To Marry an English Lord

by gail maccoll

  William I, King of England (William the Conqueror), 151

  Williamson, Alice, 238

  Williamson, Charles, 238

  Willoughby de Eresby, Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Lord (later 2nd Earl of Ancaster), 228, 308, 324, 360

  Wills, marital codicils in, 314

  Wilson, Belle, see Herbert, Lady Belle

  Wilson, Grace, see Vanderbilt, Grace

  Wilson, Marshall Orme, 41, 57, 57

  Wilson, May, see Goelet, May (mother)

  Wilson, Melissa, 41, 41

  Wilson, Richard T, 41, 46, 57, 79, 92, 162

  Wilson, Richard T, Jr., 41

  Wilson, Lady Sarah, 101, 220–21, 220

  Wilton House, Wiltshire, 115, 290–91

  Winchester College, 231

  Winchilsea and Nottingham, Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of (formerly Viscount Maidstone), 307, 307, 318, 329, 363

  Winchilsea and Nottingham, Margaretta, Countess of (née Drexel), 76, 90, 302, 307–10, 307, 317, 318, 329, 329, 363

  Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 113, 190

  Jennie summoned to, 204, 205

  Winnaretta, Princesse de Polignac (née Singer; formerly Princesse de Scey-Montbéliard), 163

  Winthrop, Marie, 178

  Wodehouse, Hon. Mrs. Henry (née Mary King; later Marchioness of Anglesey), 167, 338

  Wolferton Royal Railway Station, 289

  Wolseley, Lady Anita (née Murphy), 167

  Wolseley, Sir Charles, 343

  Woodstock, 184

  Work, Frances, see Burke-Roche, Hon. Mrs. James

  Work, Frank, 79, 132, 217, 314

  World (London), 103, 313

  Worth, Charles Frederick, 53, 59, 60, 68–69, 68, 70–71, 70, 98, 102, 139, 143, 150–51, 157, 163, 186, 204, 221, 233, 277, 289, 318

  Americans as preferred clients of, 68–69

  assymetrical designs of, 256

  Belle Wilson transformed by, 92

  colors used by, 256

  fabrics used by, 256

  hallmarks of, 256–57

  historical costumes designed by, 257, 282, 282, 365

  Newport boutique of, 161

  silhouettes created by, 257

  trimmings used by, 257

  wedding dresses by, 119, 176, 178, 179, 306

  Y

  Yachting, 38, 38, 102, 103, 294

  clothes for, 233, 300

  Sporting Men’s interest in, 35

  as way to royal heart, 102, 103

  Yarmouth, Alice, Countess of (née Thaw), 79, 167, 313–16, 313, 352, 352

  divorce of, 315–16

  wedding of, 313–15, 315

  Yarmouth, George Seymour, Earl of (later 7th Marquess of Hertford), 167, 274, 313–16, 315, 352

  Yerkes, Mrs. Charley, 293

  Younger sons:

  no inheritance for, 211

  rating as mates, 113

  Yznaga, Antonio, 29, 29, 79

  Yznaga, Consuelo, see Manchester, Consuelo, Duchess of

  Yznaga, Ellen, 28–29, 29, 30, 33, 36

  Yznaga, Emily, 29, 30, 36

  Yznaga, Natica, see Lister-Kaye, Lady Natica

  Z

  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Duchess of Devonshire costumed as, 283

  Zimmerman, Eugene, 79, 79, 289

  Zimmerman, Helena, see Manchester, Helena, Duchess of

  PICTURE CREDITS

  Wherever possible, we have made every effort to find and credit the original source for each picture.

  Back cover photograph: Courtesy of Countess of Craven.

  CONTENTS

  P. V: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. VII: Man’ Evans Picture Library. P. VIII: Brown Brothers. P. IX: Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. X: Illustrated London News Picture Library.

  PROLOGUE

  Pp. 1, 3 (top right): Bettmann Archive. P. 2: New York Historical Society. P. 3 (left): Picture Collection, New York Public Library. P. 3 (bottom right): Museum of the City of New York.

  THE BUCCANEERS

  Pp. 7 (left), 29 (right), 32: Museum of the City of New York. Pp. 7 (right), 8, 9, 12 (bottom), 14, 20, 21, 25 (insets), 35 (top right & bottom), 38 (left), 40 (right), 41 (right), 42: Picture Collection, New-York Public Library. Pp. 12 (top), 13 (top & bottom left), 30, 34, 35 (top left), 43: New York Historical Society. P. 13 (bottom right): Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Va. Pp.” 15, 24 (left), 25 (bottom): Illustrated London News Picture Library. P. 16 (top left): Costume Research Center, Bath. Pp. 16 (top right), 17 (top): AP/Wide World Photos. P. 16 (bottom): reproduced by permission of Kensington Palace State Apartments and Court Dress Collection, Crown Copyright. Pp. 17 (bottom), 25 (top): British Tourist Authority. Pp. 18, 37, 39, 42: Bettmann Archive/Hulton Picture Company. P. 23: British Information Service. Pp. 24 (right), 25 (center): Man- Evans Picture Library. Pp. 26, 27 (right), 28 (top right & bottom): courtesy of Tarka King. P. 27 (left): New York Life Insurance Company Archives. P. 28 (top left): Culver Pictures. P. 29 (left): Plantation Life on the Mississippi by Williams Edwards Clement, copyright 1952, Pelican Publishing Company. P. 32 (insets): Bcinecke Library, Yale University. P. 36: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. 38 (right): Beken of Cowes, Ltd. P. 39 (top): Bettman Archive. P. 40 (left): Public Record Office. London. P. 41 (left): Newport Historical Society Collection. P. 44: Gemsheim Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. P. 45: Brown Brothers. P. 47: Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement.

  THE FAIR INVADERS

  P. 51 (left): W.K. Vanderbilt Historical Society. P. 51 (right): Museum of the City of Mobile. Pg. 52, 53, 57 (top fight), 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 (top right & bottom right), 81: New York Historical Society. P. 54: Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, N.Y. Pp. 55 (top), 72, 92: Brown Brothers. Pp. 55 (bottom), 70 (top right): Culver Pictures. P. 57 (top left): Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Orme Wilson, 1956, (56.52). Pp. 57 (bottom), 65, 68, 70 (top left), 71 (top & bottom left), 75 (insets), 80, 83, 86, 87 (center), 94 (bottom), 104, 107 (right), U0 (left), 113, 114, 115, 116: Picture Collection, New York Public Library. Pp. 63 (top left), 75 (bottom): Museum (if the City of New York. Pp. 63 (bottom left), 77, 78 (left & center), 79 (left): Dictionary of American Portraits, by Dover Publications, Inc., 1967. P. 64: Kit Barn,’, Brattleboro, Vt. Pp. 66, 69, 84, 95, 102 (bottom), 112: Bettman Archive/Hulton Picture Company. P. 67: Billy Rose Theater Collection, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lennox and Tilden Foundations. P. 70 (bottom): Brooklyn Museum (label on 64.124.3). P. 71 (bottom right): Museum of London. P. 73: Hanard University Archives. Pp. 74 (top), 78 & 79 (border): New York Stock Exchange Archives. Pp. 74 (bottom), 78 (right): Nevada Historical Society. P. 75 (top): Reprinted with permission of AT&T Bell Laboratories Archives. P. 76: Marshall Field. P. 79 (right): Cincinnati Historical Society. Pp. 82, 88: Mary Evans Picture Library. P. 85: AP/Wide World Photos. Pp. 87 (left), 97: Nastional Portrait Gallery, London. Pp. 87 (right), 101, 118: Courtesy of Tarka King. P. 89: Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement. P. 93: Department of the Environment, London. P. 96: New York Public Library. Pp. 99 (left), 103 (bottom), 111: Illustrated News Picture Library. Pp. 99 (right), 103 (top), 105, 117: Bet-tmann Archive. P. 100: Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. 102 (top): Brown’s Hotel. P. 106: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. P. 107 (left): Chicago Historical Society. P. 110 (right): British Travel Association Photo. P. 119 (top): Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. 119 (bottom): Grace Church.’

  AMERICAN HEIRESSES: WHAT WILL YOU BID?

  P. 123: Wyoming State Archives, Museums and Historical Department. Pp. 124 (top), 133, 163 (inset): New York Historical Society. Pp. 124 (bottom), 126 (bottom), 128 (top left), 129 (left), 135, 136 (top right), 137 (top left), 147, 151 (left), 160 (bottom), 161 (bottom), 166, 169 (bottom), 178 (top): Picture Collection, New York Public Library. Pp. 125, 126 (top), 130, 149: By kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, J.P., D.L. Pp. 128 (top right), 151 (center), 157 (left): British Tourist Authority. P. 128 (bottom): Bettmann Archive/Hulton Picture Company. Pp. 129 (right), 176: Culver Pictures. P. 131
: Illustrated London News Picture Library. Pp. 132 (left), 146, 152: Brown Brothers. P. 132 (right), 150 (right): AP/Wide World Photos. Pp. 134 (top), 136 (bottom left), 137 (bottom right): Kit Barn’, Brattleboro, Vt. P. 134 (bottom left & right): De Golyer Library, SMU, Dallas, Tx. P. 136 (top left): Bar Harbor Historical Society. P. 136 (bottom right): Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, N.J. P. 137 (top right): Architect of the Capitol. P. 137 (center left): Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History. P. 137 (center right): Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va. Pp. 138, 141 (bottom left), 142, 144 (bottom), 145 (center left), 161 (top & center left), 172 & 173 (all homes): Newport Historical Society. Pp. 139, 145 (center right & bottom), 163 (bottom), 170, 171, 178 (center), 179 (top & bottom): Museum of the City of New York. Pp. 140 (top), 148, 169 (top): Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, N.Y. Pp. 140 (bottom), 141 (top): Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. 141 (bottom right): Mattes Photography/ Tuxedo Park Library. P. 144 (top): French Government Tourist Office. Pp. 144 (center), 145 (top), 157 (right), 164: Preservation Society of Newport County’. Pp. 150 (left), 156 (top), 179 (center): Dictionary of American Portraits, Dover Publications, Inc., 1967. Pp. 150 (center), 159, 168, 174: Bettmann Archive. P. 151 (right): Grace & Co. P. 153: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. P. 155: Maty Evans Picture Library. P. 156 (bottom): Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Va. P. 158: Mansell Collection Ltd. Pp. 160 (top), 161 (center), 162: International Tennis Hall of Fame. P. 172 (flower): W. Atlee Burpee & Co. P. 177: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. 178: New York Public Library.

  MARRIED HEIRESSES

  P. 183: Anne Robins. Pp. 184, 200, 211, 213 (top), 216, 233 (bottom): Illustrated London News Picture Library. P. 185: Courtesy of Miss M.V. Howey/Northumberland Record Office. P. 186: Irish Tourist Board. Pp. 187, 219 (bottom), 232 (bottom), 250 (right): Bettmann Archive. Pp. 188 (inset), 219 (top): British Tourist Authority. Pp. 188, 197, 198, 201 (bottom), 202, 203 (left), 208, 214 (left), 217, 224, 231 (bottom right), 232 (top), 235, 242, 249 (top right), 250 (left), 252 (right), 253, 255, 258: Picture Collection, New York Public Library. Pp. 190, 203 (center), 239, 252 (left), Bettmann Archive/Hulton Picture Library. P. 191: National Trust Photographic Library/ Jonathan Gibson. P. 194: National Trust, Kedleston; photograph, Courtauld Institute of Art. P. 195 (left), Mike Williams/ Royal Oak Foundation, Inc. P. 195 (right): Andrew Halsam/Royal Oak Foundation, Inc. Pp. 199, 215: Courtesy of Tarka King. Pp. 201 (top), 207: Maty Evans Picture Library. P. 203 (right): Mansell Collection, Ltd. Pp. 204, 249 (bottom right): Culver Pictures. Pp. 205, 214 (right): AP/Wide World Photos. P. 206: Indian Office Library. Pp. 209, 221, 251, 257 (bottom right): Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement. Pp. 210, 213 (bottom), 218, 241: By kind permission of His Grace, the Duke of Marlborough, J.P., D.L. Pp. 220, 226 (left): Brown Brothers. P. 222: County Record Office, Huntington. P. 223: The National Trust, Erddig. Pp. 225, 233 (top): Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. 226 (right): Stoneleigh Abbey Preservation Trust. Pp. 227, 232 (center), 236, 237 (left), 245: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. 228: Copyright Reserved. Reproduced by gracious permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. P. 229: Gordonstoun School. Pp. 230 (top), 231 (top & bottom left): Roxburghe Estates Office. P. 230 (bottom): Pilgrim Press Ltd. P. 237 (center): National Trust Photographic Library. P. 237 (right): A.F. Kcrsting. Pp. 238, 257 (bottom left): Museum of the City of New York. Pp. 244, 246, 247: Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, N.Y. P. 248: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. P. 249 (top left): National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. P. 249 (bottom left): National Portrait Gallery, London/Collection Ormond Family. P. 256 (top): Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson in memory (if their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949, (49.3.28ab). P. 256 (bottom): Brooklyn Museum, Cape, Worth, Gift of Princess Viggo. P. 257 (top): Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute (CI 39.6. lab).

  THE NEW HEIRESSES

  Pp. 263 (left), 268, 269 (right), 280 (top), 290 (bottom), 291 (top), 294, 296 (left), 297, 300, 301, 304 (top): Bettmann Archive/Hulton Picture Library. Pp. 263, 271 (left), 272 (top), 279 (bottom), 288 (top), 295, 308, 309, 312 (top): Picture Collection, New York Public Library. P. 264: Museum of the City of New York. Pp. 265 (left), 316 (bottom): Dictionary of American Portraits, Dover Publications, 1967. Pp. 265 (center), 276, 281 (bottom), 311: Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, N.Y. Pp. 265 (right), 275: Brown Brothers. Pp. 266 (left), 279 (top): Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. 266 (right): New York Historical Society. Pp. 269 (left),278, 291 (bottom), 312 (bottom), 319 (left): Bettmann Archive. Pp. 270, 272 (bottom), 277, 280 (left center & bottom), 281 (top left & top right), 282 (right), 284 (bottom), 287, 293 (top), 296 (right), 303, 304 (bottom), 305 (bottom), 306, 307, 309 (top & bottom right), 310, 313, 315 (top left), 316 (top), 317, 318: Illustrated London News Picture Library. Pp. 271 (right), 285: AP/Wide World Photo. P. 273: Winston Churchill Memorial & Library, Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. Pp. 280 (center right), 319 (right): Mansell Collection Ltd. Pp. 282 (left), 2*83: Trustees of the Chat.sworth Settlement. P. 286: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of Kngland. P. 288 (bottom): Irish Tourist Board. P. 289: Lucinda Lambton/Arcaid. P. 290 (top): National Portrait Gallery, London. P. 291: Copyright reserved to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. P. 293: Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va. P. 298: Nevada Historical Society. P. 299: By kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, J.P., D.L. Pp. 302, 348: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. Pp. 284 (top), 305 (top): Mary Evans Picture Library. P. 314: Granger Collection. P. 315 (top right): Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. P. 315 (bottom): Bettmann Newsphoto.

  AN AMERICAN HEIRESS DIRECTORY

  Pp. 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 333, 336, 351 (top), 354 (top), 358 & 359: Illustrated London News Picture Library. Pp. 330, 334: Brown Brothers. P. 335 (top): W.R. Grace & Co. P. 335 (bottom): Bettmann Archive/Hulton Picture Library. P. 337: Courtesy of Tirka King. P. 338: Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement. Pp. 339, 352: Culver Pictures. P. 340: Chicago Historical Society. P. 341: Courtesy of Countess of Craven. P. 344: Pfizer, Inc. P. 346: AP/Wide World Photos. P. 348: Courtesy of Lord Hesketh. P. 349: Stonor Enterprises. P. 350: By kind permission of His Grace, the Duke of Marlborough, J.P., D.L. P. 351 (bottom): Picture Collection, New York Public Library. P. 354 (bottom): Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Tx. P. 357: Cincinnati Historical Society.

  Copyright © 1989, 2012 by Gail MacColl & Carol McD. Wallace.

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