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Brooke, Jocelyn 271

Bryars, Gavin 38

Buckland House (Oxfordshire) 83

Budberg, Baroness Moura 144

Burgess, Guy 232

Burnham, Jonathan 337–8

Burton, Richard 313

Burton, Robert, The Anatomy of Melancholy 209

Buscot Park (Oxfordshire) 121, 291, 317

Byrne, John 114–15

Byron, Robert 169, 183

Cadogan, Lady Primrose 308, 322–3

Callas, Maria 299

Canning, Bob, Faringdon Follies 394

Capri, Agnès 202

Caresser, Lord (Trinidadian singer – Rufus Callender) 202

Carter, Howard 158

Casati, Marchesa Luisa (1881–1957)

descriptions of 34, 48–9, 223

friendship with Gerald 34, 222

keeps a python and other exotic animals 35, 49, 222

accepted by Gerald’s mother 48–9

as owner of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice 112

depicted in a mural at Buscot Park 121

visits the zoo with Dalí 138

appears in Gerald’s dreams 194

attracts new, younger set of admirers 222

lives in reduced circumstances in London 222

Casella, Alfredo 38, 40

Castlerosse, Doris Delavigne, Viscountess (1901–1942)

description of 108–9

seduces Cecil Beaton 108–11

friendship with Gerald 109

as inspiration for Amanda in Private Lives 109

sexual ability 109, 110–11

lesbian tendencies 111–12

as ‘Vivian Dorrick’ in The Girls of Radclyff Hall 113

moves into the Dorchester 224–5

commits suicide 225

sexually involved with Robert 240

considered a courtesan by Coote Lygon 354

Castlerosse, Lord Valentine 111, 224–5

Cavalcanti, Alberto 256, 268

Cavendish, Lady Elizabeth 324

Cecil, Lord David 206, 209, 210, 272

Cecil, Rachel 206, 210, 272

Cézanne, Paul 150

Champagne Charlie (film, 1944) 256

Charlton, Tessa 368

Château Résenlieu (Normandy) 27

Cheam prep school (Hampshire) 23, 26

Chesterian music journal 38

Chetwode, Philip, 1st Baron Chetwode 90

Churchill, Clarissa see Eden, Clarissa

Churchill, Clementine 213

Churchill, Pamela Digby 224

Churchill, Randolph 224

Churchill, Winston 144, 206, 213, 223, 224

Clark, Kenneth 190

Clayton Manor (Sussex) 295, 296, 298, 306, 358–9

Clifford, Dorothy Meyrick, Lady de 69

Clyde, Lady Elizabeth Wellesley 236

Cocteau, Jean 37, 45, 67, 74, 143, 202

Cold Blow House (Wiltshire) 172

Colefax and Fowler 127

Colefax, Lady Sybil ‘the Coal Box’ (1874–1950) as society hostess 125

Harold Nicolson’s comment on 126

as easy target for teasing 127, 128, 129

inspiration for various writers of fiction 128

near-calamitous party evening with Edward and Mrs Simpson 128

lives at the Dorchester during the war 223–4

as character in Gerald’s play The Furies 234

Compton Beauchamp House (Oxfordshire) 144, 244

Connolly, Cressida 182, 297, 298, 336, 359

Connolly, Cyril (1903–1974)

comment on post-war generation 63

comment on homosexual trail-blazers 67

co-founder of Horizon magazine 107, 205–6

as regular visitor to Faringdon 156, 224, 272, 283

at Oxford 182–3

continues to gossip at the Cavendish 182

friendship with Jennifer Fry 182, 255, 275

significant friendships 182–3

friendship with Gerald and Robert 183–4, 324

comment on Bowra the boarer 190

considers suicide in wartime 191

friendship with the Harrods 204

comment on Peter Watson 205

friendship with the Cecil’s 206

at the Gargoyle Club 232

falls in love with Lys Lubbock 232–3

compared to Eno’s liver salts by Gerald 258

deeply gloomy about post-war England 267

comments on death 274

enjoys ‘masterminding’ couples 280

vulnerability of 280

writes jokey thank-you letter to Gerald 283–4

his stepson’s involvement with Victoria Zinovieff 358

death of 359

Unquiet Grave 233

Connolly, Lys 255, 272, 283

Connolly, Matthew 297, 298

Constance, Aunt 19

Constantinople 31–2

Cooper, Diana 176, 244, 321

Cooper, Duff 244, 292

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille 96

Country Life 162

Coward, Noël (1899–1973)

Private Lives 109

loves Les Girls 114

charms Edward VII with some of his songs 128

as godfather to David Niven’s son 246

enjoys his visit to Faringdon 255

Cowper, William 105

Crack, Miss 350

Crack, William (chauffeur) 41–3, 122, 123, 194, 218, 286

Cranborne Chase 300–301, 304

Craven, Deirdre

friendship with Jennifer 297–8

has a fling with Alan Ross 297

marries Cyril Connolly 297, 358

Craven, Simon 358–9, 360

Craxton, John 205

Crisp, Quentin 68, 229

Crowden, Andrew 322, 348, 349

Crowley, Aleister 81

Cruddas, Hugh (1906–1993) 278

considers marriage to Juliet Heygate 265

description of 265

joins Gerald and Robert at Faringdon 265–7

relationship with Robert 265–7, 292–3, 312, 314

as butt of jokes 266–7

Waugh’s comment on 288

‘wifely’ role at Faringdon 294–5

relationship with Victoria 300

disliked by Rosa Proll 312

death of 320

Cunard family 83

Cunard, Lady Emerald (Maud Burke) (1872–1948)

as well-known society hostess 125, 126

background and description 126–7

Gerald’s comment on 126

Harold Nicolson’s comment on 127

calls Edward VIII ‘Majesty Divine’ 128

as visitor to Faringdon 155

lives at the Dorchester during the war 223–4

as character in Gerald’s play The Furies 234

death of 283

Cunard, Nancy 127, 181

Cust, Harry 380

Daily Express 88, 111, 123, 134, 290, 339

Daily Mail 118, 123, 213

Daily Mirror 118, 129

Daintrey, Adrian 84, 296

Dalí, Gala 136–9, 283

Dalí, Salvador (1904–1989) 2, 283

description of 136

onanistic fantasies 136

stays at Faringdon 136–8

gives Robert a drawing of a horse and rider 137–8

Penelope Betjeman’s comment on 137

Gerald’s poem on 138–9

attends International Surrealist Exhibition in

London 140–41

is given a moth-eaten polar bear by Edward James 140

arranges grand piano with chocolate eclairs in the

pool at Faringdon 141

diving-suit fiasco 141, 142

reaction to Lorca’s death 142

collaborates with Schiaparelli 143–4

meets many influential people 143

poems dedicated to by Gerald 205

De la Mare, Walter 220

Debussy, Claude 44

Degas, Edgar 96

Diaghilev, Sergei (1872–1929) 34, 36, 67

based in Rome 35

commissions Lambert and Gerald to compose

music for him 38–9, 147

visits Winnie in Venice 44

description of 45

Etonne moi! comment 74

as visitor to Faringdon 208

Dickinson, Peter 322, 394

Lord Berners: Composer, Writer, Painter 14

‘Dig for Victory’ campaign 216

Dimbleby, Nicholas 385

Dodd, Dorothy 50

Dr Strangelove (film, 1964) 356

Driberg, Tom 81, 121, 144, 340

Duff, Charley 292, 382

Duff, E. L. 37

Duff, Lady Juliet 12

Duff, Sir Michael (1907–1980) 70, 89

description of 11–12

as cross-dresser 12

comment on Robert at Faringdon 76–7

stays at Madresfield 102

friendship with Beaton 106

as ‘Miss MacRogers’ in The Girls of Radclyff Hall 113

as King Boris in Cecil Beaton’s book 186–7

as godparent to baby Victoria 253

war service 254

as visitor to Faringdon 291

marries Caroline Paget and adopts a baby boy 292

The Power of a Parasol 77

Ealing Studios 256, 268

Eden, Anthony 292, 299

Eden, Clarissa Churchill, Lady Avon (b. 1920) 262

description of 206

friendship with Gerald 206–7, 209, 218–19

at the heart of Oxford society 207

told that Robert is Gerald’s ‘agent’ 207–8

works for the Foreign Office 209, 218, 244

portrait by Gregorio Prieto 213

as regular visitor to Faringdon 216, 217, 218, 244, 283, 293

convalesces at Faringdon after serious illness 217–18

moves to the Dorchester 224

attends baby Victoria’s christening 253

comment on Hugh Cruddas 266

visits Gerald for the last time 285

marries Anthony Eden 292, 325

comment on Edward Petty-Fitzmaurice 379

Edward VII 139–40

Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) 110–11, 118, 128, 144, 231

Eisenhower, Dwight D. 223

Eliot, T. S. 121, 220

Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Mother) 276

Ellis, Havelock 96

Ernst, Max 142

Erskine, Hamish St Clair 179–80, 255, 275

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 34

Eton College 24, 25, 59

Evening Standard 90, 308

Eversly, Alfred, The Furies 234

Fairbairn, John 321

Faringdon, Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron 333

Faringdon Cinema 105

Faringdon Folly 5, 132–6, 215, 392–6

Faringdon, Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron 121, 291, 317

Faringdon House (Oxfordshire)

dyed doves at 1, 13, 85–7, 89, 94, 140, 347, 357, 370, 386

first view of 1

descriptions of 2–9, 19–20, 81–2, 84–7, 352–6

gardens, pool and fountain 4–5, 28, 85, 87, 216, 252, 267, 315, 317, 327, 329, 333, 357, 360, 372, 374

rented by Julia Tyrwhitt and her new husband 29

bought by Gerald for his mother Julia 41

history of 82–4, 353

famous meals at 87–9, 216–17, 228

visitors and entertainments 99, 104–5, 114, 134, 137, 146, 149–50, 152–4, 207–9, 224, 269, 317–18, 319, 327–33, 335, 337–8, 379

given to Robert by Gerald 135

the summer of 1939 186–8

as part of the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign 215–17

requisitioned by the Army 215, 227–9

as wartime retreat for friends 216–17, 225–6

windows blown out by American GIs stationed in the ground 229

post-war cut-backs 268

changes made by Robert after Gerald’s death 310–17, 329

dog graves at 315–16

Gerald’s ashes buried at 315

Robert’s ashes scattered at 359–60

burglaries at 362–3, 384–5

changes made to by Sofka and Vassilis 372–4

let to a variety of tenants 386–8

blue plaque unveiled on the Folly 392–6

Faringdon (town) 83–4, 364

Bell Hotel 314, 391–2, 397–9

Fascism 118, 121–5, 142

Fauré, Gabriel 44

Fellowes, Daisy 144, 146, 234–5, 244, 275

Fellowes, Reginald 144

Fermor, Patrick Leigh 231–2

Fielding, Daphne

as Cavendish afficionado 66

comments on Doris Castlerosse 108, 110

comment on the summer of 1939 186

as regular visitor to Faringdon 216, 321

comment on Gerald’s health 284

Firbank, Ronald 46–7, 91

First World War 35, 41, 56–7, 63, 133, 188, 189, 192–3

Fitzgerald, Ella 202

Fitzgerald, F. Scott 151

Fleming, Ann Charteris 323

Fleming, Ian 323

Fonteyn, Margot 147, 150, 268, 379

For Your Convenience: A Learned Dialogue Instructive to All Londoners and London Visitors (Thomas Burke) 68

Forbes, Eda 392–3

Foreign Office 28

Forster, E. M. 92

Fortescue, Julia 157

Fortuny y Madrazo, Mariano 34

Fox, Jack

relationship with Robert 154, 314, 347

becomes gamekeeper, builder and stonemason at Faringdon 237

description of 237

comment on Jennifer’s appearance 243

carries Gerald’s coffin 286

lives in the lodge at Faringdon 291, 359

buries Gerald’s ashes 315

asked to kill the peacock 317

lays out Robert’s body 347

given shooting rights for life 367

hunts for Gerald’s ashes 389–90

Free French 220

Freud, Kitty 277

Freud, Lucian 205, 232, 272, 277, 280

Freud, Sigmund 193

Fry, Alathea Gardner

description of 157, 160–61, 175

family background 157–8

marriage to Geoffrey 157, 159–60, 170

as a reclusive semi-invalid 159–62

relationship with Jennifer 161–2, 164, 230–31, 244–5, 249, 254–5

travels to spas and hotels 164

sends money to her sister Evelyn 170

finds her husband in bed with a boy 171

love-life 175

converts to Catholicism 200

sends provisions from Oare to Jennifer in Oxford 201

at Jennifer’s wedding to Robert 236

offers Oare to Victoria and Peter 306

Fry, Camilla 318, 320

Fry, Geoffrey

education 158

family background 158

obsession with Rupert Brooke 158–9, 172

description of 159, 162, 172, 174

marriage to Alathea 159–60

as private secretary to Bonar Law and Stanley

Baldwin 159, 166, 171

taunts and rejects his daughter Jennifer 159, 164–5, 171, 172, 173

commissions portrait of Alathea from Sickert 161

buys Oare House 162, 164

found in bed with a boy by his wife 171

created 1st Baronet Fry of Oare 172

has a nervous breakdown 200

at Jennifer’s wedding to Robert 236

relationship with his only grandchild, Victoria 263, 278–9

death of 306

Fry, Jennifer see Heber-Percy, Jennifer

Fry, Jeremy 318, 348

Garbo, Greta 325

Gardner, Herbert, Lord Burghclere 157, 168