The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice De Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll

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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

 

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