Adler, Julius 336, 338, 367–8, 369
Aitken, Max (Lord Beaverbrook) 113, 140, 141, 143, 160, 161, 239, 252, 266, 367, 373, 377, 384, 389, 399
Alber, Louis 203, 206, 208, 212
Allen, Gordon 343
American Civil War 14
Amery, Leo 271
Anne, Queen 16, 17, 18
Anning, Annette 68, 81
aristocracy 2, 13, 15, 229
and impact of First World War 119, 120
Ashley, Maurice 208, 212, 277
Asquith, Herbert 75, 85, 86, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 431
Astor, William Waldorf 37
Attlee, Clement 286, 316, 324, 329, 330, 362, 365, 366, 370, 431
Austria, invasion of 262
Bailey, Abraham (‘Abe’) 70, 97, 114, 116, 124, 126, 191, 200, 220, 224
Baldwin, Stanley 3, 146, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 169, 171, 173, 180, 201, 209, 224, 235, 236, 239, 242, 247, 248, 255, 431
Balfour, Arthur J. 43, 74, 431
Balmoral 98
banks 79
Baring 94
Cox & Co. 40, 41, 77, 78, 95, 97, 99, 104, 105, 110, 111, 116, 117, 118, 121, 124, 127, 132, 136, 152, 153
Kleinwort 52
Lloyds Bank 9, 152, 153, 165, 168, 183, 200, 211, 221, 240, 247, 255, 256, 261, 340
National City Bank of New York 211
Schroder 52
Baring, Hugo 52
Baruch, Bernard 181, 182, 183, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 200, 209, 212, 213, 219, 224, 229, 237, 247, 248, 257, 261, 262, 348, 386
Beaverbrook, Lord 140, 141, 143, 160, 161, 239, 252, 266
Beckett, Ernest 69
Beit, Alfred 28–29, 30
Belgium, and Germany 152, 287
Beresford, William 41
Bernau, William 118, 121, 124, 125, 126, 131, 132, 134, 136, 145, 147, 153, 164, 173, 184, 196, 197, 206, 210, 221
Berry, Michael 356, 382
Berry, Williams (Lord Camrose) 180–1, 226, 266, 267, 286, 297, 308, 309, 312, 313, 314, 317, 320, 322, 326, 327, 329, 333–5, 336–7, 338, 339, 342, 343, 347, 350, 356, 360, 368, 369, 373, 375, 376, 378
Blackwood, William 225, 228
Blake, George 196, 197
Blenheim Palace and estate 12, 18–20, 26–7, 80, 94, 329
birth of Winston Churchill 24
marriage proposal, Winston and Clementine 87
Blood, Bindon 41, 42
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen 86, 89, 92, 96, 117
Boer War 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 114
Bolshevism 120, 125, 202
Bonar Law, Andrew 115, 146
Boothby, Robert (‘Bob’) 172, 212, 350
Borthwick, Oliver 29
Brabazon, Colonel John 37, 68
Bracken, Brendan 9, 159, 160, 204–5, 207, 212, 222, 262, 263, 284, 285, 287, 291, 292, 295, 296, 306, 307, 311, 312, 318, 326, 329, 337, 344, 366, 367, 377, 378, 379, 388, 392
Bridgeman, William 151, 431
Bridges, Edward 318, 330
Brook, Norman 346, 371
Brown, Capability 20
Bulgaria, First World War 108
Buller, Redvers 59
Bullock, Alan 285, 432
Butterworth, Thornton 127, 128, 142, 150, 154, 161, 165, 171, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 186, 198, 199, 201, 205, 207, 254, 290, 291–2
Caird, James 95, 99, 100
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry 74, 75, 85, 432
Campbell, Beatrice (née Tanner) 101, 102
Camry, Gerald 294
Capell, Adele (née Grant) (countess of Essex) 140
Carlton Club 65, 72, 146
Carr, Emsley 239
Carson, Edward 100
Cassel, Ernest 32, 38, 52, 55, 58, 65, 66, 69, 70, 78, 79, 90, 97, 107, 110, 112, 124, 155, 156, 157
Cassell & Co. 215, 216, 218, 219, 226, 288, 289, 293, 297, 300–1, 302, 308, 310, 312, 322, 329, 339, 348–9, 352, 357, 363, 373, 377, 378, 381
Catto, Lord 320
Cazalet, Victor 153, 432
Chamberlain, Austen 129, 136, 176, 252, 253, 432
Chamberlain, Joseph 71, 77
Chamberlain, Neville 3, 60, 187, 252, 253, 255, 261, 267, 270, 271, 272, 276, 277, 281, 285, 287, 432
Chanel, Coco 173, 384
Chaplin, Charlie 190
charities 95, 128, 332, 379
Charles Scribner’s Sons 74, 128, 171, 179, 180, 202, 204
see also Scribner III, Charles
Chenery, William 181, 191, 199, 239, 334
Churchill v. Churchill 105
Churchill, Clarissa (neice) 292
Churchill, Clementine (née Hozier) (wife) 86, 92, 98, 143, 144, 172, 230, 233, 272, 379
Chartwell 137, 161, 168, 250, 258, 351, 406
children 119, 122, 140, 146, 211, 240, 341
birth of 92, 97, 108, 145
death of Marigold 138–9
trusts for 138, 166, 327–9, 337, 340, 351, 353, 361, 366, 369, 372, 397, 405
and Winston Churchill 86–87, 341, 405, 406
gambling worries 140, 143, 153, 158, 230, 273, 352, 357
the couple’s finances 3, 92, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 130, 131, 134, 141, 143, 158, 171–2, 186, 236, 240, 250, 255, 402
health 140, 184, 398, 401, 407
Lord Randolph’s will trust 89
marriage 89–90
marriage settlement 88, 89, 139
travels with 96, 104, 148, 209, 211, 217, 231, 326, 346, 381, 384–5, 393, 396
will 351
Churchill, Diana (daughter) 92, 122, 140, 220, 244, 401
Churchill, Gwendoline (‘Goonie’) (née Bertie) (sister-in-law) 83, 110, 112
Churchill, Henrietta (ancestor 1681–1733) 19
Churchill, Jennie (née Jerome) (mother)
childhood 11–12, 13, 14, 15
and Clementine Churchill 86, 87, 91
and George Cornwall-West 57, 63, 78, 79
separation from 101, 102
and Montagu Porch (3rd husband) 135
death 135
death of husband 34, 35
debts 62, 63, 103, 135
expenditure 23, 24, 37, 38, 40, 48, 50, 69, 84, 103, 112, 135
engagement to Randolph Churchill 12
financial reorganization 44–45, 103
income 22–3, 25, 26, 28, 36, 37, 50, 54, 101, 102, 103, 135
influence in society 44
insurance policies 101, 102
loans 25, 41, 45, 46, 54, 68, 71, 103
Lord Randolph’s will trust 85
marriage 21–23, 57, 63, 135
servants, Bessie 133
and Winston Churchill 24, 30, 31–2, 33, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 75, 76, 79, 81, 101, 102
writing, plays 101
Churchill, John (1st duke of Marlborough) 16–18, 178, 234, 353
Churchill, John (‘Jack’) (brother) 25, 28, 33, 34, 68, 182, 185, 342
allowance 53, 55, 65, 103–4
career 52, 59, 83, 85, 119, 124, 141, 340
correspondence with Winston Churchill 82, 83–4
First World War 109, 114
and Lady Gwendoline 83, 84, 87, 88
Lord Randolph’s will trust 36, 46, 48, 84, 85, 103, 105, 109, 146
marriage 87, 88
and his mother, Jennie Churchill 71, 101, 102, 103–4
and his nephew, Randolph 208
and Winston Churchill’s finances 32, 78, 145, 146, 148, 151, 152, 157, 164, 168, 169, 199, 202, 206, 208, 213, 340–1
Churchill, John (nephew) 182, 185
Churchill, Marigold (daughter) 119, 138–9
Churchill, Mary (daughter) 1, 2, 145, 146, 153, 166, 172, 202, 240, 341, 351, 389, 406
Churchill, Lord Randolph (father, 8th duke of Marlborough)
Africa 28–30, 31, 35
borrowing 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 63
death 34
education 12
gambling 24, 28, 30
health 26, 28, 32, 33, 34
income 12, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33
inheritance 26
marriage 11–12, 21–3
politics 21, 25, 27, 33
stocks and shares 28–29, 30, 35
will 2, 35–6, 45, 48, 68, 83–4, 85
and Winston Churchill 31, 32, 33, 34
Churchill, Randolph (son) 97, 110, 122, 140, 172, 182, 185, 188, 227, 240, 241, 245, 300, 319, 329, 351, 361, 369, 385, 397
debts 207, 220, 275
gambling 208, 230, 231, 244, 268
Churchill, Sarah (daughter) 108, 145, 244–5, 248, 249, 326, 346, 361, 392, 401
Churchill, Winston (ancestor 1620–88) 16
Churchill, Winston
archives 1, 2
Boer War 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 362
Churchill’s capture and escape 59, 62
cars 98, 137, 138, 139, 148, 212
clubs 65, 67, 72, 73, 226, 265, 266, 271, 376
correspondence 1, 51, 53 , 54, 56
with Clementine 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 131, 132, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 151, 157, 159, 160, 161, 171, 175, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 230, 233, 235, 241, 249, 250, 260, 272, 274, 365, 369
with his father 34
with Jack (brother) 49, 63, 82, 83, 84, 109, 114, 151, 152, 153, 167
with his mother 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47–8, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 61–62, 65–6, 68, 71, 78, 79, 81, 82–83, 101, 102
death 404
health 4, 71, 209–11, 217, 219, 306, 307, 352, 359, 372, 376–7, 392, 398, 400, 401, 402
military
4th Hussars 37, 38–9, 41
21st Lancers 53, 54
First World War 111–14
Grenadier Guards 113
leaving the 57
Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 111
Royal Military Academy 32–3
Royal Scots Fusiliers 113
South African Light Horse 59
money
allowance 32–4, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 63, 65, 66, 68, 103
bank accounts 31, 99, 100, 109, 114, 115, 142, 315, 349, 353, 357, 361, 373, 378, 379, 391
dollar bank account 211, 212, 213
overdrawn 183, 376
benefactors 1–2, 4, 9, 58, 64, 69, 72, 76, 112, 124, 194, 263–5, 378–9
Boer War, impact on finances 62
and Cornwallis-West, George 79, 101
debts 32, 49, 64, 78, 91, 104, 105, 118, 124, 136, 141, 180, 224, 237, 251, 262
clearing Bill Hozier’s debt 134
paying debts 1, 5, 40, 51, 67, 107, 116, 131, 143, 172, 229, 260, 284, 289
economy drives 167, 171, 221, 250, 251, 258, 260, 272, 375
expenditure, household 112, 124, 125, 134, 137, 142, 145, 206, 240, 250, 397
staff 76, 98, 99, 100, 133, 140, 148, 250, 258, 373, 389, 392
property 1, 9, 76, 91, 92, 117, 121, 321, 341, 349, 366–7
Chartwell 3, 145, 146, 150, 154, 155, 158–63, 165–8, 174, 199, 258
Chartwell farms 117, 341–2, 349, 351, 353, 361, 374–5, 389, 402
expenditure, personal 67, 69, 71, 77, 97, 180
art 110
books 76, 78
cigars 67, 91, 97, 108, 172, 250, 255, 320
cars 98, 137, 138, 139, 148
Clementine 92, 93, 250
clothing 67, 96, 97, 112
drinks, including wine and champagne 67, 91, 97, 105, 108, 112, 171, 240, 241, 250, 251, 258, 260, 284, 292–3, 320, 347, 357
food 112, 171
gambling 150, 153
losses 1, 3, 4, 140, 141, 143, 153, 158, 173, 207, 220, 230, 237, 244, 254, 300, 352, 353
gains 78, 153, 160, 273, 358
holidays 104, 140–1, 238, 345–7, 349
horses 97, 38–9, 67, 73, 357–8, 375, 382–3, 398–400
travel 81, 83, 95, 98, 133, 134
expenditure, work 73, 109, 94–5, 98
writing 214, 215, 218, 228, 244, 274, 284, 310, 366, 374, 388
**expenditure, yearly 140, 206–7, 220, 233, 260, 272, 320, 331, 371, 373, 375, 389, 392, 397
financial advisor see Cassel, Sir Ernest
fixer 9, 284
forecasts, financial 206, 229, 230, 233, 237, 256, 257, 260, 397
funerals 139
income from work
books 44, 51, 55, 61, 62, 63, 71, 73, 74, 75, 93, 127, 128, 108, 125, 145, 154, 161, 170–1, 173, 174, 175, 180–1, 183, 184, 185, 186, 197–8, 201, 209, 216, 219, 224, 226, 230, 243, 254, 259, 268, 276, 284, 288, 293, 301, 340, 352, 367, 368, 372, 389, 398
directorships 201, 259
films 5, 227, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235–6, 259, 268, 294, 306, 315, 321–2, 387, 391–2, 395, 397, 398, 400, 401
journalism 38, 42, 53, 54, 58, 63, 71, 81, 114, 116, 118, 130, 160, 164, 166, 181, 184, 186, 191, 196–7, 203, 207, 210, 215, 218, 223, 232, 234, 241, 242–3, 244, 245, 252, 253, 267, 275, 277, 282, 289–90, 293, 342
lecturing 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 181, 201, 203, 205, 211–12, 260, 269
lobbying 157, 159
salary
military 37, 40, 41, 100, 112, 113
political 77, 85–86, 96, 97, 100, 109, 112, 114, 116, 121, 164, 167, 180, 282, 288, 317, 371
speeches 184, 185, 191, 246, 259, 268, 275, 278, 302, 324–5, 327, 331, 334, 355, 394, 402
income from paintings 319, 331, 344–5, 354, 355, 360, 397, 402
income from property 81, 82, 109, 121, 122, 164, 232, 255, 341
inheritance 16–21, 30, 45, 51, 69, 105, 135, 139, 164, 165, 167, 168, 171
Garron Tower estate, Ireland 3, 80, 88, 91, 130, 131, 132, 134, 137, 163, 232, 255, 256–7, 258, 261, 351
Lord Randolph Churchill’s will trust 2, 35–6, 45, 46, 47, 48, 68, 83–4, 85, 103, 105, 115, 117, 122, 123, 125, 146, 147, 163, 220, 274
income, yearly 158, 220, 233, 272, 361
insurance 88, 89, 105, 107, 110, 111, 118, 125, 199, 205–6, 210, 261
interest 112, 114, 117, 138, 199, 262, 282, 288
investments 65, 77–8, 88, 109, 150, 151, 152, 184, 192, 219, 249, 324, 376, 401
bonds 142, 157, 212, 213, 324, 340, 344, 389
buying 75, 114, 117, 124, 134, 142, 186, 187, 189, 191, 192, 193, 197, 213, 219, 224, 324, 341, 344, 349, 361, 389
conflict with politics 129, 141
Garron Tower estate 132
losses on the stock market 197, 201, 205, 220, 229, 237, 257–8, 261, 350, 396–7
Wall Street Crash 192–6
selling 78, 91, 97, 118, 121, 146, 152, 164, 167, 191, 192, 213, 214, 221, 222, 224, 237, 238, 340, 396
underwriting 158
value of 65, 124, 125, 126, 141, 173, 190, 213, 223, 229, 262, 396
land ownership 3, 131
loans 31, 41, 42, 43, 51, 53, 55, 64, 65, 68, 69, 78, 91, 95, 97, 104, 105, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 125, 131, 133, 136, 137, 139, 141, 145, 147, 163, 164, 168, 169, 171, 175, 197, 200, 201, 222, 261, 341, 373, 377, 382
repayment of 131, 143, 164, 206, 264, 294, 331, 374
marriage 88, 89
marriage settlement 118, 139, 145, 196
marriage settlement, daughters 220, 249
net worth 88, 95, 139, 331
Nobel Prize for Literature 377
overdrafts 9, 77, 78, 104, 109, 118, 121, 124, 131, 136, 148, 152, 164, 165, 167, 168, 174, 184, 197, 220, 224, 229, 231, 238, 249–50, 278, 284, 288, 361
overspending as a child 31
pension 17, 317
pocket money 28, 31
promissory notes 136
rescuers 263–5, 288
risk-taking 3–4
taxes 1, 9, 71, 76, 96, 116, 118, 138, 161, 165, 166, 168, 170, 175, 183, 184, 203, 216, 224, 247, 255, 256, 260, 261, 282, 284, 288, 289, 293–5, 298–302, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322–3, 325, 328, 358, 371, 375, 381, 395, 403, 406
Inland Revenue 116, 165, 169, 170, 203, 247, 301–2, 321, 345, 353–5, 361, 383, 385, 386, 406
Wall Street Crash 3, 192–5
personal life
birth and early years 24, 28, 30, 31, 32
children 145
allowances 138
Diana 92, 209
Marigold 119, 138–139
Randolph 97, 172, 182, 185, 188, 207–8, 210, 220, 229, 231, 240, 241, 244, 245, 268, 275, 300, 319, 329, 369, 385, 397
Sarah 108, 244–5, 248, 249, 326
trusts for 137, 138, 202, 220, 256, 324, 329, 340, 351, 353, 361, 366, 369, 372, 397, 405
Clementine (wife) 50, 86–87, 56, 68, 87, 88–90, 92, 96
death of mother 135, 136
father 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
fire, escaping from 87
holidays and visits 91, 102, 106, 231, 240, 241, 325, 358, 362, 365, 370, 381, 393, 396
Bahamas 211, 384
Canada 65, 182, 185, 186–7
eastern Africa 81, 82–83
Egypt 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 69–70, 132
European tour 172–3
France 92, 98, 102, 113, 124, 125, 128, 140, 148, 150, 152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 173, 200, 205, 206, 207, 220, 229, 230, 237–8, 257, 260, 273, 349–51, 373, 383–4, 396
India 39, 41–49, 51, 55
Switzerland 72, 73
USA 62, 64, 181–95
New York 25, 26, 65, 182, 191, 192, 209, 328
residences
Blenheim Palace 24, 57, 72, 75, 87, 97, 260
Chartwell 137, 138, 143, 144, 146, 275, 282
conversion costs 3, 145, 146,148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 158–63, 165–8, 172, 174, 176, 177
sale of 202, 250, 255, 256, 257, 258, 262, 264, 320–1, 341, 406
Chequers 292–3
Hoe Farm 109
Ireland 25
Lullenden Manor 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 137
London 24, 25, 26, 54, 57, 72, 123
2 Sussex Square 123, 125, 142, 148, 164
12 Bolton Street 75, 76, 88, 91
33 Eccleston Square 92, 109, 116
41 Cromwell Road 109, 112
105 Mount Street 64, 76, 82, 92
Admiralty House 98–9, 100, 105, 108, 282
Charles Street 24, 25
Claridge’s hotel 317
Dean Trench Street 121
Downing Street 164, 168, 290, 370
Hotel Metropole 116
Morpeth Mansions 220, 249, 258, 262, 281, 282
Ritz hotel 151
Norfolk 105
St Albans 72
Sandhurst 32
politics
1900–8 63, 70, 71, 72, 75, 77, 81, 85–6
defection from Conservative Party 2, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 108
‘Hooligans’, the 70
as MP, Oldham 63, 64, 65, 70
as president of the Board of Trade 85
promotion to cabinet 85
1909–18 3, 93, 94–5, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 110, 111, 115, 116
as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 108, 109
Churchill farmland controversy 117
Dardanelles Campaign 106, 107, 108
as First Lord of the Admiralty 98, 100, 102, 108
as home secretary 96
as minister of munitions 116
opposition from Conservatives 108, 111
resignation from the Liberal Party 111
1918–22 121, 122, 124, 125, 128, 139, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147
Colonial Office 129, 137, 144
as secretary of state for war and air 121
1923–9 159, 160, 163, 173, 176, 177
as Chancellor of the Exchequer 163, 164, 165, 166, 173, 176
return to Conservative Party 3, 160, 163
1930–48 3–4, 202, 203, 209, 227–8, 235, 236, 240–1, 242, 245, 248, 259, 262, 263, 265, 273, 283
disarmament, campaign against 232, 248, 256
invasion of Czechoslovakia 266, 270, 271, 276
Edward VIII 247–8
as First Lord of the Admiralty 281–2, 285
Germany, Nazi Socialism 202, 217, 232, 260
Indian independence 202, 203, 209
military response, British 277
as prime minister and minister of defence 9, 286–7, 289, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 316, 320
1949–55 359, 362, 365, 366, 376, 383
as prime minister 370, 371, 372, 377
resignation 379–80
ambitions 52, 70
books, influence on politics 81
campaigns 70, 278
clashing with financial interests 128, 129, 141, 151, 165, 169, 170, 176, 236, 329–30
democracy 70, 364
donations 95, 99
elections 146, 147, 159, 160, 161, 163, 180, 359
financial influence 2, 3, 4
imperialism 70
and Labour Party 116
lobbying, oil 157, 159
press, ridicule in 98, 113
speeches 232, 248, 256, 262, 276, 277, 302, 304–5, 328
starting out 2, 55, 57, 62
trade reform and free trade 70, 71, 95, 159, 160
welfare state 81, 93, 94, 316
sports and hobbies 72, 261
bridge 72
horse-racing 41, 357–8, 375, 382–3, 398–400
hunting 67, 83, 96, 173
paintings 110, 130, 172, 206, 237, 238, 239, 241, 279, 319, 344, 347, 354, 355, 360, 384, 405
polo 38–9, 55, 56, 67, 73, 77, 142
walking 72
will 53, 351, 372, 378, 405
writing 169, 176, 178, 197–9
books 3, 39, 43–4, 51, 55, 56, 58, 62, 63, 75, 180–1, 297, 302
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 215–16, 217, 218–19, 228, 243, 251, 255, 269–70, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278–9, 283–5, 288, 303, 314, 322, 377, 381, 388
After Armageddon 268, 303, 305, 308, 310, 385
American Impressions 214
Arms and the Covenant 268
Great Contemporaries 201, 207, 214, 254, 255, 259
Ian Hamilton’s March 64
Into Battle 293, 300
Liberalism and the Social Problem 93
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria 58, 61, 62
Lord Randolph Churchill 69, 72, 73, 74, 75
Marlborough: His Life and Times 178, 180, 183, 184, 197–8, 199, 202, 204, 205, 207, 216, 217, 223, 224, 226, 228, 230, 231, 234, 241, 243, 251, 254, 256, 260, 268, 276
My Early Life 161, 177, 198, 199, 201, 282, 290, 294, 301
Savrola 55, 58, 61, 350
Step by Step 276
The Aftermath 174, 175, 176, 177, 185, 186
The Eastern Front 198, 199, 202, 204, 205, 208–9
The Malakand Field Force 108
The River War 55, 56, 58, 322
The Second World War (war memoirs) 303, 306, 308–10, 312–14, 317–18, 319, 323–4, 325, 326–31, 333–40, 342–4, 345–9, 352, 353, 354, 356–7, 358–9, 360, 362, 363–4, 365–6, 367–70, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 389, 394
The World Crisis 126, 127, 128, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 150, 151, 154, 157, 158, 161, 165, 168, 170, 172, 173, 183, 185, 198, 199, 203, 223
Thoughts and Adventures 207, 214, 217
clashing with political work 151, 165, 169, 170, 176, 307, 329–30
copyright 289, 291, 296, 302, 308, 327, 336, 353, 398
film and television rights 306, 307, 308, 312, 314–15, 320, 321, 331, 350, 387–8, 394, 395, 402
ghostwriters
Edward Marsh 214, 215, 217, 218, 228
Diston, Adam Marshall 225, 228, 230, 231, 239, 242, 259
journalism 3, 38, 42, 53, 54, 59, 60, 63, 81, 114, 116, 130, 131, 160, 166, 175, 177, 182, 185, 191, 194, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 210, 211, 214, 215, 217–18, 223, 225, 226, 234, 241, 252–3, 266, 267, 279, 282, 335, 337, 342
Nobel Prize for Literature 377
Churchill, Winston (grandson) 329, 351, 408, 409, 410
Cockran, Bourke 37, 38
Cold War 348, 372
Colonna, Vittoria 135
Colville, Jock 287, 372, 376, 406, 407, 408, 409
communism 120
Conservative Party 7, 25, 65, 71, 206
budgets 166–7, 173
Churchill, Lord Randolph 25, 27
and complaints about corruption by Liberals 100
elections 146, 163, 180, 209, 239, 316, 362, 370
First World War 108, 115
‘Hooligans’, the 70
rejoining the gold standard 166–7
tariff reform 70, 71, 74, 159, 160
Consols 94, 107
Conway, Martin 149
Cornwallis-West, George 57–8, 63, 67, 68–9, 78–9, 85, 101, 102
Cowdray, Lord 187
Cox, A. C. 121
Cox, Reginald 104, 105, 118–19, 126, 136
Cripps, Stafford 298, 359, 366
Crocker, William H. 188
Cudlipp, Percy 234, 242, 245
Curtis Brown, Albert 126, 127, 128, 143, 150, 161, 171, 174, 177, 181, 182, 184, 185, 190, 204, 205, 215, 219, 227, 242, 245, 253, 271, 314
Curzon, George 84, 131, 432
Czechoslovakia 260, 262, 265, 270, 348
Dalton, Hugh 326
Davies, Percy 259
de Rothschild, Ferdinand 21
Deakin, William (‘Bill’) 244, 274, 279, 283, 285, 328, 343, 346, 347, 352, 362, 366, 367
death duty 93, 94
Del Giudice, Filippo 306
Diplock, Kenneth 308
Disraeli, Benjamin 21, 25
Diston, Adam Marshall 225, 228, 230, 231, 239, 242, 259
Douglas, Lord Alfred 155, 156
Duis, George 211, 212
Duram & Co. 128
Eade, Charles 297, 302
Earle, Lionel 87
Eden, Anthony 241, 261, 271, 272, 376, 432
Edmonds, James 176, 433
Edward VIII, King 21, 25, 32, 37, 246–8
Egypt 125, 141, 373
Winston Churchill visits 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 69–70, 132
Eisenhower, Dwight 374, 395, 433
elections, general 94, 146, 159, 160, 163, 207–9, 239, 362, 370
Elizabeth II, Queen 379–80
Elgin, 9th Earl of 43, 75, 81, 83, 433
Elliott, Maxine 97, 109, 230, 238, 244, 260, 273
English Civil War 16
entrepreneurs 2, 11
**Eyre & Spottiswoode 204, 219, 290, 291
family fortune, Churchill 16–19, 22
Feiling, Keith 214, 228, 243
Field III, Marshall 324, 328, 335
Fillmore, President 13
film industry 189, 190, 227, 231, 232–4, 235–6, 259, 268, 306, 394, 400, 401
First World War 3, 106–19
Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination 105, 106
army 108, 121
Dardanelles Commission 115, 116
Dardanelles Committee 108, 109, 111
declaration of war 107
demobilization 121
financial impact of 106, 107, 119, 120, 141
navy 106–7, 183
Treaty of Versailles 124
Fisher, John ‘Jackie’ 108, 113, 433
Fladgate & Co. 105
Flower, Desmond 270, 283, 284, 285
Flower, Newman 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 228, 243, 251, 255, 269–70, 279, 288, 289, 308, 309, 311, 312–13, 322, 329, 363
FOCUS in Defence of Freedom and Peace 246, 247, 248, 271
Foster, Frederick 123
France, conflict 98, 152, 287, 288, 310, 311
Frank, Howard 162, 202
free trade 70, 71, 95, 159, 160
French, John 113, 433
Frewen, Moreton (uncle) 54
Fripp, Alfred 156
Garvin, J. L. 159
Geddes, W. D. 156
General Strike 168, 173
George V, King 97, 231, 241
George VI, King 248, 249, 287, 292, 372
Germany 98, 100, 152, 260
First World War and aftermath 107, 108, 124
Munich Agreement 273–4
Nazi Party 202, 217, 232, 260
rearmament 232, 248, 256, 276
Second World War 287, 296, 302, 311, 318
see also Adolf Hitler
Gladstone, William 25, 27
Glyn, Elinor 131
Graebner, Walter 319, 325, 336, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347, 349, 352, 355, 366, 377
Graham-Dixon, Charles 299, 323, 325, 327, 360, 385, 386
Greenslet, Ferris 178
Greenwood, Arthur 286, 434
Gregg, Cornelius 301
Grenfell, Cecil 78, 97
Greville, Frances (‘Daisy’) (countess of Warwick) 57
Grey, Edward 109
Grigg, Percy (‘P.J.’) 203, 434
Grosvenor, Hugh (‘Bendor’) (2nd duke of Westminster) 60, 79, 102, 119, 138, 157, 173, 205, 220, 438
Grosvenor, Loelia (duchess of Westminster) 120, 133
Grunebaum & Sons, J. 91
Guest, Cornelia, (née Spencer-Churchill) (aunt) 31, 72, 139
Guest, Freddie (cousin) 111, 118, 119, 132, 183, 200, 256
Guest, Ivor (cousin) 78
Haig, Douglas 113, 434
Hall sisters (maternal grandmother and great aunt) 12
Hamblin, Grace 225–6, 229, 269
Hamilton, Ian 61, 121, 122
Hamilton, Jean 121, 122
Harmsworth, Alfred (Lord Northcliffe) 57, 70, 74, 100, 114
Harmsworth, Esmond 207, 212, 215
Harmsworth, Harold (Lord Rothermere) 161, 241, 272
Harrap & Co., G. 178, 179, 289, 303, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 312
Harrap, George 178, 184, 197–8, 202, 207, 217, 226, 231, 239, 243, 254, 260, 268, 270
Harrap, George (junior) 276, 289
Harriman, W. Averell 194
Harris, Frank 73, 74, 82, 126
Harris, T. E. B. 306, 324, 340
Hearst, William 175, 181, 182, 188, 190, 204, 242
Heinemann, William 398
Henderson, Charles 305, 309, 313, 314
Hill, Kathleen 256, 269, 282, 284, 287, 292, 301, 302, 303, 306, 308, 311, 314, 326
Hitler, Adolf 202, 217, 223, 235, 242, 260, 262, 270, 271, 275, 276, 318
Hodder & Stoughton 178
Hodge, Alan 378
Hogg, Douglas 156
Holland, Second World War 287
Home, Robert 136
Home Rule for Ireland and Scotland 99
honours list 142, 143
Hore-Belisha, Leslie 238
Houghton Mifflin 178, 291, 338, 339, 340, 343, 346, 348, 350, 352, 356–7, 363, 398
Howe, Richard Curzon 69
Hozier, Bill (brother-in-law) 86, 134
Hozier, Blanche (née Ogilvy) (mother-in-law) 86, 88, 140
Hozier, Henry (father-in-law) 86
Hozier, Kitty (sister-in-law) 86
Hozier, Nellie (sister-in-law) 86, 87
Humbert, Mr 88, 89
Hutton, E. F. 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194
India, independence 202, 235
Inskip, Thomas 242, 434
insurance companies 52
Commercial Union 197, 201, 262
Excess Insurance Company 205, 206
Legal & General 103
Norwich Union 41, 45, 53, 65, 69, 71, 85, 117
Phoenix Assurance 111
Iraq 129, 131, 139
Ireland 25, 106, 125, 139, 140, 141
Irish Nationalists 96, 97
Isle of Wight 11, 15, 21
Ismay, Hastings (‘Pug’) 343, 434
Jacob, Ian 287
James II, King 16
Japan, Second World War 256, 297, 298, 299
Jelke, Frazier 222
Jennings, Sarah (ancestor 1660–1744, 1st duchess of Marlborough) 16, 17, 18, 19
Jerome, Addison (maternal great uncle) 13
Jerome, Clara (maternal grandmother) 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27
Jerome, Clarita (maternal aunt) 11
Jerome, Hiram K. (maternal great-great uncle) 12
Jerome, Isaac (maternal great-grandfather) 12
Jerome, Lawrence (maternal great uncle) 12, 13
Jerome, Leonard (maternal grandfather) 12–13
allowance to his daughter Jennie (Winston’s mother) 22–23, 25, 26
American Civil War 14
and the Churchill family 21, 22–23, 25
consulship 13
death 27
debts 27
family trust 45, 135, 136
income 12, 13, 15
losses 14–15
stocks and shares 13, 14, 15
Travers Jerome 13
Jerome, Timothy (maternal ancestor) 12
John Leaning & Sons 162
Judd, Walter 344
Kelly, Denis 343, 388, 394, 435
Kennedy, John (‘Jack’) 435
Keynes, J. M. 167
King, Cecil 277
Kitchener, General Horatio 44, 53, 60, 111, 268, 435
Knight Frank & Rutley 143, 144, 160, 202, 250, 341
Korda, Alexander 227, 231, 232–3, 234, 294, 306, 307–8, 310, 312, 314, 321, 350, 386, 387
Korean War 363
labour exchanges 93
Labour Party 96, 97, 115, 147, 159, 160, 163, 285, 320, 344, 359, 366
elections 180, 209, 251, 316, 370
Landau, Jacob 247
Laughlin, Henry 338, 369, 374
Lawrence, T. E. 148
Leathers, Frederick 251, 435
Le Vien, Jack 394, 395, 396, 400, 401, 402
Leeper, Rex 245
Leiter, Mary 131
Leslie, Leonie (née Jerome) (maternal aunt) 11, 13, 51, 64, 77
Liberal Party 25, 27, 74, 81, 159, 163
elections 96, 97, 146, 147, 180, 239, 362, 370
First World War 108, 115
foreign policy 125
ideals 70, 81
Ireland 106, 125
Marconi share scandal 99, 100
policies 70, 77, 93, 94, 95
and Winston Churchill 2, 3, 71, 75, 77, 81, 94, 95
Lindemann, Frederick (Lord Cherwell) 216, 329, 337
Lloyd George, David 93, 96, 100, 102, 435, 106, 111, 115, 116, 124, 128, 129, 136, 140, 142, 146, 149, 184, 200, 236, 241
Lockhart, William 49
Long, Ray 174, 175
Longman, Thomas 43, 51, 53, 55, 58, 61, 62, 63, 72, 74, 178
Longwell, Daniel 319, 334, 336, 338–9, 342, 343, 349, 350, 352, 353, 355, 356, 362, 366, 367, 368, 370, 373
Lord Randolph Churchill’s will trust 2, 35–36, 45, 48, 68, 83–84, 85, 89, 103, 105
Luce, Henry 325, 326, 327, 335–7, 342, 349–50, 353, 355, 356, 382
Lumley, Theodore 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 52, 69, 75, 84, 103, 104
Lytton, 2nd Earl of 436
Lytton, Pamela (née Plowden) 39, 56, 62, 65, 68, 77
Mackay, James (Lord Inchcape) 183, 201
MacDonald, Ramsay 160, 163, 180, 206, 209, 235, 436
Macmillan & Co. 296, 301, 302, 303, 309, 310, 311
Macmillan, Frederick 73, 74, 75, 436
Macmillan, Harold 173, 271, 277, 318, 383, 436
Mallet, Mouis 149
Manhattan Club 135, 136
Manisty, Edward 85
Marconi share scandal 99, 100
Margesson, David 286, 436
Marlborough, dukedom and fortune 17–20
Mary II, Queen 16, 17
Marsh, Edward (‘Eddie’) 77, 78, 81, 83, 87, 110, 111, 117, 118, 119
writing and editorial for Churchill 214, 215, 217, 218, 228, 274, 277, 282, 343
Mason, Geoffrey 255, 289, 290, 298, 300, 302, 313, 322
Master of Elibank 99, 100
Masterton-Smith, James 110
Maze, Paul 279, 436
McClure, Samuel 182
McGowan, Harry 186, 193
Mellon, Richard 182
Middle East 129, 132, 137, 139
mining 77, 93, 96, 114, 117, 126, 129
Mitford, Bertie (Lord Redesdale) 86
Moir, Anthony 299–300, 301, 323, 325, 328, 349, 353–4, 360, 361, 372, 377–8, 381–2, 385, 387, 388, 397, 403, 404, 405
Monckton, Walter 304, 436
Montague Browne, Anthony 383, 387, 388, 394, 395, 398, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405
Morocco, Agadir 98
Morton, Desmond 232
Mussolini, Benito 184, 238, 261, 277
National Trust 321, 329, 341, 406
Nelke, Paul 107, 185
Nelke Phillips 83, 85, 119, 185
Newnes, George 268, 303
newspaper stories
Marconi scandal 100
Nicholl, Manisty & Co. 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 118, 122, 123, 125, 268, 299, 304, 309, 310, 313, 320, 351
Nonweiler, Eric 165, 166
Northcliffe, Lord 100, 114
oil 157, 159, 186, 187, 189
Oldhams Press 290, 354
O’Malley, Owen 176
Onassis, Aristotle 385, 393, 396
Oxford 18
Pakenham-Walsh, Ridley 216, 437
Palestine 128, 137
parents
expenditure 24, 27–28
friends of 2, 28, 29, 70
family life 24, 25
first meeting 11
income 24, 30
marriage 21–23
see also Churchill, Lord Randolph (father); Churchill, Jennie (mother)
Paris 15
home 25
Imperial Court 13
Payne, Randolph 105
Pearman, Violet 225, 226, 241, 250, 268, 290
Pearn, Nancy 215, 216, 327
Peat, Harold 260, 269
Peel, Sidney 87
Penman, Mary 273
pensions 93
Persia, Shah of 143
philanthropists 95
plutocrats 2, 70
Poland 125, 276, 280
police 96
Pond, J. B. 65
Porch, Montagu 135
Pownall, Henry 343, 362
prisons 96, 97
railways
Churchill’s travel on 83, 95, 116, 139, 182, 183, 184, 185, 188, 350
accidents 130
strikes 96, 168
Ramsden, Caryl
Randolph Payne & Sons 91, 108
Rawlinson, Henry 126, 437
Reprint Society 292
Revelstoke, Lord 94
Revesz, Dr Imre (Emery Reves) 252, 267, 274–5, 277–8, 282, 291, 317, 325, 326–7, 328, 333–5, 337–8, 339, 340, 348, 350, 352, 357, 359, 362, 363, 365, 371, 382, 384, 387, 389, 396
Reynaud, Paul 287
Reynolds, Paul 181
Richardson, James 185–6, 187
Riddell, George 149, 197, 215, 218, 223, 230
Roberts, Frederick 60
Robinson, Joseph 126
Rochester Daily American 12
Romania 108
Roosevelt, Franklin 221, 222, 297, 302, 325, 437
Rothschild, Alfred 38, 70
Rothschild, Nathaniel (‘Natty’) 28, 30, 35, 38, 58, 70, 93, 106, 437
Russia 120, 122, 124, 125, 128
Second World War 302
St Helier, Lady 50, 53, 87
Salisbury, Marquess of 27, 53, 437
Salisbury Hall 86, 87
Sassoon, Philip 149, 437
Schultz, Fred A. 187
Schwab, Charles 183, 185
Scribner III, Charles 161, 179, 184, 198, 204, 207, 215, 226, 243
Scrivier, Bob 82
Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, James (earl of Dundee) 177
Second World War 4–5, 9, 281–315
pre-war tensions 226–7, 238, 256, 260, 262, 265, 270–1, 276, 277, 279, 280
repercussions 348
and Winston Churchill’s strategy 195
servants 67, 68, 76, 98, 99, 100, 130, 133, 140, 250, 258
Bessie 133
Blenheim Palace 20
Charles Street 24
Everest, Mrs (nanny) 31
Scriving 82
cost of, general 120
Simpson, Wallace 246–8
Sinclair, Archibald 109, 111, 113, 115
Smith, Frederick (‘F. E.’) 100, 169, 226, 438
Smoot-Hawley Tariff bill 192
Soames, Christopher (son-in-law) 341, 357, 358, 369, 375, 389, 399, 400, 402
Southwood, Lord 290, 291, 319
Spears (ne Spiers), Edward 279, 438
Spencer, Charles (3rd duke of Marlborough) 19
Spencer, George (4th duke of Marlborough) 19–20
Spencer-Churchill, Charles (cousin, 9th duke of Marlborough) 53, 60, 64, 69, 75, 80, 84, 145, 146, 228–9
Spencer-Churchill, Frances (née Vane) (paternal grandmother) 30, 54, 68, 84
Spencer-Churchill, George (5th duke of Marlborough) 20
Spencer-Churchill, George (6th duke of Marlborough) 20
Spencer-Churchill, George (uncle, 8th duke of Marlborough) 26, 27
Spencer-Churchill, John W. (grandfather, 7th duke of Marlborough) 20, 21, 26
as Queen Victoria’s viceroy 25
Spencer-Churchill, Lily (née Hammersley) (aunt) 27, 31, 37, 41
Spencer, Johnny (ancestor 1708–46) 19
spending cuts, government 173, 176, 206
Spier, Eugen 246
Stalin 312, 375
Steed, H. Wickham 127
stock markets 71, 106, 107, 119, 125, 205, 221, 223, 390
London 52, 82, 94, 106, 107, 120, 121, 271
possible manipulation of 155
Wall Street 82, 189, 191, 192–3, 217, 221, 257, 262
Strakosch, Henry 9 159, 235, 262–5, 275, 288, 310
strikes 96, 168, 173, 373
Sturdee, Jo 357
Swift, Jonathan 18
tariff reform 70, 71, 74, 159, 160
taxes 93, 94, 96, 120, 167, 173, 206
Taylor & Humbert 88, 89
Thomas, Cecil 277, 278
Thomas Nelson & Sons 108
Thompson, Reginald 266
Thornley, Mrs 76
Tilden, Philip 149, 150, 154, 160, 161–2, 166, 168, 174
TIME-LIFE magazine 319, 324–5, 326, 327, 334, 335–6, 338, 340, 342, 343, 345, 346, 351, 352, 355, 362, 363, 365, 367, 368, 370, 382, 385, 404
trade unions 206
Truman, Harry 325, 328, 342, 438
Turkey 108, 144
Twain, Mark 65
Tweedmouth, Lord (Edward Marjoribanks) (uncle) 85
Two Cities 306
unemployment 93, 159, 167
Unionists 7
USA 62, 64, 181–95
New York 13, 25, 26, 65, 182, 191, 192, 209, 328
Churchill, Lord and Lady Randolph (parents) 12, 25, 26
Jerome, Leonard (maternal grandfather) 13, 14, 15, 22, 25
Second World War 293, 302, 310
Van Antwerp, William 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192
Vanderbilt, Consuelo 64, 80
Vane, Frances (paternal great-grandmother) 80
Vane-Tempest, Herbert 80
Vane-Tempest-Steward, Charles 132
Vickers, Cecil 185, 191, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 212, 213, 214, 217, 222, 223, 237
Vickers da Costa 124, 141, 142, 157, 184, 185, 186, 197, 202, 205, 208, 213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 237, 258, 261, 262, 263, 264, 341, 350
Villiers, Barbara 16
Violon, Émile 67
Waddington, John 256
Wallace, William 150
Warrender, Hugh 37
War of the Spanish Succession 17, 18
Watt, A. P. 43, 55, 58, 61, 81, 177, 178
Waugh, Evelyn 300
Webb, Beatrice 89, 93
Webb, Sidney 93
welfare state 81, 93, 94
Wellesley, Gerald 123, 124
Wells, H. G. 81, 260
Wheater, Cornwallis-West & Co. 79, 85
Whiteknights estate 20
White Russian movement 122, 124
wife see Hozier, Clementine
William III, King 16, 17
Williams, Stanley 221, 229, 238, 240
Wilson, Colonel Gordon 81
Winant, Roger 232
Wodehouse, H. 101, 105
Wood, Charles 243, 370, 375, 383, 386
Wood, Edward (Lord Irwin, Lord Halifax) 203, 260, 270, 272, 281, 286, 438
Wood, Evelyn 50
Wood, James 250, 372
Wood, Kingsley 294
Wood, Willey & Co. 250
Woodstock 18, 22
Young, George 274