by Paul Spicer
“D”. See Cholmondeley, Hugh
de la Warr, eighth earl of
debutante lifestyle
Delamere, Lady. See Broughton, Diana Delves
Delamere, third Baron. See Cholmondeley, Hugh
Delap, Bill
Delap, “Bubbles,”
Delap, Rose
Deloraine (Scott’s house), near Nanyuki
Diani area, south of Mombasa, Kenya
divorce, Catholic view of
Doumergue, Gaston
Drummond, Eve
East African Standard
Eaton-Evans, Tom
Edward, Prince of Wales. See also Edward VIII
Edward (butler)
Edward VIII, King
Elementaita
Eliot, Sir Charles
Embassy Club, London
Erroll, Lord. See Hay, Josslyn Victor
Erroll, nineteenth earl of
Erroll murder case. See Broughton, Sir Henry Delves, trial; Hay, Josslyn…murder
Erskine, Derek
Erskine, Elizabeth
Erskine, Francis
Erskine, Petal
Eton
Fairyfeet (greyhound)
farming
in Kenya
plague of locusts
Farrant, Leda, Diana, Lady Delamere and the Lord Erroll Murder
fascism
fashion industry, post-World War One
Fauré, Félix
Fellowes, Julian, A Most Mysterious Murder: The Case of the Earl of Erroll
Fergusson, Gordon, The Green Collars
Fiedler, Angélique (née Armand-Delille)
Filmer, Percy
suspect in JH murder
Filmer, Phyllis
at HDB’s trial
Finch Hatton, Denys
Fisher, Derek
Fisher, Pat
Fiske, Ruth
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Tender Is the Night
Fox, James
White Mischief
Franco, Francisco
Fredin, Judge
Fuller, J. F. C.
Gandel, Monsieur
Gare du Nord (Paris)
Gascon, SS
Gellibrand, Paula (later Casa Maury; Long)
General Duchayne, SS
George, Prince (Duke of Kent)
George VI, King
German East Africa
Gilgil (town)
Goering, Hermann
Gordon, Charles
Gordon, Lady Idina. See Sackville, Idina
Graves, Robert
Great Beyond, AJ’s belief in
Great Rift Valley
Green Mill nightclub, Chicago
Grigg, Sir Edward
Grigg, Lady Joan
Guinon, Monsieur
Haggard, H. Rider
Haile Selassie
Haldeman, Donald
Happy Valley, naming of
Happy Valley crowd
farming by
Harrigan, Lee
Harrigan, Sir Walter
Hartshorne, Harry
Hay, Dinan
sent to live in England while Idina stays in Kenya
Hay, Josslyn Victor “Joss” (Lord Erroll)
(1928) separated from Idina
(1930) married Mary Ramsay-Hill
(1941) death of. See Hay, Josslyn…murder
(1941) funeral
affair with Diana Broughton
affair with Phyllis Filmer
AJ visits grave site of
ancestry of
biographies of
claims he loves Diana Broughton
driving speed
farm and house of
fascist connections
friends of the Janzés in Paris
Lord High Constable of Scotland, and coronation duties
as a lover
in public office in Kenya
social leadership in Wanjohi Valley
war time duties
as womanizer
Hay, Josslyn Victor “Joss” (Lord Erroll), murder
AJ a suspect, but her premises were never searched for the weapon
AJ’s confession letter, whereabouts unknown
AJ’s possible motive for
arrest of Broughton
autopsy of corpse
body discovered shot, in his car
body recognized as that of Joss Hay
bullets used, ballistics evidence of
the car driven off the road
discovery of the car and the body
on the drive home from Diana’s to his place
a likely scenario of what happened
mortuary viewing of body
motive for
police investigation, bungled
revolver used in
search for murder weapon
shots fired, killed JH instantly
suspects in
an unsolved case after seventy years
who did it?
Haydon, Walter
Heath, Genesta
Hennessy, Moya. See Janzé, Moya de
Hennessy, Nora
Hippocrates
Hitler, Adolf
Hodgkins, Clara Frances (Mrs. Albert Silverthorne)
hunting, big-game
Imperial Airways
IRA
Italian Somaliland
Janzé, Count Albert de
Janzé, Countess Alice de (née Silverthorne; later Trafford)
(1899) birth
(1907) mother’s death
(1913) removed from father’s custody and made ward of the court
(1913) in boarding school for four years
(1916) lives with Aunt Tattie in Chicago
(1918) begins to frequent Chicago nightclubs
(1920) lives with Aunt Tattie in Paris
(1920) first job at fashion house in Paris
(1921) meets FJ
(1921) engaged to FJ
(1921) marries FJ
(1921) travels in Morocco
(1922) birth of Nolwen
(1922) own apartment in Paris
(1923) retires to Parfondeval
(1925) trip to Kenya
(1925) purchases a farm in Wanjohi Valley
(1926) meets RT
(1926) second visit to Kenya
(1926) returns to France
(1926) again leaves for Kenya
(1926) again returns to France
(1927) apartment in rue Chalgrin
(1927) divorces FJ in order to marry RT
(1927) RT announces he will not marry her
(1927) purchases revolver
(1927) attempt to kill RT and then herself
(1927) French police press charges against
(1927) imprisoned in Saint-Lazare women’s prison, waiting trial
(1927) Parfondeval convalescence of
(1927) court proceedings for attempted murder
(1927) marriage with FJ annulled
(1928) return to Kenya
(1928) told by immigration official that she must leave Kenya
(1928) return to France
(1931) engaged to be married to RT
(1931) wedding plans
(1932) marries RT
(1932) honeymoon with RT
(1932) legal separation from RT sought by
(1933) return to Kenya
(1937) divorce from RT
(1939) return to France
(1939) return to Kenya via the Congo
(1940) as intelligence gatherer
(1941) informed of JH’s death
(1941) suspect in JH murder
(1941) visits Jock in prison
(1941) witness at HDB trial
(1941) at HDB’s trial
(1941) suicide of
acquaintances distance themselves from
affair with Dickie Pembroke
affair with JH, prolonged over many years
affair with RT
African residences acquired by
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aging of
American accent
annulment of marriage to FJ
beauty of
belief in the Great Beyond
biographies of
bronchial attacks
burial place
called “la Négresse” because of supposed African blood
coroner’s inquest
cyclothymia (bipolar disorder) of
as debutante
depression and shifting moods
disregard for family ties
emotional problems of
fashion sense of
“the fastest gun in the Gare du Nord,”
fear of parenthood
fictional depiction of
final words to JH’s body
funeral of
genealogy of family of
goes on safari with FJ and RT
gun ownership of
hair, thick and curly
happy in Wanjohi Valley
hatred for DB
health problems of
hysterectomy of
“if you have…two wishes—they often happen,”
inheritance, in trust
intellectual gifts of
leftist political leanings of
letters to her children
library of
menagerie of African pets
morbid obsessions of
as mother, not comfortable in that role
motive for killing JH
occult beliefs of
passport declaring her “British Subject by Marriage,”
pets, love of, surpassing love for her own children
photographs of, showing her in various moods
pregnancies of
Presbyterian faith of, and belief in heaven
privileged upbringing
reading material, choice of
sexuality of
singing voice
social disapproval of
speaks French, but with American accent
stomach pains suffered by
suicide attempts
suicide notes
summary description of character and life
suspect in the murder of Joss Hay
travels in Europe as girl
verses published in school magazine
virginity of probable, at time of wedding
Janzé, Count François Louis Léon de
Janzé, Count Frédéric de
(1896) birth of
(1921) meets and pursues AJ
(1925) trip to Kenya
(1926) returns to France
(1926) second visit to Kenya
(1927) breakup of marriage
(1933) unexpected death of, in the U.S.
early life and education
fever suffered by
goes on safari with AJ and RT
literary opinions of
remains fascinated by Alice
remarried, to Genevieve Ryan
Tarred with the Same Brush
toleration of AH/JH affair
a traveler and hunter
Vertical Land
Janzé, Genevieve de (née Willinger, formerly Ryan)
Janzé, Count Henri de
Janzé, Moya de (née Hennessy)
Janzé, Nolwen Louise Marie Alice de (later Armand-Delille; Rice; Clark)
birth of
Janzé, Paola de (later Haydon; Ciechanowski)
birth of
Janzé, Solange de
Janzé children (Nolwen and Paola)
AJ’s slight contact with as they grew up
AJ’s visits to
Alice’s letters to, from Kenya
apparent lack of resentment toward AJ for neglect
in Aunt Tattie’s care, after unexpected death of their father FJ
in FJ’s custody
learn of mother’s death from a newspaper headline
left in France with Moya and Tattie
sent to United States during World War Two
stay in Chicago with Aunt Tattie
stay in Parfondeval with grandmother Moya
stay in Paris with Aunt Tattie
used to mother’s absence
Jardin d’Acclimatation (Paris)
jazz
Jimmy (bulldog)
Johnston, Charles, Mo and Other Originals
Jordan, Mrs.
Judah (lion)
Kaplan, Lazarus
Kaplan and Stratton
Karen (Broughton residence)
Kenmare, Countess Enid
Kenya
British protectorate
colonial society of
English way of life in
farming in
independence movement
land ownership
oath-swearing ceremonies
police force
settlers’ houses, common features of
settlers in
social leaders in
target of Italian expansion
travel to, length of journey
wildlife of
Kenya Broadcasting service
Kenyatta, Jomo
Kiambu
Kikuyu tribe
Kilindini
Kimathi, Dedan
Kinnear, George
Kinuthia, Chief William
Kipipiri
Kishobo (RT’s farm)
Korinthy, Frigyes, A Journey Round My Skull
Labouchère, Henry
Lariboisière Hospital (Paris)
Le Figaro
League of Nations
Leslie-Melville, Betty
The Giraffe Lady
Leslie-Melville, David
Leslie-Melville, “Jock,”
Leslie-Melville, Mary
Lezard, Julian (“Lizzie”)
girlfriends of
as a lover
spreads the news of JH’s murder
witness at HDB trial
locusts
Long, Edward Caswell (“Boy”)
Long, Genesta (née Heath)
“Lunatic Line” (railway)
Mackenzie, Colin
Macrae, Mr. (a joiner)
maharajah, on safari, who shot a lioness
Maison Lapérouse restaurant (Paris)
malaria
Marie (French maid)
Markham, Lady Gwladys
Mata Hari
Mather, Charlotte
Mather family
Matson, Albert Thomas
Mattocks, Louise (second Mrs. William Silverthorne)
Mau Mau
May, Alice “Aunt Tattie” (née Armour; Mrs. Francis May)
May, Francis
McMillan, Lady Lucie
McMillan, Sir William Northrup
Menzies, Violet Mary (née Trafford)
Methuen, Lord
Mettetal, René
MI6 (British intelligence)
Miles, Sarah
Milo-Viana, Denise de (nanny)
Minnie (dachshund)
put down by AJ, with a barbiturate
Mitford, Nancy, The Pursuit of Love
Mombasa
railroad from, to Nairobi
travel from Europe to
Monster (dog)
Monte Carlo
Montrose, Duke of
Moore, Sir Henry
Morocco
Morris, Henry Harris (“Harry”)
anonymous letters to, naming the murderer
hired for five thousand pounds to defend HDB
letter from, saying he was convinced of HDB’s innocence
said to have confused the jury with ballistics
Mosley, Sir Oswald
Motion, Vernon
Mount Vernon Seminary, Washington, D.C.
Munster, second earl of