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breaks out 289, 290; refusal to return to England 290; suicide attempt 295–300, 303, 304; reaches Switzerland and brought back to England 304–11; effect of brain damage 311–12, 313, 314, 333–4, 391–2; interest in religion 313, 411; appearance at Debo’s wedding leads to questions in parliament 340; recovery 340–1, 377, 389, 391, 411; love of Swinbrook 403; illness and death 411–13; Pryce-Jones’s biography causes rift among sisters 494–9
Mitford Girls, The (musical) 509
Monckton, Walter 363
Morrell, Theodor 268
Morris, Sir William 136
Morrison, Herbert 340, 359–60, 378, 380
Mortimer, Raymond 444, 450–1
Mosley, Alexander 273, 359, 381, 414, 415, 418, 423, 457–8
Mosley, Cynthia, née Curzon (‘Cimmie’) 139–40, 141, 142, 143, 320; death 154–5
Mosley, Diana see Mitford, Diana
Mosley, Max 320, 327, 381, 414, 415, 418, 423, 457–8, 510, 525
Mosley, Nicholas 140, 197, 198, 199, 200, 213, 253, 274–5, 322, 364, 415; Rules of the Game 509–10
Mosley, Oswald: appearance 134; character 136–7; meets Diana 131–2; political career 133–9, 142, 143–4, 153, 163, 164, 194–6, 208; speeches 134; books 138, 142, 416, 461; first marriage 139–41; affairs 139–40, 157, 197–8, 199; affair with Diana 141–6, 153–7, 164–5, 197–200; and fencing 142–3; and Cimmie’s death 154–6; meeting with Hitler 184–5; and anti-Semitism 196, 417, 517; reaction to Wigs on the Green 196–7; marries Diana secretly in Germany 200–1, 211–12; and BUF finances 208–10, 321; homes 213–14, 273, 320–1, 381–2, 419; Hitler’s view of 248–9; relationship with Mitfords 260; campaigns for peace 263, 286, 288, 321; activism against 264; marriage made public on birth of child 273–5; public image 321–2, 361–2; puts BUF at disposal of British armed forces 321; imprisonment 323–4, 325–6, 329, 362–5; appeal 360–2; sues Daily Mirror 362–3; release triggers protests 374–5, 376–81; illness 377, 378, 380, 381; and Tom’s death 393–4; post-war activities 413–19, 459–60; belief in European Union 416–17; induces Foreign Office to issue passport and buys yacht for Mediterranean cruise 418–19; loss of Clonfert and move to France 458, 459; success of marriage 459; attacked 460; Decca’s dislike of 470; illness and death 503–4; interviews and articles 503, 504; portrayed in Diana’s book 506; son’s book on 509–10; see also British Union of Fascists
Mosley, Vivien 198, 199, 321, 415
Mossman, James 503
Moyne, Lord 145, 325
Münchener Zeitung 188
Munich 167, 172, 174, 175, 181, 206, 244, 247, 288, 297; Pinakothek 175
Murray, Marjorie 62
Mussolini, Benito 137, 138, 139, 144, 184, 204, 249, 267, 321
My Answer (Oswald Mosley) 416
My Life (Oswald Mosley) 461

Nancy Mitford (Selina Hastings) 511–12
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National Press 21
National Trust 441, 525
‘Natty’, Aunt see Hozier, Blanche
Nazi-Soviet Pact 290
Nazis 107, 159–60, 171, 181, 184, 187, 205–6, 284; Kristallnacht 263; Night of the Long Knives 172–3; Nuremberg rallies 160–2, 174, 175, 187, 197, 212, 253, 269–70; and Olympic Games 206–7; treatment of Jews 187, 195–6, 263; see also Fascism; Hitler, Adolf
Nebby Lou (Dinky’s friend) 435, 436, 443, 446
Nevile, Peter 220, 224, 226, 234, 236, 238, 240, 281
New Orleans 318
New Party 136, 504
New Statesman 506
New York Daily Mirror 282
New York World Fair 292
News Chronicle 219, 221, 228, 234, 236, 238
News of the World 214
Nichols, Beverly 119, 204
Nicolson, Harold 136
Nicolson, Nigel 161
Night of the Long Knives 172
Noblesse Oblige (ed. Nancy Mitford) 451–3
Norman family 24, 41, 42
Nuffield, Lord see Morris, Sir William

Oakes, Harry 32, 316
Oakland, California 404, 432–4, 470, 524
Oban 287, 412
Observer 506
Office of Price Administration, US 365, 366–7, 369, 370, 372
Ogilvie-Grant, Mark 68, 147–8, 153, 475
Ogilvy, Blanche see Hozier, Blanche
Ogilvy, Clementine see Mitford, Clementine, Lady Redesdale
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