The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-16

deavorcd TO retain tho title Of duchess
but Queen Victoria insisted that sho
drop At and rest content with that OF
Lady Bercsford The young duke as
better rcmerbcr. emuiated hia
father and married an American
heircsa. Consuclo Vanderbilt. daughter
OF William *. Vanderbilt. tho New
York multimillionalrc. Tho young
duchcsss legal separation from her
ovcrbearinS husband Is fresh In tho
public memory. Early In her married
life 1T was said TO DO her ambition TO
eventually wed one OF hrr children to
one of King Edwards grandchildren
Tho last two Duchcsses OF AIanchcs-
ter have also been American women.
the former having been Consueio
fznaSa. daughter OF Antonio Yznaga
or Itavenswood. La. who had married
4 Vanderbilt. And. oddly enough. Con
suolo Vanderbilt. who married tho Duke
OF Marlborough, was named for this
kinswoman Consuelo Yznaga, who mar.
ried tho Duke OF Manchester
the lattor duke was reckoncd among
tho poorest dukes OF England. but he
had an enviable social position. and
his American wife soon became fny-
ored friend Of the present Queen. Tho
young duke few years back mar
ried Miss Helene. daughter OF Eugene
zimmerman. OF Cincinnati who rose
from petty officer to lieutonant-com-
mandcr Ia our navy during the civil
war and later TO president OF tho Gin
cinnati' Hamilton and Dayton Rail-
road
Duke Married Two Americans.
duke who has married two Ameri-
can women ia HIS Grace de Dino. who.
az the French Marquis de Tallcyrand-
pcrisord frs, welded Miss Bessie
curtis, daughter Of Joseph Davis Peers
Curtis. OF New York This marriage.
which occurred st Nice was away back
IN 1857. and Was ono or our first in
ternational alliances to stir tho fash
ionable world Had they remained
welded, sno would have become n
duchess. but they wcro divorced anL
not until after the separation ala 10
Tall heir TO the title or Due do Dino
inen no made a duchess OF Mrs Adele
Livingston Sampson, daughter OF 10
acph SampEon, OF New York. and al
vorced wife OF Frederick Livingston.
ms first w:fe has called herself tho
Marquise dc Taileyrand-Pc rigord, and
nus epent her winters In New York.
! She ~ sister OF Miss Josephine Curtis.
/ VINO became the Italian Princess OF
Ruspoli and OF Poggio-Suasa
"o members OF the rnultim!llionaira
singer 'a'ntly--fhe Same which pro
uucel tn" Princess do Sccy Montbcliard.
/ mentioned above have become ,rch
/ csses. Thcse were Mrs I.a.c ctr,,a,
| VINO married the Duke OF Camnoseijce
ana MISS Isabella Singer. who wcdded
| the Duo dc Dccazes
o'her American duchesses NO. to 10
iorsot'en are Miss Mathildc Davis. who
VI me Duke OF Sante Monfeitrio:
40 C. lary -. Forbes. wife OF the Duke
| de Choiseul- Praslin, and Misc 60,
daughter OF Archibald Lowry. or yv,.L
ihBton, who. before no had inbnritnd
ms Ute. and while he was 4, yo,,r,-
a,'hche OF tho Spanish legation IL,
"ashihEton. fell in love with and
IL. narried TIC Duke OF ARGOS. who
u'Fec'ly following cur war win S,,ai,
served as Spanish ministor =, ~,
rhited states. This marriage h.s
nuen happy orc. like that az Nottio
M'tcheH daughter OF the iII-fo,ad
o onlted states Senator MitcheI ~
BnoS on, VINO married the Duo de
French Titles uoodoocd
'htss May Goclets becominr ~
DucnesS or RoNburghc Is freshor j., 80 =
YIN M" or the American reader 40 !.
MISS Helen Morton's (daurhter ~ -
-, wee -PresidenD becoming the
duchess de Vaiencay. Her bmsht' nc
) brother OF Prince Helie do Saran a. y
ohu husband or Anna Could. wns co,,t
boson de Perigord when Miss Nnrtn"
married him in London I'm 1901 sno,
",.eI the marriage. II is said. the cont q
S''' us iutncl-in- In S514 -
o'" 70 purchase the Chateau dc Vo,an
cay me possession OF which hcsto".a1
upon MN the title OF Due dc VaIencar
MI norton advanced the monev ~
Sonution that the property shouid ha
he!d in his daughters name. ana this
stipulation incensed the family op ~
titled son-in-lnw. separaiinn 81
'oWcd and the duchess appIlod to ~
courts for dissolution OF tn. leg.i
bond. '' ieSai
Tho next American girl to become !,
ouchess had also sad climax To h. =
marriage, This was Miss sbonts
daughter of Theodore p. Shonts forr,a
chairman or the Panama Canal Comr,is
SION. 3ut n few weeks after her va
riage TO the French Duo de C,bo,Inas
the latter suddenly dropped dead in
Paris iva" III
The curse which has hung ovor
French titles since the days Of Lou.
; me Grand seems not to spare the
american heiress II Is question
whether they are worth striving FOR.
CONSIDERING that many OF them ars
ciouded: that after the guiIlotininr or
the ola MOBILES many Of the latter,s
servants and other spurious nersons
rose to claim them: that since then. in
france. any one has been able IN a
sumo them-whether az duchess ~.
princess-w without provoking, tho small,
est interference of the government
Copyright, 1919, by John Elrretb
Watkins.)