Black Diamonds (77 page)

‘Games of …’: author’s interview with Peter Diggle, November 2005.

p. 408 ‘
one girl
…’:
The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976, p. 488.

‘The smart set …’: ibid.

‘the indolence and ignorance …’: ibid., p. 491.

‘If you want to …’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 245.

‘Peter and Kick …’: author’s interview with Janie Compton, November 2005.

p. 409 ‘
Six months younger
…’: Sally Bedell Smith,
Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman
, Simon & Schuster, 1996, p. 142.

‘Stories of the Aga Khan’s wealth …’: Christopher Ogden,
Life of the Party: The Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman
, Little Brown, 1994, paperback edition, pp. 196, 198.

‘Diana Vreeland …’: cited in Bedell Smith,
Reflected Glory
, p. 142.

‘They called me …’: Leonard Slater,
Aly: A Biography
, Random House, 1964, p. 50.

p. 410 ‘
… resplendent as
…’: Michael Wishart,
High Diver
, Blond & Briggs, 1977, p. 105.

‘I only think …’: cited in Slater,
Aly: A Biography
, p. 4.

‘I once left …’: ibid., p. 123.

p. 411 ‘
I never imagined
…’: author’s interview with Janie Compton, November 2005.

‘You don’t know him …’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 217.

‘Peter had all the charm …’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, Summit Books, 1984, p. 201.

‘the total sum …’: Probate accounts, Peter, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Estate Office.

‘As Kick confided …’: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
, Simon & Schuster, 1987, p. 733.

‘Peter was mad about …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, November 2005.

‘I remember …’: author’s interview with Ian Bond, April 2006.

p. 412 ‘
My father was against
…’: author’s interview with Peter Diggle, November 2005.

‘My grandmother …’: letter to the author from Lady Juliet Tadgell.

‘It was how …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, November 2005.

‘I liked Peter …’: cited in Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 402.

‘I think there …’: ibid.

‘David and Sissy …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 217.

‘My reaction …’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kenedys
, p. 203.

p. 414 ‘
Some weeks before
…’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, pp. 222–3.

‘I want to do …’: cited ibid.

‘Negroes dressed …’: ibid., p. 224.

‘We all knew …’: cited in Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 407.

‘But, as Jackie …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 224.

p. 415 ‘
She never wanted
…’: cited in Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 405.

‘One thing …’: KK to Lem Billings, 29 November 1944, cited in Doris Kearns Goodwin,
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
, Simon & Schuster, 1987, p. 697.

p. 416 ‘
As Kick told Patsy
…’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 227.

‘I just don’t want to …’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, p. 204.

p. 417 ‘
Before they fell asleep
…’: Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 406.

‘She looked radiant …’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, p. 204.

‘You are a …’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 228.

‘Repeatedly …’: ibid.

p. 418 ‘
When Kick came
…’: ibid., p. 229.

‘The meeting …’: author’s interview with Janie Compton, November 2005.

‘Jean Oliver …’: author’s interview with Jean Oliver, August 2005.

p. 419 ‘
Peter said to him
…’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 230.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

p. 420 ‘
The ten-seater
…’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) France.

‘Waiting for her …’: Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 231.

‘For the four-day …’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948.

‘Ilona Solymossy …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 231.

‘Peter had hired …’: Probate accounts, Peter, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Estate Office.

‘Aged thirty-four …’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948.

‘The route …’: ibid.

p. 421 ‘
It was 12.45
…’: ibid.

‘As they headed …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 232.

‘Telling Townshend …’: ibid.

‘At 1.30 …’: ibid.

‘He was given a chart …’: ibid.

‘The pilot …’: ibid.

p. 422 ‘
At 14.20
…’: ibid.

‘Townshend was furious …’: ibid., p. 233.

‘Annoyed, Peter …’: ibid.

‘Why did Peter …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

p. 423 ‘
at twenty minutes
…’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948.

‘From a report …’: ibid. The report forms the basis of the account of the events leading to the air crash, pp. 423–5.

p. 424 ‘
Even modern 747s
…’: author’s interview with Captain John Gaudy, May 2006.

p. 425 ‘
Both Townshend and Freeman
…’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 235.

‘All four passengers …’: ibid, p. 238.

‘the Mayor of St Bauzile …’: ibid., p. 236.

‘The police …’: ibid.

p. 426 ‘
Written by me
…’: n.d., Joseph P. Kennedy Papers/Kennedy Family Collection.

‘It was Whitsuntide …’: author’s interview with RowenaSykes, June 2004.

p. 427 ‘
Unsurprisingly
…’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 238.

‘As well as …’: ibid., p. 242.

‘Ilona Solymossy …’: ibid., p. 243.

p. 428 ‘
Joe had
…’:
The Times
, 18 May 1948.

‘Responding to …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 241.

‘Dearest Moucher …’: JPK to the Duchess of Devonshire, cited in Amanda Smith,
Hostage of Fortune
, Viking/Penguin, 2001, p. 637.

p. 429 ‘
that airplane crash
…’: cited in D. Collier and P. Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, Summit Books, 1984, p. 207.

‘Days before …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 245.

‘Somerset Maugham …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, November 2005.

‘
Time to Remember
…’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 247.

p. 430 ‘
Independently
…’: ibid., p. 245.

‘I can still see …’: Alistair Forbes, ‘Upper classmates’,
Times Literary Supplement
, 26 March 1976.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

p. 431 ‘
He were a grand lad
…’: author’s interview with May Bailey, February 2004.

p. 432 ‘
At the top of the road
…’:
Advertiser
, 22 May 1948.

‘I don’t think …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

p. 433 ‘
No one wanted him
…’: author’s interview with May Bailey, March 2004.

‘Bottle by Bottle …’: Eric’s nickname derived from a popular children’s book called
Eric Little by Little
.

‘When Peter …’: author’s interview with Geoffrey Steer, August 2005.

EPILOGUE

p. 435 ‘
We were
…’: author’s interview with Barbara Lock, May 2004.

‘We had to …’: author’s interview with Bridget Crawshaw, May 2004.

‘They would …’: author’s interview with June Wightman, May 2004.

‘He used to roam …’: ibid.

p. 436 ‘
He would
…’: author’s interview with Godfrey Broadhead, October 2002.

‘I never saw …’: author’s interview with Ena Bergin, May 2004.

p. 438 ‘
I would like
…’: Tom Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 10 June 1949, Sheffield Archives, Unlisted Material, Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, Box 343.

‘Riddled with …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to Tom Fitzwilliam,3 June 1949, ibid.

‘So far as …’: ibid.

p. 439 ‘
My darling
…’: Evie Fitzwilliam to George Fitzwilliam, 5 June 1920, ibid.

‘The prospect …’: Toby Fitzwilliam to Evie Fitzwilliam, 26 January 1924, ibid.

‘I want …’: Evie Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 26 January1924, ibid.

p. 440 ‘
I can
…’: Toby Fitzwilliam to George Fitzwilliam, 29 January 1924, ibid.

‘I don’t know …’: George Fitzwilliam to Toby Fitzwilliam, 21 March 1925, ibid.

‘I had been …’: G. J. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam v W. T. G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam et al., Royal Courts of Justice, February 1951, Day 6, Sheffield Archives, ibid., Box 345.

p. 441 ‘
I went
…’: deposition of Mary Fullerton, ibid., Box 343.

p. 442 ‘
My sister-in-law
…’: testimony of Alice Williams Wynn, Day 5, ibid., Box 345.