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Healey, Edna, 203, 684
Heaney, Seamus, 689
Heath, Edward, 2, 8, 418, 450, 467, 508, 509, 546, 594, 629, 639, 639n, 654–5, 668, 670, 734, 737, 749; at Oxford, 27–30, 36, 48; as Leader of the Opposition, 256, 276–8, 322, 339, 343, 356, 358, 426–7, 440; as Prime Minister, 363, 363n, 377, 398, 403–4, 408–13, 422; and Europe, 214, 224, 284, 370–1, 373, 378–9, 380, 383–4, 385, 442–6, 449, 456, 490, 720–1; and the Oxford Chancellorship, 650–2; Jenkins on, 411, 639n
Heathcote Amory, Derick, 208
Heffer, Eric, 215, 364, 371, 389, 443
Heinemann (publishers), 105–6, 148–9
Henderson, Lord, 101
Henderson, Nicholas, 32, 35, 159–62, 237, 257, 265, 282–3, 340n, 356n, 407, 442, 456–7, 461, 470, 483, 485–6, 486n, 504, 518, 524, 600, 654, 655n, 707, 734, 738, 744, 749
Henderson, Mary, 237, 504
Hennessy, Peter, 668, 680
Herbert, Sir Alan, 183–4, 302
Heseltine, Michael, 721, 730n, 733
Hetherington, Alastair, 207, 223, 255, 302, 389
Hewitt, Patricia, 644n
Hicks Beach, Michael, 728
Hill, Dr Charles, 216
Hill, Christopher, 257, 289, 650
Hillhead (Glasgow), 121, 147, 588–95, 601, 606, 608, 611, 619, 621, 625–6, 638, 647n, 654, 658–61, 697, 708, 728n, 735
Hinchinbrooke, Lord, 215
Hislop, Ian, 697
Historic Buildings Council, 156, 477, 736
Hitchman, Austin, 120, 145, 147, 202n, 471
Hitchman, Dora (‘Dink’), 120, 145, 147, 202n, 471
Hitler, Adolf, 29, 30, 43, 173, 367
Hockney, David, 689
Hodges, Frank, 10
Hodgkin, Dorothy, 654
Hogg, Quintin (see Hailsham, Lord)
Hogg, Sarah, 531n
Hollis, Sir Roger, 567
Holme, Richard, 572, 620, 622, 660, 707, 708, 709
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 723
Holroyd, Michael, 164
Home, Earl of, (Sir Alec Douglas-Home), 164, 216, 236, 241, 679, 684, 742
Home Office, 189–96, 249, 255–8, 259–80, 293–303, 324, 415–6, 418–36, 467–70
homosexuality, 2, 153, 182, 192, 198, 255–6, 260–1, 294–300, 422, 719
Hood, John, 687
Hoover, Herbert, 699–700
Horam, John, 542, 558n
Horne, Alistair, 688
Horne, Robert, 728, 728n
Houghton, Douglas, 215, 334, 379, 380–1, 383n, 390–1
Howard, Anthony, 228n, 274, 397, 406, 655n, 693, 736, 745
Howard, Elizabeth Jane, 744
Howard, Michael, 26n, 719, 726
Howard-Drake, J.T.A., 270–2
Howe, Sir Geoffrey, 528, 564, 578, 641, 670–1, 744
Howell, Denis, 146n, 203, 212, 302, 385, 392, 459
Hoyle, Doug, 579–81
Hughes, Cledwyn, 316, 416–18, 444, 454
Hughes, Simon, 616
Huhne, Chris, 489n, 723
Hume, Cardinal Basil, 427
Humorist, 23
Humphrey, Hubert, 154
Hurd, Douglas, 470, 495, 597, 671, 744
Hutchinson, George, 423
Hutchinson, Jeremy, 262–3, 473, 655n, 738
Huth, Angela, 525
Hutton, Will, 723
Huxley, Aldous, 21, 27, 634
Hyndman, H.M., 563n
Illingworth (cartoonist), 321
immigration, 198, 260, 270–4, 302, 369, 429–30, 470
incomes policy, 345–6
Independent, 670, 693, 697, 716, 719, 722, 741–2, 745
Independent on Sunday, 732
Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), 99, 112
Industrial Relations Bill (1969), 345–9
inflation, 196, 345–6, 358, 439, 453, 586
Ingham, Bernard, 668
Inglis, Brian, 190
In Place of Strife, 345–9, 368–9, 457
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 311–12, 336, 337, 342, 344, 346, 471, 496, 499–500
Iraq war (2003), 727, 742–3
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 420, 422–8, 440, 442
Irvine, Derry, 717, 737, 738
Isaacs, George, 106
Isaacs, Jeremy, 257
Isis, 30–31
Jackson, Margaret (later Beckett), 401n
Jagger, Mick, 748
JAK (cartoonist), 576
James, Clive, 633
Jay, Douglas, 26, 108, 128, 135, 159, 161, 180, 189, 196n, 203–5, 207, 215, 221, 221n, 228, 247, 252, 304, 307, 742
Jay, Peter, 323
Jefferys, Kevin, 66
Jenkins, Arthur (Roy’s father), 9–24, 31, 33, 33n, 35, 38–9, 43, 47, 49, 52n, 66, 75, 78, 80, 85, 89, 90, 96, 98–9, 101–5, 111, 169, 178, 329n
Jenkins, Charles (son), 117, 155, 157–8, 157n, 241, 244, 289, 655n, 738, 747
Jenkins, Cynthia (daughter), 117, 155, 156, 157, 157n, 158, 158n, 241, 289, 329n, 655n, 738, 747
Jenkins, Edward (son), 155, 157–8, 158n, 167, 241, 244, 289, 329n, 351, 655n, 702, 738, 741n, 747
Jenkins, Hattie, née Harris (Roy’s mother), 11–18, 33, 33n, 36, 43, 64–6, 72, 75, 80, 85–6, 90, 101–5, 122, 133, 154–5
Jenkins, Ivana (daughter-in-law), 289
Jenkins, Jennifer, née Morris, 6, 45, 109, 112, 117, 122–3, 133, 149, 153, 201, 203–4, 217, 218, 225, 227, 230, 236, 240, 244, 249, 265, 322, 341n, 351, 360, 360n, 368, 380, 385n, 391–2, 405, 407, 414, 416, 416n, 438, 449, 451–2, 455, 463, 465, 475n, 476–7, 481, 483–4, 489–491, 503–5, 507, 510, 518, 522–3, 552, 555, 575, 577, 578, 588, 594–6, 621–4, 655n, 656, 658n, 662, 674, 679, 696, 704, 727, 730, 732, 735–6, 738, 739, 741, 743, 745, 747–9; courtship and marriage, 46–66, 67–93; married life, 96–7, 117, 155–62, 165–8, 191–2, 288–9, 329n, 634–7, 683–6; children, 117, 155–7; career, 155–6, 288–9, 477, 658n, 736, 736n
Jenkins, Maxine, 518, 555–6, 609
Jenkins, Michael, 474–5, 481, 518, 533, 609
Jenkins, Peter, 346, 552, 566, 575, 655n
Jenkins, Roy
1920–1945:
parents and childhood, 9–23; influence of father, 10–12, 14–15, 17, 23–4; and mother, 12–14; schools, 17, 19–23; at University College, Cardiff, 23–25; at Oxford, 26–45, 48–50, 56–7, 60; and the Oxford Union, 29–32, 34–6, 41–2, 48–50; friends, 28–29, 32, 83; relationship with Tony Crosland, 32–40, 42–5, 50–6, 64–6, 89–90; early political ideas, 30–1, 34–42, 52–3, 58–60; and Labour Club breakaway, 38–41; relationship with Jennifer Morris, 46–8, 50, 53–5, 57–60, 62–5, 67–80, 83–93; wedding, 90; army service, 67–72, 76–84; at Bletchley Park, 81–4, 98; search for a seat, 86–9, 94–5
1945–1964:
married life and family, 96–7, 98, 100, 117, 155–62, 165–9; fights Solihull in 1945 election, 95–97; and ICFC, 99, 112; father’s death, 101; seeks Pontypool nomination, 103–5; writes Attlee’s biography, 105–6; wins Central Southwark by-election, 106–10; early years in Parliament, 111–19; 124–37, 143–7, 179–80, 193–4; journalism, 115, 151–4, 190, 192–3, 219–20; wins Stechford, 119–23; relationship with Stechford, 145–7, 175–7, 201–2, 240–2, 470–1; political ideas, 126–8, 137–42, 171–4, 180–2, 194–200, 203–6; friendship with Crosland, 125–6, 129, 131, 134–6, 160–1; supports Gaitskell, 129–32, 134–7, 171–4, 177–8, 179–80, 200–1, 203–14, 216–17; writing, 148–51, 163, 212, 236–9; travels, 153–5; Ladbroke Square and social life, 155–65, 168–9, 218; and Barley Alison, 166–8; and Caroline Gilmour, 168, 190–2; and Leslie Bonham Carter, 168, 235–6; and John Lewis, 169–70; income, 170–1; and obscenity legislation, 182–6; and Suez crisis, 186–7; supports Britain joining European Community, 187–90, 213–16, 220–5; and the libertarian agenda, 182, 198–200; opposes unilateral nuclear disarmament, 208–10; devastated by death of Gaitskell, 225–6, 228, 229; distrust of Wilson, 226–8, 230–2, 239; offered editorship of the Economist, 230–1; and the Kenn
edys, 232–5; in 1964 election, 239–42
1964–1976:
Minister of Aviation (1964–65), 243–55; rivalry with Crosland, 243–4, 249, 304–6, 307–8, 310, 337–8, 338n, 362, 393–4, 463–4; relationship with Wilson, 249, 255–6, 276, 282–3, 292, 304–6, 316–17, 329–30, 372–4, 438–9, 462; and Concorde, 245–8; and TSR-2, 251–3; and BOAC, 253–5; mastery of House of Commons, 247, 252, 277–9, 302, 322, 341, 408–10; refuses Education, 248–9; working style, 249–51, 261–4, 267, 286–8, 324–9; appointed Home Secretary, 255–8
Home Secretary (1965–67), 259–306; and the permissive society, 260–1, 298–300; and the police, 261, 265–6, 267–70, 275; and the ethos of the Home Office, 261–6, advisers, 262–5, 312, 326, 420–2; and the Criminal Justice Bill (1966), 269–70; and race relations legislation, 270–73; and immigration, 271–4; and prison escapes, 275–80; advocates devaluation, 280–3, 303–4; supports Britain joining European Community, 283–5, 292; seen as rival to Wilson, 285–6, 292–4, 304–5, 316–17, 324, 330–35, 344, 374–6, 385–9; fails to challenge Wilson, 330–5, 374–6, 386–9, 397–9, 406–7; social life, 282–3, 286–8, 290–1; East Hendred and family life, 288–90; criticises military overreach, 292; backs abortion legislation, 294–6, 297–9; backs legalisation of homosexuality, 294, 296–300; abolishes stage censorship, 300–1; and drugs, 301; and Court Lees school, 302–3; appointed Chancellor, 305–8
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1967–70), 309–59; compares Treasury with Home Office, 324–5; spending cuts, 312–17; defence cuts, 313–17; budgets: (1968) 317–24; (1969) 340–2, (1970) 350–55; and the balance of payments, 311–12, 336–9, 342–4, 349, 357–8; sterling crises, 319–21, 334, 336–9, 342–3; incomes policy, 345–9; and In Place of Strife, 345–9; in the 1970 election, 355–9
elected deputy leader of the Labour party, 361–2; as deputy leader, 362–92; in shadow cabinet, 369–70, 378–9, 407–8, 410–11; writing, 364–7, 404; travels, 368, 383, 405–6; opposes reversal of policy on Europe, 370–9, 383–5; votes to join European Community, 379–80; awarded Charlemagne prize, 385; opposes European referendum, 389–91; resigns deputy leadership, 391–2; fails to support Dick Taverne, 400–2; preaches vague moderation, 402–4, 438; in February 1974 election, 411–13; fails to insist on return to the Treasury, 414–18; reappointed Home Secretary, 414–19
Home Secretary (1974–76), 420–441, 467–70; and the Price sisters, 423–4; and IRA terrorism, 422–5, 427–8; Prevention of Terrorism Act (1975), 425–6; and capital punishment, 426–7; on Northern Ireland, 427; and sex equality legislation, 428–9; and race relations legislation, 428–30, 467; and immigration, 429–30; police and prisons, 430–2; upholds rule of law, 432–3, 436; backs electoral reform, 434; and freedom information, 435, 467; fears social breakdown, 436–8; in the October 1974 election, 439–41; leads ‘Yes’ campaign in 1975 referendum, 442–9; debate with Tony Benn, 447–8; opposes left takeover of the Labour party, 450–4; offered Presidency of European Commission, 455–7; accepts, 466; stands unsuccessfully for Labour leadership, 457–61; denied Foreign Office by Callaghan, 462–4; converted to Scottish devolution, 468–70; leaves British politics, 464–5, 470–3
1976–2003
as President of the European Commission (1977–80), 474–502, 517–39; choice of cabinet, 475–6; rue de Praetère, 476–7; appointment of Commissioners, 477–9, 481; death of Tony Crosland, 484–5; relations with David Owen, 485–6, 487–8, 492; relations with Helmut Schmidt, 486–7, 495–6, 497–9; relations with Giscard d’Estaing, 486–9, 495–6, 497–9; fights for right to attend G7 summits, 486–9; proposes European Monetary System, 490–6, 497–502, 536; and enlargement, 537; and the British budget contribution, 526–36; and Mrs Thatcher, 526–36; achievement, 536–9; life in Brussels, 517–20, 523–4; on world leaders, 521–2; travels, 522–3; health, 524–5; delivers Dimbleby lecture, 508, 509–16; explores possibility of centre party, 507–16, 540–67; understanding with David Steel, 541–2; talks with Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, 543–5, 553–4; relations with David Owen, 550, 554–5, 562, 573–4, 601–8, 613; joins the Gang of Four, 555–6; the Limehouse Declaration, 557–9; launch of the SDP, 559–71; and relations with the Liberals, 571–4; and leadership of the SDP, 562, 570–1, 581–2, 597; fights Warrington by-election, 574–81; wins Hillhead by-election, 587–95; enjoyment of Glasgow, 595–7; return to the House of Commons, 598–9, 610; and the Falklands war 599–601; wins SDP leadership, 601–8; as SDP leader, 609–27; and the SDP/Liberal Alliance, 610–26; ‘Prime Minister Designate’, 618; in the 1983 election, 617–26; leadership of the Alliance challenged, 620–4; resigns SDP leadership, 626–7
differences with David Owen, 628–9, 646–9, 659; writing, 629–33, 675–81, 690–5, 727–32, 739–41; marriage and girlfriends, 634–7, 683–6; ‘hedonistic calculus’, 636; critique of Thatcherism, 637–45, 667–71; urges British membership of EMS, 640–1, 669–72; wins Chancellorship of Oxford University, 649–52; loses Hillhead, 659–61; as Chancellor of Oxford, 652–8, 686–90, 717–18, 726–7; in House of Lords, 661–2, 667–9 742–3; supports SDP/Liberal merger, 662–7; critical of Major government, 671–3, 697–700; writes memoirs, 675–81; receives Order of Merit, 683; advises Tony Blair, 700–7, 708–10; supports Labour/Liberal Democrat ‘project’, 701–4, 706–10, 716–17; chairs commission on electoral reform, 710–15; urges British membership of the euro, 720–2, 724–5; disillusioned with Blair, 718–27; and Iraq war, 727, 742–3; social life and friends, 732–8; illness and death, 744–5; tributes, 745–9
Books: Mr Attlee, 105–6; Fair Shares for the Rich, 126–8, 644–5; Pursuit of Progress, 137–141, 148, 169, 180, 402; Mr Balfour’s Poodle, 148, 163, 192, 661, 749; Sir Charles Dilke, 149–51, 163, 185, 192, 235, 236, 485n; The Labour Case, 197–200, 255, 301; Asquith, 192, 212, 218, 229, 236–9, 288, 690–1, 731, 749; Nine Men of Power, 230, 365–7, 619, 638n, 690, 749; Afternoon on the Potomac?, 368, 368n, 399, 427; What Matters Now, 399–400; Partnership of Principle, 647n; Truman, 629–30, 665, 680n; Baldwin, 629–30; Gallery of Twentieth Century Portraits, 723; Portraits and Miniatures, 690; European Diary, 456, 517, 520–3, 630–1, 676; A Life at the Centre, 675–81, 700; Gladstone, 238, 691–4, 702, 702n, 720, 727–8, 731, 749; The Chancellors, 129, 163, 340, 727–8, 739–40; Churchill, 238, 728–32, 739, 749; Twelve Cities, 153, 517, 521n, 596, 739–40, 740n, 744; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 740–1, 744, 749
Themes: and the Labour party, 58–59, 124–5, 137–42, 171–2, 197–201, 203–6, 210–12, 213–14, 216–17, 240–1, 291–4, 372–3, 387–8, 399–400, 401–4, 406, 436–7, 452, 454–5, 471, 512–13, 547–8, 551–2; and ‘New Labour’, 700–1; and socialism, 33–4, 37, 40–2, 52, 56, 58–9, 114–15, 124, 127–8, 137–8, 181, 195, 203–8, 403–4, 453, 513–4, 548, 669, 677, 698; and privatisation, 677; and Europe, 2–3, 139, 187–9, 214–16, 219–26, 283–5, 370–396, 442–9, 474–500, 526–39, 615, 640–1, 669–71, 697, 720–6; liberal reforms, 1–3, 181–6, 198, 259–61, 294–300; ‘radicalism’, 192–3, 510–14, 606, 677; on nuclear weapons, 208–10, 579–80, 642, 647–8; on proportional representation, 3, 58, 434, 512–13, 547, 709–15; on Thatcherism, 564, 578, 580, 600–1, 615, 638–45, 667–71, 677
Characteristics: love of numbers, 13–14; love of trains, 14, 116; love of food, 22–3, 518–19, 522–3; and restaurants, 100, 153–4, 517–18, 596–7, 635, 736; love of wine, 25, 28–9, 159, 405, 518–19, 528n, 587; smoking, 71, 71n, 310, 480–1; tennis, 157n, 161–2; travels, 100, 153–4, 368, 383, 404–6, 522–3, 739–40; girlfriends, 165–8, 190–2, 235–6, 635, 747–8; clubs, 238, 250, 254, 287, 287n, 503n, 673; alleged snobbery, 162–3, 162n, 218; gift for friendship, 28, 32, 159–60, 732, 734–7; ambition to be PM, 1, 330–5, 678–9, 742; on being a minister, 249–51, 325–9; book reviewing, 190, 219, 631–3, 694; reading, 21, 62, 67, 72, 80, 98, 475n, 163–4, 525, 633–4, 634n, 695–6, 744; writing style, 367, 692, 731; taste in music, 697; income, 99, 105, 118, 170–1, 219, 364, 364n, 476, 506–7, 631, 633, 690, 732; exercise, 523–
4, 684; health, 12–13, 80, 524–5, 609–10, 629, 730, 741–2, 744–5
Houses: Marsham Street, 100; Cornwall Gardens, 117; Ladbroke Square, 155; St Amand’s House (East Hendred), 288; rue de Praetère, 476–7; Kensington Park Gardens, 504, 504n; Kirklee Terrace (Glasgow), 595;
on Tony Benn, 447, 633; on Tony Blair, 700–701, 703–4, 705, 720–1, 722–3, 725–6, 738, 742–3; on George Brown, 226; on Gordon Brown, 742; on Barbara Castle, 286–7, 327, 536n; on Tony Crosland, 32–3, 37, 337–8, 485; on Richard Crossman, 22, 118, 118n, 228n; on Hugh Dalton, 129; on Deng Xiaoping, 521–2; on Garret FitzGerald, 522; on Hugh Gaitskell, 135–6, 229, 365; on Al Haig, 521; on Denis Healey, 30, 545n, 684; on Ted Heath, 29n, 411, 639n; on John Kennedy, 233–4; on John Paul II, 521; on Nigel Lawson, 638–40, 644–5; on John Major, 698–9; on David Owen, 485–6, 550, 555, 586, 646–9, 649n, 676–7; on Bill Rodgers, 543; on Margaret Thatcher, 638–45, 667–71; on Shirley Williams, 545; on Harold Wilson, 211, 249, 450–1, 505, 643
Jenkins, Sally (daughter-in-law), 702
Jenkins, Simon, 736n
Jenkins of Putney, Lord, 662
John XXIII, Pope, 219
John, Brynmor, 467
John Lewis Partnership, 169–70, 171, 229, 245, 364
John Paul II, Pope, 521
Johnson, Boris, 683, 713, 719, 722–3
Johnson, Frank, 577–8, 598, 600, 655n
Johnson, Lyndon B., 315–16, 331, 643
Johnson, Paul, 515–16
Johnson, Dr Samuel, 287n, 673n
Johnstone, Russell, 618n
Jones, Elwyn (later Lord Elwyn-Jones), 248, 432, 435
Jones, Gwynoro, 386
Jones, Jack, 463, 463n, 508, 515
Joseph, Sir Keith, 200, 426, 528
Jospin, Lionel, 746
Jowett, Benjamin, 27
Joyce, James, 522
Joynson-Hicks, Sir William, 16
Kaiser, Philip, 655
Kaldor, Nicholas, 318, 318n
Karaka, D.F., 152
Karamanlis, Konstantin, 537
Kaufman, Gerald, 201, 281, 327, 332, 551
Kavanagh, Denis, 411
Keays, Sarah, 476n
Keegan, William, 655n
Kellner, Peter, 713–14
Kelly, Ruth, 723