An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo (68 page)

Spark, (Dame) Muriel,
The Girls of Slender Means
149, 159

Spectator
(magazine) viii, 129, 302

Spencer, Sir Stanley 83

Spender-Clay, Pauline 246

spivs 4, 39, 125, 142, 143, 163, 176, 186, 279, 306

Stacey, Margaret 63, 159

Stalin, Joseph 225

Stallybrass, William (‘Sonners’) 50

Stanford, Peter 104

Stark, (Dame) Freya 83, 343

Starr, Ringo xi

Steele, Tommy 211

Stendhal 6

Still, Andrew 95

stock market 154

Stockton-on-Tees 7

Stockwood, Mervyn 83

Straight, Whitney 54

Stratford-on-Avon 30, 38, 54, 61–2, 63, 65

Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
61

Stravinsky, Igor 52

Streatfeild, Sir Geoffrey 136–7

Street Offences Act (1959) 36

Stretton, Joe 65

striptease shows and revues 123, 128, 142–4, 160–61, 338

Strutt, Mark 177, 178

Stuart, James, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn 10

Suez crisis 16, 19, 26, 28, 60, 81–2, 213, 223, 302

Sugden, Edward 346

Sunday Chronicle
201

Sunday Express
3, 89, 126, 189, 233, 327; circulation figures 189;
see also
Express Newspapers

Sunday Mirror
240, 262, 307–310;
see also
Mirror Group Newspapers;
Sunday Pictorial

Sunday Pictorial
143, 148, 193–4, 201–2; coverage of sex 35, 111–12, 194–5, 222, 223–4, 236, 365
n
9; circulation figures 189; coverage of espionage cases 222, 223–4, 233–5, 236; coverage of Profumo Affair 262, 263, 264, 289, 293;
see also
Sunday Mirror

Sunday Telegraph
256, 279, 280, 295, 320

Surbiton 60

Swann, Donald 163

Swinton, Mary (‘Mollie’), Countess of 18

Swinton, Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of 17–18

Swinton Park, North Yorkshire 18

Sykes, Anthony 185

taxation 24, 178

Taylor, (Dame) Elizabeth 98

Taylor, Elizabeth:
A Game of Hide-and-Seek
109;
In a Summer Season
132

Taylor, George 184

Tehran conference (1943) 225

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre,
The Phenomenon of Man
91

television 212–15; and political speaking 34; news coverage 44, 213; and newspaper circulation 189, 190;
see also
BBC; ITV

tenancy regulations and rent control 154, 177, 179–81, 184

Terry-Thomas 103, 128, 146

That Was The Week That Was
(television programme) 214

Thatcher, Margaret (
later
Baroness Thatcher) 6, 28, 43, 122, 328

Theresa of Avila, St 91

Thesiger, (Sir) Wilfred 97

Thirkell, Angela,
Close Quarters
132

This Week
(television programme) 293

Thomson, George (
later
Baron Thomson of Monifieth) 21–2

Thomson, Roy (
later
1st Baron Thomson of Fleet) 159

Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire 128

Thorneycroft, Peter (
later
Baron Thorneycroft) 59, 232

Thornycroft, Guy 343

Thyssen-Bornemisza, Baron Hans Heinrich (‘Heini’) 90–91

Time
(magazine) 278

Time & Tide
(magazine) 27, 254–5, 289, 307

Times, The
161, 199, 254, 326, 332; circulation figures 189–90; coverage of Profumo Affair 292, 296

Tit-bits
(magazine) 141

Titman, Sir George 142, 160–61

Tokyo 51, 65

Topolski, Feliks 314–15

Town and Country Planning Act (1951) 151–2

Townend, Beatrice 291

Townsend, Arthur 311

trade unions 21, 26, 95, 190

Trevor-Roper, Hugh (
later
Baron Dacre of Glanton) 39, 50, 83, 101, 216

Trollope, Anthony 6

Tudor, Norah 23

Tunisia 19, 51, 65, 67

Turf Club 15

Turgenev, Ivan 333

Turner, Anthony 260

Turton, Sir Robin (
later
Baron Tranmire) 278–9, 280

Tyerman, Christopher 47

Tynan, Kenneth 125

U-2 spy plane incident (1960) 217, 226, 227

Unilever, pension fund 168, 179

Union of Democratic Control 42

Union Jack
(forces’ newspaper) 201

United Nations (UN) 88; Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) 198

Utley, Tom 306

Valentia, Caryl Annesley, 12th Viscount 78

Variety Club (charity) 129

Vassall, John: background and early life 228–9, 234; appearance, character and sexuality 229, 230, 231, 233, 240; cipher clerk in Moscow 228, 229–30, 234; spying 230–32; arrest, trial and conviction 135, 217, 227–8, 232; serialisation of memoirs 233–5

Vassall case: Press coverage 199, 232–7, 238–41, 275; as prelude to Profumo Affair 217–18, 239, 241, 258, 303; Radcliffe inquiry 232, 236, 238, 240, 241, 261, 264, 267, 329; Galbraith’s resignation 238, 240, 265, 272, 275, 276, 295

Vaughan, Frankie 128, 134

Vauxhall Victor (motor car) 128

venereal disease 137–8, 300

Venice 290, 343

Veste Demite
(yacht) 143

Voice of Merrill, The
(film) 118

Wagstaffe, Keith 245–6, 250, 330

Wain, John, ‘The Month’ viii

Wakefield, Sir Wavell (
later
1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal) 260, 271, 288

Walker, Enid 52–3

Walpole, Sir Hugh 6

Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford 6

Warburg, (Sir) Siegmund 162

Ward, George (‘Geordie’), 1st Viscount Ward of Witley 18, 250–51

Ward, Stephen: family background 97; birth 97; education 97–8; military service 98; osteopath 97, 98, 100–101, 104, 267, 287, 288; failed marriage 98–9; liaison with MI5 99, 245–6, 250, 251, 330; denounced by John Lewis 100, 259, 280; takes cottage on Cliveden estate 84, 94, 101–2; exhibition of celebrity sketches 103–4; meets Christine Keeler 144–5; the Cliveden weekend (July 1961) 12, 246–8; on Profumo’s affair with Keeler 251, 279, 293; attempts to act as Foreign Office intermediary 253–4, 256–7; prevents
Sunday Pictorial
’s publication of Keeler’s story 263; Keeler and Rice-Davies’s accusations against 262, 264, 280, 286, 289; reaction to Press stories 271, 279; television appearances 271, 293; and Profumo’s statement to Parliament 276, 287, 288; meeting with George Wigg 278–9, 280, 303, 317; police investigation of 280–84, 285–8; complains to MP 260, 271, 288; and ‘Lucky’ Gordon’s trial 293; arrested by police 294–5; criminal charges against 110, 280, 294, 295, 312, 318, 331; Magistrates Court hearing 283, 286, 312–15; trial
see
Ward trial; conviction and death 325, 346; cremation 341; posthumous assessments 108, 325–7, 331–2, 333, 342–3

Character & characteristics
: ambiguous sexuality 100, 104, 257; appearance 102; artistic skills 102, 103–4; charm 98, 102; class-consciousness 105; dislike of solitude 98; fantasist 99, 257; finances 101, 103; homes 84, 99, 103, 144, 150, 246, 264; indiscretion 268, 278; naivete 256; obsession with sex 99, 100; outsider 97; political views 98; show-off 98, 103, 268, 278; speaking voice 98, 102–3, 257; taste in women 99; views on drugs 253, 331

Relations with
: Bill Astor 84, 94, 100–102, 104–5, 263, 284; Bronwen Astor 104, 105; ‘Lucky’ Gordon 252–3; Yevgeny Ivanov 104, 245–6, 251, 253–4, 261, 278–9, 329; Christine Keeler 99, 102–3, 105, 144–5, 248, 257, 262, 264, 324, 331, 333, 342–3; John Lewis 99–100, 259; Jack Profumo 102, 248, 252; Peter Rachman 185–6; Mandy Rice-Davies 257, 258, 264, 324; women 99, 103, 108

Ward trial xi, 112, 131, 135, 184, 283, 292–3, 311–12, 317–26; responses to 36, 318–19, 320–21, 325–7, 329, 332

Warren, Sir Mortimer 155

washing machines 24, 132–3

Washington Post
296

Waterhouse, Keith,
Billy Liar
56

Watford 294

Waugh, Evelyn 301;
A Handful of Dust
96

Waxman, David 63, 317

Week, The
(news-sheet) 76

Weidenfeld, George (
later
Baron Weidenfeld) 158, 164

Wells, Alfred 267

Wesker, (Sir) Arnold,
The Kitchen
56

West, Dame Rebecca 46, 218, 229, 231, 259, 320

Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of 70, 71

Westminster, Loelia, Duchess of 164

Westminster Confidential
(newsletter) 268–9

Whaddon Chase (hunt) 100

Wharton, Alex 321–2, 342

Wharton, Michael 39–40

White, (Sir) Dick 220

Whitehorn, Katharine 90

Whiting, John 56

Whitten, Sidney 285

Widgery, Sir John (
later
Baron Widgery) 15–16

Wigg, George (
later
Baron Wigg): background, character and career 66, 260–61, 269; animosity towards Profumo 66, 261; and Vassall spy case 239; learns of Profumo Affair 259–60, 261; political exploitation of the Affair 261, 269, 270–71, 273–4, 276, 278, 279–80, 289; meeting with Stephen Ward 278–9, 280, 303, 317; learns of Christine Keeler’s perjury 322; and Denning inquiry 330; later life 339

Wilcox, Warner ix–xi, xii, xiv

Wilde, Oscar 99, 178, 308

Wildeblood, Peter 191, 222, 228

Williams, (Sir) Bernard 41

Williams, Tennessee 265

Willis, Victor 297–8

Willoughby, Lady Jane (
later
28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby) 85

Wilson, Harold (
later
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx): in Opposition 23, 186, 269–70, 301, 302, 335; contacts with Soviet Union 269–70, 303; political exploitation of the Profumo Affair 12, 269, 270–71, 279, 288–9, 292, 303–4, 310; and Denning inquiry 310; 1964 general election victory xiv–xv, 310, 336–8; premiership 64, 338–9; resignation honours list 43, 337–8

Wilson, Harriette 12

Wimborne, Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount 97

Winchester College 16, 41, 200, 210

Window Dresser, The
(film) 125

Winnicott, Donald 122

Winterton, Edward Turnour, 6th Earl 32, 73

Wiscombe, Derek 22–3

Wisdom, (Sir) Norman 123

Wolfenden, Sir John (
later
Baron Wolfenden) 102

Wolfenden Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution 36, 37, 102, 107, 129, 151, 228, 239, 310

Wolfson, Sir Isaac 157, 159, 170, 248

Woman’s Hour
(radio programme) 123

women: married women and employment 55–6, 92, 110–111, 120–21, 122; legislation and 109–110, 116–17; literary and media representations of 109, 114, 116, 117–18, 121, 123–6, 128, 132; social attitudes to 109, 110–111, 112–17; as politicians 110, 114, 115; and sex 110, 112–13, 119–20, 123–6, 137–40; advice to women on marriage and sex 111–12, 138–9, 148, 206; and childcare 121–2; as journalists 190, 191, 207

Women of the Year lunches 129–30

Wood, Richard (
later
Baron Holderness) 19

‘Woodhurst’, Maidenhead 126–7, 183–4