by Diana Cooper
Lascelles, Sir Alan (Tommy), 203n40
Lascelles, Lady Joan, 203 and n40, 204, 205
La Spezia, 317, 323
Lattre, General de, 453 and n53
Laura see Dudley, Lady Laura
Laurence see Olivier, Laurence
Laurian see Jones, Laurian
Lavington, 56 and n50, 57, 58, 83, 474
Le Bourget, 283, 293, 335, 403, 424
Lees, Major Walter, 280 and n40, 281
Lehmann, Rosamund, 198, 199, 200, 201
Leicester Square, London, 348
Leigh, Vivien (wife of Laurence Olivier), 28, 185, 198, 199-200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 220, 240, 245, 448, 479
Leigh Fermor, Patrick (Paddy), 334, 454, 456-7, 459, 476
The Traveller’s Tree, 454 n54
Le Nôtre, 450
Leonardo see Walsh, Leonardo
Leslie & Roberts, 238 and n29
Letty see Benson (née Manners), Lady Violet
Leveson-Gower, Rosemary, 455-6
Levi, Simon, 208 and n56
Lewis, Sinclair: Kingsblood Royal, 248
Liberty Boats, 234 and n15
Lichfield, Bishop of, 314
Liechtenstein, Prince of, 202, 284
Lief, Dr, 397
Light Programme, 257
Lindbergh, Colonel Charles, 13, 91, 254 and n70
Lindsay, Charlie, 455
Lindsay, Norah, 39, 265-6
Linklater, Eric, 385 and n14
Linlithgow, Lord, 440
Lipmann, Walter, 402, 474
Lisbon, 133, 148, 155, 158
Liz see Hofmannsthal (née Paget), Lady Elizabeth
L.L. see Vilmorin, Louise de
Lloyd George, David, 2
Locanda di San Vigilio, Lake Garda, 291-2, 296, 298-9, 301
Loel see Guinness, Lord
Loelia see Westminster, Loelia, Duchess of
London
The Miracle performed in, 4
DC remembers her wedding in, 386-7
DC and Duff live in, 29-108
hotels popular as places to live, 33
calm atmosphere in, 40
Wild Bill Donovan visits, 45
start of air raids on, 52-3, 54-5, 55-6, 60-1
DC describes life during the Blitz, 67-108
Duff commutes from Bognor to, 111-12, 161
DC and Duff return from Singapore to, 158
DC and Duff return from Algiers to, 183
Paris Embassy staff go to Churchill wedding in, 207
DC visits, 229-33, 235-6, 237-8, 244-6, 262-5, 272-4, 284, 285, 308, 312, 313-15, 337-48, 394-6, 406
lunch at Buckingham Palace, 261, 263-5
service at St Paul’s, 272-3
ball at Buckingham Palace, 273-4
wedding of Henry Anglesey and Shirley Morgan in, 314-15 and n44
DC in St John and St Elizabeth’s Hospital, 337-48
party at Buckingham Palace, 394-6
JNN based in, 461, 464
DC returns to live in, 464
brief references, 3, 7, 150-1, 197, 252, 255, 329, 356, 379, 401, 462
see also names of locations
London Library, 53
Long Island, 32, 67
Los Angeles, 135
Lothian, Lord, 17, 92 and n23, 97
Louis XIV, King, 281
Louis II, Prince of Monaco, 379
Louise see Vilmorin, Louise de
Louisiana Story, 300
Lovat, Laura: Maurice Baring, 248
Luce, Henry, 379 and n7, 380
Lucian (member of Embassy staff), 207
Luizet, M., 191
Lulu see Vilmorin, Louise de
Lyautey, Marshal Hubert, 351 and n40
Lyneham, 163, 170
Lynn, Olga (Oggie), 51 and n39, 122, 235, 245, 311, 312, 390, 406, 476
Lyons, Lord, 239-40
Macaulay, Lord: Horatius, 12 and n2
McCaffrey, Mr, 240
MacCarthy, Desmond, 53 and n44, 258
McCarthy, Dr Desmond, 271-2 and n26
McCorquodale, Mrs, 345
McEntire, Rosemary, 210 and n59, 344, 477
McIndoe, Sir Archibald, 445
Macintyre, Ben: Operation Mincemeat, 161 n3
Mackenzie, Compton, 432
Mackintosh, Lorna, 25 and n11
McLaren (née Paget), Lady Rose, 207, 467, 477
daughter of, 314
Maclean, Donald, 444 n41
Macmillan, Dorothy, 178
Macmillan, Harold, 239
MacNab (Military Attaché), 317
McNeil, Hector, 305
Madeira, 243
Madrid, 262, 356, 362
Mahomet, 358-9
Maid of Orleans, The (ship), 402
Maille, Duchesse de, 408-9
Maine, 67
Major see Baring, Maurice
Malbos, M., 417
Malcontenta, 433 and n21
Mallet, Lady, 322
Mallett, Donald, 241-2 and n37, 281
Mallo, M., 374 and n3
Malraux, André, 197 and n23, 201
Malta, 148, 155, 156, 157-8
Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh, 164 n5, 350
Manila, 136, 148
Mann, Erica, 61 and n56
Manners, Lady Diana see Cooper (née Manners), Diana
Manners, Henry, eighth Duke of Rutland see Rutland, Henry Manners, eighth Duke of
Manners, John, ninth Duke of Rutland see Rutland, John Manners, ninth Duke of
Manners, Johnny, 99, 473
Manners (née Tennant), Kathleen, Duchess of Rutland see Rutland, Kathleen Manners (née Tennant), Duchess of Rutland (Kakoo)
Manners, Lady Marjorie see Anglesey, Marjorie Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of
Manners, Lady Ursula, 55 and n47, 72, 74, 76, 105, 369 and n55, 479
Manners, Violet, Duchess of Rutland see Rutland, Violet Manners, Duchess of (Noona)
Manners, Lady Violet see Benson (née Manners), Lady Violet (Letty)
Mantes, 457
Mantua, 448
Man Who Never Was, The, 161 n3
Marconi, Guglielmo, 253 and n67
Margaret, Princess, 263, 264, 387-9, 392, 395, 453
Marguerite (maid), 445, 475
Maria (employed at Chantilly), 281 283, 286, 287-8, 303, 305, 330
Marie-Blanche see Polignac, Marie-Blanche de
Marivaux, 205
Marjorie see Anglesey, Marjorie Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of
Marks, Simon, 119
Marler, Miss see Wakefield (née Marler), Daphne
Marley, Miss, 251
Marrakesh
Churchill recuperates in, 164 n5
DC and Duff visit Churchill in, 165-8
DC plans to go to, 344
DC describes her stay in, 350-4
brief reference, 360
Marrakesh, El Glaoui, Pasha of, 166, 329, 334, 337, 350, 351, 352, 354, 357, 358, 359
Marreco, Tony, 369 and n55, 379
Mars, Colette, 389 and n22, 392
Marseilles, 193, 414, 419
Martin see Charteris, Martin; Russell, Martin
Martin, Germain, 376
Mary, Queen, 253, 264, 273, 314, 315, 460
Mary, Princess, 280
Mary see Hutchinson, Mary; Teissier, Mary
Masaryk, Jan, 209
Mason, A.E.W., 36 and n10, 475
Mason, Mr, 158
Massachusetts, 21
Massey, Mrs, 49
Massey, Raymond, 49
Massey, Vincent, 49
Massigli, Mme, 192 and n16, 238
Maugham, William Somerset, 36-7, 79, 215, 438, 439, 463
Mauriac, François, 201
Maurice see Baring, Maurice
Max (Max Calvin; Max the Calvinist) see Beaverbrook, Lord
Maxim’s, Paris 382, 390-1, 452
Maxine see Falaise, Maxine de
Maxwell, Elsa, 297, 301, 402, 441, 442, 475
Mediterranean, 157, 336
Melanie (cow
), 281, 288, 375-6, 378, 387, 409
Melbourne, 145
Melbourne, Lord, 311
Melchetts, the, 70
Mells, 36, 77, 217
Mendl, Elsie, 309, 402, 475
Mendl, Sir Charles, 442 and n38
Menebi, 354
Meredith, George, 324
Diana of the Crossways, 324
‘Love in the Valley’, 324
‘Modern Love’, 324
Mers-el-Kebir, 34 n3
Metro-Goldwyn studios, 28
Michael see Duff, Sir Michael
Michaud bistro, Paris, 243
Michelangelo, 321
Middlesex Hospital, 245-6
Middle Temple Hall, London, 85
Milan, 302
Milbanke, Sheila, 458
Millard, Ann, 210 and n61, 376, 393
Millard, Guy, 210 and n61, 475
Mille, Cecil de, 409
Miller, ‘Vertigo’, 173
Mills, John, 245 and n51
Milo see Cripps, Milo
Mincemeat, Operation see Operation Mincemeat
Mindszenty, Cardinal, 344 and n28
Ministry of Agriculture, 111
Ministry of Information, 32, 38, 48, 54, 69, 78, 111-12, 127, 129 and n17, 183
Ministry of Works (Office of Works), 184, 200, 277
Minneapolis, 25
Miracle, The, 4-5, 6, 219
Mireille (cook at Chantilly), 281, 286, 303, 316, 374, 375, 376, 381, 403, 409, 424, 429, 454, 458, 475
Mistinguett, 391 and n26
Mitford, Deborah see Hartington (née Mitford), Deborah (Debo), later Duchess of Devonshire
Mitford, Diana see Mosley (née Mitford), Lady Diana
Mitford (Rodd), Nancy, 210, 271, 279, 286, 292, 293, 302, 303, 310, 311, 312, 315, 316, 343-4, 369, 373, 374-5, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 389, 393, 394, 409, 410, 412, 415, 429, 432, 458, 476
Don’t Tell Alfred, 227
Love in a Cold Climate, 303 and n19
Mock, Mr, 285
Mogens see Twede, Mogens
Molyneux (fashion house), 80, 205, 266, 274, 302, 387, 406
Molyneux, Dick, 396
Molyneux, Edward, 205 and n43
Momo see Aveline, Momo
Monaco, 438
Monseigneur nightclub, Paris, 442-3
Montagu, Judy, 93 and n26, 94, 233, 293, 335, 405, 448, 473
Montagu, Venetia, 37 and n11, 88, 93, 94, 107, 122, 232, 233, 284, 285, 293, 479
Monte Carlo, 202, 208, 437, 459
DC and Duff stay in, 210-21
Montecatini, 448-50
Montgomery, Minou de, 173
Montgrésin, 455
Moore, Captain and Mrs, 299, 300
Moore, Garrett and Joan, 245 and n50
Moore, George, 48, 254, 255, 256
Moore, Henry, 185
Moran, Lord, 165 and n137, 167, 168
Morgan, General, 207
Morgan, Charles, 315
Morgan, Shirley, 314 n44
Morocco, 171-2, 329, 334, 345, 349-55, 357-61 see also names of places
Morris, Mr, 415
Morrison, Mr and Mrs Herbert, 210 and n62
Morrison, Shakespeare, 48
Mortimer, Raymond, 438
Mosley (née Mitford), Lady Diana, 292, 394, 412
Are you an Hon?, 412
Mosley, Sir Oswald, 292, 394
Mothers’ Union, 185
Moulin Rouge, 454
Mountbatten, Lord, 248 and n60
Moura see Budberg, Baroness Moura
Mr Polly, 348
Mrs Dale’s Diary, 257, 342
Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, 342
Mumble see Baring, Maurice
Munich, 342, 463
Muselier, Admiral Emile, 87, 476
Nancy see Mitford (Rodd), Nancy
Nanny see Ayto, Alice
Naples, 178
Napoleon, 183 n1, 426
Nathan’s (theatrical costumier), 229 and n6
Natural History Museum, New York, 24
Neiman Marcus store, Dallas, 430 and n15
Nelson, Maud, 424
Neuflize, Madame de, 280
Neutrality Act, 17, 18
Newall, Sir Cyril, 146
Newboult, Alex, 149
New College, Oxford, 208
JJN at, 9, 400, 401, 422
Newhaven, 198, 311, 315
New Jersey, 18, 20
New York, 4, 5, 18, 19, 21, 30, 32, 36, 39 n16, 42, 45, 75, 92, 133, 161
Brooklyn, 23
Natural History Museum, 24
World’s Fair, 15 and n4, 16, 17, 75
New Zealand, 133, 140-1, 145, 146-7, 260 n1
Nice, 213
Nicholas (Nicky), Prince of Yugoslavia, 402 and n1, 422, 476
Nicholson, Jenny, 201, 239, 302-3, 304, 305, 322, 331, 332, 344, 369, 432, 440, 473
Nicholson, William, 201
Nicolson, Harold, 240
Niven, David, 103
Noailles, Corise, Marquise de, 217
Noémi (maid), 344, 374, 402, 404-5, 409, 429, 438, 476
Noona see Rutland, Violet Manners, Duchess of
Norah see Fahie, Norah
Norfolk, Virginia, 161
North Africa
Duff and DC based in, 159-79
DC visits, 329, 344-5, 349-55, 357-61
see also names of places
North Carolina, 21
Northolt, 183
Northumberland, Duchess of, 274
Norton, Jean, 70 and n5, 89, 97 and n31
Norway, 373
Norwich, 7
Norwich, Duff Cooper, first Viscount see Cooper, Duff, later Viscount Norwich
Norwich, John Julius (John Julius Cooper, second Viscount Norwich)
DC’s memories of birth of, 447
letter from Westbury Manor, 12
sent to America, 31-2, 33
letter about arrival in America, 30
sent to school in Canada, 67
letters from school in Canada, 66, 110
letter from America during school holiday, 132
returns from America, 161
schooldays at Eton, 160, 161-2
life at the Embassy in Paris, 184-5
in Strasbourg, 182, 195-6
and Louise de Vilmorin, 196-7
joins his parents in Monte Carlo, 210-11
leaves Stasbourg, 225
receives call-up, 225
in the Navy, 224, 227, 260, 262, 290, 328, 372, 373
at Oxford, 400, 401, 422
and the Windsors, 423-4
begins career in Foreign Service, 461
DC’s life centres around, 464
family, 464
Oberlé, Jean, 204 and n41, 329, 334
Offenbach, Jacques: Orphée aux Enfers, 309
Officers’ Club, Paris, 199
Oggie see Lynn, Olga
Ohio, 22, 24-5
Oklahoma City, 26
Olga see Lynn, Olga
Olivier, Laurence (Larry), 28, 185, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 220, 240, 245, 474
Olympia, London, 4, 51
O’Neill, Ann (later Lady Rothermere, then Ann Fleming), 100, 101, 467
as Lady Rothermere, 207, 208, 230, 273, 325
Operation Mincemeat, 161 n3, 407, 431
Opio, 214 and n73, 286, 381, 383, 437
Order of St Michael and St George, Knight of Grand Cross of, 261 and n2
Orienburg, 204
Orion (ship), 176
Osbert see Sitwell, Osbert
Osborne, Lady Dorothy, 276
Other Club, 82 and n13
Ottawa, 21
Ouazarzat, 359
Owen, Frank, 48, 231
Owen, Mr, 112
Oxford, 8, 62, 68, 69, 246, 405, 461
JJN at, 9, 226, 400, 401, 422
Oxford and Asquith, Earl of (Trim), 249 and n61, 283
Page, Russell, 336
Page, Mrs (Podgie), 324
Paget, Bridget, 80-1
&n
bsp; Paget, Lady Caroline, 45 and n28, 72-3, 233, 245, 285, 314, 315, 438, 445, 467, 469
Paget, Charles, Marquess of Anglesey see Anglesey, Charles Paget, Marquess of
Paget, Lady Elizabeth see Hofmannsthal (née Paget), Lady Elizabeth von (Liz)
Paget, Henry, Marquess of Anglesey see Anglesey, Henry Paget, Marquess of
Paget, Lady Katherine see Farrell (née Paget), Lady Katherine (Kitty)
Paget (née Manners), Marjorie, Marchioness of Anglesey see Anglesey, Marjorie Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of Anglesey
Paget, Lady Rose see McLaren (née Paget), Lady Rose
Pagham harbour, 57, 58
Pakenham, Lord, 230
Palace Theatre, London, 254
Palazzo Farnese, Rome, 322
Palewski, Colonel Gaston, 76, 242 and n40, 292, 316, 393, 394, 472
Paley, Dorothy, 32, 40, 47, 67, 71, 81, 83, 90 and n19, 99, 126, 132, 470
Paley, William S. (Bill), 20, 30, 32, 47, 67, 71, 81, 90 and n19, 99, 116, 126, 164, 468-9
Palffy, Polly, 460 and n64
Palm Beach, Florida, 25
Pam see Berry, Lady Pamela
Pan/Pandora see Clifford, Pandora
Parade restaurant, Tangier, 361
Parfrement, Mr, 112 and n2
Paris
remains under German occupation, 162
promise to Duff about Ambassadorship in, 163
DC anticipates moving to, 177
liberated, 183
Duff appointed as Ambassador, 183
DC and Duff arrive in, 187-8
DC and Duff spend early days at hotel in, 188-9
torture chambers in, 189
life at Embassy, 183-6, 190-210
Churchill’s visit to, 190-3
DC and Duff leave Embassy, 225
DC and Duff have a flat in Rue de Lille, 226
DC and Duff return from England to, 241
DC’s visits to, 241-3, 262, 279-80, 283, 293, 302, 305, 310-11, 332-4, 368-9, 373, 375, 382-3, 390-4, 402, 440-7, 451
Princess Elizabeth’s visit to, 279-81
shakes off wartime austerity, 373
brief references, 90, 94, 179, 227, 238, 239, 292, 325, 326, 329, 343, 356, 388, 434
Paris, Comte de (Pretender of France), 434 and n23
Paris-Match, 442
Parker, John, 422
Park Lane, London, 75
Parmenter, Mr, 252
Parsons, Geoffrey, 380
Passy sur Eure, 454, 456-7
Patten, Susan Mary, 266 and n7, 267, 275, 287, 293, 305-6, 316, 332, 336, 388, 415, 427 n5, 440, 478
Patten, William S. (Bill), 267, 275, 282, 287, 305, 336, 440
Paul, Prince, 379, 392, 432-3, 452, 453
Pavilion Theatre, London, 84
Pawson, Tony, 393
Pearl Harbor, 147
Pearson, Hesketh: The Fool of Love, 451
Pembroke, Lady (Bee), 306, 307-8, 384
Pembroke, Reginald (Reggie), Earl of, 306-7, 308
Penang, 150
Percival, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur, 148
Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris, 383
Perugia, 318, 319
Peter Robinson store, London, 79