Franny Moyle (58 page)

Dramatic Review
,
111
,
114
,
130

dress (fashion): in late Victorian period,
97–9;
; rational,
109–11
,
142
,
144
; Constance writes on,
140–1

Drummond, Henry,
185

Dublin: social life,
13
,
15
; Oscar lectures in,
71
,
104

du Maurier, George,
40–1

Eden Club, Paris,
79

Edward, Prince of Wales (
later
King Edward VII): suggests health exhibition,
98
; sees Constance act in
Helena in Troas
,
114

Era, The
(journal),
114

Eyton, Revd Richard,
244

Fane, Violet,
38

Favourite Nursery Stories
,
138

Fawcett, Mary,
268

Fedden, Henry,
34–6
,
44
,
151

Fedden, Mary,
35

Felbrigg (near Cromer, Norfolk),
201
,
204–7
,
211–12

Fielding Club, London,
64

Fiorelli, Giuseppe,
112

Fitch, Clyde,
180

Fitzgerald, Mr (Constance's suitor),
44

Fitzroy Street scandal (1894),
247

Fleming, George (i.e. Julia Constance Fletcher; aka Geoffrey Ker),
139

Florence (Italy),
218–19
,
222
,
239
, 248.

Forbes, Colonel (at Delgaty Castle),
59
,
61

Forbes-Robertson, Norman,
107

Ford, Emily,
30

Formidable
(training ship),
35

Foster, Messrs (Pall Mall picture dealers),
323

Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser
,
50

Frith, William Powell,
41

Gaiety Girl, A
(stage musical),
209

Gide, Andre,
202

Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck and Sir Arthur Sullivan;
Patience
,
41
,
49

Girl's Own Paper, The
,
58

Gladstone, Catherine (WEG's wife),
148
,
153

Gladstone, William Ewart,
52
,
148
,
150
,
157

Glion, Switzerland,
274
,
277–8

Godwin, Edward: designs for Tite Street,
2
,
37
,
52
,
86
,
99–102;
; stages Sophocles'
Helena
in Troas
,
112–13

Golden Dawn, Hermetic Order of the: Constance joins,
168–73
,
316
; Constance reveals secrets to Oscar,
174

Goring-on-Thames,
209–11
,
224–5

Goth, Emil,
209

Graham, Robert Cunninghame
see
Cunninghame Graham, Robert Grainger, “Walter,
210
,
224
,
262

Graphic, The
(magazine),
179

Gray, John,
181
,
203

Great International Fisheries exhibition, South Kensington (1883),
68
,
98
,
104

Great West End Scandal, The
(pamphlet),
267

Green (Chelsea builder),
100

Greenaway, Kate,
141

Grenfell family,
192

Grossmith, George,
210

Grosvenor Gallery, London,
30–1
,
93
,
95

Haldane, Richard Burdon (
later
Viscount),
277–8
,
280–1
,
288

Hancock, Mr and Mrs Charles,
153

Harberton, Florence, Viscountess,
62
,
109
, III,
142
,
153
,
155
,
162
,
198

Hare, Miss (amateur actress),
113–14

Hargrove, J. S.,
212
,
279
,
293
,
297
,
300
,
323

Harris, Frank,
121
,
180
,
264
,
322–3

Harris, Thomas Lake,
188

Harris, Walter: as godfather to Cyril,
9
,
107
,
193
; and decor of Tite Street room,
102
; travels,
107
,
116
; on Oscar's declining sexual interest in Constance,
115
; Constance sends letter to Oscar Browning,
118
; Cunninghame Graham lives with in Morocco,
150

Harvey family,
61
,
66
,
236
,
274

Hatchard's (publishers),
142–3

Haymarket Theatre, London,
4
,
8
,
12
,
223
,
251

Headlam, Revd Stewart, 275,
301

‘Healtheries' (health exhibition, 1884),
98–9
,
104
,
141

Hearne, Mr and Mrs (Babbacombe gardener and housekeeper),
214–15

Heidelberg (Germany),
291–3
,
303

Hemphill, Charles Hare, 1st Baron,
13
,
19
,
43

Hemphill, Stanhope (Constance's cousin): in Dublin,
15
,
71
; Constance declines marriage proposal,
43
,
61–2

Hengler, Frederick Charles,
113

Hengler's Circus, Argyll Street, London,
113

Hermetic Society,
168–9

Hermeticism,
167

Heron Allen, Edward,
107
,
130
,
169

Hichens, Robert Smythe:
The Green Carnation
(novel),
249–50

Hildersham House (school), Broadstairs,
239

Holland, Constance
see
Wilde, Constance

Holland, Cyril (Oscar–Constance's son): portraits,
3
,
197
,
213
; schooling and education in England,
4
,
228
,
236
,
238–9
,
284
,
290
,
324–5;
; birth,
106–7;
; horoscope prediction,
107
; parents'devotion to,
108
; Menpes gives etchings ofjapan to,
132
; childhood and upbringing,
146–8
,
160
,
178
; Constance favours over brother Vyvyan,
147
,
197–8;
; relations with brother,
147
; in Herbert Vivian's
Reminiscences
,
178–9;
; Constance defends against perceived effeminacy,
180
; and importunate neighbouring poor,
189
; sees father off to Paris,
195
; holiday in Hunstanton,
204–5;
; whooping cough,
204
; at Babbacombe,
214–15;
; stays at Goring,
224–5;
; and parents' marriage difficulties,
234–5;
; Arthur Humphreys gives money to buy fish,
245
; in Worthing,
246–7;
; sent to Ireland during Oscar's trial,
270
; name changed to Holland,
273
,
284
; leaves Ireland to live abroad,
274
; in Switzerland after father's sentence,
277
,
280
; tutored by Otho,
281
; at school in Heidelberg,
291–2
,
303–4;
; stamp collecting,
293
,
303
; proposed guardianship,
294
,
297
,
299
; acquires bicycle,
308
; spends Christmas 1897 with Constance,
312
; and mother's death,
318
; cared for by Napiers,
324
; life after parents' deaths,
324
; told of father's death,
324–5;
; military service and death in First World War,
325
; benefits from father's literary estate,
326

Holland, Eugene (Otho–Mary's son),
281
,
327

Holland, Canon and Mrs Francis,
32–3

Holland, Hester (Otho-Mary's daughter),
281
,
327

Holland, Horace (Otho–Mary's son),
327
Holland, Mary (
nee
Winter; Otho's wife),
122
,
146
,
212
,
279–81
,
284
,
286
,
309
,
327
Holland, Merlin (Vyvyan's son),
325
Holland, Otho (
born
Lloyd; Constance's brother): birth and upbringing,
14–15;
; education,
16
,
21
,
23
; and mother's abuse of Constance,
19
,
21
; and Constance's dress,
23
,
92–3;
; Constance's correspondence and relations with,
25–8
,
31–2
,
48–9
,
59–60
,
69
,
70
,
90
,
104–5
,
146
; inheritance from grandfather,
25
,
100
; Constance gives embroidered fire screen to,
33
; in Betws-y-Coed,
34
; and Constance's attachment to Alec Shand,
35
; in Vivian–Montgomery court case,
41–2;
; exam failures and career prospects,
42–3;
; and Oscar's romantic interest in Constance,
46–7
,
69
; sends art material to Constance at Delgaty Castle,
59
; Constance sends picture to for submission to art school,
61
; and Constance's life ambitions,
62
,
108
; attachment to Nellie Hutchinson,
69
,
73
; and Constance's engagement to Oscar,
72–6;
; letter warning Constance of Oscar,
72
,
78–9;
; declines peacock feather from. Constance,
83
; and Constance's honeymoon in Paris,
90
; and Constance's exhibition visiting,
104–5;
; marriage to Nellie and children,
105
,
122
; hears Oscar lecture, no; and Constance's writings, III; marriage and children with Mary Winter,
122–3
,
146
,
212
,
279–81
,
284
,
286
,
309
,
327
; Constance and Oscar borrow from,
124
,
297
,
299
; gives book on Japanese art to Oscar,
132
; Constance sends copy of'Was It a Dream?'to,
133
; in Switzerland,
146
; financial difficulties,
188
,
193
; returns to London,
188
; flees back to continent,
193
,
256
; changes surname to Holland,
212
; Constance repays debts to,
212
; denies Constance's knowledge of Oscar's homosexual adventures,
229
; Constance proposes letters project to,
241
,
248
; on Constance's financial difficulties,
259
; sees Oscar in gaol,
278
; visits Constance in Glion,
278
; and Hargrove,
279
; and proposed reconciliation between Constance and Oscar,
279–80;
; on Mile Schuwer's misbehaviour,
280
; Constance stays with in Switzerland,
281
,
303
,
308
; tutors Cyril and Vyvyan,
281
; joins Constance in Italy,
284
; and Constance's treatment by Dr Bossi,
286
; letter from Constance on seeing Oscar in Reading gaol,
288
; Constance writes to from Heidelberg,
292
; proposes moving to Italy,
309
; and Constance's death,
317–18;
; Greek translations,
327
; return to England and death,
327–8

Holland, Otho, Jr (Otho-Nellie's son),
122

Holland, Vyvyan (Oscar–Constance's son): portrait,
3
; denies Oscar designs Constance's wedding dress,
85
; and decor of Tite Street,
102
; birth,
115–17;
; on mother's entertaining,
126
; childhood and upbringing,
146–8
,
225
; moved around by Constance,
147
,
225–6
,
228
; relations with brother,
147
; sense of being undervalued by parents,
147
,
197–8;
; weak health,
147
,
197
; and importunate neighbouring poor,
189
; stays with Palmers as boy,
197
,
203
; holiday inHunstanton,
204–5;
; whooping cough,
204
; atBabbacombe,
214–15;
; visits Goring,
225
; returns to Tite Street from Rottingdean,
234
; accompanies mother to Torquay,
236
; schooling in England,
236
,
238–9
,
284
,
290
,
324
; Christmas holiday (1894),
252
; name changed to Holland,
273
,
284
; toys sold at Tite Street auction,
273–4;
; sent to Switzerland,
274
,
277
,
280
; tutored by Otho,
281
; at school in Heidelberg,
291–2
,
302–4;
; stamp collecting,
293
,
303
,
312
; proposed guardianship,
294
,
297
,
299
; transferred to Jesuit college in Monaco,
304–5;
; interest in Catholicism,
305
; mother's growing appreciation of,
305
,
312
; letter from Constance on respect for Oscar,
317
; andmother's death,
318
,
324
; cared for by Napiers,
324
; told of father's death,
324–5;
; army service in First World War,
325
; literary career,
325
; benefits from father's literary estate,
326–7