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Kick

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by Paula Byrne


  political interests 268–9

  chairs the Commandos Benevolent Fund Ball 269

  relationship with Peter Fitzwilliam 270–1, 272–5

  loses jewellery in burglary in Smith Square 272

  stays at Lismore 272–3

  considers a political career 274–5

  tells her family about Peter Fitzwilliam 277–9

  death and funeral 280–3

  tributes paid to 285–6

  Kennedy, Kathleen Hartington (b.1951) 287

  Kennedy, Loretta (1892–1972) 273

  Kennedy, Patricia (1924–2006)

  correspondence with Kick 56

  on or off a diet 105

  character and description 106

  Kennedy, P. J. 4, 27

  Kennedy, Robert ‘Bobby’ (1925–1968)

  comment on Jack’s health 32

  correspondence with Kick 46, 48, 50, 60, 259

  moves to London with his parents 78

  character and description 106

  skiing accident at St Moritz 120

  returns to America 138

  learns of Joe’s death 240

  reaction to Kick’s death 286

  assassination of 287

  Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995)

  relationship with her parents 1, 3

  walks out on her husband and children 1–2, 6, 7

  character and description 2, 3, 11, 12, 34, 77, 79, 85, 102

  nickname 2

  pins notes everywhere 2, 41

  as a devout Roman Catholic 3, 12, 35, 62, 63

  meets and marries Joe Kennedy 3–5

  birth of children 5–6, 15, 18–19

  sex life 6

  relationship with her children 7, 9–13, 38–9, 41, 50, 202–3, 237

  aware of her husband’s affairs 21–2, 27–8

  family life 22–5, 26–7, 39

  European and Russian holidays and visits 59–61, 69, 121, 134

  prepares for life in London 75

  moves to London with Joe 76, 78–9

  overawed staying at Windsor Castle 79

  chooses American debutantes 85

  tries to be accepted into English society 88–9

  at Ascot 93

  impressed by Dietrich 105

  comment on the worsening situation in Europe 108

  impressed with Churchill’s oratory 111–12

  aware of Kick’s relationship with Billy 118, 215

  voted ‘Outstanding woman of the year’ 121–2

  attends inauguration of Pope Pius XII 124–5

  entertains the Royal Family in London 128

  a little shocked at the ‘Big Apple’ dance 128–9

  spends final few days in London 137, 138

  makes speeches about her life in England 143

  reaction to Rosemary’s failed lobotomy 167

  doubts concerning Kick’s relationship with Billy 205–6

  shocked and ill at Kick marrying Billy 220–2, 225, 229–30, 233

  apologizes to Kick for her reaction to her wedding 237

  learns of Joe’s death 240

  reaction to Billy’s death 257

  furious at Kick’s involvement with Peter Fitzwilliam 277, 278, 279

  visited by Elizabeth Cavendish 277

  reaction to Kick’s death 286

  Kennedy, Rosemary (1918–2005) 158

  brain-damaged at birth 1, 6, 8, 11, 13, 28–9, 40, 106–7

  birth and childhood 6, 24

  education 11, 165

  as debutante in London 86–7

  walks in Hyde Park with Kick 94

  gains weight 105

  stays in London with her father 138

  undergoes disastrous lobotomy 165–7

  Kent, Prince George, Duke of 87, 93, 100

  Kent, Princess Marina, Duchess of 100

  Kenyon-Slaney, Jane see Lindsay, Jane Kenyon-Slaney

  Killarney, County Kerry 70

  Kristallnacht (1938) 117

  Krock, Arthur 34, 110, 158

  Lambert, Angela 266

  Lannan, Pat 263

  Larkin, Mrs 47, 53

  Laski, Harold 38, 255–6

  Latvia 59

  Laycock, Angela ‘Angie’ Dudley Ward 202, 261

  Laycock, Major-General Sir Robert ‘Bob’ 202, 261

  Le Domaine de Beaumont, Cap d’Antibes 105–6

  League of Catholic Women 125

  Leave It to Me (musical) 121

  Lelong, Lucien (Paris dressmaker) 86

  Leningrad 60

  Life magazine 232

  Lindberg, Charles 92

  Lindsay, Jane Kenyon-Slaney

  character and description 89, 107–8

  friendship with Kick 108, 185, 265

  visits Newmarket 114–15

  holidays with Kick in Cannes 133

  hurriedly leaves France in August 1939 134

  engaged to Peter Lindsay 150

  correspondence with Kick 155, 156

  upset at Kick’s romance with Peter Fitzwilliam 271

  Lindsay, Peter 150

  Lismore Castle, County Waterford 100, 264, 271–4

  Lloyd, Alexander, 2nd Baron 192

  Lloyd, George, 1st Baron 192

  Lloyd, Lady Jean Ogilvy 81–2, 87, 96, 192, 214, 219–20, 269

  Lloyd Thomas, Hugh 97

  Lloyd Thomas, Sylvia ‘Sissie’ see Ormsby-Gore, Sylvia ‘Sissie’ Lloyd Thomas

  London

  4 Smith Square, Westminster 268–9, 272

  14 Prince’s Gate 78, 87, 91, 95–6, 126, 129, 138

  400 Club, Leicester Square 97, 118, 123, 129, 154, 190, 200

  American Women’s Club 128

  Belgravia 100

  Buckingham Palace 80, 86–7, 99, 117–18

  Café de Paris 110, 117, 123, 150, 153–4

  Chelsea Register Office 227

  Ciro’s 118–19

  Claridge’s 117, 154, 228

  Devonshire House 100

  Dorchester Hotel 192, 269–70

  Farm Street Church 191, 199, 204, 215

  Gargoyle Club 185

  Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 71

  Guards’ Chapel 236

  Hans Crescent Club (Knightsbridge) 187, 189, 197, 198, 200, 227, 231

  Hyde Park 71

  Mayfair Hotel 190

  Mirabelle club 154

  Ritz Hotel 154

  Rotten Row 71, 96

  Royal Academy 80

  St James’s Palace 92

  St James’s Square 81

  St John’s Church (Westminster) 269

  Savoy Hotel 117, 185, 200

  Talbot Square 71

  Tower of London 100

  Vacani School of Dance (Knightsbridge) 86

  Wallace Collection 121

  Westminster Gardens building, Marsham Street 258–9

  White City 132

  London School of Economics 38, 44

  Long Island 147

  Loss, Joe 93

  Loughborough, Tony see Rosslyn, Anthony ‘Tony’ St Clair-Erskine, 6th Earl

  Lourdes 54

  Lovat, Lady Laura Lister 83

  Lovat, Simon Fraser, 14th Lord 84, 132

  Loving Lips (film) 17

  Luce, Clare Boothe 196

  Lupin (dog) 262

  Luxembourg 145

  Mabel (Kick’s cook/housekeeper) 269

  McAdoo, Cynthia 150

  McAdoo, Francis 150

  Macdonald, Torbert ‘Torby’ 67, 132, 133, 142, 160, 172

  McDonnell, Anne 147

  McDonnell, Charlotte 33, 50, 63, 64, 68, 120, 142, 276–7

  McMahon, ‘Pappy’ 195

  Macmillan, Harold 265

  Madrid 132

  Maher, J. J. 37

  Mainwaring, Zara 101

  Mangelschots, Frans 249, 254

  Manhattanville College 52

  Margaret, Princess 79, 272

  Marie Antoinette 44

  Marlborough, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke
81

  Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke 81

  Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke 82–3, 130

  Mary, Queen 92, 100, 122

  Mathew, Bishop David 206, 218, 256–7

  Mead, George 142, 161, 176, 178, 188

  Merrick, Herb 63

  Michael, Prince, of Romania 117–18

  Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire 280

  Mitford, Deborah ‘Debo’ 212

  comments on the Kennedy family 76, 77, 116

  comment on the Season 80

  attends Kick’s coming-out ball 87

  description of the girls in the 1938 Season 89

  visits the Pathé cinema in Piccadilly 91

  comment on energetic dancing 93–4

  comment on humiliation for girls with no dance partners 93

  comment on the 400 nightclub 97

  houseguest at Compton Place 101

  comment on Edward Cavendish 102

  comment on Billy 116

  character and description 123

  courted by and marries Andrew Cavendish 123–4, 150, 155

  war-work 149

  tries to persuade Kick to return to London 161

  helps to console Kick on her loss 254, 258

  description of Lismore Castle 271–2

  attends Kick’s funeral 283

  employs Ilona and Elisabeth Solymossy 287

  receives letter from Jack concerning Kick’s gravestone inscription 287

  Mitford, Diana 123

  Mitford, Jessica ‘Decca’ 123

  Mitford, Nancy 87, 123, 149–50

  Mitford, Unity 123, 134

  Molyneux, Edward (dressmaker) 86, 137

  Moore, Edward ‘Eddie’ 19, 120

  Moore, Mary 19

  Moscardó Ituarte, General José 132

  Moscardó Ituarte, Luis 132

  Moscow 60–1

  Mosley, Oswald 123

  Mosquito Armada 147

  Motor Torpedo Squadron 194

  Mountbatten, Lady Edwina 100

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis 100

  Movietone News 85

  Muckers Club, Choate School 37–8

  Muir, Sylvia 89

  Munich 110–12

  Mussolini, Benito ‘Il Duce’ 57, 58, 69, 74, 110

  Naples 58

  National Service (Armed Forces) Bill (1939) 137

  Nazis 107, 111, 112, 127, 132–3, 134, 171, 175

  New York 277

  Chatham Hotel 266

  Columbia School of Journalism 158

  Cotton Club (Times Square) 66–7

  Finch College (Manhattan) 142, 145

  Maillard’s Restaurant 38

  Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art 69, 75

  Plaza Hotel 63, 142, 251

  Radio City 38

  Stork Club 142

  Waldorf Hotel 63, 251

  New York Daily News 286

  New York Times 34, 195

  New Yorker magazine 239

  Newberry, Cam 63

  Newmarket 38, 114

  Newport, Gerald Bridgeman, Viscount 87

  Nixon, Richard 39

  Northumberland, Helen Percy, Duchess of 128

  Norton, Sally 89, 149, 153–5, 160–1, 167

  Norway 145, 146

  Nuremberg 108

  O’Connell, Cardinal William 5, 27–8

  Ogilvy, David see Airlie, 12th Earl

  Ogilvy, Jean see Lloyd, Lady Jean Ogilvy

  Ogilvy, Mabell see Airlie, Dowager Duchess

  Olympic Games (1936) 52, 170, 171

  O’Malley, Marie Celeste 52

  Order of the Sacred Heart 4

  Ormsby-Gore, David, 5th Baron Harlech

  character and description 82

  lifelong friend to the Kennedy family 82, 99

  romance and marriage to Sissy Lloyd Thomas 97, 127, 150

  attends dinner party at Prince’s Gate 126

  accompanies Jack driving through Nazi Germany 132–3

  dines with Kick 276

  Ormsby-Gore, Katharine 126–7

  Ormsby-Gore, Sylvia ‘Sissie’ Lloyd Thomas

  as debutante 89

  romance and marriage to David 97, 127, 150

  friendship with Kick 99, 188, 276

  Ormsby-Gore, William, 4th Baron Harlech 82, 118

  Pacelli, Cardinal Eugenio see Pius XII, Pope Paine, Frank 23

  Palm Beach, Florida 32, 33, 36, 38, 51, 143, 144, 145, 167

  Paris 44–8, 52, 54, 120, 147

  Bois de Boulogne 47

  George V hotel 282

  Louvre 45

  Madeleine Church 47

  Parker Bowles, Andrew 122, 262

  Parker Bowles, Derek 122

  Parsons, Luella 77

  Patrick, Charles 193

  Patterson, Eleanor ‘Cissy’ 158, 170

  Pearl Harbor (1941) 169

  Petit, Paul 281–2

  Philip, Prince 154

  Pius XI, Pope 57, 58, 124

  Pius XII, Pius (Eugenio Pacelli) 57, 67, 68, 124–5, 215

  Poland 134–5

  Porgy and Bess (musical) 178

  Portal, Sir Charles 254

  Porter, Cole 121

  Portrush, County Antrim 70

  Portsmouth, Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl 91

  Queen magazine 78, 87, 101

  Reader’s Digest 22–3

  Red Cross see American Red Cross

  Redesdale, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron 87

  Redesdale, Sydney Bowles, Lady 94, 123

  The Restless Sex (film) 17

  Rhodes Scholars 92

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von 110–11

  Richardson, Derek 50–2, 54, 61, 62

  Richardson, Mrs 54

  Richman, Harry 87, 92

  Richmond, Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke 101

  Richmond, Virginia 183

  Riverdale County School 18

  Riverdale, New York 16

  RMS Queen Mary 61, 98, 182

  Rockefeller, Winthrop 142

  Rome 56–8, 124–5

  St Peter’s 57, 124

  Vatican 57, 58, 125

  Romilly, Esmond 123

  Roosevelt, Eleanor 158, 252

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  presidential campaigns 34, 67

  Joe turns down all posts offered by 43–4

  invites the Kennedys to his second inauguration 68

  appoints Joe Ambassador to Court of St James 73–5

  asks Joe to drop his trousers 73

  distrust of Joe 74

  supported by Joe in his re-election campaign 151–2

  ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement 155

  sends telegram of condolence to Kick 252

  mis-remembers Billy’s name 257

  Roosevelt, Jimmy 73

  Ross Castle, Lough Leane 70

  Rosslyn, Anthony ‘Tony’ St Clair-Erskine, 6th Earl 131, 189, 198, 199, 224

  Rosslyn, James St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl 131

  Rouff, Maggy 89

  Roy, Harry (bandleader) 93

  Rudi (Austrian Jew) 107

  Russia 59–61

  Rutland, Charles Manners, 10th Duke of 227

  Rutland, John Henry Manners, 9th Duke 108

  Rutland, Kathleen Tennant, Duchess 108

  Rutland, Violet Manners, Dowager Duchess 108

  Sacred Heart Convent, Blumenthal (Holland) 4, 44

  Sacred Heart Convent, Boston 4

  Sacred Heart Convent, Kendal (Lake District) 258

  Sacred Heart Convent, Noroton-on-the-

  Sound (Connecticut) 29, 30–4, 36, 52, 62, 67, 69

  Sacred Heart Convent, St Maux (France) 39, 44

  St Bernadette 54

  St Coletta’s, Wisconsin 167

  St Elizabeth’s mental hospital, Washington 166

  St John, George 37

  St Moritz 120–1

  San Sebastián 132

  Saturday Evening Post 127

  The Scarlet Pimpernel (film) 38

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  Second World War

  events leading up to 109–12, 117, 122, 125, 127, 134–5

  declaration of 136–8

  air-raid sirens and blackouts 137, 138–40

  Phoney War 142

  fall of Norway, Holland and Luxembourg 145–6

  heroic evacuation from Dunkirk 146–7, 245

  Billy’s evacuation from Saint-Nazaire 147

  Operation Ariel 147

  the Blitz 149–50, 153–5

  D-Day 235

  flying bombs (‘doodlebugs’) 236–7, 238

  Second front 236–7

  Operation Aphrodite 238–9

  liberation of Brussels 243–5

  battle for Heppen 248–9

  VE Day 261–2

  surrender of the Japanese 265

  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 34, 43

  Shaw, Artie 142

  Shaw, George Bernard 269

  Sheen, Father Fulton 278

  Shillelagh, County Wicklow 264–5

  Short Skirts (film) 17

  Sieber, Maria 104–7

  Solymossy, Elisabeth 272, 287

  Solymossy, Ilona 272, 279, 287

  Spaatz, Tatty 183

  Spanish Civil War 132

  Spellman, Archbishop of New York 215, 223, 225

  Spencer-Churchill, Sarah 130

  SS Normandie 43

  SS Washington 138, 141

  Stalin, Joseph 192

  Suvretta House, St Moritz 120–1

  Swanson, Gloria 107

  affair with Joe Kennedy 19–20, 21–2, 27–8

  Swanson, Gloria ‘little Gloria’ 19–20, 22

  Talbot, Father Ted 216

  Talugi, Solomon Islands 188

  Tangye, Derek 185

  Temple, William, Archbishop of Canterbury 222, 223

  Tenney, Nancy 22, 64, 141–2, 150

  Thomas, Sylvia ‘Sissie’ Lloyd see Ormsby-Gore, Sylvia ‘Sissie’ Lloyd Thomas

  The Times 256, 285

  Tom (hotel bellboy) 232, 233

  Toodles (cigarette girl) 5

  Townshend, Peter 281

  Trafford, Ann de 122

  Transatlantic Daily Mail 155

  United States Maritime Commission 68

  University of Oxford 82, 91–2, 180

  Vanderbilt, Consuelo 81

  Vatican II (1962) 204

  Venice 55–6

  Accademia 55

  Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirth 55

  Lido 55–6

  Murano, Burano, Torcello 55

  San Marco 55

  Vienna 127

  Vogue magazine 96, 232

  Waldrop, Frank 156, 158, 159, 170, 190, 242

  Wall Hall Abbey, Hertfordshire 134

  Wall Street crash 27–8

  Ward, Lady Patricia 50, 53

  Washington DC 277, 278

  Washington Times-Herald 156, 158, 169, 170–1, 234

  Watts, James 166

  Waugh, Evelyn

  friendship with Kick 97

  comment on Father D’Arcy 204

  believes Kick is marrying due to ‘second front nerves’ 224–5

  calls Kick the Widow Hartington 262

  celebrates surrender of the Japanese 265

 

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