Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica (55 page)

Booker’s 284

Boothby, Robert John Graham, Baron Boothby 209, 211

Boston Fruit 44

Bowen, Emanuel
18

Brandon, Henry 261–2

Branson, Richard 319

Bray, Hilary 185

Brazilian Adventure
12

Brief Encounter
71

British Colonial Hotel, Nassau
103

British Council 280

British Empire 5–6, 10, 25–6, 31, 73–4, 81, 98, 103–4, 106, 114, 128–9, 145, 164, 169–70, 183, 211–12, 245–6, 271

British Empire Exhibition, Wembley 10

British Guiana 246;
see also
Guyana

British Honduras 246

British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 93, 125, 187, 291

Broccoli, Albert ‘Cubby’ 272, 273, 275

Brown, Ethelred 55

Brownlow, Lady 125

Brownlow, Lord Peregrine ‘Perry’ 23, 153, 188, 216, 266, 278, 308

Bryce, Ivar 1–2, 4, 10, 12, 16–17, 20, 21, 37–8,
37,
39, 42, 63, 76, 111, 123, 135, 173, 186–7, 203, 205, 208, 216, 256, 267, 297–8

Bryce, Sheila 111, 187

Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick, 1st Baron Hailes 246–7

Buchan, John 119, 132, 135

Bude beach, Cornwall 10

Bunny Club, Ocho Rios 304

Burgess, Guy 129, 135

Burma 81, 106

Burton, Colonel 276

Burton, Richard 312

Bustamante, Alexander 56, 58–9,
58,
60, 63, 78, 102, 103, 104, 106, 144, 147, 148, 170, 190, 193, 207, 283, 288

Butler, Richard Austen ‘Rab’ 128, 218

BWIA276

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires 83, 278–9

C

Café Royal, London 210

Cain, Syd 317

Caine, Michael 319

Campbell, Clifford 287

Campbell, George 193

Campbell, Jeanne 210

Campbell, Jock 284

Campbell, Naomi 319

Cannadine, David 74

Canterbury Hospital 307

Capote, Truman 199–200

The Muses Are Heard
200

Captain Blood
48

Cargill, Barbara 201

Cargill, Morris 86, 88, 160, 161, 187–8, 192, 193, 200, 247, 255, 287, 306, 307, 309

Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica
160, 309, 310

Carib Ocho Rios Hotel, Jamaica 277

Caribbean Rhapsody, A
79–80

Carr, Anne 226

Carter, Reggie 276

Carver, Raymond 134, 153

Cary, Joyce 151

Casino Royale
13, 19, 117, 119, 124, 128, 130–7, 140–2,
140,
196, 208, 260

British Secret Service 135

Charles D’Costa 151–2

cover 140,
140

critical response 141–2

Felix Leiter 135

film rights 226

Le Chiffre 131, 134, 136–7, 186

pirates 117

plot summary 131–2

publication 139, 140

Royale-les-Eaux 13

torture scene 132, 141, 186

Vesper 130, 136

Casino Royale
(CBS television show) 226

Castro, Fidel 250, 260, 261, 288

Cayman Islands 162, 226

CBS 226

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 260–1

Ceylon 81; see
also
Sri Lanka

Chandler, Raymond 119, 209, 239

Chaplin, Charlie 86, 312

Charleston Gazette
173–4

Charteris, Frances 314

Charteris, Guy 65, 151, 153

Charteris, Hugo Francis Guy 95, 110, 124, 137, 142, 181, 241

Charteris, Mary Rose
see
Grey, Mary Rose

Charteris, Violet 151, 153

Chelsea 314

Church Street 314

Chelsea Arts Club 61

Cheyney, Peter 239

Childers, Erskine 119

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
268

‘Cholly Knickerbocker’ 67

Chopping, Richard 238

Churchill, Randolph 209, 213

Churchill, Winston 7, 9, 15, 38, 83, 98, 128, 138, 143–9,
144, 147,
166, 169, 198, 247

Clarendon, Jamaica 30, 31, 101

Cleaver, Eldridge 157

Clinton, William Jefferson ‘Bill’ 319

‘Clubland Heroes’ 119, 132

Colbert, Claudette 48, 81

Cold War 6, 104, 129, 135–7, 147–9, 153, 182, 190, 195, 256–8

Collard, John 235

Colonial Office 234, 247, 288

Columbus, Christopher 17–18

Commonwealth 104, 169, 211, 212, 283–4

Commonwealth Day 212

Commonwealth Immigrants Act 284

communism 147–9, 190

Connery, Sean 82, 271, 273–4,
274, 278,
316

Connolly, Cyril 11, 53, 142, 152

Conservative Party (UK) 7, 24, 77, 81, 107, 117, 128, 146, 209, 247, 284

Cooper, Diana 113, 255

Cornhill Magazine
175

Costa Rica 49

Courtleigh Manor Hotel, Kingston 275, 276

Cousins, Aubyn 67–8, 97, 162, 227

Cousins, Christie 17, 23

Cove Cinema, Ocho Rios 281

Coward, Noël 70–4, 76–81, 84, 85–7, 89–92, 97–8, 100, 108–9, 111,
112,
113, 140, 204, 212, 224

1948

rents Goldeneye 70–2

builds Blue Harbour 72–3

1949

visits Jamaica, goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Ian, Ann and Graham 76–78

stays at the Sunset Lodge with Ian, Ann and Graham 90

dines with Ian on Christmas Eve 95

1950

returns to Jamaica 95

1952

returns to Jamaica, dines with Ian and Ann 127

attends wedding of Ian and Ann 137–8

1953

holds parties at Blue Harbour 151

talks to John Pringle about Round Hill villas 172

1954

performs at Round Hill launch party 172

helps Ian find ‘perfect measurements’ for Gala Brand 181

1955

David Niven comes to Jamaica for a visit 98

reads
Moonraker
186–7

1956

sells villa at Round Hill 173

build Firefly 200

meets Truman Capote at Firefly 200

meets Blanche Blackwell 202–3

thoughts on Suez Crisis 204

Anthony Eden visits Jamaica 214–18

writes
Volcano
219–22

1961

nurses Ian at Goldeneye, tires of Jamaica 264–5

puts Blue Harbour on the market 266

offered the part of Dr No in
Dr No
275

visits set of
Dr No,
meets Ursula Andress 280

1964

dispute with Jamaica customs officers, writes ‘Solali’ 308

1965

mourns Ian, hosts lunch for Queen Mother at Firefly 312

Works:

Brief Encounter
71

Home and Colonial
78, 80, 81

Island Fling
81

Nude with Violin
241

Pomp and Circumstance
78, 79, 80, 81, 90–1, 94–5, 108, 109, 219

Private Lives
221

Samolo stories 78, 79, 80, 81, 86–7, 90–1, 108, 219–22, 308

‘Solali’ 308

South Sea Bubble
81, 108

Volcano
206, 219–22, 254

Craighton Estate Great House 30

Crawford, Joan 84

Crickmere, Mary 168, 289

Cromarty (mansion), Jamaica 23, 146, 266

Cromwell, Oliver 33, 107, 229

Crosby, Bing 172

Crosland, Anthony 210

Cross, Odo 150, 151

Crowley, Aleister 155

Cuba 249–50, 260–2

Bay of Pigs Invasion 257, 262

missile crisis 257, 289

Cummings, Violet 41–2, 71–2, 116, 138, 150, 151, 161, 178, 179, 213–14, 215, 216, 223, 259–60, 299, 314,
316

Cundall, Frank

Historic Jamaica
225–6

Cuneo, Ernie 256

Cyprus 129, 234

D

D’Costa, Charles 151–2, 203, 285

D’Costa, Mildred 151, 203

D’Oyley, Edward 19

Dacosta, Ramsay 26, 36, 89

Daily Express
23, 107, 141, 211, 214, 238, 255, 273

Daily Mail
15, 80, 111

Daily Mirror
213

Daily Telegraph
141, 166

Davis, Bette 48

Day-Lewis, Cecil 113

Decoy (estate) 32

Desert Island Discs
12, 179

Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of 285

Diamond Smugglers, The
174, 183, 197

Diamonds are Forever
46, 61, 93, 99, 141, 157, 158–9, 167, 182–6, 188, 208, 238, 256

and Afrikaners 157

critical response 185

Felix Leiter 184

and Italians 157

plot summary 182–4

Queen Elizabeth
184, 186

Rufus B. Saye 185

Tiffany Chase 93, 167, 185

Tingaling 158–9

and the United States 99, 183–4

Disney, Walt 84

Doctor’s Cave Beach, Montego Bay 45

Domingo, Wilfred 55, 102

Donovan, William Joseph 122

Dorchester Hotel, London 14, 91, 312

Dr No
19–20, 25, 26, 42, 46, 94, 100, 105, 141, 157, 162, 187, 194, 204, 224, 225, 227–35, 236–7, 239–40, 256, 272

Blanche
224

and the Chinese 157, 228, 233

Crab Key 228, 229, 237

critical response 240

Dr No 228, 256, 272

Handbook of the British West Indies
225

Honeychile Rider 54, 204, 229–30

Mary Trueblood 232

Morris Cargill 187

Pleydell-Smith 232–3

plot summary 228–35

Quarrel 26, 42, 54, 68, 162, 229

Queen’s Club 25, 230–1

recovery 94

sales 289

Strangways 231–2, 234

tourism 81

and the United States 100

Dr No
(film) 82, 83, 271–82,
274, 278, 281,
289, 293, 304, 320, 321

Drax Hall, Jamaica 179

Drummond, Bulldog 119, 132

Dulles, Allen 260, 261

Duncans, Jamaica 39

Dunn’s River Falls, Jamaica 278

Durgnat, Raymond 74

Durnford School, Dorset 9, 119

Duvalier, Francois 155

E

East Germany 257

Eddington, Nora 48

Eden, Anthony 57, 128, 140, 210, 211, 212–18,
214, 217,
224, 240, 318, 319

Eden, Clarissa 140, 213,
214,
216, 218, 224, 294, 303, 319

Edward VIII 23, 101

Edwards, Hugh 119–20, 302

All Night at Mr Staneyhursts
119–20

Sangoree
120

Egypt 106, 129, 210

Eisenhower, Dwight David 143, 211

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 312

Elizabeth II 5, 168–71,
171,
198, 287

Elkins, Cy 82

Empire Day 212

Empire Windrush
145–6

Enton Hall, Surrey 195, 208

Eon Productions 272, 273

Etoile restaurant, Soho 94

Eton College, Berkshire 9, 314

European Common Market 283

Evening Standard
79

‘Every Breath You Take’ 319

F

Faithful, Marianne 319

Falkner, John Meade

Moonfleet
119

Falmouth, Jamaica 38, 216

Farmers’ Party (Jamaica) 190

Federation of the West Indies 236, 282–3

Ferry Inn, Jamaica 273, 275

Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies
65, 128

Firefly, Look-Out Hill 200,
201,
202, 312

Fleming, Amaryllis Marie-Louise 63, 64

Fleming, Ann
62, 64, 66,
71, 95, 99,
112, 139,
158, 161, 200, 204,
253,
262, 266, 268,
303,
313,
313, 315

1933

birth of Raymond 14

1935

meets Ian at Le Touquet resort 13

1936

birth of Fionn 14

1944

carries out affair with Ian 13–15

husband Shane O’Neill killed in Italy 15

1945

marries Esmond Harmsworth 15

1947

continues affair with Ann, secret rendezvous in Dublin 38, 40, 44, 49, 50, 51, 61

1948

first visit to Jamaica with Ian 61–7

returns to England 67, 68, 69

discovers that she is pregnant with Ian’s child 70

trip to Scotland with Esmond, Fionn and Raymond 74

birth and death of Mary 75

1949

returns to Jamaica with Ian 76–7

goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Ian, Noël and Graham 77

stays at the Sunset Lodge with Ian, Noël and Graham 90

receives orders from Esmond to desist from affair with Ian 92

stays with Ian in St Margaret’s Bay ‘love nest’ 92

1950

returns to Jamaica for a visit 97–8

leaves after furious row 98

continues affair with Ian 110

1951

returns to Jamaica for a visit 111–13

Ivar Bryce’s yacht wrecked on reef 112–13

1952

agrees to divorce with Esmond, becomes pregnant again 124

plans to marry Ian 124–5

arrives in Jamaica with Ian for wedding 125

trip with Ian to spa hotel on Milk River 126–7, 128

divorce from Esmond finalised 127

marries Ian 137–8

returns to England 139

birth of Caspar 139–40

1953

heads back to Jamaica via Florida with Ian 142, 149–50

parents and Lucien Freud come to Jamaica for visit 151–3

visits Graham Greene at the Tower Isle Hotel 152

returns to England, moves into house in Victoria Square 167–8

relationship with Ian deteriorates 167–8

visits Caspar in St Margaret’s Bay 168

1954

returns to Jamaica with Ian 171

Peter Quennell comes to visit 175–9

helps Ian find ‘perfect measurements’ for Gala Brand 181

marriage troubles with Ian, embarrassed by James bond novels 186

summer holiday in Greece with the Leigh Fermors 187

1955

returns to Jamaica, reluctant to leave England 187

goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Peter Quennell and Evelyn Waugh 188–9

1956

checks into Enton Hall health farm, Ian leaves for Jamaica 195

correspondence with Ian, relationship rekindled 199

Ian returns to England and checks into Enton Hall 208