After the Palace - Some of Consuelo Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill Balsan ...
Nov 10, 2019 · While not a palace, Sunderland House, Consuelo’s London home was palatial, at the very least. Built as a gift from her father (after his attempts to purchase Marlborough House for her and Sunny from the Crown were rebuffed )she kept it after the separation.
Town mouse on Sutherland House - Country Life
Dec 28, 2012 · They settled, instead, on Sunderland House. Before it had been decorated, the marriage had ended, Consuelo having formed an attachment to the future Marquess of Londonderry. Sunderland House became hers, its vast rooms the scene of speeches on female suffrage and ‘sweated women’.
Mansions of the Gilded Age | What really happened to Sunderland House …
What really happened to Sunderland House London? The photo on the left is of Sunderland House London shortly after it was built by William K Vanderbilt in 1901 for his daughter Consuelo then Duchess...
Sunderland House Mabie Todd's London Headquarters
Aug 24, 2015 · A remark of Greenies ("bomb damage") prompted me to look into Sunderland House, Mabie Todd's grand London Headquarters in the 1930s which was destroyed by bombing in 1940. Here's a snap: The house was built in 1904 for his daughter Consuleo, by William Kissam Vanderbilt, eldest son of the famous "Commodore".
Curzon Street - Wikipedia
Curzon Street is a street in Mayfair, London, within the W1J postcode district, that ranges from Fitzmaurice Place, past Shepherd Market, to Park Lane. It is named after Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet, who inherited the landholding during 1715. [2] . …
Consuelo Vanderbilt - Wikipedia
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Consuelo accepted the British Government's request to borrow the house for the use of the Interallied War Council. Sunderland House was sold by the Marlboroughs in 1919.
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Jan 16, 2017 · The couple were given a further annual income each of $100,000 for life by William Vanderbilt, who also built a mansion for his daughter as something of a wedding gift: Sunderland House in Curzon Street, Mayfair, (see image here) just …
Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough - The Photo …
Jan 8, 2024 · The duke, for his part, gave up the woman he reportedly loved back in England and collected US$2.5 million ($87.9 million in 2022 dollars) in railroad stock as a marriage settlement. Consuelo's father built a mansion for her in London, Sunderland House in Curzon Street.
Jewel History: Fashionable Weddings Mark Return of Pomp to London …
Apr 6, 2015 · Sunderland House, on Curzon Street in Mayfair, was the London residence of the groom’s mother. The Marlboroughs had built it together, financed by Consuelo’s father, before their separation. 7. The home of the bride’s mother and stepfather. Categories // jewel history, united kingdom, united states.
An exterior view of Sunderland House on Curzon Street, with its …
Sunderland House, Curzon Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1 Reference: BL18286A Type: Photograph (Negative)