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, becoming Duchess of Roxburghe and bringing with her a dowry of some $20 million. Numerous impoverished peers married wealthy American heiresses during this period, who in return for the substantial dowries earned a title and the prestige of being chatelaine of some of the finest stately homes in England. May appears in fancy dress in this photograph
Picture No
10638732
Media ID
46681720
Size
3300px x 4993px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page from The Sketch, 23 September 1903
Date
1903
