trusts for 137, 138, 202, 220, 256, 324, 329, 340, 351, 353, 361, 366, 369, 372, 397, 405
Clementine (wife) 50, 86–87, 56, 68, 87, 88–90, 92, 96
death of mother 135, 136
father 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
fire, escaping from 87
holidays and visits 91, 102, 106, 231, 240, 241, 325, 358, 362, 365, 370, 381, 393, 396
Bahamas 211, 384
Canada 65, 182, 185, 186–7
eastern Africa 81, 82–83
Egypt 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 69–70, 132
European tour 172–3
France 92, 98, 102, 113, 124, 125, 128, 140, 148, 150, 152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 173, 200, 205, 206, 207, 220, 229, 230, 237–8, 257, 260, 273, 349–51, 373, 383–4, 396
India 39, 41–49, 51, 55
Switzerland 72, 73
USA 62, 64, 181–95
New York 25, 26, 65, 182, 191, 192, 209, 328
residences
Blenheim Palace 24, 57, 72, 75, 87, 97, 260
Chartwell 137, 138, 143, 144, 146, 275, 282
conversion costs 3, 145, 146,148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 158–63, 165–8, 172, 174, 176, 177
sale of 202, 250, 255, 256, 257, 258, 262, 264, 320–1, 341, 406
Chequers 292–3
Hoe Farm 109
Ireland 25
Lullenden Manor 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 137
London 24, 25, 26, 54, 57, 72, 123
2 Sussex Square 123, 125, 142, 148, 164
12 Bolton Street 75, 76, 88, 91
33 Eccleston Square 92, 109, 116
41 Cromwell Road 109, 112
105 Mount Street 64, 76, 82, 92
Admiralty House 98–9, 100, 105, 108, 282
Charles Street 24, 25
Claridge’s hotel 317
Dean Trench Street 121
Downing Street 164, 168, 290, 370
Hotel Metropole 116
Morpeth Mansions 220, 249, 258, 262, 281, 282
Ritz hotel 151
Norfolk 105
St Albans 72
Sandhurst 32
politics
1900–8 63, 70, 71, 72, 75, 77, 81, 85–6
defection from Conservative Party 2, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 108
‘Hooligans’, the 70
as MP, Oldham 63, 64, 65, 70
as president of the Board of Trade 85
promotion to cabinet 85
1909–18 3, 93, 94–5, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 110, 111, 115, 116
as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 108, 109
Churchill farmland controversy 117
Dardanelles Campaign 106, 107, 108
as First Lord of the Admiralty 98, 100, 102, 108
as home secretary 96
as minister of munitions 116
opposition from Conservatives 108, 111
resignation from the Liberal Party 111
1918–22 121, 122, 124, 125, 128, 139, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147
Colonial Office 129, 137, 144
as secretary of state for war and air 121
1923–9 159, 160, 163, 173, 176, 177
as Chancellor of the Exchequer 163, 164, 165, 166, 173, 176
return to Conservative Party 3, 160, 163
1930–48 3–4, 202, 203, 209, 227–8, 235, 236, 240–1, 242, 245, 248, 259, 262, 263, 265, 273, 283
disarmament, campaign against 232, 248, 256
invasion of Czechoslovakia 266, 270, 271, 276
Edward VIII 247–8
as First Lord of the Admiralty 281–2, 285
Germany, Nazi Socialism 202, 217, 232, 260
Indian independence 202, 203, 209
military response, British 277
as prime minister and minister of defence 9, 286–7, 289, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 316, 320
1949–55 359, 362, 365, 366, 376, 383
as prime minister 370, 371, 372, 377
resignation 379–80
ambitions 52, 70
books, influence on politics 81
campaigns 70, 278
clashing with financial interests 128, 129, 141, 151, 165, 169, 170, 176, 236, 329–30
democracy 70, 364
donations 95, 99
elections 146, 147, 159, 160, 161, 163, 180, 359
financial influence 2, 3, 4
imperialism 70
and Labour Party 116
lobbying, oil 157, 159
press, ridicule in 98, 113
speeches 232, 248, 256, 262, 276, 277, 302, 304–5, 328
starting out 2, 55, 57, 62
trade reform and free trade 70, 71, 95, 159, 160
welfare state 81, 93, 94, 316
sports and hobbies 72, 261
horse-racing 41, 357–8, 375, 382–3, 398–400
hunting 67, 83, 96, 173
paintings 110, 130, 172, 206, 237, 238, 239, 241, 279, 319, 344, 347, 354, 355, 360, 384, 405
polo 38–9, 55, 56, 67, 73, 77, 142
walking 72
will 53, 351, 372, 378, 405
writing 169, 176, 178, 197–9
books 3, 39, 43–4, 51, 55, 56, 58, 62, 63, 75, 180–1, 297, 302
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 215–16, 217, 218–19, 228, 243, 251, 255, 269–70, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278–9, 283–5, 288, 303, 314, 322, 377, 381, 388
After Armageddon 268, 303, 305, 308, 310, 385
American Impressions 214
Arms and the Covenant 268
Great Contemporaries 201, 207, 214, 254, 255, 259
Ian Hamilton’s March 64
Into Battle 293, 300
Liberalism and the Social Problem 93
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria 58, 61, 62
Lord Randolph Churchill 69, 72, 73, 74, 75
Marlborough: His Life and Times 178, 180, 183, 184, 197–8, 199, 202, 204, 205, 207, 216, 217, 223, 224, 226, 228, 230, 231, 234, 241, 243, 251, 254, 256, 260, 268, 276
My Early Life 161, 177, 198, 199, 201, 282, 290, 294, 301
Savrola 55, 58, 61, 350
Step by Step 276
The Aftermath 174, 175, 176, 177, 185, 186
The Eastern Front 198, 199, 202, 204, 205, 208–9
The Malakand Field Force 108
The River War 55, 56, 58, 322
The Second World War (war memoirs) 303, 306, 308–10, 312–14, 317–18, 319, 323–4, 325, 326–31, 333–40, 342–4, 345–9, 352, 353, 354, 356–7, 358–9, 360, 362, 363–4, 365–6, 367–70, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 389, 394
The World Crisis 126, 127, 128, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 150, 151, 154, 157, 158, 161, 165, 168, 170, 172, 173, 183, 185, 198, 199, 203, 223
Thoughts and Adventures 207, 214, 217
clashing with political work 151, 165, 169, 170, 176, 307, 329–30
copyright 289, 291, 296, 302, 308, 327, 336, 353, 398
film and television rights 306, 307, 308, 312, 314–15, 320, 321, 331, 350, 387–8, 394, 395, 402
ghostwriters
Edward Marsh 214, 215, 217, 218, 228
Diston, Adam Marshall 225, 228, 230, 231, 239, 242, 259
journalism 3, 38, 42, 53, 54, 59, 60, 63, 81, 114, 116, 130, 131, 160, 166, 175, 177, 182, 185, 191, 194, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 210, 211, 214, 215, 217–18, 223, 225, 226, 234, 241, 252–3, 266, 267, 279, 282, 335, 337, 342
Nobel Prize for Literature 377
Churchill, Winston (grandson) 329, 351, 408, 409, 410
Cockran, Bourke 37, 38
Cold War 348, 372
Colonna, Vittoria 135
Colville, Jock 287, 372, 376, 406, 407, 408, 409
communism 120
Conservative Party 7, 25, 65, 71, 206
budgets 166–7, 173
Churchill, Lord Randolph 25, 27
and complaints about corruption by Liberals 100
elections 146, 163, 180, 209, 239, 316, 362, 370
First World War 108, 115
‘Hooligans’, the 70
rejoining the gold standard 166–7
tariff reform 70, 71, 74, 159, 160
Consols 94, 107
Conway, Martin 149
Cornwallis-West, George 57–8, 63, 67, 68–9, 78–9, 85, 101, 102
Cowdray, Lord 187
Cox, A. C. 121
Cox, Reginald 104, 105, 118–19, 126, 136
Cripps, Stafford 298, 359, 366
Crocker, William H. 188
Cudlipp, Percy 234, 242, 245
Curtis Brown, Albert 126, 127, 128, 143, 150, 161, 171, 174, 177, 181, 182, 184, 185, 190, 204, 205, 215, 219, 227, 242, 245, 253, 271, 314
Curzon, George 84, 131, 432
Czechoslovakia 260, 262, 265, 270, 348
Dalton, Hugh 326
Davies, Percy 259
de Rothschild, Ferdinand 21
Deakin, William (‘Bill’) 244, 274, 279, 283, 285, 328, 343, 346, 347, 352, 362, 366, 367
death duty 93, 94
Del Giudice, Filippo 306
Diplock, Kenneth 308
Disraeli, Benjamin 21, 25
Diston, Adam Marshall 225, 228, 230, 231, 239, 242, 259
Douglas, Lord Alfred 155, 156
Duis, George 211, 212
Duram & Co. 128
Eade, Charles 297, 302
Earle, Lionel 87
Eden, Anthony 241, 261, 271, 272, 376, 432
Edmonds, James 176, 433
Edward VIII, King 21, 25, 32, 37, 246–8
Egypt 125, 141, 373
Winston Churchill visits 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 69–70, 132
Eisenhower, Dwight 374, 395, 433
elections, general 94, 146, 159, 160, 163, 207–9, 239, 362, 370
Elizabeth II, Queen 379–80
Elgin, 9th Earl of 43, 75, 81, 83, 433
Elliott, Maxine 97, 109, 230, 238, 244, 260, 273
English Civil War 16
entrepreneurs 2, 11
**Eyre & Spottiswoode 204, 219, 290, 291
family fortune, Churchill 16–19, 22
Feiling, Keith 214, 228, 243
Field III, Marshall 324, 328, 335
Fillmore, President 13
film industry 189, 190, 227, 231, 232–4, 235–6, 259, 268, 306, 394, 400, 401
First World War 3, 106–19
Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination 105, 106
army 108, 121
Dardanelles Commission 115, 116
Dardanelles Committee 108, 109, 111
declaration of war 107
demobilization 121
financial impact of 106, 107, 119, 120, 141
navy 106–7, 183
Treaty of Versailles 124
Fisher, John ‘Jackie’ 108, 113, 433
Fladgate & Co. 105
Flower, Desmond 270, 283, 284, 285
Flower, Newman 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 228, 243, 251, 255, 269–70, 279, 288, 289, 308, 309, 311, 312–13, 322, 329, 363
FOCUS in Defence of Freedom and Peace 246, 247, 248, 271
Foster, Frederick 123
France, conflict 98, 152, 287, 288, 310, 311
Frank, Howard 162, 202
free trade 70, 71, 95, 159, 160
French, John 113, 433
Frewen, Moreton (uncle) 54
Fripp, Alfred 156
Garvin, J. L. 159
Geddes, W. D. 156
General Strike 168, 173
George V, King 97, 231, 241
George VI, King 248, 249, 287, 292, 372
Germany 98, 100, 152, 260
First World War and aftermath 107, 108, 124
Munich Agreement 273–4
Nazi Party 202, 217, 232, 260
rearmament 232, 248, 256, 276
Second World War 287, 296, 302, 311, 318
see also Adolf Hitler
Gladstone, William 25, 27
Glyn, Elinor 131
Graebner, Walter 319, 325, 336, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347, 349, 352, 355, 366, 377
Graham-Dixon, Charles 299, 323, 325, 327, 360, 385, 386
Greenslet, Ferris 178
Greenwood, Arthur 286, 434
Gregg, Cornelius 301
Grenfell, Cecil 78, 97
Greville, Frances (‘Daisy’) (countess of Warwick) 57
Grey, Edward 109
Grigg, Percy (‘P.J.’) 203, 434
Grosvenor, Hugh (‘Bendor’) (2nd duke of Westminster) 60, 79, 102, 119, 138, 157, 173, 205, 220, 438
Grosvenor, Loelia (duchess of Westminster) 120, 133
Grunebaum & Sons, J. 91
Guest, Cornelia, (née Spencer-Churchill) (aunt) 31, 72, 139
Guest, Freddie (cousin) 111, 118, 119, 132, 183, 200, 256
Guest, Ivor (cousin) 78
Haig, Douglas 113, 434
Hall sisters (maternal grandmother and great aunt) 12
Hamblin, Grace 225–6, 229, 269
Hamilton, Ian 61, 121, 122
Hamilton, Jean 121, 122
Harmsworth, Alfred (Lord Northcliffe) 57, 70, 74, 100, 114
Harmsworth, Esmond 207, 212, 215
Harmsworth, Harold (Lord Rothermere) 161, 241, 272
Harrap & Co., G. 178, 179, 289, 303, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 312
Harrap, George 178, 184, 197–8, 202, 207, 217, 226, 231, 239, 243, 254, 260, 268, 270
Harrap, George (junior) 276, 289
Harriman, W. Averell 194
Harris, Frank 73, 74, 82, 126
Harris, T. E. B. 306, 324, 340
Hearst, William 175, 181, 182, 188, 190, 204, 242
Heinemann, William 398
Henderson, Charles 305, 309, 313, 314
Hill, Kathleen 256, 269, 282, 284, 287, 292, 301, 302, 303, 306, 308, 311, 314, 326
Hitler, Adolf 202, 217, 223, 235, 242, 260, 262, 270, 271, 275, 276, 318
Hodder & Stoughton 178
Hodge, Alan 378
Hogg, Douglas 156
Holland, Second World War 287
Home, Robert 136
Home Rule for Ireland and Scotland 99
honours list 142, 143
Hore-Belisha, Leslie 238
Houghton Mifflin 178, 291, 338, 339, 340, 343, 346, 348, 350, 352, 356–7, 363, 398
Howe, Richard Curzon 69
Hozier, Bill (brother-in-law) 86, 134
Hozier, Blanche (née Ogilvy) (mother-in-law) 86, 88, 140
Hozier, Henry (father-in-law) 86
Hozier, Kitty (sister-in-law) 86
Hozier, Nellie (sister-in-law) 86, 87
Humbert, Mr 88, 89
Hutton, E. F. 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194
India, independence 202, 235
Inskip, Thomas 242, 434
insurance companies 52
Commercial Union 197, 201, 262
Excess Insurance Company 205, 206
Legal & General 103
Norwich Union 41, 45, 53, 65, 69, 71, 85, 117
Phoenix Assurance 111
Iraq 129, 131, 139
Ireland 25, 106, 125, 139, 140, 141
Irish Nationalists 96, 97
Isle of Wight 11, 15, 21
Ismay, Hastings (‘Pug’) 343, 434
Jacob, Ian 287
James II, King 16
Japan, Second World War 256, 297, 298, 299
Jelke, Frazier 222
Jennings, Sarah (ancestor 1660–1744, 1st duchess of Marlborough) 16, 17, 18, 19
Jerome, Addison (maternal great uncle) 13
Jerome, Clara (maternal grandmother) 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27
Jerome, Clarita (maternal aunt) 11
Jerome, Hiram K. (maternal great-great uncle) 12
Jerome, Isaac (maternal great-grandfather) 12
Jerome, Lawrence (maternal great uncle) 12, 13
Jerome, Leonard (maternal grandfather) 12–13
allowance to his daughter Jennie (Winston’s mother) 22–23, 25, 26
American Civil War 14
and the Churchill family 21, 22–23, 25
consulship 13
death 27
debts 27
family trust 45, 135, 136
&nbs
p; income 12, 13, 15
losses 14–15
stocks and shares 13, 14, 15
Travers Jerome 13
Jerome, Timothy (maternal ancestor) 12
John Leaning & Sons 162
Judd, Walter 344
Kelly, Denis 343, 388, 394, 435
Kennedy, John (‘Jack’) 435
Keynes, J. M. 167
King, Cecil 277
Kitchener, General Horatio 44, 53, 60, 111, 268, 435
Knight Frank & Rutley 143, 144, 160, 202, 250, 341
Korda, Alexander 227, 231, 232–3, 234, 294, 306, 307–8, 310, 312, 314, 321, 350, 386, 387
Korean War 363
labour exchanges 93
Labour Party 96, 97, 115, 147, 159, 160, 163, 285, 320, 344, 359, 366
elections 180, 209, 251, 316, 370
Landau, Jacob 247
Laughlin, Henry 338, 369, 374
Lawrence, T. E. 148
Leathers, Frederick 251, 435
Le Vien, Jack 394, 395, 396, 400, 401, 402
Leeper, Rex 245
Leiter, Mary 131
Leslie, Leonie (née Jerome) (maternal aunt) 11, 13, 51, 64, 77
Liberal Party 25, 27, 74, 81, 159, 163
elections 96, 97, 146, 147, 180, 239, 362, 370
First World War 108, 115
foreign policy 125
ideals 70, 81
Ireland 106, 125
Marconi share scandal 99, 100
policies 70, 77, 93, 94, 95
and Winston Churchill 2, 3, 71, 75, 77, 81, 94, 95
Lindemann, Frederick (Lord Cherwell) 216, 329, 337
Lloyd George, David 93, 96, 100, 102, 435, 106, 111, 115, 116, 124, 128, 129, 136, 140, 142, 146, 149, 184, 200, 236, 241
Lockhart, William 49
Long, Ray 174, 175
Longman, Thomas 43, 51, 53, 55, 58, 61, 62, 63, 72, 74, 178
Longwell, Daniel 319, 334, 336, 338–9, 342, 343, 349, 350, 352, 353, 355, 356, 362, 366, 367, 368, 370, 373
Lord Randolph Churchill’s will trust 2, 35–36, 45, 48, 68, 83–84, 85, 89, 103, 105
Luce, Henry 325, 326, 327, 335–7, 342, 349–50, 353, 355, 356, 382
Lumley, Theodore 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 52, 69, 75, 84, 103, 104
Lytton, 2nd Earl of 436
Lytton, Pamela (née Plowden) 39, 56, 62, 65, 68, 77
Mackay, James (Lord Inchcape) 183, 201
MacDonald, Ramsay 160, 163, 180, 206, 209, 235, 436
Macmillan & Co. 296, 301, 302, 303, 309, 310, 311
Macmillan, Frederick 73, 74, 75, 436
Macmillan, Harold 173, 271, 277, 318, 383, 436
Mallet, Mouis 149
Manhattan Club 135, 136
Manisty, Edward 85
Marconi share scandal 99, 100
Margesson, David 286, 436
Marlborough, dukedom and fortune 17–20
Mary II, Queen 16, 17
Marsh, Edward (‘Eddie’) 77, 78, 81, 83, 87, 110, 111, 117, 118, 119
writing and editorial for Churchill 214, 215, 217, 218, 228, 274, 277, 282, 343