Consuelo Balsan (formerly, Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt) (2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964), was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Her marriage to the Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough became an international emblem of the socially advantageous, but loveless marriages common during the Gilded Age.
Famous quotes containing the words consuelo and/or vanderbilt:
“Time is strange. A moment can be as short as a breath, or as long as eternity.”
—Ardel Wray, and Edward Dien. Jacques Tourneur. Cemetery Gatekeeper, The Leopard Man, talking to Consuelo (1943)
“We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.”
—Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974)