Franny Moyle (59 page)

Holland (Netherlands): Constance holidays in,
43

Holmes, Oliver Wendell,
126–7

homosexuality: criminality,
121
; Oscarwrites apologia for,
179–80;
; popular distaste for,
269
; Oscar's views on afterprison,
307

Hope, Adrian: early acquaintance with Constance,
27
; marriage to Laura,
39
; and Oscar–Constance's married life,
91
; and Constance's dress,
94–5;
; on Wildes' devotion to son Cyril,
108
; friendship with Constance,
196
,
252
; and Oscar's arrest,
267
; Constance leaves whole estate to,
289
; appointed legal co-guardian of Constance's sons,
299
; reports on Oscar to Constance,
312
; and care for Constance's sons after death,
318
,
324
; death,
325
; bans Cyril and Vyvyan from benefit from Oscar's literary estate,
326

Hope, Charles Beresford,
157–8

Hope, Laura (
nee
Troubridge): portrait of Cyril,
3
; friendship with Oscar and Constance,
39
,
196
; marriage,
39
; on Constance's dress,
94–5;
; on Cyril's baby clothes,
108
; in Florence,
218
; children's party in Tite Street,
252
; disparages Oscar,
267
; comforts Constance,
270
; on death of Constance,
319

Howe, Maud,
50
,
65

Howell & James (craft pottery firm),
57

Hulme, Frederick William,
34

Humphreys, Arthur: affair with Constance,
241–3
,
250
; publishes
Oscariana
,
241
,
245–6;
; in Florence,
248
; sends books to Constance in Italy,
312

Humphreys, Charles Octavius,
240
,
254
,
257–8

Hunstanton (Cambridgeshire),
205

Hunt, Alfred,
51

Hunt, Violet,
51–2
,
79

Hunt, William Holman,
37

Hutchinson, Nellie
see
Lloyd, Nellie

Huxley, Mr (at Delgaty Castle),
59–61

Hyde Park, London,
29–30

Illustrated London News
,
8
International Arbitration and Peace Association: Women's Committee,
150

International Exhibition of Inventions (‘Inventories', 1884),
104

Ireland: Home Rule,
148–50
,
156

Irving, Sir Henry,
38
,
46–7
,
130
,
160

Italy: Constance visits (1893),
216–19
,
221–2;
;
see also
Bogliasco; Florence; Nervi

Ives, George,
239

Jaeger, Dr Gustav,
141

James, Henry,
8–9
,
202

Japan: in Constance's writing,
131–3
,
138–9;
; women's dress,
144

Jerome, Jerome K.,
251

Jeune, Mary, Lady,
238

Johnson, Lionel,
194–5

Jopling, Louise,
30
,
90
,
95
,
113–14

Judy: The Conservative Comic
,
264

Ker, Geoffrey
see
Fleming, George

Kimberley, Harold,
210

King, Mrs E.,
111

Kingsford, Algernon,
166

Kingsford, Anna,
85–7
,
166–70;
;
The Perfect
Way, or The Finding of Christ
,
131
,
166

Kirkes, Carrie (
nee
Lloyd; Constance's aunt),
26
,
32
,
77
,
83
; bequest to Constance,
210

Kohler, Herr and Frau (of Hotel Schloss, Heidelberg),
303

Lacy, Charles de Lacy,
106
,
115

Ladies' Treasury
(magazine),
87

Lady's Own Paper, The
,
166

Lady's Pictorial, The
(magazine),
7
,
87
,
92
,
127–8;
; Constance reviews for,
130

Lady's World, The
(magazine)
see Woman's World, The

Lancaster Gate, London,
28–30

Langtry, Lillie,
39–40
,
80
,
83
,
106

Lathbury, Bertha,
182
,
216
,
225

Lathbury, Daniel,
182
,
216

Lawes, Charles,
31–2

Leadenhall Press,
130–1

Lees, Lily
see
Wilde, Lily

Le Gallienne, Richard,
184

Leighton, Frederic, Baron,
38

Leonard, Bibidie,
181

Leslie, Mrs Frank (
later
Wilde; Willie's first wife),
249

Leverson, Ada,
90
,
117
,
275

Leverson, Ernest,
275

Lewis, Sir George: as Oscar's solicitor and negotiator,
56
; attends Oscar–Constance wedding,
87
; helps Bosie in blackmail case,
203
; Queensberry retains,
240
,
258
; withdraws from Queensberry case,
258–9;
; advises Constance after Oscar's arrest,
271–2
,
275
,
279
,
287

Liberty, Arthur,
24

Liberty and Co., Messrs, London,
24
, 110,
131

Lilley family,
10

Lilley, Revd Mr,
243–4

Lilley and Skinner (shoe manufacturers),
111
Lippincott's Magazine
,
190–1

Little Holland House, Kensington,
212

Lloyd family: attitude to Oscar–Constance engagement,
73–6

Lloyd, Adelaide Barbara (Constance's mother)
see
Swinburne-King, Adelaide Barbara

Lloyd, Carrie (Constance's aunt)
see
Kirkes, Carrie

Lloyd, Emily (Constance's aunt): home life,
26
,
28
; remains unmarried,
26
; disapproves of Constance's ambitions,
30
,
73
,
82
; travels and holidays with father and Constance,
34
,
43
; father's attitude to,
48
; and Constance's engagement to Oscar,
76
; financial settlement,
77
; nurses sick father,
83–4;
; stands godmother to Cyril,
107
; Constance looks after during illness,
196
; legacy to Constance,
210

Lloyd, Fabian (‘Arthur Cravan'; Otho–Nellie's son),
122
,
327–8

Lloyd, Frederick (Constance's uncle),
26

Lloyd, Horace (Constance's father): marriage,
13–14;
; character and behaviour,
14
,
16–17;
; career,
15
; death,
19–20
,
25

Lloyd, John (Constance's great-grandfather),
14

Lloyd, John Horatio (Constance's grandfather): background and career,
13–15
,
17
; in Lancaster Gate (London),
15
; in sex scandal,
17
; financial support for Constance,
25
; will,
25
,
76
; family,
26
; Constance moves into home,
28–9;
; art collection and interests,
33–4
,
47–8;
; tour of Wales with Constance,
34
; holiday in Holland with Constance,
43
; and Oscar's courtship of Constance,
46–7;
; continental tours with Constance,
69
; illness,
70
,
76
,
83–4
,
86
,
88
; and Oscar's engagement to Constance,
74–6;
; advances capital to trust fund for Constance and Oscar,
77–8;
; misses Constance's wedding,
88
; death,
100

Lloyd, Mary (Constance's aunt)
see
Napier, Louisa Mary

Lloyd, Nellie (
nee
Hutchinson; Otho's wife),
69
,
73
,
105

Lloyd, Otho (Constance's brother)
see
Holland, Otho

Local Government Act (1888),
154
,
158

London: Oscar moves to,
37–41;
; dock strike (1889),
160–1;
; women's clubs,
161–3;
; in 1893 heatwave,
208–9;
;
see also
Tite Street

London County Council: first woman member elected,
154

Long Time Ago, A
(stories),
138

Lord, Henrietta,
243
,
246

Lothian, Victoria Alexandrina, Marchioness of,
284

Louÿs, Pierre,
202
,
223

Low, Catherine, Lady (
nee
Napier),
292

Low, Sir Hugh,
191
,
292

Lyceum Theatre, London,
38
,
46

Mackaye, Steele,
66

Marillier, Harry,
112
,
118–21
,
134–5
,
181

Married Women's Property Act (1882),
62–3

Mason, Charles,
247

Mathers, Samuel Liddell (MacGregor Mathers),
168–70
,
175

Maturin, Father Basil,
215
,
228

Maturin, Charles:
Melmoth the Wanderer
,
215
,
301

Maturin, Fidelia and Johanna,
228

Mavor, Sidney,
217
,
262

Melba, Dame Nellie,
187

Mellor, Harold,
322–3

Melvill, Harry,
180
Menpes, Dorothy,
132

Menpes, Mortimer,
116
,
131–2
,
323

Meredith, George,
193

Michelle, Miss (at Delgaty Castle),
59–61

Miles, Frank,
2
,
38–9
,
52–3
,
86

Miles, Canon R. H. W.,
52–3

Molesworth, Mary Louisa,
134

Molinos, Miguel,
159

Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald,
169

Monaco,
304

Monckton, Vere, Lady,
128

Monro, Clara,
23

Monro, Dr Henry,
23

Monte Carlo: Oscar and Bosie visit,
259–61;
;
see also
Monaco

Montgomery, Vernon,
41–2

Moore, Revd Daniel,
23

Moore, Mary,
23

Morgan, Mr (Mrs Ainslie's cousin),
59

Morris & Co.,
32

Morris, Jane,
23
,
32

Morris, May,
32
,
47

Morris, William,
23
,
32
,
37–8
,
149
,
186
,
233

Moulton, Louise Chandler,
129

Mount-Temple, Georgina, Lady: friendship with Constance,
8
,
10–11
,
185–9
,
192
, 196.
206
,
212–13;
; and Oscar's predilection for young men,
118
,
182
; and Vyvyan's upbringing,
147
; and Constance's low spirits,
161
; confidence in afterlife,
176
; beliefs and causes,
185
; influence on Constance's Christian socialism,
185
,
188
; advises Constance to moderate activities,
199
; Oscar sends copy of
The House of Pomegranates
to,
200
; and Constance's holiday in Norfolk,
205
; and Constance's stay at Goring-on-Thames,
211
; and Constance's Pre-Raphaelitism,
212
; Constance rents Babbacombe Cliff from,
213–14;
; letters from Constance in Italy,
219
,
221
; and Constance's stay with Burne Joneses,
226
; treated by Sarah Wagstaff,
228
; and Constance's anxieties over Oscar's health,
230
; and Constance's renewed marriage relations,
232–5;
; suggests Wildes take lease on Cheyne Walk house,
236
; and Wildes' sons' schooling,
236
,
238
; and Constance's collecting material for
Oscariana
,
244
; gives money to Constance for Speranza,
249
; Constance confesses despair to,
250
,
291
; rebuts Constance's suggestion to visit at Babbacombe,
251–2;
; supports Constance after Oscar's arrest,
268–9
,
272
; letter from Constance on photograph of kitten to Constance,
312
; Watts portrait of,
323
; death,
326
;
see also
Babbacombe Cliff

Moytura House, Galway,
19

Mundella, Mrs (Constance wellwisher),
268

Murray, Alma,
113

Myers, Frederic,
176

Napier, Charles,
85

Napier, Lizzie,
80
,
218
,
324

Napier, Louisa Mary (
nee
Lloyd; Constance's Aunt Mary): marriage,
26
; kindness and hospitality to Constance,
27–8
,
81
; holds dance,
48
; financial settlement from father,
77
; visits Wildes at home,
128
; attends
Lady Windermere's Fan
,
202
; Constance visits in Italy,
216
,
218
; and Constance's immobility,
259–60;
; supports Oscar in libel case,
262
; Constance stays with,
266
,
274
; and Constance's distress at Oscar's arrest,
267
; reaction to Constance's death,
319
; cares for Constance's sons after death,
324