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Kick

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by Paula Byrne


  17.Account given by Frans Mangelschots to the Belgian historian Henriëtte Claessens (a.k.a. Hauten), 20 Dec. 1989, in Hamilton, Reckless Youth, p. 862n, but unnoticed by other Kennedy biographers.

  18.ibid.

  19.ibid.

  CHAPTER 46: ‘LIFE IS SO CRUEL’

  1.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 378.

  2.ibid., p. 379.

  3.ibid.

  4.McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, p. 187.

  5.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 600.

  6.ibid., p. 601.

  7.Leaming, Making of a President, p. 138.

  8.Nasaw, Patriarch, p. 573.

  9.KK to RK, 20 Sept. 1944, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 601.

  10.KFC, Billy and Kick diary.

  11.This does not seem to have been previously noticed.

  12.KK round-robin letter to family, 23 Sept. 1944, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 603.

  13.ibid.

  14.23 Sept. 1944, quoted in ibid., p. 603.

  15.23 Sept. 1944, quoted in ibid., p. 602.

  16.ibid., p. 602.

  17.Devonshire, Wait for Me!, p. 130.

  18.Newspaper clipping in Kick’s papers, Evening Standard, 19 April 1945.

  19.Quoted by KK, in letter to ‘Dearest Family’, 23 Sept. 1944, in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 604.

  20.Devonshire, Wait for Me!, p. 130.

  21.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 604.

  22.Devonshire Collection, KK to Duchess of Devonshire (‘My dearest Dutch’), 8 Nov. 1944.

  23.Devonshire, Wait for Me!, pp. 219–20.

  24.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 602.

  25.ibid., pp. 602–3.

  26.ibid., p. 602.

  27.Nasaw, Patriarch, p. 574.

  28.ibid., p. 577.

  29.ibid.

  30.JFK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest Jackie’, 31 Oct. 1944.

  31.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 380.

  32.ibid.

  33.RK Papers, on Convent paper (undated), to RK.

  34.RK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest family’, 24 Jan. 1945.

  35.ibid., 6 Feb. 1945.

  36.RK Papers.

  37.RK Papers, undated letter to parents.

  38.Catherine Bailey, Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty (2007), p. 415.

  39.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 604.

  CHAPTER 47: THE WIDOW HARTINGTON

  1.KK to ‘Dearest family’, 12 May 1945, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 619.

  2.KK to RK and JPK, 12 May 1945, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, pp. 618–19.

  3.ibid., p. 619.

  4.JK to KK, 1 May 1945, quoted in ibid., p. 615.

  5.KFC, Duchess of Devonshire to RK, 15 May 1945.

  6.RK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest Family’, 24 March 1945.

  7.Private communication from Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles.

  8.JFK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest family’, 19 Dec. 1944.

  9.ibid., 10 March 1945.

  10.ibid.

  11.KFC Papers, undated letter.

  12.ibid.

  13.Hamilton, Reckless Youth, p. 706.

  14.ibid.

  15.ibid.

  16.Leaming, Making of a President, p. 152.

  17.ibid., p. 153.

  18.RK Papers, KK and JFK to family, 15 July 1945.

  19.Hamilton, Reckless Youth, pp. 712–13.

  20.RK Papers, KK to family, Aug. 1945.

  21.KFC Papers, Adele Cavendish to Joe Kennedy, summer 1945.

  22.RK Papers, KK to family, Aug. 1945.

  23.RK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest family’, 18 Aug. 1945.

  24.ibid., 2 Sept. 1945.

  25.RK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest Mother and Father’, 24 Aug. 1945.

  26.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 619.

  27.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 381.

  28.McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, p. 198.

  29.RK Papers, KK to family, 10 Sept. 1945.

  30.Devonshire Collection, KK to Duchess of Devonshire, 5 Nov. 1945.

  31.Nasaw, Patriarch, p. 620.

  32.RK Papers, KK to ‘Dearest family’, 4 May 1946.

  33.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 199.

  34.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 399.

  35.ibid., p. 400.

  36.Devonshire Collection, KK to Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, 13 May 1945.

  37.Devonshire Collection, KK to Duchess of Devonshire, 19 March 1945.

  38.ibid., 5 March 1946.

  CHAPTER 48: POLITICS OR PASSION?

  1.KFC Papers.

  2.KK to JFK, 13 July 1946, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 627.

  3.Leaming, Making of a President, p. 157.

  4.ibid., p. 163.

  5.Bailey, Black Diamonds, p. 406.

  6.Paula Byrne, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead (2009), p. 273.

  7.Bailey, Black Diamonds, p. 202.

  8.ibid., pp. 327–8.

  9.ibid., p. 407.

  10.ibid., pp. 408–9.

  11.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 402.

  12.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 200.

  13.Devonshire, Wait for Me!, p. 171.

  14.ibid., p. 174.

  15.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 399.

  16.KK to family, 27 Oct. 1946, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 631.

  17.McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, p. 214.

  18.KFC Papers, KK to ‘Dearest Daddy’, 18 Sept. 1947.

  19.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 201.

  20.http://www.munster-express.ie/opinion/to-be-honest-with-you/tea-with-jfk-and-why-dunganstown-matters/.

  21.As he revealed publicly in his famous speech when he revisited Ireland shortly before his assassination: ‘When my great-grandfather left here to become a cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except two things: a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty. I am glad to say that all his great-grandchildren have valued that inheritance.’

  22.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 399.

  23.Leaming, Making of a President, p. 165.

  24.RK Papers, KK to family, 3 Aug. 1947.

  25.KFC Papers, KK to ‘Dearest Daddy’, 10 Dec. 1947.

  CHAPTER 49: JOY SHE GAVE JOY SHE HAS FOUND

  1.KFC Papers, letter to RK.

  2.The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, ed. Mark Amory (1980), p. 382.

  3.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 402.

  4.McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, p. 217.

  5.Devonshire Collection, Elizabeth Cavendish to ‘Darling Mummy’, 1948.

  6.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 405.

  7.Devonshire Collection, Elizabeth Cavendish to ‘Darling Mummy’, 1948.

  8.Devonshire Collection, KK to ‘Darling Dutch’, postcard, 9 April 1948.

  9.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 405.

  10.ibid., p. 406.

  11.ibid.

  12.ibid.

  13.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 204.

  14.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 407.

  15.This was Lem’s view: Hamilton, Reckless Youth, p. 716.

  16.KFC Papers, KK to family, May 1948.

  17.Bailey, Black Diamonds, p. 418.

  18.ibid., p. 419.

  19.McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, p. 231.

  20.ibid.

  21.Devonshire Collection, KK to Duchess of Devonshire, 7 April 1947.

  22.This account is much indebted to McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, pp. 232–6, which is based on the official investigation, ‘Final Report into the Accident, 27 October 1948’, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses, France.

  23.Bailey, Black Diamonds, p. 425.

  24.Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 636.

  25.Leaming, Making of a President, p. 106.

  26.ibid., p. 167.

  27.Nasaw, Patriarch, p. 622.

  28.Devonshire, Wait for Me!, p. 220.

  29.ibid., p. 221.

  EPILOGUE

  1.Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 410.

  2.KFC Papers, letter to RK.

  3
.Devonshire Collection, condolence letter to ‘Moucher’ from unidentified correspondent, 14 May 1948.

  4.KFC.

  5.RK Papers, Washington Times-Herald, 17 May 1948.

  6.Bailey, Black Diamonds, p. 427.

  7.Kennedy, Times to Remember, p. 306.

  8.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 208.

  9.JFK to Duchess of Devonshire, 1 Sept. 1948, quoted in Smith, Hostage to Fortune, p. 637.

  10.Collier and Horowitz, An American Drama, p. 208.

  11.Leaming, Making of a President, pp. 1–2.

  12.Devonshire Collection, JFK to Duchess of Devonshire, 12 July 1963.

  INDEX

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  Abercorn, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke 108

  Ace of Clubs ball 7

  Airlie, David Ogilvy, 12th Earl 81, 91

  Airlie, Mabel Ogilvy, Dowager Duchess 109

  Alcázar, fort of 132

  Allied Relief Fund 150

  Alsop, Joe 71

  Amagiri (Japanese destroyer) 194

  Ambrose, Benjamin Baruch (bandleader) 87, 92–3, 131, 142

  Ambrose, Margaret 78

  American Red Cross (ARC) 181–3, 186, 189, 191, 193, 197, 200, 227, 234, 241, 259, 265

  Anderson, Lady Ava 259, 280, 285

  Anderson, Sir John 259

  Antibes 104–5

  Arvad, Inga

  friendship with Kick 158–9, 160, 163, 172–3, 208

  affair with Jack Kennedy 160, 164–5, 170, 171–2

  gossip concerning Hitler and the Olympic Games 170–1

  leaves Washington for New York 177

  marries quickly after Jack’s rejection 178

  interviews Jack on his courage and heroic survival 196

  Ascot 93

  Asquith, Raymond 122, 256

  Associated Press 121–2

  Astaire, Fred 100, 193, 264, 272

  Astor, Jakie 92, 101, 109, 264

  Astor, Nancy, Viscountess

  affectionate relationship with Kick 12, 188, 192, 197–8, 205, 269

  invites Kick to Cliveden 79

  character and description 81, 192

  gives dinners and dances in London 81, 92, 96, 128

  sees and hears of Kick’s charm and personality 82, 102

  correspondence with Kick 83, 142, 172

  heckles Churchill 112

  prepares Cliveden as a military hospital 129, 192

  attends Kick and Billy’s wedding 227

  sends telegram to Rose concerning Kick’s wedding 228

  as first female Member of Parliament 275

  Astor, Lady Violet 92

  Astor, Waldorf, 2nd Viscount 79, 81, 197–8

  Bader, Douglas 184

  Balado, nr Kinross 110

  Baring, Maurice 259

  Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, 1st Baron 183, 186, 230, 257

  Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire 108

  Beneš, Edvard 110

  Bennett, Constance 22

  Benning, Osla 149, 154

  Berlin, Irving 201–2

  Bernadette, Mother 44

  Bess of Hardwick see Cavendish, Bess of Hardwick

  Bessborough, Roberte, Countess 91

  Bessborough, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl 87, 91

  Biddle, A. J. ‘Tony’ Drexel Jr 191–2

  Biddle, Margaret Thompson Schulze 192, 228

  Billings, Kirk LeMoyne ‘Lem’

  lifelong friendship with Jack 31, 34, 45, 122

  nicknames 31

  character and description 32

  visits Kick at Noroton 33

  as member of The Muckers Club 37, 38

  comment on the Kennedy family 40

  visits The Cotton Club 66

  European visit 69–70, 71

  comment on Jack 72

  correspondence with Kick 83, 86, 87–8, 97–8, 110, 188, 259–60

  in love with Kick 83, 174

  socializes with Kick, Joe and Jack in New York 142

  sent to Africa as ambulance driver 176

  informed of Kick’s marriage to Billy 230

  learns of Kick’s romance with Peter Fitzwilliam 274

  reaction to Kick’s death 286

  Birkenhead, Freddy 279

  Birkenhead, Sheila 279

  Birley, Oswald 269

  Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle (Cork) 70

  Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire 91–2, 130

  Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire 154

  Bolton Abbey Hall, Yorkshire 100

  Boston Daily Globe 17, 85, 134, 196, 241, 282

  Boston Latin School 3–4

  Boston Post 3

  Bouvier, Jackie 40, 127

  Bowra, Maurice 92

  Boy Scout Association 149

  Brand, Dinah 160, 184

  Brand, Virginia 83

  British Union of Fascists 123

  Britten, Pat 92

  Bronxville 26–9, 68, 141

  Crownlands house 26–7

  St Joseph’s church 26

  Sarah Lawrence College 142

  Bronxville Elementary school 27

  Brook, Sir Alan 254

  Brookline, Massachusetts 1, 8, 167

  Brooks, Miss (governess) 10

  Bruce, Marie

  accompanies Rose on tour of Europe 121

  friendship with Kick 198, 231, 236

  hosts party given by Kick for her brother Joe 201

  updates Rose on the Billy and Kick situation 205–6

  upset at Rose’s angry telegrams 225

  helps to organize Kick’s wedding 226, 227, 228, 230

  send telegram to Rose concerning Kick’s wedding 228

  Rose sends her love to 237

  helps to console Kick after Billy’s death 259

  Brussels 243–5

  Buchan, John 256

  Bullingdon Club 92

  Bullitt, William 60–1

  Cahill, Alice 27

  Calder, Sir James 51, 70

  Calder, Lady Mildred 47, 51

  Cambridge University 50–2, 61–2, 114–15

  Cannes 107, 133–4, 279

  Cape Cod 23–4, 34, 39, 42, 148, 157, 164, 238, 266, 290

  Capel, June 89

  Cárcano, Stella ‘Baby’ 198

  Carol, King of Romania 117

  Castel Gandolfo 125

  Cavendish, Adele Astaire 100, 193, 264, 272, 276

  Cavendish, Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire 100

  comment on first meeting Kick 82

  introduced to Kick 99

  brought up at Churchdale Hall 114

  keeps an untidy bedroom 115

  not allowed to see his father’s mistress 119

  courts and marries Debo 123–4, 150, 155

  attends Billy’s birthday dinner and ball 134

  tries to persuade Kick to return to London 161

  comment on Billy’s standing for Parliament 208

  returns from Italy at the end of the war 262

  acquires Lismore Castle 272

  displeased at Kick’s marriage plans 276

  shows Jack his sister’s grave at Chatsworth 287

  Cavendish, Anne 116, 172, 227, 254, 264, 279

  Cavendish, Bess of Hardwick 100, 114

  Cavendish, Charles ‘Charlie’ 100, 193, 272

  Cavendish, Clarissa 83

  Cavendish, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire 82

  family background 100

  character and description 101–2

  concerned at Billy’s safety and whereabouts 147

  aware of religious barriers to Billy and Kick’s marriage 203

  supports Kick in her religious dilemma 207

  mortified at Billy’s by-election results 211–12

  reconciled to Billy and Kick’s marriage 222–3, 224

  attends Kick and Billy’s wedding 227, 228, 229

  gives orders for a Kennedy Street i
n Eastbourne 233

  reaction to Billy’s death 254–5

  returns from Burma with the gift of a sari for Kick 262

  welcomes Jack as a family member 264

  arranges for Kick to be buried at Chatsworth 283

  Cavendish, Elizabeth 116, 202, 265, 274, 276–8, 279, 283

  Cavendish, Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire 222, 232, 267

  Cavendish, Mary Gascoyne-Cecil ‘Moucher’, Duchess of Devonshire

  family background 102

  concerned at Billy’s safety and whereabouts 147

  seated next to Irving Berlin at Kick’s party 201–2

  supports Kick in her religious dilemma 203–4, 207, 216, 217

  comment on 1944 by-election 209–10

  reconciled to Billy and Kick’s marriage 223

  attends Kick and Billy’s wedding 227, 229

  reaction to Billy’s death 252, 254

  sends touching letter of condolence to Kick 252

  receives beautiful letter of condolence from Jack Kennedy 256

  helps to console Kick on the death of Billy 259, 267

  welcomes Jack as family member 264

  chooses words for Kick’s gravestone at Chatsworth 283

  Cavendish, Lord Richard 127

  Cavendish, Victor, 9th Duke of Devonshire 100, 102

  Cavendish, Sir William 100

  Cavendish, William, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire 100, 203

  Cavendish, William, 5th Duke of Devonshire 115

  Cavendish, William ‘Billy’, Marquess of Hartington

  declines to go to Cliveden 82

  meets and falls in love with Kick 99–102, 108, 109–10, 113–17, 118–19, 122–4, 172, 199–200

  birth and education 100

  volunteers for the war 126–7

  birthday dinner and ball 133–4

  evacuated from Dunkirk 146, 147

  witnesses aftermath of bombing in London 154

  engaged to Sally Norton 160–1, 172

  asks if Jack still believes the British to be decadent 169

  sends Kick a telegram on her arrival in London 186

  reunion with Kick 190, 191, 193–4

  difficulties marrying Kick 203–7, 214, 216–17

  unsuccessfully stands for Parliament 208–12

  writes long letter to Rose explaining his love for Kick 221–2

  marriage to Kick 226–30, 231–4

  leaves for the Second Front 235–6, 237

  triumphant entry into Brussels 243–6

  sends loving letters to Kick 244–5, 247

  death of 246–50

  reactions to his death 252–6

  mentioned in dispatches 262–3

  Cecil, Beatrice, Lady Harlech 118

  Cecil, Lord David 207

  Cecil family 82, 83, 102

  Cecil, Robert Arthur, 5th Marquess 232

  Cecil, Robert Edward (later 6th Marquess) 83–4, 92, 93–4, 101

  Chamberlain, Neville 83, 110, 111, 122, 125, 134

 

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