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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3084

Autographs
1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
Admission card to the North Transept, Westminster Abbey. The card (7½ x 5 inches) has the embossed seal of the Earl Marshal, And is numbered "12", issued in the name of "The Duchess of Marlborough". Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964) was the daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt, the American railroad millionaire. She married the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1895 and brought her fortune to Blenheim Palace, although the marriage was unhappy and was annulled in 1921. Photo

Consuelo Vanderbilt , Duchess of Marlborough (1877 – 1964) was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Her marriage to The 9th Duke of Marlborough became an international emblem of the socially advantageous, but loveless, as was common during the Gilded Age.

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