Those Wild Wyndhams (79 page)

School of Art and Needlework 7, 29

Scott, Sir Walter 21, 122, 352

Season xv, 16, 32–3, 35–6, 38, 63, 88, 91–2, 97, 100, 101, 121–9, 144, 204, 281

Second World War, 1939–45 295, 371, 372

Shah of Persia 121, 123, 125

Shaw, George Bernard 108

Shelley, Percy Bysshe 92, 374

Sheykh Obeyd, Egypt 16, 168, 169–76

Sibell, Countess Grosvenor 95, 96, 98–9, 115, 116, 131, 141–2, 148, 149, 152, 153, 157, 158, 163, 178, 186, 187, 224, 244, 247, 280, 286, 291, 296, 297, 302, 363

Siddal, Lizzie 7, 25, 204

Sidgwick, Henry 77

Sitwell, Osbert 135, 149, 227, 325, 362

Sitwell, Sacheverell 362

Smith, F. E. 279, 280, 281

Smith, Lucy Graham 88, 133, 145, 149, 156, 157, 184, 187, 358

socialists/socialism 8, 34–5, 83, 85, 108, 120, 220, 229, 264, 272, 277, 301

Society for Psychical Research (SPR) 77, 344

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 27–8, 76

Society xv, xvi, xix, 6–7, 30, 32, 35–6, 37, 66, 87, 88, 89, 91–2, 93, 121, 122, 123, 127, 150, 163, 166, 167, 178, 180, 182, 239, 252, 275, 293–4, 362, 363, 365

Souls xv, 55, 59, 76, 89–96, 97, 99, 100–1, 102, 103, 105, 118–19, 121, 122–5, 130, 131, 133, 146–8, 150–1, 158, 159, 160, 171–2, 178, 191, 192, 238, 241, 249–50, 260, 264, 280, 302, 335, 341, 348, 370, 371, 373

South Africa xvi, 196, 200, 205–8, 209–10, 211–13, 214, 308

spiritualism 77–8, 144, 229–30, 255, 344, 345–6, 355–6, 358, 365

Spoils of Poynton, The
(James) 15, 73–4, 120

Stanway, Gloucestershire xvi, 47, 55, 56, 57–8, 59, 62, 66, 67, 69, 70, 86, 88, 94, 101, 109, 112, 116, 118, 128, 134, 139, 140, 144, 167, 168, 178, 183, 184, 185, 216, 228, 229–30, 234, 250, 260, 264, 265, 272, 279, 290, 294–6, 298, 299, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 313, 322, 327, 330, 342, 348, 352, 353, 354, 370, 371, 373

Stockton House, Wiltshire 193–5, 247, 360

Stopes, Marie 51, 191–2, 346–8, 360–1

Strickland (née Charteris), Mary Pamela Madeline Sibell 189, 240, 296, 311, 313, 314, 320, 326

Strickland, Tom 313, 331, 332

Sudan 60–1, 74, 201

Suez 26, 43, 153, 176

suffragism 159, 218, 269–70, 293

Sumner, Georgie 7, 67

Taff Vale judgement, 1901 238

Taplow Court, Berkshire 131, 230, 286, 371

tariff reform 241–2, 256, 263, 267–8, 272, 277, 298

Tennant, Sir Charles (‘the Bart’) 36, 87, 89, 192, 194, 218, 227, 252, 253, 257, 259, 335, 337

Tennant, Charlie 252, 259, 265, 287–8, 351

Tennant, Christopher Grey (‘Kit’) 195, 203, 224, 307, 308–9, 315, 317, 353, 356, 358, 364, 365, 366

Tennant (later Bethell, later Tennyson, later Beck), Clarissa Madeline Genevieve Adelaide (‘Clare’) 195, 227, 228, 255, 257, 292, 316–17, 343, 356, 362, 365–6

Tennant, David Pax 195, 223, 224, 227, 247, 309, 317, 356, 359, 362–3, 364, 374

Tennant, Baron Glenconner, Eddy xv, 156–7, 181–4, 186–7, 191–2, 193–5, 197, 217, 218–19, 220, 225, 239, 251–4, 255, 257, 258–9, 268, 273, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 303, 308, 315, 317, 343, 344, 345, 352, 355, 356, 357–8, 360, 363

Tennant, Edward Wyndham (‘Bim’) 195, 199, 227, 247, 258, 293, 303–4, 307, 308, 309, 316, 317, 319, 323, 325, 326, 328, 329, 334, 336–9, 341–2, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 358

Tennant, Emma 308

Tennant, Frances 294

Tennant (née Baddeley), Hermione 309, 359, 362, 364, 366

Tennant, Hester 328, 329–30, 334, 345

Tennant, Lieutenant Mark 339

Tennant (née Wyndham), Lady Glenconner, Pamela Genevieve Adelaide xv–xvii, 17, 18, 19, 44; ‘adopted baby’ Oliver Hope 307–9, 329–30; America, visits 355–6; appearance xv–xvi, xvii–xviii, 121, 122, 187, 213, 251, 257; Baker–Carr and 154, 157, 160, 165, 183; ‘Benjamina’ nickname xviii, 135; birth 11, 12; Bosie Douglas and 107, 290; Buckingham Street house 356–7; character xv, 103, 105, 121–2, 127–8, 135, 138, 145–6, 148, 149, 152–3, 156–7, 191–6, 202, 226–7, 257–9, 289, 290, 291–2, 326–7, 360–1, 365; Charlie Adeane and 103; Charty Ribbesdale, spats with xv, xvi, 195–6, 218; childhood 12, 17, 19, 22, 28, 44, 58, 60, 103, 105, 111, 112, 115; children and 192, 194, 222, 226–7, 251, 253, 328–9, 334, 336, 338–9, 341–2, 343–4, 346, 348, 360–1, 362
see also under individual child name
; Clouds and 63–4, 75, 76, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 193, 195, 196, 374–5; Coronation Durbar, attends 239, 240; death 365–7; debut 115, 121, 122, 127–8; depression 157–8, 162–5, 287–8; Drummy and 163, 164–5; Edward Grey and 226, 252, 291–3, 315, 358–9, 360, 361–3;
Edward Wyndham Tennant
21, 341–2; eugenic theory and 360–1; at Falloden 251–2; at Florence 181–4, 195; First World War and 306, 307–9, 315, 316, 317, 319, 322, 328–30, 334, 336, 337–8, 339, 341–2, 343–5; General Election, 1900 and 218; George Wyndham and xiii, 197, 211, 247–8, 256; Glen and 192–3, 195, 220, 287, 288; Henry Cust and 133–8, 145–6, 148–51, 152–3, 157, 158, 159, 163–4, 182, 195, 291–2, 338–9; Hester, death of and 328, 329–30, 334, 345; honeymoon 191; India, visits 149–50, 152–60; Mananai Wyndham and 111, 112, 115, 154, 160, 183, 202, 207, 211, 212, 368; Margot Asquith and xv, 194, 195, 222, 228, 256–7, 288, 315–16, 346, 357–8; marriage, first xv, 181–4, 186–7, 191–6, 251, 349, 355, 356, 358, 359; marriage, second 358–62; Mary Wyndham and 22, 47, 58, 63–4, 109, 110, 122, 127, 129, 135–7, 142, 145–6, 163–4, 169, 183, 195–6, 202, 222–3, 224, 239, 240, 248, 273, 307–8, 328, 368; menopause 361; miscarriage 360; parents and 18, 19, 28, 78, 110, 122, 134–5, 137, 145, 146, 148, 149, 152–2, 165, 182, 186–7, 195, 196, 197, 202, 239, 247, 265, 352, 374–5; Patron of Mother’s Clinic, Holloway 360; pilgrimage back to Clouds, 1928 374–5; politics and 217–18, 220, 251–2, 273, 287; Queen Anne’s Gate house and 253, 258, 289, 291, 292, 316, 329, 343, 344, 356, 358; singing and guitar playing 122, 154, 156, 160, 200; social life/Society, attitude towards xv–xvi, 127–8, 195–6, 288, 289, 290; Souls and xv, 123, 146, 191, 192; spiritualism and 78, 344–6, 355–6, 357, 365; Stockton House and 194, 195; Stopes and 191–2, 346–8, 360–1; ‘The Babe’ 121;
The Book of Peace
211;
The Children and the Pictures
227;
The Earthen Vessel
343–4, 345;
The Sayings of the Children
227;
The White Wallet
289;
Village Notes
199; visit to Ireland, 1888 115; wealth 252–3; Wilsford Manor and 253–6; writing 197–9, 211, 227, 257, 288, 341–2, 343–4, 345
see also under individual publication name
;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xvi–xix, xx, 200, 202, 203, 212, 213

Tennant, Stephen 195, 227–8, 252, 255, 292, 293, 308, 345, 356, 357, 358, 361, 362–3, 364, 365, 366, 367

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 7, 77

Tennyson, Lionel 316

Terry, Ellen 24, 38

Thatched with Gold
(Airlie) 22, 38

Thompson (‘Tommy’) (valet) 6, 9, 75

Transvaal 196, 205, 213

Treaty of London, 1839 299

Treaty of Vereeniging 223, 233

Treaty of Versailles, 1919 354

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm 24, 131, 205

Trussler, Rebecca 227, 293, 308

Tweedsmuir, Lady 90, 91

Tynan, Katherine 16, 220, 248

United States 242, 345, 355

Vernon, George 311, 317

Vesci, Evelyn de 55, 115, 126, 128, 139, 140, 167, 170, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 319, 333, 371–2

Vesci, John de 115, 140

Victoria, Queen 6, 7, 26, 29, 32, 33–4, 61, 84, 100, 103, 104, 129, 161, 162, 163, 196–7, 223

Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) 306, 313

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire 92, 123

War Office xvi, 201, 205, 206, 209, 234, 243, 308, 326, 345

Watts, George Frederic xx, 7, 14, 17, 29, 77, 200, 203, 213, 371

Webb, Beatrice 218, 220, 229, 230

Webb, Godfrey 55, 59, 64, 75, 86, 88

Webb, Philip 25, 71, 74, 76, 196, 255, 276

Webb, Sidney 220, 229

Wedgwood, Eliza 306, 307, 353

Welby-Gregory, Lady 148

Welby, Charles 150

Wells, H. G. 207, 209, 229, 231, 234

Wemyss, Annie, Countess of 44, 45, 54, 61–2, 69, 169

Wemyss, Lord 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 54, 57–8, 63, 169, 216, 261, 262, 264, 295, 298–9, 319

Westminster, Duke of 95, 98, 142, 149, 305

Westminster, Hugh ‘Bend’Or’ 95, 282, 363

Whibley, Charles 231, 311

Whigs 13, 33, 34, 84–5, 89, 242, 243, 256

Whistler, James McNeill 28, 29–30

Whistler, Rex 362

White, Daisy 92, 118–19, 233–4

White, Harry 94, 118–19, 130

White, Sir George 205, 206

White’s 128, 181

Whittingehame, Scotland 30, 94, 109, 148, 370–1

Wilbury Park, Newton Toney 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 32, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 72, 75, 77, 247

Wild, Ernest 345

Wilde, Constance 130

Wilde, Oscar 16, 25, 29, 89, 102, 130, 131, 133, 165, 167, 179–81, 182, 291

Wilkes (‘Wilkie’), maternity nurse for the Charteris children 70, 129

Wilkinson (‘Wilkie’), private secretary to Mary Wemyss 352, 353

Wilsford Manor, Wiltshire 253–7, 258, 259, 265, 279, 290, 291, 292, 293, 308, 317, 322, 343, 344, 348, 356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366

Wilton House, Wiltshire 39–40, 88, 92, 117, 233, 235

Wiltshire Downs xvi, 18, 22, 114

Wiltshire xvi, 15, 18, 22, 55, 83, 92, 114, 193, 198, 199, 226, 253, 299, 339, 373, 374

Winchester School 293, 304

Women’s Liberal Association 218

Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) 269

Wyndham, Sir Charles 166–7

Wyndham, David 294, 323, 348

Wyndham (née Lister), Diana 296

Wyndham (née Brooke), Edwina ‘Minnie’ 133, 142, 157, 200, 204, 208, 310, 350–1

Wyndham, Dick 310, 350–1, 363–4, 371

Wyndham, George xvi, 106, 113, 115, 141, 177; affair with Gay, Lady Plymouth 96, 181, 296, 354; Balfour and 31, 98–9, 106, 238; birth 9, 11; Boer War and 196, 205, 206, 209–11, 213; Cabinet, brought into 238; childhood 5, 8, 12, 20–1; Clouds and 88, 119, 120, 279–80; Crabbet Club and 131; Cust affair and 145, 148; death 296–8; Eton 23, 24; fame 213; father’s death and 278, 279; Fenian sympathies 3, 106; health 58; inheritance 279; Ireland’s Chief Secretary 220–1, 243–9; journalism 197;
La Chanson de Marie-des-Agnes
(Richepin), sends to Pamela Tennant xiii; Land Purchase Act, 1903 and 241, 243;
Life and Letters of George Wyndham
(Mackail/Wyndham) 244, 362; marriage 47, 95–6, 98–9; Mary Wyndham and 186, 187–8, 243; military career 62, 63, 64, 75, 76; MP for Dover 121, 220, 274; naval reform, campaigns for 256, 298; nervous exhaustion 208, 243–9; Pamela Wyndham and
122, 157, 182, 183, 186–7, 191, 192, 196, 197, 198; Parliament Bill, 1911 and 281–2, 283, 285, 286, 298; prep school 23; private secretary to Arthur Balfour 98–9, 106, 107, 109, 115, 116; resigns as Ireland’s Chief Secretary 243–9; return to backbenches, 1906 as ‘incorrigible Tory’ 256, 298; Rodin bust of 371, 374; Souls and 89, 95, 102, 131, 265; ‘special neurotic phenomena’, on Wyndham family 10–11; Sudan, service in 62, 63, 64, 74, 75; tariff reform, campaigns for 267, 298; Under-Secretary in the War Office xvi, 201–2, 205, 206, 209–10; Wilde case 131, 180, 181, 182; ‘Wyndham-religion’, remarks upon 20

Wyndham, George (son of Guy Wyndham) 310, 319

Wyndham, Guy 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 22, 23, 27, 48, 50, 58, 75, 97, 102, 103, 107, 116, 133, 142, 154, 157, 184, 200, 204, 206, 207, 208, 211, 244, 245, 261, 278, 279, 310, 319, 322, 332, 350–1, 363, 373

Wyndham (née Campbell), Madeline: affair with Wilfrid Blunt 15–19; ambitions for family 15, 200; ancestry xx, 5; appearance 4, 7, 14, 17, 18; artist, talented amateur 7; Boer War and 208; breakdown 148, 152, 153; character 1, 4, 5, 7, 10–11, 14–15, 76–7, 110, 119, 146, 148, 152, 201; childhood 1, 5–6, 81, 154; Clouds and xvi, 15, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 116, 118, 119, 120, 374–5; Cust affair and 134, 135, 137, 146, 148, 152; death 354–5; death of husband and 279; devotion to children 5, 8, 12, 20–1, 22, 26, 51, 322; finances 5, 11–12, 279; First World War and 322, 348; Florentine earthquake and 184; frankness with daughters over health matters 51; ‘Gan-Gan’ (grandmotherly duties) 279, 317; George Wyndham and 95, 247–8; golden wedding anniversary 276; grave 374; Guy Wyndham and 200; Ireland, outlook on 106; Mananai Wyndham 105, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 206–7, 224, 232; marriage 1, 2, 4–5, 12, 15–19, 276, 278–9; Mary Carleton death and 108, 110; Mary Wyndham and 1, 9, 14–15, 20, 29, 32, 38, 39, 40–2, 44, 45, 47, 48–9, 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 80–1, 101, 145, 169, 184, 186; mental health/nerves 10–11, 48, 110, 119, 146, 148, 152, 153, 201, 247; old age 351; Orpen portrait of 276, 357, 371; Pamela Wyndham and 134–5, 137, 146, 148, 152, 165, 182, 186–7, 196, 202, 374–5; School of Art and Needlework, helps found 7, 29; set 6–7; smoking 7; social gradations, awareness of 14–15; spiritualism and 77, 78; staff and 80–2;
The Spoils of Poynton
, as model for Mrs Gereth in
15; Watts portrait of xx, 14, 29, 203, 213, 371; Whistler libel case against Ruskin and 28; Wilsford and 253; winters in France 143;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xx, 212, 213

Wyndham, Maud 47

Wyndham, Percy: appearance 276; Belgrave Square house and 12; Boer War and 208; Bradlaugh Affair and 34; character 1, 11, 18, 28, 278, 279; childhood 6; Clouds and xvi, 25, 27, 28, 72–3, 74, 75, 76, 78, 114, 116, 117, 120, 208, 278, 374; Cust affair and 137–8, 139, 145, 149, 152–3; death 278–9, 296, 298, 329; devotion to children 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 20–1, 47, 137–8, 366; estate 279; finances 5, 11, 25, 279, 298; Florentine earthquake and 184; George Wyndham and 9, 63, 111, 180, 181, 210, 247–8, 265, 276, 279; golden wedding anniversary 276; health 266–7, 276; inheritance and 11–12; Mananai Wyndham and 103, 105, 108, 223; marriage 1, 2, 4–5, 10, 15, 18, 19, 56, 110, 274, 276–7; Mary Wyndham and 1, 2, 10, 11, 44–5, 48, 52–3, 58, 59, 64, 65, 102, 103, 111, 137–8, 139, 189, 216, 249, 251, 270, 277; Orpen portraits, commissions 276; Pamela Wyndham and 122, 145, 149, 152–3, 187, 197, 239; parents and 1, 5, 6, 11; political career/opinions 1, 13–14, 17, 26, 27, 34, 43–4, 83, 84, 242, 249, 251, 263–4, 273–4, 276, 277; predicts demise of aristocracy 273–4; set 6–7; staff and 81–2; stroke 266–7; superstitions 78–9; ‘the Hon’ble P’ 1, 181; Watts portrait of Madeline Wyndham, commissions 14; Whistler’s libel suit against Ruskin and 28; Whistler’s
Nocturne
, buys 29; Wilde case and 180, 181; will 279;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait, commissions xvi, xvii, xx, 200