Bright young things
Introduction __NOTOC__Richard Plunket Greene, Olivia Plunket Greene, David Plunket Greene, Terence Greenidge, Elizabeth Frances Russell, and Evelyn Waugh.The '''Bright Young Things''', or '''Bright Young People''', was a term given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs — all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Charles Graves and Tom Driberg. They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford (''Highland Fling''), Anthony Powell (''A Dance to the Music of Time''), Henry Green (''Party Going''), Dorothy Sayers (''Murder Must Advertise''), and the poet John Betjeman. Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel ''Vile Bodies'', adapted as the 2003 film ''Bright Young Things'', is a satirical look at this scene. Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member.The most prominent members of the group included:* Harold Acton* Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross* Cecil Beaton* John Betjeman* Edward Burra* Robert Byron* Sheila Chisholm* Daphne Fielding* Edward Gathorne-Hardy* Terence Greenidge* Bryan Guinness* Gavin Henderson* Brian Howard* Arthur Jeffress* Teresa Jungman* Zita Jungman* Barbara Ker-Seymer* Oliver Messel* Diana Mitford* Nancy Mitford* Beverley Nichols* Brenda Dean Paul* Babe Plunket Greene* David Plunket Greene* Olivia Plunket Greene* Richard Plunket Greene* Elizabeth Ponsonby* Loelia Ponsonby* Anthony Powell* Elizabeth Russell* Edith Sitwell* Osbert Sitwell* Sacheverell Sitwell* Eleanor Smith* David Tennant* Stephen Tennant* Henry Thynne* William Walton* Sylvia Townsend Warner* Evelyn Waugh* Rex Whistler* Sunday Wilshin* Olivia Wyndham* Henry Yorke
List of 'Bright Young Things' and their associates The following is a list of the Bright Young Things, their friends, acquaintances and associates of the period, many of whom were the basis for characters in the novels written by members of the group such as Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford. Image Name Characterization100pxHarold Acton (1904–1994)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxWilliam Acton (1906–1945)'''Books''':''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster'''Newspaper articles''':Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxKathleen Adam Smith (1900–1941)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising Generation100pxJohn Amery (1912–1945)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxLeo Amery (1873–1955)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMichael Arlen (1895–1956)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxSylvia Ashley (1904–1977)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton'''Portraits''':1933, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxAnthony Ashley-Cooper (1900–1947)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxLettice Ashley-Cooper (1911–1990)'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxMary Ashley-Cooper (1902–1936)'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxAdele Astaire (1896–1981)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxClement Attlee (1883–1967)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMae Bacon (1897–1981)'''Newspaper articles''':London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts100pxHermione Baddeley (1906–1986)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-partyMozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxEdythe Baker (1899–1971)'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxOliver Baldwin (1899–1958)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxRuth Baldwin (1905–1937)'''Books''':''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts''100pxPatrick Balfour (1904–1976)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxThomas Balston (1883–1967)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxTallulah Bankhead (1902–1968)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure HuntsJohn Banting (1902–1972)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorAlexander Baring (1898–1991)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising GenerationMaurice Baring (1874–1945)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxPoppy Baring (1901–1980)'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxElvira Dolores Barney (1904–1936)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxH. M. Bateman (1887–1970)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxBeverley Baxter (1891–1964)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxCecil Beaton (1904–1980)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxBaba Beaton (1912–1973)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''Dancing to the Music of Time'' by Anthony Powell'''Newspaper articles''':Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxNancy Beaton (1909–1999)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMax Beerbohm (1872–1956)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxClive Bell (1881–1964)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxBabe Bendir (b. 1907)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxMargot Bendir'''Newspaper articles''':Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxLord Berners (1883–1950)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Fictional characters''':Lord Merlin in ''Love in a Cold Climate'' by Nancy MitfordLord Merlin in ''The Pursuit of Love'' by Nancy Mitford100pxJohn Betjeman (1906–1984)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Paul Fotheringay in ''Christmas Pudding'' by Nancy Mitford100pxElizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxCaroline Blackwood (1931–1996)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxEdmund Blunden (1896–1974)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxRobert Boothby (1900–1986)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxElizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)'''Newspaper articles''':London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts100pxMaurice Bowra (1898–1971)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxBrendan Bracken (1901–1958)'''Fictional characters''':Rex Mottram in ''Brideshead Revisited'' by Evelyn Waugh100pxGeorges Braque (1882–1963)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxLady Diana Bridgeman (1907–1967)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age PartyJessie Doris Browne (1900–1942)'''Portraits''':1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxValentine Browne (1891–1943)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxFrank Buchman (1878–1961)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxGuy Burgess (1911–1963)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxEdward Burra (1905–1976)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMary Butts (1890–1937)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxRobert Byron (1905–1941)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Albert Gates in ''Highland Fling'' by Nancy MitfordBen Gore in Blindness by Henry GreenDenis Capel-Dunn (1903–1945)'''Books''':''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts'''''Fictional characters''':Kenneth Widmerpool in ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' by Anthony PowellDudley Carew (1903–1981)'''Books''':''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts''100pxBillie Carleton (1896–1918)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxDora Carrington (1893–1932)'''Fictional characters''':Betty Blyth in ''The Apes of God'' by Wyndham Lewis100pxAudrey Carten (1900–1977)Kenneth Carten (1911–1980)100pxWaveney Carten (1902–1990)100pxBarbara Cartland (1901–2000)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxIvy Cavendish-Bentinck (1887–1982)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxVictor Cazalet (1896–1943)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxDavid Cecil (1902–1986)100pxDavid Cecil (1905–1981)'''Portraits''':Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)William Chappell (1907–1994)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxNina Chavchavadze (1901–1974)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising Generation100pxG. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorEdward Chichester (1903–1975)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)90pxSheila Chisholm (1895–1969)100pxDiana Churchill (1909–1963)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxJohn Spencer-Churchill (1897–1972)'''Portraits''':1934, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxCamille Clifford (1885–1971)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxClaud Cockburn (1904–1981)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorNevill Coghill (1899–1980)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxSibyl Colefax (1874–1950)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorCyril Connolly (1903–1974)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Ed Spain in ''The Blessing'' by Nancy Mitford100pxDiana Cooper (1892–1986)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Mrs. Stitch,  Evelyn Waugh novelsLady Leone in ''Don't Tell Alfred'' by Nancy MitfordLady Artemis Hooper in ''Aaron's Rod'' by D.H. LawrenceRuby, Lady Maclean in ''The Love and Envied'' by Enid BagnoldLady Queenie Paulle in ''The Pretty Lady'' by Arnold Bennett'''Newspaper articles''':Young People Take Big Treasure HuntShowing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society100pxDuff Cooper (1890–1954)'''Newspaper articles''':Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society100pxGladys Cooper (1888–1971)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Young People Take Big Treasure HuntLondon Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts'''Portraits''':Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxNoël Coward (1899–1973)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Fictional characters''':Max Pilgrim in ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' by Anthony PowellFrederick Heyworth Cripps (1885–1977)'''Portraits''':1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)Violet Cripps (1891–1983)'''Portraits''':1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxC. R. M. F. Cruttwell (1887–1941)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey CarpenterAlexandra Curzon (1904–1995)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising Generation100pxCynthia Curzon (1898–1933)100pxGeorgiana Curzon (1910–1976)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxIrene Curzon (1896–1966)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising Generation100pxMary Curzon (1887–1962)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxPeregrine Cust (1899–1978)'''Newspaper articles''':Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society100pxHugh Dalton (1887–1962)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxBrenda Dean Paul (1907–1959)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts'''''Newspaper articles''':Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-partyNapper Dean Paul (1904–1972)'''Books''':''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts''100pxWarwick Deeping (1877–1950)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxAlec Douglas-Home (1903–1995)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxElizabeth Douglas-Scott-Montagu (1909–2002)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxTom Driberg (1905–1976)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxJohn Drury-Lowe (1905–1960)'''Books''':''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxGerald du Maurier (1873–1934)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxFreda Dudley Ward (1894–1983)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton'''Newspaper articles''':Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English SocietyLondon Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure HuntsAlfred Duggan (1903–1964)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxHubert Duggan (1904–1943)'''Fictional characters''':Charles Stringham in ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' by Anthony Powell100pxDola Dunsmuir (1903–1966)95pxAnthony Eden (1897–1977)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxEdward Elgar (1857–1934)'''Portraits''':Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxT. S. Eliot (1888–1965)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxLily Elsie (1886–1962)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxBaba d'Erlanger (1901–1945)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxMimi d'Erlanger (1874–1959)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Fictional characters'''Countess Flor di Folio in ''Serena Blandish'' by Enid Bagnold'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxHamish St. Clair Erskine (1909–1973)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Fictional characters''':''Highland Fling'' by Nancy MitfordSir Roderick "Bobby" Bobbin in ''Christmas Pudding'' by Nancy Mitford100pxGwen Farrar (1899–1944)100pxDaisy Fellowes (1902–1945)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxDorothy Fellowes-Gordon (1891–1991)100pxGwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992)'''Newspaper articles''':Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque100pxDaphne Fielding (1904–1997)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1940, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxRonald Firbank (1886–1926)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMichael Foot (1913–2010)'''Portraits''':1948, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxE. M. Forster (1879–1970)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxHarry Fox-Strangways (1905–1964)'''Books''':''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxGilbert Frankau (1884–1952)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxMaxine Freeman-Thomas (b. 1901)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil BeatonEssex French (1907–1996)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxValerie French (1909–1997)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxAnthea Gamble (1906–1960)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts''100pxPatrick Gamble (1904–1956)100pxEvelyn Gardner (1903–1994)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Brenda Last in ''A Handful of Dust'' by Evelyn Waugh100pxEdward Gathorne-Hardy (1901–1978)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party100pxRobert Gathorne-Hardy (1902–1973)100pxPaula Gellibrand (1898–1986)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Serena Blandish'' by Enid Bagnold100pxDouglas Goldring (1887–1960)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorVictor Gollancz (1893–1967)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxAlastair Graham (1904–1982)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':Lord Sebastian Flyte in ''Brideshead Revisited'' by Evelyn Waugh100pxRobert Graves (1895–1985)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxHenry Green (1905–1973)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxGraham Greene (1904–1991)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxTerence Greenidge (1902–1970)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey CarpenterIvor Guest (1903–1967)'''Portraits''':1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)Aileen Guinness (1904–1999)100pxBryan Guinness (1905–1992)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster'''Newspaper articles''':Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party100pxLoel Guinness (1906–1988)'''Newspaper articles''':Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party100pxMaureen Guinness (1907–1998)100pxMeraud Guinness (1904–1993)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxOonagh Guinness (1910–1995)'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxWalter Guinness (1880–1944)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxClaud Hamilton (1889–1975)'''Books''':''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxPatrick Hamilton (1904–1962)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxNina Hamnett (1890–1965)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxDoris Harcourt (1900–1981)'''Newspaper articles''':Bright Young People of the Rising Generation100pxAllanah Harper (1904–1992)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxPamela Harriman (1920–1997)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxRoy Harrod (1900–1978)'''Books''':''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster100pxDeirdre Hart-Davis (1909–1999)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxL. P. Hartley (1895–1972)100pxNorman Hartnell (1901–1979)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxGavin Henderson (1902–1977)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxA. P. Herbert (1890–1971)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxDavid Herbert (1908–1995)100pxSidney Herbert (1906–1969)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorJohn Heygate (1903–1976)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Fictional characters''':John Beaver in ''A Handful of Dust'' by Evelyn WaughSir Piers Tofield in ''Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight'' by Henry Williamson100pxArden Hilliard (b. 1904)100pxQuintin Hogg (1907–2001)'''Portraits''':1948, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxInez Holden (1903–1974)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxWanda Holden (1911–1956)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil BeatonVyvyan Holland (1886–1967)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorChristopher Hollis (1902–1977)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey CarpenterDavid Horner (1900–1983)100pxBrian Howard (1905–1958)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter''Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure'' by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster''Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts'''''Fictional characters'''Anthony Blanche in ''Brideshead Revisited'' by Evelyn WaughDonald Butterboy in ''The Roaring Queen'' by Wyndham Lewis'''Newspaper articles''':Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-partyElizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxWilliam Howard (1902–1978)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxAldous Huxley (1894–1963)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxChristopher Isherwood (1904–1986)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. TaylorDerek Jackson (1906–1982)100pxAudrey James (1902–1968)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil BeatonEdward James (1907–1984)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxJulia James (1890–1964)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton100pxArthur Jeffress (1905–1961)'''Books''':Alec Waugh, ''A Year to Remember, A Reminiscence of 1931'' Bloomsbury Reader, 1975D.J. Taylor, ''Bright Young People - The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007John Montgomery, ''The Twenties'', George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1970'''Portraits''':Graham Sutherland, 1954Ida Kar, 1959100pxDouglas Jerrold (1893–1964)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxAugustus John (1878–1961)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Portraits''':1949, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxBaby Jungman (1907–2010)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)100pxZita Jungman (1904–2006)'''Books''':''The Book of Beauty'' by Cecil Beaton''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Newspaper articles''':Marriage of a "Bright Young Person"100pxBarbara Ker-Seymer (1905–1993)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor100pxNelson Keys (1886–1939)'''Newspaper articles''':Eminent Victorians100pxGeorge Kinnoull (1902–1938)'''Newspaper articles''':Flaming Youth tries Britain's PatiencePhilip Leyland Kindersley (1907–1995)'''Portraits''':1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)George Alfred Kolkhorst (1897–1958)'''Books''':''The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends'' by Humphrey Carpenter100pxConstant Lambert (1905–1951)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. Taylor'''Fictional characters''':Hugh Moreland in ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' by Anthony PowellOsbert Lancaster (1908–1986)'''Books''':''Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age'' by D.J. 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References
Sources * (U.S edition)**(British edition)
External links *  ''Bright Young Things'' (2003), IMDb.com; Written and directed by Stephen Fry, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel ''Vile Bodies''*