White Mischief (44 page)

Gwladys. Lady Delamere
(pronounced “Gladys”) nee Beckett, b. 1898. m. 1: 1920. Sir Charles Markham: 2: l928..Hugh. 3rd Baron Delamere (q.v.). 1938. Mayor of Nairobi. Died 1943.

de Trafford. Alice
nee Silverthorne. b. 1900. American heiress, m. 1922. Conite Frédéric de Janzé (q.v.). Arrived Kenya 1925. Divorced 1927. Shot and wounded Raymond de Trafford (q.v.) and herself at Gare du Nord. Paris. 1927. Acquitted of attempted murder. Married de Trafford 1932. Separated after three weeks. Decree nisi. 1937. Died 1941. Gilgil. Kenya.

Dickinson. Hugh
b.1906. Educated Harrow. Posted to Kenya in Royal Army Signals Corps. 1941. Close friend of Diana. Lives in London.

Poppy. Arthur
Head of Nairobi C.I.D. in 1941. Ex-Scotland Yard, sent to Kenya to organise fingerprint department.

Soames. John Beoucroft (“Jack”)
b. 1883. Settler farmer at Nanyuki. Eton contemporary of Broughton.

Wilks. Dorothy
South African personal maid hired to look after Diana at house in Karen. Retired to Durban. South Africa.

OTHER FIGURES IN THE KENYA LANDSCAPE. 1920–41

Bowles. Patricia
Alice de Trafford’s closest friend. Now living at Kiliti.

Carberry. John
b. 1892 as John Evans-Freke. Succeeded as Lord Carbery 1898 (family name Carberry). Educated Harrow, Trinity. Cambridge. Navy. 1914. 1919. became U.S. citizen. 1920. Nairobi, dropped title and changed name by deed poll to John Evans Carberry. m. I: 1914, Jose Metcalfe. divorced 1919: 2: 1922. Maia Anderson who died 1928, piloting her plane: 3: 1930. June Weir Mosley of Johannesburg.

Carberry, Juanila
b.1926. Daughter of John and Maia Carberry. Lives in Mombasa. Kenya.

Hugh Cholmondeley. 3rd Baron Delamere
b. 1870. Pioneer leader of the settlers, farmer and politician. 1897. first visit to Kenya. 1903. first settler given right to buy land, at Njoro. m. I: 1899. Lady Florence Cole; 2: 1928. Gwladys Markham. ex-wife of Sir Charles Markham. Died 1931.

Tom Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
b.1900. Educated Eton (with Erroll). m. I: 1924. Phyllis Anne. d. of Lord George Scott: 2: 1944. Ruth Mary Clarisse. d. of 1st Baron Mount Temple: 3: Diana Colvile. d. of Seymour Caldwell. Died 1979.

Colvile. Gilbert de Préville
b. 1888. Educated Eton (with Broughton and Lord Francis Scott). One of the biggest cattle ranchers in the country. m.1943, Diana Broughton.

de Janzé. Comte Frédéric
Author of
Vertical Land
. Married Alice Silverthorne in Chicago. 1922. Divorced 1927.

de Trafford, Raymond
Playboy. 1924. met Alice de Janze on her honeymoon in Kenya. 1927. wounded by Alice, Gare du Nord. 1932. married Alice. Separated same year. Decree nisi. 1937. Gaoled three years for manslaughter, 1939.

Drury Nina
née Layman. Formerly married to Jack Soames (q.v). 1927. Now living in London.

Lady Idina, Countess of Erroll
nee Sackville b. 1893. Daughter of Earl De La Warr. Changed names six times in five marriages to Gordon. Wallace. Hay. Erroll. Haldeman, Soltau. Married Josslyn Hay. later Earl of Erroll. 1924. Divorced 1930. Her house. Clouds, near Gilgil. was the centre of Happy Valley. Died 1955.

Erskine. Sir Derek
Managing Director of Erskine and Duncan Ltd. Nairobi. Supporter of Kenyatta pre-independence. Died 1977.

Gregory. Dr. Joseph
Irish general practitioner favoured by Nairobi society.

Lezurd. Julian (“Lizzie”)
South African Davis Cup tennis player. Gambler, undischarged bankrupt. Sent to Kenya by his wife and friends. 1939. Posted to Cairo. 1941.

Long.Paula
neé Gellibrand. Celebrated beauty. Married to “Boy” Long. Elmenteita rancher. Close friend of Alice de Trafford (q.v.). Living in Oxfordshire. England.

Pembroke. Richard (“Dickie”)
Major. Coldstream Guards. After affair with brother officer’s wife, applied for transfer to Kenya. 1940. according to regimental etiquette. Lover of Alice de Trafford. succeeding Lezard
(q.v.)
.

Portman, Hon. Gerald
later Lord Portman. At Eton with Enroll and Tom Delamere. On active service in Nairobi in 1940.

Repton. Dushka
Russian exile. Formerly married to Guy Repton. settler farmer. Friend of Nina Drury (q.v.). Now living in London.

Lord Francis Scon
Younger son of Duke of Buccleuch. b.1879. Eton contemporary of Broughton. Colvile (q.v). Soldier settler from early 1920s. Became leader of settlers after death of Hugh Delamere. 1931. m. 1915. Lady Eileen, nee Elliott, daughter of Earl of Minto.

Eileen. Lady Francis Scon
see above.

Wirewater. Nancy
pseudonym for Erroll’s current mistress in 1940.

INDEX

Abdullah bin Ahmed,
98
,
132
,
155
,
289–91

Abyssinian campaign,
2
,
53

Afghan Princess,
284–6

Aga Khan,
54
,
287

Alfred (Broughton’s servant),
89

Allen, Bill,
217
,
233

Allen, David,
283

Allen, Petal,
38
,
89
,
283
,
313

Allen, Victor de Vere,
106–7

Altrincham, Lady,
34
,
75

Amory, Mark,
153

Anderson, Maia,
74

Andrew, Albert,
237–8

Antrim, Earl of,
62–3
,
69
,
315

Band, Jack,
200

Barkas, Phyllis,
89
,
91
,
92
,
112
,
169
,
211

Beauchamp, Sir Brograve,
62

Begg, David,
38–9

Bergeret,
24
,
195

Bewes, Anstis,
95
,
168
,
171–2
,
187
,
213

Bhopal, Nawab of,
230–1

Blixen, Karen,
10
,
18
,
47
,
54
,
270

Block, Jack,
158
,
159

Blundell, Sir Michael,
158
,
272

Bowles, Eustace,
251

Bowles, Patricia,
41
,
42
,
43
,
51–2
,
55
,
213
,
214
,
218–19

British Union of Fascists,
51
,
161

Brooks’s (London club),
232

Broughton, Diana,
see
Caldwell, Diana

Broughton, Sir Evelyn Delves,
63–4
,
249–50
,
266

Broughton, Sir Jock Delves, background,
58–64
; marriage to Diana,
65
,
66–72
,
76–7
; alleged insurance frauds,
69–70
,
158–9
,
162–3
,
259–66
; marriage pact with Diana,
72
,
207
,
243
; goes to Kenya with Diana,
73
,
76–8
; and Diana’s affair with Erroll,
78–93
; on Erroll,
79–80
: and Erroll’s murder,
97–102
,
103–5
; goes on safari,
102
: arrested,
105–8
; trial,
110–35
,
144–5
; rumours of his guilt,
158–9
: conspiracy theory,
161
,
178
,
190–2
: after the trial,
162
,
227
as suspect,
169
; alibi,
164–5
,
167
,
172–3
,
175–6
,
235–6
,
282
; Lady Delamere’s evidence,
181–8
: Soames’s evidence,
189–94
; Miss Wilks’s evidence,
202–6
: Valerie Ward’s evidence,
210–12
; and Alice de Trafford,
214
; Lord Carnarvon on,
220–4
: Dickinson on,
245–8
; return to England,
249–51
; confessions,
251–3
,
255
,
312–14
,
316
,
318
: Mrs. Woodhouse on,
253–6
; Erskine’s suspicions of,
283–4
; Diana’s interview with Fox,
298–301
,
304–6
; Juanita Carberry’s memories and,
310
,
312–15
; reasons for murder,
315–18
; death,
256–8

Broughton, Randall Delves,
147

Broughton, Rosamund,
254

Broughton, Vera,
24
,
58–71
,
102
; and Lord Moyne,
62
,
254
; divorce,
70
,
99
,
234
,
239
; Lord Carnarvon on,
222–4
; Broughton wants to return to,
251
,
306
; and

Broughton’s death,
257

Buchanan Jardine, Jock,
223

Burgess, Guy,
6
,
142

Butcher,
168–9

Buzzard, Sir Farquhar,
58

Byng, Elizabeth,
36

Caldwell, Diana (later Broughton; Colvile; Delamere), marries Broughton,
64–72
: marriage pact with Broughton,
71–2
,
207
,
209
,
243
; goes to Kenya,
73
,
76–9
; affair with Erroll,
78–93
: and Erroll’s murder,
97–102
: goes on safari,
102
; and Broughton’s arrest,
105–6
; at Broughton’s trial,
110
,
111–12
,
117
,
120
: Broughton’s evidence at his trial,
127–32
; visits Ceylon,
135
: fascination for Connolly,
147–8
; as possible suspect,
160
,
169
,
208
; pearls,
162–4
,
259–62
,
263
; and Gwladys Delamere’s evidence,
176
,
181–8
; Miss Wilks’s evidence,
202–7
; after the trial,
228–30
,
231
,
233–8
,
240–1
; Dickinson’s devotion to,
67
,
73
,
243
,
244–6
,
266
: later life,
269–80
,
289
; interviews with Fox,
279–80
,
292–307

Caldwell, Mrs.
65
,
149–50

Caldwell, Seymour,
65

Cameron, James,
21

Carberry, John,
99–100
,
173
,
189–90
,
232
; background,
73–6
; as possible suspect,
169
,
208
; alibi,
178
: character,
195
,
198–9
; treatment of his daughter,
309–10
,
312

Carberry, Juanita,
98
,
99
,
100
,
308–16
,
318

Carberry, June,
73
,
84
,
108
,
114
: background,
74–5
; and Erroll’s affair with Diana,
81
,
86
,
87–8
,
89
,
90
,
91–3
; and Erroll’s murder,
97
,
99
,
100–1
; unreliability as witness,
104
; and Broughton’s trial,
117
,
118
,
145
; as possible suspect,
160
,
169
,
208
; and Broughton’s alibi,
165
,
172
,
175
,
176
,
236
,
282
; last years,
173
,
312
; Miss Wilks’s evidence,
202–6
; Valerie Ward’s evidence,
210–12
; after the trial,
227
232
; Diana’s interview with Fox,
304–5

Cardross, Lord,
12

Carnarvon, Earl of,
62
,
220–6
,
232

Castlerosse, Valentine, Viscount,
59
,
60
,
66

Cavendish Bentinck, Sir Ferdinand,
52
,
80–1

Ceylon,
230
,
231
,
300–1

Chamberlain, Neville,
52

Cholmondeley, Hugh (later Lord Delamere),
279
:
see also
Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley

Cholmondeley, Tom,
see
Delamere, Tom Cholmondeley

Churchill (ballistics expert),
160

Churchill, Sir Winston,
15

Clouds,
33–5
,
39–40

Crates, Kenneth,
284

Cole, Berkeley,
12
,
18
,
38

Cole, Galbraith,
12