FHB
suggested that she had in mind as prototype for this story the kind of marriage represented by Consuelo Vanderbilt
, the American heiress who became Duchess of Marlborough. Her young bride, Rosalie Vanderpoel, representing...
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6 November 1896: The ninth Duke of Marlborough married Consuelo...
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6 November 1896
The ninth Duke of Marlborough
married Consuelo Vanderbilt
: a vivid example of the marriages between British peers and American heiresses.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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