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Janey and Me: Growing Up with My Mother 1
Isa see Hughes, Isabella Forrest
Isabelle (French cook) 1
Iveagh, Countess of 1, 2, 3
Iveagh, Countess of (wife of 3rd Earl) see Smiley, Miranda
Jaipur, Maharajah and Maharanee of 1
‘Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus)’ 1
Jellett family 1
Jenkins, Lady (Maxine Hodson) 1
Jenkins, Sir Michael 1
‘Jennifer’ of the Tatler (Mrs Betty Kenward) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Jessel, Baroness (formerly Lady Helen Maglona Vane-Tempest-Stewart) 1, 2, 3
Jessel, Hon. Camilla 1, 2, 3
Jessel, Edward Herbert, 2nd Baron Jessel of Westminster 1, 2, 3
Jessel, Herbert Merton, 1st Baron 1
Joad, Professor 1
Johnson, Celia 1
Johnson, Hugh 1
Johnson, Mrs Hugh see Grinling, Judy Johnson, Sir John, Bt. 1
Jones, David 1
Jones, Inigo 1
Joynson-Hicks, Hon. Griselda 1
Juju (Miss Lorraine; Baroness de Belabre’s companion) 1, 2, 3
Karri-Davis, Mrs 1
Kassel, Germany 1
Keane, Molly 1 Good Behaviour 1
Kearley, Hon. Marilyn 1
Keeler, Christine 1, 2, 3
Kemsley, Lady 1
Kemsley, Viscountess 1
Kendall, Kay 1
Kennedy, Ludovic 1
Kennedy, Tessa 1
Kensington, London 1, 2, 3
Kensington Gardens, London 1, 2
Kent, Duchess of see Worsley, Katharine
Kent, Prince Edward, 2nd Duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Kent, Prince George, 1st Duke of 1
Kent, Katharine, Duchess of (née Katharine Worsley) 1
Kent, Princess Marina, Duchess of 1
Kent, William 1
Kenward, Mrs Betty see ‘Jennifer’ of the Tatler
Keswick, Maggie 1
Khahn, Emmanuelle 1
Kildare, Marquess of 1, 2
Kildare Hunt 1 Kildare Hunt Club 1
Kilmuir, Lady 1
Kilmuir, Lord 1
Kindersley, Lady (formerly Tita Norman) 1, 2
King George’s Fund for Sailors 1
King’s College, Cambridge 1
King’s Road, London 1, 2
Kinnoull, 15th Earl of 1
Kinsman, Tommy viii, 1, 2, 3
Kirk, Diane see Nutting, Lady
Kirriemuir, near Forfar, Strathmore 1
Knebworth House, Hertfordshire 1, 2, 3
Knight, Dame Laura 1
Knightley, Philip 1
Knightsbridge, London 1, 2
Knott Park, Oxshott, Surrey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Knowles, Coral 1
Kruger, Mrs David see Foxwell, Zia
Labour Party 1
Lachasse couture house 1
Ladbroke Hall, Warwickshire 1
Ladies of Llangollen, the 1
Lady Eden’s School, South Kensington 1
Lady magazine 1
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 1, 2, 3
Lamb, Lady Caroline 1
Lancaster, Osbert 1, 2, 3
Land League 1
Lane Fox, Marcia 1, 2
Lane Fox family 1
language 1
Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London 1
Lanvin 1
Larkin, Philip 1
Lassy, near Paris 1
Lauderdale, Dowager Countess of 1
Lawrence, D.H. 1 Lady Chatterley’s Lover 1
Leander Club, Henley 1
Led Zeppelin 1
Lees-Milne, James 1, 2, 3, 4
Lehmann, Rosamond: Invitation to the Waltz 1
Leinster, Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of 1
Lenare 1
Lennon, John 1
Lerner, Alan Jay 1
Leslie, Sir Shane 1
Lewis, Wyndham 1
Lewisham, Lady 1
Liberal Party 1, 2
Life magazine 1
Life Peerages Act 1
Lightbody, Nanny Helen 1
Limerick Prison 1
Limerston Street, Chelsea 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Linlithgow, Marquess of 1
Listowel, Lady 1, 2
‘Little Season’ 1, 2
Lloyd, Robert 1
Lloyd George, David 1
Lloyd George, Roberta (née McAlpine) 1
Lloyd’s of London 1, 2, 3, 4
Lock’s, St James’s, London 1
Loewe, Frederick 1
London Airport 1
London dances anxieties of 1, 2
chaperones 1
the dancing 1, 2
duration of 1
escorts 1, 2, 3
gatecrashing 1
in hotels 1
locations 1
MacCarthy-Burness dance at the Dorchester 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
menus 1
number of 1, 2
‘small dances’ 1
surprise element 1, 2
see also Queen Charlotte’s Ball
London Season 1, 2 affected by youth cult 1
began and ended with large-scale arrivals and departures 1
coming-out photographs 1, 2, 3, 4
and Coronet Among the Weeds 1
cost 1
deb’s dances 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
debs’ luncheon parties 1, 2
debs’ tea parties 1, 2, 3, 4
debutantes in the 1958 Season 1
descends into pointlessness post-1958 1
a drift away from the Season 1
and the end of presentations 1, 2
the end of virginity 1
invitations 1, 2
lethal combination of snobbery and sleaze 1
‘the List’ of eligible debs’ escorts 1
new attitude of superiority about it 1
peters out by the end of July 1
planned by debutantes’ mothers 1, 2
racketeering aspects 1
regulated by ‘Jennifer’ 1
and The Reluctant Debutante 1, 2
Rosemary FitzGerald’s resistance to it 1
Royal Academy exhibition marks its opening 1
a shadow of its former self by 2000 1
the sound of the Season 1, 2
see also cocktail parties; London dances
London Zoo 1
Londonderry, Alastair Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of 1, 2
Londonderry, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of 1, 2
Londonderry, Edith, Dowager Marchioness of 1, 2, 3
Londonderry, Nicolette, Marchioness of 1, 2, 3, 4
Londonderry family 1
Londonderry House, Park Lane, London 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Long, Richard 1
Longford, Earl of 1
Longleat, Wiltshire 1, 2, 3
Lord Chamberlain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lord John, Carnaby Street, London 1
Lords Cricket Ground, London 1
Lorimer, Sir Robert 1
Losey, Joseph 1
Loudon, Annabella (Mrs Jonathan Scott) 1, 2, 3
Loudon, Francis 1
Louth Hunt 1
Louvre, Paris 1
Lovibond, Captain 1
Lowson, Gay (Countess of Kinnoull) 1
Lowson, Hon. Lady 1, 2, 3, 4
Lowson, Melanie Fiona (Mrs Charles Black) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Luard, Nick 1
Lubbock, Lady Sybil 1
Luggala, Co. Wicklow 1
Luttrellstown Castle, Co. Dublin 1, 2, 3
Lyle, Janet 1
Lynne, Gillian 1
Lyttelton, Oliver (later 1st Viscount Chandos) 1
Lytton family 1
McAlpine, Agnes (née Hepburn; author’s maternal great-grandmother) 1
McAlpine, Sir Alfred 1
McAlpine, Alistair, Lord McAlpine of West Gre
en (author’s cousin) 1, 2
McAlpine, ‘Big Tom’ (author’s great-uncle) 1
McAlpine, Edwin (author’s mother’s cousin) 1, 2
McAlpine, Granville 1
McAlpine, Sir Malcolm (author’s great-uncle) 1, 2, 3
McAlpine, Lady (née Maud Dees, ‘Aunt Mud’) 1
McAlpine, Sir Robert (author’s maternal great-grandfather) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
McAlpine, William Hepburn (‘Uncle Willie’, author’s great-uncle) 1
McAlpine family 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Macalpine Downie, Lieutenant Colonel
Archibald 1, 2
Macalpine Downie, Mrs 1, 2, 3
McCann, Gerald 1
MacCarthy, Fiona 1, 2, 3 background 1
childhood 1, 2, 3
tenth birthday party at the Dorchester 1, 2, 3
in the Second World War 1
part of the last presentation ceremonies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
credentials for the Season 1
education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
at Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball 1
fashion clash at Lady Eden’s dance 1
coming-out dance at the Dorchester 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
in Ireland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
her first love 1, 2
in Scotland 1, 2, 3
charity work 1
‘In Fear of the Fringe’ article 1
engagement 1
first marriage (to Ian White-Thomson) 1, 2, 3
at the Guardian 1, 2
in Sheffield with David Mellor 1
as a biographer 1
MacCarthy, Florence (author’s paternal grandmother) 1
MacCarthy, Lieutenant Colonel Gerald (author’s father) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
MacCarthy, Colonel Justin (author’s uncle) 1, 2, 3
MacCarthy, Karin (Mrs Rowland Davies, author’s sister) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
MacCarthy, Yolande Yorke Fradin (née de Belabre; author’s mother) 1, 2, 3 dancing and dining at the Dorchester 1
marries Gerald (1937) 1, 2, 3
choice of her daughter’s name 1
in the Second World War 1
at Limerston Street 1, 2
and Jennifer (Betty Kenward) 1
and Fiona’s presentation ceremony 1
lunches for debutante mothers 1
and Fiona’s education 1
and Petie Burness 1
search for Fiona’s cocktail and dance dresses 1
her inheritance 1, 2
at dress shows 1
food for deb dinner parties 1
in nightclubs 1
and Terry Beddard 1, 2, 3
and author’s deb dance 1, 2
in Scotland 1
as a landlady 1
MacCarthy family 1
MacDonald, James Ramsey 1
MacInnes, Alastair 1
MacIntyre, Mrs David 1
McKay, George 1
McKay, Margaret (Mrs James Chilton) 1, 2, 3
McKee Barracks, Dublin 1
McLaren, Malcolm 1
Macleod, Fiona 1
MacLeod, Nanny 1
Macmillan, Harold (later Earl of Stockton) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
McMorrough Kavanagh, Arthur 1, 2
McMorrough Kavanagh family 1, 2
McNeill, John, QC 1
Macrae, Fiona 1
Magdalen College, Oxford 1
magistrates 1
maids of honour 1
Maitland, Lady Anne 1, 2, 3
Maitland, Lady Elizabeth 1
Maitland, Lady Mary 1, 2
Maitland, Viscount 1
Make-up 1
Male West One, Carnaby Street, London 1
Manchester Guardian 1
Mankowitz, Wolf 1
Manners, Lady Diana (later Lady Diana Cooper) 1, 2
Mansion House, London 1
Marat/Sade (Peter Weiss) 1
Margaret, HRH The Princess Royal 1, 2, 3
Market Harborough, Leicestershire 1
Markham Arms, King’s Road, London 1
Marlborough, Sir Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of 1
Marlborough, Duchess of 1
Marlborough, Lt. Col. John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of 1
marriage fixed ideals of marriage destabilised 1
girls’ futures viewed in terms of a good
marriage 1, 2
patching up a failing marriage 1
routine of 1
a socially acceptable marriage 1
weddings 1, 2
Marriott, Marjorie 1
Marten, Sir Henry 1
Marx Brothers 1
Mary, Princess, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood 1
Mary, Queen 1
Marylebone, London 1
Marylebone Register Office, London 1, 2
Massey, Anna 1, 2, 3
Massey, Raymond 1
Massey, Vincent 1
Mather, Gillian 1
Mather, Jennifer see Murray, Jennifer
Mather, Sir William 1
Maugham, Somerset 1
Maxwell, Elsa 1
Mayfair, London 1, 2, 3
Maynard, Mollie 1, 2, 3
Meath Hunt Ball, Gresham Hotel, Dublin 1
Medina, Patricia 1
Meinhof, Ulrike 1
Melford Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk 1, 2
Melgund, Bertie, Viscount 1
Mellor, David 1
menstruation 1, 2, 3
menus 1
Mercer’s Hall, Ironmonger Lane, London 1, 2
Merton, John 1, 2
Mesopotamia magazine 1
Messel, Oliver 1, 2, 3
mews houses 1
Michelle (hairdresser Albert’s daughter) 1
Miller, Jonathan 1
Miller, Lee 1
Mills, Sir John 1, 2
Mills, Juliet 1
Milner, Georgina (Mrs Bertie Grattan-Bellew) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Minnelli, Vincente 1
Minto, Lady 1
Mirman, Simone 1
Miss Ironside’s School, Elvaston Place, South Kensington 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Mitchell-Thomson, Hon. Gail 1, 2
Mitford, Jessica 1, 2 Hons and Rebels 1, 2, 3
Mitford, Nancy 1 ‘The English Aristocracy’ 1
Noblesse Oblige 1
The Pursuit of Love 1
Mitford family 1
Mod Male, Carnaby Street, London 1
modelling 1, 2
Monkey Club, Pont Stret, London 1
Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Georgina (Lady O’Neill) 1, 2
Montagu-Douglas-Scott family 1
Monteagle of Brandon, Lord 1
Montgomery, William 1, 2, 3
Montgomery family 1
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh 1
Moore, Dudley 1
Morris, William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Morton, Andrew: Diana: Her True Story 1
Mosley, Lady Cynthia 1
Mosley, John 1
Mosley, Sir Oswald 1, 2
Mosley, Vivien 1
Mount Holyoke women’s college, Massachusetts 1
Mount Stewart, Co. Down 1
Mugdrum, near Newburgh, Fife 1, 2
Muggeridge, Malcolm 1
Muir, Jean 1
Muir, Lady Rosemary 1
Muncaster, Clive 1
Munich Akademie für das Graphische Gewerbe 1
Murray, Jennifer (née Mather) 1, 2
Murray, Lady Malvina 1
Murray, Serena 1
Mürren, Switzerland 1
Musée Rodin, Paris 1
My Fair Lady (musical) 1
Naida (yacht) 1, 2
Nairne, Baroness 1
nannies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Nares, Harriet 1, 2
Nash, John 1
Nash, Paul: Ballard Phantom 1
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 1
National and English Review 1
National Heritage Memorial Fund 1
Na
tional Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 1
National Theatre Company 1
National Trust 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
National Trust Country Houses Scheme 1
Naylor-Leyland, Sir Edward 1
Neill, A.S. 1
Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea 1
Nelson, Admiral Lord Horatio 1
Nelson, Sally 1
New College, Oxford 1, 2, 3, 4
New Look 1
New Review 1
New Statesman 1, 2
New York Herald Tribune 1
News of the World 1
Nicholson, Ben 1
Niven, David 1
Nora Bradley shop, Knightsbridge, London 1
Norfolk, Sir Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of 1, 2
Norfolk, Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of 1
Norman, George Bathurst 1
Norman, Sarah 1, 2
Norman, Tita see Kindersley, Lady
Norman, Victoria Bathurst 1, 2, 3
Norman, Hon. Mrs Willoughby 1
Normandie Hotel, London 1
North, Dowager Lady 1, 2
North Kildare Hounds 1
North Warwickshire Hounds 1
Northumberland, Dowager Duchess of 1, 2, 3
Nutting, Davina 1, 2, 3, 4
Nutting, Sir John, QC 1
Nutting, Lady, OBE (Diane Kirk) 1, 2
Oban 1
Observer 1, 2, 3
O’Connell, David 1
Ogden, Richard jewellers 1
Olantigh, near Wye, Kent 1
Old Vic, The Cut, Waterloo Road, London 1
Oliver, André 1
Olympic Games (London, 1948) 1
O’Mahony, Mrs Rennie- 1, 2
O’Neill, Lady (Georgina Montagu Douglas Scott) 1
O’Neill, Terry 1
Onslow, Lady Teresa 1, 2
Origo, Iris 1
Orlingbury Hall, Leicestershire 1
O’Rorke, Sally (Mrs Dudley-Smith) 1, 2, 3
Osborne, John Look Back in Anger 1, 2
‘They Call It Cricket’ 1
Osmond, Andrew 1
Out of Bounds magazine 1
Oxford entrance 1, 2
Oxford Union 1, 2 Chastity Debate (1961) 1, 2
Oxford University 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Paddington, London 1
Padstow, Cornwall 1
Palmer, Sir Anthony Frederick Mark, 4th Baronet 1
Palmer, Antonia (Lady Christopher Thynne) 1
Palmer, Sir Mark, 5th Baronet 1
Panorama (television programme) 1