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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Dollar Princess is in Lords of England.
Dollar Princess is a term used to describe wealthy America women who, in the late nineteenth century (although the practice started in the early nineteenth century), married into the European nobilty, particularly the English nobilty.
On 24th April 1817 Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds were married.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton, a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish.
On 29th October 1825 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley and Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley were married. She by marriage Marchioness Wellesley. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton, a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish.
On 24th April 1828 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds and Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds were married. He the son of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton, a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish.
On 26th May 1836 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford and Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton, a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish.
On 15th April 1874 Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill and Jenny Jerome were married at British Embassy, Paris. Regarded by some as the original Dollar Princess although there are much earlier examples. He the son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough.
On 22nd May 1876 George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester were married at Grace Church, Manhattan. He the son of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester.
In July 1878 General Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget and Mary "Minnie" Fiske Stevens were married.
On 22nd September 1880 James Roche 3rd Baron Fermoy and Frances Ellen Work Lady Fermoy were married at Christ Church New York. They separated in 1886.
On 22nd December 1880 Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh 7th Baronet and Florence Emily Sharon were married at Ralston Hall.
On 5th December 1881 John Lister-Kaye 3rd Baronet and Maria de la Natividad "Natica" Yznaga were married at Grace Church Manhattan.
On 8th March 1887 James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde and Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde were married. She brought a fortune of £200,000 to the marriage. He the son of John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde and Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde.
On 31st July 1889 Joseph Duveen 1st Baron Duveen and Elsie Salomon were married. Dollar Princess.
On 18th April 1893 William Craven 4th Earl Craven and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven were married at Grace Church Manhattan. She an heiress bringing an allowance of $75000 per year and property in Mayfair. He the son of George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven.
On 14th December 1893 George Capell 7th Earl of Essex and Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. She by marriage Countess Essex. Her uncle R Suydam Grant gave her away since her father David Beach Grant had died five years before.
On 6th November 1895 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough were married at St Thomas' Church New York. She by marriage Duchess Marlborough. The marriage arranged by Mary "Minnie" Fiske Stevens and encouraged by mother Alva Erskine Smith. The marriage was unhappy; they separated in 1906 and the marriage was annulled on 19th Augiust 1926. He the son of George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough.
The marriage settlement provided for the Duke to receive a $2,500,000 trust that would pay $100,000 per year. Consuelo also received a further $100,000 per year. The combined annual income of $200,000 (£40,000) more than doubled the income the Duke had enjoyed from his estates prior to the marriage. Consuelo and the Duke also acquired several large gifts from her father, William K. Vanderbilt, including a palatial London townhouse and a reported sum of $1,000,000 in cash to mark the Duke's safe return from South Africa.
On 14th November 1900 William Montagu 9th Duke Manchester and Helena Zimmerman were married at St Marylebone Church. They had met at a costume ball at a Brittany coast resort in Dinard in Brittany. They had two sons and two daughters. He the son of George Victor Drogo Montagu 8th Duke Manchester and Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester.
In 1905 George Charles Montagu 9th Earl Sandwich and Alberta Sturges Countess Sandwich were married.
On 6th December 1905 Gilbert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond 2nd Earl Ancaster and Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. He the son of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster.
On 10th October 1907 Alastair Robert Innes-Kerr and Anne Lawrence Breese were married. Dollar Princess. He the son of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe.
On 24th November 1909 Charles Beresford Fulke 3rd Baron Greville and Olive Agnes Grace Baroness Greville were married at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. She, a widow, brought $1million to the marriage that she had inherited from her first husband; Dollar Princess. Further, she was the neice of the millionaire brothers Michael P. Grace and William R. Grace. She was, apparently, twenty minutes late as a consequence of her car breaking down; possibly the first such bride to be so affected given the earliness of the year.
The reception was held at Carlton Terrace. Guests included Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone.
Their honeymoon was cut short by the serious illness of his father Algernon Greville-Nugent 2nd Baron Greville who died nine days after the wedding.
On 7th February 1911 John Beresford 5th Baron Decies and Helen Vivien Gould Baroness Decies were married. She by marriage Baroness Decies of Decies in Waterford. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 14th October 1924 Randolph Stewart 12th Earl Galloway and Philippa Fendall Wendell Countess of Galloway were married. She by marriage Countess Galloway. He the son of Randolph Stewart 11th Earl Galloway and Amy Mary Pauline Cliffe Countess Galloway.