Family name: Goelet, Göelet May Wilson Goelet in New York: Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred," the "Ultra-fashionable 150" 1877, May Wilson and Ogden Goelet married in New York. 1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. Ogden Goelet, Mrs. May Goelet, and Mary Goelet attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. 1903 November 10, Henry John Innes-Ker and Mary Goelet married. Mr. Ogden Goelet (at 502), Mrs. May Goelet (at 503), and Mary Goelet (at 228), called Miss Ogden Göelet, attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball. Miss Mary Göelet was among the Suite of Ladies in the Oriental procession. Lady Violet Greville says that Miss Mary Goelet, "a very pretty girl, made quite a sensation at the Duchess of Devonshire's ball." According to the Pall Mall Gazette, "Miss Ogden Goelet, as a lady of the Assyrian court, was attired in a beautiful robe of golden gauze, glittering with multi-coloured jewels, and draped at the waist with soft sashes of crépe de chine in pale shades of mauve, pink, and blue." "Miss Goelett (Assyrian Queen), gold embroidered gauze with pink, blue, and mauve sashes." John Thomson's portrait of "Mary (née Goelet), Duchess of Roxburghe as Scheherazade" in costume is photogravure #243 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Miss Goelet as Scheherazade," with a Long S in Miss. Nationality: both, American Roxburghe: Floors Castle, Scotland Goelets, in London: Wimbourne House Ogden Goelet (11 June 1851 – 27 August 1897) May (Mary Rita) Wilson Goelet (December 12, 1855 – February 23, 1929) Mary Goelet (6 October 1878 – 26 April 1937) Robert Wilson Goelet (1880–1966) Mary Goelet (6 October 1878 – 26 April 1937) Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (24 July 1876 – 29 September 1932) George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker (7 September 1913 – 26 September 1974) Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Duke of Marlborough Winston Churchill Nationality: both, American Roxburghe: Floors Castle, Scotland Goelets, in London: Wimbourne House Ogden Goelet (11 June 1851 – 27 August 1897) May (Mary Rita) Wilson Goelet (December 12, 1855 – February 23, 1929) Mary Goelet (6 October 1878 – 26 April 1937) Robert Wilson Goelet (1880–1966) Mary Goelet (6 October 1878 – 26 April 1937) Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (24 July 1876 – 29 September 1932) George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker (7 September 1913 – 26 September 1974) Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Duke of Marlborough Winston Churchill "At the time of her marriage to the Duke of Roxburghe, [Mary Goelet] was the wealthiest American heiress, with a dowry of twenty million dollars, exceeded only by Consuelo Vanderbilt in the wealth brought to the transatlantic marriages of the pre-1914 era" ("Mary Goelet." Wikipedia). The Suite of Ladies in the Oriental procession at the Duchess of Devonshire's 1897 fancy-dress ball included the following: a Miss West, Mary Goelet, Lady C. Grosvenor, and Miss Oppenheim. The identity of Miss West is even more uncertain than that of Lady C. Grosvenor or Hon. R. Grosvenor. Mary Goelet was 18 years old at the time of the ball; Lady Constance Grosvenor almost 22; Miss Rosalind Oppenheim's age is uncertain, but she cannot be younger than about 30 (her father remarried in 1868). "Mary Wilson Goelet". Wikipedia. 2020-11-24. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Wilson_Goelet&oldid=990448790. Greville, Violet, Lady. "Place Aux Dames." The Graphic 4 September 1897, Saturday: 27 [of 36]. British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000057/18970904/032/0027. 1a–3c [of 3]. 1899. "Miss Goelet as Scheherazade." National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158606/Mary-ne-Goelet-Duchess-of-Roxburghe-as-Scheherazade. "Ogden Goelet". Wikipedia. 2020-11-24. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ogden_Goelet&oldid=990463076. "Mary Goelet". Wikipedia. 2020-11-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Goelet&oldid=990260921. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Goelet. "Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe." "Person Page". Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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