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Abeille, Emile 251
Abercorn, Duke of 192, 224
Acta Apostolicae Sedis 414, 534n
Aertson Van Der Bilt, Jan 12
Alba, Duke of 269
Aldrich-Blake, Miss 388
Alexandra, Queen 231, 232, 257, 268, 281; as Princess of Wales 186, 206, 208, 217, 219
Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina 231
Allard, Jules 59, 214
Althorp 210
Alva (William K.’s private yacht) 75, 79–81, 89, 93
Alva Belmont House, Washington 430, 438; as Sewall-Belmont house 448
America’s Cup 130–31, 450–51
American Civil War 14, 17, 21, 24, 29–30, 38
‘American Women of Style’ exhibition 505–7
American Women’s Voluntary Services 474
American Women’s War Relief Fund 362, 388
Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett 282
Angas, R. L. 193, 195, 203, 224
Anne, Queen 165, 166
Anthony, Susan B. 308, 442
Arden, Elizabeth 326
Armstrong, Nancy 185
Ashley, Maurice 163
Ascot 209–10, 524n
Asquith, Herbert 228, 289, 361; anti-suffragist 322, 364; in Consuelo’s memoirs 489; visits Crowhurst 356, 383
Asquith, Margot 228, 260, 356; as newly widowed 399, 489
Association of Friends of French Volunteers 475
Astor, Caroline 36–8; and Belmonts 93; Consuelo’s wedding guest 5, 143, 148; jewels 185; last years 295–6; Newport house 78; relations with Alva 108; social monopoly exercised by 36, 41–2, 52, 73, 84; and Vanderbilt ball 59–63
Astor, Carrie 61
Astor, John Jacob 13, 5
1, 88, 129, 130
Astor, Waldorf 82
Astor, William Backhouse 36, 79
Astor of Hever, Lord 485
Auchinloss, Louis 68, 83, 449; advises Consuelo on memoirs 486; on O.H.P. Belmont 94; on Commodore’s will 51; on Consuelo in old age 482–3; literary career 486, 498–9; on Mrs Astor’s last years 295; on Willie K. Jr 450
Augerville, France 431–5, 438, 440, 491, 535n
Austria 257
Aylesford, Lady 169, 170
Azar (manservant) 301, 303, 314, 448
Bahlmann, Anna 426
Bailey, Joseph 76
Baldwin, Florence, see Deacon, F.
Balfour, Arthur 267; background 188; on Delhi Durbar 235; on Marlborough in government 260; political career 259, 266; speech at
Blenheim rally 227; visits Blenheim 216–17; visits Lou Sueil 399
Balfour, Lady Frances 282, 329, 333
Balfour, Serena 501
Ballets Russes 400
Balsan, Mme Charles 413, 427
Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, see Vanderbilt, C.
Balsan, Etienne 464
Balsan, François 496
Balsan, Jacques 387, 436; and Alva’s will 448; American exile 471, 472, 474, 481; attends Alva’s funeral 441–2; aviation pioneer 381; background 380–81; Blenheim visit 459; death 496; escape from France 466–9; family of 380–81, 413–14, 426–7; homes 395–7, 431, 451–2, 471, 479–81; as lady’s man 481; love for Consuelo 398, 472, 481, 496; marries Consuelo 391–2, 413–14; meets Consuelo 380, 383; personality 398; relations with Vanderbilts 451; supports Pétain 472–3; war service 381–3, 461, 466, 473–5, 532n
Bankhead, Tallulah 489
Baring, Maurice 354
Barlow, Sam 400
Barnes, Betty 383, 387
Barnes, Reggie 174
Barrie, J. M. 354, 493
Bartelme, Mary M. 345
Bartholdi Pedestal Fund 61
Baruch, Bernard 497
Battenberg, Prince Francis Joseph 101
Bayonne, France 467–8
Beach, Moses Yale 14
Beacon Towers, Long Island 365, 374, 403, 433, 434
Beard, Mary 340
Beaufort Castle, Scotland 81
Bedford College, London 330, 333, 334, 362, 388
Beech, Fred 80, 95
Beecher, Revd Henry 50
BELMONT, ALVA (nee Erskine Smith, formerly Vanderbilt)
LIFE: affair with Belmont 92–5, 105, 107, 109; agricultural college project 322–4; and annulment of Marlborough marriage 414–15, 421–2, 430; arranges Consuelo’s marriage to Duke xxii, 151–6, 236, 291, 293–4, 308, 377, 419–21, 427–8, 493; attitude toward black women 317–18, 369, 445, 531n; childhood 23–7, 30–3, 68, 70, 76, 78; in Consuelo’s memoirs 490–91 Consuelo’s visits 256, 264; and Consuelo’s wedding 5, 6–7, 11, 141–5, 148–9; cruises on private yacht 80–81, 93, 95, 98; death 439–41; divorce 106–9, 111–12, 158, 377; divorce settlement 111, 135, 176–7, 294; education 31, 42; engagement 44–5; in England 101–2, 105, 210, 222, 245, 273–4; family background 21–3; feud with Manning 415–19, 428, 447; financial insecurity 43–4, 177; first marriage 46–7, 86; French exile 396, 431–3; funeral 441–4, 491; houses created by 24, 52, 56–9, 78–9, 89–92, 222, 304, 365, 433; journalism 328, 407, 410, 416, 439; marital difficulties 86–9, 91, 92, 95, 153; and Marlboroughs’ separation 273–4, 275, 276, 277; marriage ambitions for Consuelo 98–103, 112–21, 133–4, 150, 158; meets first husband 42–3; memoirs xxii, 375–7, 379, 434, 513n; monument proposal 444; as mother 50, 65–72, 81, 83, 106, 446–7, 449; newspaper clippings books 430–31, 447, 451; patron of arts 56–7; philanthropy 72, 416; political ambitions 380, 406–9; public speaking 305, 313, 321, 324–5; relations with Belmonts 176–7, 294, 303, 304; relations with Consuelo 152, 298, 405, 431, 433, 438, 490; relations with ex-husband 175; relations with Mrs Astor 61–2; relations with Pankhursts 336–9; relations with second husband 177, 300, 301–2; relations with sons 299, 303–4, 377–8, 405, 449–51; relations with Vanderbilts 48–9, 106, 143, 304; remarriage 176–7, 294, 297, 299–301; reputation 427–8, 449, 493; as saviour of family 46; separation from first husband 99, 103; social circle 40–42; social workers’ conference organised by 341–7; society hostess 60–64, 116, 118 126–30, 349–51; as suffragist 304–29, 335–49, 364–70, 373–5, 379–80, 384–5, 403–4, 430, 444–6; supports female strikers 316–17; unrequited love for Bloomer 370–72; widowhood 303–4, 308; will 404, 433, 448; women’s rights campaign 409–10, 435–6, 437–8
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 446–7; appearance 42–3, 45; belief in self-subjugation 306; belligerence and aggression 25–6, 295, 340, 410, 428, 446–7; clothes 6, 25, 44–5, 63, 127; competitive instincts 158; controlling instinct 24–5, 121, 152, 158, 340, 404–5, 420–21, 446; courage 27, 30, 71, 107, 427; as disciplinarian 68, 71; dominant personality 22, 32, 67, 71, 83–4, 91–2, 97–8, 99, 119, 140–41, 316, 425; fear of public speaking 100, 313, 328; feminist views 23, 26, 44, 66–7, 80, 88, 95, 153–5, 308, 317, 328, 409–10, 445–6, 53411; fervour 371, 376, 446; health problems 121, 370, 403, 405, 411, 438; impulsiveness 120, 295; independence 68; intelligence 428, 446, 449; interest in architecture 23–4, 32, 54–6, 67, 79, 84, 443; international outlook 30–3, 42, 55, 113, 409–10; jewels 185; loneliness and vulnerability 304, 378, 406; materialism 378; militancy 320–22, 324, 335, 337, 340; phobias 222, 406; political views 328, 377; portrait 490; as self-publicist 47, 64, 139, 141, 156, 173, 308, 311, 318–19, 342, 347, 350–51, 428, 521n; social position 17, 20–21, 43, 67, 84, 115–16, 121, 126, 156, 177, 295–6, 326–7, 342, 349, 379, 417; thrifty, puritanical streak 181; treatment of inferiors 378–9, 446; views on marriage 43, 424–5; violent temper 54, 69, 341, 350, 405, 425, 535n
Belmont, August 92–3, 301, 448
Belmont, Oliver 290, 297, 432; affection for Alva 302; as Alva’s lover 92, 105–6, 109, 115, 132, 159; Bachelor’s Ball 118, 123, 129; at Consuelo’s wedding 148; cruises with Vanderbilts 93–4, 95; death and funeral 302–3, 305, 324; first marriage 93; houses 129, 294, 300, 301, 303, 365, 370; and Marlborough’s Newport visit 130, 136; marries Alva 176–7, 300–2; motoring interests 299; personality 94, 300; political interests 301; and press 298; visits Blenheim 210; wealth 294
Belmont, Perry 176, 365, 370, 372, 439, 442
Bennett, James Gordon Jr 104
Bérard, Christian 484
Berengaria, SS 428, 441
Berenson, Bernard 252–3, 259, 262, 426
Berenson, Mary (nee Costelloe) 252–3, 255, 256, 259
Berry, Walter 452
Bibesco, Marthe 391
Birkenhead, Lord (2nd Earl of) 491
Bladon xxii, 502–4
Blandford, ‘Bert’, Marquess of (Consuelo’s son), see Marlborough, 10th Duke
Blandford, Albertha, Lady (Consuelo’s mother-in-law) 200, 321; appearance 189; background 170; divorce 169; personality 170; presents Consuelo at court 206; relations with Consuelo 189–90, 212, 224, 289; relations with son 172
Blandford, Marquess of (Consuelo’s grandson) 503; as Earl of Sunderland 412, 448
Blandford, Mary Cadogan, Marchioness of, see Marlborough, Mary
Blandford Act 167
Blatch, Harriet Stanton 309, 328
Blenheim, Battle of 165
Blenheim Palace: asset-stripping 167, 168; Christmas at 220, 241; Consuelo’s arrival 192–7; Consuelo as mistress of 199–205, 210–12, 214, 219–20; Consuelo visits 116–17, 459; as financial burden 98, 112; gardens 453/459; Gladys as mistress of 453–4; history 165–8; house parties 210–11; lack of amenities 205; life at 224–5; opened to public 483; restorations 164, 172, 175, 182, 214, 223, 240, 483; royal visit 213–20; shoots 216–17; staff 199–202, 223, 491–2, 524n; Unionist rallies 227, 353; visitors 213–19, 225, 247, 381, 402
Bloomer, J. Ralph 370–71
Blouin, Margarette 480, 482
Blum, Stella 507
Boer War 226, 245–7, 261, 266, 301, 331
Bohrmann, Horst, see Hor
st
Boldini, Giovanni 248, 252, 265, 396, 478, 505
Booth, Maud Billington 345
Boston American 346
Brandon, Ruth 104
British Empire 96–7, 233–5
British Sailors’ Society 289
Broderick, St John 228
Branson, Miss 6, 146
Branson, Mrs Frederick 82
Brookholt, Long Island 294, 370
Brookholt Agricultural College 323–4
Brooks, Dr 443
Brown, Capability 166, 453
Brown, Revd John Wesley 146, 419
Brunswick, Duke of 209
Bryan, William Jennings 301
Brydges, Revd Dr Ralph W. 146
Buccleuch, Duchess of 224
Buccleuch, Duke of 171
Buckingham Palace 206
Burden, James 157
Burden, Miss 6, 146
Burke, Edmund 197
Burnett, Revd Waldo 146
Burns, Lucy 341, 375
Cadogan, Mary, see Marlborough, Mary, Duchess of
Caetani, Roffredo, Principe di Bassiano 264
Cairo 80
Calcutta, India 95–8; Government House 96–8
Calvary Church, New York 46
Camastra, Duke of 264
Cameron, Roderick 397, 400
Campania 124, 125, 188
Campbell, Lady Colin 169
Campbell, Mrs Pat 371
Canfield, Cass 237, 486–9, 494
Canfield, Laura 481
Cannadine, David 96, 168, 188, 197, 228, 267
Carlile, Prebendary 283–4
Carnarvon, Earl of 204, 479
Carnegie, Canon 418
Carolus-Duran xxi, 100, 128, 142, 214
Carson, Sir Edward 390
Carter, Howard 437
Casa Alva, Florida 452, 472, 479–81, 483, 490, 496, 499–500
Castellane, Count Boni de 113, 179, 380, 415
Castlereagh, Charles, Viscount 270; affair with Consuelo 267–9, 272, 273, 358; fascist views 473; reputation as philanderer 268, 281, 358
Castlereagh, Edith, Lady 267, 268–9
Castlerosse, Lord 454
Catt, Carrie Chapman 318, 369; dislike of Alva 315, 319, 367, 384–5, 410–11, 415, 447; opposes militancy 320, 322, 324, 366, 386, 445; suffragist campaigning 384, 406; ‘Winning Plan’ of 386, 445; women’s rights campaigner 410