Alice Keppel’s name is abbreviated to AK
Acton, Sir Harold
Albemarle, 1st Earl of
Albemarle, 3rd Earl of
Albemarle, Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of
Albemarle, 7th Earl of
Albert, Prince Consort
Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence
Alexandra, Queen, personality; appearance; wedding
as Princess of Wales:
‘pin money’; social life; birth of her children; rheumatic fever; disabilities; and Prince of Wales; Aylesford scandal; recuperation
as Queen:
and AK; Fabergé pieces; charm; visits relatives; Mediterranean cruise; and the King’s last illness; and Cassel; the King’s death
Alice, Violet’s servant
Alington, Henry Sturt, 1st Baron
Alington, Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron
Alington, Lady
Alsop, Susan Mary
Ashcombe, 2nd Baron
Ashcombe, Lady
Ashley, Edwina
Ashley, Mary
Ashton, Dorothy
Asquith, Herbert Henry later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Asquith, Margot
Aylesford, Countess of
Aylesford, 7th Earl of
Baker, Sir Randolph
Baker, Valentine
Barney, Natalie
Baume, Countess de la
Beach, Sylvia
Beckett, William, later 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
Belloc Lowndes, Marie
Berenson, Bernard
Beresford, Lady Charles
Beresford, Lord Charles, later Baron Beresford
Berners, 14th Baron
Bernhardt, Sarah
Berry, Walter
Biarritz, the King and Keppels holiday in
Birch, Henry
Birkenhead, F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of
Blanche, Jacques-Emile
Blandford, Marquess of, later 8th Duke of Marlborough
Blériot, Louis
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, on the King
Bourdet, Denise
Bourdet, Edouard, La Prisonnière
Brienen, Daisy, Baroness de
Brock, Sir Thomas
Brooke, Lord, later 5th Earl of Warwick
Brooks, Romaine
Buckingham Palace, AK at; Lillie Langtry at; the King’s last illness
Bulberg, Baroness Moura
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
Caesar, the King’s Norfolk terrier
Calvatore, Marchesse de
Campbell, Lady Joan
Campbell, Mary
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry
Caracciolo, Duchess di
Carnock, Lady
Carriés, Jean
Carrington, 3rd Baron
Carritt, David
Carson, Sir Edward, later 1st Baron Carson
Casati, Marchesa
Cassel, Amalia Maud
Cassel, Edwina, later Countess Mountbatten
Cassel, Sir Ernest; the King’s financial adviser; appearance; shirts, the King and; and anti-Semitism; history; private life; Brooke House; honours; AK’s host in Biarritz; presents for Keppel girls; and his daughter; and AK; Knollys returns banknotes to; bust of the King; retirement; guests in Bournemouth; at Violet’s wedding; wedding present for Sonia
Cassel, Maudie
Cassel, Wilhelmina, called Bobbie
Chamberlain, Neville
Channon, Sir Henry
Chaplin, Henry, later 1st Viscount Chaplin
Chavannes, Marquis de
Chimay, Princess Gilone de
Christian of Denmark, Prince, later King Christian IX
Churchill, Clementine, later Baroness Spencer-Churchill
Churchill, Lord Randolph
Churchill, (Sir) Winston, Cassel’s guest; and impending coronation; Cassel and; AK’s lunch parties; Armistice; at Ombrellino
Clifden, Nellie
clothes, AK’s; Cassel’s shirts; dress for Sonia; Duchess of Rutland; Eiffel Tower costume ball; for Investiture; of the King of Duntreath; Keppel girls’ mourning; Keppel girls’ Easter clothes; ladies’, for shooting parties; at Prince of Wales’s wedding; Sandringham gamekeepers and beaters; Sonia’s trousseau; at Sonia’s wedding; for tea at Sandringham; Violet’s trousseau; at Violet’s wedding; Vita borrows; Vita’s breeches; Vita’s ‘Julian clothes’; Vita’s wedding
Cockburn, Sir Alexander
Cocteau, Jean
Cole, Lord, later 4th Earl of Enniskillen
Colette
Cooper, Lady Diana, later Viscountess Norwich
Cooper, Duff, later 1st Viscount Norwich
Cooper, Reggie
Corbett, Sir Vincent
Cossart, Michael de
Cowans, Sir John
Cresswell, Mrs Louise
Crowder, Henry
Cubitt, Henry
Cubitt, Jeremy
Cubitt, Hon. Roland later 3rd Baron Ashcombe
Cubitt, Mrs Roland, see Keppel, Sonia
Cubitt, Rosalind
Cumming, Sir William Gordon
Cunard, Nancy
Cunard, Victor
Dambatenne
Dansey, Henry
Dansey, Pat, and Violet; postponement of Violet’s wedding; and Denys; and Vita; holidays with Joan Campbell; writes to Violet; go-between; Violet writes to; writes to Vita; in love with Vita; and AK; and Violet’s possessions; derides Violet; Morning Post shares; Challenge
Derby, Countess of
Derby, 16th Earl of
Devonshire, 8th Duke of
Dickinson, Oswald
Disraeli, Benjamin, later Earl of Beaconsfield
Dodge, Mabel
Draper, Miss, AK’s housekeeper
Duntreath Castle
Duveen, Sir Joseph
Edmonstone, Archie, later Sir Archibald, AK and; interests; and Keppel, at Duntreath; to Ceylon; migraines; to China; death of his son; Clingendaal; and Violet
Edmonstone, Eva
Edmonstone, Lady, AK’s mother
Edmonstone, Lady, AK’s sister-in-law
Edmonstone, Ronnie
Edmonstone, Sir William, AK’s father
Edward VII, King
as Prince of Wales:
AK’s gift to; paintings; and Keppel family; and AK; dines with Keppels; appearance; smoking; appetite; education; pleasures; Grenadier Guards; affair with Nellie Clifden; tour of Egypt and Palestine; marriage; expenditure; income; hectic social life; and his wife; Mordaunt divorce case; letters to AK; in India; and Aylesford scandal; and Lillie Langtry; and Cleveland Street scandal; and Daisy Warwick; Baccarat Scandal; in Paris; and Victoria Sackville-West; and Olga de Meyer
as King:
and AK; personality; health; accession; coronation; appearance; and Cassel; financial affairs; holidays in Biarritz; bridge player; receives Asquith; at Duntreath; and Violet’s French governess; in Paris; death; and Queen Alexandra; food; lying in state; funeral; Blunt on; papers burned; photographs of
Edward VIII, King
Elizabeth I, Queen
Esher, 2nd Viscount
Estvan, Horthy
Evans, Sir Samuel
Faucigny Lucinge, Prince Rodolphe de
Fauré, Gabriel
Février, Jacques
Filmer, Lady
Flanner, Janet
Gaigneron, Jean de
Gandarillas, Tony
George, Prince, see York, Duke of
Gibbs, Frederick Waymouth
Gladstone, William Ewart
Goddard, Baron
Grant, Duncan
Grédy, Jean Pierre
Grenfell, Julian
Greville, Margaret
Grimthorpe, William Becket, 2nd Baron
Grosvenor, Rosamund
Grosvenor Street, AK’s house in; Osbert Sitwell on; improvements; Grenfell at; Violet on; Violet allowed to return to; AK moves from
Hall, Radclyffe, The Well of Loneliness
Hamilton, Sir Edward
Harcourt, Antoinette, Duchesse d’
Harcourt, Duc d’
Hardinge, Sir Charles
Hastings, 4th Marquess of
Helen of Romania, Queen
Helleu, Paul
Heneage, Dorothy
Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron
Howe, Countess
Howe, 4th Earl
Hughes, Alice
Hunt, Mary
Hunter, Sir Archibald
Irons, Evelyn
Iveagh, 1st Earl of
Jacob, Max
James, Arthur
James, Henry
James, Venetia
James, Mrs Willie
Jews
Cassel; anti-semitism; and death of the King
Johnstone, Sir Frederick
Jullian, Philippe
Keppel, Alice
pre-War life:
and Prince of Wales; and Queen Alexandra; style; relationship with King Edward; clothes; jewels; appearance; Duntreath Castle; family background; and brother Archie; marries; early married days; attitude to adultery; and Sonia; King’s letter to; at coronation; the King’s sole mistress; wealth; holidays in Biarritz; in Paris; and her daughters; home life; bank manager’s admiration; shopping and visiting; visits the sick King; the King’s death; banknotes possibly intended for; life changes after King’s death; rumours of her party-giving; Dambatenne; to China; her Grosvenor Street house; resumes life in London; and Lady Sackville; wedding present to Vita; at Clingendaal
World War I:
War; and George Keppel; and Gerard Sturt; buys clothes in Paris; Connemara; Cassel’s guest; raves about Vita; and Violet; and Keppel’s future; nurses Sonia; Armistice
between the Wars:
Ashcombes disapprove of; and Denys; Challenge; fears for Sonia’s engagement; and Lord Ashcombe; Sonia’s trousseau; Bassano photographs; stays with Sonia; and Dansey; Nile cruise; suite at the Ritz; Ombrellino; and Reynaud; appearance; Birkenhead and; and Harry Cubitt
World War II and after:
outbreak of World War II; escape from France; at the Ritz; in poor health; appearance; wartime hardships; problem of clothes; money; summer 1946 in France; Ombrellino; death; importance of conventional standards of behaviour; her will
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