The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother, and Me (54 page)

Tate Gallery (Tate Britain) 43

Harrow School 59, 69

Cavendish Hotel (Jermyn Street) 65–6, 182

Jules Hotel (Jermyn Street) 65

Café Royal 67, 183

Savoy Turkish Baths 67–8

‘Clarkson’s Cottage’ 68

Lily Pond tearoom 68

Lyons Corner House 68, 71

43 Club (Gerrard Street) 69

Silver Slipper (Regent Street) 69

Reid & Lefevre Gallery 96–7

Ritz Hotel 129

New Burlington Galleries 141

Sadler’s Wells 146–7, 153, 187, 268

Miss Wolff’s Girls’ School (Park Lane) 167

Sloane House (Chelsea) 167, 168, 181

St Paul’s Girls’ School 168, 173

500 Club 169

Taylor Institution Library (St Giles) 192

Café de Paris 201

Dorchester Hotel 223–5, 244

Heywood Hill Bookshop (Mayfair) 226, 245

Claridge’s 236

Royal Opera House 268

Lady Eden’s School for Girls (South Kensington) 299–300

Purcell Room 322, 394

Royal Festival Hall 394

London Blitz 222, 231–2, 233, 258

London Magazine 295, 296

Longworth (Gerald’s first object of desire) 24, 25

Lorca, Federico García 142, 213

Losch, Tilly 140

Lubbock, Ian 233–4, 243, 380, 383

Lubbock, Lys 232–3

Luke, Michael ‘Mickey’ 264–5, 272–3, 277, 280, 296, 298

Lycett Green, Candida Betjeman 317, 321

Lygon, Lady Dorothy ‘Coote’ (1912–2001)

childhood at Madresfield 99–100

description of 99, 104–5, 321–2

as regular visitor to Faringdon 103–5, 291, 321, 329

as role model for Cordelia in Brideshead Revisited 103

Waugh as ‘flirtatious older brother’ to 103

joins the WAAF 245

post-war life 321

marries Robert 339–42

returns to Lime Tree Cottage 342

at Robert’s funeral 348

continues to visit Faringdon after Robert’s death 354–5

helps to scatter Robert’s ashes at Faringdon 359

death of 388

Lygon family 66, 102, 156, 170, 269

Lygon, Hugh Patrick (1904–1936) 102–3

Lygon, Lady Lettice Beauchamp (1876–1936) 100–10, 103

Lygon, Lady Mary ‘Maimie’ (1910–1982) 99

as regular visitor to Faringdon 103–4

as role model for Julia Flyte in Brideshead

Revisited 103

Waugh as ‘flirtatious older brother’ to 103

description of 104

marriage to Prince Vsevolode 187–8

sexually involved with Robert 240, 354

Lygon, Lady Sibell (1907–2005) 101, 102

Lygon, William, 7th Earl Beauchamp ‘Boom’ (1872–1938) 99, 171

relationship with his children 100

exiled abroad 101–2

homosexual relationships 101

death of 103

Lygon, William, Viscount Elmley (1903–1979) 102, 104

MacLean, Donald 281

Madresfield Court (Worcestershire) 99, 101–4, 170, 171, 354, 388

Magritte, René 140

Manley (Great Dane) 316

Mannini, Tito (Gerald’s cook) 34, 102

Mardie (nanny to Victoria) 278, 281–2, 300

Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon 318

Martin (gardener at Faringdon) 358

Mary Chess Company 201

Mary, Queen 12

Matisse, Henri 96, 150, 231

Maugham, Syrie 12, 84

Messel, Oliver 42, 108, 113, 124

Meyrick, Mrs Kate Nason 68–70

Meyrick, Kathleen 68–70, 156

Mills, John 246

Mimis, Mr (Greek landlord) 346

Minton, John 281, 296

Mitford, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1920) 97, 117, 120, 376–7

Mitford, Diana see Mosley, Diana

Mitford, Jessica ‘Decca’ (1917–1996)

told of Passing Fancy’s fall in the Grand National 97

dedicated to Communism 117, 120, 124

comment on the London season 176

Mitford, Nancy (1904–1973) 245

description of Faringdon 29, 84

comment on primogeniture 58

as Nancy the Novelist 117

brief flirtation with Fascism 124

comment on the Evelyns 169

friendship with ‘She-Evelyn’ 170

engagement to Hamish St Clair Erskine 179

as a dandy 181

friendship with the Harrods 204

Foreign Office asks her opinion on her sister

Diana 221

as frequent visitor to Faringdon 226

wartime work 226

comment on children 251

comment on Hamish St Clair Erskine winning the MC 255

involved in mischief-making concerning Hugh Cruddas 267

learns of Jennifer’s liaison with Henry Yorke 276–7

comment on Gerald’s health 282

comment on the 1960s 319

writes letter of possible condolence to Jennifer 380

The Pursuit of Love 5, 13, 84, 133, 204, 269, 311

Wigs on the Green 125

Mitford, Pamela (1907–1994) 117, 122, 254, 257

Mitford sisters 2, 102, 116, 156, 186, 269

Mitford, Tom 226

Mitford, Unity (1914–1948) 117, 119, 120, 123

Monsell, Joan Eyres 203, 203n

Moore, George 127

Morris, Mr (head gardener at Faringdon) 87, 198, 216, 252

Mosley, Diana Mitford (1910–2003) 71

marries Bryan Guinness 116–17

falls in love with (and marries) Oswald Mosley 117, 118–20

friendship with Gerald 117–18, 122, 124–5, 220–22, 267

rejected and ostracised by many 117

obsession with Hitler 119–20, 123–4, 321

description of 120

appalled with Wigs on the Green by Nancy 124–5

comment on Daisy Fellowes 146

comment on Gerald’s wartime anxieties 191

appears in Gerald’s dreams 194

imprisoned under Defence Regulation 18B 220–22

leaves Holloway prison 257

as regular visitor to Faringdon 257, 321

comment on Waugh’s praying for Gerald 271

comments on Gerald’s health 282, 284

attends Gerald’s funeral 286

Mosley, Oswald (1896–1980)

falls in love with (and marries) Diana Mitford 117 118–20

variety of people attracted to his New Party 118–19

holds Blackshirts’ rally in Olympia stadium 121–3

drops the word ‘Fascist’ but continues anti-Semitic

stance 123

briefly supported by Nancy Mitford and satirised

by her 124–5

holds rally in Earls Court 186

joins his wife in prison 222

released from prison 257

Moti (horse owned by Penelope Betjeman) 93–4

Muggeridge, Malcolm 233

Mussolini, Benito 42, 118, 123

Nash, Paul 136, 205

National Hunt (Cheltenham, 1934) 98

National Trust 225

Nazis 124

Nelson, Mrs Dora (Gerald’s cook) 88–9

Newick, Jeremy 326, 327, 329, 343

Nicholas Nickleby (film, 1947) 268

Nichols, Beverley 25–6, 127, 147, 266

Nicolson, Harold (1886–1968)

as junior diplomat 27, 32

description of Gerald 32–8

as puffed-up character in story by Berners 32

‘mis-hears’ Lord Beauchamp’s words to his butler 101

seduced by Fascism 118

friendship with Gerald 125, 133

teased endlessly by Gerald 130, 211

contemplates German victory 191

fearful of ‘being buried under masonry’ 202

provides rationed paper for new Horizon magazine 205

hit by umbrella wielded by Dottie Wellesley 220

as visitor to Faringdon 224

Nifty (whippet) 370

Niven, David (1910–1983)

comment on Jennifer Fry 8

joins the Army Film Unit 246

marries Primula Rollo 246

shares memories with Robert 246–7

as visitor to Faringdon 246

description of 247–8

visits Jennifer and Billa at Oare House 263

gives farewell party at Claridge’s 273

goes to America 273–4

death of his wife Prim 274

Niven, David Jr 246, 263

Niven, Jamie 273

Niven, Primula Rollo (1918–1946)

education 172–3

friendship with Jennifer 172, 178

as visitor to Faringdon 185

marries David Niven 246, 248

as godparent to baby Victoria 253

visits Jennifer and Billa at Oare House 263

gives birth to Jamie 273

death of 274

Nuremberg rally 119

Oare House (Wiltshire) 162–4, 170, 181, 200, 201, 244, 260, 262, 296, 306

Obolensky, Prince Sergei 140

Observer 295

Olivier, Laurence 246

Olympia rally (1934) 121–3

Olympic Games (Munich, 1936) 119

Orwell, George 66, 205

Oxford (city) 200–201, 202–3, 209

St Giles’ 192–3, 209, 216

Randolph Hotel 205

Radcliffe Hospital 210, 216

Oxford Mail 132

Oxford Playhouse 234

Oxford Repertory Players 234–5

Oxford set 67

Oxford Times 235

Oxford University 182–3, 188, 214

Paget, Lady Caroline 292

Pansy Lamb (golden retriever) 108

Papadimitriou, Anna 374, 387

Papadimitriou, Lara 375, 384, 387

Papadimitriou, Vassilis 372–4, 384–8

Pargeter, Don (groundsman at Faringdon) 347, 364, 386

Partridge, Frances 254

Passing Fancy (horse) 97, 185

Peggy (Ward), Countess of Munster 310–11

Percy, William de 51

Peter (homosexual friend of Jennifer Fry) 180

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Charles, 7th Marquess of

Lansdowne 377, 379

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Edward Norman 376–80, 383

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Elizabeth 377, 379

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 6th Marquess of

Lansdowne 376

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Kitty, Baroness Nairne 377, 379

Piaf, Edith 202

Picasso, Pablo 37, 45, 150, 151

Pink Pigeons Trust 393

Polignac, Winnaretta ‘Winnie’ Singer, Princess de (d. 1943)

description of 44

falls in love with Violet Trefusis 44–5

friendship with Gerald 44–5, 125, 136, 209

leaves Sibyl Colefax’s with Rubinstein 128

Daisy Fellowes as niece of 144, 244

as visitor to Faringdon 155–6, 379

as grand old lady 222–3

spends wartime in London 222

death of 223

Port Lympne (Kent) 43

Porter, Cole 44

Powell, Anthony 183, 190

A Dance to the Music of Time 263

Prieto, Gregorio 213

Proll, Rosa (d. 2010)

description of 3–4, 311, 312–13

takes charge of Faringdon 4, 310, 327–8, 343

culinary talents 310–12, 341, 353, 356, 362, 364

sympathetic towards the Führer 311

devotion to Robert 312

dislikes Hugh Cruddas 312

refuses to give Mr Abel milk 313–14

tries on Elizabeth Taylor’s diamond ring 313

owns a Jack Russell known as a ‘silent biter’ 316

avoids Robert’s young men 317

dislikes Jonathan Burnham 338

objects to Robert’s marriage and leaves Faringdon 341–2

returns to Faringdon when Coote leaves 342

sadness at death of Robert 347

stays on at Faringdon after Robert’s death 347

guides Sofka around Faringdon 349–51

loyalty to Sofka 352–3

becomes increasingly unbalanced 356, 360–63

moves to house in Faringdon town 363–4

death of 388–9

Proust, Marcel 67, 168, 224, 231, 263

Public Order Act (1937) 123

Pye, Henry James 82–3, 353

Quennell, Glur 240, 263

Quennell, Peter 182, 232, 240, 263, 324

Rattigan, Terence 127, 127n

Ravel, Maurice 44

Ravilious, Eric 92, 136, 172, 230, 296

Ray, Man 34, 143

Redesdale, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron 116

Rentoul, Sir Gervais 122

Rich, Mr (accountant) 315, 351

Robert Heber-Percy Will Trust 368

Rodd, Lilias ‘Lady Rude’ 34

Rodd, Sir Rennell 34

Rollo, Primula see Niven, Primula

Rome 32–5, 39, 47, 117–18, 127, 133, 140, 385–7

Rose, Francis 45, 145, 151

Ross, Alan (1922–2001)

description of 279

education 279

wartime Naval career 279–80

immediate post-war occupations 280

marries Jennifer 280–81

as part of London’s literary life 280

dismisses Mardie 281

loves being a stepfather to Jennifer 281

birth of his son Jonathan 295

failure of his marriage to Jennifer 295–9, 336

literary endeavours 295

love affairs 296–8

suffers severe depression 298–9

attends Victoria’s wedding 304

Ross, Jennifer see Heber-Percy, Jennifer

Ross, Jonathan (b. 1953) 295, 374

Rosslyn, Earl of 179

Rothermere, Lord 39, 118

Rowse, A. L. 78, 217, 234

Roxburgh, J. F. 60–61, 247

Rubinstein, Arthur 44, 128

Russian Revolution (1917) 36

Sackville-West, Vita (1892–1962)

relationship with Violet Trefusis 44

as country-dweller 92

bisexual 101

fictionalised by Virginia Woolf in Orlando 126

called ‘Rye Vita’ by Gerald 130

relationship with Dorothy Wellesley 133

attends Miss Wolff’s Girls’ School 167

contemplates German victory 191

at wartime poetry reading in Bond Street 220

St Clare’s 302

Salvin, Anthony 52

Salzburg 78

Sargent, Malcolm 155

Sassoon, Sir Philip 43

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886–1967)

descriptions of Gerald 13, 17

description of stay at Faringdon and its inhabitants 48

Satie, Erik 44

Saudi Arabia 188, 189, 195–200

Scharrer, Irene 234

Schiaparelli, Elsa 143–4, 272

Scott, Sir Walter 82–3

Second World War 190–91, 201–3, 222–5, 260–61

Sellers, Peter 356

Shell County Guides 92, 136

Shury, Fred 185, 215, 216, 237, 238

Shury, Mrs 300

Sickert, Walter 161, 205

Sisley, Alfred 96

Sissinghurst Castle 133

Sitwell, Edith (1887–1964) 82, 148, 149, 181, 220, 224

Façade 149

Sitwell family 2, 113, 208, 226

Sitwell, Osbert (1892–1969)