The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-09
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AMERICAN WOMEN IN ENe
 The, English press, says Town ana n unceasing number ofsinternattonal mar rIaxes of people of prominence. whetn- er distinguished byywealth, title. taieht' ar all combined. but the following sum : mary from The London Daily Mall is especially timely:
 Although no other American WoHlan has played SO great and conspicuous a pArt in modern English life as did the late Lady Curxon, the American woman has been for years an important factor in the social, artistic and political life of this country.
 Three of the small, select number of English dukes are married to American wives The Duchess of Marlborough was Miss Consue1o Vanderbilt; the Duchess of Manchester was Miss Hell ena Zimmerman, who at enc time lived In Talladega, Ala, and the Duchess of Roxburghe was Miss May Goefet In addition. Lily, Duchess of Marlborough who afterwards married Lord William Beresford, was the daughter of Comnao- dora Price of Troy. N. r., and Consuslo. Duchess of Manchester. Is native of
 .The widow of the fourth Marquis of Anglesey. who now resides in Paris, was formerly Miss King of Augusta, Ga. The present Marchioness of Duf- ferir and Ava is an American lady. The Earl of yarmouth the eldest son of the Marquis of Hertford. married Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, three years ago, and Lord Arthur Butler. heir pre- sun1ptive of the Marquis of ormonde, has an American wife.
 There are six American countesses in the peerage. The Earl of Craven, who owns 10000 acres and collection ot pictures. married Miss Bradley Mar tifi The Countess of Egmont Is q Southern lady, the daughter of Mr. warwick Howell of South Carolina The Earl of Essex. who served with the yoamanry in South Africe. has as his second wife New York lady. the daughter of Mir. Beach Grant. The Countess of orford Is also a native Of New York, as Is the Countess of Tan lxerville The Countess of Suffolk IS the late Lady Curzon's sister. and her husband was one of oLrd curzors aides-de-camp during his vice-royalty ih India.
 world of politics Is, of course, Mrs. Jo- Asph Chamberlain. who before her marriage in 1888, was Miss Mary En- dlcott. Of Washington. Sir William ffafcourt married an American lady. the daughter of Motley, the historian, and his son, MT. Lewis Harcourt, fcl-
 
 Another prominent figure in Eng itsh politics Is Mrs. George Cornwaliis West, the widow of the late Lord Ram dolph Churchill and the mother of the under secretary for the colonies. Mrs Cornwallis West was a Miss Jerome, of New York City.
 Among other politicians who. have American wives are the Hon. Frederick Guest son of Lord Wimborne and the present radical candidate for the Cockermouth division. Lady Herbert. widow of Sir Michael Herbert. the British Ambassador at Washington Is an American lady, as are the wife of Sir Henry Howard, the British Min istef at The Hague, and the widow Of the late Sir Clinton Dawkirs. the famous financier.
 .'Major General Lord cheyiesmore, Mayor of Westminster, Sir William Darlington, the brother of Lord Car rington and controller of the Prince of Wales household, and Sir William Martin Conway. the famous traveller, have American wives.
 Three American authoresses have became practically English by doni- I ciie--Mfs Frances Hodgson Burnett 1 the creator of Little Lord Fauntle- foy,'s Miss Gertrude Atherton author of The, Afistocrats" and a native of San Francisco and Mrs Craigie (John l olived Hobbes), a woman Of outstaads | ing culture who Is quite appropriately 1 native of the learned city of Boston. |