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Abbey Leix, Ireland 115, 139
Adeane, Charles xviii, 103, 104, 105, 111–14, 129, 153, 160, 193, 197, 202, 204, 206, 207, 212, 217, 219, 220, 224, 226–7, 231, 232, 289, 303, 324, 351, 373
Adeane, Helena 224
Adeane (née Wyndham), Madeline (‘Mananai’) 28, 44, 57, 63; birth 11, 12; Boer War and 205, 206, 211, 212, 220; character xvi, 103, 223–4, 373–4; children and xvi, xviii, 129, 144, 204, 206–7, 211–12, 223–4, 227, 231–2, 317 see also under individual child name; Clouds and 74, 75, 76; county council business 369, 373–4; courtship and wedding 103, 104, 105, 108, 111–14; death 373–4; debut 97, 103, 108; First World War and 306, 309, 350, 351; George Wyndham and 121; honeymoon 111–13; India, visits 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160; ‘Mananai’ nickname 11, 12; marriage 114, 204, 224; Mary Wyndham and 28, 48, 57, 125, 142, 231, 298, 361; Pamela Wyndham and 165, 181, 183, 289, 361, 366, 368; parents and 110, 138, 181, 310, 351, 355; Perf Wyndham’s death and 309, 310; political campaigning 219; Queen Victoria’s death and 223; Souls and 103, 146; Wilde and 179–80; Wyndham Sisters portrait and xvi, xviii, xx, 200, 202, 203, 204, 212
Adeane, Madeline (daughter of Madeline Adeane) 144, 316
Adeane, Pamela Marie 129, 306, 368
Adeane, Robert 231–2, 368
Adeane, Sibell 316, 363, 368
Airlie, Mabell, Countess of 22, 38, 55
Arnold-Forster, Hugh 243
Arts and Crafts Movement 76, 229, 255
Ashbee, C. R. 229, 231
Ashridge, Hertfordshire 88, 127, 144, 147
Asquith, Beb 260, 261–2, 265, 270, 274, 275–6, 338
Asquith, (née Charteris), Cynthia (‘Cincie’) 20, 22, 52, 53, 54, 108, 116, 117, 139, 143, 144, 169, 172–3, 184, 187, 222, 229, 230, 231, 235, 239, 240, 260, 261–2, 264, 265, 270, 275–6, 294, 307, 309–10, 312, 316, 320, 323, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, 332, 333, 338, 340, 344, 346, 349, 353, 354
Asquith, Elizabeth 288
As
quith, Herbert Henry 89, 93, 131, 146, 147, 192, 217, 226, 251, 257, 264, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 284, 288, 289, 290, 312, 314–15, 333, 338, 343
Asquith, Katharine 316, 333
Asquith (née Tennant), Margot xv, 36, 59, 64, 86, 87, 88, 89–90, 95, 102, 124, 146, 147, 150, 156–7, 181, 182, 192, 194, 195, 210, 217, 220, 222, 228, 237, 256–7, 280, 288, 289, 290, 314, 315, 317, 335, 346, 352, 357–8, 366, 370, 371
Asquith, Raymond 257, 304, 316, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341
Asquith, Violet 314
Astor, Waldorf 281
Astor, William 266, 281
Babraham, Cambridgeshire 113–14, 129, 141, 142, 165, 203, 204, 206, 207, 212, 224, 232, 279, 303, 316, 322, 351, 354–5, 366, 373
Bachelors’ Club, Piccadilly 121, 123, 130
Backhouse, Trelawny 181
Bain, F. W. 257–8, 287, 288, 292
Baker-Carr, Lieutenant Robert 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 165, 183
Balfour, Arthur: A Defence of Philosophic Doubt 145; Balfour Declaration, 1917 354; Bibs Wyndham as child of 224; Boer War and 210; Chief Secretary of Ireland 98–100, 106, 107–9; Clouds and 77; Cust affair and 145–7, 148, 157, 158, 159, 160; death 370–1; First World War and 303, 309, 312, 314–15, 327, 331, 333; Foundations of Belief 30, 145; George Wyndham and 98–9, 180, 210, 281–2, 283, 298; Hugo Charteris and 215, 216–17; Laura Lyttelton death and 87–8; Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury 140; leadership of Unionist Party 263, 264; loses Manchester seat, 1906 261, 263; Mary Curzon and 235–6; Mary Wyndham and xix, 30–1, 38–9, 42, 55, 59, 64, 65, 66–9, 70, 85–8, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 119, 120, 140–1, 143, 167, 168, 170–1, 173, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 210, 216, 224, 233–7, 243, 248, 249, 260, 261, 262, 263, 277, 280, 290, 294, 295, 296, 307, 310, 312, 314, 315, 319, 327–8, 333, 342, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370; Parliament Bill, 1911 and 280–6; political career 30–1, 98–9, 100, 106, 107–9, 140, 210, 214, 215, 233–8, 241–50, 256, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 270–1, 272, 275, 277, 280–6, 303, 309, 311, 312, 314, 327, 331, 333, 354; Prime Minister 233–8, 241–7; Souls and 91, 124, 131, 148, 159, 238, 241, 265; Treaty of Versailles and 354; Wilde case and 180
Balfour, Gerald 94, 119
Balfour, Lady Betty 94, 101, 102, 103, 119, 124, 345
Balfour, Lady Frances 64, 67, 69, 93–4, 100, 118, 119, 124, 159
Balkans 26, 293, 299
Barrie, J. M. 276, 353
Beaton, Cecil 255, 362
Beaverbrook, Lord 356, 364
Begbie, Howard 31, 39
Belgrave Square, London xvi, xx, 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22–3, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 56, 80, 110, 111, 113, 134, 186, 189, 200, 202, 203, 204, 212, 279, 282
Belloc, Hilaire 256, 296, 297, 298, 311
Bertie, Prince of Wales xix, 6, 29, 36, 89, 90, 163, 213, 223 see also Edward VII, King
Bethell, Adrian 316
Bethell, Diana 343, 358
Biddulph, Lady Elizabeth 111, 112
Biddulph, Michael 111
Blow, Detmar 195, 196, 253, 279–80, 295
Blunt, Judith 105, 107, 133, 172, 175, 186–7, 190
Blunt, Lady Anne 15–16, 20, 170, 173, 174, 186, 190
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen 15–19, 20, 21, 22, 43–4, 61, 86, 90, 99, 105, 106–7, 108, 109, 122, 131, 145, 147, 149, 150, 167–78, 179, 183–4, 185–6, 187–90, 191, 195, 201–2, 205–6, 215, 240, 244, 246, 254, 256, 278, 282–3, 297–8, 299, 311, 314, 322, 327, 355, 357, 359, 360
Boer War, 1880–1/1899–1902 xvi, 196, 205–8, 209–13, 217, 220, 223, 225, 233, 234, 238, 241, 314
Bonham Carter, Lady Violet 93
Bourke, Emmie 56, 118, 119
Bradlaugh Affair, 1881 34
Bright Young Things 362, 366
Brodrick, Hilda 55, 59, 86, 88, 92, 101, 102, 103, 241
Brodrick, St John 59, 86, 88, 182, 201, 238, 241, 243
Broken Blood (Blow) 362
Brownlow, Lady Adelaide 88, 91, 92, 124–5, 145, 147, 150, 158
Brownlow, Lord 88, 91, 145, 147, 150, 158
Buchan, Elizabeth 291
Buchan, John 90, 291
Bullers, Sir Redvers 207, 209
Burke, Thomas 43, 99
Burne-Jones, Edward xvi, 1, 7, 8, 15, 21, 24–5, 28, 29, 30, 31, 73, 87, 109, 118, 127, 131
Burne-Jones, Georgiana 1, 15, 24–5, 26, 70, 109, 110, 119, 127, 129
Burne-Jones, Margaret 21, 25
Burne-Jones, Philip 15, 24, 119
Burnett, Joyce 368
Cadogan Square, London 85, 125, 131, 178, 186, 229–30, 236, 286, 311, 312, 319, 320, 352, 354
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry 217, 226, 249, 263–4
Campbell, Pamela, Lady 2, 9, 12, 122
Campbell, Mrs Patrick 216, 229, 307
Canada 265–6
Carleton, Dorothy 102, 108, 111, 116, 190, 279, 355, 357
Carleton, Guy 102, 108, 190
Carleton, Mary 102, 108, 110–11
Carlton Club, Pall Mall 150, 283, 285
Cavendish, Lord Frederick 43, 98, 99
Cecil, Lord Hugh 231, 311, 312
Chamberlain, Austen 242, 243, 275, 283
Chamberlain, Joseph 88–9, 196, 218, 241–2, 249, 263
Charteris, Alan 62, 118
Charteris, Colin 125, 129, 142–4, 351
Charteris, Evan 41, 53, 55, 88, 93, 231, 326, 371–3
Charteris, Frances 353, 356, 369
Charteris, Guy Lawrence 68–9, 97, 111, 116, 117, 143, 169, 294, 304, 310, 319, 350–1, 353, 356, 369, 372
Charteris, Lord Elcho (later, 11th Earl of Wemyss), Hugo: children and 125, 142, 143, 144, 175, 176, 177, 178, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 224, 228, 239–40, 260, 261, 270, 274 see also under individual child name; death 373; First World War and 303, 307, 332; gambling problem 40, 46, 52, 140, 215–16, 238, 262; Gosford, transformation of 372; health 142, 143; infidelities 97, 102, 124, 140, 144, 167, 169, 173, 174, 177, 185, 216, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353; inheritance 216, 298–9; Lord Elcho, assumes title of 44; Lord Wemyss, becomes 298–9; marriage 50, 51, 52–6, 65, 66, 67–8, 97, 102, 124, 125, 139–40, 141, 144, 167, 169, 171, 173–6, 177, 178, 185–6, 187, 188, 189, 190, 216, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353; Mary Wyndham, first meeting and courtship with 40–2, 105; parents, relationship with 40, 216–17; political career 44, 54, 56, 84, 102, 214–15, 217, 242, 243, 264, 272; proposal and engagement to Mary Wyndham 44–7; Souls and 92, 94; wedding 47–9
Charteris, Hugo Richard Francis ‘Ego’ 60, 61, 62, 63, 70, 85, 111, 116, 117, 141, 169, 260–1, 262, 265, 272–3, 278, 294, 303, 310, 311, 313–14, 326–7, 330–3, 342, 346, 348
Charteris, Irene Corona ‘Bibs’ 223, 224, 228, 234, 296, 306, 307, 311, 313, 320, 326, 330, 354
Charteris, Martin 348
Charteris, (née Wyndham), Lady Elcho (later Countess of Wemyss), Mary Constance xv, xvi; ancestry 2, 3; appearance xviii–xix, xx, 2, 8, 10, 21, 90; Arthur Balfour and xix, 30–1, 38–9, 42, 55, 59, 64, 65, 66–9, 70, 85–8, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 119, 120, 140–1, 143, 167, 168, 170–1, 173, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 210, 216, 224, 233–7, 243, 248, 249, 260, 261, 262, 263, 277, 280, 290, 294, 295, 296, 307, 310, 312, 314, 315, 319, 327–8, 333, 342, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370; becomes Countess of Wemyss 299, 352–3; birth 1–4, 6, 11; Boer War and 207, 208, 210; Canada, visits 265–6; ‘Chang’ nickname 10; character xv, xix, 2–3, 8–9, 21–2, 37–8, 52, 55–6, 59, 61, 62, 65–6, 68, 106, 125–6, 140–1, 222, 228–9, 261–2, 294–6, 370–2; child with Wilfrid Blunt 173–8, 179, 185, 240 see also Charteris, Mary; childhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8–10, 11, 12, 20–1, 22–3, 24, 25, 26, 28, 51, 54, 60, 88, 172; children and 60, 61, 62, 68–9, 85, 98, 116, 125–6, 128–9, 139, 142–4, 173–8, 179, 184–5, 223, 228–30, 233–4, 260–2, 264, 270, 274, 304, 306, 310–11, 312–13, 315, 319, 320, 321, 326–8, 330–3, 341, 372–3 see also under individual child name; Clouds and 26, 70, 101, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 139, 319, 375; courtship and engagement 39–42, 44–6, 105; Cust affair, effect upon 134, 135, 145–6, 152; death of Colin Wynd
ham and 142–4, 351; dowry 52–3; education 23–4, 100–1, 102, 103; Egypt, visits 169–78; engagement, tries to call off 46–7; Family Record 144, 228, 342–3, 371–2; finances 51–2, 299; First World War and 294, 302, 303, 304, 307, 309–11, 312–13, 314, 315, 319, 321, 326–7, 330–3, 341, 342–3, 346, 348, 349; frenetic lifestyle/socializing 55–6, 59, 61, 125, 228–9, 260, 295; George Wyndham and 63, 186, 187–8, 210, 213, 214, 238, 246, 249, 297–8; Gosford and 53, 54, 139, 262, 352–3; gynaecological matters and 51, 56, 57, 97, 163–4, 203; health 56–9, 61, 62, 63, 125–6, 203, 312–13, 369; honeymoon 52–3; Ireland, view of 2, 2–3, 84, 106; journal/diary 26, 30, 36–7, 55, 59, 60, 61, 69, 86, 101, 107, 168, 171, 184–5, 349; Kaiser, meets 235; Laura Tennant and 64–5, 68–9, 86–8, 134; Mananai Wyndham and 28, 48, 57, 63, 105, 110, 111–12, 125, 142, 231, 298, 361, 368; marriage 44–9, 50–9, 65, 66, 67–8, 86, 97, 102, 107–8, 124, 125, 133, 139–42, 144, 166–78, 184–6, 187–90, 214, 215, 216–17, 228, 239–40, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353 see also Charteris, Hugo; miscarriage 56; ‘Napoleon’ nickname xviii, 371; Pamela Wyndham and 22, 47, 58, 63–4, 109, 110, 122, 127, 128, 135–7, 142, 145–6, 163–4, 169, 183, 195–6, 202, 222–3, 224, 239, 240, 248, 273, 307–8, 328, 368; parents and see under individual parent name; Paris, visits 64–5; phrenology and 37–8; politics and 84, 85, 229–30, 233–5, 237, 242, 243, 251, 263, 268, 272–3, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285–6, 354; Prinsep portrait of 8-year-old 8; Poynter portrait of 90–1; presented at Court 32–3, 35, 38; Ruskin libel case and 28, 30; sketches 21, 37; Souls and xv, 91–2, 94–5, 99, 100–1, 102, 103, 124, 125, 131, 133; spa treatments 126–7, 144, 146, 168, 213, 216; staff and 51–2; Stanway and see Stanway; The Gang and 59, 88, 92; wedding 47–9; Wilde and 131, 166; Wilfrid Blunt and 20, 99, 107, 122, 167, 170–8, 183–9, 297–8, 310; Wyndham Sisters portrait and xvi, xviii–xix, xx, 200, 202, 203
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
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