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)
“When I want to buy up any politician I always find the anti-monopolists the most purchasable—they don’t come so high.”
—William Vanderbilt (1821–1885)