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Abbey Leix, Ireland 115, 139

Adeane, Charles xviii, 103, 104, 105, 111–14, 129, 153, 160, 193, 197, 202, 204, 206, 207, 212, 217, 219, 220, 224, 226–7, 231, 232, 289, 303, 324, 351, 373

Adeane, Helena 224

Adeane (née Wyndham), Madeline (‘Mananai’) 28, 44, 57, 63; birth 11, 12; Boer War and 205, 206, 211, 212, 220; character xvi, 103, 223–4, 373–4; children and xvi, xviii, 129, 144, 204, 206–7, 211–12, 223–4, 227, 231–2, 317
see also under individual child name
; Clouds and 74, 75, 76; county council business 369, 373–4; courtship and wedding 103, 104, 105, 108, 111–14; death 373–4; debut 97, 103, 108; First World War and 306, 309, 350, 351; George Wyndham and 121; honeymoon 111–13; India, visits 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160; ‘Mananai’ nickname 11, 12; marriage 114, 204, 224; Mary Wyndham and 28, 48, 57, 125, 142, 231, 298, 361; Pamela Wyndham and 165, 181, 183, 289, 361, 366, 368; parents and 110, 138, 181, 310, 351, 355; Perf Wyndham’s death and 309, 310; political campaigning 219; Queen Victoria’s death and 223; Souls and 103, 146; Wilde and 179–80;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xvi, xviii, xx, 200, 202, 203, 204, 212

Adeane, Madeline (daughter of Madeline Adeane) 144, 316

Adeane, Pamela Marie 129, 306, 368

Adeane, Robert 231–2, 368

Adeane, Sibell 316, 363, 368

Airlie, Mabell, Countess of 22, 38, 55

Arnold-Forster, Hugh 243

Arts and Crafts Movement 76, 229, 255

Ashbee, C. R. 229, 231

Ashridge, Hertfordshire 88, 127, 144, 147

Asquith, Beb 260, 261–2, 265, 270, 274, 275–6, 338

Asquith, (née Charteris), Cynthia (‘Cincie’) 20, 22, 52, 53, 54, 108, 116, 117, 139, 143, 144, 169, 172–3, 184, 187, 222, 229, 230, 231, 235, 239, 240, 260, 261–2, 264, 265, 270, 275–6, 294, 307, 309–10, 312, 316, 320, 323, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, 332, 333, 338, 340, 344, 346, 349, 353, 354

Asquith, Elizabeth 288

Asquith, Herbert Henry 89, 93, 131, 146, 147, 192, 217, 226, 251, 257, 264, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 284, 288, 289, 290, 312, 314–15, 333, 338, 343

Asquith, Katharine 316, 333

Asquith (née Tennant), Margot xv, 36, 59, 64, 86, 87, 88, 89–90, 95, 102, 124, 146, 147, 150, 156–7, 181, 182, 192, 194, 195, 210, 217, 220, 222, 228, 237, 256–7, 280, 288, 289, 290, 314, 315, 317, 335, 346, 352, 357–8, 366, 370, 371

Asquith, Raymond 257, 304, 316, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341

Asquith, Violet 314

Astor, Waldorf 281

Astor, William 266, 281

Babraham, Cambridgeshire 113–14, 129, 141, 142, 165, 203, 204, 206, 207, 212, 224, 232, 279, 303, 316, 322, 351, 354–5, 366, 373

Bachelors’ Club, Piccadilly 121, 123, 130

Backhouse, Trelawny 181

Bain, F. W. 257–8, 287, 288, 292

Baker-Carr, Lieutenant Robert 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 165, 183

Balfour, Arthur:
A Defence of Philosophic Doubt
145; Balfour Declaration, 1917 354; Bibs Wyndham as child of 224; Boer War and 210; Chief Secretary of Ireland 98–100, 106, 107–9; Clouds and 77; Cust affair and 145–7, 148, 157, 158, 159, 160; death 370–1; First World War and 303, 309, 312, 314–15, 327, 331, 333;
Foundations of Belief
30, 145; George Wyndham and 98–9, 180, 210, 281–2, 283, 298; Hugo Charteris and 215, 216–17; Laura Lyttelton death and 87–8; Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury 140; leadership of Unionist Party 263, 264; loses Manchester seat, 1906 261, 263; Mary Curzon and 235–6; Mary Wyndham and xix, 30–1, 38–9, 42, 55, 59, 64, 65, 66–9, 70, 85–8, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 119, 120, 140–1, 143, 167, 168, 170–1, 173, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 210, 216, 224, 233–7, 243, 248, 249, 260, 261, 262, 263, 277, 280, 290, 294, 295, 296, 307, 310, 312, 314, 315, 319, 327–8, 333, 342, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370; Parliament Bill, 1911 and 280–6; political career 30–1, 98–9, 100, 106, 107–9, 140, 210, 214, 215, 233–8, 241–50, 256, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 270–1, 272, 275, 277, 280–6, 303, 309, 311, 312, 314, 327, 331, 333, 354; Prime Minister 233–8, 241–7; Souls and 91, 124, 131, 148, 159, 238, 241, 265; Treaty of Versailles and 354; Wilde case and 180

Balfour, Gerald 94, 119

Balfour, Lady Betty 94, 101, 102, 103, 119, 124, 345

Balfour, Lady Frances 64, 67, 69, 93–4, 100, 118, 119, 124, 159

Balkans 26, 293, 299

Barrie, J. M. 276, 353

Beaton, Cecil 255, 362

Beaverbrook, Lord 356, 364

Begbie, Howard 31, 39

Belgrave Square, London xvi, xx, 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22–3, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 56, 80, 110, 111, 113, 134, 186, 189, 200, 202, 203, 204, 212, 279, 282

Belloc, Hilaire 256, 296, 297, 298, 311

Bertie, Prince of Wales xix, 6, 29, 36, 89, 90, 163, 213, 223
see also
Edward VII, King

Bethell, Adrian 316

Bethell, Diana 343, 358

Biddulph, Lady Elizabeth 111, 112

Biddulph, Michael 111

Blow, Detmar 195, 196, 253, 279–80, 295

Blunt, Judith 105, 107, 133, 172, 175, 186–7, 190

Blunt, Lady Anne 15–16, 20, 170, 173, 174, 186, 190

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen 15–19, 20, 21, 22, 43–4, 61, 86, 90, 99, 105, 106–7, 108, 109, 122, 131, 145, 147, 149, 150, 167–78, 179, 183–4, 185–6, 187–90, 191, 195, 201–2, 205–6, 215, 240, 244, 246, 254, 256, 278, 282–3, 297–8, 299, 311, 314, 322, 327, 355, 357, 359, 360

Boer War, 1880–1/1899–1902 xvi, 196, 205–8, 209–13, 217, 220, 223, 225, 233, 234, 238, 241, 314

Bonham Carter, Lady Violet 93

Bourke, Emmie 56, 118, 119

Bradlaugh Affair, 1881 34

Bright Young Things 362, 366

Brodrick, Hilda 55, 59, 86, 88, 92, 101, 102, 103, 241

Brodrick, St John 59, 86, 88, 182, 201, 238, 241, 243

Broken Blood
(Blow) 362

Brownlow, Lady Adelaide 88, 91, 92, 124–5, 145, 147, 150, 158

Brownlow, Lord 88, 91, 145, 147, 150, 158

Buchan, Elizabeth 291

Buchan, John 90, 291

Bullers, Sir Redvers 207, 209

Burke, Thomas 43, 99

Burne-Jones, Edward xvi, 1, 7, 8, 15, 21, 24–5, 28, 29, 30, 31, 73, 87, 109, 118, 127, 131

Burne-Jones, Georgiana 1, 15, 24–5, 26, 70, 109, 110, 119, 127, 129

Burne-Jones, Margaret 21, 25

Burne-Jones, Philip 15, 24, 119

Burnett, Joyce 368

Cadogan Square, London 85, 125, 131, 178, 186, 229–30, 236, 286, 311, 312, 319, 320, 352, 354

Campbell-Bannerman, Henry 217, 226, 249, 263–4

Campbell, Pamela, Lady 2, 9, 12, 122

Campbell, Mrs Patrick 216, 229, 307

Canada 265–6

Carleton, Dorothy 102, 108, 111, 116, 190, 279, 355, 357

Carleton, Guy 102, 108, 190

Carleton, Mary 102, 108, 110–11

Carlton Club, Pall Mall 150, 283, 285

Cavendish, Lord Frederick 43, 98, 99

Cecil, Lord Hugh 231, 311, 312

Chamberlain, Austen 242, 243, 275, 283

Chamberlain, Joseph 88–9, 196, 218, 241–2, 249, 263

Charteris, Alan 62, 118

Charteris, Colin 125, 129, 142–4, 351

Charteris, Evan 41, 53, 55, 88, 93, 231, 326, 371–3

Charteris, Frances 353, 356, 369

Charteris, Guy Lawrence 68–9, 97, 111, 116, 117, 143, 169, 294, 304, 310, 319, 350–1, 353, 356, 369, 372

Charteris, Lord Elcho (later, 11th Earl of Wemyss), Hugo: children and 125, 142, 143, 144, 175, 176, 177, 178, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 224, 228, 239–40, 260, 261, 270, 274
see also under individual child name
; death 373; First World War and 303, 307, 332; gambling problem 40, 46, 52, 140, 215–16, 238, 262; Gosford, transformation of 372; health 142, 143; infidelities 97, 102, 124, 140, 144, 167, 169, 173, 174, 177, 185, 216, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353; inheritance 216, 298–9; Lord Elcho, assumes title of 44; Lord Wemyss, becomes 298–9; marriage 50, 51, 52–6, 65, 66, 67–8, 97, 102, 124, 125, 139–40, 141, 144, 167, 169, 171, 173–6, 177, 178, 185–6, 187, 188, 189, 190, 216, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353; Mary Wyndham, first meeting and courtship with 40–2, 105; parents, relationship with 40, 216–17; political career 44, 54, 56, 84, 102, 214–15, 217, 242, 243, 264, 272; proposal and engagement to Mary Wyndham 44–7; Souls and 92, 94; wedding 47–9

Charteris, Hugo Richard Francis ‘Ego’ 60, 61, 62, 63, 70, 85, 111, 116, 117, 141, 169, 260–1, 262, 265, 272–3, 278, 294, 303, 310, 311, 313–14, 326–7, 330–3, 342, 346, 348

Charteris, Irene Corona ‘Bibs’ 223, 224, 228, 234, 296, 306, 307, 311, 313, 320, 326, 330, 354

Charteris, Martin 348

Charteris, (née Wyndham), Lady Elcho (later Countess of Wemyss), Mary Constance xv, xvi; ancestry 2, 3; appearance xviii–xix, xx, 2, 8, 10, 21, 90; Arthur Balfour and xix, 30–1, 38–9, 42, 55, 59, 64, 65, 66–9, 70, 85–8, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 119, 120, 140–1, 143, 167, 168, 170–1, 173, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 210, 216, 224, 233–7, 243, 248, 249, 260, 261, 262, 263, 277, 280, 290, 294, 295, 296, 307, 310, 312, 314, 315, 319, 327–8, 333, 342, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370; becomes Countess of Wemyss 299, 352–3; birth 1–4, 6, 11; Boer War and 207, 208, 210; Canada, visits 265–6; ‘Chang’ nickname 10; character xv, xix, 2–3, 8–9, 21–2, 37–8, 52, 55–6, 59, 61, 62, 65–6, 68, 106, 125–6, 140–1, 222, 228–9, 261–2, 294–6, 370–2; child with Wilfrid Blunt 173–8, 179, 185, 240
see also
Charteris, Mary; childhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8–10, 11, 12, 20–1, 22–3, 24, 25, 26, 28, 51, 54, 60, 88, 172; children and 60, 61, 62, 68–9, 85, 98, 116, 125–6, 128–9, 139, 142–4, 173–8, 179, 184–5, 223, 228–30, 233–4, 260–2, 264, 270, 274, 304, 306, 310–11, 312–13, 315, 319, 320, 321, 326–8, 330–3, 341, 372–3
see also under individual child name
; Clouds and 26, 70, 101, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 139, 319, 375; courtship and engagement 39–42, 44–6, 105; Cust affair, effect upon 134, 135, 145–6, 152; death of Colin Wyndham and 142–4, 351; dowry 52–3; education 23–4, 100–1, 102, 103; Egypt, visits 169–78; engagement, tries to call off 46–7;
Family Record
144, 228, 342–3, 371–2; finances 51–2, 299; First World War and 294, 302, 303, 304, 307, 309–11, 312–13, 314, 315, 319, 321, 326–7, 330–3, 341, 342–3, 346, 348, 349; frenetic lifestyle/socializing 55–6, 59, 61, 125, 228–9, 260, 295; George Wyndham and 63, 186, 187–8, 210, 213, 214, 238, 246, 249, 297–8; Gosford and 53, 54, 139, 262, 352–3; gynaecological matters and 51, 56, 57, 97, 163–4, 203; health 56–9, 61, 62, 63, 125–6, 203, 312–13, 369; honeymoon 52–3; Ireland, view of 2, 2–3, 84, 106; journal/diary 26, 30, 36–7, 55, 59, 60, 61, 69, 86, 101, 107, 168, 171, 184–5, 349; Kaiser, meets 235; Laura Tennant and 64–5, 68–9, 86–8, 134; Mananai Wyndham and 28, 48, 57, 63, 105, 110, 111–12, 125, 142, 231, 298, 361, 368; marriage 44–9, 50–9, 65, 66, 67–8, 86, 97, 102, 107–8, 124, 125, 133, 139–42, 144, 166–78, 184–6, 187–90, 214, 215, 216–17, 228, 239–40, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353
see also
Charteris, Hugo; miscarriage 56; ‘Napoleon’ nickname xviii, 371; Pamela Wyndham and 22, 47, 58, 63–4, 109, 110, 122, 127, 128, 135–7, 142, 145–6, 163–4, 169, 183, 195–6, 202, 222–3, 224, 239, 240, 248, 273, 307–8, 328, 368; parents and
see under individual parent name
; Paris, visits 64–5; phrenology and 37–8; politics and 84, 85, 229–30, 233–5, 237, 242, 243, 251, 263, 268, 272–3, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285–6, 354; Prinsep portrait of 8-year-old 8; Poynter portrait of 90–1; presented at Court 32–3, 35, 38; Ruskin libel case and 28, 30; sketches 21, 37; Souls and xv, 91–2, 94–5, 99, 100–1, 102, 103, 124, 125, 131, 133; spa treatments 126–7, 144, 146, 168, 213, 216; staff and 51–2; Stanway and
see
Stanway; The Gang and 59, 88, 92; wedding 47–9; Wilde and 131, 166; Wilfrid Blunt and 20, 99, 107, 122, 167, 170–8, 183–9, 297–8, 310;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xvi, xviii–xix, xx, 200, 202, 203