A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby (Text only)
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refuses friendship 294
sons murder ebn Jendall 314–15
recommended escort 316
Edward, Prince of Wales 259
Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines (Beaufort) 239–40
Ellenborough, Lord Edward (Law) 82, 199, 329
politics 15–16
courtship of Jane 15–20
marries Jane 20–6
first marriage 23
marriage breaks up 28, 42–3, 46, 51–7
politics 37–8
affairs 43, 70
considers divorce 57–61
death of Arthur 60–1
notorious divorce 63–73
affairs 70
later life 72–3
financial provisions for Jane 113–14
death 300–1
Ellenborough, Lady Octavia 15–16, 23
Erskine, Lord 79
Esterhazy, Prince Paul Anton 46, 52
Esterhazy, Princess 28, 29, 72, 82, 89–90
Eugénie (maid) 120, 141, 219, 228, 261
nurses Jane through malaria 137
devotion 138, 208
affair with Xristos 147–8, 150, 212
in Damascus 159, 187, 192, 198, 205
trip to Palmyra 161–2
journey to Baghdad 174–5, 176
prickly in Baghdad 179–80, 181
Jane leaves for Medjuel 183
resigns 199, 201, 216, 221
devotion 208
hopes for marriage disappointed 213
quarrels with Jane 236, 240
returns to Athens 242–3, 278, 280–1
re-employed 269
Euphrates (river) 177–8
Exclusives, The (anonymous novel) 71
Fares, Sheikh of Tadmor 206–7
marriage tease 254–5
Fatmah (orphan) 322
Feisal, Sheikh 243, 244, 250, 265
Ferhan, Sheikh 179
Feydan, Sheikh 232
Fidayah (maid) 252, 253, 284
Florenzi, Marchesa Marianna 87, 88, 101
Fox Lane, Mrs 27, 29
Fox Strangways, John 46–7
Fuad Pasha 253, 258
Fullerton-Fullerton, Amy: A Lady’s Ride through Palestine and Syria 289
George III 114
George IV 14, 15, 38
Crown property 16, attempt to divorce 58, 70–1
Gomussa, Sheikh Meshur el 309
Graham, Mr 245, 248
Grèce contemporaine, La (About) 185
Gronow, Captain 13
Grove, Anna 48
Haag, Carl 237, 239, 288, 308
Hadji-Petros, Eirini 140–1, 143, 211–13, 216
Hadji-Petros, Xristodolous 153–4, 170, 182, 186–7, 197, 199
affair with Jane 139–48, 150, 154
denounces love for Jane to Queen 143
affair with Eugénie 147–8
Jane visits 211–13
Hamwoya 230–1
Hanska, Evaline 103, 104
harems 240–1,290–1,308–9
Hatzfeld, Madame 76
Heald, Mr (banker) 308
Hebron 172
Hedeb, Sheikh Faris ebn 176–7
Hepple, Robert 50–1,52,56–7,64–5
Hessienne tribe 254–5, 257
Heuguard, Monsieur and Madame 263, 265, 331
Holkham Hall, Norfolk 2, 3–5, 258
Ellenborough visits 18
Jane’s last visits 30, 34–5
after death of Henry Anson 47–8
taste similiar to King Ludwig’s 81
Jane’s model in Greece 125
Holland, Lady 20, 72
Holmes, James 51
Homs 261
second home 251, 252–3, 266, 279, 283–5
description of house 288–9
Hume, Joseph 65–6
‘Ianthe’ nickname 82
Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land, The (Burton) 315
Islam 156–7
Ramadan observance 164, 169
Isted, Fanny see Anson, Fanny
Jaffa 149–50
Jago, T. S. 307, 310, 324, 325, 326, 328
Jekyll, Joseph 22, 43, 46
Jendall, Sheikh ebn 314–15
Jerhan, Sheikh 180
Jerusalem 151–2
Jesus Christ: Jordanian places 154
Muslim reverence for 156–7
Jordan 151–5
Kane, Edward 68
Keppel, Lady Anne (later Coke) 9
Khader, Emir Abd el 236, 289
Jane visits harem 240–1
protects Christians from massacre 246, 247–9, 250
Jane’s contact 257
Kissini, Mr 182
Kurds 247, 251, 253–4
Labuteau, Monsieur 76–7, 96
Lady’s Ride through Palestine and Syria, A (Fullerton-Fullerton) 289
Lamia 141
Law, Arthur Dudley (son) 38
paternity 48
ill in Brighton 48–9
death of 60–1
Law, Charles 18
Law, Edward see Ellenborough, Lord
Law, Elizabeth 18
Law, Henry 18, 51, 54–5
Lawrence, T. E. 333
Lear, Edward 151, 260
Leicester of Holkham, Lord see Coke, Thomas
Lely, Sir Peter 86
Le Roy, Monsieur 249, 250
Lieven, Princess Dorothea 28, 29, 53, 72
on Ellenborough’s politics 37–8
Jane corresponds with 82
Little Sisters of Charity 245
Londonderry, Lady 18, 42
Londonderry, Lord 42, 82, 113, 218
Lucas, Mr 274, 275, 276–7, 323
Ludwig I of Bavaria 79–82, 199
hopes for reunion between Jane and Felix 83–4, 85–6, 92–3
friendship with Jane 88–94, 99–100, 105–6, 130
brings Jane and Charles into court life 97–8
and Jane’s fifth child 100–1
silent after Spiros affair 111–12
rumours in London 114
and Lola Montez 135, 280
last years 280
Lys dans la vallée, Le (Balzac) 103
Mackintosh, Mary 314, 322
Madden, Frederick 30–2, 33–4, 199
Mannheim 115
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington: The Two Friends 105
Maronites 240
Mecca 168
Medjuel el Mezrab see Mezrab, Sheikh Medjuel el
Merschid, Sheikh Beteyen ebn 254, 257
raids on Mezrab tribe 280
Meschaka, Dr 251–2
Metternich, Prince Klemens 39–40, 52
selects Prince Otto for Greece 82
Meziad, Sheikh Faris el 229, 243–4, 271–2
complains to authorities about Medjuel 257
rumours of Medjuel’s other wife 277
Mezrab, Aafteh el (stepdaughter) 284, 309
Mezrab, Afet el (stepson) 208, 284, 309, 310, 328, 333
desert warfare 314–15
Mezrab, Endaya el 209
Mezrab, Joffell el 207
Mezrab, Manah el 208, 250, 262
Mezrab, Mascha el 332
divorce 118–91, 192, 208–9
meeting after marriage 194–5
circumcision of son 196–7
Jane’s guilt feelings 203
rumour of remarriage to Medjuel 233–5
death of 244
alive after all 282
Mezrab, Sheikh Medjuel el: conducts Jane through Syria 155–70
easy comradeship with Jane 156
appearance 161–2, 189, 288, 294
invites Jane to Mecca 168
asks Jane to marry him 173–4, 183–4
other wives 174, 225–6, 233–5, 274–5, 281–6, 292, 313–15
tries to meet Jane’s terms for marriage 186–91
honeymoon with Jane 191–200
married life with Jane 201–12, 220–7, 266–77, 310–11, 322
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personality 225–6, 296, 316
trip to Beirut– 242–3
sends Jane as emissary because of ill-health 243–4
protects Jane from massacres 244–9
Shemmar attack on tribe 250–1
thrown into jail 257, 292
in trouble with authorities 258, 261, 262–5, 267
ill-health 267–8, 294, 314, 315
letter to Burton 298
political negotiations 301
Anne Blunt writes about 317–18
depression and lack of libido 319–20
friendship with Blunts 321
Jane’s funeral 324–6
inheritance from Jane 328, 334
Isabel Burton’s erroneous biography 330, 332
death 333
Mezrab, Sheikh Mohammed el 155, 200, 262
opposed to Medjuel’s marriage to Jane 189
meeting after marriage 194
tent 202
marries again 226
Jane presents women’s grievances to 256
concerned about Jane leaving tribe 285
Mezrab, Ouadjid el 306
Medjuel’s marriage to 281–6
argument between Medjuel and Schebibb 313–14
death of 319–20
Mezrab, Schebibb el (stepson) 208, 226, 275
circumcision feast 196–7
death of mother 244
illness and death 278–9
death of 314
father’s curse 314
Mezrab, Telgarr el 284
Mezrab tribe 165, 207, 232
escort duties 155–6
Sehmmar attacks 250–1
acceptance of Jane 255–7
inter-tribal raids 292–3
faithful to government 294
devotion to Jane 309
well equipped 312
Miguel, Maria Evarist, King of Portugal 40
Misk, Hannah 205, 264, 290
Mitchell, Roland 325
Mitford, Barty (later Lord Redesdale) 294–5
Mohammed, Prophet 157
Montez, Lola 135, 280
Mott, Reverend 296
Munich 79–82, 101, 102, 105
Murray, Sir Patrick 269
M’wayaja tribe 176, 230
Nazareth 154
Nicorat, Dr 227–8
Noel, Roden 237
Noeys, Mr 269
Norfolk Hotel, Brighton 48–51, 56–7, 64–5
Oddie, E. M. 126–7, 165, 296, 324–5
Otto, King of Greece 82, 107–8, 199, 265
friendship with Jane 128–30, 139
and Amalie 142
relieved of power 182
Oudenarde, Madame d’ 76
Palikares (Albanian mercenaries) 139, 141
Palmyra 156, 206, 220, 237–40, 269–70
rival tribes 155
history 159–60
Jane advised against visiting 160–1
visit to the sheikh 167–8
Jane and Medjuel’s honeymoon 193–4
Jane’s gravestone 326
Parry, Mr 296
Paumgarten, Countess Gabrielle de see Venningen, Gabrielle
Payen, Catherine 273
Pears, Sir Edwin 308
Pedro II of Brazil 307–8
Pennant, Mr 22
Perfumed Garden, The (Burton) 290
Pinakothek, Munich 81–2
Plaisance, Duchesse de (Sophie de Barbe-Marbois) 139, 144–5, 147, 170, 213
tells story of Jane and the sheikh 185–6
Radcliffe, Ann 7
Radcliffe, Mr 222
Ralley, Mr 222
Rawlinson, Sir Henry 179, 218
Redouan, Yusuf 277
Reichardt, Mrs 323–4, 325
Reschid Pasha 298
Ressoul, Ali 282
Revolution of 1830, The (Schwarzenberg) 74
Roallah tribe 314–15
Robson, Dr 245, 252
Roehampton 22–3, 27, 45
Rogers, Richard 257, 263, 264, 293
can’t offer protection 271, 276
wife dies of cholera 273
Rome (ancient): and Palmyra 160
Roseby, Lady 218
Rutland, Duchess of 27, 29
St Antonio, Countess 43, 45, 72
Saleh (bedouin host) 152–4, 172–3, 199
Salim, Sultan 243
Schönberg-Hartenstein, Prince Alfred de 103, 109
Schönheits-Galerie 86–7
Schwarzenberg, Field Marshal Karl Philipp 39
Schwarzenberg, Mathilde ‘Didi’ (daughter) 77, 79, 227, 329
birth 60, 62
meets Jane 131–2
Schwarzenberg, Prince Felix Ludvig 114, 199, 329
affair with Jane 39–46, 76–9, 83–6, 90–5
nicknamed Cadlands 41, 46, 79
Brighton meeting 48–52
sent away from Jane 52, 55
urges Jane to join him in Austria 57–8
feelings changed 60–1
Ellenborough divorce case 63–73
unable to marry Jane 69, 73–5
The Revolution of 1830 74
death of son 75
posted to Berlin 80
mystical powers 85
approves Jane’s marriage to Charles 89, 96–8
later life 95, 103
meets Jane later in Naples 131–2
death of 146
Isabel Burton claims was Jane’s lasting love 331–2
Schwarzenberg, Princess Aloyse 103
Schwarzenberg, Princess Mathilde 77
adopts little Mathilde 93
Schwarzenberg, Princess Pauline 39
Sclamya 197
Sebbah tribe 155
Segall, Rev. J. 328
Selaine, Sheikh 150–1, 153, 155, 170, 172–3
Seminary for Young Ladies 8
Senior, Nassau 142, 153–4
Seyd, Sheikh 205
Sehmmar tribe 155, 179, 225
attacks on Mezrab tribe 250–1
Solomon, King 166
Solyman, Emir 284
Spencer-Stanhope, Elizabeth (née Coke; aunt) 1–2, 9, 14, 30
Spencer-Stanhope, John 9
Spencer-Stanhope, Marianne: Almack’s 28, 71
Stafford, Lord 294
Stanhope, Lady Hester 159–60
Steele, Jane 7, 9, 121, 215, 275
Steele, Margaret 6–7, 11–12, 77–8, 94, 118–19, 132, 188, 208
warns Jane 24, 26, 27–8
approaches Lord Ellenborough 51
supports Jane at end of Ellenborough marriage 54–6
testifies in divorce court 66–8
disapproves of Medjuel 199, 205, 216
lives with Lady Andover 215
death of 278
Stieler, Josef 86–7
Stirling, A. M. 165
Strangford, Emily see Beaufort, Emily
Syria see also bedouins; Damascus; Homs: Henry Anson’s death in 46–7
massacre of Christians 244–53
Tadmor see Palmyra
Tappenden, Mrs 240, 242, 243, 253
unsatisfactory as maid 250, 252, 261, 269
Theotoky, Leonidas Jean Henry (son) 119–20, 216, 296
death of 132–3, 134–5
Theotoky, Spiridon 199
affair with Jane 106–12
duel with Charles 109–10
elopes with Jane 115–19
charms Jane’s family 118–19
happy family life 120–7, 128–9
end of marriage 132, 134–5
financial settlement 138–9
later life 140
end of marriage 144, 146
financial settlement 147
Theresa, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen 81
Tinos, Greece 124–5
Turkey 245, 246, 247, 250, 294
Two Friends, The (Marguerite, Countess of Blessington) 105
Vaudeuil, Madame la 95
Venningen, Baron Carl (Charles) 199
mar
riage to Jane 90–4, 96–9, 101–2
in love with Jane 83–95
and Jane’s affair with Spiros 106, 108–12
duel with Spiros 109–10
financial troubles 114–15
end of marriage 116–19
divorce 119, 120–1, 123
lifelong affection for Jane 120–1, 123, 125–6
reaction to Jane’s separation from Spiros 135–6
worries about children and Jane 228–9
praise for Jane’s bravery 249
on death of Lady Andover 266
death 306–7
Venningen, Baroness (mother-in-law) 100
Venningen, Bertha (daughter) 100–1, 117, 128, 136, 227
asks to live with Jane in Damascus 216
insanity 228, 236, 307
Venningen, Gabrielle (née Countess de Paumgarten) 268–9, 272
death of 296
Venningen, Heribert (son) 101, 111, 128, 136, 227, 236, 334
birth 92
need for family proof 217, 228–9, 235
marries Countess Gabrielle de Paumgarten 268–9
wife dies 296
family life 307
Venningen, Philip 105
Victoria, Queen 114, 122, 239, 271
Waldkirk, Mimi 100
Walton, William 51, 56–7
Ward, John 65
Wellington, Duke of (Arthur Wellesley) 13, 20
Wentworth, Lady Judith 329
The Authentic Arabian Horse 312
William IV 114
Wood, Richard 160–1, 190, 198 307
Wright, Rev. William 305–6, 327
Zappani, Countess 95
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 160. 327
Acknowledgements
While I was researching this book many people provided help in a variety of guises ranging from time and hospitality, to information, documentation and expertise.
My chief acknowledgement must go, with my grateful thanks, to Lord and Lady Digby who so kindly entrusted me with precious family documents including Jane’s diaries, papers and art work. They also gave me gracious hospitality when I worked at Minterne House, and allowed me to organise a photo-shoot of family portraits.
In Syria, Hussein Hinnawi was tremendously important in the search for traces of Jane Digby and her life there. Not only was Hussein extraordinarily helpful as guide and interpreter during my own visit to Syria, but after I returned to England he continued to work out of his own interest in the project, refusing any reward. All previous biographers stated that Jane’s house in Damascus had been destroyed to make a tramway in the 1930s. But we now know, thanks to Hussein’s untiring research, that the house – or a major part of it – survives and that the original decorations are surprisingly intact although some thirty families now live in the flats into which the original villa has been converted.