Those Wild Wyndhams (78 page)

Charteris (née Manners), Violet ‘Letty’ 260–1, 270, 278, 294, 295, 311, 313, 314, 326, 330, 331, 348

Charteris, Yvo 190, 224, 228, 240, 304, 310, 312, 313, 316, 319–21, 322, 323–5, 326–8, 330, 341, 342–3, 346, 348

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 234, 262

Christian, Princess 7, 15, 48

Churchill, Lady Randolph 147

Churchill, Lord Randolph 30, 34, 44, 89, 147

Churchill, Winston 248, 267, 281, 314

Clouds, East Knoyle, Wiltshire xvi, 15, 25–6, 27, 63–4, 70–82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 97, 98, 101, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115–20, 122, 135, 137, 139, 141–2, 143, 145, 148, 164, 165, 169, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 201, 204, 207, 208, 212, 213, 228, 231, 247, 255, 256, 266, 274, 276, 277, 278–80, 296, 298, 310, 322, 324, 327, 332, 337, 344, 350–1, 363, 371–2, 374–5

Cobden, Jane 16

Cobden, Richard 16

Cockerell, Sidney 255, 258, 289

Cockermouth Castle, Cumbria 2, 8, 12, 23

Conan Doyle, Arthur 208, 256

Conservative Party 1, 26–7, 30, 42, 84, 85, 88, 89, 121, 215, 243, 249, 251, 261, 263

Cooper, Duff 349

Corn Laws, 1846 25

Coronation Durbar, 1903, India 238–9, 240

‘the Coterie’ 260–1, 311, 316, 320, 322, 335, 340, 349

Crabbet Club 131, 150

Crabbet Park, Sussex 16, 131, 149, 168

Crimean War, 1853–6 27, 208

Cumberland 1, 8–9, 11, 12, 22, 75, 79, 83, 172, 266

Cunard, Nancy 320

Curzon, George 36, 51, 88, 90, 92, 95, 118, 121, 123–4, 130, 131, 147, 148, 150, 177, 182, 201, 238–9, 240, 249, 250, 281, 285, 312

Curzon, Mary 235–6, 239

Cust, Harry 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 102, 103–4, 124, 130, 131–8, 139, 145–51, 152–3, 157–60, 163, 165, 182, 195, 199, 231, 291–2, 329, 338, 348, 375

Cust (née Welby), Nina 145, 147–50, 151, 153, 158, 159, 329

Darwin, Charles 3–4, 6, 77, 278

de Broke, Lord Willoughby 281, 285

de Grey, Earl and Countess 88, 102, 118

Deal Castle, Kent 9, 21–2

Derby, Lord 12, 13, 303

Desborough (née Fane), Ettie Grenfell, Lady 20–1, 94, 95, 101, 130, 131, 140–1, 146, 148, 177, 223, 230, 231, 250, 296, 302, 304, 327, 333, 338, 341, 342, 349, 354, 357, 370, 371

Desborough, Willie Grenfell, Baron 59, 95, 101, 131, 223

Devon, Bertha (housemaid) 75, 79, 116, 117

Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of 234, 242–3

Dickens, Charles 21, 92, 357

Dillon, John 43, 106

Disraeli, Benjamin 2, 3, 12, 26–7, 30, 33, 44, 120

Dodo – A Detail of the Day
(Benson) 182

Douglas, Arthur ‘Bosie’ 105, 107, 131, 164, 165, 167, 168, 179–80, 181, 182, 290–1

Douglas, Edith ‘Wommy’ 105, 164, 165, 180, 187, 193, 194, 257

Douglas, Sholto Johnstone 258

Drumlanrig, Francis, Viscount (‘Drummy’) 162–3, 164–5, 169, 179, 329

Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland 352

Dugdale, Blanche 39, 93–4

East Knoyle, Wiltshire xvi, 25, 28, 72, 74, 75, 79, 83, 98, 117, 142, 201, 253, 276, 298, 348, 355

East Lodge, Brighton 11

Easton (‘Eassy’) (lady’s maid) 6, 40, 75, 79, 81

Eaton Hall, Cheshire 98, 141–2

Edward VII, King 223, 233, 239, 240, 243, 264, 269, 273, 274–5, 277
see also
Bertie, Prince of Wales

Edward, Lady ‘La Belle Pamela’ 2, 3, 122, 129, 140

Egremont, 3rd Earl of 11, 294

Egypt 10, 16, 26, 43–4, 60, 61, 63, 166–78, 179, 181, 183, 185, 224, 302, 313, 314, 326, 331

Ellis, Charley and Emily 9, 18

Esher Committee 234, 235, 243

Eton College 22, 23, 36, 61, 293, 304

Fabian Society 218, 220, 229, 277

Faivre (maid) 51

Fallodon, Northumberland 226, 252, 259, 343, 359, 366

Fashoda Incident, 1898 201–2

Felixstowe 23, 66, 88, 128, 144

Fenian Brotherhood 2, 3, 13

First World War, 1914–18 293, 294, 299–300, 301–49, 350–2

Fisher, Alexander 7, 212

Fisher, Sir John (‘Jackie’) 234, 256

FitzGerald, Lord Edward 2, 106, 122, 140

FitzGerald, Lady Edward 122, 129, 140

Florence, Italy 113, 180, 181–4, 191, 195

Forbes (butler) 72–3, 80, 81

Forbes, Lady Angela 296, 303, 305, 307, 320, 318, 331, 334, 350, 352, 369, 372

Foreign Office 41, 201, 253, 293, 300

Forster, W. E. 43

France 256, 293, 299, 305, 306, 307, 311, 319, 323, 324, 329, 348, 365
see also
First World War

free trade 25, 27, 28, 242, 243, 249, 251, 273

French, Field Marshal Sir John 302

Fry, Mrs (nurse-maid) 116, 117, 118, 128

Gallipoli, 1915–16 314, 333

Gang, The 55, 59, 64, 65–6, 88, 89, 92, 95, 124

General Elections: 1868 13; 1885 84; 1892 140; 1900 215, 217–20; 1906 249, 261; January, 1910 271, 272–4; December, 1910 276, 277

George V, King 275, 276–7, 281, 302

Germany 23, 133, 180, 223–4, 235, 256, 293, 294, 299, 300, 302, 304, 306, 312, 314, 323, 324, 325, 331, 333, 334, 336, 339, 343

Gibbon, Edward:
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
197, 259

Gilbert and Sullivan 27, 29

Gladstone, Mary 31, 65

Gladstone, William Ewart 3, 12, 13, 26, 31, 33–4, 42, 43, 60, 61, 77, 83–4, 88, 89, 101–2, 130, 140, 160, 161, 162, 196–7, 263–4, 300

Glen House, Scottish Borders 64, 65, 88, 150, 182, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 218, 220, 227–8, 252, 253, 287, 288–9, 291, 335, 337, 348, 353, 356, 357, 366

Gober, Scottish Highlands 48, 51, 52, 53, 56

Gordon, General 60–1, 62, 83–4, 201

Gosford House, Scotland 53–4, 62, 63, 65, 139, 163, 164, 169, 182, 217, 228, 262, 280, 295, 298, 299, 319, 319, 348, 352–3, 372, 373

Grenfell, Billy 317

Grenfell, Julian 304, 317

Grey, Dorothy 226, 252

Grey, Edward 224–5, 226, 229, 251–2, 253, 256, 259, 265, 268, 281, 288, 291–3, 299–300, 312, 315, 317, 343, 355, 356, 358–60, 361–2, 365–6

Grosvenor Gallery xx, 14, 28, 29

Haldane, Richard 146, 226, 229, 370

‘The Halsbury Banquet’, 1911 283

Harcourt, Elizabeth 101

Harcourt, Lewis ‘Loulou’ 162, 217, 289

Harcourt, Sir William 101, 103, 162

Harmsworth, Alfred 209, 256

Harrison, Frederick 174–5

Hartington, Lord 33–4, 85, 89, 201

Hermione, Duchess of Leinster 140, 141, 144, 167, 169, 173, 174, 177, 185, 214

Home for Working Mothers, Westminster 360

Home Rule Bill: First, 1886 88–9, 263–4; Second, 1893 161

Hope, Oliver 307–10, 329–30

Horner, Lady Frances xvi, 88, 94, 191

Hornibrook, Murray 243, 244–5

Horsenail (nanny) 6, 12, 79–80

House of Commons xvi, 2, 30, 43, 54–5, 56, 89, 93, 102, 108, 140, 146, 161, 162, 202, 213, 214–15, 226, 233, 236, 241, 246, 247, 249, 251, 263, 264, 267, 270–1, 274, 280, 281, 282, 283, 298, 300, 312

House of Lords 55, 161, 162, 215, 226, 246, 263–4, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 280–6

Hyères, France 9, 17, 18, 22, 42, 50, 68, 143, 144, 224, 370–1

Icke, William (butler) 79, 134

India 3, 12, 17–18, 26–7, 30, 38, 116, 123, 142, 149, 152–60, 220, 235, 236, 238–9, 240–1, 243, 249, 287, 288

Ireland xx, 1, 2–3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 34, 42–3, 84, 88, 95, 98, 99, 100, 106, 107, 108, 109, 115, 116, 120, 129, 140, 154, 198, 220–1, 224, 238, 241, 243, 244–5, 246, 248–9, 273, 275, 277, 280, 293, 294, 340, 353

Irish Nationalists 84, 220, 241, 277

Irish Parliamentary Party 34, 244

Irish Rebellion, 1798 2, 106

Irish Reform Association 244

Isel Hall, Cumbria 8, 9, 11, 247

Itchen Abbas, New Forest 226, 343

James, Henry 14, 15, 33, 73–4, 106, 107, 127

James, William 77

Jameson Raid, 1895 196

‘jingoism’ 26, 27, 197, 201, 202, 205, 210, 238

Jones, Henry Arthur 166–7

Jourdain, Miss (governess) 22, 143, 169, 172, 186, 261, 332

Kensington School of Art 23, 24

Keppel, Mrs 264, 331

Kilmainham Treaty, The, 1882 43

Kipling, Rudyard 154, 155, 205

Kitchener, Sir Herbert, 1st Earl 201, 249–50, 302, 314

Knollys, Lord 275, 277, 280, 281

Kruger, Paul 196, 204, 205

La Chanson de Marie-des-Agnes
(Richepin) xiii

Labouchere, Henry ‘Labby’ 125, 209, 211, 220

Labour Party 277

Land Purchase Act, 1903 241, 243

Lansdowne, Lord 275, 281, 282, 284, 285

Lascelles, Tommy 322–3, 349

Leconfield, Constance 11, 33, 128, 162

Leconfield, George Wyndham, 1st Lord 1, 5, 11–12

Leconfield, Henry Wyndham, 2nd Lord 11, 12, 128

Leighton House, London 7, 30, 31

Leighton, Frederic 7, 12, 30, 77

Leonard, Mrs (medium) 344, 345, 346

Liberal Imperialists (‘Liberal Imps’) 146, 197, 217, 224, 251, 263

Liberal League 225, 268

Liberal Party 13, 27, 30, 31, 34, 61, 84, 85, 88, 89, 105, 111, 130, 146, 158–9, 162, 197, 209, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 224, 225, 238, 241, 242, 249, 251, 261, 263, 268, 269, 273, 275, 277, 281, 287, 289, 303

Liberal Unionists 89, 106, 111, 158, 160, 161, 162, 215, 218, 220, 233, 238, 241, 242, 244–5, 249, 251, 261, 262, 263, 264, 268, 272, 273, 275, 277, 280, 281, 285

Liberty’s 29

Lichnowsky, Prince 299, 300

Liddell, Adolphus ‘Doll’ 64, 88, 93, 118, 130

Life and Letters of George Wyndham
(Mackail/Wyndham) 21, 22, 244, 362

Lindsay, Lady 14, 28–9

Lloyd George, David 161, 226, 263, 264, 267, 268–9, 272, 275, 277, 314, 343

Lodge, Sir Oliver 76, 77, 109, 256, 344–5, 358

Lodge, Raymond 345

Lowndes, Frederick 355

Lowndes, Marie Belloc 226, 255, 256, 258–9, 359, 360

Lowndes, Susan 255, 259, 329

Lyttelton, Alfred 40, 55, 59, 64–5, 91–2, 96, 118, 208, 349

Lyttelton, D. D. (Edith) 91, 118, 119, 151, 191, 349

Lyttelton (née Tennant), Laura 36, 55, 59, 64–9, 86–8, 95, 134, 182

Lyttelton, Spencer 65, 87

MacDonnell, Antony 220–1, 244, 245, 246

Mallet (née Adeane), Marie 103, 129, 202

Mallett, William 81

Manners (later Granby), Duchess of Rutland, Violet 88, 102, 133, 134, 145, 147–8, 150, 151, 260, 274, 317

Manners, Lady Diana 295, 316, 335, 349

Marlborough House Set 6, 90, 147, 215

Mayo, Lord 12, 17–18, 56

Midlothian Campaign 33, 43, 62

Mill, J.S.:
Utilitarianism
102, 103

Milner, Sir Alfred 196, 204, 205

Milton, Wiltshire 75, 98, 117

Montgomery, Alfred 163, 164

Moore, George Gordon 316, 324

Morley, Lord 284, 285

Morris & Co. 7, 73, 114, 117, 129, 192, 194, 204, 255

Morris, Janey 16, 109

Morris, William 7–8, 25, 27, 73, 76, 83, 108

Mosselman, Adriaan 363

Mosselman, Nancy 363, 374

Mother’s Clinic, Holloway 360

Much Cowarne, Hertfordshire 25

Mulberry House 359, 362

Murray, Sir Archibald 333

Myer, Frank 127

Myers, Frederic 77, 78

National Liberal Club 268, 269

National Liberal Foundation 27

National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations 27, 44, 263

National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) 158–9

Newbolt, Henry 229, 256

New University Club, St James’s Street 55, 66

Northcliffe, Lord 256, 356

O’Brien, William 42, 108

Ogilvy, David 41, 55

Oliver, Edith 10, 121, 365

Orabi, Colonel Ahmed 43

Orpen, William 276, 357, 371

Oxford University 13, 22, 29, 36, 261, 264

Paget, Arthur 135–6, 137, 263, 265, 306

Paget, Lady Muriel 306

Paget, Walburga, Lady 77, 146, 181, 182

Pall Mall Gazette
106, 150–1, 199

Panshanger, Hertfordshire 92, 97, 111

Paris, France 42, 64, 65–6, 90, 112, 215, 284, 285–6, 296–7, 345, 361–2

Parliament, Houses of 2, 3, 26, 34, 43, 44, 84, 107, 121, 158, 160, 209, 214, 242, 243, 244, 246, 264, 270, 271, 274, 276, 280–6, 293, 298
see also
House of Commons
and
House of Lords

Parliament Bill, 1911 274, 280–6, 287

Parnell, Charles Stewart 34, 42, 43, 84

Paulet, Lily 40–1, 56

Peebles Ball 259, 289

Pembroke, Earl 39–40, 88, 91, 92, 118, 150

Pembroke, Gertrude, Countess of 39–40, 88, 91, 92, 101, 118

Petworth House, Sussex 1, 2, 11, 15–16, 81, 128, 267

Plymouth, Gay, Lady 96, 181, 296, 354

Plymouth, Phyllis 296

Ponsonby, Brigadier John 328

Poynter, Agnes 110

Poynter, Edward 90–1, 110

Pre-Raphaelites 7–8, 14, 73, 204

Prinsep, Sara 7

Prinsep, Val 8, 59

Queensberry, Marquess 105–6, 163, 179, 180, 181

Queensberry, Sibyl 105–6, 162, 165, 179, 180, 181, 291

Radicals 6, 13, 34, 84, 88–9, 160, 161, 209, 217, 249, 251, 263, 270, 277, 312

Raleigh, Sir Walter 231, 265

Redistribution Act, 1885 83

Redmond, John 244, 282

Reform Act, 1832 269; 1867 12–13, 30, 269

Relugas Compact, 1905 226

Ribblesdale (née Tennant), Charlotte (‘Charty’), Lady xv, xvi, xviii, 59, 66, 88, 92, 94, 101, 181, 182, 183, 193, 195–6, 218, 296, 316

Ribblesdale, Tommy, Lord xv, xviii, 55, 65, 86, 88, 101, 296, 319

Ritchie, Charles 242, 243

Roberts, Lord ‘Bobs’ 201, 209, 213, 220, 294

Rodin 371, 374

Roseberry, Lord 33, 89, 162, 163, 165, 181, 225, 262, 268, 284, 285

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 25, 30

Rothschild, Ferdinand de 26, 92, 123, 128

Royal Academy xvi, xvii, xix, 7, 28, 213

Ruskin, John 28, 29–30, 50–1, 77, 204

Russia 26, 27, 123, 256, 299, 306, 313

Saighton Grange, Cheshire 149, 152, 198

Salisbury, Alice 302

Salisbury, Lord 30, 34, 84, 89, 98, 99, 162, 196, 197, 201, 205, 217, 233, 251, 273

Sargent, John Singer
xvi–xx, 200, 202, 203, 212, 213, 222, 363, 369

Sassoon, Siegfried 342, 358, 365

Sayers, Mrs 62, 63

Schneider, Fräulein Bertha (‘Bun’) 22–3, 24, 25, 26, 48, 50, 58, 59, 75, 76, 105, 113, 115, 116, 117, 184, 261, 279