White Mischief (46 page)

Mombasa,
10
,
239–42
,
310–12
,
314

Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Sir lain,
150–1

Moore, Sir Henry “Monkey.”
105

More O’ Ferrall, Rory,
69
,
245
,
246

Morris, Harry,
110
,
134
,
158
,
169
,
227
247–8
,
298
,
306
,
317
: style in court,
113–14
: cross-examination of Gwladys Delamere,
119–20
,
183
,
187
: ballistics evidence,
121–6
: cross-examination of Broughton,
126–7
,
130
,
209
: political assassination theory,
161
: and Soames’s evidence,
190

Mosley, Lady Diana,
161

Mosley, Sir Oswald,
32
,
50
,
161

Motion, Vemon,
65
,
274

Moyne, Lord,
62
,
70
,
105
,
222–3
,
234
,
254

Mussolini, Benito,
2
,
51

Muthaiga Country Club,
3
,
25–8
,
36
,
37
,
39
,
41
,
76
,
233–4
,
267–9
,
275

Mutiso Wa Thathi,
112–13

Myers, Denzil,
210

Naivasha,
11
,
19

Naivasha, Lake,
234–5
,
286–7

Nakuru,
11
,
19
,
37

Napier, Mrs.
171–2

Nihill, Lady,
239

Njonjo, Charles,
270
,
285

Njoro,
13
,
19

Orchardson, Arthur,
284

Oserian,
see
Djinn Palace

Overton, Captain Thomas,
121

Paul, Prince of Yugoslavia,
287

Pembroke, Major Richard (Dickie),
80–2
,
92
,
113
,
121
,
164
,
174
,
178
,
213–19
,
232

Perowne, Victor,
31

Pilkington, Mark,
69
,
245
,
246
,
261
,
270

Pogrund, Benjamin,
173

Poppy, Superintendent Arthur,
172–3
,
186
,
243
: investigates murder,
95
,
96
,
100
,
101
,
103–6
: evidence against Broughton,
114–16
,
117
: evidence at Broughton’s trial,
161
: Connolly interviews,
176–80
: on Soames,
189
,
197
,
200
: and Broughton’s insurance claims,
250
,
260–1
,
263–4
: opinion of Colvile,
273

Portman, Gerald,
82
,
92
,
97
,
100
,
113
,
165
,
169
,
178

Press Council,
151
,
152
,
186
,
188

Preston, Kiki,
36–7
,
286

Quennell, Peter,
139
,
140–1
,
147
,
154

Ramsay-Hill, Major Cyril,
48–9

Ramsay-Hill, Molly (later Countess of Erroll),
48–50
,
51–2
,
163
,
235
,
304

Ratcliff, Evelyn,
149–50

Reay, Tessa,
221–4
,
225–6

Repton, Dushka,
39
,
74–5
,
194
272

Repton, Guy,
39

Richie, Archie,
37

Ridley, Mervin,
77

Rift Valley,
11
,
14
,
22

Rocco, Count,
161

Roosevelt, Theodore,
12

Rosebery, Lord,
62

Rothschild, Jimmy de,
220

Rutt, Isabel;
89
,
99
,
310

Si Albans, Duke of,
232

Scott, Lady Eileen,
23
,
34–5
,
51

Scott, Lord Francis,
22–3
,
34
,
50
,
60
,
71
,
77
,
104
,
187
,
233

Scott, Pam,
158

Second World War,
1–2

Shapley, Walter,
187–8
,
304

Sheridan, Sir Joseph,
112

Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell,
31
,
152

Soames, Gloria,
78
,
195

Soames, Jack,
39
,
40
,
61
,
76
,
77
,
173
,
232
; background,
24
: character,
77–8
,
194
advises Broughton,
85–6
: shooting practice on his farm,
101
,
104
,
116
,
121–2
,
124
,
189–92
: evidence at Broughton’s trial,
160
,
189–93
: as suspect,
1–69
,
208
: illegal arms deals,
197
,
199–200
: possible accessory to murder,
200

Somalis,
18
,
178

Somerset, Betty,
65

Soysainbu,
274
,
276–7
,
295–6
,
301–2

Spicer, Lady Avice,
108

Stahremberg, Prince,
65–6

Sunday Tunes
Magazine,
3
,
139–40
,
142–53
,
170
,
303

Swayne, Inspector,
97
,
98

Symons, Julian,
145–6
,
186

Tanga,
10

Tanganyika,
13

Taru desert,
11

Thika,
19
.

Timms, Geottrey,
96

Trafford, Alice de (formerly de Janzé),
35
,
57
,
81
,
106
,
199
,
210
: affair with Erroll,
41
,
45–7
,
213
: background,
42–4
: marriage to de Trafford,
55
: and Erroll’s murder,
98
: rumours of her involvement in murder,
159–60
: as suspect,
167
,
208
,
213–19
; alibi,
178
; and Soames,
195
: death,
173
,
218–19

Trafford, Raymond de,
36
,
37
,
40
,
45–6
,
55
,
147
,
213

Trench, Dan,
197–200
,
312

Trench, Maxwell,
74
,
197
,
312

Trench, Nancy,
198–9

Tsavo,
10

Tyler, Humphrey,
165–6
,
201–2

Uganda,
13

Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London,
308

Victoria, Lake,
10

Vint, Dr Francis,
115–16

Vol,
11

Waiweru,
84
,
86–7
,
121
,
165

Wallis, Fabian,
35–6
,
305

Wanjohi River,
2
,
25

Ward, Roddy,
187

Ward, Valerie (Lady Barwick),
182
,
187–8
,
210–12

Wardell, Hilda,
56–7

Waugh, Evelyn,
24
,
27
,
36

Westmorland, David (Burghie),
223

Wheelock,
232
,
234

White Highlands,
2
,
13–25

White’s (London club),
147
,
220

Wilks, Dorothy,
73
,
80
,
93
,
104
,
114
,
117
,
120–1
,
165–6
,
171–2
,
201–7
,
211–12
,
255

Wilmot, Laurie,
210

Windishgraetz, Prince,
158–9
,
162

Wirewater, Nancy,
53
,
79
,
160
,
178
,
213
,
218
,
270

Woodhouse, Marie,
107–8
,
110
,
231–2
,
234
,
238–9
,
241–2
,
250
,
251
,
253–6
,
257

Wright, Mr,
171

Wyndham, Francis,
142
,
143
,
174–5

Wynne Eaton, Jane,
239

Zanzibar,
181

IMAGE GALLERY

Happy Valley, 1928: the wedding of Nina Layman and Jack Soames.
Back row, centre
: Lay Idina Hay; Josslyn Hay (in bow tie), who became the Earl of Erroll in that year; Alice de Janzé (
right
, in black hat);
foreground:
Michael Lafone.

1929: John Carberry (
left
); Nina and Jack Soames on the steps of their house at Burgeret, Nanyuki.