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Page 41
Robbie (dog) 277
Roberts, Andrew 135, 213, 234
Roosevelt, Anna 106
Roosevelt, Eleanor 33, 80, 81, 89, 105, 146, 147, 236
Roosevelt, Franklin D. XV, 11, 38, 69, 70, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 84, 85, 89, 101, 104, 105, 107, 122, 123, 125, 134, 143, 145, 146, 147, 152, 153, 156, 157, 159, 163, 170, 196, 232, 246, 267, 301, 304, 305
Rose (butler) 268
Rostov-on-Don 40
Rota (lion) 277
Rowan, Judy Love 84–5
Rowan, Sir Leslie 84, 90, 137, 159
Royal Air Force (RAF) 8, 34, 163, 188, 192, 295
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) 37
Royal Navy 70, 154
Rufus I (poodle) 22, 203n, 277
Rufus II (poodle) 22, 203, 205, 215, 229–30, 246, 253, 277, 288
St Benedict’s School, Ealing 164
St Martin’s Church, Bladon 45
Saki Field, Crimean Peninsula 105
Salmon, Vanda 18, 97, 175, 223, 225
Saltwood Castle, Kent 256
Samothrace 160
Sandys, Diana Churchill 10, 110, 208–9, 276
Sandys, Duncan 110, 208–9
Sargent, John Singer 225
Sassoon, Sir Philip 56, 126
Sawyers, Frank (valet) 11, 50, 51, 74, 77, 79, 87–8, 106, 110, 111, 116, 118, 121, 123, 127, 141, 148, 150, 151, 158, 187
Scadding, Dr John Guyett 86
Schwab, Charles 5
Scobie, General Ronald 153
Scotland Yard 214n
Scott, Dr 16
Scott, Sir Walter 280, 286
Seal, Eric 142
Second World War 20, 69, 107, 127, 182, 199, 214, 233, 277–8, 288, 302, 304
Secret Circle 16, 99, 205, 238, 278
Secret Session Speeches 112 and note, 168
Shakespeare, William 206
Shearburn, Mary 60 and note
Shillingford, Robert 193
Shuckburgh, Evelyn 248
Simpson, Mrs Wallis see Windsor, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of
Skymaster aircraft 152, 153, 156, 163
Smokey (Persian cat) 277–8
Smuts, Field Marshal Jan 89, 225, 236–7
Snelling, Catherine 280
appointed secretary to Churchill 284
chooses books for Churchill to read 286
comments on Churchill 235, 291–2, 295–7, 300
comments on friends and visitors 290
helps to select films for the Churchills to watch 271, 293
makes sure Churchill is warm enough 289
overseas visits 294–5
receives prize money from a horse race 293–4
stays on after Churchill’s death 296
working conditions and responsibilities 284–6, 287–9, 290–2
Soames, Christopher 115, 175, 187, 205, 249, 251, 290
Soames, Lady Mary Churchill XIII, 29, 44, 57, 84, 162, 187, 235, 238, 249, 251, 282
Soames, Rupert 235
Sophocles, Ajax 156
South of France 7, 25, 34, 52, 172, 174, 188, 208, 234, 253, 272–5, 279, 294–5
Southampton 144
Southwick Manor, Hampshire 144
Soviet Union 36–9, 85
Spears, General Sir Edward 267
Special Branch 119, 188, 288
The Spectator 153
Spencer-Churchill, Charles see Marlborough, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of
Spencer-Churchill, Gladys see Marlborough, Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of
Spetchley Park, Worcestershire 61
Spicer, James 164
SS Aguila 66
SS Franconia 160
Stalin, Joseph XVII, 38, 70, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 106, 109, 134, 138, 143, 149, 150, 151, 154, 159, 174, 221, 249, 301, 304
Stalingrad, Battle of (1942) 82, 85
Stanley, Venetia see Montagu, Venetia Stanley
State of the Union (film, 1948) 205–6
Stenhouse, Margaret ‘Mags’ 96, 135, 246
Stevenson, Frances 49n
Stevenson, Robert Louis 280
Strand Magazine 25
Stratocruiser (aeroplane) 255
Sturdee, Nina Edith ‘Jo’ 38, 169, 174, 197, 199, 200, 201, 216, 238, 284
accompanies Churchill on his British campaign trips 128
administrative competence and responsibilities 111–12, 114–15, 116, 117, 182, 224, 225
appointed secretary to Churchill 96–7
awarded the MBE 131
bets on Churchill’s horse 115
birth and background 96
celebrates twenty-first birthday in Quebec 103
comment on Fulton 123
comment on Gemmell 204
comment on ironing clothes 104
comment on Roosevelt’s health 105
comment on Truman 122, 163
comments on Lady Halifax 124–5
death of 131
description of Kinna 67–8
impressions and memories of Churchill 98, 100, 108, 119, 121–2, 129–30, 300
interviews secretaries 196, 222, 260
marriage to Earl of Onslow 131
memories of VE Day 107–8
overseas visits 101–7, 110–11, 116–28, 159, 183, 189, 215
refuses to use early electric typewriter 101
resigns but continues to help when needed 130–1
sprains her ankle 219–20
working conditions 97–101, 108–10, 113–14, 118–19, 121–2, 129
Suez 264
Sullivan, Sir Arthur 150, 281
Sunday Express 3
Surf Club, Miami 119 and note
Sutherland, Graham 43, 177, 256
Swan Lake 38
Switzerland 172
Syracuse, Sicily 179, 180, 257, 260, 261
Grand Hotel Villa Politi 179
Tangier 12
Tango (cat) 23
Taylor, A. J. P. 257
Teheran 149
Teheran Conference (1943) 70, 85
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 159
That Hamilton Woman (film, 1941) 157 and note
Thompson, Commander ‘Tommy’ 66, 99, 106, 146, 160
Thompson, Walter 26 and note, 60n, 61, 300, 305–6
Time magazine 212
Time-Life 211 and note, 239
The Times 50, 98
Tinehir 214
Toby (budgie) 243, 276–7, 288
Tom Jones (Fielding) 280
Townsend, Peter 250
Tracy, Spencer 205–6
the Treasury 134
Tree, Nancy 57
Tree, Ronald 57
Trollope, Anthony 145, 251n
Truman, Bess XV, 121n
Truman, Harry S. 38, 113, 117, 120, 121n, 123, 162–3, 172, 172–3
Tube Alloys (code for atom bomb) 85
Tunisia 86
Turf Club, London 238
Uganda 21
United Nations 107
United States 5, 172, 183, 206
USS Augusta 157n
USS Quincy 159
Vale, Dr J. A. 86
VE Day (8 May, 1945) 39, 107
Vedel, Admiral 127
Venice 128, 191–2, 238–40
Excelsior Hotel 191, 239
Victoria, Queen 248
Viking Ships Museum, Oslo 190
Villa Choisi, Lake Geneva 187
Villa delle Rose, Lake Como 11
WAFS see Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
Walker, Steve 164
Walter (butler) 209, 218
War Cabinet Secretariat 267
Washington DC 69, 72, 80, 81, 82, 117, 120, 122, 124, 126, 172, 255
British Embassy 118, 124, 125, 126, 232
White House 80, 86, 121n, 232, 255, 267
Watson, Edith 135, 136, 143, 166, 167
Welby, Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury 244n
Wells, Somerset 192
Westerham 170, 200
Kings Arms Hotel 183
Over the Way (cottage) 196
Pitts Cottage 183
Westerham Library 280
Westminster College, Fulton (Missouri) 117, 122, 123
Whitby, Brigadier Lionel 144–5
Whyte, Miss 29
Wilhelmina, Queen 125
Williams, Charles, Baron Williams of Elvel 258
Williams, George 118, 119
Wilson, Charles see Moran, Charles Wilson, 1st Baron
Wilson, David 303
Winant, John 140
Windsor, Edward, Duke of 69, 147, 188
Windsor, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of 69, 188
Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) 244
Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) 66, 74, 84, 244
Wood, Charles C. ‘Mr Literary Wood’ 9, 24n, 239
Wood, Mr ‘Accounts’ 24 and note
Woodford, Essex 185, 263, 288, 296
WRNS see Women’s Royal Naval Service
Wuthering Heights (film, 1939) 293
Yalta
Sanatorium A Corpus I 107
Sanatorium B Corpus I 106 and note
Vorontsov Palace 106, 160
Yalta Conference (1945) 105–7, 134, 147, 159
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) 37
YWCA see Young Women’s Christian Association
Zurich 173, 187
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