Cecilia (Riggs) Howard (1844-1907)

Lady Cecilia Dowdall (Riggs) Howard

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Her dowry on marrying Sir Henry Howard was reputed to be £100,000. They were the parents of five children (listed).

Parents (2)

George Washington Riggs

"The President's Banker" of Washington D.C.

1813-1881

Janet (Shedden) Riggs

Mrs. Janet Madelaine Cecilia (Shedden) Riggs

1815-1871

Spouse (1)

Sir Henry Howard

G.C.M.G., K.C.B., of The Strand, London; British Envoy to the Hague & the Vatican

1843-1921

Children (5)

Marie, Baroness von Recum

Marie Ernestine (Howard), Baroness von Recum

1868-1954

George Howard

President of Dupont National Bank, Washington D.C.

1869-1919

Janet Madeleine Cecilia Howard

Died unmarried

1871-1960

Henry Mowbray Howard

Artist, of California & Kansas

1873-1953

Alice Lawrason Howard

Died unmarried

1876-1942

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Gilded Age Heiresses Titled Aristocracy