135, 137, 146, 148, 152; death 354–5; death of husband and 279; devotion to children 5, 8, 12, 20–1, 22, 26, 51, 322; finances 5, 11–12, 279; First World War and 322, 348; Florentine earthquake and 184; frankness with daughters over health matters 51; ‘Gan-Gan’ (grandmotherly duties) 279, 317; George Wyndham and 95, 247–8; golden wedding anniversary 276; grave 374; Guy Wyndham and 200; Ireland, outlook on 106; Mananai Wyndham 105, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 206–7, 224, 232; marriage 1, 2, 4–5, 12, 15–19, 276, 278–9; Mary Carleton death and 108, 110; Mary Wyndham and 1, 9, 14–15, 20, 29, 32, 38, 39, 40–2, 44, 45, 47, 48–9, 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 80–1, 101, 145, 169, 184, 186; mental health/nerves 10–11, 48, 110, 119, 146, 148, 152, 153, 201, 247; old age 351; Orpen portrait of 276, 357, 371; Pamela Wyndham and 134–5, 137, 146, 148, 152, 165, 182, 186–7, 196, 202, 374–5; School of Art and Needlework, helps found 7, 29; set 6–7; smoking 7; social gradations, awareness of 14–15; spiritualism and 77, 78; staff and 80–2;
The Spoils of Poynton
, as model for Mrs Gereth in
15; Watts portrait of xx, 14, 29, 203, 213, 371; Whistler libel case against Ruskin and 28; Wilsford and 253; winters in France 143;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xx, 212, 213
Wyndham, Maud 47
Wyndham, Percy: appearance 276; Belgrave Square house and 12; Boer War and 208; Bradlaugh Affair and 34; character 1, 11, 18, 28, 278, 279; childhood 6; Clouds and xvi, 25, 27, 28, 72–3, 74, 75, 76, 78, 114, 116, 117, 120, 208, 278, 374; Cust affair and 137–8, 139, 145, 149, 152–3; death 278–9, 296, 298, 329; devotion to children 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 20–1, 47, 137–8, 366; estate 279; finances 5, 11, 25, 279, 298; Florentine earthquake and 184; George Wyndham and 9, 63, 111, 180, 181, 210, 247–8, 265, 276, 279; golden wedding anniversary 276; health 266–7, 276; inheritance and 11–12; Mananai Wyndham and 103, 105, 108, 223; marriage 1, 2, 4–5, 10, 15, 18, 19, 56, 110, 274, 276–7; Mary Wyndham and 1, 2, 10, 11, 44–5, 48, 52–3, 58, 59, 64, 65, 102, 103, 111, 137–8, 139, 189, 216, 249, 251, 270, 277; Orpen portraits, commissions 276; Pamela Wyndham and 122, 145, 149, 152–3, 187, 197, 239; parents and 1, 5, 6, 11; political career/opinions 1, 13–14, 17, 26, 27, 34, 43–4, 83, 84, 242, 249, 251, 263–4, 273–4, 276, 277; predicts demise of aristocracy 273–4; set 6–7; staff and 81–2; stroke 266–7; superstitions 78–9; ‘the Hon’ble P’ 1, 181; Watts portrait of Madeline Wyndham, commissions 14; Whistler’s libel suit against Ruskin and 28; Whistler’s
Nocturne
, buys 29; Wilde case and 180, 181; will 279;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait, commissions xvi, xvii, xx, 200
Wyndham, Percy ‘Perf’ (son of George Wyndham) 296, 297, 298, 302, 309–10
Wyndham (née Leverson), Violet 363
Wyndham, Sir William 256
Acknowledgements
Writing thanks for a project that has taken some eight years from inception to publication is a daunting prospect. My first debts are to Anthony Cheetham, who came up with the idea for this book, and to my incomparable agent Georgina Capel, who with extraordinary tenacity has brought that idea to fruition. Without them, this book would never have come into being. Then thanks are to my clear-sighted editor Arabella Pike at William Collins, whose incisive comments have immeasurably improved the work; to all her team for their hard work and endless patience, in particular Stephen Guise, Joseph Zigmond and Katherine Patrick; and to Peter James, for his sympathetic copy-editing.
The research for this book has taken me to libraries, archives, record offices and private homes all over the country. The following institutions and archives generously gave me access to, and permission to quote from, their collections, and their staff were unfailingly helpful: the Bodleian Library; British Library; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Hertford Archives; National Records of
The Spoils of Poynton
, as model for Mrs Gereth in
15; Watts portrait of xx, 14, 29, 203, 213, 371; Whistler libel case against Ruskin and 28; Wilsford and 253; winters in France 143;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait and xx, 212, 213
Wyndham, Maud 47
Wyndham, Percy: appearance 276; Belgrave Square house and 12; Boer War and 208; Bradlaugh Affair and 34; character 1, 11, 18, 28, 278, 279; childhood 6; Clouds and xvi, 25, 27, 28, 72–3, 74, 75, 76, 78, 114, 116, 117, 120, 208, 278, 374; Cust affair and 137–8, 139, 145, 149, 152–3; death 278–9, 296, 298, 329; devotion to children 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 20–1, 47, 137–8, 366; estate 279; finances 5, 11, 25, 279, 298; Florentine earthquake and 184; George Wyndham and 9, 63, 111, 180, 181, 210, 247–8, 265, 276, 279; golden wedding anniversary 276; health 266–7, 276; inheritance and 11–12; Mananai Wyndham and 103, 105, 108, 223; marriage 1, 2, 4–5, 10, 15, 18, 19, 56, 110, 274, 276–7; Mary Wyndham and 1, 2, 10, 11, 44–5, 48, 52–3, 58, 59, 64, 65, 102, 103, 111, 137–8, 139, 189, 216, 249, 251, 270, 277; Orpen portraits, commissions 276; Pamela Wyndham and 122, 145, 149, 152–3, 187, 197, 239; parents and 1, 5, 6, 11; political career/opinions 1, 13–14, 17, 26, 27, 34, 43–4, 83, 84, 242, 249, 251, 263–4, 273–4, 276, 277; predicts demise of aristocracy 273–4; set 6–7; staff and 81–2; stroke 266–7; superstitions 78–9; ‘the Hon’ble P’ 1, 181; Watts portrait of Madeline Wyndham, commissions 14; Whistler’s libel suit against Ruskin and 28; Whistler’s
Nocturne
, buys 29; Wilde case and 180, 181; will 279;
Wyndham Sisters
portrait, commissions xvi, xvii, xx, 200
Wyndham, Percy ‘Perf’ (son of George Wyndham) 296, 297, 298, 302, 309–10
Wyndham (née Leverson), Violet 363
Wyndham, Sir William 256
Acknowledgements
Writing thanks for a project that has taken some eight years from inception to publication is a daunting prospect. My first debts are to Anthony Cheetham, who came up with the idea for this book, and to my incomparable agent Georgina Capel, who with extraordinary tenacity has brought that idea to fruition. Without them, this book would never have come into being. Then thanks are to my clear-sighted editor Arabella Pike at William Collins, whose incisive comments have immeasurably improved the work; to all her team for their hard work and endless patience, in particular Stephen Guise, Joseph Zigmond and Katherine Patrick; and to Peter James, for his sympathetic copy-editing.
The research for this book has taken me to libraries, archives, record offices and private homes all over the country. The following institutions and archives generously gave me access to, and permission to quote from, their collections, and their staff were unfailingly helpful: the Bodleian Library; British Library; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Hertford Archives; National Records of
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