goods sold to clear death duties, 267, 299, 302
Deborah redecorates and restores, 317, 319, 326, 411
heating costs, 351
treasures exhibited in USA, 360n, 382, 383, 385, 705 & n
pictures valued for insurance, 449–50, 463 & n
open to public, 528, 605, 755
children’s farmyard, 552–3 & n
bomb scare, 571–2
Deborah writes on, 604, 707n
maintenance difficulties, 604–5
Deborah opens farm shop, 637, 644
visitor numbers fall, 643
treasures exhibited at Royal Academy, 666
shops, 718n
Burlington’s twenty-first birthday party at, 726–8
hosts Antiques Roadshow, 768
Deborah’s enterprises at, 785–6
Chavchavadze, Princess Elizabeth, 273 & n, 318
Chelsea Flower Show, 433
Cherwell, Viscount see Lindemann, Frederick Alexander
Chetwynd, Elizabeth, 219 & n
Chevalier, Maurice, 100, 315n
Chicago: Deborah visits, 715–16
Chichester, Pamela (née Peel; later Wrench), 222 & n
Choisy, Maryse, 282
Churchill, Clementine, Lady (née Hozier): relation to Mitford family, 9, 89n
Churchill, Diana, 9, 462, 740, 794–5
Churchill Lord Randolph (Winston’s father), 756
Churchill, Randolph (Winston’s son), 9, 26 & n, 116, 224, 429, 518, 521, 661, 756
Churchill, Sarah, 429, 462
Churchill, (Sir) Winston: acquaintance with Mitfords, xv
Romilly imitates, 87
as supposed father of Romilly, 89n
Jessica writes to demanding Diana and Mosley be kept in jail in war, 146
forms wartime coalition government, 147
meetings at Ditchley Park, 158n
allows Mosley to join Diana in Holloway prison, 186n
defeated in 1945 election, 215
on Nuremberg trials, 224 & n
entertained in Paris, 226–7
death and funeral, 429 & n
Moran’s book on, 459n, 462
Fuller on, 680
TV programme on, 756
gives toast to Stalin, 791
Cicogna, Anna Maria, 318 & n, 337, 338 & n, 373, 436, 598
Civil Rights Congress (CRC of USA), 214, 265
Civilisation (TV programme), 527 & n
Clark, Kenneth, 527 & n
Clary-Aldringen, Fürst Alfons (Alphy), 158, 375, 436, 439–40, 447, 476, 613
Clary-Aldringen, Fürstin Ludwine (Lidi), 375n 436, 550
Clements, Mrs (Pamela’s neighbour), 701n
Clonfert Palace, Ireland: Mosleys buy, 264, 277, 748–9
burned to ground, 282, 324
Coats, Peter, 273
Cockburn, Claud, 521, 629
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, 515
Cole, Miss (governess), 389–90
Coleman, Henry, 665, 695, 766, 789
Colman, Sir Timothy, 765
Communist Party: Jessica leaves, 265
Compton Abbas, Dorset, 792
Congleton, Lady, 371–2
Congo, 360n, 386 & n
Connolly, Cyril: inspires character of Ed Spain in The Blessing, 271 & n
Diana meets in South Africa, 413, 415
The Unquiet Grave, 205 & n
Cooper, Alfred Duff (later 1st Viscount Norwich), 157 & n, 212, 227n, 236, 241n, 247, 549, 673
Cooper, Lady Diana (née Manners): at Ditchley, 157 & n
with Duff at Paris embassy, 212, 226
Nancy meets in Paris, 236
farewell ball at Paris embassy, 241n
returns to France to live, 247
at Venice masked ball, 273
on birth of Deborah’s baby, 293
portrayed in Nancy’s Don’t Tell Alfred, 340
drinking, 365
row with Daisy Fellowes, 386
on not going to school, 656
Ziegler’s biography of, 673
at Duchess of Windsor’s funeral, 713
Cooper, Gary, 319
Coote, Colin, 518 & n, 581
Corsica, 123n, 124
Costa de Beauregard, Countess: at Fontaines, 351 & n
confessions, 359
Nancy on, 402, 562
and Violet Hammersley’s death, 411–12
death and funeral, 437n, 451–3
injures ear, 439
Mme Rödel on, 702
Costa de Beauregard, Elizabeth (née Millar; ‘Doodie’), 439
Costa de Beauregard, Marie-Zéphyre de (Countess’s granddaughter), 438–9, 453
Count Your Blessings (film of Nancy’s Blessing), 314 & n
Courrèges, André, 437
Coward, Noël, 224, 252
Crawford, Joan, 101n
Cresson, Edith, 730 & n
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 259
Crook, Winnie, 648
Crosland, Anthony, 418
Crowood House, near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, 213, 246, 253, 264, 450n, 748
Crux Easton, Berkshire, 146, 193 212–13
Cuban missile crisis (1962), 383, 385n
Cunard, Sir Bache, 134n
Cunard, Sir Edward, 356, 466
Cunard, Maud Alice (Emerald), Lady (née Burke), 133 & n, 222, 246, 466, 514, 760
Cunard, Victor, 278 & n, 337–8, 356 & n
Curteis, Ian, 667, 670n
Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquess, 381
Curzon, Grace, Countess (née Hinds), 381 & n
Czechoslovakia, 41
Germans occupy, 129n, 137n, 143
D Day Calling (German radio programme), 201
Daily Express: wrongly names Deborah as eloping, 82, 101 & n
attacks Unity, 136 & n
Shaw defends Mosley in, 193
on Mitford sisters, 774
Daily Mail, 85, 332–5
Daily Star (newspaper), 51n
Daily Telegraph, 333–5, 737
Dakar, West Africa, 166
Dalley, Jan, 791
Dance, Margaret see Wright, Margaret
Dance, Mr (Margaret Wright’s fiancé), 166n
Darling, Grace, 604, 707
Dashwood, Helen, Lady (née Eaton), 120 & n, 173, 243, 254, 705
Dashwood, Sir John, 120n
David, Jacques-Louis, 248
Davis, Warren, 777
Dean, Dorothy, 768
Dean, Roger, 651
de Courcy, Anne: Circe, 71n
Defence Regulation 18B, 146, 169
Degenerate Art exhibition, 112 & n
Delannoy, Jean, 286n
Delibes, Léo: Sylvia (ballet), 242
Denham, Bertram Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron (‘Mitty’), 658–9 & n
Denning Report (on Profumo affair, 1963), 402
Derwent, Peter, 3rd Baron, 234 & n, 253
Desborough, Ethel, Lady (Ettie), 618–19 & n
Desert Island Discs (radio programme), 725
Desplats-Pilter, Roy (‘André Roy’), 183n, 188 & n
Devonshire, Amanda, Duchess of (née Heywood-Lonsdale; Peregrine’s wife), 493n
Devonshire, Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of: engagement and marriage to Deborah, 42, 149, 171–2
calls at Mosleys’, 135
first meets Deborah, 135n
horseracing and betting, 156, 201, 313n
lacks interest in war news, 156
military service, 166, 177, 179, 185, 194, 198, 201
children, 177
with Deborah at birth of premature baby, 182, 186
chooses names for son Peregrine, 195, 198
pictured, 199, 472
at liberation of Rome, 201
becomes heir to dukedom on brother Billy’s death, 203, 215
visits Redesdale after death of Tom Mitford, 206
moves to Edensor, 215
stands unsuccessfully for Parliament, 215, 216
celebrates Christmas (1946), 231
emba
rrassed by Unity’s questions to clergymen, 232
in Paris, 236
sells land and property to clear father’s death duties, 267, 298n, 299
appointment at Commonwealth Relations Office, 325, 366n
attends John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, 346
suggested as ambassador to Washington, 350
views Freud’s portrait of Deborah, 355n
on Kennedy and sex, 359
visit to Jamaica, 375n
and 1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 378
meets Kennedy on trip to Edensor, 399
at Kennedy’s funeral service, 404
owns Careysville fishing lodge (Ireland), 414n
visits Nancy in Paris, 421
accompanies Queen Mother to Chelsea Flower Show, 433
in Rhodesia, 446
installed as Chancellor of Manchester University, 449n, 450
disagreement with Nancy over France, 502
drink problem and cure, 520n, 691–3
and maintenance of Chatsworth, 604
sells paintings, 605
offers car to Violet Hammersley, 613
joins Social Democratic Party, 686 & n
illness (1983), 691
gives party for Pamela’s 80th birthday, 720
dental problems, 758
installed as Garter Knight, 764 & n
and Princess of Wales, 768
attends Royal Academy dinner, 780
Accidents of Fortune, 693n
DEVONSHIRE, DEBORAH, Duchess of (née Mitford): remains in England, xvi
final letter to Diana, xvii
as postmistress in old age, xvii
at Swinbrook House, 3, 33, 157, 559
character, 12
skating, 20n
childhood, 41, 377
life at Swinbrook, 41, 102, 580
relations with Jessica, 41–2, 628–30
and sale of Swinbrook, 41
as debutante, 42, 104–5
engagement and marriage to Andrew, 42
political indifference, 42
schooling, 50 & n
visits Paris with mother and Jessica, 66
on Mediterranean cruise, 71
pictured, 72, 199
and Jessica’s elopement, 81
falsely named by Daily Express as eloping, 82, 101 & n
forbidden to visit Diana with Mosley, 83
in Austria, 97–8
pet whippets, 101n
measles affects eyes, 119, 120n, 121
Nancy teases as child, 121n
visits Mosley and Diana, 135
recovers Unity from Switzerland clinic, 143, 149
Nancy attacks in war, 144
marriage and children, 149, 171–4, 177, 182
at Rignell in war, 155
horseracing and betting, 156, 201, 313n
on Inch Kenneth, 158
Unity’s hostility to, 178
loses babies, 183n, 211, 235 & n
works in YMCA canteen, 194
and children’s upbringing, 201
canvasses for husband in 1945 election, 215, 216
moves to Edensor, 215
celebrates Christmas (1946) at Edensor, 231
appearance, 236, 504
as Nancy’s favoured correspondent, 264
Jessica visits from USA, 266, 288, 290, 317, 369
redecorates and restores Chatsworth, 267, 317, 319, 326, 411
and death duties for 10th Duke, 271
at masked ball in Venice, 272–3
visit to Jessica in USA, 274–6
pregnancy and birth of daughter Sophia, 292–4
shooting, 292, 303, 317n, 362, 445–6, 449 & n
Lucian Freud portrait, 298n, 310, 341, 343, 355, 356
as Honorary Colonel of 307 Women’s Royal Army Corps, 314
breeds and shows Shetland ponies (‘insects’), 326, 437 & n, 446, 505 & n, 506, 514n, 518–19, 598
in Nancy’s Don’t Tell Alfred, 340
attends John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, 346–7, 350
gives ball for Emma and Peregrine, 354
visits Kennedy in USA, 359
visits mother in Scotland, 368–9
visit to Jamaica with Andrew, 373–4 & n
criticizes Nancy for depicting mother as neglectful, 377, 379
visits Uganda, 382
visits USA, 382, 383, 384, 705–6, 714, 719
and mother’s decline and death, 392, 395–6
at daughter Emma’s wedding, 401
disposes of mother’s furniture, 402
and Kennedy’s assassination, 403–4
kindness to Violet Hammersley, 412–13
dress, 417
forty-fifth birthday, 429
and Peregrine’s coming-of-age celebrations, 432
administers Nancy’s literary estate, 437n
visit to Argentina, 444 & n
busy activities, 446, 492, 519
in Rhodesia, 446
contributes recipe to Lady Maclean’s Cook Book, 475n
builds up Mitford archive, 481
as Nancy’s literary executor, 481
and Peregrine’s wedding, 492–3, 494
threatened by local foot and mouth outbreak, 503–4
helps Nancy with article on pronunciation, 508 & n
proposes brain swap with Nancy, 510
and death of Robert Kennedy, 511
hair cut short, 517
on people changing, 519–20
relations with mother, 554, 559
on Nancy’s proposed autobiography, 562–3
visits sick Nancy, 577
at Nancy’s funeral, 596, 596
maintains correspondence with Jessica, 603
opposes Pryce-Jones’s biography of Unity, 603, 606, 631–2
visits Harold Acton in Florence, 608–10
as president of Royal Smithfield Show, 614 & n
sets up family archive, 629
reconciliation with Jessica, 631–5
opens farm shop at Chatsworth, 637, 644
breeds Haflinger horses, 644 & n
finds lost family scrapbook, 645–7
in TV film about Nancy, 659, 668–9
redecorates Devonshire Arms at Bolton Abbey, 680
diary, 682n
and Andrew’s drink problem and cure, 691–3
judges at Kesw1ck Show, 695
in Jonathan Guinness’s House of Mitford, 697;
as non-executive director of Tarmac, 697
visits childhood homes with Pamela, 699–700
visit to USA (1985), 705
writes for Spectator, 70711, 711
markets groceries, 718n
holds 21st birthday party for Lord Burlington, 726–8
newspaper articles, 732, 737, 764, 774
and Pamela’s death and funeral, 742–50
voted ‘2000 Rural Business person of the Year’, 755
attends Garter ceremonies, 764–6, 788–9
and Jessica’s death, 772–4
and death of Jean-Pierre Béraud, 775–7
visits Graceland, 777–8
enterprise at Chatsworth, 785–6
Counting My Chickens, 18n, 355n, 711n, 741, 774n
The Estate: A View of Chatsworth, 707n
The House: A Portrait of Chatsworth, 604, 644 & n, 658, 798 & n
Round About Chatsworth, 553n
Treasures of Chatsworth: A Private View, 729n
Devonshire, Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of: death, 266, 271n
Devonshire, Evelyn, Duchess of, 662
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of, 274n
Devonshire, Mary Alice, Duchess of, 182 & n, 203, 319
Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of see Hartington, Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, Marquess of
Dial, The (monthly TV guide), 682, 684
Diana, Princess of Wales, 767–8, 783
Dicks, Laura (Mitfords’ nanny; ‘Blor’; ‘M’Hinket’), 15, 16, 16n, 113, 3
04–5, 323
Dieppe, 98–9
Dietrich, Joseph (Sepp), 131 & n
Dietrich, Otto, 64 & n, 127
Digby, Pamela see Harriman, Pamela
Dimitrov, Georgi, 250
Dino, Dorothée, Duchesse de (née Courlande), 248
Dior, Christian, 234 & n, 238, 348
Divorce Italian Style (film), 375
Dix, Otto, 112n
Donnington Grove, Berkshire, 258
Dossé, Philip, 667
Drian (painter), 234n
Driberg, Tom, 103 & n
Drogheda, Garrett Moore, nth Earl of, 518, 579
Drummond’s Bank, London, 278 & n
Dublin, 435
Dubrugeaud, Dr, 530
Dudley, Grace, Countess of see Radziwill, Princess Grace
Dudley Ward, Penelope, 623 & n
Duff, Sir Michael, 374
Dulverton, Anthony Wills, 2nd Baron, 700
Dulverton, Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron, 794–5
Dumas, Alexandre, 488
The Count of Monte Cristo, 574
Dumas, Dr, 530, 552, 639
du Maurier, Daphne: Marie Anne, 280n
Durr, Virginia (née Foster), 551 & n, 705
Earle, Phyllis, 94
Eastbourne, Sussex: Deborah in, 177–9, 198, 201, 203
Ecclestone, Bernie, 671 & n
Eden, Anthony (later 1st Earl of Avon), 316
Eden, Clarissa (née Spencer-Churchill; later Countess of Avon), 273, 313, 316
Edensor, Chatsworth: Deborah and Andrew move to, 215
Edmondson, Sir James (‘Choiney’), 168 & n
Edward VIII, King see Windsor, Edward, Duke of
Egypt, 406–7, 646
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 334
Eisenhower, Mamie, 435
Elizabeth II, Queen (earlier Princess): at parents’ Buckingham Palace dinner, 232
wedding, 239 & n
visits Chatsworth, 510
at horse race, 540
nicknamed ‘Brenda’ by Private Eye, 540 & n
at Smithfield Show, 614–15
Silver Jubilee, 643n
wears bowler-style hat, 709
at Duchess of Windsor’s funeral, 712
at Garter ceremony, 765
golden wedding, 780
at New Tate, 798
on faith, 802
Elizabeth, Queen of George VI (later Queen Mother): Mitfords entertain, xv
entertains at Buckingham Palace, 232
nicknamed ‘Cake’, 308 & n
at Tate Gallery reception, 316
attends Chelsea Flower Show, 433 & n
dances with Antony Head, 446
becomes Queen through Edward’s abdication, 622
at Garter ceremony, 765
at Elizabeth II-Philip’s golden wedding ceremony, 780
Elizabeth, Princess Palatine (‘Madame’), 250 & n
Elliot, Katherine, Baroness (née Tennant), 739 & n
Emerson, Sally, 667
Encounter (magazine), 286n
Entscheidende Tage (film), 115
Epstein, Jacob, 311, 314
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