Craven-Smith-Milnes family 1
Crawford, Marion (‘Crawfie’) 1 The Little Princesses 1
Crawley, Susanna (Mrs Charles Swallow) 1, 2
Crewe House, Mayfair, London 1
Crichton-Stuart, Lady Fiona 1, 2
Crichton-Stuart, Lord James 1
Crichton-Stuart, Lady James see Croker-Poole, Sally
Croker-Poole, Lieutenant Colonel A.E. 1, 2, 3
Croker-Poole, Anthony 1, 2
Croker-Poole, Mrs Arthur 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Croker-Poole, Sally (Her Highness Princess Salima) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Cromal Lodge, Ardersier, Inverness-shire 1
Cromwell, Oliver 1
Cubitt, Rosalind 1
Cumberland Hotel, London 1
Cunard, Lady 1
Cuthbert, Caroline 1, 2
Cygnets House, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington 1
Czernin, Countess Carolyn 1, 2
Czernin, Count Manfred and Countess Maude 1
Daily Express 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Daily Mail 1
Daily Telegraph 1, 2
Daily Worker 1
Dali, Salvador 1
Dalkeith, Countess of (née Jane McNeill; later Jane, Duchess of Buccleuch) 1, 2
Dalrymple-Champneys, Lady 1
Dalzell, Jane 1
Data Protection Act 1
Davenport, David 1
David, Elizabeth 1
D’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Chloë 1
D’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Harry 1
D’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Lady 1, 2
D’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sarah 1
D’Avigdor-Goldsmid family 1, 2
de Belabre, Baroness (née Agnes McAlpine; ‘Toto’; author’s maternalgrandmother) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
de Belabre, Baron (author’s maternal grandfather) 1, 2
de Belabre, Baroness (Genevieve) 1
de Belabre, Baron (Serge) 1, 2
de la Calle, Comtesse 1, 2
de Miramon, Eliane (Hon. Mrs Anthony Grigg) 1
de Vesci, Lady 1
death duties 1
debutante fathers 1, 2, 3
debutante mothers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
debutantes charity work 1, 2, 3
Debs of the Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
education 1, 2
engagements 1
and growth of hippydom 1
mystique undermined 1
reasons for demise of 1
use of the term debutante 1
see also under dress code; London dances; London Season
Declaration (ed. Tom Maschler) 1
Dempster, Nigel 1, 2, 3, 4
Denning, Lord: report on the Profumo affair 1
Denny, Lois 1, 2
Derby House, Grosvenor Square, London 1
d’Erlanger, Sir Gerard 1
d’Erlanger, Mary (‘Minnie’) 1
Devas, Anthony 1
Devine, George 1
Devine, Harriet 1
Devon, Earls of 1
Devonshire, Andrew Cavendish, 12th Duke of 1, 2
Devonshire, Duchess of 1, 2
Diana, HRH Princess 1, 2, 3
Dickinson, David 1, 2
Dilke, Sir Charles 1
Dior, Christian 1
Disraeli, Benjamin 1
Distressed Gentlefolks’ Aid Association 1
Docker, Lady 1
Dodavoe, Glen Prosen, Kirriemuir 1, 2
d’Offay, Anthony 1
Dollar Exports Council 1
Donegal, Marquis of 1
Dooley, Terence: The Decline of the Big House in Ireland 1, 2
Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Dorchester House, Park Lane, London 1
Douglas, Victoria 1
Douglas-Home, Robin 1
Douglas-Home, William: The Reluctant Debutante 1, 2
Douglas Miller family 1
Douglas Miller, Robert 1
Downe House, Berkshire 1
dress code Biba style 1
cocktail parties 1
deb escorts 1
debutantes’ cocktail and dance dresses 1
decline in dress standards 1
presentation ceremonies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Scottish dress 1, 2
and small dances 1
underclothes 1
dress shows 1, 2, 3
Dresselhuys, Ghislaine 1
Driberg, Tom 1
drinking culture 1, 2
Dropmore House, Buckinghamshire 1, 2
drugs 1, 2
Drummond, Philippa 1, 2
Drysdale, Stephen 1
Dublin 1, 2
Dublin Horse Show, Ballsbridge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dudley, Earl of 1, 2
Dudley Ward, Frieda 1
Dudley Ward, Penelope 1
Dufferin and Ava, Maureen, Marchioness of (née Guinness) 1, 2
Dugdale, Carol 1
Dugdale, Caroline (Mrs Patrick Ground) 1, 2, 3
Dugdale, Eric 1, 2
Dugdale, James 1
Dugdale, Rose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Dun Laoghaire, Ireland 1
Duncan, Isadora 1
Dunkirk 1
Dunkirk (film) 1
Dupree, Delia 1
Duxford, Berkshire 1
Dykes, Brian 1
Easter Parade 1
Eastwood, Miles 1
Eden, Amelia 1
Eden, Sir Anthony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Eden, Elfrida (Mrs Richard Fallowfield) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Eden, Lady 1
Eden, Sir Timothy 1 The Tribulations of a Baronet 1
Edge, William 1
Edinburgh Festival 1
education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Edward VII, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Edward VIII, King (formerly Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Eisenhower, General Dwight 1
Eldon Hall, Melrose, Roxburghshire 1
Eley, Holly (née Urquhart) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Eliot, T.S. 1
Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 see also Bowes-Lyon, Lady Elizabeth
Elizabeth I, Queen 1, 2
Elizabeth II, Queen 1, 2 engaged to Prince Philip 1
wartime broadcasts as Princess Elizabeth 1
Coronation (1953) 1, 2, 3
role in Macmillan’s appointment as prime minister 1
press criticism 1
personality 1
public speeches 1
decision to end the presentations 1, 2
at the last presentations 1, 2, 3
portraits 1, 2, 3
and the Townsend crisis 1
Trooping the Colour 1
at the last presentation ceremony in Scotland 1
at Balmoral 1
Elliott, Baroness, of Harwood 1
Elwes, Dominic 1
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1
Encombe, Viscount 1
engagements 1
Englefield Green, Surrey 1
English Stage Company 1, 2
Errol, Countess of 1
Escoffier, George Auguste 1
escorts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Establishment nightclub, Soho, London 1
Estelle (fortune teller) 1
etiquette manuals 1
Eton College 1, 2, 3 Fourth of June 1, 2, 3, 4
Eton Five jazz band 1
Eton Ramblers 1
Eva, Queen of Spain 1
Evening News 1
Evening Standard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Exeter family 1
Fairbanks, Douglas, Junior 1
Fallen Idol, The (film) 1
Fallowfield, Mrs Richard see Eden, Elfrida
Fame, Georgie (Clive Powell) 1, 2
Vere Fane, Mrs see Prain, Tessa
Farley, Sandra 1
Fazil, Philip 1
feminism 1, 2
Ferre
ras, Miguel 1
Ferreras, Oonagh (née Guinness) 1
Festival of Britain (1951) 1
Feydeau, Georges 1
Fielding, Fenella 1
Fife 1
Fife Foxhounds 1
Financial Times 1
finishing schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
First World War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fitz-Simon, Stephen 1
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Anne 1
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Carina 1
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Mary 1, 2
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Sarah 1
FitzGerald, Lady Nesta 1, 2
FitzGerald, Lady Rosemary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Flamingo Club, Soho, London 1
Fleming, Ian Casino Royale 1
Diamonds are Forever 1
From Russia with Love 1
Live and Let Die 1
Fletcher, Annette 1
Foale, Marian 1
Folies-Bergère, Paris 1
Fonteyn, Margot 1
food cocktail parties 1
house parties 1, 2, 3
London dances 1
Foot, Sir Hugh 1
Foot, Michael 1
Foot, Paul 1
Fort George, Scotland 1
Fort William, Scotland 1
Fortnum & Mason department store, Piccadilly, London 1
Foster, Gay 1
Fourth of June see under Eton College
Fowler, John 1, 2
Fox, Charles James 1
Foxwell, Lady Edith 1, 2, 3
Foxwell, Ivan 1, 2
Foxwell, Zia (later Mrs David Kruger) 1, 2, 3, 4 Borrowed Time 1, 2
Fraser, Lady Antonia (née Pakenham) 1
Frayn, Michael 1
Freeman, Fiona 1
Friedan, Betty: The Feminine Mystique 1
Friedberger, Sarah 1
Frost, Colonel and Mrs George 1
Frost, Sir David 1
Frost, Leonora 1
Fulham, London 1
Furneaux, Lindsey 1
Gainsborough, Thomas 1, 2
Gainsbourg, Serge 1
Gallagher, Eddie 1
Gallagher, Ruari 1
Galway Blazers 1
Galway-Greer, Nat 1
Gamlin, Lionel 1
Garland, Judy 1
Garnons, Byford, Hereford 1
gatecrashing 1
General Trading Company 1
Gentlemen at Arms, Honourable Corps of 1
George III, King 1, 2, 3
George V, King 1, 2, 3
George VI, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Georgian Group 1
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 1, 2
Getty, Paul 1
Gilbert & George 1
Gilbey, W.A. (wine and spirit firm) 1
Gill, Eric 1
Gioconda Smile 1
Girls’ Crystal 1
Glenart Castle, Co. Wicklow 1
Gleneagles, Perthshire 1
Glenstal Castle, Co. Limerick 1
‘Glorious Twelfth’ 1
Gloucester, Duchess of 1, 2, 3
Gloucester, Prince Richard of 1
Goalen, Barbara 1
Goldsmith, Lady Annabel: Annabel: An Unconventional Life 1
Goncharov, George 1
Goodman, F. G. 1
Goodwood Racecourse, West Sussex 1
Gosford, Countess of 1
Gosford Park (film) 1
Gosford Castle, Co. Armagh 1
Goudime, Paul 1
Gough, Gillian 1, 2
Gough, Mrs 1
Gough, Thalia 1
Gowers Committee on Houses of Outstanding Historic or Architectural Interest 1
Goya 1
Goya, Francisco de: Portrait of Doña Antonia de Zarate 1
Grace, Princess, of Monaco 1
Graham, Penny 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Granny Takes a Trip, King’s Road, Chelsea 1
Great Universal Stores 1
Green, Rupert Lycett 1
Greene, Annabel (Mrs Charles Gooch) 1, 2
Greene, Richard 1
Greer, Germaine: The Female Eunuch 1
Grenadier Guards 1, 2
Grenfell, Joyce (Joyce Phipps) 1, 2
Greville, Mrs Ronnie 1
Grey, Beryl 1
Grey Abbey, Co. Down 1
Griffiths, Davina 1
Grigg, Hon. Mrs Anthony 1
Grigg, John (as Lord Altrincham) 1
Griggs, Barbara 1
Grimond, Joseph (Jo), Baron Grimond 1
Grinling, Anthony Gibbons 1
Grinling, Judy (Mrs Hugh Johnson) 1, 2, 3
Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Grosvenor Square, London 1
Groves, Mary (Mrs Andrew Douglas-Bate) 1, 2
Guardian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead 1
Gubbay, Mrs 1
Guinness, Hon. Eliza 1, 2
Guinness, Arthur Ernest 1, 2
Guinness family 1, 2
Guinness Book of Records 1
Gunnis, Rupert 1
Hackney, Pearl 1
Hadden, Melanie 1
Hague, Mrs Derek 1
Haigh, Kenneth 1
Halifax, Lord 1
Hamilton, Margaret 1
Hamilton, Lady Moyra 1
Hamilton, Patrick 1 Gaslight 1
Hangover Square 1
Rope 1
The Slaves of Solitude 1
Hammersmith, London 1
Hammersmith Palais de Danse, London 1
Hamond-Graeme, Lady (‘Lady Ham-’n-Eggs’) 1, 2
Hampstead, London 1
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey 1, 2
Hardie, Keir 1
Hardy, Charles MacArthur 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Harel-Dare, Madame (Neuilly finishing school) 1
Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire 1
Harman, Sarah 1
Harrison, Nicolette (Mrs Nicolette Powell; formerly Marchioness of Londonderry) 1, 2, 3, 4
Harrison, Noel 1
Harrison, Rex 1, 2
Harrods department store, London 1, 2
Harrovians 1, 2
Hartland Abbey, Devon 1
Hartnell, Norman 1
Harttman, Freddie 1
Harvey, Laurence 1
Harvey Nichols department store, London 1
Hastings, Lady Moorea (later Wyatt) 1, 2
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire 1
Havergal, Giles 1
Hawke, Hon. Annabel (Hon. Mrs Brook) 1, 2
Hawke, Hon. Cecilia 1
Hayter, Lady 1
Hayter, Teresa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Hayter of the Bourgeoisie 1, 2
Open Borders 1
Hayter, Sir William 1, 2
Hearst, Patty 1
Hearst, Randolph 1
Heathcoat-Amory, Roddy 1
Heathcoat-Amory, Sonia 1
Heathfield School, Ascot, Berkshire 1
Heaton, Wally 1, 2
Heber-Percy, Victoria 1
Heber-Percy, Zara 1
Hello! magazine 1
Hely-Hutchinson, Elizabeth 1
Henderson, Russ 1
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 1, 2
Henley Royal Regatta 1, 2, 3, 4
Henry Schroder 1
Hensher, Philip 1
Hepworth, Barbara 1
Her Majesty’s Body Guard 1, 2
Hereford Art College 1
Hereford Cathedral 1, 2
Heritage Lottery Fund 1
Herrema, Dr Tiede 1
Hertford, Marquess and Marchioness of 1
Heuss, Professor Theodor 1
Hewitt, James 1 Moving On 1
Heyer, Georgette 1, 2
Heywood-Lonsdale, June and Teddy 1
Hickey, William 1, 2, 3
Hicks, David 1
High Society 1, 2, 3
Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire 1
Highland Games 1
High
land Summer Balls 1, 2
Hignett, John 1
Hillary, Sir Edmund 1
Hillier, Bevis 1
Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London 1
Hindlip, Henry Allsopp, Baron 1
hippydom 1
Hirohito, Emperor 1
His Clothes shop, Soho, London 1
Hitler, Adolf 1
Hockney, David 1
Hodgess, Julie 1
Hoffnung, Gerard 1
Hohler, Olga 1
Holden, Jane 1, 2
Holford, Robert 1
Holland family 1
Holland House, Kensington, London 1, 2
Holloway, Stanley 1
Holyroodhouse, Palace of, Edinburgh 1, 2
Hope, Lady Sarah Jane 1
Hopkins, Sir Anthony 1
Hopkinson, Marika 1
Horrockses Fashions 1
Hot Air Ball, Brechin 1
House of Commons 1
House of Lords 1, 2, 3, 4
house parties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Household Brigade regiments 1
housing 1, 2
Howard, George 1
Howard de Walden, Dowager Lady 1
Howard family 1
Hughes, Isabella Forrest (Isa; author’s nanny) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Hulanicki, Barbara 1
Hulton, Sir Edward 1
Hume, Rosemary 1
hunt balls 1, 2
Hunter, Priscilla 1
Huntingdon, Earl of 1
Hurlingham Club, Hammersmith, London 1, 2
Hustler, Tom 1, 2, 3
Huxtable, Judy 1
Hyde Park, London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hyde Park Hotel, London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hyde Parker, Elisabeth (later Lady Camoys) 1, 2
Hyde Parker, Sir Richard, 12th Baronet 1, 2
Hyde Parker family 1
I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet, Portobello Road, London 1
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London 1
Ilchester, Lord and Lady 1
Inchcape, Earl of 1
Ingestre, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount 1, 2
Ingestre, Staffordshire 1, 2
Ingrams, Richard 1
Innes, Jocasta 1
International Horse Show, White City, London 1, 2
International Marxists 1, 2
Inverness 1
invitations 1, 2
IRA (Irish Republican Army) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Irish Civil War 1
Irish Grand National 1
Irish Guards 1, 2
Ironside, Christopher 1
Ironside, Nellie 1
Ironside, Rene 1
Ironside, Robin 1
Ironside, Virginia 1, 2, 3, 4 Chelsea Bird 1
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