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Authors: Michael Holroyd

Augustus John to
7
,
255
,
504
,
558
,
570
,
579
,
594

Ethel Nettleship to
274

John, Clara (AJ’s aunt)
8
,
11–12

John, David (AJ’s and Ida’s first son): birth and choice of name
112–13
; and Ida
113–14
,
116
,
117
; AJ’s reactions to
114
; ‘difficile’
141–2
; ‘much entertained’ by new baby
167
; relationship with AJ
195
,
535
; cuts his and Caspar’s hair
196
; boisterous in father’s absence
196
,
197
; ‘very silly’ at Ste-Honorine
216
; at school
226
,
231
; with Nettleships in London
238
; with AJ in Equihen
247
; back in London
252
; returns to AJ and Dorelia
273–4
; at Villa Ste-Anne
318–19
; under Mrs Nettleship’s sway
356
; at Alderney
370
; and school life
385
,
386–7
,
536
,
538
; careers
xx
,
538
; Henry envies
541
; marriage
460
,
537
,
594
; at AJ’s deathbed
599
; author visits
xx
; mentioned
126
,
191
,
315
,
539

Augustus John to
540
,
583

John, Edwin (AJ’s and Ida’s fourth son): Ida tries to ‘dislodge’
191
; ‘another beastly boy’
193
,
194
,
195
,
197
; ‘very ugly’
216
; remains with AJ and Dorelia after Ida’s death
238
,
241
; catches ophthalmia
252
; AJ feels he is too much for Dorelia
271
; remains with AJ and Dorelia permanently
273
,
274
; relationship with AJ
535
; education
536
; accidentally falls into boxing
539–40
,
570
; takes up painting
571
; as Gwen John’s heir and executor
570
,
571
,
572
; distressing relationship with AJ
571–3
; helps Mary Taubman with her researches
xx–xxi
,
xxii
; presents National Museum of Wales with Gwen John’s work
xxv
; death
xxvii
; mentioned
315
,
500

Augustus John to
xxx
,
477
,
557
,
559
,
574

Dorelia McNeill to
476–7

John, Edwin William (AJ’s father): birth
8
; education
8
; becomes solicitor
9
; marriage
10
; and life in Haverfordwest
3–4
; in Tenby for AJ’s birth
3
; walks with children
4–5
; formidable respectability
6
,
7
; moves to Tenby
11–12
; regime and relationship with children
12–13
,
14
,
24
; as one of Tenby’s most bizarre characters
18
; canes AJ
19–20
; ambitions and matrimonial skirmishes
23–4
,
357
; relationship with AJ
21
,
23
,
25–6
,
347
, and with Gwen
25
,
28
,
160
; consents to AJ going to the Slade
30–1
; AJ distances himself from
44
; moves house
55
; opposes Gwen’s plan to go to France
70
; visits Gwen in France
73
; turns up at Matching Green
162–3
; disapproves of AJ’s clothes
212–13
; model of patience
380–1
; AJ convalesces with
443
; outraged at Edwin taking up boxing
540
; and AJ’s election to RA
475–6
; miraculous recoveries
550
; death
554
; mentioned
42
,
105
,
126
,
224
,
404
,
494
,
553

John, Elizabeth Ann (Poppet) (AJ’s and Dorelia’s first daughter)
see
Pol, Poppet

John, Emma (AJ’s aunt)
11

John, Frederick (AJ’s uncle)
11

John, Gwen (AJ’s sister): childhood
12
,
13
,
14
; arguments with AJ
15
; education
18–19
; attitude to father
23
,
24
,
25
; self neglect worries AJ
25
; and solitude as way of life
25
,
27
,
48
,
134
,
331
; invites ‘models’ home
28
; suffers because of AJ
28–9
,
161
; giggles with Winifred
40
; appearance and personality
46
; joins AJ in London
47–8
; dramatic involvements
48–9
; AJ’s admiration for
49
; joins Ida and Gwen Salmond in Paris
70–1
; smuggled into Académie Carmen
71–2
; learns from Whistler
72
; shows ‘sense of tone’
72
; cannot accept money from father
73
; painting and posing
73–4
; listless at Swanage
74
; relationship with McEvoy
87
,
88
,
115
,
116
; at AJ’s wedding
89
; and NEAC exhibitions
93
,
94–5
,
137–8
; difficulties in relationship with AJ
95
; at ease with Ida
115
; friendship with Dorelia
127
,
128
; walk to ‘Rome’
134–7
; cats and kittens
138
,
141
,
142
,
217
,
225
; in Toulouse
142
,
146
; in Paris
147–8
,
149
,
150
; ‘attracted to the wrong people’
149
; and Dorelia’s affair with Leonard
151–9
,
160
; relationship with Rodin
159–62
,
196
,
217
,
223
,
436–7
; visits Matching Green
163
; dislikes Rothensteins
172
; sees John
ménage
in Paris
196
,
202
; joins them at Ste-Honorine for sake of cat
217
,
218
; looks for new studio in Paris
222–3
; with Johns at Christmas
224
; Ida praises as ‘1st rate’
225
; and Ida’s death
235
; AJ praises her paintings
258
,
342–3
; and outbreak of war
401
,
403–4
,
426
; moves to Meudon
437
,
438
; AJ visits
436–7
; agitated by AJ’s concern
438
; visits Symonses
550–1
; exhibits at Knewstub’s gallery
480
,
552
; her paintings at Fryern
499
; and Yew Tree Cottage
551
,
552
,
553
,
555–6
; emotional affinity with AJ
551–2
; comes to Fryern
552–3
; gives up painting
553
; death
556
; AJ studies her papers
557
; Edwin as her executor
570–1
,
572
; AJ proposes publishing memoir
572
,
573
; Mary Taubman’s researches
xx-xxi
; established as Welsh artist by National Museum of Wales
xxv
; centenary exhibition
xxv
; archive at National Library of Wales
xxvii
; mentioned
xxx
,
41
,
42
,
69
,
70
,
77
,
81
,
82
,
85
,
341

‘La Chambre sur la Cour’
258

‘Chloë Boughton-Leigh’
258

‘Dorelia by Lamplight at Toulouse’
601

‘L’Étudiante’
138

‘Self-Portrait in a Red Blouse’
49

Tom Burns to
543

Jeanne Foster to
492

Augustus John to
95
,
139
,
142
,
144
,
146
,
148
,
150
,
160
,
162–3
,
298
,
390
,
404
,
416
,
437–8
,
474
,
475
,
496
,
541
,
554–5

Ida John to
124
,
134
,
136
,
142
,
144
,
147
,
151–2
,
163
,
164
,
167

Thornton John to
405

Leonard to
xxx–xxxi
,
155–6

Dorelia McNeill to
154

William Rolhenstein to
172

Arthur Symons to
294

John, Henry Edwin (AJ’s and Ida’s fifth son): birth
229
,
230
; cries all night
231–2
; in France with AJ and Dorelia
238
,
241
; brought up by Nettleships
273
,
274
,
275
,
325
,
540
; at school
540
,
541
; dream holidays with Johns
540–1
; has ‘a shot at being a Jesuit’
541–5
; cannot look ‘directly at any female’
545–6
; seeks ‘big fresh start’ with Olivia Plunket-Greene
546
; vanishes in Cornwall
547
; AJ’s reaction to his death
547–8
; mentioned
xxx

Augustus John to
539
,
543–4

Edwin John to
570

John, Ida (
née
Nettleship) (AJ’s wife): kissed by Browning
61
; at Slade
50
,
61
; and
Jungle Book
characters
61–2
; engaged to Clement Salaman
62–3
; in Florence
63–4
; becomes involved with AJ
64–5
,
66
,
67
,
69
; paints in Paris
70
,
71
,
72
,
73–4
; depicted in Orpen’s ‘
Hamlet’
51
,
77–8
; strained relationship with AJ
82
; together again
88–9
; marriage
89–90
; gets measles and returns to Wigmore St
96
; with AJ in Liverpool
97
,
98
; becomes friends with Mary Dowdall (‘Rani’)
98
,
99
; first pregnancy
105–6
,
110
; AJ paints
108
; has nightmares
111
,
112
; and birth of their son
112
,
113–14
; in need of sympathetic companionship
115
; Gwen John at ease with
115
; returns with AJ to London
116
; physical and character changes since marriage
117
; and father’s death
117–18
; second pregnancy
118–19
; and Caspar’s birth
123
; provoked by Esther Cerutti
125
; first mention of Dorelia
127
;
ménage-a-trois
129–30
; tries to deflect Alice Rothenstein
131–2
; confides in the Rani
132–3
; house hunting
134
; envious of Gwen’s escapade with Dorelia
136
; and move to Matching Green
138
; wish to ‘create something’
140
; reprimanded by Alice Rothenstein
140–1
; and life at Elm House
141–4
; and Dorelia’s absence in France
144
,
146
,
147
,
149
; beats baby to sleep
149
; pregnant again
151
; longs for Dorelia’s return
151
,
152
,
157–8
; loses power of sitting
152
; welcomes AJ and Dorelia
162
,
163
; and birth of third son
166–8
; receives unwanted advice from Rothensteins
168–70
; Dorelia’s pregnancy, jealousy and quarrels
174–82
; and birth of Dorelia’s son
182
,
183
; a.happy summer on Dartmoor
183–5
; with Dorelia at Matching Green
185–6
; Paris scheme and reaction of family
186–91
; disenchanted with babies
191
; sails for France
192–3
; and birth of fourth son
193–4
; regains happiness
194–6
; and move to rue Dareau
197
; with mother at Menton
197–8
; at Ste-Honorine
216
,
217
,
219–20
; pregnant again
221
; finds
logement
for Dorelia
223
; gives Christmas party
224–5
; dismayed at living with AJ again
227–8
; and Lambs
248
,
249
; longs for girl
229
; engages new nanny
229
; asks Dorelia to return
229
; Henry’s birth, and her illness and death
230–3
; effect of death on AJ
233–4
,
236–7
,
259
; Lamb and McEvoy at cremation
234
; ashes
252
; effect of death on Edna Clarke Hall
276
; mentioned
xxx
,
69
,
94
,
104
,
147
,
210
,
213

John, Joanna (AJ’s aunt)
11

John, Kathie (AJ’s daughter-in-law)
601
, 602

John, Mary (
née
Davies) (AJ’s grandmother)
7
,
8

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