); birth 39; childhood 40, 47, 56, 61; health 42, 43, 62–3, 70; education 70
Logan, Olive 155
London 200, 291; ML and 51, 54, 55, 57, 60; DL fêted in 71; RLS in 125, 139, 146, 154–5, I56; FS in 125, 139, 153, 154–5, 156; dynamite outrages 148; JL’s boast 221; JL buys 23 Cliveden Place 238
London Missionary Society 13, 18, 22, 25, 32, 50, 54, 55, 56, 61, 64
Loverock, Joan 246
Mabotsa 25, 28–30, 33
Mackenzie, Anne 74–81, 85–6
Mackenzie, Bishop 74, 75, 76, 85
Major,
Norma 101
Makololo country 68–9
Manchester 4, 5, 51, 54, 55, 254, 300
Manchester Evening Chronicle 4
Marquesa Islands 161
marriage ceremony 1–3, 6, 110, 313–16
Married Women’s Property Act 113, 293
Marseilles 147
Martineau, Harriet 92
Mary (a maid) 177
Mataafa (Samoan chief) 184–5
Matthews, William Henry 18–19
Mennell, Dr 150
Mercantile Library 119
Metal Box 3
Moë, Princess 162
Moffat, Ann (ML’s sister) 17–21, 30, 39, 48, 55
Moffat, Elizabeth (ML’s sister) 14, 21, 55, 68, 69
Moffat, Ellen (ML’s sister–in–law) 68
Moffat, Emily (ML’s sister–in–law) 67, 68, 71
Moffat, Helen (ML’s sister) 17, 48, 55
Moffat, James (ML’s brother) 14
Moffat, Jane (ML’s sister) 20, 55, 67, 68, 69
Moffat, John (ML’s brother) 67, 68, 69, 90
Moffat, Mary (ML’s mother); pregnancies 13; attitude to her marriage 13, 15; death of James 14; physical labour at Kuruman 15–16; disciplined household 17, 24, 102; her children’s education 18, 19; in England (1839–43) 20–21; and DL 22, 24, 44–5; visits Chonwane 31–2; dominates ML 34; visits Kolobeng 43–4; birth of Anna 68; told of ML’s death 88–9
Moffat, Robert (ML’s brother); birth 17; education 19, 20; in England (1839–43) 21; at Kuruman 68; in Durban 75
Moffat, Robert (ML’s father) 102; translation of the New Testament 13, 20; marries Mary 15; establishes Kuruman mission station 15; in England (1839–43) 20, 21; appearance 21, 49; and DL 22
Montana 117
Monterey 129–33, 160
Montpellier 146
Montreal 159
Moors (a trader in Samoa) 165, 166, 173
Mosley, Diana 247
Mosley, Oswald 247
Mount Veia, Samoa 187
MS magazine 321
MS Society 190
Murchison Cataracts 82, 85
Murray, John 61
Murray, Mungo 39
Napa Valley 135
Naples 251
Nassau 169–70
National Executive Committee (NEC) 260; constituency section 258; Women’s section 264
National Health Service 10, 245, 250–51, 253, 255, 256, 283
National Theatre, London 283
National Women’s Political Caucus 321
National Women’s Suffrage Association 113
Native American Indians 116
Navigator Islands 165
Nevada 115