Last Curtsey

by Fiona MacCarthy

  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

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  Cuthbert, Caroline 1, 2

  Cygnets House, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington 1

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  Dalkeith, Countess of (née Jane McNeill; later Jane, Duchess of Buccleuch) 1, 2

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  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

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  Devine, Harriet 1

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  Devonshire, Andrew Cavendish, 12th Duke of 1, 2

  Devonshire, Duchess of 1, 2

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  d’Offay, Anthony 1

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  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

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  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

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  First World War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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  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

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  Frost, Sir David 1

  Frost, Leonora 1

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  Furneaux, Lindsey 1

  Gainsborough, Thomas 1, 2

  Gainsbourg, Serge 1

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  Gamlin, Lionel 1

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  gatecrashing 1

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  George III, King 1, 2, 3

  George V, King 1, 2, 3

  George VI, King 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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  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

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  Glenstal Castle, Co. Limerick 1

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  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

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  Goudime, Paul 1

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  Gough, Mrs 1

  Gough, Thalia 1

  Gowers Committee on Houses of Outstanding Historic or Architectural Interest 1

  Goya 1

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  Graham, Penny 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Granny Takes a Trip, King’s Road, Chelsea 1

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  Greene, Annabel (Mrs Charles Gooch) 1, 2

  Greene, Richard 1

  Greer, Germaine: The Female Eunuch 1

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  Greville, Mrs Ronnie 1

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  Griffiths, Davina 1

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  Grimond, Joseph (Jo), Baron Grimond 1

  Grinling, Anthony Gibbons 1

  Grinling, Judy (Mrs Hugh Johnson) 1, 2, 3

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  Hamilton, Patrick 1 Gaslight 1

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  Rope 1

  The Slaves of Solitude 1

  Hammersmith, London 1

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  Hardy, Charles MacArthur 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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  Harrison, Noel 1

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  Harvey Nichols department store, London 1

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  Hayter, Teresa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Hayter of the Bourgeoisie 1, 2

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land Summer Balls 1, 2

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  hippydom 1

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