Aberdeenshire 34
Abinger, James Richard Scarlett, 8th Lord 95
Abinger, Isla 122, 363
adultery 18
Ahmad, Shah of Persia 53
AIDS 264, 332–3
Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George 351
Alington, Dr Cyril 82–3, 84
Alington, Edmund 158–9
All Ireland Distress fund 59
Allan, Gordon 62
Allen, the Reverend H. B. 45, 353
Alten, Louise Frederick Auguste von 142
American War of Independence 15
Ames, Pauline (née Bolton, later Lambton) 105–6, 236–7, 252–5, 267, 304, 317, 334
Ancaster, Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of 4
Anderson, Lindsay 239
Andrew, Prince 385
Ann of Bavaria 279, 284–5
Aquitania, SS 32
Arbuthnot Latham merchant bank 130, 248, 256
Archer, Hilda 45
Argyll, 10th Duke of 349
Argyll, Margaret, Duchess of 194–5, 372
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 50
Arundel 3
Ashley, Nick 272, 275, 279, 296, 300, 304, 307, 312, 314, 316, 320, 324, 325, 327–8, 329–30, 332, 334
Aspinall, John 24
Astor, Colonel John Jacob 103, 360
Australia 172–3, 197
Bag o’ Nails public house, London 67
Bahamas, the 280, 292, 334–5
Bain, Mrs (spiritualist) 77
Baker, Mark 76
Ballyscullion 356
Bank of England 141
Bankhead, Tallulah 146, 366
Baring, Clarissa 247, 257, 269, 271, 281, 296, 301
Barnato, Barney 153, 367
Barnes 34
Barry, Angela 286–7, 290, 294, 297, 298, 311, 315, 318, 320, 381
Basualdo, Luis 286, 292
Bazille-Corbin, John 112
Bazin, Anne-Muriel 278, 282–3, 290–1, 320
Beckett, Lady Marjorie 351
Beckett, Teddy 238, 243
Bedford 137-8, 158, 174, 176, 183, 184, 188-9, 194-6, 200, 217, 218, 220-2, 374
Bedford, Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of 4
Bedford, John ‘Ian’ Russell, 13th Duke of 47, 193, 353
Bedford Crown Court 184
Bedford, Lydia (née Yarde-Buller), Duchess of 47–8, 48, 52, 353
Bedford Rowing Club 138-9, 197, 199, 218, 223, 375
Beech Hill Farm, Sussex 47–8, 50
Bellenger, Etienne 89, 101
Belli, Lia 341–2
Belli, Melvin 173, 341–2, 370–1
Bellwood, Bessie 143
Bemberg, Peter 285
Beneficial Finance Company 184
Benn, Tony (né Wedgewood-Benn, Anthony) 385
Berens, Jessica 303, 320, 337
Berry, Inspector 92–3
Bidwell, John 335
Bindon, John 385
Birchington, Kent 13
Birkett, Norman 91
Bishop, Jane (née Probyn) 156, 167–8, 169, 172, 173, 174, 174–5, 176, 177, 187, 196
Black, Conrad 344
Blaize-Molony, Kirsten 297
Blake’s Hotel 313, 320
Blandford, Jamie, Marquess of 290, 315
Bluebird 94–5, 113
Boer War 15, 75
Boitel-Gill, Peter 313–14, 382
Bokun, Branko 98
Bolton, Herbert 105, 253–4
Boyle, Richard, 9th Earl of Shannon 351
Bradford, Connor 268
Braemar (yacht) 259–60, 267, 278, 279, 280, 383
Brampton Park 153
Brierley, Ben 290, 294–5
Brighton 13, 71
Bristol, Francesca (née Fisher) 298–302, 303, 304, 305–6, 308–10, 381, 382
Brixton 13, 27–8
Brixton Prison 330
Brown, Margaret 42
Bruell, Alexander 221
Bruell, Peter 217, 221
Bruno, Todd 285, 380
Buckingham Palace Hotel, London 27
Buford, Wendy 342
Burford, Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, Earl of 339–40, 344, 385
Burley, Mrs. 92–3
Burrows, James 186
Burton, Ian 333
Busk, Sir Douglas 117
Butler, Aubrey (‘Skipper’) 147, 157, 158
Byers, Mark 251
Cadogan, Charles Gerald John, 8th Earl 353
Cadogan, Gerald, 6th Earl 354
Cadogan, William, 7th Earl 354
Cambridge University 35, 71, 105, 130, 131, 144, 167, 247, 254, 273
Camp Hill, HMP 65–6, 97–8, 360
Canada 26
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 206
Cannes 1, 2, 51, 67, 76, 87, 106, 276
Carman, George 330, 384
Carr, Matthew 334
Carroll, Gerald 306–7, 321, 383
Carter, Mrs (Kimbolton Castle agent) 156
Cartier 90, 101, 237, 299, 301
Cartland, Barbara 60–1
Carton 11–12, 13, 16, 18, 36, 40, 45, 50, 61, 62
Cashel Cathedral, Tipperary 14
Castle, Barbara (Baroness Castle of Blackburn) 191, 372
Castlerosse, Lord (later Earl of Kenmare) 13, 23, 41
Cavendish, Ned 247, 256, 283, 297
Cavendish, William (‘Billy’) John Robert, Marquess of Hartington 361
Cavendish hotel, London 22–3, 34, 351
Cayzer, Robin 238, 243
Cayzer, Sir James 61
Cecil, Mark 272, 298, 325,
Central School of Drama 278
Ceylon 147–8, 149, 167
Chambers, ‘Tintin’ 313–14, 383
Chappell, Michael 85, 113–14, 133, 243, 251, 260, 266, 267, 284, 296, 298, 308, 312, 322, 326, 327, 329, 334, 337, 363
Charles I, King 141
Charter Clinic 325, 330
Château de Pigranel 51–2
Cheeld, Frank 100
Cheeseman, Keith 178, 182–4, 186, 187, 191, 192, 201–7, 209
Cheeseman, Kerry 178, 186, 187, 201–7, 209, 210, 214, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 373
Chilton, Patsy (née Bowles) 150, 153, 154–5, 160, 161, 164, 179, 193, 367, 368, 369, 373
Cholmondeley, David, 7th Marquess of 320, 380, 385
Cholmondeley, Lady George 51
Cholmondeley, Thomas Pitt Hamilton, 4th Lord Delamere 371
Christie, Valerie (‘Val’) 180
Christie’s auction house 96, 343, 269
Churchill, Winston 16, 52, 349–50
Clancarty, 5th Earl of 84
Claridge’s 60–1, 129, 164, 283
Clermont Club 24
Clouston, Dr. 31
Clutterbuck, Benjamin 289
Cobbold, Mike 216
Cochrane, Douglas, 12th Earl of Dundonald, 74-8, 360
Cochrane, Douglas, 15th Earl of Dundonald, 128
Cochrane, Douglas (VH's cousin) 100, 111, 125
Cochrane, Grizel 76, 78
Cochrane, Ian 360
Cochrane, Lady Jean (later Hervey; later still Macdonald) 74–7, 357, 360
Cochrane, Thomas, 1st Lord Cochrane of Cults 99
Cochrane, Thomas, 10th Earl of Dundonald 75
Cochrane Hervey (yacht) 103–4, 104, 111
Cochrane-Newton, Denzil 131
Cockfield, Lord 208
Cocos Island 67, 114
Codrington, Ian 139, 158, 161, 178, 183, 187, 194, 195, 198, 205–6, 209, 211–12, 213, 214, 216, 219–20, 222
Cohn, Nick 294–5
Cole, ‘Whisky' 19, 23, 26, 35
Coleman, Clive 218, 221
Coles, Gabrielle 241, 336
Collins, Joan 313–14
Coni, Peter, QC 186, 187
Connaught Hotel, 39, 44
Conner, George 55, 61
Conner, Tony 55
Conner, Vivien 54–8, 57–8, 59–60, 61
Conway, HMS 149
Cook, Ralph 6
Cook, Robin 6–7
Cook, William 6
Coop, Geoffrey 92–3
Cooper, Lady Diana 51
Coreth, Jenny 156
Cornish, Detective Sergeant 100–1
Corrigan, Michael ‘Mick 88–9
Corsini, Sandro 280, 298, 299, 305, 306, 319, 334–5
Cowlard, Frank 157, 158
Craighouse asylum for the insane 30–1, 35, 352
Creighton, Tom 169
Crocker, Elizabeth (later Duchess of Manchester) 175
Cromwell, Oliver 141, 364
Cuba 115
Cull, Anna 61–2
Cunningham-Reid, Michael 179
D’Abernon, Edgar Vincent, Viscount 21–2, 349
D’Abernon, Viscountess Helen 18, 50
Daily Express 86, 146
Daily Mail 93, 309
Daily Mirror 91
Daily Telegraph 91
Daubeny, Pauline 92–3
Davidson, Viscount 95, 97
Davies, Roger 331
Dawes, Kathleen (Duchess of Manchester) 145
Dawson, Sir Hugh Trevor 96, 129-30, 247, 248, 256, 257, 258, 280, 344
De Chair, Somerset 123, 125, 240, 381
De Jersey Group of Companies 116–20
De Laszlo, Piers 239, 261–2
De Trafford, Raymund 360
De Vere Cole, Horace 23, 351
De Walden, Howard, 8th Lord 71–2
death duties 17–18
Deauville 231, 273, 282, 283, 285
Dedman, John 201, 203, 221
Derby House 147, 366
Deslys, Gaby 22
Devonshire, 7th Duke of 5
Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of 70
Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of 142
Dey, Tommie 22, 42
Diaz, Porfirio 144
Dickens, Aileen 155
Dodson, Sir Gerald 66, 92–3
Dolphin Square, London 248
Domesday Book 12
Dominican Republic 115
Donegall, Marquess of 86–7, 116
Donne, John 180
Donovan, Patrick 298, 301
Dorchester Hotel, 39, 189, 202, 220, 352
Downhill Castle 69, 356
Downview Prison, Surrey 330, 331
Dresden 2
Drogo de Monte Acuto 363
Drug Enforcement Agency 294–5
Duberly, Grey 152, 153, 154, 158, 164, 173, 224, 367, 368
Duberly, Hugh and Saffron 154
Dublin 12
Dugdale, Tilly 298
Dukes’ Trust, the 189–91, 208–9
Duncannon, Lord 154
Duncombe, Charles (‘Sim’) William Slingsby, 3rd Earl of Feversham 23–4
Duncombe, Colonel Harry Graham 349
Duncombe, Lady Hermione (later Duchess of Leinster) 13, 16, 18–19
Duncombe, Hubert 15–16, 18, 25, 349
Duncombe, Peter, 6th Lord Feversham 56, 349
Duncombe Park 50, 350
Dundonald, Ian (14th Earl of) 117, 128, 130, 131
Dundonald, Margaret (Countess of) 128, 357, 358
Dundonald, Winifred, Countess of 75-8, 131, 357
Dunnet, Peggy 96
Dunstable Town FC 182, 184
Dyer, John 83
Eagle, HMS 150
Eaton Square, London 139
Eccentrics Club 122, 150
Edward VI, King 140
Edward VII, King 22, 74, 138, 151, 365
Edwards, Adam 277, 281–2, 380
Edwards, Bert 45
Edwards, Dr George Alfred, Bishop of St Asaph 76, 78
Edwards, Ivor 176
Edwards, James 234
El Alamein, Battle of 48
Elcho, Hugo Charteris, Lord (later 11th Earl of Wemyss and March) 18–19
Eldred, Helen 138
Elgin 161
Elias, David 308
Embassy Club, London 263–4
Empire Film Productions 100
English Electric 118–19, 120
Erroll (of Hay), Frederick James, 1st and last Baron 118–19, 362
Erskine, David 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 98, 107
Erskine, Lady Marjorie 86, 99, 356
Erskine, Robert 73, 99, 356
Esposito, Phil 204–5, 211
Etheridge, May (Duchess of Leinster) 24–9, 33, 34, 53, 60
Eton 14, 20–1, 30, 81, 82–4, 88, 130, 244, 262, 263, 339, 350, 358
Evans, Julian Lynn 268
Everett, Rupert 276, 278, 282, 285
Ewens, Bill ‘Tiddler’ 158, 168, 179
Fabian, Inspector Robert 102–3
Faithfull, Marianne 62, 289–90
Fat Cynthia (drug dealer) 293–4
FBI 139, 206–7, 209
Felton, Elizabeth 70
Feversham, 1st Earl of 15–16
Feversham, 3rd Earl of (see Duncombe, Charles ‘Sim’)
Fielding, Daphne 23 [not 22]
Fieldsen, Barry 104
Fingall, Lady 16, 18
Finland 116–20, 361–2
First World War 29, 31–3, 77, 145
Fisher, Douglas 299
Fisher, Lady Kay 133, 251, 375
Fisher, Louisa 299
FitzGerald, Adelaide (Lady Maurice) 28–9
FitzGerald, Adrian 52, 57, 60, 340, 354
FitzGerald, Charles, 4th Duke of Leinster 17
FitzGerald, Colleen 354
FitzGerald, Brigadier Denis 95
FitzGerald, Lord Desmond 18, 19, 33, 341, 352, 384
FitzGerald, Edward, 7th Duke of Leinster
family seat 11–12
aliases 12
birth 12, 18
family background 12–13, 14–19, 363
title 12–13
appearance 13, 21, 22, 49, 55–6
children 13
interests 13
loss of Carton 13
marriages 13, 21
downwards trajectory 13–14
adolescent shooting incident 14
relationship with mother 16
paternity 18
siblings 18
and mother's death 19
upbringing in Graham household 19–20
at Eton 20–1, 350
shyness 20
drinking 21
military career 21, 22, 31–3, 352
friends 22, 23, 45, 58
rooms at the Cavendish 22–3
affairs 23
gambling 23–4, 41
first marriage 19–20, 24–9
resigns commission 25
honeymoon in Canada 26
debt 27, 34–5, 36, 39–40, 40, 44, 57
insecurity 27
monkey phase 27–8
birth of Gerald 28
goes to India 28
driving skills 29
First World War service
Desmond's bequest to 33
deal with Mallaby-Deeley 35–8, 39–40, 44, 50, 57, 61–2
succeeds to the dukedom 37
London to Aberdeen drive wager 37–8
bankruptcy 38
family influence on 39–40
third bankruptcy 40
vulnerability 41, 57
and Maundy Gregory 41–2
second marriage 19, 21–2, 39, 42–6
character 43–4, 62
return to Carton 45
third marriage 20, 46–53
attends Jo's funeral 48–9
petty theft 49–50
Second World War service 50
relationship with Yvonne Probyn 52–4
sells story to Sunday Dispatch 53–4
overdose 54
takes up marathon walking 54
fourth marriage 54–8, 57–8, 59–60
bankruptcy discharged 55
career designing children's clothes 55
takes seat in House of Lords 55, 58–9
attempted raid on Langston House 56
final years 57–60
income 354
death 11, 54, 60
funeral 11
FitzGerald, Lord Edward (1763–98) 15
FitzGerald, Lord Frederick 17, 19, 27, 31
FitzGerald, George, 16th Earl of Kildare 350
FitzGerald, Gerald, 5th Duke of Leinster 13, 16–17, 18
FitzGerald, Gerald, 8th Duke of Leinster 28–9, 56–7, 58, 60, 83, 340
FitzGerald, Lord Henry 22, 26
FitzGerald, James, 20th Earl of Kildare (later 1st Duke of Leinster) 15
FitzGerald, Leonard 355
FitzGerald, Maurice, 6th Duke of Leinster 12, 17, 18, 19, 30–1, 35, 36, 37, 60, 341
FitzGerald, Maurice, 9th Duke of Leinster 50, 340–1
FitzGerald, Paul 340–1
FitzGerald, Lady Rosemary 30, 37, 47, 57, 58, 61, 340
FitzGerald, Lord Walter 19
FitzGerald family 12–13, 14–19, 340–1, 363
claimant to the dukedom 60
Commissioners for National Education in Ireland 14
debt 17
dynastic downfall 13–14
ermine 59
family seat 11–12
income 17–18
land holdings 12, 17
sale of family assets 39–40, 369–70
sale of Kildare estates 17
stature 350
FitzStephen, Robert 12
Fitzwilliam, Eric, 9th Earl 107
Fitzwilliam, Lady Juliet (later Marchioness of Bristol) 97, 106–8, 116, 122–3, 232, 233–4, 234–5, 241, 250, 260, 261
Fitzwilliam, Obby, Countess (née Plunket) 106–7, 109, 110, 111
Fitzwilliam, Peter, 8th Earl 106–7
Fitzwilliam, Tom 10th Earl 107
Flitwick Manor Hotel 194
Foley, Tom 277–8, 278, 286, 294, 302, 306, 324, 334, 336, 385
Ford, Leo 310, 312–13
Foreign Office 117–18, 118–19
Foreman, Paul 302, 314, 324–5, 328, 334, 336
Fox, Mary (formerly Cunningham-Reid) 153, 156, 162, 173, 178, 179, 180, 185, 186–7, 193, 371
Foxtrot Oscar 308
Furnell, Raymond, The Very Rev 299, 336
Gaiety Girls, the 24, 46
Galitzin, Prince Nicholas 92, 164
Gardner, Ava 156
Garnier, Simon 300, 305, 317, 327
Gastoni, Lisa 167, 171
Geiger, Peter 115, 121, 122, 125, 127, 246, 247–8, 248–9, 250, 251, 253, 256–8, 260–1, 269, 270, 273–4, 275, 303–4, 377
George V, King 77, 375
Gilbert, Lucy Elizabeth (mother of Pauline Bolton) 254–5
Gilchrist, Tom 169
Goddard, John 206
Godmanchester 364
Goelet, Mary 365
Goldsmith, Isabel 301
Gooderham, Dawn 146, 164
Goodman, Moss 100, 101
Goodwin, William 92–3
Gordon-Lennox, Lady Emily (later Duchess of Leinster) 15
Gordonstoun 159–61, 368–9, 370
Gow, Ian 362
Graham, Cynthia (née Duncombe) 19–20, 25, 31
Graham, Sir Fergus 19, 20, 22, 37, 50
Graham, Sir Richard 19
Green, Bill 165, 166
Green, Mike 218, 223
Gregory, Fendall Littlepage 150
Griffiths, Sir Eldon 89, 90–1, 95, 96–7, 115, 122, 126, 359
Grigg, David 262
Grosvenor, Richard 51, 53
Grosvenor Hotel, London 33
Guest, Freddie 41
Guinness, Hugo 285
Guinness, Jasper 247, 268
Gwrych Castle 75–6, 77, 250, 344
Hahn, Kurt 174, 369
Halle, Imogen von 246, 247, 248, 256, 257, 258, 259–60, 260, 264, 267, 269, 271, 275–6, 297, 303–4
Halle, Tim von 246, 252, 261, 273, 276–7, 283, 289–90, 291, 304, 305, 307, 312
Hamilton, Emma 69
Hamner, Lady 69
Hampshire 34
Hanmer, Sir Thomas 69
Happola, Leo 118, 119
Harcourt, Sir William 18
Harris, Dr William 332
Harrison, Rev Gerald 322
Harrow 237–40, 243–4, 376
Hartington, Kathleen (‘Kick’; née Kennedy) 106–7, 364–5
Hastings, Selina 121–2, 123–4, 232, 233–4, 235–6, 237, 380
Haughey, Charles 373
Havers, Carol 85, 94–5, 95, 96, 107, 107–8, 122, 123, 124–5, 126, 128–9, 133, 241, 251, 271, 361
Havers, Michael (later Lord) 94, 96, 359, 361, 362
Havers, Nigel 241
Havers, Philip 241
Hays, Sheila 24
Hayter, Stephen 264, 301
Hearst, William Randolph 40
Heatherdown prep school 234, 237, 262, 376
Helmsley 24
Hempel, Anouska 320
Henderson, Peter (pseudonym) 238, 239–40, 262
Henry I, King 12
Henry II, King 12
Henry VIII, King 140, 356
Hering, George 92–3
Hertford College, Oxford 339
Hervey, Augustus 69
Hervey, Lord Augustus (1837-75) 74
Hervey, Carr 68
Hervey, Elizabeth 70
Hervey, Frederick, 1st Marquis Marquess of Bristol 70–1
Hervey, Frederick , 3rd Marquess of Bristol 79
Hervey, Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol 69–70
Hervey, Frederick William Augustus, 8th Marquess of Bristol 126, 343-4
Hervey, Frederick William Fane, 4th Marquess of Bristol 78–81, 84–5, 86, 99
Hervey, Lady Geraldine 73, 130
Hervey, Herbert, 5th Marquess of Bristol 66, 73–4, 76, 86, 91, 360
Hervey, Lady Isabella 126, 344
Hervey, John 66, 78–81
Hervey, John, 1st Earl of Bristol 70, 71
Hervey, John, 7th Marquess of Bristol
birth 105
relationship with father 121–2, 126–7, 132–3, 231, 237, 240–2, 249–53, 258, 275, 381
appearance 230, 239–40, 256, 273, 335
christening 231
upbringing 231–6
relationship with stepmother 232, 233–4, 234–5
education 84, 234, 237–40, 243, 243–4, 248–9
relationship with mother 236–7, 241, 252–3
maternal background 253–5
and VH's reputation 237–8
Ickworth lifestyle 240–2, 246, 269–70, 271–2, 326–7
friends 241–2, 246–8, 272, 281, 283–6, 306–8, 325
allowance 243, 358
discotheque 243
reckless driving 244–5, 273, 279–80, 281–2, 282–3, 296, 306
at Arbuthnot Latham 247, 248, 256
income 247–8
first London residences 248
Investment Motoring Company 256–8, 274–5
lifestyle 256–62, 303–8
twenty-first birthday inheritance 258
fascination with gadgetry 258–9
purchase of the Braemar 259–60
sexuality 260–1, 293
male lovers 260–6, 282
drinking 265–7, 273, 279, 283, 304, 323
and Nick Somerville 267–9, 271, 302, 315
drug use 267–71, 273, 281, 283–4, 290, 292–3, 293–5, 308, 309–10, 311–16, 326–7, 335, 379, 380
in Monte Carlo 276–7
in Paris 276–86, 297–8, 379–80
household 277, 278, 324–5
visit to the Bahamas 280
Christmas party at Claridge’s 283–4
death wish 284
move to New York 286
social secretary 286–7
lifestyle in America 286–95, 383
visits to Yale 287–9
investment acquisitions 290–2
fortune 292, 295
New York car crash 294
DEA investigation 294–5
learns to fly 296–7
possible wives 297–8
marriage 298–302, 304, 305–6, 308–10, 381, 382
stag weekend 300
divorce 303
imprisonment 303, 318–19
honeymoon 305
flying skill 305–6, 316–17
helicopter attack on Ickworth 229–30
becomes 7th Marquess 308
and the death of Andy Pearce 309–11
and the Paris Air Show 313–14
diagnosed grievously ill 314
‘bleeping’ 316, 326, 332
Angela Barry leaves 318
bad cheques 319–20
claims of financial brilliance 320–1
and Victor's will 321–2
declining financial situation 322, 332
disposals of property 322–3, 327–9, 332–3
sale of the Braemar 383
liver failure 323
final years 323–36
drug treatment 325, 330, 331
expenditure 326–8, 378
second jail term 329–31
Ickworth raid 330
arrest following release from second jail term 331
AIDS 332–3
departure from Ickworth 332–3
death of mother 334
death of Nicholas 335–6
death 336
funeral 336
tragedy of 336–8
final days 337–8
will 229–30, 343, 380
Hervey, Lord John (1693-1743) 68
Hervey, Lord John (1841–1902) 357
Hervey, Mariana (née Hodnett) 74
Hervey, Lord Manners 81
Hervey, Lord Nicholas 97, 229–30, 232, 234–5, 262–3, 287–9, 321–2, 331, 335–6, 384
Hervey, Sir Nicholas 356
Hervey, Lord Thomas 68, 69
Hervey, Victor, 6th Marquess of Bristol
character 68
Reptile nickname 68
family background 68–72
father 73–4
birth 74
mother and maternal background 74–7
childhood at Ickworth 73
osteomyelitis 77
education 81, 82–5, 358
destiny 81–2
lack of discipline 84–5
Spanish Civil War arms dealing 85–8
account of military career 66–7
traits 86
parties 88, 110
friends 88–9, 94–6
appearance 89
lifestyle 89, 93–7
Hyde Park Hotel case 89–90
Notoriety 90, 109-111, 237
trial 66, 91–3
staff 94
drinking 96, 122–3, 132, 362
in HMP Camp Hill 66, 97–8, 360
Second World War, contribution to 98–9
Black Book 99
Cochrane family distances selves from 99–100
Scotland Yard surveillance of 100–4
drug trafficking allegations 101
outbursts of obscenities 104–5
first marriage 67, 105–6, 253
second marriage 97, 106–8
claims Ickworth paintings 108–9
craving for acceptance 109–11
attendance at House of Lords 110
reinvention 111
refuge in the Monarchist League 111–12
business schemes 112–15, 274
treasure hunting expedition 114
Finnish arms deals 115–20, 359
Finnish locomotive deal 118–19, 120
misattribution of family paintings 120–1
relationship with John 121–2, 132–3, 231, 237, 240–2, 249–53, 258, 275, 381
and Selina Hastings 121–2, 123–4
desertion of Juliet 123
and Sanchia 124–5, 126
third marriage 125–6, 250–2, 362
Bag o’ Nails shooting incident 67
Enthusiasm for shooting (all kinds) 67
moves to London 126–7
move to Monte Carlo 127, 275
children by Yvonne 128
life in Monte Carlo 128–9
The Monarchist article 129
and John's marriage 299–300
final days 132–3
death 133, 308
‘bad blood’ theory, 68, 70, 71,
will 321–2
clubs 361
Hervey, Lady Victoria 126, 363
Hervey, Captain Lord William 68–9
Hervey family 68–72, 343–4
bad blood 68, 70, 71–2, 231, 265
family seat 72–3
hardship 73–4
mental illness 130–2
Hever Castle, Kent, break in 103–4
Hewart, Lord (Lord Chief Justice)
90
Hill, Billy 104
Hiller, Biba (later Duchess of Manchester) 217, 220–1
Hiller, Iver 217
Hinton, Marianne 297–8, 301
Hoare, Henry 130, 359
Hoban, Michael 239
Hobbs, William Cooper 34
Hodge, Rowland 6, 346
Hodge, Vicki 346, 385–6
Honours Scrutiny Committee 344
Horseferry Road, London 11
Hotel Royale, Monte Carlo 2
Houghton, Lord, Viceroy of Ireland 16
House of Lords 55, 58–9, 110, 187, 191–2, 208, 218–19, 316–17, 339–40, 372
House of Lords Act 1999 339–40
House of Lords Appointments Commission 345
Howson, Gerald 67, 87–8, 129
Hudson, Trixeena 170, 370
Hughes, Fred 285–6, 292
Huntingdonshire 141
Hurlstone, Robin 263–5, 270, 273, 278, 300, 379
Hyde Park Hotel, London 89–90
Ickworth 72–3, 78, 79–81, 93–6, 99, 108–9, 110–11, 113–14, 120–1, 126–7, 229–30, 232–3, 240–2, 246, 258, 269–70, 271–2, 275,
300, 317, 326–7, 328–9, 330, 332–3, 339, 343–4
incomes 4–5, 350
FitzGerald family 17–18
Montagu family 142
India 28
Inn on the Park 139, 192, 193, 197, 202, 203, 208, 220
Innes, Richard 113
International Club, the 100
Investment Motoring Company 256–8, 274–5
Ireland, (Robert) Paddy 252–3, 311, 312, 317, 322, 323, 325, 326, 328
Isle of Man 100, 101
Isle of Wight 77, 357
Italy 235–6
Iznaga, Consuelo (later Duchess of Manchester) 144–5, 198, 373, 375
Jackson, Michael 342, 384–5
Jagger, Mick (now Sir Mick) 290, 292
James, Dr Robert 238–9
Jensen-Eriksen, Niklas 361–2
Jersey 191, 220–1
Jersey Evening Post 318
Johnson, Samuel 72
Johnston, Stewart 237, 239, 243
Johnstown Castle, County Wexford 28–9
Joughlin, Roberta 152
Joyles, Brian 152, 165, 166, 167, 371
Jung, Bill 210–11, 212, 214
Karma (yacht) 151
Keen-Hargreaves, Jack and Harry 41
Kenilworth, John Tennant Davenport Siddeley, 3 rd Lord 237, 240, 241, 242, 264
Kennedy, Joseph P. 106, 361
Kent, Andrea (later Duchess of Manchester) 181–2, 185, 215
Kent, Duke of (1902 - 1942) 138, 153–4
Kent, Joss 182, 185, 215, 375
Kenya 157, 161–2, 179, 181–2
Kerry, A.H.G. (‘Cyrus’) 83
Kershaw, Ronnie 89
Kidd, Jemma 346
Kildare 17
Kildare, Gerald, 9th Earl of 14
Kilkea Castle 50, 61
Kimberley, Johnny 104–5, 105, 111, 132, 232
Kimbolton Castle 137–8, 141, 142, 144, 145–6, 147, 154, 156–7, 163–4, 180–1, 218
Kimbolton Local History Society 208
Kirch, David 191
Kirkdale 43
Knatchbull, John 7
Knight, John 80, 122, 125, 243, 246, 302, 337, 344
Kostanda, Alick 103–4
Kylsant, Lord 91
La Moye Prison 303, 318
Labour peers 344–5
Ladde, William 140
Lainson, Arthur 85, 125–6
Lainson, Diana 85, 111, 126
Lake Tahoe 299
Lambton, George 236–7, 252, 267, 337, 343
Lambton, Teddy 106, 236, 252, 361
Lambton, Tony 273
Lammetmaa, General Paavo 117, 119–20
Land Acts 5, 17, 144, 145
land ownership 4–5
Lane-Smith, Roger 245, 251, 259, 270, 275, 277, 290–1, 298, 304, 309, 312, 317, 320, 322, 335, 383
Langlands Pearse, Dominic 317, 323, 328
Langston House 50, 56–7, 61
Las Vegas 172, 186
Le Poer Trench, Derek 106, 130, 231, 360–1
Leaf, John 239
Leatham, Quintin 315, 382–3
Leeds, Duke and Duchess of 51
Legal and General Assurance Company 40
Legends (nightclub), London 264
Legge, Vernon 218
Leinster, Dukes of 12
Leinster, Anne, Duchess of 56, 57
Leinster, Jo (initially ‘Jessie’, later ‘Denise’), Duchess of Leinster 46–53, 55
Leinster, Kingdom of 12
Leroux, Ariane 241, 297
Leroux, Leroux Smith 95–6
Leroux, Lois 235–6
Les Ambassadeurs, London 172, 176
Lewis, Rosa 22–3, 34, 351
Lickfold, John 175–6, 194, 217, 223
Lillingston, Charles 238, 239, 376
Link International 204–7, 209, 211
Lister, Moira 67, 355
Little Horringer Hall 333–4, 335, 336, 337–8
Llewellyn, Rhidian 237
Loch Fyne, HMS 148, 149, 152, 166–7
Logan, Mildred 42–3
London
Battersea 55
Battersea Heliport 313, 316
Belgravia 25, 27, 52, 55, 92, 112, 127, 231, 247, 290, 303, 314, 315
Bethnal Green 203-4, 255, 378
Chelsea 48, 54, 104, 189, 199, 247, 264, 270, 308, 312, 325, 335, 354, 370, 378
Clapham 254, 255
Fulham 385
Hackney 255
Kennington 255
Leyton 255, 351
Notting Hill 328
Pimlico 11, 40, 131, 248
Shepherd Market 173, 174, 193, 202, 217
South Kensington 248, 313, 326, 387
Streatham 13, 26, 27, 186
London University 254
Longstone, Derbyshire 254
Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of 3–4
Lonsdale, John 86-7, 91
Lousada, Charles 148, 164
Lowndes, Carmel 375
Lowndes, Jeremy 231
Lowther Castle 4
Luton, 182, 253
Lyle, Sir Gavin 29, 32, 352
Lyle, Ian 47–8
Lynch, Katie 342
Lyndhurst, Jersey 51
Lyttelton, Oliver (later Lord Chandos) 21
Macalister, Edward 224–5
McAlpine, Hamish 271–2
McClelland, James 143
McClure, Mary 170–3
McClure, Walter 171
McComish, Roy 159, 369
Macdonald, Sir Peter 76–7, 97, 117, 120, 232
Mace, Jem 3–4
Mackinnon, Louisa 75
McLeary, Diana 186
MacMurrogh, Dermot King of Leinster 12
McNally, Paddy 308
MacRae, Lady Phyllis 86, 113, 241
Mallaby-Deeley, Sir (Antony) Meyrick 37, 62
Mallaby-Deeley, Sir Harry 35–8, 39–40, 44, 50, 57, 61–2, 353
Mallaghan, Conor 340–1
Malta 58
Manchester 254
Manchester Papers, the 180
Mancroft, Benjamin (3rd Lord) 272, 301
Mandelson, Peter 345
Maniquis, David 206–7
Marbella 94, 233, 251, 259–60
Margarita, Queen of Bulgaria 95
Marsden, H. K. 83
Marsh, Gilbert 22, 42
Marsh, Norman ‘Knockie' 154–5, 368
Mary, Queen 140
Maundy Gregory, Arthur John 41–2, 353
Maurice, Frank Powys 163
Mavroleon, Carlos 314–15
Maxwell, Robert 341, 384
Mayes, John 158
Mehta, Durgesh 205, 206, 209, 210, 374
Melander, Major-General Lars 117
Melly, George 301
Menton 19
Menzies, Pat 280
Merivale Austin, Major B. G. 117
Meux, Mildred 365
Mexico 152
Milan 69–70
Milford Haven, David, Marquess of 122–3
Milford Haven, George, Marquess of 311
Milford Haven, Janet, Marchioness of 122–3, 376
Milton Abbey 91
Mingay, John 138, 223
Monarchist, The 129
Monarchist League, the 95, 110, 111–12, 124, 129, 263
Montagu, Alexander, (‘Mandy’), 10th Duke of Manchester 146, 149–50, 152, 153–6, 156–7, 161–4, 169–70, 172–3, 175, 178–81,
366–7, 368, 369–70, 371
Montagu, Alexander, 13th Duke of Manchester 341–3
Montagu, Angus Charles Drogo, 12th Duke of Manchester
family seat 137, 141
appearance 138, 159, 185
birth 138
ducal status 139
character 139–40
family background 140–6, 363
childhood 149–50
reinvention of childhood 147–9
father 149–50
mother 152
relationship with father 152, 178–81
relationship with mother 155–6
education 157–61
possible Attention Deficit Disorder 158
undiagnosed dyslexia 158
fastidiousness 159–60
attitude to loans 160–1
life in Kenya 161–2
sells inheritances 164
military career 148–9, 165–7
attitude to women 167–70
and Trixeena Hudson 170
first marriage 170, 170–3
income 171, 188, 199–201, 209, 217–18
gambling 171–2, 186, 370
drinking 173–4, 219–20
lack of qualifications 174
hunger for companionship 174–5
mother's death 175
and John Lickfold 175–6
associates 175–8, 193
export business 177
father's death 178
trial 178, 184, 185, 186–7, 188, 197
association with the Cheesemans 182–4, 186–7, 191, 192, 201–7
drug use 373
succeeds to the dukedom 184, 185, 187
second marriage 168–9, 176, 185–6
attendance at House of Lords 187, 191–2, 218–19, 372
self-veneration 187
debt 188, 197, 216, 223
domestic arrangements 188
spending 139, 188–9, 197–8, 200–1
Dukes’ Trust tour 189–91
loneliness 193–4
third marriage 148, 169, 194–7
attempts to sell family jewels 198–9
health 199
business schemes 200–1
visit to America with the Cheesemans 201–2
Tampa Bay Lightning deal 204–6, 209, 213
FBI surveillance 207, 209
maiden speech in the House of Lords 208
winds up Dukes' Trust 208–9
American trial 197, 209–11
American imprisonment 211–17
courage 214
third marriage breaks down 216–17
final years 217–22
effect of American imprisonment on 219–20
fourth marriage 169, 217, 220–1
death 137–8, 222
funeral 222–3
Manchester, Louise, Duchess of 148–9, 150–1, 169, 172, 194–7, 210, 212–13, 216–17, 222, 223, 367
Montagu, Charles, 1st Duke of Manchester 141, 364
Montagu, Lord Charles 142, 145, 146, 147, 224
Montagu, Sir Edward (I) (c1487-1556/7) 140
Montagu, Sir Edward (II) (dates unknown) 140
Montagu, Edward, 2nd Earl of Manchester 141
Montagu, Lord Edward 151–2, 367
Montagu, George, 4th Duke of Manchester 364
Montagu, George, 6th Duke of Manchester 142
Montagu, George, 8th Duke of Manchester 142–3
Montagu, Henry, 1st Earl of Manchester 140–1
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich 141
Montagu, Laura Ann (née Smith) 342–3
Montagu, Marion 341
Montagu, Lady Mary 150, 152
Montagu (formerly Ladde), Richard 140
Montagu, Roderick 372
Montagu, Sidney, 11th Duke of Manchester (‘Kim’) 156, 178–82, 184–5, 187–8, 215, 368
Montagu, William, 5th Duke of Manchester 141–2
Montagu, William, 7th Duke of Manchester 144–5
Montagu, William Angus Drogo, 9th Duke of Manchester (‘Kim’) 143–6, 149, 198, 365–6
Montagu family 140–6, 341–3, 363
alleged genetic instability 224
income 142
sells art collection 162–3
Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord 38, 151, 156, 165, 172, 180, 184, 187, 189
Montagu of Boughton, Lord 363–4
Monte Carlo 127, 128–9, 275, 276–7
Montgomery, Tessa, 94, 105, 356
Montrose, James Graham, 7th Duke of 162, 369
Moore, Dr Barbara 54
Morato, Joaquin 88
More O’Ferrall, Edward 58
mortgages 5
Mullin, Frances ‘Frin’ 294–5
Murchison, Clint Jnr 291, 292
Murchison, John 291
My Candid Recollections (Montagu, 9th Duke) 143
National Trust 4, 108–9, 300, 317, 328–9, 339
Naval & Military Club (the ‘In & Out’), 375
Neck, Rafaelle van (later Duchess of Leinster) 39, 41, 43–6, 47, 53, 53–4, 57, 60–1
Neidpath, Lord 379
Netherby, Cumberland 19, 50
Neuchâtel University 248–9
Nevill, Christopher, subsequently 6th Marquess of Abergavenny 243, 247, 283
New York 21, 144, 191, 201–2, 261, 277, 286, 286–7, 289–90, 292–5, 383
New Yorker 292–3
Newcastle 150
Newman, Paul 209
News of the World 55, 310, 328–9
Nimmo, Amanda 281
Nimmons, Judge Ralph W., Jnr. 212
Norfolk, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of 3
Norfolk House 4
Norman, Jeremy 263–4
Nutting, William 38
O’Donnell, Shelagh 232
Ogilvie, William 15
Onassis, Christina 286, 292, 297
O’Neill, Brian 355, 358
O’Neill, Sir Con 116, 118–19
O’Neil of the Maine, Terence (later Lord) 358
Osborne, Mark Lee 206–7
Oxford University, 41, 106, 107, 121, 254, 268-9, 272, 339, 353, 369
Owen, John, QC 186
P&O 173–4, 190
Paget, Charles Henry Alexander, 6th Marquess of Anglesey 4
Paget, Henry Cyril, 5th Marquess of Anglesey 1, 2, 3
Paris 27, 53, 276–86, 297–8, 379
Paris Air Show 313–14
Parker Bowles, Ann 360
Pearce, Andy 296–7, 307–8, 309–11, 382
peers, numbers of 6
Pembroke Castle 12
Pengelly, Bertie 166
Peryer, Roger 187, 188
Peters, Randall Smith 213
Petersburg, Virginia, Federal Correctional Institution 212–14, 219–20
Philipps, Owen Crosby, 1st and last Lord Kylsant 359
Piggot, Brian 123
Plas Newydd 2, 4
Plimsaul, Diane (later Duchess of Manchester) 168–9, 176, 185–6
plutocrats, rise of the new 5–6
Pollitzer, Nigel 308
Pollock, Donald 30–1, 37
Pope, Alexander 68–9
Pope, Jack 221–2
Porto Ercole 309–11, 315, 319
Portsmouth 65
Portsmouth, Bridget, Countess of 161
Pott, Simon 270, 312, 323, 325, 327, 330–1, 332, 335
Potter, Pam 80, 81
Powell, Sir Richard 119
Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh 345
Priory, Roehampton 131
Private Eye 83
Probyn, General Sir Dighton 353–4
Probyn, Colonel Percy 354
Probyn, Yvonne 52–4, 57, 60
Pulteney, William 68–9
Quaglino’s 169, 170
Raistrick, Brian 337, 337–8
Rambler, The 70
Ramsbotham, Sir Peter 59–60
Rathcavan, 3rd Lord 99–100
Rawlinson, Maria (née Garton) 233, 237, 241, 249, 251, 297, 376
Recchi, Enrico 309, 323
Remnant, Giles 161
Renard, Suzanne Leonide 224
Renwick, George 263
Retreat, York 130–1
Ritz Hotel 52-3, 155, 169, 170
Robey, Louise (Countess of Burford) 339
Robinson, Dr John Martin 261
Robinson, Sir Joseph 6
Robinson, Peter (‘Marilyn’) 313
Rockingham, the 288–9
Rocksavage, David
SEE CHOLMONDELEY, David, Marquess of
Rogers, Fergus 159, 160, 161, 172, 174, 176, 220, 370
Rome 296–7
Ros, Edmundo 173
Rossdale, Catherine 232, 270
Rosslyn, James Francis Harry St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of 2–3
Rosslyn, Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of 385
Rowley, George 131
Rowley, John 130–2, 322
Rowley, Lady Marjorie 130, 131–2
Rowley, Owsley 130, 131, 357
Rowley, Peter 130, 131
Roy, Duncan 284–5
Royal Army Medical Corps 156
Royal Marines 148, 165–7, 195
Royal Princess (cruise ship) 190
Ruane, Jonny 241, 243, 251, 267–8, 323, 376
Rush, Bob 304–5, 385
St Albans, Duke and Duchess of 208
St Aldwyn, Michael Hicks-Beach, 2nd Earl 45, 58
St Aldwyn, Michael Hicks-Beach, 3rd Earl 58
Sainty, Guy 81–2, 85, 94, 108–9, 110, 249, 261, 299, 322
Sainz, Agustin 88
San Simeon 340–1
Sanchia 124, 126, 240, 250, 377
Sandhurst 85, 88
Sassoon, Adrian 304
Savoy Chapel, London 21–2
Sclater Booth, George 368
Sclater Booth, Jean 164, 368
Sclater Booth, Neil (5th Lord Basing) 157–8, 167, 168
Scotland Yard 100–4, 139
Second World War 47–8, 50, 65–6, 98–9, 130, 146, 151, 157
Battle of El Alamein 48
Narvik campaign 67, 355
Selby-Lowndes, William 5
servants 44, 359
Seton, Diana 105, 360
Sewell, Brian 96
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of 1–2
Shaftesbury Theatre, London 24
Shaughnessy, Alfred ‘Freddy’ 83, 358
Sheerin, Bobby and Maggie 190, 372
Shinwell, Ernest 345–6
Shinwell, Manny (later Lord ) 107, 345, 361
Shoebridge, Edith Maude 40
Shorto, Roberto 309
Shotley 114–15
Siddeley, Randle (4th Lord Kenilworth) 237, 240–1, 241, 243, 251, 258, 262–3, 267–8, 297, 336–7
Simeon, King of Bulgaria 95
Singapore 149
Slater, Sam 83
Sliema, Malta 13
Smith, Bruce 329–30
Somerset, Lord Edward (‘Ed’) 307
Somerville, Arthur 379
Somerville, Nick 267–9, 271, 276, 278, 302, 315, 320, 334, 336–7
Somerville, Tessa 334
Southampton 65
South Ockendon 222
Spanish Civil War 67, 85–8
Spot, Jack 104
Stafford, Berkeley 109
Stafford, Betty 109–10, 231
Stanway, Gloucestershire 19
Staughton Manor 154
Stead, David 157–8, 164
Stead, Nell 152, 153–6, 161–2, 163–4, 171, 175, 368
Stoke D’Abernon 50
Stowe 131
Streatham 13
Stringfellow, Peter 193
Suez crisis 148
Sunday Dispatch 40, 53, 62
Susan, Queen 378
Sutherland, 5th Duke of 349
Sutherland, George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of 349
Sutton, Tony 377
Sutton, Yvonne 125–6, 128, 250–2, 276, 321, 322, 336, 362, 377, 381
Suvla Bay, Turkey 32
Swedish Church, Marylebone, London 217
Sykes, ‘Pickford’ 301, 325, 381
Tahany, Lady Caroline (née Cadogan) 21, 48–50, 53, 54, 62, 350, 354
Tampa Bay Lightning 204–6, 209, 212, 213
Tampa Tribune 204, 205
Tandragee 144, 145, 153, 164, 180
Taylor, Matthew 268
Taylor, Sebastian 268, 319
tenants 4–5, 5
Tessier, Carl 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211
Thackray, Neil 320, 321, 325
Thatcher, Mark 376
Thomas, Patrick, murder of 207–8
The Times 56, 91, 113–14, 132, 143
titles, sale of 6, 41
Tower of London 352
Townsley, Barry 344–5, 363
Trearddur House prep school 159
United States of America 59, 151, 201–2
Vanderbilt, Consuelo 144
Vanderbilt, William K. 144
Vaughan, Crispin 285, 327, 328
Vaughan, Paul 173–4, 189–90, 192, 193, 194–6, 198, 200–1, 208, 209–10, 212, 216, 219, 223, 369
Verschoyle-Campbell, Dermot 279, 282, 285
Versolato, Beatrice 318, 383
Vicory, Steven 210
Voltaire 68, 72
Waite, Alma 146
Walpole, Catherine 68
Walpole, Horace 72
Walrond, Bill 336
Walter, Michael 91–2
Warhol, Andy 285–6, 289, 292
Warner, Jack L. 51, 76
Warren, Allan 159, 184, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193
Watson, Tommy (pseudonym) 238, 240, 244, 337
Watson of Invergowrie, Lord 345
Waugh, Evelyn 58
Waycaster, Carol 213, 214
Waycaster, Nick 213
Welton, Olga 158
Wentworth House 359–60
Wessel, Theodore ‘Tito’ 46
West, Anna 217
West Riding Regiment 32
Westminster Hospital, London 11, 60
Wharncliffe, Earl of 78–81
Whitby, James 312, 314, 315, 315–16, 321, 325, 326, 328, 331, 332, 334, 336, 382, 384
White’s club, 176
Whitear, Michael 177, 182, 200, 204, 205–6, 209, 210, 374
Whiteman, David 157
Williams, Esther 171, 370
Williams, Tom 221–2, 222
Williamson, Sir Archibald 6
Wilmot, Catherine 70
Winchester 353
Windsor 168
Windsor, Duke of 51, 51–2, 263
Windsor, Duchess of 43, 51–2
Winn, Minnie 253, 261, 298, 301, 301–2, 307–8
Woburn 52
Wodehouse, Edward 232–3
Wodehouse, Henry 232, 260–1, 265–6
Wodehouse, Thomas 359
Wong, Willie 176
Wood, Angela 159, 209, 372–3
Wood, Pat 372–3
Woodward, Joanne 209
World in Action (TV programme) 55–6, 58
Wormwood Scrubs 143, 150, 151, 198
Wornditch Hall 372–3
Wright, Glyn 45
Wyndham, Harry 234, 376
Wythes, George 358
Wythes, Theodora 78–9, 84, 86, 99
Yale 287–9
Yarde-Buller, John, 3rd Lord Churston 46
Young, Charlie 325
Zetland, Lady 16
Zilkha, Cristina 285
Zimmerman, Eugene 145, 365–6, 367
Zimmerman, Helena (later Duchess of Manchester, ultimately Countess of Kintore) 145, 161, 169
Zulueta, Peter de 94