3. Sitwell, Taken Care Of, p. 151.
4. Ziegler, Osbert Sitwell, p. 253.
5. Quoted by George Orwell in Tribune, 31 December 1943.
6. R.A., Box 502.
7. R.A., Box 511.
8. R.A., Box 65.
9. Ibid.
10. Sunday Times, 22 March 1964.
11. Reresby Sitwell, personal communication.
12. Sitwell, Renishaw Hall and the Sitwells, p. 11.
13. Alec Guinness, Blessings in Disguise (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985), p. 148.
14. R.A., Box 511/5.
15. Mark Amory (ed.), The Letters of Evelyn Waugh (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1980), p. 163.
16. R.A., Box 511/5.
17. R.A., Box 528/5.
18. Charlotte Mosley (ed.), The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh (London: Hodder, 1996), p. 16.
19. Diary, May 1933, quoted in Vickers, Cecil Beaton, p. 166.
20. Mosley, Letters, p. 13.
21. Bryher, Days of Mars, pp. 174–5.
22. Cyril Connolly in Horizon XVI (No. 90), July 1947.
Chapter 22: The Sitwell Renaissance
1. Osbert Sitwell, Demos the Emperor (London: Macmillan, 1949).
2. Ziegler, Osbert Sitwell, p. 320.
3. R.A., Box 532/6.
4. Ziegler, Osbert Sitwell, p. 308.
5. R.A., Box 567/1.
6. Sitwell, For Want of the Golden City, p. 417.
7. Sitwell, Hortus Sitwellianus, p. 13; Sitwell, Renishaw Hall and the Sitwells, p. 11.
8. John Lehmann, A Nest of Tigers (London: Macmillan, 1969), p. 243.
9. Mosley, The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyen Waugh, pp. 113–17.
10. Pearson, Façades, p. 401.
11. Sitwell, Taken Care Of, p. 183.
12. Glendinning, Edith Sitwell, p. 200.
13. Salter, Last Years of a Rebel, p. 155.
14. Osbert Sitwell, On the Continent: A Book of Iniquities (London: Macmillan, 1958). Dedicated to the Kirsteins.
15. Amory, Letters of Evelyn Waugh, p. 204.
16. R.A., Box 571/4.
17. Amory, Letters of Evelyn Waugh, p. 380.
18. New York Times Magazine, 30 November 1952.
Chapter 23: Decay
1. R.A., Box 571/10.
2. Amory, Letters of Evelyn Waugh, p. 493.
3. R.A., Box 571/12.
4. Mark Amory (ed.), The Letters of Ann Fleming (London: The Harvill Press, 1985), p. 264.
5. Thekla Clark, Wystan and Chester (London: Faber, 1995), pp. 27–8.
6. Sir Steven Runciman, personal communication.
7. S. Sitwell, Serenade to a Sister, Brackley, Northamptonshire, 1974.
8. Personal observation (the author was a member of the St James’).
9. R.A., Box 158, Bundle 6.
10. Mosley, Letters, p. 484.
11. R.A., Box 572/2.
12. Ibid.
13. Bradford, Sacheverell Sitwell: Splendours and Miseries.
14. Greene, Edith Sitwell.
15. Pearson, Façades, p. 190.
Chapter 24: Renishaw Reborn
1. R.A., letter (8 October 1966) from Osbert Sitwell to Derek Morley, courtesy of Penelope, Lady Sitwell.
2. Penelope, Lady Sitwell, personal communication.
3. Sitwell, Renishaw Hall and the Sitwells, p. 2.
4. R.A., letter from Reresby Sitwell to Osbert Sitwell, courtesy of Penelope, Lady Sitwell.
5. Ibid.
6. R.A., New Acquisitions Shelf 1.
7. Simon Jenkins, England’s Thousand Best Houses (London: Allen Lane, 2003).
8. James Lees-Milne, Ancient as the Hills: Diaries, 1973–1974 (London: John Murray, 1997).
9. Ibid.
10. Reresby Sitwell, ‘Robin Hood’s Bow’, lecture (Renishaw, 1996).
11. Sitwell, Hortus Sitwellianus, p. 123.
12. The Times, 1 April 2009.
INDEX
Aberconway, Christabel 189, 214, 215
Aberdeen 68
Acciaiuoli castle see Montegufoni
Acton, Harold xiii, 164, 184, 188
Adelaide, Queen 69
Africa 223
Agate, James 168
Airey, George 122
Albemarle, Duke of see Monck, General
Aldershot 100, 143–144, 158, 160
Aleppo 10
Alexander III 99
Alexander, Field-Marshal 161
Alexandra, Queen 136, 190
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence 106, 179
Amalfi 163
America see United States
Andria 117
Anson, Admiral Lord 45
Antrim, Lord 224
Arkwright, Joseph 191, 241
Asquith, Margot 145
Auden W. H. 193, 218, 219, 224
Austin 219
Aviemore 68
Badger, Joseph 55
Balanchine, George 167
Ballets Russes 167
Balmoral 68, 199
Bamford, Francis 197–198
Bari 117, 118
Barlborough 206, 243
Barmoor Castle 50, 60, 63
Barton 15, 19–21, 25, 34
Bath 41, 45, 49
Bawtry 8
Beaton, Cecil 165–166, 171, 172, 195
Beaufort, Duke of 101
Bedale Park 87
Beechey, William 54
Bell, Clive 176
Bell, Vanessa 170, 178, 205
Bellingham, Lynda 249
Bellyse, Reginald 89
Belvoir Lodge 103
Bennett, Arnold 159, 162, 164
Beresford-Peirse, Mrs Henry 87
Berlin 140, 152
Berners, Lord 167, 187–188, 205
Berwick 60
Biddlesden Park 82
Birkhall 68
Blanche, Jacques-Émile 106
Blast 141
Blavatsky, Madame 140
Blitz 201, 208
Baedeker 205
Bloomsbury group xiii–xiv, 166, 168, 173, 175–183, 194, 230, 247
Bognor 74
Bologna 135
Bolsover Castle 3, 206–207, 241
Bonchurch 139
Bootham Bar 46
Boston 219
Boulton, Matthew 56
Bournemouth 95, 139
Bowen, Elizabeth 216
Bradford, Sarah 186
Brampton-en-le-Morthen 243
Bridgehouses 41
Brighton 49, 88, 206
Bristol 45, 49
Britain 57, 184, 201, 207, 213, 216, 219
Festival of 213
Brompton 51
Brown, Tom 98
Brussels 56
Brustolon, Andrea 119, 126, 195, 236
Buchanan, Bella 74, 77, 82, 83
Buffalo 219
Burnham Beeches 79, 82
Buxton 45
Cafe, Thomas 78
Calabria 116
Cambell-Swinton, Alexander 75
Cambridge 6, 32, 171, 172, 177, 232, 238
Christ Church College 28
Corpus Christi College 4, 13, 15, 27
Trinity College 16, 65
Camm’s School see Eckington, school
Campbell, Mrs Patrick 134
Canada 185, 226
Cannes 95
Canterbury: Archbishop of 68, 89, 97, 155
Prerogative Court of 21, 24
Caprarola 114
Carr House 4
Castel del Monte 117
Castello 114
Castle Howard 164, 248
Castle, Mary 21
Chaddesden 35
Chambers, Sir William 56
Charles I 2, 5, 13
Charles II 6, 8, 11
Charles III 47
Charleston 177
Charlie, Bonnie Prince 36, 44
Charteris, Ivo 161
Chatsworth 67, 68, 222, 224, 236, 241
Chesterfield 2, 7, 9, 22, 65
Grammar School 27
, 41, 44
House of Correction 10
Childe, Wilfred 186
Childers, Margaret 4
China 19, 237
Chippendale, Thomas 56, 237, 239, 240
Churchill, Lady Randolph see Cornwallis-West, Mrs George
Churchill, Winston 161, 162, 201
Cilento 163
Civil War: English 4–5, 13, 111
Spanish 193
Clark, Kenneth 166, 175
Clifton 45
Clumber Park 54
Cobb, Alec 243
Coldwell Hall 10
Columbus 219
Combe Florey 223
Combermere, Viscount 78
Como: Castello d’Urio 115
Villa Pliniana 115
Conegliano 115
Connolly, Cyril 172, 176, 212, 218, 230
Constantinople 53
Cook, Mrs Florence 98
Copley, John Singleton 48, 49, 106, 218
Cornwall 57
Cornwallis-West, Mrs George 128
Cotton, Stapleton 78
Coventry 205
Coward, Noël 164–165, 171–172
Cowley, Dick 32, 35
Cremona, Palazzo Raimondi 115
Croatia 211
Cromwell, Oliver 6, 7, 113
Cromwell, Richard 7
Cukor, George 220
Cumberland, Duke of 45
Cunard, Nancy 146, 158
D’Annunzio, Gabriele 163
Daily Herald 161
Daily Mirror 149
The Daily Telegraph 99, 158
Dakins, Dr Polycarp 17
Davidson, Randall 102
Davies, W. H. 159
de Boys, Walter 4
Deeside 68
Delves, Nicholas 11–12, 26, 27
Derby 4, 5, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 36, 44, 50, 243
The Derby Mercury 55
de Taeye, Ernest 90–91
Devonshire: Duchess of 137, 223, 228
Duke of 22, 68–69, 224
Earl of 17
de Vos, Judocus 56, 195
Diaghilev, Sergei 160, 167
Dobbs, Miss Frances 144–145
Doble, Georgia 185–187, 219, 229, 232
Doncaster 4, 60, 66, 128
Dorking 91
Drake, Nathan 46, 49
du Maurier, George 103
Dublin 128
Duckworth 165, 194
Dukeries 2
Eastwood 191
Eckington 2–6, 27, 32, 36, 62, 67, 85, 205, 209, 243
church 1, 16, 26, 42, 74, 82, 83
school 29
Edinburgh 67, 75
Edward VII 136, 146, 232
Edward VIII 199
Effingham, Lord and Lady 55
Égalité, Philippe, Duc d’Orléans 56
Eliot, T. S. 168, 171, 178, 180, 193, 208, 218
Ellerman, Bryher 202–203, 205, 212
England xiii, 8, 17, 22, 29, 36, 44, 54, 56, 66, 74, 88, 90, 98, 119, 123, 138, 144, 173, 181, 184, 196, 216, 220, 230, 231, 240, 248, 249
Eton Chronicle 98
Eton College 65, 92, 98, 113, 133, 138, 141, 143, 155, 158, 198, 199, 232
Fairfax, Ferdinando, Lord 5
Fenwick, Sir John 18
Ferney Hall 50
Ferrara 115
Field, Julian Osgood 144–145, 152–154
imprisonment 154–155
Firbank, Ronald 162
First World War 151–160, 230
Fitzalan-Howard, Miles 232
Fitzroy, Fanny 84
Fitzwilliam, Earl 50, 57–58
Flanders 158, 224
Fleurbaix 152
Florence 115, 120, 134, 135, 145, 184, 198, 229
Forbes, Penelope see Sitwell, Penelope
Forster, E. M. 170, 177
Fox, Charles James 57
Foxbrooke 4
Foxton Dam 69–70, 136
France 31, 44, 119, 152
Franceys, Ralph 9–11
Frascati: Villa Borghese 115
Villa Mondragone 115
Villa Torlonia 114
Frescheville, John 5, 7, 8
Fry, Roger 176, 179–180
Gallipoli 162, 201
Garda, Lake, Bogliaco 115
Gardiner, C. 6, 13, 28
Garsington 186
Gay, Maisie 164
Genoa, Palazzo Durazzo Pallavicini 115
George I 21
George II 61
George III 48, 146
George IV 189, 199, 232
Germany 90, 110, 160, 201, 207, 232
Gilbey, Monsignor Alfred 238
Gilliat, Veronica 122
Gilliatt, John 55
Giustinian, Doge Marcantonio 119
Glendinning, Victoria 135
Gosden Lodge 91
Gosse, Sir Edmund 159, 171
Graves, Robert 159, 181
Great Plague 11
‘Great Rebellion’ 7
Greece 120
Greene, Graham xiv, 193, 226
Grigson, Geoffrey 171–172
Guildford 91
Guinness, Alec 209
Haddon Hall 137, 241
Hamnett, Nina 159
Hanover 21
Hardwick 3, 137, 241
Harewood, Lord 58
Harris, George 60, 62
Harris, Sarah 60
Harrogate 45
Hartley, L. P. xiv, 205, 216
Harviestoun 67
Hattersley, William 22, 29
Hay Brow 90, 93
Hayward, Rick 247
Headlam, Tuppy 141
Heays, Katherine 3, 6
Helpmann, Robert 190
Hely-Hutchinson, Hon. Henry 79, 87
Louisa Lucy see Sitwell, Louisa Lucy
Herald Tribune 167
Herring Sr, J. F. 66
Hesley Hall 43
Hoddesdon 92
Holland 17
Hollingworth, Maynard 215
Hollywood 219–220
Hopewell 240
Hopper, Hedda 220
Horizon 212
Horner, David 185, 201, 204, 206, 211, 215, 224, 226–228, 234–235
Hothfield, Lord 128
Hull 68
Hunloke, Sir John 18
Huntercombe 81
Hurt, Catherine 34, 41, 43
Hurt, Jonathan 43
Huxley, Aldous xiv, 158–160, 179–180
Idle, River 8
India 19, 36
Ireland 214
Italy 10, 83, 113, 114, 117, 123, 125, 128, 135, 136, 141, 163, 191, 197, 208, 229
Jackson, James 20
Jacobites xiv, 18, 22, 28–29, 36, 44
Jamaica 19
James II 17, 18
James III 22, 47
Japan 207
Jekyll, Gertrude 125
Jenkins, Simon 238
John Murray 123
Joyce, James 171, 193
Kedleston 55
Kent, Anne 17
Kent, Duchess of 69
Keppel, Mrs George 146–147, 184
Kesteven, David 248
Kew Gardens 67
Kirstein, Lincoln 220
Kimmerghame 75
Kinrara 68
Kneller, Sir Godfrey 18
Lalique, René 120
Lambie, Alexander 67
Lancaster, Osbert 172
Laner, Sir Hugh 128
Lansdowne, Lord 158
Lascelles, Henry 58
Lawrence, D. H. 181, 191, 241
Le Brun, Charles 56
Leavis, F. R. 171–172
Lecce 117, 163, 166
Leckley (maid to Louisa Lucy Sitwell) 91, 95, 102
Lee, Vernon 113, 115
Leeds, Duke of 33
Lees-Milne, James 239–240
Leghorn (Livorno) 10
Lehmann, John 205, 228
Leicester 84
Leverson, Ada 164, 186
Lewis, Wyndham 141,
159, 171–172, 182, 218
Life 218
Little Sheffield 45, 46
Liverpool 53
Locarno 208
Londesborough, Lord 101, 102, 106, 107, 147, 150, 185
London 3, 8–11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 39–41, 45–49, 77–79, 81, 106, 128, 131, 136, 139, 144, 146, 149, 152, 162, 171, 185, 194, 195, 201, 203–205, 208, 213, 215, 237, 244
Aeolian Hall 164, 208
Bank of England 146
Bayswater 149
Belgravia 213
Bethlem Hospital 40
Bridewell Hospital 40
Buckingham Palace 136, 146
Cavendish Square 146
Chelsea 146, 149, 158, 160, 164–166, 169, 177, 185, 191
Christ’s Hospital 40
Duke of York’s Theatre 165
Dyer’s Court, Aldermanbury 18, 40–41, 46
Exchange 11
Fitzrovia 159, 175
Fleet Prison 24
Gray’s Inn 15, 18, 27
Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road 162
Henrietta Street 194
Hippodrome 147
Holborn 11, 18
Holloway prison 154, 155, 184
Kilburn 154
Kensington 34
Leicester Galleries 206, 218
Little Britain 27, 31
Lyceum 167
Marlborough Club, Pall Mall 147
Notting Hill 177
Pembridge Mansions (Moscow Road) 149, 202, 205, 228
Ritz Hotel 189
Royal Academy 48
Royal Festival Hall 226
Sesame club 225
St Andrew’s, Holborn 11
St Bartholomew’s Hospital 40
St George’s, Hanover Square 102
St James’ club 227
St James’s Palace 146, 159
St Paul’s Cathedral 11, 40
Warwick Court 36
West End 46
Westminster 11, 24, 199
White’s 211
Whitehall 7
Wormwood Scrubs 154
The London Evening Post 36
The London Magazine 228
The London Mercury 181
Long Itchington 95
Longleat 222
Loos 156
Love, Richard 13
Lucca 115, 119, 135
Lutyens, Sir Edwin 120, 125–127, 137, 189
Lympany, Moura 238–239
Machan, George 30
Madresfield xiii, 190
Maggiolini, Giuseppe 56
Magnasco, Alessandro 119
Magro, Frank 226–227, 229
Maidenhead 79
Malplaquet 23
Manners, Lady Diana 146–147, 158
Mantell, Gideon 67
Mantua 115, 196
Marlborough, Duke of 23, 32
Marlow, William 49
Marshall, Anne 21, 23–24
Marston Moor 5
Martin, Willie 144–145
Matisse, Henri 162, 167
Matlock 210–211
Maugham, Somerset 190
Megroz, Frank 168
Mégroz, Rodolphe 171
Melbourne, Viscount 56
Milan 115
Milton, Earl 57–58
Mitford, Nancy 211–212, 219, 221, 228
Moat, Henry 113, 116, 145, 187, 189, 190
Modigliani, Amedeo 162–163, 167
Molfetta 118