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by Anne de Courcy


  Curzon, George, Marquess

  Curzon, Mary (née Leiter): background; bathing; father’s money; marriage; and Queen Alexandra; and Queen Victoria; and servants; society balls

  Daily Alta of California

  Daily Telegraph

  Daisy, Princess of Pless

  Daly, Maria

  Daniel, Rodie. See Bonynge, Rodie (née Stephens, formerly Daniel)

  Daniel, William

  de Baril, Maria

  de Castellane, Anna, (née Gould) Comtesse

  de Castellane, ‘Boni,’ Comte

  de Castellane, Marquis

  de Grey, Frederick, Earl

  de Grey, Lady Gladys

  debutantes

  Declaration of Independence, United States

  Deerhurst, George, 13th Viscount

  Deerhurst, Lady Virginia (née Bonynge)

  Delmonico’s, New York

  Depew, Chauncey

  Desborough, Lady Ethel (Ettie)

  Devonshire, Duchess of

  Devonshire House, London

  Devonshire, Louise, Duchess of

  Dickens, Charles

  Dickson-Poynder, Lady Anne

  dinner parties

  discretion

  disease

  divorce

  Dorchester Hotel

  Doughty House, London

  D’Oyly Carte Opera Company

  Drawing Rooms, afternoon

  Drexel, Elizabeth. See Lehr, Elizabeth (née Drexel)

  du Pont, Pauline

  Duff-Gordon, Lady Lucy

  Duse, Eleonora

  Duveen, Sir Joseph

  East End, London

  Eaton Hall, Cheshire

  Echo, The

  economy, American

  education

  Edward VII, King of England (formerly Prince of Wales): and the Aylesfords; Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire; and Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester; coronation; at Cowes Regatta; and the Cunards; house parties; and Jennie Churchill; lifestyle; ‘Lovely Five’; and Minnie Paget; social set; Tranby Croft scandal; visit to New York; and the Wilsons

  Edwardian era

  Elcho, Lady Mary

  Ellis, Havelock

  ‘Emerald Cunard’. See Cunard, Lady Maud (née Burke)

  engagements, broken

  Erskine Smith, Alva. See Vanderbilt, Alva (née Erskine Smith, later Belmont)

  Erskine Smith family

  Essex, George, 7th Earl of

  Essex, Lady Adèle (née Grant)

  etiquette: country weekends; education; everyday life and; and relationships; travel; and young girls

  Family Circle Dancing Classes

  family mottoes

  fancy-dress balls

  fashion: beach; Bradley-Martin Ball; cost of; country weekends; George Smalley on; hunting; keeping clothes clean; London; men and; royal; size of collections; sport. See also jewellery; Worth, Charles Frederick

  feminism

  Fête des Roses, Newport

  Field, Sara Bard

  Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York

  Fifth Avenue, New York

  Fish, Mamie Stuyvesant

  Fish, Stuyvesant

  Floors Castle, Scotland

  fogs, London

  Fortescue, May

  Four Hundred (social elite)

  Franco-Prussian War (1870)

  Frewen, Clara (née Jerome)

  Frewen, Moreton

  Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs (Acton)

  Garmoyle, Arthur, Lord

  Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert. See Salisbury, Lord

  Geoghan, Anna. See Murphy, Anna (mother, née Geoghan)

  Gilbert, W. S.

  Gilbert’s Studio (photographic)

  Glucksberg, Marguerite Decazes de

  Glyn, Elinor

  Godey’s Lady’s Book (fashion bible)

  Goelet family

  Goelet, May. See Roxburghe, May, Duchess of

  Goelet, May (née Wilson)

  Goelet, Ogden

  Gold Rush, Californian

  Good Form (anon.)

  Gordon-Cumming, Sir William

  Gore, Mabell

  Gould, Anna. See de Castellane, Anna, (née Gould) Comtesse

  Gould, Edith

  Gould family

  Gould, George

  Gould, Helen

  Gould, Jay

  Grace Church, New York

  Graham Smith, Lucy

  grain, price of

  Grant, Adèle Beach. See Essex, Lady Adèle (née Grant)

  Grant, David Beach

  Grant, General Ulysses S.

  Grantley, Lady Katharine (née McVickar, formerly Norton)

  Grantley, Richard Henry Brinsley, 5th Baron

  Grantley, Richard Henry Brinsley, 6th Baron

  Great Depression

  Greville, Hon. Ronald (Ronnie)

  Grey, Lady Gladys de

  Grosvenor, Sophia Wells (née Williams)

  Grosvenor, Thomas George

  Guest, Josiah John

  Guest, Lady Charlotte (née Bertie)

  Gwynne, Alice Claypoole. See Vanderbilt, Alice (née Gwynne)

  hair and beauty

  Hall, Mayor Oakey

  Hamilton Gardens, Mayfair

  Harmony in White and Ivory (Whistler)

  Harriman, Mary

  Harriman, Ned

  Harriman, Oliver

  Hastings, George

  Henry of Prussia, Prince

  Herbert, Belle (née Wilson)

  Herbert, Michael (Mungo)

  hierarchy

  Holford, Captain George

  Homestead Act (1862)

  Hope, Lady May (née Yohé)

  house parties. See also country house weekends

  houses: decor; development of; layout; plumbing of. See also mansions

  Houses of Parliament

  housing, lack of

  Hummel, Roxanna. See Claflin, Roxanna (née Hummel)

  Humphreys, Mary Gay

  Hungerford, Daniel

  Hungerford, Louise. See Mackay, Louise (née Hungerford, formerly Bryant)

  Hunt, Richard Morris

  husbands, American

  Hyde Park, London

  illegitimacy

  immigration

  India

  industrialisation

  invitations: from Alva Vanderbilt; from Caroline Astor; from Cornelia Bradley-Martin; from Maria de Baril; posted; wedding

  Irish population, American

  Irving, Washington

  James, Henry

  Jenks, Daniel A.

  Jerome, Clara. See Frewen, Clara (née Jerome)

  Jerome, Jennie. See Churchill, Jennie, Lady Randolph (née Jerome)

  Jerome, Leonard

  Jerome, Leonie. See Leslie, Lady Leonie (née Jerome)

  Jerome sisters

  jewellery: Caroline Astor’s; Cornela Bradley-Martin’s; Grace Vanderbilt’s; left in wills; Louise Mackay’s; Tiffany & Co, New York; wedding; worn to balls

  Jewish society, New York

  Johnston, Ebenezer

  Johnston, Melissa. See Wilson, Melissa (née Johnston)

  Jones, Edith

  Jones, Harry

  Jones, Mary Mason

  Jones, Minnie

  journalists

  Jubilee Ball

  Junior Patriarchs

  Keppel, Mrs George

  Kinsky, Prince Karl

  Knickerbocker girls

  Knickerbocker society

  Knollys, Charlotte

  ‘La Belle Otero’

  ‘La Païva’ (courtesan)

  ‘Ladies’ Mile’

  Lady in White (Herkomer)

  landowners

  Langdon, Valerie. See Meux, Lady Valerie (née Langdon, also Reece)

  Langtry, Lily

  Lansdowne family

  Lansdowne, Lady Maud

  Lansdowne, Marquess of

  lawsuits

  Lehr, Elizabeth (née Drexel)

  Lehr, Harry
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  Leiter family

  Leiter, Joseph Levi

  Leiter, Marguerite. See Suffolk, Marguerite Hyde (‘Daisy,’ née Leiter), Countess of

  Leiter, Mary. See Curzon, Mary (née Leiter)

  Leiter, Mary Theresa

  Leslie, Jack

  Leslie, Lady Leonie (née Jerome)

  Leslie, Sir John

  Leslie’s Weekly (magazine)

  Lewiston Daily Sun

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Linsly, Jared

  Lippincott’s Magazine

  Lister, Barbara

  London

  Long Depression (1873)

  Los Angeles Herald

  ‘Lovely Five’

  Luby, William

  Luckmeyer, Edward

  Lucy, Mary Elizabeth

  Lucy, Spencer

  Lysistrata (Bennett yacht)

  Lytton, Lady Emily

  McAllister, Ward: advice to men; and Caroline Astor; Patriarchs’ Ball; remoulding of society; ‘The Saunterer’ on

  Mackay-Bonynge feud

  Mackay, John William

  Mackay, Louise (née Hungerford, formerly Bryant)

  McVickar, Katharine. See Grantley, Lady Katharine (née McVickar, formerly Norton)

  magazines, society. See also individual titles

  Manchester, Consuelo (née Yznaga), Duchess of: and Adèle (Lady Essex); and Alva vanderbilt; background; education; and Louise Mackay; marriage; and Minnie Paget; and Willie K

  Manchester Examiner and Times

  Manchester, Helena (née Zimmerman), Duchess of

  Manchester, Kim, 8th Duke of

  Manchester, William, 7th Duke of

  Manchester, William, 9th Duke of

  Mandeville, Lady Consuelo. See Manchester, Consuelo (née Yznaga), Duchess of

  Mandeville, Viscount. See Manchester, Kim, 8th Duke of

  Mann, Colonel William d’Alton

  mansions: development of; extravagance of

  Mar, Countess of

  Mar, Earl of

  Marble House, Newport

  Marlborough, Charles, 9th Duke of

  Marlborough, Consuelo, Duchess of (née Vanderbilt): and Blenheim Palace; childhood; and Jennie Churchill; marriage; relationship with mother (Alva); relationship with parents; servants; society balls; on society life

  Marlborough family

  Marlborough, John, 7th Duke of

  marriage: definition of; fidelity; meeting partners; proposals; and religion; ‘on the shelf’; success of. See also divorce

  Marriage of Thetis and Peleus, The (Poussin)

  Married Women’s Property Acts

  Martin, Bradley. See Bradley-Martin, Mr

  Martin, Cornelia. See Craven, Lady Cornelia (née Bradley-Martin)

  Martin family. See Bradley-Martin, Cornelia; Bradley-Martin family

  Martin, Frederick

  Martin, John Biddulph

  Mason, John

  Mason Jones, Mary

  May, Caroline

  Mayflower, The (Goelet yacht)

  Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest

  Melba, Nellie

  Metropolitan Opera House, New York

  Metternich, Princess Pauline Clémentine von

  Meux, Lady Valerie (née Langdon, also Reece)

  Moncreiffe, Lady Louisa

  Monserrate, 1st Viscount of. See Cook, Francis, 1st Viscount of Monserrate

  Monserrate Palace, Portugal

  Montagu, George Victor Drogo (Kim). See Manchester, Kim, 8th Duke of

  Montagu, Lady Mary

  Montagu, Lady Nell

  Montijo, Eugénie de. See Napoleon, Empress Eugénie (née Montijo)

  Mook, Robert

  Moor Park, Hertfordshire

  Moore, George

  Morgan, J. P.

  Morgan, Pierpont

  Morrison, Arthur

  Moulton, Lillie

  ‘Mrs Cust’

  Mrs Jonathan Abroad (Hastings)

  Murphy, Anna. See Wolseley, Lady Anna (née Murphy)

  Murphy, Anna (née Geoghan)

  Murphy, Daniel

  musical evenings

  Napoleon, Empress Eugénie (née Montijo)

  Napoleon III, Emperor Louis-

  National Consumers’ League

  National Trust

  naval officers

  Neustretter, Nellie

  Nevill Holt Hall, Leicestershire (Cunard house)

  New York

  New York American

  New York Draft Riots (1863)

  New York Evening Telegraph

  New York Herald

  New York Historical Society

  New York Journal

  New York society

  New York Times: boardroom of; on Bradley-Martin Ball; Mackay-Bonynge feud; on Marietta Stevens; on Mary Mason Jones; on Newport; on Saratoga Springs; on Scotland; on Tennie Cook; on women

  New York Tribune

  New York World

  Newport society

  newspapers, American. See also individual titles

  newspapers, English

  Nice carnival (1886)

  Nineteenth Century Magazine

  Norseman, The (yacht)

  North American Review, The

  North Star (Vanderbilt yacht)

  Norton, Charles

  Norton, Katharine. See Grantley, Lady Katharine (née McVickar, formerly Norton)

  Nunn, Ada Annie

  O’Brien, William

  Oelrichs, Blanche

  Offenbach, Jacques

  opera

  orphans

  Overland Telegraph Company

  Paget, Captain Arthur

  Paget, Lady Minnie (née Stevens): childhood; and Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester; death of mother; and Edward VII; family; jewellery

  Pankhurst, Christabel

  Paris

  Park House, Wolseley Hall, Staffordshire

  Park Theatre, New York

  ‘Patriarchs’

  Patriarchs’ Ball

  Paul, Mary. See Astor, Mary (Mamie) Waldorf (née Paul)

  Pearl, Cora (courtesan)

  Peters, Rev. Dr Madison

  Phelps, Edward J.

  Phipps, Henry

  Piccadilly, London

  Political Equality League

  politics

  polo matches

  Poniatowski, Prince André

  Ponsonby, Sir Frederick

  Pont, Pauline du

  Portland, Duke of

  portraits

  Pougy, Liane de

  Poussin, Nicolas, Marriage of Thetis and Peleus

  Price, Lilian

  Professional Beauties

  property rights

  prostitution

  Punch Almanack

  Reece, Valerie. See Meux, Lady Valerie (née Langdon, also Reece)

  Reed, Fanny

  Reed, Marietta. See Stevens, Marietta (née Reed)

  Reform Act, English (1832)

  Revelstoke, Lord

  Richards, John Morgan

  Robinson, Anna

  Roche, Frances (‘Fanny’) Ellen (née Work, later Batonyi)

  Roche, Frank

  Roche, James (‘Jim’) Boothby Burke

  Roche, Maurice

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Roosevelt, President Theodore

  Rothschild, Lady

  Rotten Row, London

  Rough Point, Newport (house)

  Roxburghe, Anne, Dowager Duchess

  Roxburghe, Henry, 8th Duke of

  Roxburghe, May, Duchess of

  royalty

  rum

  Russell, Lillian

  Rutherfurd, Winthrop

  Sagan, Prince de

  St James’s Street, London

  St Thomas Episcopal Church, New York

  ‘Salisbury Blacks’ (horses)

  Salisbury, Lord

  Salon de Lumières

  San Francisco Call

  Sandringham House, Norfolk

  sanitation

 
; Saratoga Springs, New York

  scandals

  Scarsdale, Lord

  Schermerhorn, Caroline. See Astor, Caroline (née Schermerhorn)

  season, junior

  servants: accepting newcomers; Americans and; British Raj; butlers; children and; footmen; immigrants; number of

  sexual attitudes

  Shaw, George Bernard

  Sherman, Cornelia. See Bradley-Martin, Cornelia (née Sherman)

  Sherman, Isaac

  Sherman, Mildred

  ships

  Singer Sargent, John

  Sitwell, Osbert

  slavery

  Sloane, Jessie

  slums

  Smalley, George W.

  Smith, Jennie

  Smith, Mamie Stuyvesant

  Smith, Murray Forbes

  Smith, Phoebe

  Social Democratic Federation

  social skills

  social status

  society balls

  society columnists

  Soveral, Marquis de

  Spencer-Churchill family. See Marlborough family

  spinsters

  spiritualism

  Spring-Rice, Cecil

  St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York

  stag parties

  Stead, William

  Stephens, Rodie. See Bonynge, Rodie (née Stephens, formerly Daniel)

  Stevens family

  Stevens, Harry

  Stevens, Marietta (née Reed): and Edward VII; and Louise Mackay; scandal; social climber; and son Harry; widow

  Stevens, Minnie. See Paget, Lady Minnie (née Stevens)

  Stevens, Paran

  Stewart family

  Street, George Slythe

  Studley Royal, Ripon

  Suffield, Lady Cecilia

  Suffolk, Marguerite Hyde (‘Daisy,’ née Leiter), Countess of

  suffrage

  Sullivan, Sir Arthur

  Supreme Court, New York

  Talbot, Charles Chetwynd-, 2nd Earl Talbot

  Talbot, Lady Cecil

  Tandragee Castle, County Armagh

  Tarifa (Cunard liner)

  tenements

  Tennant, Margot. See Asquith, Margot (née Tennant)

  tennis

  Teutonic (ship)

  Thaw, Alice. See Yarmouth, Alice (née Thaw), Countess of

  Thaw, Harry

  The Breakers, Newport house

  ‘The Saunterer’ (Town Topics): on the Astors; on the Bradley-Martins; on Cornelia Martin; on Duke of Marlborough; on Frances Roche; on Marietta Stevens

  Thynne, Lord Alexander

  Tichenor, Charles

  Tiffany & Co, New York

  Times, The

  Titled Americans (magazine)

  Town Topics (society magazine): on Alva Vanderbilt; background; Mackay-Bonynge feud; on Marietta Stevens; on Maud Burke; on Willie K Vanderbilt. See also ‘The Saunterer’ (Town Topics)

  ‘triangle trade,’ Newport

  Truth (magazine)

  Tuileries Palace, Paris

  Tweed, Boss

  Tweedsmuir, Lady

  Underground, London

  United States Hotel, Newport

  Valiant (Vanderbilt yacht)

 

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