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Wilson. Goelet. American socialite and member of a family known as the marrying Wilsons. May was born on December 12, 1855 in Loudon, Tennessee. She was the oldest surviving child born to Richard Thornton Wilson and Melissa Clementine (née Johnston) Wilson. Her father, who has been referred to as a war profiteer for his actions during...
Jun 13, 2014 - Mary (May) Goelet, American heiress, at the time of her engagement to the Duke of Roxburghe in 1903. Her dowry of twenty million dollars was second only to Consuelo Vanderbilt's.
10 de may. de 2018 · Mary Goelet Mary ‘May’ Goelet’s father, Ogden Goelet, was an heir to a number of New York City properties, including the Goelet Building, located at Broadway and 20th Street. In 1903, his daughter, who reportedly had a net worth of $20 million, married Scotsman and military careerist Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe, at Manhattan’s Saint Thomas Church.
16 de abr. de 2012 · Mary’s entertaining was always lavish and tasteful; and her floral arrangements became somewhat of a trademark. On February 1, 1886 the Goelet’s hosted a formal dinner, as usual served by Pinard, which prompted The Times to note “There was the usual elaborate floral decoration, novel features of which were two floral peacocks, upon which the favors for the guests were hung.”
Mary Innes-Ker (born Goelet) was born on month day 1878, in birth place, New York, to Ogden Goelet and Mary Rita “May” Goelet (born Wilson Goelet). Mary had one brother: Robert Wilson Goelet . Mary married Henry John Innes-Ker circa 1903, at age 24 in marriage place , New York.
Mary Goelet became Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, when she married Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe on November 10, 1903. Born as May Goelet, she was the daughter of the American millionaire and New York City real estate developer, Ogden Goelet, one of the wealthiest men from the Gilded Age.
Mary Lewis Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History. Harvard University Center for European Studies • 27 Kirkland Street, Room 126 Cambridge, MA 02138 • 617-998-5428 • mdlewis[at]fas.harvard.edu
