by Theo Aronson
25Ibid, p 42
26Gerson, Langtry, p 38
27Brough, Prince and Lily, p 122
28Langtry, Days I Knew, p 53
29Ibid, p 44
30Brough, Prince and Lily, p 123
31Asquith, Remember, p 64
32Langtry, Days I Knew, p 46
33Ibid, p 35
34Churchill, Reminiscences, p 105
35Langtry, Days I Knew, p 48
36Ibid, p 49
37Ibid, p 70
38Ibid, p 60
39James, Rosebery, p 57
40Langtry, Days I Knew, p 72
41Ibid, p 72
42Ibid, p 73
43Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 172
44Ponsonby, Recollections, p 272
45Ibid, p 272
46Beddington, All That, p 25
47Leslie, Edwardians, p 221
CHAPTER THREE
1Gerson, Langtry, p 8
2Hamilton, The Times 16/8/1986
3Gerson, Langtry, p 9
4Ibid, p 9
5Langtry, Days I Knew, p 46
6Ibid, p 45
7Ibid, p 138
8Ibid, p 135
9Ibid, p 57
10Ibid, pp 59–60
11Ibid, pp 59–60
12Ibid, p 73
13Windsor, King's Story, p 34
14Brough, Prince and Lily, pp 168–71
15Langtry, Days I Knew, p 140
16Ibid, p 77
17Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 138
18Brough, Prince and Lily, p 295
19Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 48
20Langtry, Days I Knew, pp 74–75
21St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 132
22Langtry, Days I Knew, p 78
23Ibid, p 299
24Ibid, p 153
25Ibid, p 76
26Cresswell, Eighteen Years, pp 169–171
27Langtry, Days I Knew, p 81
28Ibid, p 34
29Ibid, p 75
30Hughenden Papers, Disraeli to Victoria 7/1/1880
31Langtry, Days I Knew, p 114
32Ibid, p 110
33Ibid, p 235
34Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 172
35Ziegler, Diana Cooper, p 18
36Lambert, Unquiet Souls, p 143
CHAPTER FOUR
1Private information
2Vanderbilt, Farewell, pp 121–2
3Peel, Stream of Time, p 182
4Ponsonby, Henry Ponsonby, p 132
5Langtry, Days I Knew, p 105
6Ibid, p 104
7Ibid, p 108
8Ibid, p 109
9Ibid, p 107
10Ibid, p 107
11Ibid, p 114
12Ponsonby, Recollections, p 238
13Langtry, Days I Knew, p 116
14Ibid, p 116
15Longford, Victoria R.I., p 331
16Blunt, Secret Diary, MS9 4/6/1909
17Magnus, Edward VII, p 132
18Langtry, Days I Knew, p 137
19Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 38
20Langtry, Days I Knew, p 137
21Ibid, p 81
22Ibid, p 104
23Ibid, p 157
24Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 22
25The Times, 30/11/1977
26Gerson, Langtry, p 70
27Ibid, p 71
28Hyde, Wilde, p 47
29Ibid, p 48
30Langtry, Days I Knew, p 87
31Ibid, p 97
32Hyde, Wilde, p 48
33Robertson, Time Was, p 70
34Reynolds Newspaper, 20/2/1870
35Town Talk, August to October 1879
36Private information
37The Times, October, 1879
CHAPTER FIVE
1Blunt, Secret Diary, MS 9, 10/3/1880
2Langtry, Days I Knew, p 120
3Ibid, p 122
4Barwick, Century, p 53
5Cavendish, Diary, p 235
6Langtry, Days I Knew, p 121
7Ibid, p 123
8Brough, Prince and Lily, p 211
9Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 47
10Asquith, More Memories, p 31
11Blunt, Secret Diary, MS 43, 13/3/1880
12Brough, Prince and Lily, p 213
13Langtry, Days I Knew, p 52
14Hough, Louis and Victoria, p 70
15Ibid, p 81
16Ibid, p 94
17Nicholas II, Letters, p 189
18The Times, 30/11/1977
19Langtry, Days I Knew, p 140
20Ibid, p 142
21Ibid, p 144
22New York Times, 6/11/1880
23Town Talk, 21/5/1881
24Langtry, Days I Knew, p 162
25Ibid, p 143
26The World, 22/11/1881
27Bancroft, On and Off, p 277
28The Times, 16/12/1881
29Brough, Prince and Lily, p 250
30Langtry, Days I Knew, p 173
31Ibid, p 41
32Gladstone Papers 44207/193. 8/1/1882
33Magnus, Gladstone, p 293
34Gladstone, Diaries, Vol III, p XLVII
35Blunt, Secret Diary, MS 333, 17/5/1885
36Gladstone Papers, 44207/195, 14/1/1882
37Marlow, Mr and Mrs Gladstone, pp 217–8
38Langtry, Days I Knew, pp 176–7
39Ibid, pp 176–7
40Hibbert, Edward VII, p 71
CHAPTER SIX
1Dangerfield, Victoria's Heir, p 223
2Gwynn, Dilke, Vol 1, p 392
3St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 203
4Ibid, p 204
5Lee, Edward VII, Vol 1, p 584
6Hough, Advice, p 56
7Wortham, Delightful, p 162
8Alice, Grandchildren, pp 25–26
9Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 16
10Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 58
11Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 17
12Cornwallis-West, Hey-Days, p 5
13Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 28
14Ibid, p 24
15Ibid, p 26
16Ibid, pp 46–7
17Ibid, p 27
18Ibid, p 32
19Ibid, p 33
20Ibid, p 32
21Ibid, p 34
22Hughenden Papers, Rowton to Disraeli, 11/5/1880
23Ibid 12/5/1880
24Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 34
25Ibid, p 38
26Ibid, p 38
27Ibid, p 38
28Ibid, p 39
29Ibid, p 34
30Blunden, Warwick, p 43
31Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 233
32Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 168
33Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 40
34Ibid, p 182
35Hibbert, Edward VII, p 73
36Magnus, Edward VII, p 120
37Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 79
38Ibid, pp 40–41
39Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 75
40Alice, Grandchildren, p 75
41Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 77
42Hibbert, Edward VII, p 154
43Pearson, Edward the Rake, p 120
44Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 74
45Jullian, Edward, p 134
46Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 178
47Glyn, Romantic, p 136
48Blunden, Warwick, p 48
49Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 189
50Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p VI
51Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 66
52Blunden, Warwick, p 65
53Ibid, p 66
54Dic. of Nat. Biography
55Lang, Darling Daisy, p 40
56Blunden, Warwick, p 67
57Pearsons, October 1916
58Blunden, Warwick, p 68
59Pearsons, October 1916
CHAPTER SEVEN
1Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 16
2Lang, Darling Daisy, p 65
3Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 156
4Ibid, p 159
5Pearsons, October 1916
6Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 40
7The World, 6/5/1891
8Warwick, Life's Ebb, p
149
9Lacey, Majesty, p 332
10Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 161
11Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 65
12Pearsons, October 1916
13Tannahill, Sex in History, p 336
14Glyn, Romantic, p 66
15Warwick, Afterthoughts, pp 15–16
16Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 265
17Glyn, Elinor Glyn, p 74
18Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 97
19Arthur, Not Worth Reading, p 32
20Ponsonby, Recollections, p 221
21Jullian, Edward, p 43
22Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 39
23Glyn, Romantic, pp 74–75
24Ibid, p 73
25Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 39
26Lang, Darling Daisy, p 87
27St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 85
28Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 42
29Hough, Advice, p 56
30Hibbert, Edward VII, p 159
31The Times, 10/6/1891
32Magnus, Edward VII, p 227
33Ibid, p 231
34Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 42
35Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 55
36Ibid p 55
37Hibbert, Edward VII, p 68
38Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 42
39Langtry, Days I Knew, p 117
40Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 256
41Peel, A Hundred, p 66
42Nicholas II, Letters, p 173
43Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 77
44Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 96
45Forbes, Memories, p 66
46Ponsonby, A Memoir, p 5
47Cresswell, Eighteen Years, pp 169–70
48Bisset, Sport and War, p 123
49Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 91
50Windsor, Family Album, p 43
51Churchill, Reminiscences, p 231
52Hayward, Essays, p 395
53Blunden, Warwick, p 75
54Magnus, Edward VII, p 232
55Hibbert, Edward VII, p 162
56Blunden, Warwick, p 76
57Lang, Darling Daisy, p 26
CHAPTER EIGHT
1Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 89
2Ibid, p 107
3Michael, Tramps, p 130
4Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 57
5Langtry, Days I Knew, p 237
6Hyde, Cleveland Street, pp 97–8
7Ibid, pp 97–8
8Langtry, Days I Knew, p 97
9Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 58
10Hibbert, Edward VII, p 283
11Fulford, Votes for Women, p 10
12Michael, Tramps, p 138
13Robertson-Scott, Life and Death, p 192
14Glyn, Romantic, p 75
15Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 16
16Marie, Queen, Life, Vol I, p 43
17Antrim, Recollections, p 221
18Blunt, Secret Diary, MS 9, 7/2/1909
19Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 41
20Marie, Queen, Life, Vol 1, p 43
21St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 103
22Nicolson, George V, p 70
23Hyde, Cleveland Street, p 99
24Ibid, p 90
25Ibid, p 96
26Ibid, p 55
27Ibid, p 59
28Ibid, p 122
29Ibid, p 59
30Ibid, p 60
31Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, p 208
32Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 188
33Hyde, Cleveland Street, p 244
34Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 191
35Whyte, Stead, Vol II, p 107
36Review of Reviews, July 1891
37Whyte, Stead, Vol II, p 104
38St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 219
39Hibbert, Edward VII, p 109
40St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 253
41Blunden, Warwick, p 95
42Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 155
CHAPTER NINE
1Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 12
2Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 260
3Blunden, Warwick, p 97
4Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 91
5Ibid, p 91
6Ibid, pp 91–2
7Ibid, pp 91–2
8Langtry, Days I Knew, p 285
9Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 131
10Langtry, Days I Knew, p 235
11Ibid, p 288
12Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 134
13Warwick, Afterthoughts, p 166
14Ibid, p 167
15Magnus, Edward VII, p 254
16Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 59
17Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 129
18Ibid, p 130
19Ibid, p 130
20Whyte, Stead, Vol II, p 108
21Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 124
22Roberts, Cecil Rhodes, p 112
23Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 124
24Ibid, pp 107–8
25Whyte, Stead, Vol II, p 106
26Ibid, p 106
27Ibid, p 106
28Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 113
29Ibid, p 113
30Chester Chronicle, 20/10/1897
31Ibid 20/10/1897
32Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 159
33Chester Chronicle, 20/10/1897
34Ibid, 20/10/1897
35Ibid, 20/10/1897
36Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 158
37Chester Chronicle, 30/10/1897
38Robertson-Scott, Life and Death, p 195
39Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 193
40Ibid, pp 225–6
41Lang, Darling Daisy, pp 81–2
42Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 208
43Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 185
CHAPTER TEN
1Victoria, Letters, Third Series, Vol III, p 127
2Victoria, Empress, Empress to Sophie, p 207
3Cust, Edward VII, p 167
4Victoria, Letters, Third Series, Vol III, p 174
5Victoria, Empress, Empress to Sophie, p 207
6Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 210
7Ponsonby, Recollections, p 153
8Stoeckl, Not All Vanity, p 69
9Leslie, Edwardians, p 230
10Magnus, Edward VII, p 260
11Keppel, Edwardian, p 28
12Leslie, Edwardians, p 236
13Trefusis, Don't Look, p 17
14Keppel, Edwardian, p 25
15Trefusis, Don't Look, p 27
16Ibid, p 27
17Keppel, Edwardian, p 48
18Trefusis, Don't Look, p 28
19Keppel, Edwardian, p 50
20Trefusis, Don't Look, p 16
21Keppel, Edwardian, p 21
22Jullian, Edward, p 235
23Streatfield, Day Before, p 102
24Aslet, Last Country, p 98
25Keppel, Edwardian, p 8
26Ibid, p 7
27Sitwell, Great Morning, p 21
28Nicolson, Portrait, p 27
29Lees-Milne, Enigmatic, p 206
30Battiscombe, Alexandra, p 209
31Ibid, p 228
32Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, p 361
33Alsop, Lady Sackville, p 142
34Sketch, June 1895
35Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p59
36Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 161
37Ibid, p 171
38Blunden, Warwick, p 130
39Ibid, p 161
40Ibid, p 134
41Leslie, Edwardians, p 178
42Ibid, p 175
43Ibid, p 178
44Blunden, Warwick, p 151
45Warwick, Life's Ebb, p 110
46Ibid, p 153
47Ibid, p 154
48Ibid, p 157
49Minney, Edwardian Age, p 72
50Leslie, Edwardians, p 238
51Victoria, Letters, Third Series, Vol I, pp 354–5
52Cust, Edward VII, p 259
53Pearson, Edward the Rake, p 121
54Lees-Milne, Enigmatic, p 173
55Churchill, W.S. Churchill, Vol I, p 545
CHAPTER ELEVEN
1Hibbert, Edward VII, p 172
2Esher, Letters, Vol I, p 291
3M
allet, Life, p 224
4Cust, Edward VII, p 34
5Windsor, King's Story, pp 45–6
6Magnus, Edward VII, p 364
7Marie, Queen, Life, Vol II, p 211
8Esher, Letters, Vol I, p 292
9Hibbert, Edward VII, p 191
10Curzon, Letters, p 130
11Hibbert, Edward VII, p 175
12Sitwell, Great Morning, p 218
13Jullian, Edward, p 278
14St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 379
15Alice, Grandchildren, p 124
16Jullian, Edward, p 184
17Nicolson, Carnock, p 271
18Balsan, Glitter, p 120
19Acton, More Memoirs, p 65
20Asquith, Autobiography, p 280
21Warwick, Life's Ebb, pp 146–7
22Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, pp 143–4
23Keppel, Edwardian, p 3
24Trefusis, Don't Look, p 33
25Keppel, Edwardian, p 23
26Jullian, Edward, p 142
27Balsan, Glitter, p 120
28Lees-Milne, Enigmatic, p 206
29Acton, More Memoirs, p 60
30Sackville-West, Edwardians, pp 17–18
31de Stoeckl, Not All Vanity, p 98
32Lees-Milne, Enigmatic, p 206
33Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 140
34Ibid, p 143
35Pless, Private Diary, pp 126–7
36Esher, Letters, Vol I, p 318
37Magnus, Edward VII, p 299
38Antrim, Louisa, p 97
39Blunt, Secret Diary, MS 6, 28/3/1901
40Warwick, Earl of, Memories, p 225
41Leslie, Edwardians, p 177
42Magnus, Edward VII, p 299
43Mary McFadyean to the author
44Birkett, Langtry, p 4
45Letters in poss.of Mary McFadyean
46Birkett, Langtry, p 4
47Langtry, Days I Knew, p 278
48Dudley, Gilded Lily, p 194
49Gerson, Langtry, p 225
50Acton, More Memoirs, p 66
51Trefusis, Don't Look, p 9
52Acton, More Memoirs, p 66
53Jullian, Trefusis, p 9
54Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 139
55Curzon, Letters, p 81
56Pless, Private Diary, p 98
57Curzon, Letters, p 130
58Keppel, Edwardian, p 13
59Trefusis, Don't Look, p 20
60Acton, More Memoirs, p 66
CHAPTER TWELVE
1Brooke-Shepherd, Uncle of Europe, p 270
2Hibbert, Edward VII, p 311
3Paoli, Royal Clients, p 225
4Keppel, Edwardian, p 43
5Ibid, p 41
6Paoli, Royal Clients, p 224
7Ibid, p 230
8Stamper, What I Knew, pp 72–3
9Jullian, Edward, p 234
10Jullian, Trefusis, p 17
11Paoli, Royal Clients, p 227
12Warwick, Afterthoughts, pp 275–6
13Ibid, pp 275–6
14Blunden, Warwick, pp 175–6
15Daily Mail, 30/12/1907
16Trefusis, Don't Look, p 44
17Ponsonby, Recollections, p 216
18Trefusis, Don't Look, p 45
19Jullian, Edward, p 286
20Hardinge, Old Diplomacy, p 157
21Lee, Edward VII, Vol II, pp 4–5
22St Aubyn, Edward VII, p 392
23Asquith, Autobiography, p 279
24Keppel, Edwardian, pp 29–30