Erdödy see Palffy-Erdödy
Erlanger, Edwina and Leo d’, 492
Ernst, Max, 112n
Esquire (magazine), 363
Esterhazy, Princess Maria, 77n
Eton College, 302, 305n
Euphorion Books (publishing company), 254n
European, The (magazine), 264
Evans, Dr, 317, 537–8
Evening Standard, 62, 337, 604
Fanon, Frantz: The Wretched of the Earth, 542 & n
Faringdon, Oxfordshire, 193
Farquhar, Elizabeth, 689 & n
Farrer, Ann (‘Id’; ‘Idden’), 39, 43 & n, 49, 67, 410
If Hopes were Dupes (as ‘Catherine York’), 43n
Farrer, George (‘Gog’), 277
Farrer, Joan (née Mitford), 640
Farrer, Joan (‘Rud/Rudbin’; later de Udy; then Rodzianko), 207 & n
Farrer, Michael, 87
Farve see Redesdale, David Mitford, 2nd Baron
Fascism: in Nancy’s Wigs on the Green, 60
see also British Union of Fascists Faucigny-Lucinge, Prince Jean-Louis de, 242 & n, 623
Faucigny-Lucinge, Princess Liliane de (née d’Erlanger; ‘Baba’), 66 & n, 217, 221
Fayed, Emad (Dodi), 783 & n
Fayed, Mohamed al, 784n, 794
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (Polanski film), 508 & n
Feeney, Miss, 304 & n, 572
Fell, Mrs (US socialite), 385
Fellowes, Marguerite (née Decazes; then de Broglie Daisy), 227 & n, 257–8, 271, 273, 287
funeral, 386
Fellowes, Reginald, 227n
Fenwick, Cecily, 53
Fenwick, Constantia, 331, 336, 502
Feray, Jean and Thierry, 370 & n, 526
Fermor, Joan Leigh (née Eyres Monsell; then Rayner), 326 & n
Fermor, Patrick Leigh (‘Paddy Whack’), 326 & n, 727, 758
Ferreras, Miguel, 364n
Ferreras, Oonagh (née Guinness), 364 & n
Fettiplace family, 779
Février, Jacques, 221
Field, Nancy, 158n
Field, The (magazine), 374, 379n
Fielding, Daphne (née Vivian
then Marchioness of Bath), 210, 558, 651 & n
Fleming, Ann (née Charteris), 333 & n, 418, 444, 503, 509, 511, 560, 664, 731
Fleming, Caspar, 509 & n
Float, Revd Wilfred, 623
Flynn, Billy, 516–17
Fonteyn, Margot, 465
Forbes, Alastair, 287 & n, 666
Forbes-Adam, Desmond, 111n, 607
Forman, Chaka (Constancia’s son), 542 & n, 616
Forman, James (Constancia’s son), 490–1, 493, 495–8, 507 & n, 616 & n, 742, 757 & n Forman, James Sr, 486n, 542n, 588
Forquet, Federico, 799 & n
Forster, E.M.: A Passage to India, 132
Where Angels Fear to Tread, 365
Forster, Gauleiter (of Danzig), 54
Fouchet, Christian, 420
France: conditions, 502
prisons, 574
Fraser, Lady Antonia (née Pakenham), 355, 374
Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia, 469, 507 & n, 527, 531
Freud, Lucian: paints Mitfords, xv
visits and paints Deborah, 297, 310n, 341, 343, 355, 356
on Epstein, 311
dines with Deborah, 503
Friese-Green, Molly, 224 & n, 225
Frost, David, 501 & n
Fry, Jennifer, 87n
Fuller, J.FC. (Boney), 680
Gaillard, Félix, 351 & n
Gallet, M., 484
Gandarillas, Antonio de (Tony), 254 & n, 490
Gandarillas, Carmen, 235n, 253
Garbo, Greta, 227 & n, 308
Garcia Lorca, Federico: The House of Bernarda Alba, 226 & n
Garnett, David, 456–7
Garnett, Richard, 679
Garter, Order of, 764–6, 788–9
Gascoigne, Mary (née O’Neill; ‘Middy’), 291 & n, 659, 720
Gathorne-Hardy, Edward, 525
Gaulle, Charles de: Palewski supports, 145
re-elected (1945), 220 & n
in Paris, 239
recommends Nancy’s books to cabinet, 323
and Nancy, 347
entertains Macmillan, 348
assassination attempt on, 378 & n
returns to Paris from Germany, 381 & n
on Fouchet’s daughter, 420
banishes NATO forces from France, 455 & n, 458
Palewski gives parties for, 462, 492
on Vietnam war, 469 & n
vetoes Britain’s entry into European Economic Community, 499
maintains stable France, 502
fears US use of nuclear weapons, 507
election success (1968), 512 & n
on Jackie Kennedy, 518
Géczy, Barnabas von, 100 & n
general elections: (1945), 215
(1959), 265, 318
(1966), 452–3
General Strike (1926), 8
George VI, King: coronation, 91 & n, 93–4
entertains at Buckingham Palace, 232
Germany: Diana and Unity visit, 36
Beaverbrook’s appeasement policy, 61n
concentration camps, 61 & n
Jessica tours with Unity, 63n
and ‘degenerate art’, 112n
occupies Czechoslovakia, 129n, 137n, 143
and outbreak of war (1939), 139n
Nancy visits for book on Frederick the Great, 507
Gertler, Mark, 456 & n
Gibson, Violet, 329n, 330
Gilliat, William, 82, 178 & n
Gillies, Jean, 160 & n, 163
Gilmour, Geoffrey (‘Jefferson’), 271, 283, 369, 434, 444, 467, 503, 702
cancer and death, 684, 685 & n
Gilot, Francoise: Ma vie avec Picasso, 432n
Ginsberg, Allen, 490
Girouard, Mark, 456
Givenchy, Hubert de, xv, 713, 741
Gladwyn, Cynthia, Lady, 588, 705
Gladwyn, Gladwyn Jebb, Baron, 144, 290, 333–4, 348, 705, 713
Gladys (Nancy’s maid), 180 & n, 188, 221
Gladys (Redesdales’ maid), 49 & n
Gloucester, Alice, Duchess of (née Montagu-Douglas-Scott), 66 & n
Gloucester, Prince Henry, Duke of, 66 & n
Glyn, Esmé (later Birch), 27n
Goddard, Rayner, 795
Goebbels, Joseph: entertains Mitfords, xv
Diana and Mosley married at home, 38
in Munich, 47
exploits Horst Wessel’s death, 53n
Unity meets, 64–5
and English visitors, 70
pictured with Diana, 75
buys Berlin villa, 77ns Diana visits, 114–15
criticizes film Entscheidende Tage, 115
at Bayreuth, 128
Goebbels, Magda Ritschel (née Friedländer), 47n, 75 & n, 77, 89, 114–15, 125
Goethe, J.W. von: Wahlverwandschaften, 169
Goldberg, Bertrand and Nancy (née Florsheim), 715 & n
Gollancz, Victor (publisher), 329
Goodman, Arnold, Baron, 509 & n
Gordon-Canning, Robert (Bobbie), 77 & n
Göring, Hermann, 60, 61n, 70
Gosse, Sir Edmund, xv
Gould, Bruce, 257
Goursat, Georges (‘Sem’), 759 & n
Graceland, 777–8
Graham, Katherine, xv, 147, 496 & n, 767, 773
Grant, Duncan, 313, 413, 456, 560–1
Greene, David Plunkett, 490
Greffulhe, Mme, 440
Grenfell, Julian, 619
Greville family, 73
Grimond, Grizelda, 714
Grimond, Joseph (Jo), 405
Guéguinou, Jean, 800n
Guimont, Mme (Nancy’s cleaner; ‘Gilly’), 527, 539, 574–5
Guinness, Bryan (later 2nd Baron Moyne): marriage and divorce from Diana, 7–11, 17n, 24 & n, 27–8, 35
and Diana’s detentio
n in prison, 16 & n
marriage to Elisabeth Nelson, 17n
moves to flat, 25n
child by Elizabeth, 118 & n
meets Diana in House of Lords, 693–4
Singing Out of Tune, 17n
Guinness, Desmond (Bryan-Diana’s son): childhood, 37, 47n
Jessica sends greetings to, 43 & n
and Diana’s wedding in Germany, 76
absence from mother, 80
pictured, 161
birthday, 163
gland on neck removed, 164n
and mother’s imprisonment in war, 167
refuses to see Pam Timms, 179
visits Lady Redesdale on Inch Kenneth, 376
children, 395
Diana visits in Ireland, 644
expelled from school, 656
Guinness, Diana see Mosley, Diana, Lady
Guinness, Elizabeth (née Nelson): marriage to Bryan Guinness, 17n
children, 118n
Guinness, Lady Evelyn (née Erskine), 621
Guinness, Ingrid see Channon, Ingrid
Guinness, Jasmine, 803 & n
Guinness, Jasper (Jonathan’s son), 373, 456, 513, 580
Guinness, Jonathan (later 3rd Baron Moyne Bryan-Diana’s son): birth, 21 & n
childhood, 36, 47n
and Diana’s wedding in Germany, 76
absence from mother, 79–80
and mother’s imprisonment, 160
pictured, 161
appendectomy, 167
dismisses Pam Timms, 179
plans trip to Czechoslovakia, 250 & n
visits Bayreuth and Salzburg, 338
divorce and remarriage, 369n
visits Diana, 369
misses Nancy’s party, 372
children, 456 & n
in TV film about Nancy, 660
sends The House of Mitford to Deborah, 697
The House of Mitford (with Catherine Guinness), 21n, 681 & n, 698n, 700
Guinness, Marina (Desmond’s daughter), 395
Guinness, Patrick (Desmond’s son), 395, 438
Guinness, Penelope (née Cuthbertson), 43n
Guinness, Rosaleen (Bryan-Elizabeth’s daughter), 118n
Guinness, Valentine (Jonathan’s son; ‘Weeny’), 456
Gürtner, Franz, 129 & n
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, 288
Hadfield, Mrs, 589
Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount (later Baron), 403 & n, 765, 789
Hall, Jerry, 727
Hall, Radclyffe: The Well of Loneliness, 99
Hamilton, Hamish (publisher), 217, 470, 484, 624, 644, 687
Hamilton, Neil, 794
Hammersley, Arthur, 43n
Hammersley, Christopher, 384
Hammersley, Monica, 377, 411–12, 415
Hammersley, Violet (née Williams-Freeman; ‘the Widow’): Jessica visits with mother, 42, 43n
visits Munich, 91
visits Rutland Gate, 124
Deborah lunches with, 165–6
and Deborah’s marriage, 173
on Diana being unchanged, 247
visits Berners, 248
in Paris, 258
Jessica visits from USA, 291n
friendship with Duncan Grant, 313
correspondence with Deborah, 319
breach with Deborah, 327
arbitration on Jessica’s Hons and Rebels, 330, 333, 335, 337
stays in Kensington hotel, 363–4
exploits Devonshires’ secretary, 364
illness, 377
Nancy’s attitude to, 384, 562
and Lady Redesdale’s death, 397
bridge-playing, 402
death, 411–13
anxiety over sons, 558
requests car for drive to Isle of Wight, 613
letters, 683
in Loved Ones, 690
Hammond, Gillian (later Sutro), 26n
Hanfstaengl, Erna (‘the Good Girl’), 56, 58n, 112
Hanfstaengl, Ernst (‘Putzi’), 36, 43 & n, 46–7, 627
Hanfstaengl, Helene (née Neemeyer), 43n
Harcourt, François, due d’, 721
Harcourt, Lydie d’ see Pomereu, Lydie, Marchioness of
Harcourt, Thyra de Zayas, duchesse d’, 721
Hardcastle, Tony, 699
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 267, 297
Hardy, Thomas: ‘New Year’s Eve’, 802 & n
Harewood, Princess Mary, Countess of (Princess Royal), 313 & n
Harper’s Magazine, 305
Harriman, Pamela (née Digby; then Churchill), 26n, 706, 756, 797 & n
Harriman, William Averell, 706 & n
Harris, Kenneth, 581
Harrod, Henry, 184
Harrod, (Sir) Roy: friendship with Nancy, 9, 136
child, 136, 184
Nancy visits, 184
visits Diana, 467
at Orsay, 569
knighthood, 574
Harrod, Wilhelmina, Lady (‘Billa’), 184, 467, 574, 727 Hart, Derek, 717
Harrington, Kathleen, Marchioness of (née Kennedy; ‘Kick’), 167 & n, 190n, 195
death, 325–6, 398 & n
Harrington, Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, Marquess of (later 12th Duke of Devonshire Deborah’s son; ‘Stoker’): birth and naming, 149, 194–5, 198
childhood, 194, 199
Nancy on, 205
and Jessica’s visit with children, 269
at Eton, 302
predicts Macmillan’s fall, 339
on Nancy’s Don’t Tell Alfred, 340
mother gives ball for, 354n
shooting, 362
at Oxford, 421
friendship with Ancram, 425
coming-of-age celebrations, 432n, 447
spends time in Europe, 436
dancing, 465
Nancy plans to make heir, 474 & n
marriage, 493 & n
horseracing appointments, 766
Harrington, William, Marquess of (‘Billy’), 167n, 190 & n, 195, 195
killed in action in Belgium, 204n, 215
Harty, Russell, 641, 721n
Harvey, Lillian, 76
Hassan (Nancy’s servant; ‘Beamish’), 542–6, 564, 575, 576, 589, 593
Hastings, Max, 737, 763n
Hastings, Lady Selina, 667, 673, 685, 694n
Evelyn Waugh, 757
Nancy Mitford: A Biography, 702–3, 705
Hattersley, Roy, 758
Haugwitz-Reventlow, Count Curt, 244 & n
Hawaii: Jessica visits, 442
Hawkins, Ashton, 777
Hay, Alexandra Cecilia (‘Sex’), 74 & n, 236, 345
Hay, Ivan, 74
Hayter, Teresa: Hayter of the Bourgeoisie, 576 & n
Hayter, Sir William, 280n, 358n
Head, Antony, 1st Viscount, 410–11, 446
Head, Lady Dorothy (née Ashley-Cooper), 446
Head, Simon, 523
Healey, Mrs (servant), 607, 618
Heath, Edward, 454 & n, 553
Heath, Neville, 244 & n
Heber-Percy, Lady Dorothy (née Lygon; ‘Coote’), 87n, 710, 727
Heber-Percy, Robert, 86, 87n, 229, 259, 710 & n
Heemstra, Ella van, 63, 65n
Heines, Edmund, 48 & n
Helleu, Paul-César, 9, 759, 791
Henderson, Sir Nicholas and Mary, Lady (née Cawadias), 713
Henlein, Konrad, 128
Hepburn, Audrey, 65n
Hepburn-Ruston, Joseph, 65n
Hess, Rudolf, 70 & n
Higgs, Nanny, 146, 170, 176, 273, 389, 578–9, 618, 709
Hill, Lady Anne (née Gathorne-Hardy), 188 & n
Hill, Derek, 46, 47n, 52, 720
Hill, Harriet, 351
Hill, (George) Heywood (bookshop), 145, 188, 193, 200, 204, 217, 224, 328, 497, 514, 789
Hillier, Bevis: Young Betjeman, 723n
Himmler, Heinrich, 61
Hine, Revd Mr, 615, 637
Hitchens, Christopher, 668n, 757
Hitler,
Adolf: acquaintance with Mitfords, xv
Unity admires, 36, 40, 46, 49, 53n, 54, 56, 58, 63–4
elected chancellor, 37
meetings with Unity, 37, 54, 64–5, 68, 80, 85, 103, 113, 116, 126, 130, 137
attends Mosley wedding, 38, 77
Deborah on, 42
popularity, 47
and arrest of Röhm, 48
Unity makes Hannibal collage for, 54n, 55
stomach trouble, 64 & n
meets Londonderry and Beaverbrook, 69
Diana’s relations with, 75, 604, 801–2
Magda Goebbels idolizes, 76n
speech to Winterhilfswerk, 78
and Oxford Group, 111
threatens and annexes Austria, 122n
in Breslau, 130
solicitude for Unity’s illness, 134–5
occupies Czechoslovakia, 137n
Lady Redesdale’s admiration for, 143, 151, 637
suppresses reports of Unity’s suicide attempt, 143
invades Denmark and Norway, 144
supposed secret weapon, 150–1
Jessica fantasizes about assassination attempt, 328
in Diana’s memoirs, 604
Nancy’s view of, 637–8
Unity gives ‘Chicken’s Mess’ to, 697
Diana declines to appear on TV for centenary programme, 722
Mein Kampf, 109
Hitler, Paula (Adolf’s sister), 70 & n
Ho Qui Thi, Madame, 445n
Hoesch, Leopold von, 129n
Hoesch, Wolfgang, 129
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 64 & n, 68, 70, 75, 78
Hofmannsthal, Lady Elizabeth von, 273
Holme, Reginald, 84 & n, 109
Home, Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of (later Baron), 403 & n, 405
Honourable Rebel, The (BBC documentary), 636n
Horizon (magazine), 237n
Hornby, Nicole (née Ward), 495 & n
Horne, David, 43n
Hössl, Dr (of SS), 68–9
House Committee on Un-American Activities (USA), 265
Howard, Brian, 239 & n, 490, 579
Howard, George, 87, 107
Howard-Johnston, Paulette (née Helleu), 623
Hudson, Margaret (née Oulpé), 729, 803
Hugo, Victor: Les Misérables, 574
Hunt, Henry Leigh, 459 & n
Hussey, Amy (‘Stiegson’), 157 & n
Hutton, Barbara, 244n
Huxley, Julian, 413
Ileclash, Ireland, 324
Inch Kenneth (island), Inner Hebrides: Lord Redesdale on, 143, 149, 162, 202, 311
Deborah on, 149, 158
Nancy visits, 152, 379
Lady Redesdale on, 202, 246, 266, 313, 342, 367–8, 371n
Margaret Wright on, 202
Unity stays on with parents, 203, 211
Jessica bids to buy out, 206, 313n
Jessica attempts to leave share to Communist Party, 213, 266
sisters make over to mother for life, 213
Jessica visits, 266, 371–2, 379
Lady Mersey ill on, 341
Diana visits, 371n
Desmond Guinness visits, 376
disposal, 393, 467 & n, 663
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