The Viceroy's Daughters

by Anne de Courcy

Birdwood, Lady, 104, 109

  Birdwood, Sir William, 104

  Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 3

  Bodiam Castle, Sussex, 37, 59, 100

  Bonham-Carter, Violet, 345

  Boothby, Robert, 108, 111, 121, 143, 145, 172, 174, 332, 335

  Bowes-Lyon, Lady Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth), 72, 264, 304

  Bracken, Brendan, 143, 174, 204–205, 218, 344

  Brand, Bob, 114

  Brand, Phyllis, 50

  British Union of Fascists (later British Union), 173, 194, 203–205, 215, 220–21, 266, 324

  Brown, W. J., 145, 148

  Brownlow, Perry, 238, 261

  Buckingham Palace: evening court, 68, 69; Garden Party (1923), 78; in wartime, 361–62

  Bullock, Lady Victoria, 89

  Bullock, Malcolm, 143

  Burnaby, Algernon, 58–59

  Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 273, 276, 286

  Camrose, Lord, 270–71, 397

  Carlton House Terrace, 10, 13, 30, 59, 67; Irene’s coming-out ball at, 32–33; entertaining at, 47–48; redecoration of, 47; Baba’s coming-out ball at, 69–70; Baba’s impromptu party at, 75; costs of running, 82

  Carrington, Lord, 399

  Castlerosse, Doris, 157, 173

  Castlerosse, Lord, 187

  Cazalet, Thelma, 216, 344

  Cazalet, Victor, 216, 221, 252, 284, 361, 362, 364, 369; and Baba’s relationship with Lord Halifax, 319, 334–35, 336, 351; at the Dorchester Hotel, 332–34; proposals of marriage to Irene, 343–44, 346–47, 349–50, 370; on Lord Halifax, 349; and Irene’s visits to Great Swifts, 353, 362, 369; death, 372, 373

  Chamberlain, Austen, 221

  Chamberlain, Neville, 107, 252, 276, 277, 278, 291; and the Munich Agreement, 284, 285, 286

  Channon, Chips, 84, 143, 202, 243

  Chaplin, Charlie, 110

  Charteris, Evan, 41

  Chevalier, Maurice, 328

  Cheyney, Peter, 153

  Cholmondeley, Lady, 170

  Churchill, Randolph, 262, 278, 295, 305, 306

  Churchill, Winston, 46, 96, 97, 153, 218, 294, 302; and Wallis Simpson, 229, 233, 234; and the Abdication crisis, 238, 241, 242; and the wartime coalition government, 323; and Lord Halifax, 342, 369; and Duke of Windsor’s Liberty interview, 345–46; and Mosley’s imprisonment, 352, 358, 376; and the Viceroy of India question, 370, 371

  Ciano, Count, 296

  Citrine, Walter, 159

  Clerk, Sir George, 332

  Cleveland, Frances, 5

  Cliveden house parties, 23–24, 143, 272–73, 276–78, 337

  Colefax, Sybil, 111, 293, 314, 333, 352, 363

  Cooper, Lady Diana, 78, 143, 185, 332, 334

  Cooper, Sir Alfred Duff, 285, 332–33, 335

  Corrigan, Laura, 118

  Coward, Noël, 121, 157

  Crabbet Club, 3

  Craven Lodge, Melton Mowbray, 85–86, 112, 113, 114, 117

  Cripps, Sir Stafford, 277

  Cunard, Emerald, 111, 163, 164, 253, 333

  Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, 1–8; character, 1, 2, 41–42; birth, 2; spinal defect, 2, 76; attitudes to women, 3–4, 5–6, 31–32; marriage to Mary Leiter, 6–7; as Viceroy of India, 7–8, 10–13; relations with his daughters as children, 10–11, 16–19, 20, 29–30; relations with Irene, 18, 40, 43–45, 50–52, 53–54, 58–63, 69–71, 77; love affair with Elinor Glyn, 20–23, 24–27, 28–29, 30–31; friendship with Nancy Astor, 23–24, 28, 31, 40; and the Belgian royal family, 33–34; and the First World War, 33; and financial affairs, 36, 58–63, 81–82; marriage to Grace Duggan, 37–38, 39–43, 48, 49, 57–58; as Foreign Secretary, 47, 66, 76; relations with Cimmie, 48, 53–54, 62–63, 64–65, 70; relations with his stepchildren, 48, 77, 82, 100; relations with Baba, 53, 54, 83–84; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 55–57; created marquess, 61–62; political career, 66–67, 95–96; illness, 67–68, 96–98; and Baba’s coming-out ball, 69–70; separations from Grace, 76–77, 78; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 90, 94, 97–98; death, 98–99; funeral, 99; will, 99–100

  Curzon, Grace see Duggan, Grace (later Lady Curzon)

  Curzon, Lady Alexandra (“Baba”): birth, 1–2, 12; childhood, 29–30, 33, 34, 48; relations with Irene, 48, 109, 129, 151, 152, 184, 254, 350–51, 363–64, 373–75, 377–78, 379–80, 386–87, 388–89; relations with Lord Curzon, 53, 54, 83–84; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 56; settlement income, 52, 63; coming-out, 66, 67, 69–70, 71–72; appearance, 71–72, 142, 232; suitors, 71–72, 77, 78–79; holds impromptu party at Carlton House Terrace, 75; and Bobby Shaw, 78–79, 155; at Melton Mowbray, 86, 87; Fruity Metcalfe’s courtship of, 87–88, 90–93, 94–95, 100–103; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97–98; marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 103–104; in India, 109, 110; birth of son David, 119; married life, 123, 133–34, 141–43, 168, 174, 188, 201–202, 232, 234–35, 275, 342–43, 382, 397; relations with Tom Mosley, 123, 176–77, 186, 189–93, 194, 200, 201, 202, 203, 208, 212–14, 215, 217, 218–20, 222, 225–26, 227, 234, 317; and politics, 133, 151, 177; and Master’s club, 134; character, 142–43, 201–202, 279, 291, 335, 379–80, 399; sexuality, 142; work for Save the Children, 143, 202, 396, 398–99; birth of twin daughters, 143, 149; and Irene’s engagement to Miles Graham, 180, 186–87; and Cimmie’s illness and death, 183–85; affair with Grandi, 196, 197, 198, 204, 208–209, 214–15, 245, 296, 318, 393–94, 395–96; and the Prince of Wales set, 202; affair with Jock Whitney, 224–25, 230; thoughts of divorcing Fruity, 225; and Fruity at Schloss Enzesfeld with the Duke of Windsor, 250–51; and the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, 258, 259, 260–62, 263–65; affair with Michael Lubbock, 279, 320, 335; at the Villa La Cröe, 279–81, 296–97; and the Munich Agreement, 286; and Tom Mosley’s marriage to Diana Guinness, 286–87; and Vivien Mosley’s coming-out, 290–91, 292, 293, 294; training to be a nurse, 294; Fruity’s wartime letters to, 300–302, 325–27, 347–48; accommodates the Windsors during the Second World War, 304–307; war work, 313, 334; and Little Compton, 314–15, 322, 330, 344, 359, 365, 393; relations with Lord Halifax, 318–20, 322, 330–31, 334–36, 337–39, 363–64, 374, 380–81; relations with Walter Monckton, 320, 322, 336; and the Duchess of Windsor, 322, 360–61, 383, 392–93; and the Duke of Windsor, 328; and Tom Mosley’s imprisonment, 330–31, 335, 340, 350, 352, 358; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332–34, 337; and Halifax’s appointment as British Ambassador to Washington, 339, 340–41; Lord Halifax’s letters to, 341–43, 346–47, 348, 349, 351, 352–53, 355–58, 362–63, 365–66, 369, 370, 372–73, 380–81, 395; separation from Fruity, 351; and Fruity’s return from Cairo, 366; and Tom Mosley’s release from prison, 375–76; post-war visit to America, 386–87; post-war life, 391–99; letter from the Duke of Windsor to, 392–93; travels, 393, 395–96, 397; affair with Viscount Feversham, 394–95, 396–97; divorce from Fruity, 395, 396, 397; and the Ionian earthquake, 396; and Fruity’s death, 397–98; awarded the CBE, 399; death, 399; hatred of the Mosleys, 399

  Curzon, Lady Cynthia (“Cimmie”): birth 1–2; childhood, 8, 10–11, 44; at boarding school, 19; and Elinor Glyn, 25; spinal defect, 25–26, 29, 169; and the First World War, 41; admirers, 44; appearance, 45, 130; character, 45–46; meets Tom Mosley, 46–47; coming-out ball, 48, 49; relations with Lord Curzon, 48, 53–54, 62–63, 64–65, 70; Mosley’s courtship of, 49–50, 53, 54–56, 84; marriage to Tom Mosley, 56–57; birth of children, 103, 106; and Baba’s marriage, 103–104; married life, 105–108, 122, 131, 134, 140–41, 159, 163, 167, 171; and Mosley’s infidelities, 105–106, 119, 130, 141, 158, 159, 169, 171–72, 176; and politics, 113, 121, 129–33, 135, 136–37, 138, 173; family home at Savehay Farm, 114; relations with Irene, 122–23, 131, 140–41; visit to Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 123–24; resignation from the Labour Party, 146–47, 148–49; and the New Party, 148, 149, 150–51, 162–63; car accident, 160; and Diana Guinness, 165, 169, 171–72, 174, 185; last pregnancy and birth of Micky, 167, 168; and Irene’s engagement to Miles Graham, 180; illness and death, 182–85; memorial service for,
186; will, 205; and Nanny Hyslop, 213; Kennington Day Nursery in memory of, 215, 217–18

  Curzon, Lady Irene (later Lady Ravensdale); birth, 1–2, 7; childhood, 10–11; relations with Lord Curzon, 18, 40, 43–45, 50–52, 53–54, 58–63, 69–71, 77; and hunting, 18–19, 41, 58–59, 290, 291, 292; education, 29; and music, 29, 292, 344, 390; coming-out ball, 32–33; appearance, 33, 108, 123, 179, 205, 227, 379; and Arthur Rubinstein, 34–35, 118, 127, 133, 140, 168–70; suitors, 40, 70–71; coming-of-age dance, 41; and the YMCA, 45; relations with Baba, 48, 109, 129, 151, 152, 184, 254, 350–51, 363–64, 373–75, 377–78, 379–80, 386–87, 388–89; and Cimmie’s marriage to Tom Mosley, 56, 57; character, 70, 118–19, 123, 379; at Melton Mowbray, 76, 84, 111–13, 114, 117, 123, 139–40; social life, 78, 111–12, 113, 114, 121, 128, 139–41, 201, 293–94, 314, 363; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97, 98–99; love affairs, 108–109, 113, 115, 118–19, 120–21, 127–29; love for Gordon Leith, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 127–29, 133, 143, 157–58, 168, 188; travels, 109–10, 143, 160, 200–201, 214, 227, 292, 390; on Valentino’s funeral, 110; relations with Tom Mosley, 119, 123, 129, 171, 194, 195–96, 205, 206, 208, 227–28; literary and theatrical friendships and interests, 121, 133, 140, 195; relations with Cimmie, 122–23, 131, 140–41; and politics, 131–33, 148, 204, 205, 290; in Antibes, 134, 157–58; relations with nephews and nieces, 140, 189, 193–94, 198, 199, 203, 210–12, 213–14, 217, 252, 266–68; at Cliveden, 143, 196, 204–205, 272–74, 276–78; health problems, 168, 170–71, 194, 196, 210, 291, 320, 374, 377, 382–83; and Mosley’s fascism, 173–74; and Diana Guinness, 176, 289; engagement to Miles Graham, 178–82, 185–88, 198; and Cimmie’s illness and death, 183–85; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 188, 232; and Baba’s relations with Tom Mosley, 189, 192, 194, 203, 205, 206, 209, 211, 212–14, 217, 219, 222, 230, 234–35; public works and good causes, 195, 282; and Grandi, 196, 197, 198, 209, 218; and Nevile Henderson, 199–200, 201, 206–207, 291, 292; Christmases with the Mosley children, 210–11, 244–45, 275, 320–21; holidays with the Mosley children, 213, 219, 231, 268, 282–83; and Kennington Day Nursery, 215, 217–18, 313, 314; and Tom Mosley’s politics, 226, 295, 323; and Nazi Germany, 231–32, 276–77, 283–84, 285, 286; and Wallis Simpson, 233; and the Abdication crisis, 242; and Tom Mosley’s marriage to Diana Guinness, 287, 288–90; and Vivien Mosley’s coming-out, 288, 290–91, 292, 293, 294; and Diana Guinness’s children, 292–93; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 298–99, 303–304; and the Mosley children in wartime, 308–10, 349, 350, 353–54; and the Windsors, 310; war work, 313–14, 320–21, 328, 334, 343, 344–45; and Baba’s relations with Lord Halifax, 319, 334–35, 374–75, 380; drinking bouts, 320, 345, 362, 373, 382–83, 389; and Tom Mosley’s imprisonment, 324–25, 370, 371; and the guardianship of the Mosley children, 328, 329; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332, 333–34, 337–38, 341; proposals of marriage from Victor Cazalet, 343–44, 346–47, 349, 370; public speaking, 348, 357, 363, 379, 389; visits to Victor Cazalet at Great Swifts, 353, 362, 369; and Victor Cazalet’s death, 372, 373; and Tom Mosley’s release from prison, 375, 376; post-war charity work, 385; post-war life, 386, 388–91; and Fruity Metcalfe, 387; In Many Rhythms, 390; life peerage, 390–91; death, 391

  Curzon, Mary see Leiter, Mary (later Lady Curzon)

  Cust, Harry, 41

  Czechoslovakia, Hitler’s invasion of, 276, 283–84, 285, 292

  Dalai Lama, 398

  Dawson, Geoffrey, 114, 273

  Desborough, Lady, 41

  Digby, Bobby, 120, 128, 293

  Dillon, Sir Clarence, 276, 277

  Diot, Alphonse, 255

  Dorchester Hotel, 331, 332–34, 335, 340–41, 351, 352

  Duff, Juliet, 352

  Dugdale, Blanche, 252

  Duggan, Alfred, 39, 82, 143, 152, 385

  Duggan, Grace (later Lady Curzon), 67, 122, 337, 385; meets Lord Curzon, 35; marriage to Lord Curzon, 37–38, 39–43; appearance, 39, 69; social activities, 47–48; miscarriages, 48; jealous outbursts, 49, 57; relations with her stepdaughters, 54, 60, 70, 78, 94–95; relations with Lord Curzon, 57–58, 76–77, 78, 82–83, 95–96; and Baba’s marriage to Fruity Metcalfe, 94–95, 103; and Lord Curzon’s death, 97, 98; inheritance under Lord Curzon’s will, 99–100; at Marcella’s wedding, 117; at Hackwood after Lord Curzon’s death, 119–20, 143; financial difficulties, 120, 134–35, 151–52

  Duggan, Hubert, 39, 82, 103, 152, 375

  Duggan, Marcella, 39, 48, 77, 82, 84, 94, 100; marriage to Edward Rice, 117–18

  Duhamel, Paul, 127–28

  Duncombe, Clarissa, 395

  economic crisis, and the National Government, 158–59

  Eden, Anthony, 273–74, 275, 369

  Eden, Beatrice, 273

  Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor), 123; at Carlton House Terrace, 47–48, 69; friendship with Fruity Metcalfe, 72–73, 74, 75, 79–81, 88–90, 95, 102–103, 110–11, 117, 142, 202, 224, 230, 243, 246–51; in India, 72–74; at Melton Mowbray, 84, 85–87, 112, 114, 117, 125; and hunting, 88, 89, 125, 126; visit to Canada (1924), 89–92; affair with Lady Furness, 112, 125–26; apartments in St. James’s Palace, 126; and Fort Belvedere, 126–27, 228; the Bobby Shaw scandal, 155; affair with Wallis Simpson, 216–17, 224, 228–30, 232–33, 234; as King, 223–24, 228–30, 232–33; and the Abdication crisis, 236–44; at Schloss Enzesfeld after the Abdication, 243, 244, 245–51, 253; half-cockney accent, 246, 281; wedding at the Château de Candé, 255–65; visit to Germany (1937), 268–69, 271–72; at the Villa La Cröe, 279–82, 296–98, 299–300, 328, 391–93; and Irene, 293; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 299–302; stays with the Metcalfes during the war, 304–307; and the wartime Military Mission in Paris, 304, 306–307, 310–13, 315–17, 321, 322–23; meeting with Nevile Henderson, 310; abandons Fruity in Paris, 325–28, 360–61; wartime governorship of the Bahamas, 329–30; Liberty interview, 345–46; visit to Washington in wartime, 355–57; seeks position as Ambassador-at-large, 384–85; meeting with Fruity Metcalfe (1946), 392; and Fruity’s death, 397

  Elliot, Katherine, 390

  Elliot, Maxine, 46, 157, 159, 281, 297

  Elliot, Walter, 145, 196, 292

  Elwes, Simon, 397

  Erlanger, Baba d’, 158

  Erlanger, Leo d’, 338, 351

  Fabre-Luce, Lottsie, 158, 159

  Fairbanks, Douglas, 121, 286

  fascism, and Mosley, 160–61, 166–67, 171, 173–74, 177–78, 194, 195, 200–201, 203–205, 207–208, 220–21, 233–34, 266, 294–96, 323–25

  Fellowes, Daisy, 134, 281, 293

  Feversham, Sim, Viscount, 394–95, 396–97

  First World War, 33, 41, 46

  Fitzgerald, Helen, 280

  FitzRoy, Edward, 273, 276

  Fleming, Jean, 122

  Forgan, Robert, 145, 149

  Fort Belvedere, 126–27

  Forwood, Dudley, 243–44, 245–47, 258, 259, 281, 282

  Fox, William, 58

  Furness, Thelma, Lady, 112, 125–26, 127, 134, 144, 163, 202

  Gaulle, General de, 336

  George, Prince (later Duke of Kent), 72, 75, 79, 126, 191, 216, 293; and the Abdication crisis, 241; and the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, 257, 259; death in plane crash, 365

  George V, King, 33, 57, 67, 68, 69, 74, 79, 92, 95, 125, 126; as Prince of Wales, 13; and Wallis Simpson, 216; death of, 223

  Gibson, Irene, 196

  Gilbert, John, 110, 134

  Giles, Frank, 393

  Gillies, Sir Harold, 89, 219

  Glyn, Clayton, 21, 22, 24–25, 26, 36, 37

  Glyn, Elinor, 109, 118, 128, 286; love affair with Lord Curzon, 4, 20–23, 24–27, 28–29, 30–31, 35, 36–38; appearance, 20–21; Three Weeks, 22–23, 26, 28; relationship with the Curzon daughters, 25, 26, 31, 54; and the decoration of Montacute House, 36–37, 38; Grace Curzon’s jealousy of, 49; and Cimmie’s marriage to Mosley, 54, 56, 57; and Cimmie’s death, 185, 186

  Glyn, Margot, 25, 33


  Goebbels, Dr. Joseph, 270, 271, 291

  Göring, Hermann, 271, 284, 299

  Gone With the Wind, 225

  Graham, Miles, 178–88, 198, 201, 293, 314

  Graham, Sheila, 178, 179

  Grandi, Count Dino, 196–98, 204, 208–209, 214–15, 218, 220, 245, 274, 291–92, 296, 318, 393–94, 395–96; and the fall of Mussolini, 384, 394

  Greenwood, Arthur, 298

  Greig, Louis, 364–65, 372

  Greville, Maggie, 333

  Greville, Mrs. Ronnie, 349

  Grunne, Comte Willy de, 35

  Guinness, Beatrice, 157

  Guinness, Bryan, 164, 167, 174, 286

  Guinness, Colonel Walter (later Lord Moyne), 164

  Guinness, Diana (later Lady Mosley), 158, 164–65; appearance, 164; character, 164–65; meets Tom Mosley, 164–65; affair with Tom Mosley, 167–68, 169, 171–72, 173, 174, 175, 176, 217, 226, 227–28; decides to leave her husband (Bryan Guinness), 174; and Baba’s relations with Tom Mosley, 177, 190–91, 192, 193; and Cimmie’s death, 185; and Tom Mosley’s children, 213, 218, 227, 231, 254, 278–79; car crash, 219; and Nazi Germany, 221–22, 291, 298, 299, 303; marriage to Tom Mosley, 233–34, 266, 267, 282, 286–87, 288–90; birth of son Alexander, 286–87; and fascism, 303; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 304; and the Mosley children during the war, 308; imprisonment in wartime, 329, 358–59; release from prison, 377; at Crowood House after the war, 385–86; Baba’s hatred of, 399

  Guinness, Lady Evelyn, 164

  Hackwood, 12, 18–19, 36, 59, 119–20, 143; Curzon’s renovations, 14–15; house parties at, 15, 30; and hunting, 19; Belgian royal family at, 33–34; costs of running, 82

  Hale, James, 255–56, 258

  Halifax, Dorothy, 318, 319, 320, 330, 332, 333–34, 340–41, 342, 348, 355

  Halifax, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of (formerly Lord Irwin), 110, 274–75, 285, 296, 323; and the outbreak of the Second World War, 298; appearance, 318; character, 318, 319; relations with Baba, 318–20, 322, 330–31, 334–36, 337–39, 363–64, 374, 380–81; at the Dorchester Hotel in wartime, 332, 333–34; as British Ambassador to Washington, 339, 340–43, 348–49; letters to Baba, 341–43, 346–47, 348, 349, 351, 352–53, 355–58, 362–63, 365–66, 369, 370, 372–73, 380–81, 395; death and injury of sons, 367; and the Duke of Windsor, 384–85