Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston
Grace Elvina, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston of (actually Grace Elvina Hinds, born April 14, 1879 in Alabama, † May 27 1958 in London) was a wealthy American high society lady.
Life
Grace Elvina was the daughter of Joseph Monroe Hinds, U.S. ambassador to Brazil, and his wife Lucy Triglia. She attended the prestigious girls' boarding school Miss Porter 's School in Farmington. In 1897, the only 18 -year-old Grace married the landowner and cultural attaché Alfred Hubert Duggan of Buenos Aires. From the joint marriage came two sons, Alfred and Leo Hubert forth. After the death of her husband († 1915), she moved with her children to England, where she rose quickly as a high society lady in London society. There, the wealthy widow met the British politician George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston know of, these separated in the year 1916 by his longtime companion and well-known writer Elinor Glyn. On January 2, 1917, both were married in London, the marriage was by childlessness as not happy. Lady Grace had several extramarital affairs - including Sir Oswald Mosley, the husband of her step-daughter Cynthia Blanche. In the early 1920s the couple separated and she lived in London town house until her death.