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lives separate from husbands pursued by, 236–38
London residences of, 197, 222
and looser morals of aristocratic England, 236–37, 239–40
male heirs required of, 211–12
plumbing improvements made by, 226, 227
in politics, 201, 202–8, 202, 203
prompt pregnancy expected of, 209–10
released from country-house prisons, 197
servant troubles of, 198–99, 221–25
transition of, from heiress to peeress, 234–47
wed to heir to peerage, rather than to peer, 218–19
American Jockey Club, 34
American Revolution, 36, 37, 136
American Wives and English Husbands (Atherton), 238, 293
Anarchists, 266
Ancaster, Eloise, Countess of (née Breese), 76, 228, 246, 308, 324, 360, 362
Ancaster, Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of (formerly Lord Willoughby de Eresby), 228, 308, 324, 360
Anglesey, Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of, 45, 178, 338
Anglesey, Mary (Minna), Marchioness of (née King; formerly Hon. Mrs. Henry Wodehouse), 167, 338
Anglican Church, 216
Anglomaniacs (Harrison), 238
Anglo-Saxon Review, 272, 273
Ann Boleyn, Queen Consort of England, 128
Anne, Princess de Sagan (née Morgan), 163, 267
Ansidae Madonna (Raphael), 126
Antiques:
and Collector type of Wall Street Father, 150–51
decorating with, as new idea in 1880s, 53–54, 55, 59
English country houses decorated with, 230–31
Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, 135
H.M.S. Ariadne, 38
Aristocrats, see American Aristocrats; English aristocrats
Arrivistes, see Nouveaux riches
Arthur, King, 282
Ascot, see Royal Ascot
Ashburton, Lady Frances (née Donnelly), 328–29, 343
Ashburton, Francis Baring, 5th Baron, 328–29, 343
Ashdown House, Oxfordshire, 322
Asnières, 144
Asquith, Margot, 206
Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn (“Mrs. Astor”), 12–14, 13, 26, 27, 47, 51, 57, 63, 64, 128, 129, 143, 146, 173, 178, 179, 202
Alva’s rivalry with, 55, 58–59
annual ball of, 12, 13
brownstone of, 58
gone mad in appropriate fashion, 264
Astor, Carrie, 57, 57, 58–59
Astor, Jack, 174
Astor, John Jacob, 111, 128, 162
Astor, Mrs. John Jacob, 111, 293
Astor, Mamie, 128
Astor, Lady Nancy (née Langhorne; formerly Mrs. Robert Shaw), 77, 103, 129, 129, 208, 208, 249, 299, 338–39, 339, 365
invalidism of, 245
tiara of, 293, 293
Astor, Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount, 129, 129, 208, 245, 276–77, 293
Astor, William Backhouse, Jr., 13, 13, 128
Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount, 128–29, 128, 338–39, 361
Astor family, livery of, 53
Atherton, Gertrude, 67, 238, 293
Atlantic cable, 35
Audley Square, London, 360
Automobile Parade, 265
Aylesford, Edith, Countess of, 127, 130, 252, 253, 259
Aylesford, Joseph, Earl of, 127–30
B
Bagot, Lady Lilian (Lily) (née May), 78, 342, 364
Bagot, William Bagot, 4th Baron, 342, 364
Bailey’s Beach, Newport, 141, 146, 160
Balfour, Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of, 203
Balls, 82–83, 82
automobile loaded with favors driven into, 345
bals blancs vs. bals roses, 153
costume, 55–61, 58, 59, 60, 61, 144–45, 145, 221, 257, 257, 266–67, 266, 282, 282, 283, 338
dresses for, 233, 233
girls accompanied to and from, 60
girls not allowed to repeat partners at, 92
given by Mrs. Astor, 12, 13
given by Patriarchs, 14, 21, 139, 198
gloves and fans for, 93
gloves for gentlemen at, 154
height of servants at, 291
in Newport, 161
for Prince of Wales’s New York visit, 2–3, 2, 3
reversing during waltzes at, 117
rooms off-limits to young ladies at, 165
“sitting out” with young men at, 92
Balmaccaan, Loch Ness, 141
Balsan, Jacques, 244, 312, 312
Balsan, Mrs. Jacques, see Marlborough, Consuelo, Duchess of
Bancroft’s Guide to Americans in London, 276
Baptisms, 216–17
Bar Harbor, 136
Baring, Hon. Cecil (later 3rd Baron Revelstoke), 168, 174, 341, 343
Baring, Hon. Mrs. Cecil (née Maude Lorillard; formerly Mrs. T. Suffern Tailer; later Lady Revelstoke), 77, 168, 341, 343, 361
Barnum, P. T, 83
Baronesses, 22
Baronets, 22
Barons, 22
Barran, Lady Alice (née Parks), 344
Barran, Sir John, 344
Barry, Charles, 128
Barrymore, Arthur Barry, 1st Baron, 309, 354
Barrymore, Lady Elizabeth (née Wadsworth; formerly Mrs. Arthur Post), 79, 302, 309, 354, 363
Bateman, Lady Marion (née Graham; formerly Mrs. Henry Knapp), 335
Bateman, William Hanbury, Lord, 335
Bathrooms:
English, American brides’s dissatisfaction with, 189–90
installed in English country houses, 226
see also Toilets
Batonyi, Aurel, 314
Battle Abbey, East Sussex, 151, 277
Beatty, David Beatty, 1st Earl, 113, 245, 330–31
Beatty, Ethel, Countess (née Field), 76, 113, 245, 330–31, 331
Beaumont, Hon. Hubert, 309, 335
Beaumont, Hon. Mrs. Hubert (née Elisa Grace), 77, 309, 309, 334–35, 360
Beckett, Lucy (née Lee), 77, 167, 339
Beckwith, Helene, see Leigh, Lady Helene
Beckwith, Nelson, 76
Bed, fourposter, hygenic concerns about, 227
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 327
Beech Creek Railway, 166–67
Beechwood, Newport, 146, 173
Belgrave Square, London, 360
Belgravia, London, 286
Belmont, August, 12, 34, 35, 361
Belmont, Mrs. August, 142
Belmont, Oliver H. P., 140, 152, 156, 156, 159, 267, 278
Belmont, Mrs. Oliver H. P., see Vanderbilt, Alva
Belmont, Perry, 58
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 35, 142
Beresford, Lord Charles, 116, 254
Beresford, Lady Lilian (Lily) (née Price; formerly Mrs. Louis Hammersley; Duchess of Marlborough), 77, 130–33, 131, 136, 165, 167, 168, 316, 332, 336, 347, 361
Blenheim refurbished with money of, 154, 159
multiple wedding ceremonies of, 133
mustache and beard of, 130, 131
remarriage of, 171
startling remarks about America made by, 194
Beresford, Hon. William, 342
Beresford, Hon. Mrs. William (née Florence Miller), 342
Beresford, Lord William, 165, 171, 336, 336, 361
Beresford-Hope, Evelyn (née Frost), 309
Beresford-Hope, Philip, 309
Berg, Alban, 318
Berkeley Square, London, 19, 19, 102, 360–61
Bernhardt, Sarah, 279
Bcrwind family, 144, 164
Bills, seldom paid promptly by gentry, 227
Bingham, Lady Alys (née Carr; formerly Mrs. Chauncey), 308, 326
Bingham, Sir Cecil, 308, 326
Bird shooting, 290–91, 290 Blackmail, 127, 259
Black Sheep, as mates, 113
Bladon, 244
Blanchard, Laura (née Dove; later Mrs. George Duncan), 329
Blandford, Marchioness of, divorc
e of, 127, 311
Blandford, Marquess of, see Marlborough, George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Blenheim Enamels, 125
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 125–26, 126, 127, 130, 154, 167, 176, 218, 219, 237, 244, 247, 278, 292, 312, 322
American heiress sought for, 162, 165, 166
Consuelo’s arrival at, 184, 184
displeasure shown by chef at, 223
Marble House deemed more grand than, 157–59, 157
restoration of gardens at, 219, 227–29
royal visits to, 241, 288, 295, 297, 299, 299
sphinx at, 350
Blight, Alice (later Lady Lowther), 303, 323
Boer War, 271–74
Boni de Castellane, Anna, Countess (née Gould), 163, 163, 170
Boni de Castellane, Count, 163, 170
Bonnat, Léon, 57
Bonynge, Charles, 76, 298, 365
Bonynge, Louisa (later Lady Maxwell), 298, 308, 323
Bonynge, Virginia, see Deerhurst, Virginia, Viscountess
Borden, Mary (later Lady Spears), 76
Borden, William, 76
Boston, 10, 136
Boston Herald, 80
Boucher, Francois, 55, 230, 231
Bourgeoisie:
morals of, shared by American Aristocrats, 234–35, 246
upper class emulated by, 105
Bourget, Paul, 66, 161
Bowmont, Marquess of, 212
Brady, Mathew, 3
Breakers, Newport, 144, 146, 159, 159, 172
Breakfasts:
chef’s display of displeasure at, 223
enfamilk, at English country houses, 191
oatmeal eaten standing up at, 191
Breckinridge, Florence (later Lady Fermor-Hesketh; Lady Hesketh),’243–45, 245, 288, 324, 347
Breese, Anna, see Innes-Ker, Lady Anna Breese, Beatrice (née Claflin; later Countess of Gosford), 350
Breese, Eloise, see Ancaster, Eloise, Countess of Breese, Robert P., 350
Breese, William L., 76
Breteuil, Lita, Marquise de (née Garner), 243
Bridesmaids, 357
Britannia, 273
Brooke, Lord (later 4th Earl of Warwick), 116, 253, 254
Brothers, who married heiresses, 332
Broughton, Cora (née Rogers; later Lady Fairhaven), 78, 165, 347
Broughton, Urban (posthumously created Baron Fairhaven), 165, 347
Brown, Capability, 227, 229
Brown, Elizabeth (later Hon. Mrs. Archibald Marjoribanks), 325
Brown, Mary MacDonald, 101
Brown, Sophia, 78–79
Brown’s Hotel, London, 102, 102, 360
Brownstones, 7–8, 7, 11, 11, 58
Bruton Street, London, 361
Buccaneers, 26–47, 166, 270
at center of Marlborough House Set, 86–93
and disdain for foreign influences, 33, 36–37
as English ladies, 87
fictional portrayals of, 46, 221–22
first marital successes of, 38–47
flight of, to Europe, 26–33
fortunes of, run dry, 89–93
marriage settlements of, 39–42, 166, 167
in New York social scene, 51–61
Paris as first stop of, 28, 30, 36
Self-Made Girls vs., 64
Sporting Men as fathers of, 34–35, 64, 74
transatlantic pipeline of, 88–93
weddings of, 42, 44, 45–46, 47, 119
welcomed into London society, 37
see also Pushy Mamas
Buccaneers, The (Wharton), 46, 221–22
Buckingham Palace, London, 24, 164, 268, 268, 284, 304–5, 304
Burbank, Lilla (later Lady Eliott), 325
Burke, Maud, see Cunard, Lady Maud Burke-Roche, Hon. James (later 3rd Baron Fermoy), 124, 125, 132, 312, 356
Burke-Roche, Hon. Mrs. James (née Frances Work; later Mrs. Aurel Batonyi), 79, 124, 132, 132, 217, 314, 316, 356
divorce of, 311–12
father’s will and, 314
Burke’s Peerage, 75, 186, 239, 275, 312
Burns, Mary Ethel, see Harcourt, Mary Ethel, Viscountess Burns, Walter, 76
Burrows, Man’ (later Lady Calthorpe), 326 Bustles, 257, 257
Butler, Lady Ellen, see Ormonde, Ellen, Marchioness of Butlers, 189, 224, 255
consultation with, before royal visits, 292–94
Mamie Fish set straight by, 265
newspapers ironed by, 191
Buttons, left unbuttoned by Edward, 301
C
Cadogan Place, London, 361
Cadogan Square, London, 361
Caesar (Edward’s dog), 310, 319
“Calico Ball,” 162
Calling cards:
gold-plated receivers for, 57
protocol for, 56
Calthorpe, Lady Mary (née Burrows), 326
Calthorpe, Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 8th Baron, 326
Calve, Emma, 277
Cameron, J. Donald, 76
Cameron, Martha (later Hon. Mrs. Ronald Lindsay), 76, 326
Camoys, Lady Mildred (née Sherman), 78, 90, 188, 189, 226, 349
fourposter beds deemed germy by, 227
invalidism of, 245
Newport porch life transported to English
countryside by, 227
Camoys, Ralph Stonor, 5th Baron, 226, 349
Campbell, Aimee (née Lawrence), 339
Campbell, Colin, 309
Campbell, Douglas, 339
Campbell, Marie (later Lady Leigh), 350
Campbell, Nancy (née Leiter), 309
Camperdown, George Duncan, 4th Earl of, 329, 361
Camperdown, Lady Laura (née Dove; formerly Mrs. John Blanchard; Mrs. George Duncan), 329, 361
Capitol, U. S., 137
Cards, 43
cheating at, 241–42
Carlton Club, London, 364, 365
Carlton House Terrace, London, 102, 277, 361
Carnegie, Andrew, 78
Carolus-Duran, Emile, 148, 149
Carpentier, Horace, 76
Cart; Alys (later Mrs. Chauncey; Lady Bingham), 308, 326
Carr, Grace Bruce (later Lady Newborough), 277, 308, 326, 326, 365
Carriages, 291
for bridal parties, 175
gentlemen’s, parked outside mistresses’
homes, 255
of Old New York families, 9
see also Coaching
Cars, 225, 297
in Belmonts’ Automobile Parade, 265
Carter, John, 302, 362
Carter, Mildred, see Gosford, Mildred, Countess of
Caruso, Enrico, 277
Cassel, Sir Ernest, 273, 275
“Castle,” on Powder River, Wyo., 123, 124
Castle Leslie, Co. Monaghan, 186
Castlereagh, Lord, 364
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 175, 282
Cattle ranching, 137
Cavendish-Bentinck, Elizabeth (née Livingston), 89, 279, 287, 303, 340–41, 343, 365
Cavendish-Bentinck, George, 89, 179, 340–41, 343
Cavendish Hotel, London, 235, 364
Chamberlain, Jeannic, see Naylor-Leyland, Lady Jeannie
Chamberlain, Hon. Joseph, 112, 179, 270, 330, 330, 365
Chamberlain, Hon. Mrs. Joseph (née Mary Endicott), 249, 330, 330, 365
Chamberlain, Josephine (later Lady Scarisbrick, 165, 309
Champagne, as tipple of choice, 288
Charles, Prince of Wales, 229
Charles II, King of England, 269
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Devonshire
costumed as, 283
Charles Street, London, 361
château-sur-Mer, Newport, 144
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, 88, 110
Chauncey, Alys (née Carr; later Lady Bingham), 308, 326
Cheating at cards, 241–42
Chefs, 224, 292
displeasure displayed by, 223
Chesham Place, London, 36
2
Chesham Street, London, 362
Chesterfield, Lord, 221
Chesterfield Gardens, London, 362
Chesterfield Street, London, 362
Chetwynd, Augusta (née Robinson), 346
Chetwynd, Sir Guy, 348
Chetwynd, Louis, 346
Chetwynd, Lady Rosalind (née Secor), 78, 304, 348, 365
Cheylesmore, Lady Elizabeth (née French), 247, 287, 287, 331, 365
Cheylesmore, Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron, 331, 365
Childrearing:
American mothers’ tendency to spoil in, 215–16
education and training in, 214–15
English system of, 212–17
Nannies in, 212, 213 sec also Education
Choate, Joseph, 155, 156, 274
Choate, Mrs. Joseph, 270
Christenings, 216–17
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess, 212, 247, 277–78
Christie’s, London, 125
Christopher, Prince of Greece, 365
Churchill, Jack, 214, 215, 271, 273
Churchill, Lady Jennie (née Jerome; later Mrs. George Cornwallis-West), 26, 27, 28, 36, 37, 39, 40, 77, 86, 87, 87, 97, 98, 100, 115, 123, 126, 127, 130, 136, 183, 197, 203, 204, 208, 240, 241, 249, 263, 279, 284, 296, 302, 308, 309, 332, 337, 337
awarded Insignia of the Order of the Crown of India, 204
costumed as Empress Theodora, 282 engagement of, 38–39, 273
Hauk’s resemblance to, 28
hospital ship and, 271, 277, 272
kimonos worn by, 255
literary magazine published by, 272, 273
London residences of, 362, 363, 365
marriage settlement of, 39–42, 166, 167
as mother, 214, 215
naming of, 27
political career of, 202–5
Queen met by, 204, 205
in riding costume, 252
romantic escapades of, 252, 253, 272–73
second marriage of, 214, 272–73, 364
separate interests pursued by, 239
Victoria’s court found dull by, 85
wedding of, 42, 44
Wharton character based on, 46
Churchill, Lord Randolph, 39, 40, 46, 65, 97, 105, 112, 112, 116, 126, 131, 201, 20.?, 205, 208, 211, 309, 332, 337
Aylesford scandal and, 127, 259
death of, 271, 272
engagement of, 38–39, 273
London residences of, 362, 363, 365
marital settlement of, 39–42, 166, 167
political career of, 202–5
separate intests pursued by, 239
Churchill, Winston (American writer), 238
Churchill, Winston (English politician), 47, 208, 209, 214, 215, 239, 263, 271, 272, 273, 301
Cigarettes, rolled in $100 bills, 343
Civil War, U. S., 7, 37, 41, 52, 137, 318
Claflin, Beatrice (later Mrs. Robert P. Breese; Countess of Gosford), 350
Clandeboye, County Down, 328
Claret, replaced as tipple of choice, 288