An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo (61 page)

63
. Profumo,
House Down
, pp. 189–90.

Ten: Show Trials

1
.Morgan,
Crossman Backbench Diaries
, pp. 999–1000.

2
. Patrick O’Donovan, ‘The price of being caught’,
Observer
, 16 June 1963, p. 11.

3
. Louis Blom-Cooper, ‘Prostitution: a Socio-Legal Comment on the Case of Dr Ward’,
British Journal of Sociology
, 15 (March 1964), p. 65.

4
. ‘Tory rank and file angry’, and ‘Sex and Politics’,
Observer
, 9 June 1963, pp. 1, 10.

5
. Harold Macmillan to Martin Redmayne, dictated 8 June and sent 9 June 1963, NA PREM 11/4369.

6
. Lord Caldecote to R.A. Butler, 12 June 1963, Butler G46.

7
. Irving,
Scandal 63
, p. 154.

8
. ‘Constituents stay loyal to “perfect MP”’,
Banbury Guardian
, 13 June 1963, p. 4.

9
. ‘The Profumo Affair’,
Banbury Guardian
, 13 June 1964, p. 5.

10
. Andrew Roth, ‘John Cordle, Tory MP who preached Christian morality’,
Guardian
, 25 November 2004; John Barnes, ‘John Cordle, Moralistic Conservative MP’,
Independent
, 9 December 2004.

11
. ‘Tory MP Hits
at Chief Whip’,
Observer
, 9 June 1963, p. 1; ‘Tory MP Hits Out at Chief Whip’,
Banbury Guardian
, 14 June 1963, p. 4.

12
. Cassandra, ‘Bell and Bathing Costume’,
Daily Mirror
, 2 July 1963, p. 6; Maurice Richardson, ‘Lord Hailsham hits his wicket’,
Observer
, 16 June 1963, p. 25.

13
. Reginald Paget, House of Commons debates, 17 June 1963, 679, col 151; Donald Zec,
Some Enchanted Egos
(1972), pp. 190, 197.

14
. ‘After Mr Profumo’,
Economist
, 8 June 1963, p. 994; Kilmuir,
Political Adventure
, p. 278.

15
. Morgan,
Crossman Backbench Diaries
, pp. 1041–42.

16
. ‘The Prime Minister’s Crisis’,
Economist
, 15 June 1963, p. 1115; Pendennis, ‘The enemies of Macmillan’,
Observer
, 16 June 1963, p. 8.

17
. Anthony Howard and Richard West,
The Making of the Prime Minister
(1965), p. 49.

18
. Harold Wilson, House of Commons, 17 June 1963, 679, cols 34, 38, 39, 41, 42, 53–4.

19
. Harold Macmillan, House of Commons debates, 17 June 1963, 679, cols 54, 65.

20
. Nigel Birch, House of Commons debates, 17 June 1963, 679, col 97; Berkeley,
Crossing the Floor
, p. 85. Sir Julian Critchley,
Palace of Varieties
(1989), p. 87.

21
. Cooper,
Clouds of Forgetting
, pp. 309–10.

22
. Anthony Sampson, ‘Morality in Government’,
Punch
, 28 August 1963, p. 296.

23
. Stanford,
Bronwen Astor
, p. 246; Nicholas Mosley,
Meeting Place
(1962), p. 179.

24
. Ludovic Kennedy,
The Trial of Stephen Ward
(1964), p. 19; Tom Utley, ‘If the Christine Keeler Scandal Happened Today, She Wouldn’t Be in Disgrace – She’d Be on “I’m a Celebrity”’,
Daily Mail
, 29 October 2010.

25
. Howard and West,
Making of Prime Minister
, pp. 51–2.

26
. Sir Osbert Lancaster,
Mixed Notices
(1963), p. 64;
Economist
, ‘The Succession’, 22 June 1963, p. 1236.

27
. ‘Who Runs This Country Anyhow?’,
Sunday Mirror
, 23 June 1963, pp. 1–2; Harrison,
Seeking a Role
, p. 194; Tony Benn,
Out of the Wilderness
(1987), p. 183.

28
. Malcolm Muggeridge, ‘The Slow, Sure Death of the Upper Classes’,
Sunday Mirror
, 23 June 1963, p. 7.

29
. Richard Crossman, ‘The Peril of the Whitehall Mandarins’,
Sunday Mirror
, 23 June 1963, p. 8.

30
. James Cameron, ‘Why the World is Mocking Britain’,
Sunday Mirror
, 23 June 1963, p. 9.

31
. Tim Bligh, Note for the Record on meeting on 11 July 1963, NA PREM 11/4371.

32
. ‘Security Inquiry May Set Wider Powers’,
The Times
, 22 June 1963, p. 8a; Lord Denning, House of Lords debates, 4 December 1957, 206, cols 806–11.

33
. ‘Three Ministers Named in Judge’s Purge’,
The People
, 7 July 1963, p. 1.

34
. Knightley and Kennedy,
Affair of State
, p. 209.

35
. Sybille Bedford, ‘The Worst We Can Do: A Concise Account of the Trial of Dr Stephen Ward’, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, folios 5–6.

36
. Faramerz Dabhoiwala,
The Origins of Sex
(2012), pp. 356–57.

37
. Iain Crawford,
The Profumo Affair
(1963), pp. 112–13.

38
. Knightley and Kennedy,
Affair of State
, pp. xi–xii.

39
. Collis,
Diaries
, p. 162.

40
. Collis,
Journey Up
, p. 198.

41
. ‘Danger: The Old Pals’ Act’,
Daily Mirror
editorial, 3 July 1963, p. 2; Lord Normanbrook to Harold Macmillan, 6 July 1963, NA PREM 11/4371.

42
. Green,
Rachman
, pp. 214–17; ‘The Life and Times of Peter Rachman’,
Sunday Times
, 7 July 1963, p. 5; ‘The Technique of Rachmanism’,
Sunday Times
, 21 July 1963, p. 5; ‘How the Housing Racket Works’, and ‘The Lessons of Rachman’,
Observer
, 21 July 1963, pp. 5, 8; ‘A landlord unable to live at peace – with himself’,
Guardian
, 10 August 1963, p. 2.

43
. Green,
Rachman
, p. 215; Chief Inspector George Taylor, CID, report of 25 July 1963, and Sir Charles Cunningham to Sir Joseph Simpson, 16 July 1963, both NA MEPO 2/9999.

44
. Kennedy,
Trial,
p. 87.

45
. Kennedy,
Trial
, pp. 24, 68, 153.

46
. Rebecca West, ‘Who is to Blame for Dr Ward?’,
Sunday Telegraph
, 4 August 1963, p. 10.

47
. A. J. Ayer, ‘Morality 1963’,
Punch
, 31 July 1963, p. 147.

48
. Kennedy,
Trial
, p. 51.

49
. Knightley and Kennedy,
Affair of State
, p. 216.

50
. Knightley and Kennedy,
Affair of State,
p. 245.

51
. Cassandra, ‘The Seal of Tragedy’,
Daily Mirror,
1 August 1963, p. 6.

52
.
World,
4 August 1963, pp. 6–7.

53
. ‘Ward Died As He Promised, “I Won’t Let Them Get Me”’,
The
People
, 4 August 1963, p. 1.

54
. Hugh Leggatt, ‘Stephen Ward’,
Daily Telegraph
, 16 October 1969; Cooper,
Cloud of Forgetting
, p. 308.

55
. ‘At the Silent House of Astor’,
Daily Express
, 3 August 1963, p. 6; John Gordon, ‘Current Events’,
Sunday Express
, 4 August 1963, p. 12.

56
. Wayland Kennet,
The Profumo Affair
(1963), p. 111; Harold Macmillan to Tim Bligh, 6 August 1963, NA PREM 11/4371.

Eleven: Safety Curtain

1
.Egremont,
Wyndham and Children
, p. 187; Cooper,
Cloud of Forgetting
, p. 310; Morgan,
Crossman Backbench Diaries
, p. 997; Benn,
Out of the Wilderness
, p. 30.

2
. Hailsham,
Sparrow’s Flight
, p. 332; Catterall,
Macmillan Diaries
,
II
, pp. 575, 583; Timothy Bligh to Lord Poole, 2 August 1963, NA PREM 11/4371; Lamb,
Macmillan Years
, p. 480.

3
. Radcliffe report, paragraph 84; Denning report, paragraph 231.

4
. Howard and West,
Making of Prime Minister
, p. 59; Tim Bligh, Note for the Record, 4 July 1963, NA PREM 11/4371.

5
. Denning report, paragraph 58; Annan,
Our Age
, p. 137; ‘Model in shots case’,
News of the World
, 3 February 1963, NA PREM 11/4368.

6
. Denning report, paragraphs 11, 16; Andrews,
Defence of the Realm
, p. 499.

7
. Knightley and Kennedy,
Affair of State
, p. 251; ‘Denning Suggests Libel Law Changes’,
The Times
, 4 June 1987, p. 3e; Lord Denning, ‘Ward case and libelling the dead’,
The Times
, 3 June 1987, p. 13d.