The Bolter (44 page)

12
. Ibid.

13
. The
Tatler
, 12 September 1923.

14
. The
Times
, 23 September 1923.

15
. Idina to Lord and Lady Kilmarnock, 11 May 1926.

16
. Errol Trzebinski interview with the late Bettine Anderson, Aldeburgh, U.K., 1996.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Josslyn Hay to Lady Kilmarnock, 11 June 1924.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Josslyn Hay to Lady Kilmarnock, 23 June 1924.

23
. Interview, Nairobi, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

24
. Josslyn Hay to Lady Kilmarnock, 11 June 1924.

25
. Ibid.: “to grade with Friesian bulls” means to breed with.

26
. Trzebinski,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
, p. 72.

27
. Arlen,
The Green Hat
, p. 98.

28
.
Frampton, Peggy,
Seven Candles for My Life
(Pentland Press, Durham 1994), p. 36.

29
. Interview, Nairobi, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

30
. De Janzé, Frédéric,
Vertical Land
(Duckworth, London 1928).

31
. Trzebinski, Errol,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
(Fourth Estate, London 2001), p. 75.

32
. De Janzé,
Vertical Land
, pp. 141–2.

33
. Trzebinski,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
, p. 74.

CHAPTER
16

1
. Wheeler, Sara,
Too Close to the Sun
(Jonathan Cape, London 2006), p. 173.

2
. Huxley, Elspeth,
Out in the Midday Sun
(Chatto & Windus, London 1987), p. 67.

3
. Diary of Lady Eileen Scott.

4
. Arlen, Michael,
The Green Hat
(Robin Clark, London 1991), p. 15.

5
. Fox, James,
White Mischief
(Penguin, London 1984), p. 42.

6
. Letter, Josslyn Hay to Lady Kilmarnock, 27 December 1925.

7
. Dinesen, Isak,
Letters from Africa, 1914–1931
(University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1981), p. 300.

8
. De Janzé, Frédéric,
Vertical Land
(Duckworth, London 1928), p. 155.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Letter, Idina to Lord and Lady Kilmarnock, 11 May 1926.

13
. Ibid.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Ibid.

CHAPTER
17

1
. Trzebinski, Errol,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
(Fourth Estate, London 2001), p. 89.

2
. Interview, Nairobi, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

3
. Frampton, Peggy,
Seven Candles for My Life
(Pentland Press, Durham 1994), p. 36.

4
. Huxley, Elspeth,
Out in the Midday Sun
(Penguin, London 1987), pp. 77–8.

5
. Interview, London, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

6
. De Janzé, Frédéric,
Vertical Land
(Duckworth, London 1928), p. 148.

7
. Hayes, Charles,
Oserian
(Rima Books, Nairobi 1997), p. 208.

8
.
Fox, James,
White Mischief
(Penguin, London 1984), p. 70.

9
. De Janzé, Frédéric,
Tarred with the Same Brush
(Duckworth, London 1929), pp. 119–23.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid.

CHAPTER
18

1
. Hayes, Charles,
Oserian
(Rima Books, Nairobi 1997), pp. 199–200.

2
. De Janzé, Frédéric,
Tarred with the Same Brush
(Duckworth, London 1929), p. 98.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Fox, James,
White Mischief
(Penguin, London 1984), p. 44.

5
. Trzebinski, Errol,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
(Fourth Estate, London 2001), p. 86.

6
.
New York Times
, 9 April 1927.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Ibid.

10
.
New York Times
, 28 March 1927.

11
.
New York Times
, 27 March 1927.

12
.
New York Times
, 20 May 1927.

13
. Ibid.

14
. Hayes,
Oserian
, p. 203.

15
. Ibid.

16
.
New York Times
, 24 December 1927.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Dinesen, Isak,
Letters from Africa, 1914–1931
(University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1981), p. 300.

21
. Ibid., pp. 343–4.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Hayes,
Oserian
, p. 208.

24
.
New York Times
, 29 January 1929.

25
. Hayes,
Oserian
, p. 208.

26
. Trzebinski,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
, p. 90.

27
. These events included, among others, the wedding of their old friend Michael Lafone in January.

28
. Hayes,
Oserian
, p. 209.

29
. Trzebinski,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
, p. 91.

30
. Ibid.

31
. Interview, Nairobi, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

CHAPTER
19

1
. Since Joss had become the Earl of Erroll, Idina had become the Countess of Erroll, known as Lady Erroll. Although separated, they were still married.

2
. All quotations up to and including “went through all their stunts”: Sitwell, Georgia, diary, unpublished.

3
.
Daily Express
, January 1929.

4
. Ibid.

CHAPTER
20

1
. Idina to David Wallace, 28 February 1939.

2
. Will of Muriel Brassey, September 1929.

3
.
Nevada State Journal
, 29 December 1930, and others.

4
. Forbes, Rosita,
Appointment in the Sun
(Cassell & Co., London 1949), p. 275.

5
. Frampton, Peggy,
Seven Candles for My Life
(Pentland Press, Durham 1994), p. 36.

6
. Ibid., p. 37.

7
. Huxley, Elspeth,
Nellie: Letters from Africa
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1973), p. 101.

8
. Ibid.

9
.
Nevada State Journal
, Wednesday, 18 April 1934.

10
. Pru de Winton, Idina’s daughter-in-law and the author’s grandmother.

11
. Letter, Viscountess Ridley (née Ursula Lutyens) to Davina Howell, 28 October 1965, quoting her diary for 9–17 September 1922.

12
. Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

CHAPTER
21

1
. As Idina styled herself to her daughter.

2
. The most junor scullery maid, so called because in Victorian times she slept between the underside of the stairs and the coal cellar.

3
. Interviews with Pru de Winton, author’s grandmother and David’s wife.

4
. Letter, Viscountess Ridley (née Ursula Lutyens) to Davina Howell, 28 October 1965, quoting her diary for 9–17 September 1922.

5
. Ibid.

6
. As David later told his wife, Pru de Winton, author’s grandmother.

7
. Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934, and Wallace, Euan, personal diaries, 1931–34.

8
. This and following quotes from Wallace, Euan, personal diaries, 1931–34.

9
. From Barbie’s reply to a letter to him.

10
.
Letter from his former housemaster, also clearly in reply to an unhappy letter from David.

11
. Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

12
. This and following quotes from Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

13
. Wallace, Euan, personal diaries, 1934.

14
. Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

CHAPTER
22

1
. Wallace, Euan, personal diaries, 1934.

2
. This and following quotes from Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

3
. She had just bought an extensive peach wardrobe for that spring, as detailed in
Nevada State Journal
, Wednesday, 18 April 1934.

4
. Idina to David Wallace, 2 June 1934.

CHAPTER
23

1
. This and following quotes from Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

2
. Ibid., 9 July.

3
. This and following quote from Wallace, Euan, personal diaries, 1934.

4
. Wallace, David, personal diary, 1934.

5
. As he later told his wife, now Ann Douglas.

6
. Idina to David Wallace, 1 August 1936.

7
. This and following quotes from Forbes, Rosita,
Appointment in the Sun
(Cassell & Co., London 1949), pp. 274–8.

8
. Published by Cassell & Co., London 1949.

9
. Interview with Raymond Carr, May 2007.

10
. Telephone interview with Patrick Leigh Fermor, 2004.

11
. As David told his wife, the author’s grandmother.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Idina to David Wallace, 28 February 1939.

14
. Dinan said this to her son, Merlin Erroll.

15
. Idina to David Wallace, 3 May 1939.

16
. Telephone interview with Ann McKay (née Soltau), July 2008.

17
. Idina to David Wallace, 3 May 1939.

18
. Telephone interview with Ann McKay (née Soltau), July 2008.

CHAPTER
24

1
. Words of the senior government pathologist, Dr. Vint, as quoted in Trzebinski, Errol,
The Life and Death of Lord Erroll
(Fourth Estate, London 2001), p. 210.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Nor was it ever returned.

4
.
Interview, Nairobi, June 2004 (source wishes to remain anonymous).

5
. Interview with Pru de Winton (then Mrs. David Wallace).

6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Despite a wide variety of theories since, nobody has ever been convicted.

9
. Interview with Patsy Chilton, London, 2004.

10
. Idina to David Wallace, 28 February 1934.

11
. Letters, David Wallace to his wife, Pru, 1942–43.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Interview with Andrew Kennedy, Barrhill, June 2007.

14
. Gee Wallace to David Wallace.

15
. Ibid., and Pru de Winton.