346, 348
Charteris, Irene Corona ‘Bibs’ 223, 224, 228, 234, 296, 306, 307, 311, 313, 320, 326, 330, 354
Charteris, Martin 348
Charteris, (née Wyndham), Lady Elcho (later Countess of Wemyss), Mary Constance xv, xvi; ancestry 2, 3; appearance xviii–xix, xx, 2, 8, 10, 21, 90; Arthur Balfour and xix, 30–1, 38–9, 42, 55, 59, 64, 65, 66–9, 70, 85–8, 90, 92, 95, 99–100, 119, 120, 140–1, 143, 167, 168, 170–1, 173, 178, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190, 210, 216, 224, 233–7, 243, 248, 249, 260, 261, 262, 263, 277, 280, 290, 294, 295, 296, 307, 310, 312, 314, 315, 319, 327–8, 333, 342, 351, 352, 353, 369, 370; becomes Countess of Wemyss 299, 352–3; birth 1–4, 6, 11; Boer War and 207, 208, 210; Canada, visits 265–6; ‘Chang’ nickname 10; character xv, xix, 2–3, 8–9, 21–2, 37–8, 52, 55–6, 59, 61, 62, 65–6, 68, 106, 125–6, 140–1, 222, 228–9, 261–2, 294–6, 370–2; child with Wilfrid Blunt 173–8, 179, 185, 240
see also
Charteris, Mary; childhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8–10, 11, 12, 20–1, 22–3, 24, 25, 26, 28, 51, 54, 60, 88, 172; children and 60, 61, 62, 68–9, 85, 98, 116, 125–6, 128–9, 139, 142–4, 173–8, 179, 184–5, 223, 228–30, 233–4, 260–2, 264, 270, 274, 304, 306, 310–11, 312–13, 315, 319, 320, 321, 326–8, 330–3, 341, 372–3
see also under individual child name
; Clouds and 26, 70, 101, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 139, 319, 375; courtship and engagement 39–42, 44–6, 105; Cust affair, effect upon 134, 135, 145–6, 152; death of Colin Wyndham and 142–4, 351; dowry 52–3; education 23–4, 100–1, 102, 103; Egypt, visits 169–78; engagement, tries to call off 46–7;
Family Record
144, 228, 342–3, 371–2; finances 51–2, 299; First World War and 294, 302, 303, 304, 307, 309–11, 312–13, 314, 315, 319, 321, 326–7, 330–3, 341, 342–3, 346, 348, 349; frenetic lifestyle/socializing 55–6, 59, 61, 125, 228–9, 260, 295; George Wyndham and 63, 186, 187–8, 210, 213, 214, 238, 246, 249, 297–8; Gosford and 53, 54, 139, 262, 352–3; gynaecological matters and 51, 56, 57, 97, 163–4, 203; health 56–9, 61, 62, 63, 125–6, 203, 312–13, 369; honeymoon 52–3; Ireland, view of 2, 2–3, 84, 106; journal/diary 26, 30, 36–7, 55, 59, 60, 61, 69, 86, 101, 107, 168, 171, 184–5, 349; Kaiser, meets 235; Laura Tennant and 64–5, 68–9, 86–8, 134; Mananai Wyndham and 28, 48, 57, 63, 105, 110, 111–12, 125, 142, 231, 298, 361, 368; marriage 44–9, 50–9, 65, 66, 67–8, 86, 97, 102, 107–8, 124, 125, 133, 139–42, 144, 166–78, 184–6, 187–90, 214, 215, 216–17, 228, 239–40, 262, 296, 303, 307, 353
see also
Charteris, Hugo; miscarriage 56; ‘Napoleon’ nickname xviii, 371; Pamela Wyndham and 22, 47, 58, 63–4, 109, 110, 122, 127, 128, 135–7, 142, 145–6, 163–4, 169, 183, 195–6, 202, 222–3, 224, 239, 240, 248, 273, 307–8, 328, 368; parents and
see under individual parent name
; Paris, visits 64–5; phrenology and 37–8; politics and 84, 85, 229–30, 233–5, 237, 242, 243, 251, 263, 268, 272–3, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285–6, 354; Prinsep portrait of 8-year-old 8; Poynter portrait of 90–1; presented at Court 32–3, 35, 38; Ruskin libel case and 28, 30; sketches 21, 37; Souls and xv, 91–2, 94–5, 99, 100–1, 102, 103, 124, 125, 131, 133; spa treatments 126–7, 144, 146, 168, 213, 216; staff and 51–2; Stanway and
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Stanway; The Gang and 59, 88, 92; wedding 47–9; Wilde and 131, 166; Wilfrid Blunt and 20, 99, 107, 122, 167, 170–8, 183–9, 297–8, 310;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xvi, xviii–xix, xx, 200, 202, 203
Charteris (née Manners), Violet ‘Letty’ 260–1, 270, 278, 294, 295, 311, 313, 314, 326, 330, 331, 348
Charteris, Yvo 190, 224, 228, 240, 304, 310, 312, 313, 316, 319–21, 322, 323–5, 326–8, 330, 341, 342–3, 346, 348
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 234, 262
Christian, Princess 7, 15, 48
Churchill, Lady Randolph 147
Churchill, Lord Randolph 30, 34, 44, 89, 147
Churchill, Winston
Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale