Index

Abercrombie, Sir Patrick

Addison, Mrs. (Cliveden housekeeper)

Agassiz, Louis

Airlie, Lady

Alexandra, Queen

Allen, Richard Clifford, Lord

Altrincham, Edward Grigg, Lord

American Pony Express Racing Association

Amery, Leo

Ancaster, Countess of, see Astor, Phyllis

Ann (Mirador cook)

Anschluss

Antrim, Lord

Appeasers, The (Gilbert and Gott)

Appleton, Jimmy

Argyll, Margaret Whigham, Duchess of

Arnold, Matthew

Arthur of Connaught, Prince

Asquith, Cynthia

Asquith, H. H.

Asquith, Margot Tennant

Asquith, Violet

Astor, Ava

Astor, Barbara

Astor, Bridget

Astor, Bronwen

Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn (Mrs.William Astor)

Astor, Chiquita Carcano

Astor, David (Nancys son)

on Astor family political reputation

on Astor-Shaw visit to Russia

birth of

on Bobbie Shaw

Bobbie Shaws arrests and

on Bob Brands antiappeasement analysis

on Bob Brands handling of Nancy

on butlers

childhood of

Christian Science rejected by

education of

on family peerage

on family suicides

on Hitler’s meeting with Waldorf

home of

Irene admired by

liberal politics of

marriage of

on Nancys entertainment skills

on Nancys political career

Nancys relationship with

on Noras reaction to Astor family

as Observer editor

on Ribbentrops visit with Nancy

on Waldorf

in wartime military

Winkie Brooks relationship with

Astor, John Jacob, I

Astor, John Jacob, III

Astor, John Jacob, IV

Astor, John Jacob, V

Astor, John Jacob, VII (Jakie) (Nancys son)

birth of

childhood of

at family Christmas

marriage of

military service of

Nancys relationship with

Astor, Mary

Astor, Michael (Nancys son)

birth of

on Bobbie Shaw at family parties

childhood of

marriage of

military service of

on Nancys compelling personality

on Nancys mental states

Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Shaw:

on alcoholic behavior

ambition of

as Anglophile

anti-Catholic bias of