The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People,^[1][2] was a term given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[4] Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member.^[5]

Prominent members of the group included:

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.^[6]

Image	Name	Characterization
	Harold 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[7] Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8]
	William Acton (1906–1945)	Books: Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8] Newspaper articles: Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque[9]
	Kathleen Adam Smith (1900–1941)[10]	Newspaper articles: Bright Young People of the Rising Generation[11]
	John Amery (1912–1945)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Leo Amery (1873–1955)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Michael 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 Party[12]
	Sylvia Ashley (1904–1977)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13] Portraits: 1933, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1900–1947)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Lettice Ashley-Cooper (1911–1990)	Newspaper articles: Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party[12]
	Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902–1936)	Newspaper articles: Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party[12]
	Adele Astaire (1896–1981)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Clement Attlee (1883–1967)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Mae Bacon (1897–1981)	Newspaper articles: London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts[15]
	Hermione 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-party[16] Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque[9]
	Edythe Baker (1899–1971)	Newspaper articles: Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party[12]
	Oliver Baldwin (1899–1958)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Ruth Baldwin (1905–1937)	Books: Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts[17]
	Patrick 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[7] Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8] Portraits: 1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Thomas Balston (1883–1967)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13] Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor Newspaper articles: London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts[15]
	John Banting (1902–1972)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Alexander Baring (1898–1991)	Newspaper articles: Bright Young People of the Rising Generation[11]
	Maurice Baring (1874–1945)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Poppy Baring (1901–1980)	Newspaper articles: Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party[12]
	Elvira Dolores Barney (1904–1936)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	H. M. Bateman (1887–1970)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Beverley Baxter (1891–1964)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Cecil 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)[14]
	Baba 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 Picturesque[9]
	Nancy 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. Taylor
	Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Clive 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. Taylor
	Babe 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 Picturesque[9]
	Margot Bendir	Newspaper articles: Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque[9]
	Lord 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 Mitford Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford[18]
	John 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[7] Fictional characters: Paul Fotheringay in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford[18]
	Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Robert Boothby (1900–1986)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)	Newspaper articles: London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts[15]
	Maurice 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[7] Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8]
	Brendan Bracken (1901–1958)	Fictional characters: Rex Mottram in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
	Georges Braque (1882–1963)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Lady Diana Bridgeman (1907–1967)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13] Newspaper articles: Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party[12]
	Jessie Doris Browne (1900–1942)	Portraits: 1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Valentine 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)[14]
	Frank Buchman (1878–1961)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Guy Burgess (1911–1963)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Edward Burra (1905–1976)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Mary Butts (1890–1937)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Robert 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[7] Fictional characters: Albert Gates in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford Ben Gore in Blindness by Henry Green[18]
	Denis Capel-Dunn (1903–1945)	Books: Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts[17] Fictional characters: Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
	Dudley Carew (1903–1981)	Books: Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts[17]
	Billie Carleton (1896–1918)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Dora Carrington (1893–1932)	Fictional characters: Betty Blyth in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis[18]
	Audrey Carten (1900–1977)
	Kenneth Carten (1911–1980)
	Waveney Carten (1902–1990)
	Barbara Cartland (1901–2000)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck (1887–1982)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Victor Cazalet (1896–1943)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	David Cecil (1902–1986)
	David Cecil (1905–1981)	Portraits: Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	William Chappell (1907–1994)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Nina Chavchavadze (1901–1974)	Newspaper articles: Bright Young People of the Rising Generation[11]
	G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Edward 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)[14]
	Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969)
	Diana Churchill (1909–1963)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	John Spencer-Churchill (1897–1972)	Portraits: 1934, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Camille Clifford (1885–1971)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Claud Cockburn (1904–1981)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Nevill Coghill (1899–1980)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Sibyl Colefax (1874–1950)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Cyril 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[7] Fictional characters: Ed Spain in The Blessing by Nancy Mitford[18]
	Diana Cooper (1892–1986)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13] 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[7] Fictional characters: Mrs. Stitch, Evelyn Waugh novels Lady Leone in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford Lady Artemis Hooper in Aaron's Rod by D.H. Lawrence Ruby, Lady Maclean in The Love and Envied by Enid Bagnold Lady Queenie Paulle in The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett[18] Newspaper articles: Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt[19] Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society[20]
	Duff Cooper (1890–1954)	Newspaper articles: Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society[20]
	Gladys 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 Hunt[19] London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts[15] Portraits: Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Noël 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 Powell
	Frederick Heyworth Cripps (1885–1977)	Portraits: 1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	Violet Cripps (1891–1983)	Portraits: 1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	C. R. M. F. Cruttwell (1887–1941)	Books: The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter[7]
	Alexandra Curzon (1904–1995)	Newspaper articles: Bright Young People of the Rising Generation[11]
	Cynthia Curzon (1898–1933)
	Georgiana Curzon (1910–1976)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Irene Curzon (1896–1966)	Newspaper articles: Bright Young People of the Rising Generation[11]
	Mary Curzon (1887–1962)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Peregrine Cust (1899–1978)	Newspaper articles: Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society[20]
	Hugh Dalton (1887–1962)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Brenda 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[17] Newspaper articles: Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party[16]
	Napper Dean Paul (1904–1972)	Books: Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts[17]
	Warwick Deeping (1877–1950)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Elizabeth Douglas-Scott-Montagu (1909–2002)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Tom 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 Carpenter[7]
	John Drury-Lowe (1905–1960)	Books: Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8]
	Gerald du Maurier (1873–1934)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Freda Dudley Ward (1894–1983)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13] Newspaper articles: Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society[20] London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts[15]
	Alfred 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 Carpenter[7]
	Hubert Duggan (1904–1943)	Fictional characters: Charles Stringham in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
	Dola Dunsmuir (1903–1966)
	Anthony Eden (1897–1977)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Edward Elgar (1857–1934)	Portraits: Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Lily Elsie (1886–1962)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Baba 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)[14]
	Mimi 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)[14]
	Hamish 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 Mitford Sir Roderick "Bobby" Bobbin in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford[18]
	Gwen Farrar (1899–1944)
	Daisy Fellowes (1902–1945)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon (1891–1991)
	Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992)	Newspaper articles: Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque[9]
	Daphne 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)[14]
	Ronald Firbank (1886–1926)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Michael Foot (1913–2010)	Portraits: 1948, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984)[14]
	E. M. Forster (1879–1970)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Harry Fox-Strangways (1905–1964)	Books: Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster[8]
	Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952)	Books: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
	Maxine Freeman-Thomas (b. 1901)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Essex French (1907–1996)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
	Valerie French (1909–1997)	Books: The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton[13]
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