Birdwood, Lady, 104, 109
Birdwood, Sir William, 104
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 3
Bodiam Castle, Sussex, 37, 59, 100
Bonham-Carter, Violet, 345
Boothby, Robert, 108, 111, 121, 143, 145, 172, 174, 332, 335
Bowes-Lyon, Lady Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth), 72, 264, 304
Bracken, Brendan, 143, 174, 204–205, 218, 344
Brand, Bob, 114
Brand, Phyllis, 50
British Union of Fascists (later British Union), 173, 194, 203–205, 215, 220–21, 266, 324
Brown, W. J., 145, 148
Brownlow, Perry, 238, 261
Buckingham Palace: evening court, 68, 69; Garden Party (1923), 78; in wartime, 361–62
Bullock, Lady Victoria, 89
Bullock, Malcolm, 143
Burnaby, Algernon, 58–59
Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 273, 276, 286
Camrose, Lord, 270–71, 397
Carlton House Terrace, 10, 13, 30, 59, 67; Irene’s coming-out ball at, 32–33; entertaining at, 47–48; redecoration of, 47; Baba’s coming-out ball at, 69–70; Baba’s impromptu party at, 75; costs of running, 82
Carrington, Lord, 399
Castlerosse, Doris, 157, 173
Castlerosse, Lord, 187
Cazalet, Thelma, 216, 344
Cazalet, Victor, 216, 221, 252, 284, 361, 362, 364, 369; and Baba’s relationship with Lord Halifax, 319, 334–35, 336, 351; at the Dorchester Hotel, 332–34; proposals of marriage to Irene, 343–44, 346–47, 349–50, 370; on Lord Halifax, 349; and Irene’s visits to Great Swifts, 353, 362, 369; death, 372, 373
Chamberlain, Austen, 221
Chamberlain, Neville, 107, 252, 276, 277, 278, 291; and the Munich Agreement, 284, 285, 286
Channon, Chips, 84, 143, 202, 243
Chaplin, Charlie, 110
Charteris, Evan, 41
Chevalier, Maurice, 328
Cheyney, Peter, 153
Cholmondeley, Lady, 170
Churchill, Randolph, 262, 278, 295, 305, 306
Churchill, Winston, 46, 96, 97, 153, 218, 294, 302; and Wallis Simpson, 229, 233, 234; and the Abdication crisis, 238, 241, 242; and the wartime coalition government, 323; and Lord Halifax, 342, 369; and Duke of Windsor’s Liberty interview, 345–46; and Mosley’s imprisonment, 352, 358, 376; and the Viceroy of India question, 370, 371
Ciano, Count, 296
Citrine, Walter, 159
Clerk, Sir George, 332
Cleveland, Frances, 5
Cliveden house parties, 23–24, 143, 272–73, 276–78, 337
Colefax, Sybil, 111, 293, 314, 333, 352, 363
Cooper, Lady Diana, 78, 143, 185, 332, 334
Cooper, Sir Alfred Duff, 285, 332–33, 335
Corrigan, Laura, 118
Coward, Noël, 121, 157
Crabbet Club, 3
Craven Lodge, Melton Mowbray, 85–86, 112, 113, 114, 117
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 277
Cunard, Emerald, 111, 163, 164, 253, 333
Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, 1–8; character, 1, 2, 41–42; birth, 2; spinal defect, 2, 76; attitudes to women, 3–4, 5–6, 31–32; marriage to Mary Leiter, 6–7; as Viceroy of India, 7–8, 10–13; relations with his daughters as children, 10–11, 16–19, 20, 29–30; relations with Irene, 18, 40, 43–45, 50–52, 53–54, 58–63, 69–71, 77; love affair with Elinor Glyn, 20–23, 24–27, 28–29, 30–31; friendship with Nancy Astor, 23–24, 28, 31, 40; and the Belgian royal family, 33–34; and the First World War, 33; and financial affairs, 36, 58–63, 81–82; marriage to Grace Duggan, 37–38, 39–43, 48, 49, 57–58; as Foreign Secretary, 47, 66, 76; relations with Cimmie, 48, 53–54, 62–63, 64–65, 70; relations with his stepchildren, 48, 77, 82, 100; relations with Baba, 53, 54, 83–84; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 55–57; created marquess, 61–62; political career, 66–67, 95–96; illness, 67–68, 96–98; and Baba’s coming-out ball, 69–70; separations from Grace, 76–77, 78; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 90, 94, 97–98; death, 98–99; funeral, 99; will, 99–100
Curzon, Grace see Duggan, Grace (later Lady Curzon)
Curzon, Lady Alexandra (“Baba”): birth, 1–2, 12; childhood, 29–30, 33, 34, 48; relations with Irene, 48, 109, 129, 151, 152, 184, 254, 350–51, 363–64, 373–75, 377–78, 379–80, 386–87, 388–89; relations with Lord Curzon, 53, 54, 83–84; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 56; settlement income, 52, 63; coming-out, 66, 67, 69–70, 71–72; appearance, 71–72, 142, 232; suitors, 71–72, 77, 78–79; holds impromptu party at Carlton House Terrace, 75; and Bobby Shaw, 78–79, 155; at Melton Mowbray, 86, 87; Fruity Metcalfe’s courtship of, 87–88, 90–93, 94–95, 100–103; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97–98; marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 103–104; in India, 109, 110; birth of son David, 119; married life, 123, 133–34, 141–43, 168, 174, 188, 201–202, 232, 234–35, 275, 342–43, 382, 397; relations with Tom Mosley, 123, 176–77, 186, 189–93, 194, 200, 201, 202, 203, 208, 212–14, 215, 217, 218–20, 222, 225–26, 227, 234, 317; and politics, 133, 151, 177; and Master’s club, 134; character, 142–43, 201–202, 279, 291, 335, 379–80, 399; sexuality, 142; work for Save the Children, 143, 202, 396, 398–99; birth of twin daughters, 143, 149; and Irene’s engagement to Miles Graham, 180, 186–87; and Cimmie’s illness and death, 183–85; affair with Grandi, 196, 197, 198, 204, 208–209, 214–15, 245, 296, 318, 393–94, 395–96; and the Prince of Wales set, 202; affair with Jock Whitney, 224–25, 230; thoughts of divorcing Fruity, 225; and Fruity at Schloss Enzesfeld with the Duke of Windsor, 250–51; and the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, 258, 259, 260–62, 263–65; affair with Michael Lubbock, 279, 320, 335; at the Villa La Cröe, 279–81, 296–97; and the Munich Agreement, 286; and Tom Mosley’s marriage to Diana Guinness, 286–87; and Vivien Mosley’s coming-out, 290–91, 292, 293, 294; training to be a nurse, 294; Fruity’s wartime letters to, 300–302, 325–27, 347–48; accommodates the Windsors during the Second World War, 304–307; war work, 313, 334; and Little Compton, 314–15, 322, 330, 344, 359, 365, 393; relations with Lord Halifax, 318–20, 322, 330–31, 334–36, 337–39, 363–64, 374, 380–81; relations with Walter Monckton, 320, 322, 336; and the Duchess of Windsor, 322, 360–61, 383, 392–93; and the Duke of Windsor, 328; and Tom Mosley’s imprisonment, 330–31, 335, 340, 350, 352, 358; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332–34, 337; and Halifax’s appointment as British Ambassador to Washington, 339, 340–41; Lord Halifax’s letters to, 341–43, 346–47, 348, 349, 351, 352–53, 355–58, 362–63, 365–66, 369, 370, 372–73, 380–81, 395; separation from Fruity, 351; and Fruity’s return from Cairo, 366; and Tom Mosley’s release from prison, 375–76; post-war visit to America, 386–87; post-war life, 391–99; letter from the Duke of Windsor to, 392–93; travels, 393, 395–96, 397; affair with Viscount Feversham, 394–95, 396–97; divorce from Fruity, 395, 396, 397; and the Ionian earthquake, 396; and Fruity’s death, 397–98; awarded the CBE, 399; death, 399; hatred of the Mosleys, 399
Curzon, Lady Cynthia (“Cimmie”): birth 1–2; childhood, 8, 10–11, 44; at boarding school, 19; and Elinor Glyn, 25; spinal defect, 25–26, 29, 169; and the First World War, 41; admirers, 44; appearance, 45, 130; character, 45–46; meets Tom Mosley, 46–47; coming-out ball, 48, 49; relations with Lord Curzon, 48, 53–54, 62–63, 64–65, 70; Mosley’s courtship of, 49–50, 53, 54–56, 84; marriage to Tom Mosley, 56–57; birth of children, 103, 106; and Baba’s marriage, 103–104; married life, 105–108, 122, 131, 134, 140–41, 159, 163, 167, 171; and Mosley’s infidelities, 105–106, 119, 130, 141, 158, 159, 169, 171–72, 176; and politics, 113, 121, 129–33, 135, 136–37, 138, 173; family home at Savehay Farm, 114; relations with Irene, 122–23, 131, 140–41; visit to Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 123–24; resignation from the Labour Party, 146–47, 148–49; and the New Party, 148, 149, 150–51, 162–63; car accident, 160; and Diana Guinness, 165, 169, 171–72, 174, 185; last pregnancy and birth of Micky, 167, 168; and Irene’s engagement to Miles Graham, 180; illness and death, 182–85; memorial service for,
186; will, 205; and Nanny Hyslop, 213; Kennington Day Nursery in memory of, 215, 217–18
Curzon, Lady Irene (later Lady Ravensdale); birth, 1–2, 7; childhood, 10–11; relations with Lord Curzon, 18, 40, 43–45, 50–52, 53–54, 58–63, 69–71, 77; and hunting, 18–19, 41, 58–59, 290, 291, 292; education, 29; and music, 29, 292, 344, 390; coming-out ball, 32–33; appearance, 33, 108, 123, 179, 205, 227, 379; and Arthur Rubinstein, 34–35, 118, 127, 133, 140, 168–70; suitors, 40, 70–71; coming-of-age dance, 41; and the YMCA, 45; relations with Baba, 48, 109, 129, 151, 152, 184, 254, 350–51, 363–64, 373–75, 377–78, 379–80, 386–87, 388–89; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 56, 57; character, 70, 118–19, 123, 379; at Melton Mowbray, 76, 84, 111–13, 114, 117, 123, 139–40; social life, 78, 111–12, 113, 114, 121, 128, 139–41, 201, 293–94, 314, 363; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97, 98–99; love affairs, 108–109, 113, 115, 118–19, 120–21, 127–29; love for Gordon Leith, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 127–29, 133, 143, 157–58, 168, 188; travels, 109–10, 143, 160, 200–201, 214, 227, 292, 390; on Valentino’s funeral, 110; relations with Tom Mosley, 119, 123, 129, 171, 194, 195–96, 205, 206, 208, 227–28; literary and theatrical friendships and interests, 121, 133, 140, 195; relations with Cimmie, 122–23, 131, 140–41; and politics, 131–33, 148, 204, 205, 290; in Antibes, 134, 157–58; relations with nephews and nieces, 140, 189, 193–94, 198, 199, 203, 210–12, 213–14, 217, 252, 266–68; at Cliveden, 143, 196, 204–205, 272–74, 276–78; health problems, 168, 170–71, 194, 196, 210, 291, 320, 374, 377, 382–83; and Mosley’s fascism, 173–74; and Diana Guinness, 176, 289; engagement to Miles Graham, 178–82, 185–88, 198; and Cimmie’s illness and death, 183–85; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 188, 232; and Baba’s relations with Tom Mosley, 189, 192, 194, 203, 205, 206, 209, 211, 212–14, 217, 219, 222, 230, 234–35; public works and good causes, 195, 282; and Grandi, 196, 197, 198, 209, 218; and Nevile Henderson, 199–200, 201, 206–207, 291, 292; Christmases with the Mosley children, 210–11, 244–45, 275, 320–21; holidays with the Mosley children, 213, 219, 231, 268, 282–83; and Kennington Day Nursery, 215, 217–18, 313, 314; and Tom Mosley’s politics, 226, 295, 323; and Nazi Germany, 231–32, 276–77, 283–84, 285, 286; and Wallis Simpson, 233; and the Abdication crisis, 242; and Tom Mosley’s marriage to Diana Guinness, 287, 288–90; and Vivien Mosley’s coming-out, 288, 290–91, 292, 293, 294; and Diana Guinness’s children, 292–93; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 298–99, 303–304; and the Mosley children in wartime, 308–10, 349, 350, 353–54; and the Windsors, 310; war work, 313–14, 320–21, 328, 334, 343, 344–45; and Baba’s relations with Lord Halifax, 319, 334–35, 374–75, 380; drinking bouts, 320, 345, 362, 373, 382–83, 389; and Tom Mosley’s imprisonment, 324–25, 370, 371; and the guardianship of the Mosley children, 328, 329; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332, 333–34, 337–38, 341; proposals of marriage from Victor Cazalet, 343–44, 346–47, 349, 370; public speaking, 348, 357, 363, 379, 389; visits to Victor Cazalet at Great Swifts, 353, 362, 369; and Victor Cazalet’s death, 372, 373; and Tom Mosley’s release from prison, 375, 376; post-war charity work, 385; post-war life, 386, 388–91; and Fruity Metcalfe, 387; In Many Rhythms, 390; life peerage, 390–91; death, 391
Curzon, Mary see Leiter, Mary (later Lady Curzon)
Cust, Harry, 41
Czechoslovakia, Hitler’s invasion of, 276, 283–84, 285, 292
Dalai Lama, 398
Dawson, Geoffrey, 114, 273
Desborough, Lady, 41
Digby, Bobby, 120, 128, 293
Dillon, Sir Clarence, 276, 277
Diot, Alphonse, 255
Dorchester Hotel, 331, 332–34, 335, 340–41, 351, 352
Duff, Juliet, 352
Dugdale, Blanche, 252
Duggan, Alfred, 39, 82, 143, 152, 385
Duggan, Grace (later Lady Curzon), 67, 122, 337, 385; meets Lord Curzon, 35; marriage to Lord Curzon, 37–38, 39–43; appearance, 39, 69; social activities, 47–48; miscarriages, 48; jealous outbursts, 49, 57; relations with her stepdaughters, 54, 60, 70, 78, 94–95; relations with Lord Curzon, 57–58, 76–77, 78, 82–83, 95–96; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 94–95, 103; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97, 98; inheritance under Lord Curzon’s will, 99–100; at Marcella’s wedding, 117; at Hackwood after Lord Curzon’s death, 119–20, 143; financial difficulties, 120, 134–35, 151–52
Duggan, Hubert, 39, 82, 103, 152, 375
Duggan, Marcella, 39, 48, 77, 82, 84, 94, 100; marriage to Edward Rice, 117–18
Duhamel, Paul, 127–28
Duncombe, Clarissa, 395
economic crisis, and the National Government, 158–59
Eden, Anthony, 273–74, 275, 369
Eden, Beatrice, 273
Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor), 123; at Carlton House Terrace, 47–48, 69; friendship with Fruity Metcalfe, 72–73, 74, 75, 79–81, 88–90, 95, 102–103, 110–11, 117, 142, 202, 224, 230, 243, 246–51; in India, 72–74; at Melton Mowbray, 84, 85–87, 112, 114, 117, 125; and hunting, 88, 89, 125, 126; visit to Canada (1924), 89–92; affair with Lady Furness, 112, 125–26; apartments in St. James’s Palace, 126; and Fort Belvedere, 126–27, 228; the Bobby Shaw scandal, 155; affair with Wallis Simpson, 216–17, 224, 228–30, 232–33, 234; as King, 223–24, 228–30, 232–33; and the Abdication crisis, 236–44; at Schloss Enzesfeld after the Abdication, 243, 244, 245–51, 253; half-cockney accent, 246, 281; wedding at the Château de Candé, 255–65; visit to Germany (1937), 268–69, 271–72; at the Villa La Cröe, 279–82, 296–98, 299–300, 328, 391–93; and Irene, 293; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 299–302; stays with the Metcalfes during the war, 304–307; and the wartime Military Mission in Paris, 304, 306–307, 310–13, 315–17, 321, 322–23; meeting with Nevile Henderson, 310; abandons Fruity in Paris, 325–28, 360–61; wartime governorship of the Bahamas, 329–30; Liberty interview, 345–46; visit to Washington in wartime, 355–57; seeks position as Ambassador-at-large, 384–85; meeting with Fruity Metcalfe (1946), 392; and Fruity’s death, 397
Elliot, Katherine, 390
Elliot, Maxine, 46, 157, 159, 281, 297
Elliot, Walter, 145, 196, 292
Elwes, Simon, 397
Erlanger, Baba d’, 158
Erlanger, Leo d’, 338, 351
Fabre-Luce, Lottsie, 158, 159
Fairbanks, Douglas, 121, 286
fascism, and Mosley, 160–61, 166–67, 171, 173–74, 177–78, 194, 195, 200–201, 203–205, 207–208, 220–21, 233–34, 266, 294–96, 323–25
Fellowes, Daisy, 134, 281, 293
Feversham, Sim, Viscount, 394–95, 396–97
First World War, 33, 41, 46
Fitzgerald, Helen, 280
FitzRoy, Edward, 273, 276
Fleming, Jean, 122
Forgan, Robert, 145, 149
Fort Belvedere, 126–27
Forwood, Dudley, 243–44, 245–47, 258, 259, 281, 282
Fox, William, 58
Furness, Thelma, Lady, 112, 125–26, 127, 134, 144, 163, 202
Gaulle, General de, 336
George, Prince (later Duke of Kent), 72, 75, 79, 126, 191, 216, 293; and the Abdication crisis, 241; and the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, 257, 259; death in plane crash, 365
George V, King, 33, 57, 67, 68, 69, 74, 79, 92, 95, 125, 126; as Prince of Wales, 13; and Wallis Simpson, 216; death of, 223
Gibson, Irene, 196
Gilbert, John, 110, 134
Giles, Frank, 393
Gillies, Sir Harold, 89, 219
Glyn, Clayton, 21, 22, 24–25, 26, 36, 37
Glyn, Elinor, 109, 118, 128, 286; love affair with Lord Curzon, 4, 20–23, 24–27, 28–29, 30–31, 35, 36–38; appearance, 20–21; Three Weeks, 22–23, 26, 28; relationship with the Curzon daughters, 25, 26, 31, 54; and the decoration of Montacute House, 36–37, 38; Grace Curzon’s jealousy of, 49; and Cimmie’s marriage to Mosley, 54, 56, 57; and Cimmie’s death, 185, 186
Glyn, Margot, 25, 33
Goebbels, Dr. Joseph, 270, 271, 291
Göring, Hermann, 271, 284, 299
Gone With the Wind, 225
Graham, Miles, 178–88, 198, 201, 293, 314
Graham, Sheila, 178, 179
Grandi, Count Dino, 196–98, 204, 208–209, 214–15, 218, 220, 245, 274, 291–92, 296, 318, 393–94, 395–96; and the fall of Mussolini, 384, 394
Greenwood, Arthur, 298
Greig, Louis, 364–65, 372
Greville, Maggie, 333
Greville, Mrs. Ronnie, 349
Grunne, Comte Willy de, 35
Guinness, Beatrice, 157
Guinness, Bryan, 164, 167, 174, 286
Guinness, Colonel Walter (later Lord Moyne), 164
Guinness, Diana (later Lady Mosley), 158, 164–65; appearance, 164; character, 164–65; meets Tom Mosley, 164–65; affair with Tom Mosley, 167–68, 169, 171–72, 173, 174, 175, 176, 217, 226, 227–28; decides to leave her husband (Bryan Guinness), 174; and Baba’s relations with Tom Mosley, 177, 190–91, 192, 193; and Cimmie’s death, 185; and Tom Mosley’s children, 213, 218, 227, 231, 254, 278–79; car crash, 219; and Nazi Germany, 221–22, 291, 298, 299, 303; marriage to Tom Mosley, 233–34, 266, 267, 282, 286–87, 288–90; birth of son Alexander, 286–87; and fascism, 303; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 304; and the Mosley children during the war, 308; imprisonment in wartime, 329, 358–59; release from prison, 377; at Crowood House after the war, 385–86; Baba’s hatred of, 399
Guinness, Lady Evelyn, 164
Hackwood, 12, 18–19, 36, 59, 119–20, 143; Curzon’s renovations, 14–15; house parties at, 15, 30; and hunting, 19; Belgian royal family at, 33–34; costs of running, 82
Hale, James, 255–56, 258
Halifax, Dorothy, 318, 319, 320, 330, 332, 333–34, 340–41, 342, 348, 355
Halifax, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of (formerly Lord Irwin), 110, 274–75, 285, 296, 323; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 298; appearance, 318; character, 318, 319; relations with Baba, 318–20, 322, 330–31, 334–36, 337–39, 363–64, 374, 380–81; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332, 333–34; as British Ambassador to Washington, 339, 340–43, 348–49; letters to Baba, 341–43, 346–47, 348, 349, 351, 352–53, 355–58, 362–63, 365–66, 369, 370, 372–73, 380–81, 395; death and injury of sons, 367; and the Duke of Windsor, 384–85
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