Biographical Index Compiled by the Author For a list of the subjects covered in this volume, see the index entry for Churchill, (Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer, on pages 1377-82. Abel: 'a pitiless usurer', g8o n. I 528; reviews Churchill's Marlborough, Abingdon, 7th Earl of: 9 n. 2 864 n. I ; and the 1935 General Elec­ Addison, Dr Christopher (later Lord) : tion, 1293 I I02 n. 2; and Churchill's India Bill Ampthill, 2nd Baron: 284, 578, 1182 'eloquence', I I90-I n. I Aerenthal, Count Alois: 32I, 322 Anderson, J. T. M.: 56 Agar, Captain A. W. S: 73 Anderson, Sir John (later Viscount Agate, James: 34 7 n. 2 Waverley): 581, 6oo, 1 I97 Agnew, (Sir) P. G.: and the India Bill, Andrews, C. F.: 327 n. I, 865 958 Angell, Sir Norman: 2I9 n. I Ailesbu~·, Earl of: 238 Archambaud: and German military Ainswort~, Harrison: 626 strength (by 1935), 928-9, 934 Aiyar, Sir Ramaswami: I !07 Aristotle: 170 Alber, Louis].: 243, 263, 268, 326, 384, Armsby, George N.: 17, 28, go, 3I 390-I, 395,457,495,642-3,987 Arnold: the carpenter at Chartwell, 39, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain: 274, 285, II7, I9o, 982, 1039, II28 goo, gi8, 330 Ashley, Maurice: Churchill's research Alington, grd Baron: I 258 assistant, 5, 15, 18-I9, 63, 75, 76-7, Alexander, A. V.: I57 n. I I I2 n. 3, I 19, I27, I45, 238-g, 247, Alexander, Boyd: 728 29I, 315, 3I9, 335. 355. 371, 4IO, 4I5- Allenby, Viscount: 25 I6, 42I, 438, 439, 443-4, 445, 456-7, Ameer Ali, Waris: 323, 456, 675-6, I310 467-8, 494· 511, 5I4, 5I5, 520, 52I, Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Sten- 534· 544. 548-g, 560, 56I, 57I n. g, nett: 11, I4; with Churchill on board 6oo n. 2, 609, 610-I I, 612 n. 1, 623, ship (August I929), 34-6, 45; and 62g-go, 632, 6gg, 635-6, 6g8-g, 692, Tariffs, I4I, I69; at Harrow School, 7I4, 716, 719, 720 n. I, 724-5, 730, 2I2; and India, 265, go8, 8I 1; and 736, 742, 796, 842-3, I068, 1124; rearmament, 489-91, 496, 924 n. 1, 'very valuable researches', 384; 'most 1156 n. I, I268; his 'great scholarship active and clever', 5I9; his 'competent and distinction', 495; and Churchill's aid', 658 'slashing onslaught' in Parliament, Ashley, Percy: 5 n. g, I45 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX Aspinall-Oglander, C. F.: 302 n. I, Bain, James: Churchill's bookseller, IS, 377-8 Io68 Asquith, Anthony: and Churchill's film Baker, Sir Herbert: I I 2 I script, 973, 1068 Baldwin, Stanley (later Earl Baldwin of Asquith, Cyril (later Baron) : 484 n. I; Bewdley): Churchill's correspondence and Churchill's breach of privilege with, 6-8, ID-I I, I3-I4, I I6, I30, charge, 773-s, 8o8, 812, 843, I2I2 IS6-7, I7I, I73, I79, I8I, I86, I9I-3, Asquith, H. H. (later Earl Oxford and I93-4, 204, 2SI, 3I4, 424-s, 663, 693, Asquith): and Churchill's film script, 69s, 73s-6, 844, 899, I207-8, I2Io, 997; 'would have enjoyed your speech', I288, I289; and India, 107-8, I09-10, I074; and a naval incident (in I9IS), III, II4-IS, I8I, I86, 222, 229, 233, I2I3 n. 2 234 n. 2, 236, 24I, 242 n. I, 2SD-I, Astor, J. J. (later Baron): 30I, 679 2s8, 26o-I, 26s, 28s-6, 29o, 29I, Astor Lady (Nancy Astor): 2I9 n. I, 292-3, 297-8, 302-3, 7IS, 723, 740; 22S n. I, 3s6 n. I; not 'a Yankee', and the London Naval Conference, 300-1; 'Don't put Winston in the IS6-7; and Lord Beaverbrook, I2, Government' (November I93S), I32S; I4-IS; and Egypt, 2s-6, IOI; and favours Prohibition, I36I Tariffs, I2, I4-IS, 3S, I37, I42 n. 2, Astor, 2nd Viscount: 30I IS6, I9I-3, 204, 222; and Churchill's Astor, Lady Violet: I206 breach with the Conservative leader­ Astor, William: 22S n. I ship (I929-3I), n6, n8, II9, I4S, Atatiirk (Mustafa Kemal): 8si n. I I93-4, I9S, 207, 2SI, 2s2-3, 264, 26s, Atherley, Stuart: 218-I9 269, 3I4, 700, 9S3, I07S; speaks in Atholl, Duchess of: and India, S4S, SS2, Parliament, I43 n. 2; his intellectual 673-4, 681, 810-II, 8I7 n. I, I044, power, I82; 'firmly seated in the ro66 n. 4, r roo saddle', 226; his leadership challenged Atholl, 8th Duke of: at Omdurman, (February I93I), 277-g, 280, 29s-6; S4S n. 2 ; and India, s 78, 776 and the formation of a National Atkinson, C. T.: IS n. 3, 76, 77, 640 Government forecast, 334; the Na­ Attlee, Clement (later Earl): 6 n. 2, tional Government formed, 348 n. I ; I09 n. 3; and Churchill's breach of and the Joint Select Committee on privilege charge (I934), 774, 788; and Indian Constitutional Reform, 448-g, foreign policy, 1210 n. I 48I, SI4, SSS, SS6, S84-6, S89 n. I, Auckland, 6th Baron: s64-s S90, S94. 677 n. 3. 930, 93I, 946, 9s6 n. 2, 9S7; and the India Bill contro­ Backhouse, Admiral Sir R. R. C.: versy (I 93S), I I 22; and rearmament, 'ideally suited' for his job, I 263 489,834, I I I9, I I29, I I33, I I34, I IS3, Bacon: and Macaulay, 688 IIS6 n. I, IIS6-8, II6o-I, II74; and Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald: 328 Churchill's political future (December Baden-Powell: 3s6 n. 1 I932), so8-IO, SID; a 'calumny' Bailey, Sir Abe: 32 n. I, 164, I6g-7o, against, alleged, S7D-I, s72-3, S7S; 442, 834, I078 n. 2; and Churchill's and Churchill's breach of privilege 'power of writing so well', I072; brings charge, 763, 777, 8os-6, 8o7; and the Churchill and Derby together again, air defence of Britain, 879, 936, 938, I 2s9-6o, I 269, 12 72; supports a friend 939. 94s-6, 947· 948-9, I266; a of Churchill at the General Election possible 'nasty jar' for, 104s; word (193S), 1307-8 'toad' not applied to, I04 7; and the Bailey, John: 32 n. I, 49I, 1078 n. 2 Conservative Party machine, I07S; Baillie, Sir Adrian (6th Baronet): 7SS reflects on the role of children, 1096; BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 'sterile and inefficient', I097; becomes Baruch, Bernard: Churchill's friendship Prime Minister for the third time With, g-10, I6-I7, Ig-2I, 28-g, 3I, 41, (I935), 115I, 1180, 1192; a 'power 59, 6g, go, 95, gg, IOI n. I, 106, 263, miser', I I 40; urged to give Churchill a 28o; visits England, I67-8, 176-7; his place in the Cabinet, I I 7I, 1187, I255; reflections on Randolph, and on poli­ and Anglo-German policy (in I935), tics, 2og-xo, 216-17; Churchill visits, II72, I254-5; and the Peace Ballot 382, 383; his second visit to Churchill, (of June I935), I202-3; and Air De­ 466; and Churchill's Marlborough, fence Research, I 207-8, I 209, I 2 I o, 666; and investments in the United I 2 72 ; and the 'necessity' ofhis premier­ States, 719; his third visit to Chart­ ship, I228; and German air strength, well, 856; Churchill describes the I233, I234; and British air weakness, 'essence' of the British Cabinet system I268; Churchill's support for (in to, 886-8; Randolph Churchill stays October I935), I288, I28g, I29I n. I; with, in Austria, I227-3; introduces and Churchill's possible return to the Joseph Kennedy to Churchill, I267 Cabinet, I30I, I30I-2, I324, I325, Bateman, Arthur: I26g I326, I327; Randolph Churchill Bath, 5th Marquess of: 4I5 writes to (November I935), I332; and Baumann, Arthur: quoted by Churchill, the 'Right-wing Conservatives', I 334- 308 n. I 6, I339-40; and the Hoare-Laval pro­ Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis: a reconcilia­ posals, I349, I350, I353, I357-8, tion, I2I3-I4 I35g-6o, I363; Randolph Churchill Beadon, Colonel R. H.: criticizes Chur­ wants to attack, I364; Churchill's chill, 734 n. I regret concerning, I365 Beatty, Earl: Ig, 328; and India, 578, Balfour, A. J. (later Earl): 35 n. I, I 57 sg8-g,6o7 n. I, 3I2 n. 2, 39I n. I, 4I3, 625, 65I, Beatty, E. W.: 45, 4 7 656, 790, I238, I26I, I279 n. I Beauchesne, Arthur: 43, 45 Balfour, Harold (later Baron): 7I4 Beaumont, Michael: I327 Baliah, V.: his recollections of Churchill Beaverbrook, Lord: Churchill's corres­ in India, I I45-6 pondence with, 12, 14-15, 22, 145, Ballard, Admiral G. A.: and the ltalo­ I49, I85-6, 237, 249-50; and Chur­ Abyssinian dispute, I252 n. I chill's views on India, 24I-2, 243, 247, Balsan, Consuelo: 3I2, 336 n. 2, 463,465, 248, 254. 259, 264, 304, 388-g, 592, 645 n. 2, 672, I290 740, 882, g6g-7o; Churchill's friend­ Banks, Sir Reginald: and India, 545,552, ship with, 3I, 44, I83; 'distinctly mis­ sss-6,563 chievous', I04; and Empire Free Baring, Maurice: I49 n. I, 225 n. I Trade, 136-7, I42 n. 2, 144, 156, 168, Barlow, (Sir) Thomas: and the Man­ I6g, I 73, Ig8, 203, 204, 221-2, 226, chester 'evidence', 74I, 743-7, 749-50, 262, 278, 389; and a gift to Churchill, 756, 772 394 n. 2; and Baldwin, 57o-1, 700; Barnes: the bricklayer at Chartwell, 'I cannot injure Sam Hoare', 766; I032, 1063, 1085, I094-s, I 105, I I27, argues that peace can be preserved by I I34, 1137 'Imperial Isolation', 920; and Lady Barnes, G. N.: I077 Diana Cooper, I047; 'evidently hos­ Barnes, Major-General Sir Reginald: tile', 1049; his account of the fall of 2ID-II, 610, 8g2, IOgi, 1146 n.