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meetings with Hitler 204–5, 206–8, 210, 248, 250, 252, 253, 268, 287–9, 321–2, 501; discusses Hitler with Churchill 205; acts as intermediary for BUF’s Air Time project 208–10, 253–4, 273, 321–2; supports Decca after elopement 231; stays friends with Bryan 256; dispute with Decca 264; births of Alexander and Max 272–3, 289, 303, 320; marriage made public 273–5; and Unity 286, 309; and photograph of Hitler 289–90; on concept of Mosley becoming Fascist overlord of Britain 322–3; arrest and imprisonment 324–7, 328–30, 335–6, 349, 353, 359–60, 362–5, 501, 505, 516; relationship with Nancy 325, 353, 453; appeal against imprisonment 360–2; release triggers protests 374–5, 376–81; temporary move to Shipton-under-Wychwood 381; new home at Crux Eaton 381–2, 413–14; and Tom’s death 393–4; reconciliation with father 394, 400, 413, 459; move to Crowood House 414–15; Mediterranean trip 418–19; move to Ireland and loss of Clonfert 419–20, 457–9; move to France 427, 459; and father’s death 454–6; success of marriage 459; as editor and reviewer 460; dislikes isolation of Inch Kenneth 474; and Nancy’s illness 486–8, 489; hostile to biography of Unity 496, 498; autobiography 501–2; subsequent books 502–3, 506; becomes ill after Mosley’s death 504–5; appears in documentary on Nancy 507–8; tries to stop stepson’s book on Mosley 510; holidays with Pam 515–16; controversy over Desert Island Discs appearance 516–17; on Hitler 516; 90th birthday and life in Paris 525–6
Mitford, Helen (aunt) 35, 253, 261
Mitford, Jack (uncle) 11, 114, 232
Mitford, Jessica Lucy Freeman (‘Decca’), later Romilly, then Treuhaft: birth (sixth child) 41–2; appearance 158, 178; character 158, 513; childhood 44–5, 46, 47–52, 77–8, 88–91, 95–6, 99, 103–4; problem with riding 48, 49, 65–6, 303; and family teasing 50, 54, 72, 73; and Society of Hons 51–2; relationship with sisters 52; boredom and rebelliousness 52, 56–7, 103, 104–6, 157–9, 180–1, 204, 217–18; education at home creates dissatisfaction 52, 56–7, 76, 81, 116–17; relationship with Nancy 54, 65, 149, 165, 170–1, 233–4, 260, 462; relationship with mother 59–60, 61–2; relationship with father 69, 103–4, 122–4, 243–4; pets 77–8, 81, 99, 109, 110, 122, 279; dance classes end in disgrace 78; on Diana’s character 94–5; develops interest in social politics 117–19, 121, 122, 164; closeness to Unity 118, 122, 173, 190, 191, 203–4, 257–8, 260, 283, 312, 350–1; friendship with Idden Farrer 120–1, 122; reaction to Peter Rodd 152–3; finishing year in Paris 165–6, 171; and Communism 165, 166, 177–8, 204, 255, 350; intrigued by Esmond Romilly 170, 179–80; visits Germany 174, 176, 177; coming-out 178–80; more trips abroad 202–4, 212–13; meets Esmond and runs away to Spain 218–37; finances 234, 239–40, 277–9, 281–2, 351; pregnancy and marriage 237–40, 243, 245, 254–6; and domestic chores 238, 259, 404–5; home in Rotherhithe 254–5, 258; manner of speech 255; market research job and reaction to working-class people 255, 276; plunders homes of rich friends 256; birth and death of Julia 258–60; parents forbid family to visit her 260–1; hostility to Diana 260, 264, 349, 350–1, 374–5, 383, 440, 446, 464, 470, 483 486–8, 494, 500, 503, 506, 516; activism 263–4; abortion 270–2; political vision 276–7; move to Edgware Road 278; emigration and farewell raid on Eton College 278–81; American friendships 281, 283, 317–18; jobs 281–2, 291–2, 314, 316, 319, 365–9, 385, 448; move to Greenwich village 282; visited by Pam 291; correspondence with family 301–2, 304, 310, 339–42, 382–3, 385–7, 395, 403, 432; move to Washington 302–3; depicted in Pigeon Pie 310; and American press 312–13, 375–6; move to Miami 314–17; and Esmond’s enlistment 317–18; pregnancy and birth of Constancia (Dinky) 318, 319, 337–8; correspondence with Esmond