Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, 1877-1964

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Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt was born in New York City. She was the eldest child of William Kissam Vanderbilt, a New York railroad millionaire, and his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith. Determined to secure the highest-ranking mate possible for her only daughter, Alva Vanderbilt engineered a meeting between Consuelo and the indebted, titled Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. The pair married at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City, on November 6, 1895. They had two sons. Consuelo's second marriage, on July 4, 1921, was to Lt. Col. Jacques Balsan. Consuelo Balsan died at Southampton, Long Island, New York, on December 6, 1964.
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creatorOf Vol. CCXXXVI (ff. 200). 1910-1913.includes:f. 1 William Leonard Courtney, journalist: Letter to Marie Stopes from William Leonard Courtney: 1910: Signed.ff. 2-4v, 34-37, 90, 147, 184 Vernon Horace Rendall, Editor, 'The Athenaeum': Letters to Mari..., 1910-1913 British Library
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referencedIn Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.). Scrapbooks, logbooks and photo albums, ca. 1885-1952, ca. 1900-ca. 1940 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Young, Matilda. Papers, 1932-1933. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Edgar Huidekoper Wells papers, 1912-1933. Houghton Library
creatorOf Vol. CCXXXIX (ff. 146). 1919.includes:ff. 1, 5 Lilian Arnold, Editor, 'The Ladies Field': Letters to Marie Stopes from Lilian Arnold: 1919: Signed.f. 2 Mrs Magdalen Stuart Reeves, of the Ministry of Food; wife of W P Reeves: Correspondence with M..., 1919 British Library
referencedIn Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937. Houghton Library
creatorOf STRACHEY PAPERS (20TH CENTURY SERIES). Vol. XXV (ff. 181). 1. ff. 1-3. Sir Bernard Mallet; 1920. 2. ff. 4-40. George Herbert Leigh Mallory, mountaineer; 1909-1918, n.d. 3. ff. 41-45. 'Katherine Mansfield'; 1916-1919. 4. ff. 46-50. E. Mardle; 1914-191..., 1893-1931 British Library
referencedIn Du Pont, Pauline Foster, 1849-1902. Papers, 1861-1902. Hagley Museum & Library
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Death 1964-12-06

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