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| Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston |
Mary had a father who worked for Marshall Fields in Chicago and a mother who saw opportunity in her striking, six-foot tall daughter. In 1894, she was introduced by way of the American Ambassador to British society, and was ignored until the Prince of Wales asked her to dance. Suddenly everyone became interested in Mary, but she settled on George Curzon, a man without a penny but with a title. She brought the money and he brought the title to the marriage, and together they moved to Bombay after accepting the position of Viceroy of India. She always insisted on looking the part, wearing extravagant dresses that to this day are commemorated in museums.
This is the very shortened story of a young lady from Chicago became one of the highest ranking Americans in British history to date.
