Abdication crisis, 387–425, 445
King’s decision to abdicate, 390, 394, 400, 406, 409
‘morganatic proposal’, 391, 395–400, 403, 410, 420
King’s proposed broadcast, 401–4, 407
proposed Simpson divorce bill, 405, 406–9
see also Edward VIII, the press
Abyssinian crisis, 345–7, 348, 354, 356–64, 468
Addison, Christopher, 49
Aix-les-Bains, 57, 68, 101, 153, 176, 190, 208, 209, 210, 236, 261, 263, 300, 308, 323, 343, 380, 444, 455, 484
Amery, L. S., 73, 82, 84, 117, 147, 168, 194, 198, 207, 209, 226, 246, 296, 299, 307
SB views on, 199, 279, 432, 476
Amulree, 1st Lord, 276, 456
‘appalling frankness’ passage, SB’s, 374, 466
Asquith, H. H. (1925 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith), 49, 134, 135, 136–8, 139, 144, 159, 161–2, 182, 191, 206, 323
Asquith, Margot (Lady Oxford), 206, 282
Astor, Nancy, 255
Astor, 2nd Viscount, 304
Atholl, Duchess of, 14, 305, 325
Attlee, Clement, 429, 461, 483
and the Abdication crisis, 392, 397, 398, 400, 402
Aubrey, Revd M. E., 348
Baird, Sir John (1925 Lord Stonehaven), 73, 259, 267
Baker, Arthur, 478
Baldwin, Alfred (father), 9, 16, 17, 19, 485, 495
Baldwin, ‘Betty’ (Esther Louisa, 4th daughter), 10, 74–6, 79, 213–14
Baldwin [Howard], Lorna (Leonora Stanley, 2nd daughter), 268
Baldwin, Louisa (mother), 8–9, 16, 171, 495
Baldwin, Lucy (‘Cissie’, wife), 9–10, 57, 251, 256, 263–6, 268, 269–71, 336, 366, 418, 437, 439, 480, 483, 494, 497
public career, 9–10
memo. on fall of coalition, 70–6
memos. on Abdication crisis, 389–91, 410–11
Baldwin, Monica (relative), 316, 324, 343–4, 364, 418
Baldwin, Oliver (eldest son), 11, 35, 37, 47, 51–2, 57, 100, 204, 212, 222, 274, 324, 329, 430, 436, 451, 481–4
Baldwin, Stanley,
early career (to 1921), in business, 17–18, 19, 21, 29, 30
public service, 19, 21–22, 24–5, 313, 433
MP for West Worcestershire, 21–22, 313
in the Treasury, 29, 31, 40, 42
offer of imperial governorships, 50
rumours of speakership, 51
appointment as Prime Minister in, 1923, 82, 86–7, 96–8
political career (to 1937), reflections on, 433, 444–6, 495
appearance, physical, 317
artistic and literary culture, 16
charitable and philanthropic gifts, 24, 38, 454
children, relations with his, 10–11
countryside, love of, 32, 45, 47, 51, 52, 63, 139, 168, 249, 335; in France, 57, 69, 154, 301
finances, personal, 19, 29, 38, 43, 132, 160, 217, 222, 274, 324, 431, 448, 454, 484
foreign and imperial travel, 17, 19, 57, 68, 101, 176, 210, 236, 324 (and see Aix-les-Bains)
homes, 19
leadership, loneliness of, 192
leadership style, 3–4, 21, 179, 203, 204, 205, 365, 366
letter-writing, 3–4, 6–9, 13–14
oratory, contempt for, 95
peerage, doubts about accepting, 367
pigs, jocular comments on, 46–7, 51, 77
resignation as leader, possible (in 1923–4) 133–9, 140, 142, 144, 145; (in 1929) 224; (in 1930) 242, 243; (in, 1931) 251–9
retirement (prospect of, 1934–7) 317, 324–5, 330, 333, 365, 366, 379, 413, 426, 428, 431; (in, 1937) 435–9
speech-making, 150, 156, 171, 178, 179, 204, 207, 274, 308, 311, 326, 336, 339, 349, 352, 436, 446, 498
religion, 16, 196, 301, 308, 316, 435, 437, 453, 454–6, 460, 473, 483, 497
service, code of, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 38, 39, 40, 43–4, 139, 172
work methods, 3–5, 6–7, 96, 113, 124–5, 171, 298, 385, 462, 465, 499, 502–6
Baldwin, Windham (‘Little’, 2nd son), 10, 47, 68–9, 236–7
Baldwin firms, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 29, 222, 485
Baldwin Fund for Refugees, 460
Balfour, A. J. (1922 1st Earl of Balfour), 57, 75, 76, 83, 134, 142–3, 144, 145, 146, 173, 210, 217–19, 224, 234, 244, 306, 326, 341, 482
BBC broadcasts, SB’s, 217, 274, 308, 309–10, 365, 386, 448, 460
Beaverbrook, 1st Lord, 37–8, 61, 98, 114, 132, 147, 223, 227–35, 241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 392
SB views on, 37–8, 145, 147, 225, 235, 282, 298, 321, 428, 429, 446, 470, 474, 480, 492
SB negotiations with (1929–30), 225–6, 228–9, 232–3
see also ‘press lords’
Bennett, R.B., 296, 298
Berry, brothers: see Camrose and Kemsley
Berry, Revd Sidney, 333, 348, 436
Bevin, Ernest, 315, 346, 483
Birkenhead, 1st Earl of (‘F. E.’), 50, 55, 62, 69, 76, 94, 97, 106, 119, 121, 125–8, 129, 130, 131, 133, 140, 142, 143, 144, 150, 168, 194, 209, 211, 212, 370, 372, 492
Blackett, Sir Basil, 95
Blomberg, Werner von, 434–5
Blunt, A.W.F., Bishop of Bradford, 398
Boscawen: see Griffith-Boscawen
Bottomley, Horatio, 52
Brett Young, Francis, 195, 381
Bridgeman, Lady, 301, 344–5, 452
Bridgeman, William (1929 1st Viscount), 5, 84, 117, 169, 173, 198, 204–5, 236, 237, 248–9, 252, 256, 281, 333, 344–5
Broome, Phyllis, 11
Brownlow, 6th Lord, 418
Bruce, Stanley, 94, 117, 298, 389, 391, 394
Bryant, Arthur, 310, 429, 443
Buchman, Frank, 452
Buckmaster, 1st Viscount, 77, 242
Burne-Jones, Sir Philip (cousin), 16, 154
Burnham, Viscount, 258
Butler, R.A., 335–43, 480
Cambridge, University of, 233, 326, 481
Campbell case (1924), 158–9
Camrose, 1st Lord (William Berry), 211, 252, 258, 289, 451–2
Canada, SB visits to (1927), 198–201, 296–9; (1932) 277; (1939) 462
Carlton Club meeting (October, 1922), 74–5, 97, 104, 120, 492, 496
Carson, Lord, 60, 138, 155, 156
Castlereagh, Viscount, 367
Cave, Viscount, 95, 127, 142
Cecil, Lord Robert (1923 Viscount Cecil of Chelwood), 57, 84, 93, 102, 125, 144, 168–9, 179–80, 198, 201, 307, 315
Chamberlain, Austen, 6, 37, 49, 53, 59, 66, 189
(1922–24: ‘Chamberlainite’ leader), 75–7, 84, 86–92, 94, 112, 125–8, 129, 130, 131–2, 134, 135, 140, 141–2, 143–5, 149–50, 492
(1924–9: Foreign Secretary), 164, 166, 179, 193, 201, 208, 209, 210, 275
(1930–1), 239, 252, 258, 274, 275, 276
(1931–7), 289, 305, 319, 359–63, 373
difficult relations with SB, 86–92, 94, 127, 166, 194, 359–63
Chamberlain, Neville, 99, 117, 141, 143, 144, 476
(1924–9) 166, 206, 214
(1929–31) 225, 226, 234, 235, 237, 251–2, 256, 258–9, 261, 262, 263, 265–8, 276
(1931–7: Chancellor of the Exchequer), 284, 286, 288, 299, 300–1, 330, 372
during Abdication crisis, 389, 402, 403, 405, 407
as likely successor to SB, 366
(1937–40: Prime Minister), 438, 449–51, 456, 461, 466, 469
(1940) 471, 474
SB views on, 4, 194, 202, 225, 449, 453, 457, 458, 474–5, 477
Chamberlain, Mrs Neville, 284
Chanak crisis (1922), 69, 70–2, 97, 119–20, 238
Channon, ‘Chips’, 450
Chetwode, Sir Philip, 320
Churchill, Winston, 24, 62, 67, 69, 71, 72, 106, 119, 145–7, 164, 193, 447
(1924–9: Chancellor of the Exchequer), 166, 168, 169, 182, 189, 190, 198, 206, 207, 210, 217, 369
possible Viceroy/Secretary of State for India, 94, 214, 216
and Indian policy, 223, 224, 246, 248, 254, 258, 318–21
resignation from shadow cabinet (1930–1), 237, 239, 240–1, 250, 318
from, 1931, 289–90, 295, 432, 461, 466
and rearmament, 324, 329, 333, 334, 373, 379, 467
and Abdication crisis, 392, 397, 402, 403, 404–6, 408, 409, 410, 479
as Prime Minister, 471, 479
on SB, 290, 307, 342, 484
SB views on, 94, 97, 132, 164, 202, 209, 217, 252, 254, 318–20, 323, 328, 330, 342, 354, 372, 475, 479, 493
Churchill, Victor, 1st Viscount, 30, 50
Citrine, Walter, 342, 346, 378, 385
Clyde, Lord, 49
Coalition government, fall of (1922), 71–6
SB views on, 71–6, 96–8, 104, 119–20, 205, 314, 315, 370, 445, 454, 492, 496
Cole, G. D. H., 354
Conservative party, SB views on, 145, 224, 257, 278, 303, 343, 354, 370, 432–3, 476, 477, 482, 490–1
Cook, Arthur, 170, 175, 184, 186, 193, 202
Cooper, Alfred Duff, 252, 258, 311, 323, 384, 387, 391, 399
Cooper, Lady Diana, 311
co-operative movement, 354
cotton industry, SB views on, 318
Cox, Sir William, 459
Craig, Sir James (1927 1st Viscount Craigavon), 151, 153, 155, 156, 177, 472
Crawford, 27th Earl of, 127, 444–5
Crewe, Marquess of, 276
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 295, 447
Crooks, William, 39
Crozier, W. P., 317–22
Cunard, Lady, 389
Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip (Lloyd-Greame to 1925; 1935 1st Viscount Swinton), 73, 117, 173, 175, 372, 384
Curzon, Marquess, 60, 72, 73, 142, 164–5, 168, 169
not appointed Prime Minister, 82–3, 84, 85, 86
SB’s Foreign Secretary, 84, 85, 88, 93, 101, 105–6, 112, 120–1
Cushendun, Lord, 203, 209, 210
Daily Mail, The, 52, 113, 148, 217, 354, 396, 402, 420, 493
Dalton, Hugh, 342
Dalziel, Sir Henry, 25
Davidson, Randall, Archbishop of Canterbury, 136–8
Davidson, J. C. C. (‘David’; 1937 1st Viscount), 12–13, 32, 33, 40, 47, 73, 85, 101, 139, 173, 225, 226, 232, 234, 256, 258, 264, 272, 280, 439, 452, 459
SB’s appointment as Prime Minister, 82–3
Davidson, Joan (‘Mimi’;, 1937 Viscountess), 11, 25, 40, 74–5, 82, 85–6, 101, 265, 270, 280–3, 439, 449
SB’s friendship with, 12–13, 32–3, 139, 478
Davies, Clement, 426
Davis, Norman, 292, 315
Dawson, Geoffrey, 5, 93, 117–18, 133–4, 164, 211–12, 215–16, 252, 266–7, 297, 330–1, 358
Dawson, Lord, 332, 366, 379, 448
De La Warr, 9th Earl, 342
de-rating, 206, 207
Derby, 17th Earl of, 34, 98–9, 101, 117, 121, 124, 125, 128, 131, 151, 175, 181, 210, 241, 244, 319, 404
De Valera, Eamon, 287, 321, 399, 447, 472
Devonshire, 9th Duke of, 84, 125, 136
Dickinson: see Davidson, Joan
disarmament, 290–4, 295, 303, 307, 310, 322, 346
‘distressed areas’, 323, 325
Duff, Sir Patrick, 277, 280, 503
Dugdale, Thomas, 411, 413, 432, 450
Eden, Sir Anthony, 310, 314, 332, 360, 361, 364, 380, 429, 436, 449–51, 458, 461, 466, 470
Edward VIII, King, as Prince of Wales, 198–201, 212–13, 387
as King, 366, 380, 382, 384, 387–425, 482
SB views on, 417–23
as Duke of Windsor, 437, 441, 446, 462
Einstein, Albert, 233
elections, by-, Westminster, Abbey (1924), 145–7; (early 1929), 213; Paddington South (1930) 240, 241, 243; St George’s, Westminster (1931), 251, 257, 258, 311; 1933–4, 323; Liverpool, Wavertree (1935), 327
general, 1923: 111, 117, 121, 124, 125, 128, 129, 133; SB’s decisions on, 117, 121, 124, 125, 126, 128–9, 133, 135, 476–7
1924: 152, 159, 160, 161–2, 165
1929: 209, 210, 211, 214, 216, 219–21, 499
1931: 271–4
1935: 348–53, 376, 449, 468
1945: 480
Elgar, Sir Edward, 304, 313–14
Elibank, 2nd Viscount, 230–2
Elliot, Walter, 315, 447
Empire, SB views on, 199, 306
Epstein, Jacob, 172–3
Eyres-Monsell, Sir Bolton, 146, 149, 256, 267, 277
F. E: see Birkenhead
Ferguson, Howard, 289
financial policy, 42, 43, 78–9, 81–2, 269, 286
SB views on, 78–9, 81–2, 95
Fisher, H. A. L., 57
Fisher, Sir Warren, 96, 277
Fitzalan, 1st Viscount, 55, 327, 328
Foot, Isaac, 330, 331
foreign policy, SB’s efforts in, 1923, 93, 98, 99, 101–10, 111, 115, 117, 120
in 1930s, 345–6, 348, 373–9, 383, 434–5, 436
see also Abyssinian crisis, Germany, Hitler, Hoare-Laval crisis, Mussolini, Munich crisis, reparations, Rhineland crisis, Ruhr crisis, Russia, United States of America
France: see Ruhr crisis, Poincaré, and foreign policy
Free Church leaders, 333, 346, 348, 354
Fry, Sir Geoffrey, 61, 74, 82, 141, 278, 279–80, 335, 503, 507
‘F.S.T.’ letter, SB’s, 42–4
Galsworthy, John, 233
Gandhi, Mahatma, 321
Garvin, J. L., 94, 342
Geddes, Sir Auckland, 117, 189
Geddes, Sir Eric, 189
Geddes Committee, 60, 62
General Strike, 180–2
George V, King, 3, 134, 141, 159, 160, 175, 176, 177, 180, 189–90, 192, 198, 200, 212, 221, 253, 265, 266, 276–7, 349, 365, 383, 411, 417, 419–20
SB’s appointment as Prime Minister, 82–4
SB discussions with, 5, 58, 128–9, 135–6, 163–4, 267, 276, 331–2
SB views on, 285, 388, 413
George VI, King, as Duke of York during the Abdication crisis, 391, 411, 412, 413; relations with SB, 416, 437, 440, 461, 462, 478, 482 391, 411, 412, 413
Germany, Nazi, 373
SB views on, 322, 347, 348, 366, 377, 379, 434, 458, 467
see also Hitler, Ribbentrop
Gibson, Hugh, 292
Gilmour, Sir John, 48, 127, 432
Gladstone, William, 427–8, 438
‘Goat’, the: see Lloyd George
Goddard, Theodore, 410, 412, 423
Gorell, 3rd Lord, 247
Gower, Sir Patrick, 67, 252, 274, 503
Great Western Railway, 17, 19, 30
Greenwood, Sir Hamar (1929 Lord), 55, 282
Greig, Louis, 245, 284
Grenfell, Sir Edward, 261
Gretton, John, 113, 241, 242, 243, 343
Grey, Sir Edward (1916 Viscount), 24, 94, 104, 134, 315, 352
Griffith-Boscawen, Sir Arthur, 55, 72, 97
Grigg, Sir Edward, 95
Grigg, P. J., 79
Guinness, Walter, 153
Gwynne, H. A., 99, 245, 390
Hailsham, 1st Viscount (Sir Douglas Hogg), 149, 202, 208, 250, 257
Haldane, Viscount, 137
Halifax, 3rd Viscount (Edward Wood to 1925; Lord Irwin, 1925–34), 73, 125, 129, 154, 196, 201–2, 210, 215, 239, 308
Indian policy (1929–31), 215, 235
possible Foreign Secretary, 277, 315
from, 1935, 355, 441, 450, 452, 460, 465, 473
SB views on, 5, 94, 215, 236
Hankey, Sir Maurice, 295, 307, 321, 323, 392, 397
Hannon, Sir Patrick, 234
‘hard-faced men’, 40
Harmsworth, Esmond, 395, 410, 420–1
Harvey, Sir Ernest, 262
Hearst, William Randolph, 201, 209, 395
Henderson, Arthur, 32, 233, 246, 354, 449
Henson, H. H., Bishop of Durham, 188–9, 195, 235–6, 474
Hewins, W. A. S., 113–15, 121–2, 140–1, 147
Hicks: see Joynson-Hicks
Hills, Jack, 95
Hilton Young, Edward (1935 1st Lord Kennet), 95, 153, 157–8, 165, 182, 193, 456
Hilton Young, Kathleen (1935 Lady Kennet), 6, 153–4, 165–6, 170, 172, 181–2, 192, 193, 194
Hinchingbrooke, Viscount, 285, 289–90, 312, 417–18, 458–9
Hitler, Adolf, 307, 347, 356, 373, 434
proposals that SB should meet, 310, 315, 385, 434
SB views on, 314, 378, 432, 458, 467–9
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 74, 134, 194, 242, 258, 263, 265, 305
desire to be Viceroy of India, 332
as Foreign Secretary (1935), 346, 347, 359, 360
from, 1936, 388, 429
Hoare-Laval crisis, 356–4, 468, 479
Hogg: see Hailsham
Hogge, J. M., 26
honours, 167, 183, 210
Horne, Sir Robert, 42, 49, 53, 62, 64, 76, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91, 141, 153, 157, 166, 189, 230, 257, 262, 431
House of Lords, proposed reform, 198, 212, 275, 367
housing problems, 172, 177
Houston, Lady, 319
Houston, Robert, 25
Howard, Peter, 474, 478
Hulton, Edward, 98
imperial conferences, (1923), 112, 113, 114, 124, 296–300; (1932), 288; (1937), 385, 436
Imperial Relations Trust, 437
India, Simon Commission, 215, 223
Conservative divisions on (1929–31), 223, 235, 254–8; (1933–5), 305, 318–22
Irwin declaration, 223
Round Table Conference (1930), 239, 246, 250
Irwin-Gandhi pact (1931), 254
White Paper on, 305–7, 319
privilege case, 318
SB views on, 215, 224, 236, 238, 254, 319, 327, 341
industrial relations, 22, 169, 173–5
SB views on, 22, 25, 34, 42, 45, 169, 174, 176, 177, 180, 182, 184–8, 189, 190, 191, 196, 371, 433, 491
see also General Strike, mining industry
Inskip, Sir Thomas (1939 1st Viscount Caldecote), 127, 373, 384, 403, 472
Inverforth, Lord, 49
Ireland, Curragh crisis, 24
in, 1916, 25
in, 1918, 34
in, 1921, 54, 59
boundary dispute (1924–5), 151–3, 154–8, 177
in, 1932, 287, 294
in, 1940, 472
Irwin: see Halifax
Irwin declaration: see under India
Jackson, Stanley, 134, 146, 193
‘Jix’: see Joynson-Hicks
Jones, Thomas, 5, 55, 117, 164, 193, 194, 255–8, 273, 279, 309–10, 311, 314–16, 326–7, 330, 334, 346–7, 352, 353–4, 380, 388, 435–8, 472, 476, 479, 489, 503, 507
Joynson-Hicks, Sir William (‘Jix’; 1929 1st Viscount Brentford), 94, 101, 151, 168, 205, 207, 209, 304
Kempthorne, J. A., Bishop of Lichfield, 183
Kemsley, 1st Viscount (Gomer Berry), 452
Kennedy, Joseph, 461
Kennet: see Hilton Young
Kent, Duke of, 411, 419, 420, 422
Keynes, J.M. (1942 1st Lord), 40, 61, 80, 481
King, Douglas, 193
King, William Mackenzie, 5, 112, 117, 118–21, 176, 198–200, 209–10, 229, 296, 382–5, 391, 462–3
Kipling, Rudyard, 9, 16, 17, 26, 35, 60, 104, 141, 166, 168, 235, 258, 341, 365, 383, 480, 495
on SB, 7
verses by, 46, 167
Labour party, 134, 137
1924 government, 139, 151, 160, 161–2
SB views on, 140, 141
1929–31 government, 247, 263
from, 1931, 285, 322, 331, 348, 445, 451
SB views on, 119, 134, 137, 176, 201, 319, 342, 354, 378, 432–3, 448, 469, 483
Lang, Cosmo, Archbishop of York (1928 Canterbury), 202, 415–16, 420
Lansbury, George, 285, 295, 348
SB views on, 189
Laski, Harold, 342, 354
Laval, Pierre, 347, 468, 479
Law, Andrew Bonar, 33, 35, 36, 38, 48, 49, 50, 53, 80, 282, 286, 289, 369, 476
in, 1922, 72, 73–6, 120, 492
pledge on tariffs, 91, 114, 115, 117, 118, 123
resignation as Prime Minister, 82–3, 86
Law, Richard, 326
Lawrence, Sir Walter, 341
Layton, Sir Walter, 395
League of Nations Union, 169, 305, 357, 376
Lennox-Boyd, Alan, 450
Liberal party, 49, 119, 125, 132, 135, 136–8, 139, 140, 157, 161, 182
SB views on, 119, 129, 137, 145, 158, 159, 161, 200, 201, 214, 216, 219, 245, 263, 286, 427–8
see also Samuel, Simon
Lidgett, Revd J. Scott, 348
Lindemann, Frederick, 323
Linlithgow, 2nd Marquess of, 215, 332, 461, 465
Llewellin, John, 341
Lloyd, Geoffrey, 278, 341
Lloyd, George (1925 1st Lord), 94, 253–5, 320
Lloyd George, David (‘the Goat’), to October, 1922, 23, 24, 26, 34, 36, 42, 48, 49, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63–4, 69, 71, 119, 120
(1923–4), 98, 108, 112, 113, 114, 119, 125, 135, 140, 156, 157–8, 159, 161, 476, 477
(1924–30), 182, 191, 223, 247, 248
(from, 1931), 282, 289, 290, 294, 307, 314–15, 317, 320, 325, 327, 333, 382, 436, 461
SB views on, 23, 34, 36, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 95, 97, 102, 104, 105, 114, 119, 132, 148, 161, 180, 182, 189, 201, 202, 204, 210, 215, 217, 223, 238, 245, 250, 253, 315, 328, 333, 337, 347, 370, 376, 389, 431, 463, 482, 496
SB friendliness towards (1933–5), 307, 312, 314, 321, 325, 327, 331
Lloyd George, Megan, 388
Lloyd-Greame: see Cunliffe-Lister
Locarno Treaty, 168
Locker-Lampson, Oliver, 128
Londonderry, Lady, 138, 167, 278, 368, 369, 370–1, 500
Londonderry, 7th Marquess of, 153, 157, 355, 367–72
Lothian, 11th Marquess, 331, 381
Lytton, 2nd Earl of, 203, 224, 456
Macdonald sisters, 16, 486
Macdonald, Edith (aunt), 16
MacDonald, James Ramsay, 135, 137–8, 160, 182, 212, 217, 371, 495
in, 1929–31, 223, 247, 262, 263, 264–8
National government Prime Minister, 269, 273, 274, 276, 283, 296, 300, 301, 322, 328, 330
as Lord President, 331–2, 353, 355, 361, 363–4, 437, 447
SB views on, 156, 159, 189, 198, 215, 245, 279, 449
MacDonald, Malcolm, 353, 355, 385, 397, 447, 450
Mackail, J. W. and Margaret, 34, 452–6
McKenna, Reginald, 76, 80, 85, 87, 90–1, 93, 94, 95, 99
Maclean, Sir Donald, 96, 263, 295
Macmillan, Harold, 343
Macmillan, Lord, 327
Mann, Arthur, 271, 272
Margesson, David, 193, 352, 400, 403, 429
Mary, Queen, 395, 413, 419, 420, 424, 425, 429
Masefield, John, 233
Masterman, Charles, 189
‘Maurice letter’ (1918), 36
Maxton, James, 285
Mellon, Andrew, 292
mining industry, disputes in, 173, 180, 183–9, 190–1
Monckton, Sir Walter, 388, 403, 408, 410–12, 441, 446
Mond, Sir Alfred (1928 1st Lord Melchett), 48, 55, 63, 182, 183
Montagu, Edwin, 55, 62
Morrison, W. S., 341, 447
Muirhead, Anthony, 341
Munich crisis, 455–8, 462
Munro, Gordon (son-in-law), 281
Mussolini, Benito, 102, 346, 347, 356, 383, 468, 479
SB views on, 78, 345, 379, 436
National Book Association, 443
National (coalition) government, possible (1930–1), 245, 247, 257, 261, 264
formation (August, 1931), 267–8, 269
continuation (in autumn 1931), 270, 271–3; (agreement to differ) 280, 281; (after Ottawa conference), 300–1
SB views on, 269, 278, 296, 298
Navy, Royal, cruiser crisis (1925), 169, 173, 198; disarmament conference (1927), 346; in, 1935, 347
newspapers: see press
Nicolson Harold, 366
Niemeyer, Otto, 49
Norman, Montagu, 79, 117, 134, 155, 262, 289, 331
Northcliffe, Lord, 107
Norwood, Revd F. W., 345, 346
Ormsby-Gore, William, 94
Oxford Group, 452–6, 478
Palmstierna, Erik, 494–501
‘Peace Ballot’, 327, 333, 345, 468
Peacock, Sir Edward, 262, 412
Peel, Viscount (1929 1st Earl), 169, 214, 216, 276
People, The, SB’s interview in (May, 1924), 148–50, 489–93
Pepys-Whiteley, Derek, 477
Percy, Lord Eustace, 94
Phipps, Eric, 349
Pickthorn, Kenneth, 354
Poincaré, Raymond, 210, 321
SB meeting with (1923), 93, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103–10, 115, 120
political education, SB and, 443, 459, 463
Pollock, Sir Ernest (1926 1st Lord Hanworth), 281
Ponsonby, Lord, 303
press, the, 107, 150, 199, 207, 209, 229, 298, 328, 342, 348, 354, 384, 420, 489
proposal to create pro-SB newspaper (1931), 258
and the Abdication crisis, 389, 390, 393, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 402, 412
see also Camrose Dawson, Gwynne, Mann, ‘press lords’
‘press lords’, 37, 98, 107, 114, 132, 138, 150, 226, 228, 234, 235, 236, 242, 255, 258, 260, 492
see also Beaverbrook, Rothermere
Prince of Wales: see Edward VIII
Pringle, W. M. R., 25
protection, SB views on, 19, 21, 53, 67–8, 111–31, 209
safeguarding of industries (1921–3), 53, 54, 66–8, 97, 111–31; (1924–9), 166, 208, 211
protection (in 1923–4), 91, 111–31, 134, 141, 144, 145, 476; (in 1928), 207;
(in, 1929–31), 223, 225–7, 232, 234, 237, 238, 263, 270, 271, 273, 278
import duties bill (1932), 280, 282–4
Ottawa agreements, 297–300
Reading, 1st Marquess of, 276
rearmament, 310, 314, 322–3, 324, 329, 331, 345, 347, 348, 351, 362, 372, 384, 458, 474
SB accounts of, 373–9, 449, 466–70
Reith, Sir John, 216–17, 310, 435, 463
reparations problem, 66, 78, 90, 92, 95, 115, 122
Rhineland crisis, 373, 469
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 310, 327
Ridsdales (Lucy Baldwin’s family), 485
Ronaldshay: see Zetland
Rothermere, 1st Lord, 98, 113, 114, 132, 147, 148, 202, 217, 224, 226, 228, 231, 232, 234, 235, 240, 241, 319, 392
SB views on, 207, 209, 217, 428, 429, 446, 492
see also ‘press lords’
Ruhr crisis (1923–4), 78, 92, 93, 96, 98–9, 101, 102, 107–10, 112, 115
Runciman, Walter, 49, 288, 299
Russia, 31, 195, 243, 347, 465
proposed treaty with (1924), 155, 156, 157–9
Salisbury, 4th Marquess of, 83, 125, 129, 130–1, 140, 141–2, 143, 144, 153, 154, 155, 157, 210, 226–7, 234–5, 239, 246, 248, 250, 260, 287–8, 327, 373, 390, 392, 397, 452–6
Salter, Arthur, 304
Samuel, Sir Herbert, 263, 266–8, 269
as leader of ‘Samuelite’ Liberals, 272, 280, 282, 283, 300–1, 323, 331
Sankey, Lord, 456
Sargent, Malcolm, 336
Sassoon, Sir Philip, 75, 275, 330, 331, 366
Schuster, Sir George, 238
Scott, Sir Leslie, 127, 164
Scott, J.W. Robertson, 446
Shaw, Tom, 146
Shortt, Edward, 55
Simon, Sir John, 215, 277, 279, 438–9
as leader of ‘Simonite’ Liberals, 273, 274, 280, 300, 301, 302, 323
Foreign Secretary (1931–5), 277, 284, 292, 296, 310, 326–7, 332, 370
during Abdication crisis, 397, 402, 403, 405, 407, 413
Simpson, Mrs Wallis (1937 Duchess of Windsor), 382, 387, 425
SB views on, 387, 388, 423
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 282, 392, 397, 398, 403
Smith, Herbert, 175, 181, 184, 193
Snowden, Philip (1931 Viscount), 263, 272, 280, 286, 300, 383, 435–9
Somervell, Sir Donald, 366, 405
Spender, J. A., 354
Stamfordham, Lord, 82, 83–4, 134–7, 159, 160–1, 177, 219–21
Stamp, Sir Josiah, 207, 456
Stanhope, 7th Earl, 265, 266, 282
Stanley, George, 48
Stanley, Oliver, 240, 258, 367, 368
Steed, Wickham, 42, 240–1
Steel-Maitland, Sir Arthur, 169, 173
Sterndale, Lord, 95
Stonehaven: see Baird
Strachey, St Loe, 147, 158, 167, 178
Sumner, Lord, 320
Sutherland, 5th Duke of, 417
Sykes, Sir Frederick, 75, 82–3
Temple, William, Bishop of Manchester, 183, 202
Thomas, J. H., 165, 181, 289, 294, 355, 383
Thomas, J. P. L., 449
tithe, agricultural, problems over, 337, 348
Topping, Robert, 251, 252, 256
Trades Disputes bill, 189, 196, 198
Trades Union Congress (TUC), 173, 180, 186, 190
Travellers’ Club, 8, 47, 265, 266, 498
Trevelyan, G. M., 430, 444
Tyrrell, William (1929 Lord), 99, 101, 102, 152, 270, 271, 309, 314, 315, 324, 360
unemployment, 58, 64–6, 99, 111, 112, 115, 122–4, 142, 297
SB views on, 58, 64–6, 79, 112, 115, 117, 118, 121, 122–3, 146, 331, 476
unemployment benefit regulations, problem (1935), 327–9
United States of America, 290
SB views on, 30–1, 112, 115, 199, 201, 210, 229, 304, 307, 309, 315, 328, 470
debt settlement (1923), 78, 80–1, 115
Vansittart, Sir Robert, 284, 314, 360
Wardle, George, 25
Waterhouse, Sir Ronald, 82–3, 502
Watson, Edith, 44, 503
Webb, Mary, 193–4, 336
Webb, Sidney, 165
Wheatley, John, 170
Wigram, Sir Clive (1935 1st Lord), 253, 266, 277–8, 351
Willingdon, Viscount (1931 Earl of), 201, 249, 267–8, 277–8
Wilson, Sir Horace, 174, 357, 437, 450
Winterton, 6th Earl, 279, 355–6, 450
Wood, Edward: see Halifax
Wood, Sir Kingsley, 371, 450
Worthington-Evans, Sir Laming (‘Worthy’), 75, 76, 91, 168, 224
Young, Francis Brett, see under Brett Young
Young, G. M., 240, 241, 474, 480, 481, 507
Younger, Sir George, 72
Zetland, 2nd Marquess (Earl of Ronaldshay to, 1929), 215