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Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis). This is a non-exhaustive list of some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European titled nobility, peerage, or royalty.
The Library of Congress claimed in a reference guide that "American heiresses married more than a third of the House of Lords". [2] The Spectator claims that among the marriages were 102 "British aristocrats", including "six dukes". [3]
Cornelia Craven, Countess of Craven (née Martin; September 22, 1877 – May 24, 1961) was an American-born heiress who married into the British aristocracy and was known as one of the "Dollar Princesses". She was also a prominent art collector.
Margaret "Daisy" Howard, Countess of Suffolk (born Margaret Hyde Leiter; 1 September 1879 – 5 March 1968) was an American-born heiress who married into the British aristocracy and was known as one of the "Dollar Princesses".
Frances Margaret Venables-Vernon, Baroness Vernon (née Lawrance; 11 July 1861 – 23 June 1940) was an American heiress who married into the British aristocracy.
On June 21, 1910, [7] Mildred was married to Archibald Acheson, Viscount Acheson at St George's Hanover Square Church in London followed by a reception at Dorchester House. [ a ] The Viscount Acheson was the eldest son, and eventual heir, of Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and Lady Louisa Montagu , a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra ...
Like many Gilded Age debutantes from the United States, she married into the British aristocracy and took on the running of her husband's family's ancestral seat, Hinchingbrooke House. Lady Sandwich was a close friend of Mildred Barnes Bliss and was an accomplished musician, writer, and linguist.
Consuelo's Spanish name was in honor of her godmother, Consuelo Yznaga, a half-Cuban, half-American socialite who had created a social stir in 1876 when she married the fortune-hunting George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville (later 8th Duke of Manchester), a union of Old World aristocracy and New World money.