Index

A

Addams, Charles 116–7

Anouilh, Jean 64

Aspinall, John 269

Aurelius, Marcus 314–5, 318, 320, 332–4

B

Baines, Mr 108, 242

Barber, Noel 162

Bardot, Brigitte 181

Barton, The Venerable John 280–1, 299

Beatty, Warren 297

Beauclerc, Charles de Vere, Duke of St Albans 152–3, 156, 161

Beerbohm, Edward 279–81, 308

Beerbohm, Jenny 276, 278–81, 288, 293, 298, 308

Beerbohm, Tony 276, 279

Bell, Sir Tim 231

Benchley, Robert 205

Benson, Charles 266, 269

Benson, Gayle 211

Birbeck, Eddie 98–9, 103–4

Bolitho, William 171–4, 203

Bosanquet, Reggie 158, 160

Braden, Bernard 155–6

Bradish-Ellames, Simon 81–3

Brahms, Penny (also Jamie) 247–9, 300, 316–20, 327, 330, 332, 334

Brittain, Sergeant-Major 75, 77

British Council 43, 64

Broackes, Sir Nigel 50–1, 53, 56, 68–9, 71, 78, 97, 109, 155–6, 176, 185, 187–90, 258–62, 276–8, 299, 325–6

Broackes, Lady Joyce 189, 258–61, 276–8

Buchan, John 38

Buckley, Family 113

Buckley, Reid 117

Buckley, William F. Jnr 115

C

Calvert, Brian 55–60

Capote, Truman 128

Capsis, John 181

Cartland, Barbara 8

Carvel, Tony 190–2

Casson, Sir Hugh 290

Carafy 192

Central Office of Information 151–66

Charlie, Bonnie Prince 15

Chataway, Christopher 221

Chaucer, Geoffrey 330

Christian, Linda 176, 177–8

Churchill, Sir Winston 9, 38, 75

Coates, Trooper 84–5

Colette 70, 242

Costa 173–4

Courtauld, Augustine 2–5, 124

Crichton, Richard 163–6

D

Daily Mirror 158, 159, 163, 166

Daily Telegraph 6, 64–5, 106–7, 219

Daleg, Major 212

Davenport, John 51, 110

Davies, Aubrey 270–1

Day, Barry 221

de Mailly, Countess Héloïse 294

de Maupassant, Guy 70

Dempster, Nigel 270

Dennis, Nanny 6–8, 10, 19–22, 28, 31–2, 39, 40–2, 44–57, 60, 62–3, 78, 105–8, 131–2, 138–9, 144–5, 148, 156, 188, 233, 242, 292–3, 295, 298, 305, 321–3

de Sérigné, Madame 242

Diana, Princess of Wales 323

Donovan, Terence 226–9, 231, 302–3, 323

Dors, Diana 176

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec 154–5

E

Eckhart, Meister 319

Eden, Sir Anthony 146

Edye, Anthony 176–7

Edye, Tania [also Tania Scott/Leaver] 176–7, 188–90, 194–7, 199–200, 203, 209–10, 266, 324

Emerson, Ralph Waldo 319

Evening Standard 145

Express 162

Express Newspapers 162, 259

F

Fairbairn, Captain ‘Murder-made-easy’ 12

Faulkner, Mr 36–8

Feisal, Prince, King of Iraq 156

Feldman, Charlie 234

Firbank, Ronald 38

Fisher, Ben 95–6, 98, 182–6, 247, 266, 299–300, 304, 323–5, 327, 333

Fisher, Bridget 305, 323–4

Fitzgerald, F. Scott 128

Flaubert, Gustave 242

Forbes, Bryan 226

Forster, E. M. 267

Forsyth, Angus 35–6

Franklin, Andrew 334

Frost, Robert 128

Fry, Christopher 63

G

Garrett, James 144, 180, 218–25

Garrett and Partners Company 168, 170, 180, 199, 202, 205, 214, 220–2, 229–31, 241, 244, 306

Gerring, Chief Inspector David 268–9, 272–3

Geyer, Gary 204

Gillard, Michael 270

Gillies, Miss 14

Giono, Jean 241

Goethe 272

Goldsmith, Sir James 266, 269–73

Goncourt Journals 241

Grant, Cary 297

Grayson, Corporal of Horse 86

Green, Miss 35–6

Green, Mr 33, 40

Green, Mrs 33

Guggenheim, Hazel 120–5

Guggenheim, Peggy 120

H

Haas, Old 127

Haas, Robert 127, 135

Hamilton, Gerald 51

Hardy, Stephanie 322

Harper, Marion 180

Hazlitt, William 317

Heath, Sir Edward 218–31, 257, 259

Healey, Denis 259

Hemingway, Ernest 128

Henry, Whitepowder 299

Heseltine, Michael 259

Herbert, George 308

Hope, Bob 175, 177

Howard, Alex 51–2, 56, 78, 108–10, 176, 181, 247

Howard, Arabella 277

Howard, Margot 51–3, 109, 118, 259, 277, 325

Howard, Rex 110–11

Hoyös, Countess Felice 31

Humphries, Dr 49

I

Ingrams, Richard 270

Isherwood, Christopher 51

J

Jacobs, Peter 191

K

Kambannis, Steve 181–2

Keeler, Christine 176–7

Keel, Howard 136

Keller, Helen 134–6

Kelly, Gene 297

Kempis, Thomas à 128, 319–21, 332

Kennedy, Robert 212

Kerkorian, Kirk 235

Kent, Duke of 99

Khashoggi, Adnam 235–9

Khashoggi, Soraya 235–9

King, Martin Luther 212

L

Leaver, Don 199, 324–5

Le Marr 215–7

Lennon, John 211

Lester, Richard 170, 198–9, 211

Lowe, Sir Frank 257–8, 261, 275

Lucan, Lady Veronica 265–7

Lucan, Lord 265–73

Lynch, Detective Inspector 201

Lyons, David 316

M

MacDonald, Mr 60

Macleod, Iain 221

Magda 233, 235, 237, 240–2, 245–7, 249, 250, 253–6, 259–62, 264, 275, 305, 310

Mansell, Nigel 299

Marnham, Patrick 270

Maudling, Reginald 221

Maxwell, Gavin 22

Mayle, Jennie 254–6, 260–1, 275, 308–9

Mayle, Peter 253–6, 260–1, 274–6, 281, 308–9, 326–7, 334

Mazel, Judy 282–91

McCabe, Ed 215–7

McClean, Jenny 180, 200–1

McCullers, Carson 128

Meinertzhagen, Daniel 269

Miller, Henry 55–7, 61, 186, 297

Milton-the-Nark 134, 143

Monsell, Graham Eyres 9, 66–7, 110

Monsell, Lord 8–10, 77, 110

Monsell, Lady Sybil 8–9

N

Napley, Sir David 202–3

Nasser, Gemal 80, 144

National Review 115

Newman, Paul 295–302

Newman, Randy 288

Newman, Susan 295–303

Newton, Helmut 150

New Yorker 128

Nicholson, Jack 238

Nicolson, Harold 59

O

O’Hara, John 128, 142

Orwell, George 318

P

Parker, Dorothy 205, 258

Parker, Phil 207–9

Parton, Dolly 297

Philby, Kim 66

Pilkington, Robert 191

Pincher, Trooper 83

Polanski, Roman 238

Pope, Mr 33–5, 39–41, 45, 184

Post, Donald the 27

Post, Margorie 27

Powell, Anthony 84

Powell, Enoch 228

Power, Tyrone 177

Proust, Marcel 114, 241

Prouting, Norman 144

Pucci, Emilio 206

Purdom, Edward 177–8

R

Rachman, Peter 210

Rae, Trooper Scouse 83, 85

Ramage, Mark 167–9, 299, 316, 323, 334

Raphael, Clive 247–8

Raphael, Stephen 269

Reagan, Ronald 299–300

Reece, Sir Gordon 226

Reeves, Mrs 7, 78, 105

Reisz, Karel 119

Rice-Davies, Mandy 176

Rinaldi, Adriana 148–51, 244, 281, 313

Rippon, Geoffrey 221

Rodney 76–82, 94, 99–101, 145

Roeg, Nicolas 198

Rogers, Kenny 297

Rothermere, Lady ‘Bubbles’ 286

Rothenstein, Mr 114

Rothenstein, Mrs 114

Roxburgh, J. F. 50

Russell, Ken 199

S

Saki 38

Samuel, Nigel 211

Sandoz, Jozsef 233–9

Sands, Bobby 332

Sapphire, Sally 295

Sartre, Jean Paul 64, 73, 110

Scott, David 19, 52, 63, 105, 292–3, 322

Scott, Hamish 105–6, 188, 292–3

Scott, J. M. 1–7, 17–19, 30, 42–8, 53, 56–60, 63, 64–72, 78, 105–7, 121, 124, 128, 133, 138, 147–51, 188, 242–5, 272, 275, 281, 313–4, 318, 329

Scott, Norman 209–10

Scott, Pamela 6–8, 10, 19–20, 22, 30, 32, 41–7, 52, 63, 65, 78, 105–8, 132, 137–41, 144, 147–8, 188, 223, 242–3, 292–5, 298, 304, 318

Scott, Sasha 209–10, 279, 299, 301, 320, 324–5

Sellers, Peter 175, 177

Shand-Kydd, Bill 269

Shop, Bella 27

Short, Don 281

Sitwell, Sir Osbert 38

SOE (Special Operations Executive) 11–13, 22, 42

Sparkes, Fay 167–71

Stirling, David 267

Stoop, Michael 267–8

Strachey, Charlotte 67–8

Sunday Mirror 184

Sunday Times 110

Swanson, Gloria 206

Sykes, Captain Bill 12

T

Tatnell, Trooper 84–5

Thatcher, Lady Margaret 219, 221, 323

Thomas, Dylan 51, 53–4, 110–12, 117

Thurber, James 116–7, 204

Time Magazine 170

Tolstoy, Count Leo 319

Tracy 227–9, 231

Tucker, Geoffrey 221

Tucker, Stephen and Deborah 299

Twort, Mr 64

Tyson, Posy 117, 127, 134, 140–2

V

Vadim, Roger 181

Veiel, Christoph 112–3, 115–6, 119–21, 124, 133–4, 158, 185

Vidal, Gore 299–300

Vincent 249–50, 258, 261

W

Wagner, Robert 297

Waldman, Milton 120–1

Walker, Peter 221

Ward, Dr Stephen 176–7

Warner, Barbara 175

Warner, Jack 175

Waterfield, Kim 174–7, 247–8, 300–1, 315–6

Watkins, Audrey 193

Watkins, Gino 1–5, 31, 43, 106, 121, 139, 195, 223, 328–9

Watkins, Colonel H. G. 30–1

Watkins, Jennie 31–2, 195

Watkins, Tony 22–6, 31, 42, 95, 139–40, 148, 188, 193, 195, 197

Watt, A. P. 272

Waugh, Auberon 270

Waugh, Evelyn 65

Wee Ian 27

Weidenfeld, Lord 287

Welles, Orson 200

Wells, Mary 180–3, 198–200, 206–7

Were, Brownie 112

Were, Cecil 112

Were, Shirley 67, 78, 176

West, Nathaniel 128

West, Richard 270

Western, Carl 114, 119

Western, Mary 114–5, 118–9

White, Marco Pierre 317

Whitelaw, William 218–26, 231

Widerberg, Bo 214

Wilkinson, Mrs Sybil 191–2

Wilson, Harold 219, 225

Woodward, Joanne 295, 298–9

X

X, Malcolm 210, 212

X, Michael 210, 214–7

Z

Zarb-Mizzi, Fred 127, 134