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with André Roy and ectopic pregnancy 333, 352–3, 354–5; improved relations with Diana 353, 418–19; runs bookshop 353; social life 354; affair with Gaston Palewski 355–8, 390, 396–9, 408–9, 424–6, 453–4, 461–2, 485–6, 489, 491–2, 502, 512; opens bookshop 396; moves to rue Monsieur, Paris 396–9, 403, 425, 426–7; reunion with Diana and Debo 418–19; divorce 426; as biographer 426, 450–1, 453, 488; and Decca’s visits to Paris 444–5, 482–3; gifts to Decca 445, 462; international success 450–3; translation work 453; trip to Russia 453; summers in Venice 454, 461; dislike of Mosley 461; reaction to Decca’s book 468–9; and mother’s death 475; comment on sisters 484; move to rue d’Artois 485; learns of Palewski’s marriage and becomes ill 485–90; visits Berlin 488; receives honours 489; death and funeral 490–3; biographies of 497, 511–12; TV documentary on 507–9; see also Blessing, The; Christmas Pudding; Don’t Tell Alfred ; Frederick the Great ; Highland Fling ; Love in a Cold Climate ; Madame de Pompadour; Noblesse Oblige ; Pigeon Pie ; Pursuit of Love, The; Voltaire in Love ; Water Beetle, The; Wigs on the Green
Mitford, Pamela (‘Woman’/‘Woo’), later Jackson: birth (second child) 22; appearance 128, 493; character 65, 74, 446, 477, 483, 509; childhood 26, 27–31, 33–5, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47–52; contracts polio 30, 31; education 41, 42, 43, 79; sensitive to ghosts 44; and riding 48, 420; and ‘Bailey Week’ 49; and dancing lessons 53; and Girl Guides 54; and Nancy’s teasing 54, 55, 77; runs general strike canteen 55; love of country life 65, 74; coming out 74, 76–7; trip to Paris 81; brief engagement to Oliver Watney 96–7, 128; visit to Swastika 97–8; manages Biddesden 127–8, 167; relationship with John Betjeman 128–30; supports Diana 150; attends BUF meetings 164; leaves Biddesden and travels 185–6; meets Hitler 186; marriage to Derek Jackson 214–17, 261; gynaecological surgery and miscarriages 241, 261, 403; visits Decca in New York and takes transatlantic flight 291–3; relationship with Decca 301–2, 446, 496, 498, 509; takes in Mosley children 324, 327; management of Rignell House farm during war 341–2; takes in Mosleys 379, 380–1; move to Ireland 419–20; divorce 420–1; move to Switzerland 420; love of travelling 420; helps Nancy with research 488; and Nancy’s illness 489, 491; opposition to biography of Unity 496, 498; appears in documentary on Nancy 508, 509; holiday with Diana 515–16; death 517–19
Mitford, Rosemary, later Bailey (cousin) 35, 47, 49, 119, 261; marriage 351
Mitford, Sydney, née Bowles, Lady Redesdale (mother): appearance 15; character 15, 20, 21–2, 59–60, 61–2, 71–2, 126, 245; childhood, education and meeting with David 9–11, 12–13, 14–15, 19–20; love of the sea 12–13, 21; marriage 15–16; births of children 17–18, 20, 22, 33, 41, 47, 110; household management 20–1, 76; and Old Mill Cottage 26–7; and country pursuits 29–30; attitude to health and food 30–1, 44, 121, 268; visits to Canada 32–3; and finances 37, 40–1, 42–3, 44, 68, 201; and Batsford 39–44; attitude to education 41, 56, 103, 105, 116–17; relationship with husband 41–2; and move to Asthall Manor 44; relationship with children 58, 59–62; local work 58, 59; and death of father 62; welcomes visitors 70; as daughters’ chaperone 75–6, 79; trips to Paris 78, 79–82, 165, 171, 202; and Rutland Gate 82, 331, 332–3; as pianist 86; dislike of Swinbrook House 87; reaction to daughters’ engagements 95, 96, 97; dislike of Bright Young People 111; children’s nicknames for 124; favourite hymn 129; reaction to daughters’ books 148, 424, 465, 466–7, 472–3; conflict with Nancy 149, 301, 331–3; reaction to Diana’s relationship with Mosley 150, 164–5, 212; visits to Germany 171, 174, 176–7, 181, 253, 268, 269; and Fascism 181; meets Hitler and supports him 185, 243, 293, 300, 301; reaction to