Tag: aristocracy

I received an email from Sally E. Svenson, author of a new book about Lily, Duchess of Marlborough. She writes, "Lily Price Hamersley of New York was an anomaly in the traditional money-exchange-for-titles phenomenon of the late nineteenth century. She orchestrated her own marriage to the eighth Duke of Marlborough, settled no money directly on him, and estranged herself from her American family by marrying the duke – a divorced man. Read more...