I've recently received a book about American heiresses who married British aristocrats between the 1870s and the First World War. They had the money, we had the titles and prestige. It lists dozens of US women mostly from New York, one even from Buffalo. 

A "Dollar Princess" from Buffalo? Please advise.

I've recently received a book about American heiresses who married British aristocrats between the 1870s and the First World War. They had the money, we had the titles and prestige. It lists dozens of US women mostly from New York, one even from Buffalo. 

There is a TV series called "The Gilded Age" which features the new rich vs the old rich in NYC in the 1880's. There is one character called The Duke of Buckingham who visits depending on who pays him the most. He has the title, the lands, the servants & all that, but not the money to keep them. The rich in NYC are all vying to "buy" his presence for prestige at their events. 

Usually TV and film productions make up titles for aristocrats to avoid problems with the descendants of actual figures. There was a real Duke of Buckingham around in the 1880s, but he had land and money. He served as a Cabinet Minister and a colonial Governor.  

I've recently received a book about American heiresses who married British aristocrats between the 1870s and the First World War. They had the money, we had the titles and prestige. It lists dozens of US women mostly from New York, one even from Buffalo. 

A "Dollar Princess" from Buffalo? Please advise.

Hannah Howard, daughter of Hiram Howard of Buffalo. She married Octavius Lambart, 5th son of the 8th Earl of Cavan in Canada in 1878. I assume he was a successful Buffalo businessman.  

I've recently received a book about American heiresses who married British aristocrats between the 1870s and the First World War. They had the money, we had the titles and prestige. It lists dozens of US women mostly from New York, one even from Buffalo. 

A "Dollar Princess" from Buffalo? Please advise.

Hannah Howard, daughter of Hiram Howard of Buffalo. She married Octavius Lambart, 5th son of the 8th Earl of Cavan in Canada in 1878. I assume he was a successful Buffalo businessman.  

Drawing a blank here, Mark. 

Look on this as your Christmas/New Year project to come up with a complete genealogy and history of the Howards of Buffalo. 

Shula, you've mentioned Project Gutenberg in which out of print books are available to read/download online, but have you tried Librivox? Long forgotten books are read aloud by volunteers for free! I find if tackling a difficult novel it makes more sense if I listen and read my copy at the same time. At the moment I'm on Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli, it can be heavy going, but becomes much clearer if I listen to it at the same time.

I recommended The Nebuly Coat by J M Falkner last year, that's on Librivox read by an Englishman with the perfect voice for an Edwardian suspense novel. Many books are read by Americans, Sybil is one, that reader has a great voice too.  

You're listening to an Englishman, I'm listening to an American, so there will be slight pronunciation anomalies from what we're used to. A few of the readers are a little indistinct at times and perhaps go too fast, but on the whole it's very good. I'll use it when reading a difficult book, 19th century Russian novels for instance!

Audio is helpful, too, because you can backtrack and listen to a phrase or sentence as many times as necessary to get the meaning.