Heiress Collection

Swanking at Whitley Bay
I M SWANKING LIKE AN HEIRESS AT WHITLEY BAY - I VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT WORK ! Date: circa 1910

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) Leiter
Margaret " Daisy" Leiter, sister-in-law of Lord Curzon (who was married to her sister Mary). She married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk in 1904

The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet
America and the Peerage - Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903

Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow - Barbara Hutton
Portrait of Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl"

May Goelet (Duchess of Roxburghe) as a little girl
Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903, becoming Duchess of Roxburghe and bringing with her a dowry of some $20 million

Countess of Tankerville (Leonora Van Marter)
Lady Paget, formerly Minnie Stevens of New York, American heiress and prominent society hostess. Known as Mrs Arthur Paget before her husband was elevated to the peerage. Date: 1904

May Goelet Roxburghe
MARY WILSON MAY GOELET duchess of ROXBURGHE American heiress, wife of Henry, eighth duke. Date: ? - 1937

Nancy Cunard on cover of The Sketch
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph by Cecil Beaton of Miss Nancy Cunard (1896 - 1965), heiress, poet and political activist, owner of the Hours Printing Press

The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of Blandford
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her

Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, French Marquis
Vintage 19th century photograph: Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane, known as Boni de Castellane, was a French nobleman and politician

Daisy Fellowes (nee Margeurite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksbierg (1890 - 1962), celebrated society figure, acclaimed beauty, novelist, poet

Jo Carstairs in racing boat Estella IV
Marion Joe Carstairs, pictured with her engineer Mr Joe Harris in the Napier engine racing motor boat, Estella IV which she planned to drive in the International Trophy Race for Motor Boats to be

Dickie Gordon and Walter Crisham at Eden Roc
Dorothy Mary " Dickie" Fellowes-Gordon (3 August 1891 11 August 1991) Scottish socialite, coal industry heiress and singer, companion of Elsa Maxwell

Count & Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow at Monte Carlo Beach
Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, lunching beside the pool at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera. Date: 1936

Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas

Tatler cover - Barbara Hutton
Cover of The Tatler magazine featuring Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76). Hutton, the Woolworths heiress, dubbed

Osbornes leap
In 1559, Sir William Hewet (Clothworker) was mayor, whose income is estimated at lb6, 000 per annum. Hewet lived on London Bridge, and one day a nurse playing with his little daughter Anne

The Duchess of Manchester (Helena Zimmerman)
Helena Zimmerman (1878-1971), who married William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester in 1900. She was the daughter of Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, Ohio

Doris Duke at Baileys Beach, Newport
Doris Duke, American tobacco heiress, photographed at Baileys Beach, Newport, the most exclusive bathing beach in the USA. Date: 1934

Mrs Arthur Paget and the Grand Duke Alexis
Mrs Arthur Paget, formerly the American heiress, Minnie Stevens (Steevens) photographed with Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, who was head of the Russian army

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough with her two sons
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Duke of Marlborough wedding to Consuelo Vanderbilt
The wedding ceremony in the Church of St. thomas, New York City. Date: 1895

Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Duchess of Marlborough at the Derby
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough pictured with a friend at the Epsom Derby in 1914

Nancy Cunard, 1915
Nancy Cunard (1896-1965), heiress to the Cunard Line fortune enjoyed the friendship of avant-garde writers and artists, and advocated liberal social causes during the 1920-30s

Duchess of Marlborough & Mrs Belmont
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough pictured with Mrs O. H. P

Princess Mdivani (Barbara Hutton)
Portrait of Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl"

Prince and Princess Alexis Mdivani at Hotel de Paris, Bray
Portrait of Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl", pictured with her husband Prince Alexis Mdivani

Lady Paget, previously Mrs Arthur Paget, formerly the American heiress, Minnie Stevens (Steevens), American heiress and prominent society figure. Date: 1909

Lily Duchess of Marlborough with her son
Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (n饠 Lilian Warren Price) (June 10, 1854 January 11, 1909), American heiress and socialite during the Gilded Age

Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth. Married her second husband, the wealthy Irishman, Mr John George Adair, in 1867. A leading society hostess during the Edwardian era

Wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Cynthia Ashley
Lord Louis Mountbatten escorting his new bride Lady Edwina Ashley after their marriage at St. Margarets, Westminster on 18th July 1922

Viscountess Deerhurst (Virginia Daniel)
Viscountess Deerhurst, formerly Virginia Daniel Bonynge, step-daughter of Californian millionaire Charles W. Bonynge, one of the so-called dollar princesses

Mrs Harry Payne Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 April 18, 1942), American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City

The Mdivanis 7000 party - Barbara Hutton
Page from the Sketch with photographs of one of the most wonderful parties of modern times held at the Ritz Hotel in Paris by Prince Alexis Mdivani and his wife, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton

Nancy Leeds
Princess Anastasia of Greece, formerly Mrs W.B. Leeds, born Nonnie May Stewart. Nancy came from a wealthy family and had previously married well twice before

Scene from Shakespeares play, The Merchant of Venice
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merchant of Venice, in which Bassanio chooses the leaden casket rather than the gold or silver one, and wins Portia, a rich heiress

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Alexina de Kelkirsch
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Alexina de Kelkirsch, shown here, is a young heiress. The caption reads Ive got a mind of my own. Date: 1880s

Mrs Reginald Fellowes
Daisy Fellowes (nee Margeurite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksbierg (1890-1962), celebrated society figure, acclaimed beauty, novelist, poet, editor in chief of French Harpers Bazaar magazine

Mrs Adair (Cornelia Wadsworth)
Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth, pictured in fancy dress costume in the Empire style for a Fancy Dress ball she gave in 1903

Lilian, Duchess of Marlborough
Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (n饠 Lilian Warren Price) (June 10, 1854 January 11, 1909), American heiress and socialite during the Gilded Age. Date: 1895

Wanted American Heiress - Victorian Scrap
Victorian Scrap - People Who Want to Marry - " Wanted American Heiress". A lazy aristocratic young gent on the hunt for riches without effort...! Date: circa 1890s

Mrs Reginald Fellowes - Bystander front cover
Daisy Fellowes (nee Margeurite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksbierg (1890-1962), celebrated society figure, acclaimed beauty, novelist, poet, editor in chief of French Harpers Bazaar magazine

Duchess / Northumberland
ELIZABETH DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND Wife of Sir Hugh Percy (Smithson) 1st Duke (3rd creation) & granddaughter of the heiress of Percy family. Date: 1716 - 1776

Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Florence Davis)
Florence (n饠 Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) (died 1925), Former wife of 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

Lady Curzon - Mary Leiter
Mary Victoria Leiter, daughter of the founder of Chicago department store, Marshall Field and wife of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Lady Bagot (Miss Lillian May)
Lady Bagot, formerly Miss Lillian May of Baltimore, daughter of Henry May, one of many so-called dollar princesses, wealthy American heiresses who married into the British nobility in the late 19th

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