Working with Winston

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  INDEX

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  4th Hussars 111

  49th Parallel (film, 1941) 206

  ABC-1 meetings (1941) 69

  Abdication Crisis (1936) 19, 34

  Aitken, Max see Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, 1st Baron

  Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount 158, 278

  Alexander, Field Marshal Harold, 1st Earl of Tunis 87, 90, 110–11, 157, 160

  Allen, Commodore G. R. G. 202

  AMB see Montague Browne, Anthony

  American Secret Service 147

  Amery, Leo 187

  Anderson, Torr 7, 8, 9

  Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 182

  Annecy 238

  Anzio 87

  Armistice Day 279

  Arnhem 225

  Athens 92, 134, 152–6, 159, 160–1, 300

  Acropolis 155

  Mount Lycabettus 155

  Atlas Mountains 153, 214, 276

  ATS see Auxiliary Territorial Service

  Attlee, Clement XV, 83, 127, 134, 163 and note, 166, 192, 238, 245, 306

  Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) 182

  Bad Gastein, Austria 57

  Balaclava, Battle of 160

  Balfour, Arthur 113

  Balmoral 251

  Bangalore 14n

  Baruch, Bernard 5, 218, 225, 255, 263

  Baum, Vicki 280–1

  BBC 247, 284

  Beaton, Cecil 98

  Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, 1st Baron 19, 56, 59, 115, 172, 188, 190, 212, 251, 256, 269, 272, 275, 273, 274, 281, 286

  Belted Galloway cattle 24

  Berlin 162, 182

  Cumberland House 182n

  Berlin Hotel (Baum) 280–1

  Berlin, Irving 171

  Berlin, Isaiah 171

  Bermuda 172, 177, 178, 253, 254–5

  Berry, William see Camrose, William Berry, 1st Viscount

  Bevan, Aneurin 43, 256

  Bevin, Ernest 66, 93, 164, 224, 245

  bezique (card game) 148 and note, 187, 280, 289

  Birley, Mark 204

  Birley, Sir Oswald 173, 204

  black mollies 204, 311

  Black Move (Government Evacuation Scheme) (1940) 61

  Blenheim Palace 20, 27, 53, 158, 271, 303

  Boer War 63, 69, 71n

  Bolshoi Ballet 38, 150, 174

  Bombay 48

  Bonar, Lorraine 118, 119

  Bonham Carter, Violet see Carter, Violet Bonham

  Boulogne 60

  Bracken, Brendan 54, 59, 60, 76, 115, 176, 187, 269, 281

  Brain, Dr Russell 176, 191, 249–50

  Bright, Joan XVII, 97, 105–6, 149, 150, 317, 320

  Brighton 85, 93, 203

  British Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund 36–7, 40

  Broadstairs, Kent 10

  Browne, Anthony Montague see Montague Browne, Anthony

  Browning, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’ 225

  Bullock (chauffeur) 246, 288

  Burgess, Guy 232

  Burton, Richard 206

  Butler, Josephine 70

  Butler, R. A. ‘Rab’ 222, 223, 241, 243, 250, 253

  Butler, Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld 222

  Butterfly House (Chartwell) 21

  Cabinet Office 100, 101

  Cadogan, Alexander 50, 157n

  Cairo 37, 77, 86, 92, 158

  Mena House Hotel 161

  Cairo Conference (1943) 70, 78, 91

  Calcutta 48

  Camrose, William Berry, 1st Viscount 115, 117

  Canada 5, 206

  Canadian Pacific Railway 5

  Cancer Research 193

  Cap-d’Ail, South of France 172, 188

  Carezza 210–11

  Carter, Violet Bonham 58, 187, 269, 290

  Carthage 36, 86

  Casablanca Conference (1943) 11, 79–80, 153, 267, 278

  Cassell & Co. (publishers) 57, 239, 265

  Castlerosse, Doris 234

  Castro, Fidel 120

  Chamberlain, Anne 33

  Chamberlain, Neville 59, 99, 134, 135, 306

  Chandos, Lord 231

  Chartwell 4, 5, 6, 7n, 9, 13, 16, 18, 21 and note, 24, 27, 29, 34, 41–2, 44–5, 49, 50, 53, 58, 60, 63, 67, 110, 111, 114, 116, 125, 134, 167, 169, 170, 177, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 196, 197, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 215, 219, 225, 229, 230, 232, 235, 241, 243, 246 and note, 250, 261, 263, 268, 270, 279, 285, 289, 291, 292–4, 302

  Château de l’Horizon, French Riviera 10, 12–13, 52, 208

  Cheltenham Ladies College 135

  Chequers 18, 57, 61, 62, 72, 92, 99–100, 140, 141, 147, 150, 159, 167, 174, 192, 204, 230, 232, 235, 236, 243, 245, 264, 277–8

  Cherwell, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount 11, 179, 187, 191, 215, 230, 261, 268–9, 281

  Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) 99, 158, 278

  Christ Church, Oxford 208

  Christ, George 240

  Christina (yacht) 275, 279

  Churchill, Clementine XII, XIII, 100, 172, 219

  Aid to Russia fund 36–41

  appoints Hill as early morning secretary 49

  arranges staff toast to Churchill on his ninetieth birthday 282

  at Chartwell 18, 41

  attends the Coronation 249

  character and description 236, 237, 291

  comment on Churchill 267

  concerned with intra-staff differences 209

  correspondence with Winston 5, 12, 42, 157–8, 204, 213

  fear of gambling 212

  health of 280

  hires domestic staff 31–2

  intervenes on behalf of the secretaries 169, 170

  London flats 29–30, 45, 111

  organises present-buying at Christmas 266

  overseas visits 10, 34–40, 42, 86, 102, 103–5, 108, 117, 126, 179, 188, 191–2, 240

  protects Churchill from unwanted visitors 269

  reaction to Sutherland portrait 43–4, 256

  secretaries to 29–35, 42, 97, 101, 103–4, 140, 216

  surrenders lease on Chartwell 21n

  takes an interest in the secretaries 18, 265, 267–8

  ‘tearing-up sessions’ 58n

  war work 32, 35–40, 109

  Churchill College Archives, Cambridge XI, XVI, 2, 16, 20n, 40, 67, 121, 134, 138, 166, 178, 268n, 317, 319, 320

  Churchill College, Cambridge 261

  Churchill, Diana see Sandys, Diana Churchill

  The Churchill Documents (Gilbert) 157n

  Churchill, Gwendoline 11

  Churchill, John see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of

  Churchill, John Strange Spencer ‘Jack’ 31, 76

  Churchill, Mary see Soames, Lady Mary Churchill

  Churchill, Randolph (great-grandson) 282

  Churchill, Randolph (son) 10, 86, 91, 93, 162, 208, 269, 275, 290, 297

  Churchill, Sarah see Oliver, Sarah Churchill

  Churchill, Winston

  ‘Action This Day’ policy 28, 135, 148

  becomes Leader of the Opposition 40–1, 92, 108–9, 111, 163, 166, 167, 191, 224

  becomes prime minister again at age seventy-seven 128–9, 192, 216, 240–1

  becomes prime minister in 1940 30, 40, 135–6

  as bricklayer 24, 53

  buzzing atmosphere surrounding 59, 305–6

  celebrates his eightieth birthday 42–3, 192–3, 244n

  celebrates his golden wedding anniversary 193

  chaos surrounding his movements 3, 188–9, 279, 302

  character and description 27, 51–2, 60, 73, 77, 78, 92–3, 121–2, 138, 142–3, 156, 204, 220, 223, 224–5, 226, 230–2, 254, 299–300–1, 302–3

  comment on bathroom in Moscow 82–3

  comments on Stalin 83–4

  continuous shuttling between residences 5, 50, 54, 56–7, 67, 167–8, 185–6, 289

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sp; daily routine 227–8, 289–90, 292

  death and funeral 164, 193, 282

  delivers last major speech in the Commons 257–8

  dictating style and locations 26–7, 52, 57, 61, 71, 73–4, 78–9, 80–1, 98–100, 108, 129, 138–9, 139, 142, 146–7, 148, 162, 169–70, 193, 198, 199, 200–1, 216–17, 229, 247, 263–4

  dislikes Sutherland’s portrait 43–4, 256–7

  dislikes talk of suicide 141, 206–7, 304

  enjoys company of visitors and friends 44–5, 56, 58–9, 140–1, 186, 187, 269, 271, 274, 290

  exchanges his cigar butt for a newspaper 228

  finance and commerce 6, 19, 24, 24–5, 51, 58, 115, 211, 236, 239, 291–2

  fondness for family 235

  Fulton speech 123

  has badger skinned and stuffed after road accident 245

  hates ‘Lili Marlene’ tune 214

  hates noise when concentrating on work 148, 210–11

  health of 13, 16, 44, 54, 80, 86, 88, 144–5, 176–7, 190, 249–51, 253, 279, 279–80, 281, 290, 295–6

  impish humour 151, 278–9

  interview style 16, 48, 98, 137–8, 166, 183, 196, 222–3, 261, 284

  learns of the death of George V 11–12

  likes to play card games 148 and note, 187, 280, 289

  liking for food and drink 186–7, 217–18, 268, 272, 275–6, 294

  lively and imaginative use of vocabulary and punctuation 53, 72, 79, 80, 159, 203 and note, 279, 287–8

  love for Chartwell 41–2, 229

  love of music and books 63, 145, 150, 280–1, 286–7

  love of painting 11, 34, 126, 170, 173, 187, 189, 204, 211, 212, 215, 225–6, 246–7, 272, 275

  meets the new queen 129–30, 247

  menagerie of 21–4, 61, 67, 170 and note, 203, 204, 205, 229–30, 276–8, 311

  near-fatal train accident near Venice 238–9

  nude episode with Roosevelt 81

  overseas visits 5, 9–13, 25, 27, 34–6, 42, 60, 63, 69–72, 73–5, 80–8, 101–7, 108, 110–11, 116–28, 143–4, 146–8, 149–61, 159, 163–4, 172–5, 178, 179–80, 183, 187–92, 209–16, 238–40, 251, 254–5, 272–6, 294–5

  Pol Roger as his favourite drink 177n, 187

  problems of moving his bed and bathtub when necessary 171

  reads every regional and national newspaper 98

  receives many awards and honours 125, 187, 218, 253, 264

  regularly watches films 206, 232–4, 246, 270–1, 293

  relationship with and expectations of his secretaries 2–4, 6–7, 16–17, 51–2, 55, 58, 62–3, 78, 91–3, 126–7, 141–2, 156, 178, 198–200, 201–2, 218–19, 230–1, 251–2, 262–3, 264–5, 291, 300–1

  resigns as prime minister 130–1, 178–9, 204, 257

  response to death of George VI 247–8

  Secret Session speeches 112 and note

  shares details of his work with Clementine 32

  siren suit worn by 84, 198, 312

  suffers from ‘Black Dog’ depression 18–19, 179–80, 207, 303–4

  supplied with clandestine information 6–9

  susceptible to good looks and wit 234–5

  takes an interest in horse-racing 115, 175, 184–5, 185, 293–4

  unremitting workload 3, 5, 11, 12, 28, 53–4, 77–8, 79–81, 84, 99–102, 113–14, 116, 118–19, 121–2, 126–8, 139–40, 142–3, 149–50, 152–5, 160, 161, 162, 169–70, 173, 201–2, 215–16, 236–8, 243, 252–3, 266, 273

  use of nicknames 18, 178

  uses hand muff to keep warm 289

  visits casinos in Monte Carlo 212–13

  visits FDR’s grave 125

  Wilderness Years 2, 19, 28

  ‘Great Events of Our Time’ 12

  A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 9, 14, 41, 49, 52, 57, 113, 119n, 180, 234, 252, 257, 263, 265, 271, 272, 275, 280

  Marlborough: His Life and Times 9, 10, 11, 13, 25–6, 52, 202

  The Second World War 9, 169, 230, 239, 304

  Story of the Malakand Field Force 54

  ‘A Testing Time for France’ 12

  Triumph and Tragedy 252

  The World Crisis 1916–1918 10, 58, 113, 231

  Churchill, Winston Jnr 93, 235, 237

  CIGS see Chief of the Imperial General Staff

  Cinque Ports 288 and note

  Clark, Kenneth 256

  Clark Kerr, Archibald 83

  Clarke, Colonel Frank 116, 117–18

  Cold War 131

  Colonist II (racehorse) 115, 175, 185

  Colville, Jock 3, 23, 61, 62, 75, 86, 102, 135, 138, 145, 148, 154, 155, 156, 172, 179, 234, 238, 241, 248, 249, 250, 251, 254, 255, 275, 278

  Coningsby (Disraeli) 251

  Conservative Central Office 114, 128, 240

  Conservative Party Conferences 176, 203n, 226, 252–3

  Control Commission for Germany 182 and note

  Copenhagen 127

  Fredensborg Palace 127

  Frederiksberg Palace 127

  Courtauld, Sydney Elizabeth see Butler, Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld

  Cowles, Virginia 93

  Crin Blanc (film, 1953) 233, 246

  Crockham Hill Church of England School 16

  Cruikshank, Andrew 311

  Cuba 120–1

  Cunard, Emerald 20

  Cunningham, Admiral John 157

  Cyanide in My Shoe (Butler) 70

  Daily Express 290

  Daily Mail 50

  Daily Telegraph 98, 115, 211, 290

  Daily Worker 50

  Daladier, Édouard 60

  D-Day XX, 84, 86, 142, 144

  Dam Square Royal Palace, Amsterdam 126

  Damaskinos Papandreou, Archbishop 155

  Danish Navy 127

  Darlan, Admiral François 60

  Davies, Evan ‘Bish’ 111, 119, 207, 210, 211

  Davis, Godfrey 215

  de Gaulle, Charles XV, 200n, 280

  Deakin, Mrs 174

  Deakin, William ‘Bill’ 57, 202, 230, 293

  Delhi 48

  Der Fall des Hauses Stuart und die Succession des Hauses Hannover (Klopp) 53

  Derby, Lord 207

  Dickens, Charles 280

  Disraeli, Benjamin 251

  Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire 56–7

  Dixon, Pierson 152

  Dodo (bulldog) 22

  Dolomites 210

  Drummond, Delia Morton 130–1 and note

  Duff, Lady Juliet 269

  The Duke’s Children (Trollope) 145

  Dulles, John Foster 177

  Eade, Charles 112n

  East Africa 247

  Eden, Anthony 44, 76–7, 130, 139, 151, 152, 179, 197n, 225, 239, 243, 248, 249, 250, 253, 254, 264, 269, 276

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. 70, 86, 122, 144, 172, 177, 179, 218, 253–4

  Eisenhower, Mamie 122

  El Glaoui, Thami 213

  Elizabeth II 115, 129–30, 131, 180, 247, 248

  Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 261, 292n

  Elliott, Maxine 10, 13, 52, 208

  Epsom Derby 207

  Evening Standard 12, 228

  Fellowes, Daisy 212

  Ferdinand Magellan (train) 122

  Ferrari 210

  Fielding, Henry 280

  First World War 4, 10, 32, 171, 187, 277, 301

  Fish, Mr 21, 54

  Fisher, Admiral Sir John ‘Jackie’ 28 and note

  Florida 121, 117, 228

  Floris, Madame 43

  Flynn, Errol 240

  Foreign Office 40, 50, 93, 182n, 232, 284

  French Foreign Legion 214 and note

  Fulton, Missouri 117, 122, 123, 124, 172

  Garden Room Girls 113, 136 and note, 166, 216, 241–2, 244, 254, 269, 276

  Gemmell, Cecily ‘Chips’ 78, 169, 171n

  archival work at Chartwell 197–8

  birth and background 196

  Churchill’s attitude towards 199–200

  cleans Churchill’s paintbrushes 187, 204, 225

  c
omment on Hamblin 45

  comments on Churchill 98, 203, 212–14, 217–20, 300, 304

  hates looking after the tropical fish 204

  joins Churchill’s secretaries 196–7

  looks after Rufus II 203, 205

  made aware of class barriers 207, 208–9

  moves to New York 218

  overseas visits 127, 209–16

  portrait painted by Churchill 204, 226

  recollections of Lord Ismay 207

  relationship with Mrs Churchill 237

  retains friendship with the Churchills 218–19

  selects films for the Churchills to watch 206

  visits the races 207

  working conditions 185, 198–203, 204–5, 215–17

  Geneva 238

  George V 11, 171, 234

  George VI 73, 85, 129, 143, 240, 247

  German POWs 206, 233

  German-Jewish Aid Committee 57

  Germany 6, 7, 19

  Ghana High Commission 284

  Gibraltar 66

  Gilbert, Sir Martin XVI, 2, 6, 7, 14, 25, 79, 152, 157n, 188n, 266, 301

  Gilbert, W. S. 150, 281

  Gilliatt, Elizabeth 93, 200, 216, 300

  appointed secretary to Churchill 166–7, 175–6

  arranges for forgotten teddy bear to be returned 173

  arranges shipment of worms 170

  birth and background 166

  comment on Churchill’s eightieth birthday 176–7

  comment on Edith Watson 135

  comment on Sutherland portrait 43

  comments on Churchill’s health 176, 190, 250

  as godmother to Portal’s son 244n

  leaves Churchill’s employment 175, 180, 261

  mix-ups in arrangements 170–1

  notes arrival of crocus bulbs 22–3

  overseas visits 126, 172–5, 178, 179–80, 187, 190

  perks working for Churchill 171–2, 174–5

  provides Churchill with hot water bottle 168

  rides one of Churchill’s horses 185

  working conditions and locations 112, 113, 115, 125, 128–9, 130, 167–70, 183, 244

  Gilliatt, Sir William 166, 175, 223

  Giraudier, Antonio 120

  Girl Guides 48

  Giselle (ballet) 150

  goats 23

  golden orfe (fish) 170 and note, 203

  The Golden Warrior (Muntz) 286

  Graebner, Walter 201, 215–16

  Graham, Monica 265, 286

  Graham-Dixon, Leslie 115

  Granville, Christine 70

  Great Depression 2

  Greece 134, 152–6, 159, 160–1

  Greenock, Scotland 143, 148

  Grigg, Sir Edward 37

  Haakon VII 190

  Halifax, Lady ‘Aunt Dorothy’ 124–5

  Halifax, Lord 124, 125

  Halifax, Nova Scotia 146

  Hamblin, Grace 2, 6, 169, 285n

  awarded the OBE 45