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Aberavon, Lord
father of Lady Walpole-Wilson: BM 25
family:
ancestors:
traceable back to Vortigern: VB 197-8
family name Gwatkin: BM 87-8; VB 196
descendants:
daughters:
Lady Goring: BM 25, 87-8
Lady Walpole-Wilson: BM 25, 56; HSH 231
grandchildren:
the Goring children: BM 275; VB 196, 198
Eleanor Walpole-Wilson: VB 196, 198
possible connection to Captain Rowland Gwatkin:
shares name: VB 196-7
grandfather's farm on estate: VB 195, 197-8
achievements in life:
modest beginning: VB 197
wealth:
made from shipping: BM 25; AW 116; VB 197
considerable: BM 87; VB 197
sustains the Gorings: BM 87
estate:
on borders of Shropshire: BM 56; VB 195-6
Gwatkin's grandfather tenant of: VB 195, 197
sold on death: BM 56
peerage:
one of last created by Queen Victoria: BM 87-8
expires without heir: VB 196
deputy-lieutenant: AW 116
commented on by:
Widmerpool: BM 87-8
Sir Gavin W-W: AW 116
as patron of the arts:
sometime owner of "The Boyhood of Cyrus": BM 25, 92; AW 116; VB 196; HSH 231-2
taste:
approved of by:
Mr Deacon: BM 92
Barnabas Henderson: HSH 232
accepted as honest ignorance by Sir Gavin: AW 115-6
portrait by Isbister:
hangs at Hinton Hoo: BM 186-7; AW 116
borrowed for Isbister exhibition: AW 115-6
died in early 20th century: BM 25, 56, 92; HSH 231
Ablett, Sgt
NCO attached to the Mobile Laundry: SA 12
described: SA 211
and the Army:
unusually efficient NCO:
rank:
Sergeant: SA 12, 176-7, 211-2
Sergeant-Major: TK 212
practically runs laundry in Bithel's time: SA 12, 176-7, 211; TK 212
and Cheesman:
Quickly on good terms with: SA 211-2, 216; TK 212
rescued with from Japanese POW ship: TK 212, 215
performance in Divisional Concerts:
famous for Edwardian music-hall turns: SA 176-7, 211-3, 217
impression made on Bithel: SA 176-7
and Stringham:
great favourite of: SA 212-3
hoped to involve: SA 216-7
post-War prosperity: TK 215
Akworth
a junior pupil at NJ's old school: BDFR 249
seen by NJ on visit to old school library: BDFR 249-51
searching for "Brewer's Dictionary": BDFR 250-1
apparently involved in elaborate ragging of Le Bas: BDFR 251
described:
in appearance: BDFR 249-50
in excellence of manners: BDFR 249, 251
possibly one of Sir Bertram's sons, but unnamed: HSH 177
Akworth, Clare
bride of Sebastian Cutts: HSH 174
described as attractive:
in looks: HSH 177, 190
in character: HSH 190, 209
background:
educated at Stourwater: HSH 174, 177
secretary in advertising agency: HSH 177, 240
family relationships:
grand-daughter of Sir Bertram Akworth: HSH 174, 205, 207, 211
parents:
father died early: HSH 174, 177
mother: HSH 174, 177, 186
niece of Rupert Akworth: HSH 177
and Sebastian Cutts:
ability to handle: HSH 177
marriage to:
climactic set-piece of HSH: HSH 174-221
mentioned in context of: HSH 174, 177, 181, 185-6, 190, 197, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 239-40
links to Isobel's family: HSH 174, 177-8, 181, 186, 208-9
and other characters:
Chuck work colleague of: HSH 197, 240
Flavia Wisebite god-daughter of: HSH 186, 190, 209-10
Akworth, Lady
wife of Sir Bertram: HSH 176
at Clare's wedding: HSH 176-7
described: HSH 176
animated character: HSH 176-7
discussed by Frederica and Dicky: HSH 176-7
Akworth, Mrs
mother of Clare: HSH 174
family:
by birth:
née Jamieson: HSH 177
Ardglass connection: HSH 177
by marriage:
widowed early: HSH 174, 177
helped by Sir Bertram as father-in-law: HSH 174
mother of Clare: HSH 174, 177, 186
home near Stourwater: HSH 174, 186
and other characters:
Lady Frederica Budd – family background analysed by: HSH 177
Dicky Umfraville admired by: HSH 176-7
Flavia Wisebite:
close friendship with: HSH 186
lives close to: HSH 174, 186
Akworth, Rupert
uncle of Clare: HSH 177
family:
one of several sons of Sir Bertram: HSH 177
uncle of Clare: HSH 177, 191
work:
in firm of art auctioneers: HSH 177-8
rival of Jonathan Cutts: HSH 177-8
at Clare's wedding:
gives bride away: HSH 177-8, 191
directs NJ to gents: HSH 191
Akworth, Sir Bertram
grandfather of Clare, a former pupil in Le Bas's house: QU 16
described:
as remembered at school: HSH 175
at Clare's wedding: HSH 178, 212
voice: HSH 175, 179, 210
family:
Clare:
grandfather of: HSH 174, 205, 207, 211
responsible for education of: HSH 174
and wedding of:
reads lesson: HSH 178-9, 206, 210
deals with crises: HSH 209-10, 214
otherwise mentioned as present at: HSH 174-5, 181, 205-6, 208-14
wife: HSH 175
several sons, including Rupert: BDFR 249-51?; HSH 174, 177
connection to Fettiplace-Joneses: HSH 181
at school:
in Le Bas's house: QU 16, 216; HSH 175, 179, 181, 205
dubious behaviour:
general reputation: QU 128
rumours of:
setting fire to room: QU 16
serial theft: QU 16
expelled:
for note propositioning Templer: QU 16; HSH 175, 178, 208, 212
shortly after NJ's arrival: QU 16
Stringham's jokes concerning: QU 16; HSH 175
as public figure "of sanctified respectability":
governor of Stourwater school: HSH 174
multiple directorships: HSH 174, 206
membership of influential committees: HSH 174-5
charitable work: HSH 175
knighthood: HSH 175, 179
hunting: HSH 210-11
and Widmerpool:
and the expulsion:
responsibility of for:
interception of note: QU 16
report to Le Bas: QU 16, 216; HSH 175, 207-8
lasting embarrassment at memory of: QU 128-9; HSH 205
abject penitence of for: HSH 207-8, 211-4
as business acquaintance:
of long standing: HSH 206, 211
engineers removal of from board:
as expression of lasting resentment: HSH 206
in alliance with Sunny Farebrother: HSH 206
calm reaction to bizarre penitence of: HSH 211-3
and other characters:
the Alford-Greens: HSH 210-11, 213
Sir Magnus Donners: HSH 178
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 210, 213-4
Al Sharqui, Major
a military attaché: MP 161
Military Attaché of an Arab country: MP 161, 163
on trip to Brussels: MP 161, 163-4
rank:
Major: MP 161, 164
overawed by predominance of higher: MP 161
Aldredge
a director of the quarry near NJ's home: HSH 140
described: HSH 140
quarry director:
present at the demonstration: HSH 140-1, 149-50
conciliatory approach to locals: HSH 140-1
Alford-Green, Colonel Gerald
a relation of the Tolland family: HSH 210
at wedding of Clare and Sebastian:
confirms old friendship with:
Sir Bertram Akworth: HSH 210-11
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 210
helps to deal with Flavia's collapse: HSH 213
retired regular soldier: HSH 210
husband of Rosamund: HSH 210
involvement in local hunt: HSH 210-11
Alford-Green, Mrs Rosamund
wife of Colonel Alford-Green: HSH 210
at wedding of Clare and Sebastian:
confirms old friendship with:
Sir Bertram Akworth: HSH 210-11
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 210
comments on reading: HSH 210
wife of Colonel Alford-Green: HSH 210
involvement in local hunt: HSH 210-11
Alfords, the
maternal family of the Tollands: LM 139
and the Tolland family:
maternal grandparents: LM 207; BDFR 50
represented at:
Erridge's funeral: BDFR 50, 68
Sebastian Cutts's wedding: HSH 184, 215
disapproved of by:
Lord Warminster: LM 207
Norah: HSH 184
liked by:
Susan:
announces engagement to: LM 139
always close to: HSH 184
Hugo in reaction to Norah: HSH 184
Albert once worked for: KO 13-14
Lord Vowchurch pursues Lady: KO 13-14
Amesbury, Lord
a friend of Lady Molly: LM 165
offered by Miss Weedon as proof of Lady Molly's eclectic guest list: LM 165
noble yet unpretentious:
KG: LM 165
happy to take:
the Jeavons place as he finds it: LM 165
Ted's advice on farming: KO 235
Amesbury, Sybil, Lady
a relation of Mrs Conyers: LM 13
society figure:
introduces the young Mrs Foxe to London: CCR 89
author of "scurrilous" memoirs: LM 13, 26
association with Dogdene:
stories about, including Lord Vowchurch and monkeys: LM 13, 26
looked after in old age by the unmarried Bertha Blaides: LM 26
difficult character: LM 26
Andriadis, Mrs Milly
a society hostess: BM 101
episodes involving:
hostess of party attended by NJ after Huntercombes' ball:
Stringham issues general invitations to: BM 101-2, 174
the party itself: BM 105-60
subsequently mentioned:
Barnby on Mr Deacon's reaction: BM 174, 239-40
sporadic reappearance of guests:
as part of the Dance: BM 183; CCR 20
Bijou Ardglass: AW 41
Sir Magnus Donners: BM 183; KO 82
David Pennistone: VB 117, 132-3; and qv
Max Pilgrim: BM 262; LM 182-3
Sillery: AW 118
Prince Theodoric: BM 196, 205, 221; MP 54
Baby Wentworth: BM 183, 197, 205
NJ's memories concerning:
Mr Deacon: BM 174-6, 239-40, 262; AW 172; LM 183
Stringham: BM 169, 285; CCR 167-8
the décor: VB 132-3
significant turning point in:
NJ's attitudes: BM 106-7, 136, 161-2, 168-9, 253; CCR 20
Widmerpool's career: BM 215
NJ's visit with Dicky Umfraville et al:
account of: AW 165-77
as part of the Dance: AW 173
described: BM 113-4; AW 170-1
residences:
tenant of the Duports' house in Hill Street: BM 101, 105, 149, 203; AW 168, 172; VB 132-3
flat in Park Lane: AW 168-70, 170
one room in Bloomsbury: MP 54
currently married to Manchester businessman: BM 124
Bohemian lifestyle:
intemperate character:
loudness: BM 122
outbursts of temper: BM 155-7, 160; VB 117
exacting demands: AW 165; CCR 169
damage to the Duports' house: BM 203; AW 168, 171-2
several husbands: BM 124
reputation:
opinions of by:
Barnby: BM 114, 123-5, 155, 174-5; AW 167-8
Mr Deacon: BM 101-2, 114, 123-5; MP 226
Jean Duport: BM 203-4
Sillery: BM 131
Stringham: BM 101-2
Dicky Umfraville: AW 165, 169
relationship with "The Royal Personage":
hinted at: BM 114, 123-5, 131, 155; AW 165, 167; MP 226
(dubious) story of the necklace: BM 123-5
other past escapades:
in:
Havana: AW 168-9
Paris: BM 101-2
with:
Lord Bridgnorth: AW 171
Dicky Umfraville: AW 168-9, 171; LM 198
parties:
famous for: BM 101; AW 167, 172
accomplished hostess: AW 176-7
at Cannes: LM 198
attended by:
cosmopolitan clientele: BM 106-8, 112-3, 148; CCR 162
particular individuals:
the anonymous negro: BM 107, 117,126,132, 157-9, 240
Mildred Blaides: LM 198
Colonel Budd: BM 117-20, 129
Glober: TK 154
Gypsy Jones: BM 106, 108-9, 114-5, 134-8, 155-6, 159, 162, 179
Quiggin and Erridge: CCR 66
Dicky Umfraville: LM 198; and see "episodes involving" above
patroness of the arts:
Barnby: AW 167-8, 171
Carolo: CCR 29
left-wing politics:
conversion effected by Guggenbühl: AW 176
obsession with Spanish Civil War: CCR 66
campaign for Second Front: MP 54, 231
friendship with:
Howard Craggs: TK 154
Erridge: CCR 66
Quiggin: CCR 66
treated in illness by CP member: TK 154
possible association with Gypsy Jones: MP 231
decline:
beginning of: AW 169
drink and drugs: MP 54
psychiatric treatment: TK 154
death in Paris: TK 154
and Stringham:
evidence of affair with:
names "intimately linked": BM 102; AW 165
effusive greeting: BM 113-4
planned holiday together in Deauville: BM 114, 197
Dicky Umfraville on: AW 165
attempt to arouse jaded interest of:
desperate solicitude: BM 152-5
obvious vexation at failure: BM 155-7; AW 169
end of affair:
the fatal quarrel: BM 152-5, 197-8; VB 117
subsequent references to: BM 285; AW 171-2; CCR 162, 167, 169
bitter-sweet memory of: AW 171
remembered by: CCR 162, 169
NJ considers significance of relationship as:
example of an "affair": BM 169-70
behaviour like that of Tuffy and Mrs Foxe: BM 285; CCR 167
indication of Stringham's instability: BM 197-8, 222; CCR 167-8
and other characters:
Mr Deacon:
shows no interest in claim to acquaintance: BM 102, 115
ejects after quarrel with Max Pilgrim: BM 160, 240
Ethel: AW 169-70
Guggenbühl:
infatuation with:
solicitude for: AW 173
other company sacrificed for: AW 170, 172, 177
political conversion by: AW 176
doubt over future of relationship with: AW 182-3
recalled by NJ: BDFR 78
Ada Leintwardine: TK 154
Lady Anne Stepney: AW 167, 171, 174-5
Andrzejewski, Lt
second husband of Rosie Manasch: BDFR 109
military service:
at Polish GHQ in London: BDFR 109
remains only 2nd Lieutenant: BDFR 109
and marriage to Rosie Manasch:
as second husband: BDFR 109
not young at: BDFR 109
death from incurable disease within months of: BDFR 109
Ardglass, Countess of (Bijou)
a society beauty: BM 118
seen by NJ at:
Mrs Andriadis's party:
first sight accompanied by pang of desire: BM 118-20; AW 41
described in contrast to Baby Wentworth: BM 119-20, 133-4
attempts to attract Prince Theodoric: BM 118-20, 129, 133, 174
the Ritz:
described:
as older in contrast to Margaret Budd: AW 41
as like Mona: AW 62-3
the Isbister exhibition:
with "Jack" (Vowchurch): AW 121
admiring her portrait: AW 120-1
lifestyle:
and the theatre:
parents both in: SA 153-4
failure with: SA 153-4
ex-mannequin: BM 133; AW 184; SA 110, 154
liking for luxury: AW 121, 143; LM 20, 32; SA 154
reputation for promiscuity: LM 19-20, 71; SA 154
exhibitionism: LM 71
fatal party at the Café Madrid:
celebration of 40th birthday: SA 110, 122, 129, 153
the bomb: SA 153-4; MP 193; HSH 237
relationships with men:
Jumbo Ardglass:
second wife of: AW 184; LM 19
resents poverty of: AW 121, 143
divorced from: LM 19, 45
left poor by death of: AW 184
Donners:
offered position of mistress of: AW 143
refused on account of:
Donners':
sexual behaviour: AW 143
lack of smartness: CCR 154
preference for Bob Duport: AW 143
Bob Duport affair with:
cause of separation from Jean: AW 63, 121, 143, 184; KO 111
common gossip: AW 163
now over: AW 143, 184; MP 193; HSH 237
NJ's thoughts on: AW 121
Jack (Vowchurch): AW 41, 120-1
Prince Theodoric:
competition with Baby Wentworth for: BM 118-20, 129, 133, 174
ultimate success with:
Baby's loss of interest: BM 208
Stringham's prophecy: BM 208
NJ sees picture in society magazine: BM 245-6
now parted from: AW 41, 184; LM 20, 45; SA 110, 114; MP 107, 193
and other characters:
Lady Molly:
one-time sister-in-law of: LM 19, 45; MP 107
meets Priscilla at home of: SA 110
Chips Lovell:
gossip of: LM 19-20; SA 110
and the final birthday party: SA 110, 129, 153
Lady McReith:
drives with: SA 110
full of gossip concerning: SA 110
Max Pilgrim:
performing at party: SA 114, 153-4
gives news of death to NJ: SA 153
memories of childhood: SA 153-4
Priscilla Tolland: SA 110, 122, 129-20
Ardglass, Jumbo, Lord
husband of Bijou: AW 121
family:
brother of:
Lady Molly: LM 19, 32, 37, 45, 73; VB 179
Lady Katherine: CCR 61
courtesy title Kilkeel: LM 31-2
title and estate passed to distant cousin: AW 184
Clare Akworth's mother a distant relation: HSH 177
general eccentricity of: LM 73; CCR 61
lack of money: AW 121, 143; LM 20-1, 32
behaviour as undergraduate: LM 32
and Bijou:
second marriage: AW 184; LM 19
money wasted by: AW 121, 143; LM 20, 32
left by: LM 20
divorce from: LM 19
death: AW 184; LM 45
Asbjørnsen, General
a Norwegian military attaché: MP 53
episodes involving:
performance of "The Bartered Bride": MP 106
trip to Brussels:
under NJ's charge at La Petite Auberge: MP 163-9, 171
the incident of the bath:
possession established:
by rank and conquest: MP 164
to NJ's satisfaction: MP 165-6
attitude to Prasad's request:
strong objection: MP 165-7
eventual agreement: MP 169
Victory Day Service: MP 226, 229
details of character:
excellent English: MP 167
lack of humour: MP 60
fine singing voice: MP 226, 229
wisdom to withdraw from damaging confrontation: MP 169
and NJ:
seen by as typically Scandinavian:
reminiscent of Ørn:
in appearance: MP 60, 166
in potential for embarrassing quarrel: MP 166-7
enthusiasm for skiing: MP 164, 166
like converted Viking: MP 229
holds rankling bitterness towards over bath incident: MP 169-70
and other characters:
Bobrowski: MP 164, 166
Finn:
appointment a cause of anxiety to: MP 53, 59-60
behaviour over bath incident approved by: MP 171
Prince Theodoric: MP 106
Audrey
Lady Frederica Budd's maid: VB 154
described by Isobel: VB 155
position within family:
Lady Frederica's maid: VB 154
mother of Caroline's playmate: VB 154
chaotic relationships:
mother of illegitimate Barry: VB 154-5
second pregnancy by different man: VB 155
possibility of marriage: VB 155
Avril
one of Bagshaw's stepdaughters: TK 187
described: TK 187, 192
and Bagshaw:
stepdaughter of: TK 187, 192, 199, 201
troublesome to:
slightly dotty: TK 187-9, 199
pregnant: TK 187, 189, 199
as possible part of the peripatetic lodging system: HSH 114
and the incident with Pamela:
possibly opens door to admit: TK 199
takes no part in row with sisters: TK 201
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