To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery by Gail MacColl

Author:Gail MacColl [MacColl, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, England/Great Britain, United States, History, Social Sciences, Family & Relationships, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-0761171980
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 1989-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Cartoonists continued to follow the American heiresses’ activities in their new land. The legend on the balcony reads: “Reserved for American Wives of English lords.”

In 1885 Lord Randolph Churchill was appointed secretary of state for India. Since he was too busy to campaign for reelection to his seat in the House of Commons, Jennie took over the job and canvassed the Woodstock constituency in her sister-in-law’s wicker tandem, decorated with ribbons in brown and pink—Randolph’s racing colors. Her success as a vote-getter inspired the opposition party’s Sir Henry James to declare he would introduce “a new Corrupt Practices Act. Tandems must be put down; and certainly some alteration made in the means of ascent and descent therefrom. The graceful wave of a pocket handkerchief will be dealt with in committee.” From New York, Leonard Jerome wrote his wife: “You have no idea how universally Jennie is talked about and how proud the Americans are of her.”

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