A
Aachen 346
Adams, Geoffrey 30
Adenauer, Konrad 31
Admiral’s Cup 304, 327, 334–335
Afghanistan 197
Agnelli, Gianni 58
Aitken, Jonathan 229
al-Hamad, Abdlatif 204
Allen, Douglas 104
Allen, Sir Hugh 10
Alliance, Sir David 246
America see US
Ancram, Michael 150
Annenberg, Walter 181
Argyllshire 101
Armstrong, Robert 95, 104–107, 112, 122, 124, 144, 157, 270, 272, 273, 285, 308–309, 347–348
Arnold, Dave 333
Arthur, Geoffrey 75
Arundells 218, 220–222, 234, 235, 241, 242, 250, 284, 286, 305, 309, 339, 344–345, 358, 359, 363
Ashdown, Paddy 267
Ashford 11
Attlee, Clement 16, 18, 92, 280, 321
Australia 71, 76, 106, 281, 304, 328, 333
Aviemore 70
Avon, Clarissa see Eden, Clarissa
Aziz, Tariq 234
B
Bailie, Robin 121
Baker, James 236
Baker, Kenneth 169–169, 227, 230
Balliol College see Oxford University
Barber, Tony 48, 53, 56, 58, 60, 73, 89–91, 96, 118, 132, 137, 162, 167, 276
Barcelona 6
Barenboim, Daniel 351
Barnes, Sir Denis 98
Barnetson, Bill 110
Barrow, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 9
Batey, Peter 153, 207–208, 214–216, 224, 228, 253, 266, 275, 278, 285, 322, 365
Bax, Arnold 217
Bayreuth 344
Beijing 178, 232, 233, 275, 342
Belgium 229
Beloff, Nora 50
Bell, Sir Stuart 296
Ben-Gurion, David 23
Berger, Jean 328
Berkeley, Lord Cope of see Cope, John 49
Wall 233
Berwickshire and East Lothian 150
Bexley 11, 13–15, 18, 29, 45–46, 59 84–85, 88, 209, 146, 149, 179, 180, 230, 231, 245, 258–261, 263, 265, 271, 274, 281, 295, 338, 343, 355
Bexleyheath 338
Biffen, John 312
Blackpool 41, 61, 78, 178, 252
Blair, Tony 110, 224, 227, 283, 295, 300
Blake, Robert 60
Boaden, Roger 69–70, 82–85, 145–146, 150–151
Bowis, Caroline 268
Bowis, John 226
Braintree, Lord Newton of see Newton, Tony 49
Brandreth, Gyles 296–297, 313–314
Commission 205, 206, 209, 247, 322, 358
Bridcut, John 311
Brighton 33
bomb 214
Bristol 57
Britain 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 37–39, 54, 57, 68, 73, 76, 81, 82, 94, 113–115, 120, 139, 145. 155, 156, 161, 167, 174, 175, 185, 188, 191, 199, 202, 211, 215, 216, 224, 229, 231, 236, 246, 258, 280, 281, 287, 292, 294, 300, 302, 346, 348
Brittan, Leon 257
Broadstairs 11, 12, 19, 69, 73, 219, 297, 325–326, 337, 338, 347, 353
Brockwell, Lord Butler of see Butler, Robin
Brodie, Kelvin 78
Brook, Sir Norman 25
Brooke, Peter 245
Brooks, Richard 269
Brown, Cedric 252
Brown, George 58
Brown, John 226
Brown, Michael 296
Bruce-Gardyne, Jock 151
Brussels 195, 212, 229, 231, 261
Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick 19
Buckingham Palace 99, 100 236, 309
Buckinghamshire 284
Burn, Richard 224–226, 228, 266–267, 285
Burnet, Alastair 92
Burnham 194
Bush, George 236
Butler, Rab (RAB) 23, 41, 62, 107–108, 169, 227, 298
Butt, Ronald 186
C
Cameron, David 320
Campbell, John 358
Carrington, Peter 73, 82, 84, 89, 100, 136, 143, 147, 149, 153–154, 156, 192, 257, 281, 311
Carson, Ned 19–20
Casablanca 156
Cassen, Robert 205
Castle, Barbara 358
Castro, Fidel and Ramon 214
Chalker, Lynda 252
Channon, Paul 224
Chataway, Chris 56
Chequers 22, 93, 97, 98, 101, 103, 122, 145–146, 303, 329, 332, 346, 349, 358
Chichester-Clark, Robin 310
China 75, 175, 202, 207, 228, 232–233, 253, 254, 256, 283, 321, 341–342
Churchill, Anthony 327–329
Churchill, Winston 16, 17, 19, 38, 40, 44, 45, 102, 169, 202, 215–216, 244, 257–258, 280, 298
Clark, William 53
Clarke, Ken 118, 126, 165, 265–266, 268, 287–289, 313
Coleman, Terry 88
Commonwealth 30, 32, 34, 71, 76, 106, 174, 204
Communist Party 15, 140, 146, 259
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) 96, 131, 135, 155, 216
Coombe Hill Junior School 361–362
Cope, John 49–50
Corbyn, Brigadier John 61
Cosgrave, Liam 132
Courtney, Nicholas 311
Cradock, Sir Percy 232
Craven, Stuart 220–221, 234, 285
Critchley, Julian 165–166
Cuba 214
Cumming, Nigel 163
Currie, Edwina 224
D
Dale, Mike 362
Danzig 7–8
Dartford 20
Davis, William 78
Day, Barry 109
Day, Sir Robin 183, 211, 290, 315, 355
de Gaulle, Charles 31, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, 54, 112–114, 315, 321, 346
Dean, Sir Patrick 23
Debré, Michel 188
Dell, Edmund 128–129
Delors, Jacques 319
Devlin, Paddy 348
Diana, Princess 219
Dilhorne, Lord 42
Disraeli, Benjamin 54, 81, 156, 271
Dixon, Sir Pierson 33
Donoughue, Bernard 314
Dorking, Lord Baker of see Baker, Kenneth
Dorset 312
Dossetter, Jay 264
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec 29, 31, 41–42, 46–47, 50–51, 53 64, 89, 93, 112, 117, 215, 299
Dove, Peter 333–334
du Cann, Edward 58, 65, 66, 212, 312
Dungey, Jean 29
Dykes, Hugh 45
E
Easton, Jeffrey 234
EC/EEC see European Union (EU)
Edelman, Maurice 315
Eden, Anthony 17, 19–26, 38, 186–187, 271
Eden, Clarissa 26
Edgar, Nick 252
Waverley 47
Eichelberger, Alice Faye 303–304, 310
Eisenhower, Dwight 224
Elizabeth II, Queen 41, 99–101, 149, 182, 236, 244, 249, 255, 311
Elizabeth, Queen Mother 241
England 134 186, 215, 304, 331, 334, 340, 350
Essex, Rosamund 14
European Free Trade Area (EFTA) 30, 34, 239
European Parliament 187, 188, 194, 195, 213, 231, 321
European Union (EU) 30–40, 46, 54, 68, 87, 88, 93–94, 97, 101, 107, 111–114, 116–118, 122, 132, 142–143, 173, 175, 188, 194, 197, 198, 202, 205, 212, 229, 231, 239, 240, 243, 246, 254, 258, 261, 262, 281, 288, 299, 300, 313, 315, 319–321, 339, 346, 348
‘Foreign Affairs Pillar’ 36
referendum (1975) 110, 170, 173, 247, 320
Evans, Marian 2–3, 12, 20, 325, 356–358
Evans, Sir Horace 25
F
Fabricant, Michael 245–246
Falkender, Marcia 159
Fastnet race 195, 322, 329, 333
Faulkner, Brian 121, 152, 154, 316
Ferguson, Sarah 253
Finch, Pamela 285
Fowler, Barry 259
France 10, 23, 24, 26, 38, 48, 58, 92, 113, 114, 175, 314, 325, 350
Fraser, Hugh 131, 167, 168, 312
Fraser, Sir Michael 68
Freedland, Jonathan 260–261
Freshfields 219
Frost, Derek 220–222
G
Gale, George 60
Garrett, James 109
Germany 7, 8, 16–17, 29, 31, 38, 92, 173, 175, 204, 209, 236
Gibraltar 182
Gilmour, Ian 53
Hillhead 201
Goff, Tom 347
Goldsmith, Sir James 251, 261–262
Good Friday Agreement 122, 272
Goodman, Arnold 4
Gormley, Joe 133, 147, 154, 316
Gorton, John 77
Grahame, Kate 357–358
Grasmere, Lord Morris of see Morris, Charles
Gravesend 143
Greater London Council (GLC) 213
Greenfield, Edward (Ted) 354, 337–338, 343, 348–349
Greenhill, Sir Denis 97
Greig, Gordon 184
Greville, Charles 357
Grierson, Ronnie 58
Grimond, Jo 45, 54, 60, 132, 151
H
Haddington 150
Hague, William 224, 266, 267, 273–274, 281, 282, 295
Hailes, Lord see Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick
Hailsham, Lord see Hogg, Quintin
Halls, Michael 105
Hamilton, Neil 261
Hanover 273
Harrington, Major William 9, 355
Harvey, Ian 356
Hastings, Max 280
Hattersley, Roy 118
Hay Davison, Ian 177–178
Healey, Denis 1, 32, 162, 233, 289, 292, 310
Heath, Edith 1, 2, 12–13, 18, 311, 355
Heath, Edward Richard George (Ted):
Army 8–11 awarded a military MBE 10
Balliol College 4, 5, 24, 309, 318, 336, 337, 352
birth 1
books x, 178–180, 251, 255, 256, 265, 268–273, 275, 278, 321, 323, 338, 343–344
Brown, Shipley 14, 18, 19, 46, 58
civil service 10–11
Father of the house 267, 244, 288
Heath Memorial concert 327
Heath Trophy 181
hepatitis 28–29
Knight of the Garter ix, 244–245
Margaret Thatcher 148, 172, 193–194, 208, 211, 242, 243–244, 249, 272, 275–280, 301, 322
music ix, 9, 71, 173, 181, 257, 294, 314, 325–334, 365
Oxford University 10, 271, 285
Prime Minister 265, 87–160, 313, 316, 327, 329, 334, 338–340, 345, 346
privy councillor ix
relationship with Kay Raven 11–13, 311
sailing ix, 71, 76, 172, 181, 193, 218, 294, 304–305, 313, 314, 319, 325–334, 365
sexuality 255–366
Suez Crisis 21–28, 76, 106, 271, 299
Heath, William 1, 4, 217, 347, 348, 356
Heathcoat-Amory, David 210
Heinz, Dru 58
Hennessy, Peter 158
Heseltine, Michael 46, 52, 54, 71, 72, 146–147, 166–168, 200, 234, 236, 248, 266, 291
Hill, Pamela 358
Hobson, Valerie 30
Hogg, Quintin 6, 41, 73, 74, 179, 244
Hoggart, Simon 126, 132, 133, 166, 190–191, 201–202
Howell, David 46–47, 58–59, 67–68, 88–89, 92, 97–98, 302–303
Hua Guofeng 232
Hughes-Young, Michael 28
Hunt, David 123–124, 252, 265, 292–293
Hurd, Douglas 68–69, 70–71, 75–77, 80–81, 84, 99, 100, 108–111, 114, 115, 117, 121, 127, 133–138, 142, 144–145, 147–148, 156–160, 181, 184, 188, 230, 234, 236, 257, 260, 293, 359
Hyde, James 10
I
Illingworth, John 331
India 225
Ingrams, Richard 111
Inverness 60
Shah 247
Northern 52, 118–122, 128, 132, 144, 152, 154, 181, 186, 272, 348
see also Bloody Sunday, Good Friday Agreement
J
Jellicoe, Lord 132
Jenkin, Patrick 40–42, 45, 47–48, 54–55, 63–64, 66–67, 79, 94–97, 129–130, 140–142, 161–162, 164–165, 168, 300–301
Jenkins, Roy x, 117, 118, 129, 217, 276, 289–290, 299
Jennings, Martin 238–239
Jerez 181
Johnson, Frank 149
Jolly, Tom 230
Jones, Jack 108
Jones, Michael 272
Joseph, Keith 48, 53, 89, 148, 166, 167, 179, 183, 224, 277
Keith Joseph Memorial lecture 154
Jospin, Lionel 295
Junor, Sir John 255–257, 317, 358
K
Kay, Duncan 328
Keeler, Christine 111
Kennedy, Charles 294–295
Kennedy, Douglas 251
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald 38. 60
Kershaw, Anthony 43, 51, 75, 77
Khomenei, Ayatollah 246
King, Cecil 77–78, 82, 120, 131, 136, 312, 356
King, Roger 231
Kissinger, Henry 254
Kitson, Sir Timothy 104, 153–154, 168–171, 182, 183, 233
Knight, Gordon 325
Kosovo 274
Kunming 175
L
Labour party 16, 18, 19, 32, 45–48, 49, 50, 55, 59, 65–67, 71, 76–78, 82, 90, 94, 97, 117, 118, 124, 125, 128, 143, 151–152, 156–158, 161, 162, 165, 167, 173, 178, 179, 181–183, 187, 189, 190, 199, 210, 215, 224, 230, 231, 237, 261, 263, 295, 296, 300, 315, 316, 345, 352
Lancashire 135
Lawrence, Ivan 165
Leith, Ted 357
Lennox-Boyd, Mark 236
Liberal Party 3–4, 7, 8, 45, 50, 54, 56, 64, 97, 118, 132, 151–152, 209, 277
Liberal Democratic Party 261, 263, 267
Lilley, Pat 333
Lindsay, Sandy 6
Livingstone, Ken 213
Llandudno 37
London 3, 4, 10, 37, 40, 45, 57, 91, 93, 98, 121, 135, 166, 175, 197, 204, 205, 210, 213, 218, 219, 232, 242, 248, 250, 256, 257, 267, 268, 270–272, 283, 284, 287, 292, 305, 340, 349, 359
Lonrho scandal 132
Lopez, Teo 250
Low Countries 10
Lympany, Moura 186, 214, 347, 357, 358
M
MacGregor, John 56–57, 293–294, 321
Maclean, Fitzroy 22
Macleod, Iain 16, 41, 42, 55, 57, 61, 62, 71, 73, 88, 91, 127, 298–299, 302
Macmillan, Harold 21, 23, 25, 28–30, 33, 38–42, 73, 89, 107, 169, 170, 280, 298, 312, 313
‘Night of the Long Knives’ 313
Magee, Bryan 352
Major, John 236–237, 239–240, 243, 244, 245, 247–248, 254, 255, 257, 274
Daveyhulme 45
Mandela, Nelson 255
Mann, Anthony 8
Mansell, Sarah 322
Mao Tse-Tung 178, 202, 222, 232
Margach, James 78–79
Marlesford, Lord 67
Marples, Ernest 97–98
Marshall Plan 206
Martin, Alec 4
Martin, Michael 283
Masefield, Peter 10
Maude, Angus 65
Maudling, Reggie 41, 47, 51, 52–54, 57–58, 75, 89, 129, 168, 191, 298, 312, 315
May, Simon 202–205
Mayer, Robert 342
Mayhew, Christopher 356
Mayhew, Henrietta see Rolston, Henrietta
McNally, Tom 335
McNamara, Robert 203–205
Menuhin, Yehudi 203, 254, 266, 343
School 346
Meyer, Sir Anthony 134
Millar, Ronald 109
miner’s strike
(1972) 91, 126–127, 135–136, 141
Mintoff, Dom 124
Mitchell, Donald 336
Montalva, Eduardo Frei 204
Morning Cloud 62, 76, 163, 172, 176, 195, 256, 302, 304, 313, 326–330, 332, 333, 335
Morrison, Sara 146, 192, 305, 307–308
Mortimer, John 215 Moscow 68, 178
Olympic Games 197–198
Moss Side 189 Mountbatten, Lord 22, 179
N
Nabarro, Sir Gerald 139
Nassau 38
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 21–23
National Union of Miners (NUM) 91, 133, 140, 154
Necchi family 58
Needham, Robin 282
Nelson, Nigel 228
New Forest 219
New York 22, 57, 177, 199, 239, 296
Nice 58
Nicolson, Nigel 24–26
Nixon, Richard 222
Noble, Sir Michael 101
Norrington, Sir Roger 351
North Sea 307
Northolt, RAF 298
Nott, John 133
Nuremberg rallies 6
Nutting, Anthony 22
O
Obote, Milton 123
OECD countries 211
Oistrakh, David 266
Orkney 213
Osborne, June 286
Ottawa 18
Oxford 157
university 4–7, 10, 55, 247–248, 285, 291, 294, 337, 338, 340
Balliol College 4, 6, 7, 24, 215, 233, 289–290, 309, 318, 336, 337, 352
Lincoln College 318
P
Palliser, Sir Michael 115
Palme, Olof 204
Paris 3, 6, 8, 22, 31, 115, 192, 341
Treaty of 37
Parris, Matthew 297–298
Pearce, Edward 232
Penistone 188–189
Philadelphia 181
Pike, Mervyn 62
Pineau, Christian 23
Drake 124
Pompidou, Georges 112–115, 219
Portillo, Michael 263
Poulson scandal 129
Powell, Enoch 16, 42, 52–54, 71–75, 183, 184, 206
Rivers of Blood speech 72–74
Prague 352
Proctor, Harvey 362
Pye, Reg 15
Pym, Francis 100, 102, 117–118
R
Raeburn, Ashley 10
Rambouillet 38
Ramphal, Sonny 204–205
Rasiguères 214
Reagan, Ronald 199, 202, 240, 243
Redgrave, Sir Steve 305–306
Redhead, Brian 199
Redwood, John 248
Rees-Mogg, William 156
Referendum Party 261
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) 42–44, 54, 302
Richard, Ivor 74
Roberts, Christopher 92–93
Robinson, Mark 209–210
Rodgers, John 17
Roding, Lord Jenkin of see Jenkin, Patrick
Rolston, Henrietta 249–252, 276, 285
Rome 68
Treaty of 30, 32, 36, 37, 116, 173
Rook, Jean 192–193
Roper, John 118
Rose, Kenneth 214–215
Round the Island race 334
Royalton Kisch 4
Rundle, Nick 16
Rushdie, Salman 246
Russia 255
see also Soviet Union
S
Saatchi and Saatchi 83
Salisbury 93, 218–221, 230, 234, 238, 240, 241, 250, 251, 254, 257, 255, 256, 266, 269, 271, 285, 286, 291, 297, 337–339, 341, 360, 363
Salisbury, Lord 41
Sampson, Anthony 330
Savile, Jimmy 364
Saville Inquiry 283–284
Scanlon, Hugh 146
Scarborough 30–31
Scargill, Arthur 154
Scheel, Walter 173
Schmidt, Helmut 202
Schröder, Gerhard 295
Schuman Plan 16–17
Scotland 43, 116, 150, 153, 167, 176, 186
Highlands 307
Selassie, Haile 104
Seligman, Madron 7–8, 44, 46, 58, 217, 220, 308, 343
Selsdon Park 79, 94, 96, 98, 119, 130, 132, 135, 165, 200
Sewill, Brendon 60, 148–149, 301–302
Shanghai 342
Shepherd, Richard 227
Shepherd, Rob 158
Sherbourne, Stephen 163, 173, 176, 179, 302
Shinwell, Emanuel (Manny) 18
Shore, Peter 174
Shuckburgh, Sir Evelyn 39
Simcock, Alan 99–104
Simmonds, Richard 111, 149–150, 187–188
Skinner, Dennis 296
Soames, Christopher 58
Soames, Nicholas 210
Social and Democratic Labour Party 154, 202, 209, 277, 348
Soviet Union 37, 39, 68, 228, 232, 253 see also Russia
Spain 6, 7, 72, 106, 108, 154, 181–182, 310
Spearman, Sir Alec 22
Speed, Jeffery 139–140, 146, 149–150, 180
Spicer, Michael 138–139
St Helens, Lord see Hughes-Young, Michael
St John Stevas, Norman 71
St Malo 328
Staddon, Anthony 12–13, 260, 262–264, 270, 271, 281–282, 320–321
Stancliffe, Rt Revd David 286
Stephens, Olin 330
Stewart, Alastair 305
Stourton, Edward 289
Stride, Mel 285
Studholme, Sir Henry 52
Suez Crisis 21–28, 76, 106, 271, 299
Sunningdale Agreement 121–122, 137, 152, 154, 272, 316, 347–348
Sydney–Hobart race 71, 76, 79, 256, 282, 288, 304, 327–333
T
Tarragona 6
Taverne, Dick 326
Value Added 91
Taylor, Teddy 115–116
Tebbit, Norman 98–99, 214, 365–366
Temple, Freddie 285
Terry, Walter 51
Thatcher, Margaret/Thatcherism 53, 62, 89, 90, 92–94, 98, 139, 148, 153, 155, 162, 166–171, 168–173, 177, 179, 181–185, 187–195, 198, 200, 205, 207, 208, 210–216, 224–226, 228, 229, 231–236, 239, 240, 243–245, 247–250, 254–255, 264, 272, 273, 275–281, 286, 294, 297, 301, 302, 314, 316, 319–323, 358
Thatcher, Mark 212
Thomas, George 206–207
three-day week 143–144
Tibet 195
Tixier-Vignancour, Jean-Louis 315
Tonypandy, Lord see Thomas, George
Torquay 197
trade unions 107, 108, 144, 155, 287
Trades Unions Congress (TUC) 108, 119, 131, 135, 143, 144
Trend, Michael 268–270
Trevisick, John 14
U
Uganda 123
UK 18, 23, 31, 32, 33, 35, 39, 54, 71, 87, 93, 101, 107, 111, 112, 115, 118, 119, 123, 126, 132, 153, 205, 212, 235, 239, 241, 246, 249, 254, 255, 260, 270, 284, 300, 312, 320, 325
Unionist Party 52–53, 118, 120–122, 137, 142, 143, 152–154, 310, 316
Upton-on-Severn 139
US 2, 18, 23, 37, 38, 67, 68, 114, 175, 178, 206, 214, 224, 242, 253, 254, 350, 325
V
Vaudry, Robert 230, 233, 234, 236, 275, 358
Vickers, Dame Joan 71
Villefranche 58
von Karajan, Herbert 341
W
Wade, Michael 223
Waldegrave, William 142–143, 155–157, 169, 175, 213, 298–300
Walker, Peter ix–x, 20–21, 48, 53, 93–94, 123, 167, 181, 200
Wallace, Governor George 72
Waller, Ian 182
Walters, Alan 92
Warren, Brian 197
Warsaw 8
Waterhouse, Captain Charles 24
Waugh, Alexander 358
Weidenfeld, George 268–269
Weight, Richard 269–270
Welling 13
West, Bob 85
West, Nigel 273
Westland 224
White, Michael 252
Whitelaw, William 50, 51, 72, 73, 89, 100, 101, 117, 147, 154, 156, 167, 168, 257
Whittell, Ronald 2
Wilberforce: Inquiry 141
Lord 126
Williams, Kenneth 359
Williams, Shirley 118
Williams-Thomas, Mark 364
Wilson, Harold 45, 47, 48, 50–51, 54, 55, 59–61, 64–66, 77–80, 82, 90, 94, 99, 101, 110, 112, 117, 122, 125–126, 132, 135, 142, 147, 153, 155, 162, 157, 159, 161–164, 167, 171, 173, 178, 181, 187, 205, 280, 300, 314–315, 344
Winfield, Mike 333
Wirral, Lord Hunt of see Hunt, David
Wolff, Michael 61, 109, 114, 137, 182
Woodfalls 219
Woolf, Dr E. A. 3–4
Worcestershire 138–139
Worsthorne, Peregrine 111
Worthington, Mark 279
Wyn-Rogers, Catherine 335
Y
Yates, William 24
Yorkshire 190
Young, Hugo 323
Young, Sir George 201
Yugoslavia 274
Yunnan Province 275
Z
Zhou Enlai 232
Zurich 257–258