Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08


been advertised every morning in the pa
pers. 1t has also demonstrated what
prominent part American women perform
at the court of st. James, and the improve
ment they may make in the next genera
ton of the British nobility.
According to the directory we can round
up one American princess Ave duchesses,
two marchionesses, nine countesses, two
viscountesses, four harnesses and about
twenty-five other American ladies with
handles to their names, making a total OF
forty-eight or fifty. The princess is the
daughter of the late John w. Mackey, who
married Prince Colonna of Italy. from
whom she is separated. She is now resid-
ing with her mother in a handsome man
sion In Lansdowne terrace, London. The
duchesses~ are as follows:
The I'owager Duchess of Manchester
formerly Consuelo Yznaga of New Or
leans),
The Duchess of Manchester. who was
Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati.
Lady William Beresford. Dowager Ouch
ess of Marlborough, who was Lillian Price
of Troy, and Is the widow of the late Duke
of Marlborough and of the late Lord Will
liam Beresford.
The Duchess of Marlborough, who was
Consueio Vanderbilt. daughter Of William
K. Vanderbilt of New York city.
The Duchess of Roxburghe formerly May
Goelet of New York
The other ladies of consequence are the
following:
The Warehouses of Dufrerin and Ava
who was Flora Davis of New York city.
The Marchfoness of Anglesey, who was
Mary l.. King of Georgia.
The Countess of Craven-Cornelia B.
Bradley Martin of New York.
The Countess of Essex-Adele Grant of
Washington
Countess Of Tankerville, formerly Leo
nora Sophia Van Marter of Albany.
The Countess of STAFFORD, formerly Cora
Guifh Qf Ra11SfoO-Cn2 yid ne no
late Earl of Stanford.
The Countess of Egmont, formerly Kate
Howell of Charleston, S. c.
The Countess OF Gurebel, Miss Genevieve
Ward of New York
The Countess of Oxford, who was Louise
Corbin, daughter of the late Austin Corbin
of New York.
The Countess OF Suffolk, who was Daisy
Letter Of Washington.
The Countess of Yarmouth, Alice Thaw
of Pittsburg.
viscountess Deerhurst, Virginia Bonynge
of San Francisco.
Viscountess Falkland, who was Mary
Reed of New York.
Baroness Malcolm, who was Miss Lester
OF New York
Baroness Halkett, who was Sarah Stokes
daughter of the late Arson Phelps Stokes
Of New York.
Baroness Abniger, Helen Magruder OF
Baltimore.
Baroness de Busche. formerly Clara z.
Joran of Chicago.
Lady Bache Cunard. Maud Burke of Chi
cago.
of Baltimore wife of Lord Bagot gentle
man In waiting to Queen Alexandra.
Lady Barrymore, formerly Elizabeth
Wadsworth of Geneseo. II. Y.
Lady Blame. formerly Mrs. Blake of Bos-
ton. wife of Lieut.. Gen. Sir William Blame
Lady Bulkeley, formerly Mrs. Burton or
Chicago, wife of Sir Edmund Buckley
Lady Arthur Butler, formerly Nellie
nf
nresident of the Western Union Telegraph
of Chicago wife of Lord James Arthur An
ton Butler son and heir of the Marquis OF
Ormond.
Newport. r. l., wife of Baron Cheylesmore.
lady Conway, formerly Miss Lombard of
Maine. wife of Sir William Martin Conway.
the celebrated mountain climber
lady Cook formerly Tennessee Claflin of
New York, widow of the late Viscount
Cook.
Lady Curzon. who was Mary Letter OF
washington, wife of Lord Curzon> of Ked-
dlestone, recently viceroy of India
Lady Donoughmore, who was Mary
Grace. daughter of Michel p. Grace of New
LADY Dawkins, formerly Louise Johnson
of New Orleans. wife of Sir Clinton Ed
ward Dawkins.
LADY Graham, formerly Eliza Barnes of
Brooklyn.
Lady Gray Egerton, formerly May Cuyler
of New York.
Lady Gordon Cummings. formerly Flor
ence Josephine Garner of New York.
Lady Herbert. formerly Leila Wilson of
New York widow of the late Sir Michael
Herbert British ambassador at Washing
ton.
Lady Churchill. widow of the late Lord
Randolph Churchill, and now the wife of
George CORVALLIS West. She is the daugh-
ter of the late leonard Jerome of New
York.
Lady Harcourt, widow of the late Sir
William -Harcourt and daughter of Mr..
Motley, the famous historian.
Lady Hesketh. daughter OF the late Sena-
tor Sharon of Nevada.
Isdy Howard. wife CT Sir Henry How
ard, British minister to the Hague. who
was Cecilia Riggs. daughter of the late
George w. Riggs of Washington.
Lady Hone. who was Amy Green of San
Francisco.
Lady Dudley Leigh. formerly Helen
Forbes Beckwfth of New York.
Lady Maxim, who was Sarah Haynes of
Maine, wife OF Sir Hiram Maxim. the ia
nous inventor
Lady Lister Kaye CNatiea Yznaga of
New OrIeans), sister of the Dowager Ouch
ess of Manchester and wife of Baron John
Peppys Lister Kaye.
Lady Naylor-Leyland, widow of the late
Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland. formerly Jen-