Harriet (Brown) Blair (1884-1953)

Mrs Harriet Stewart (Brown) Tailer, Blair

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She was a great-great granddaughter of Alexander Brown, Founder of the investment bank Alexander Brown & Sons, of Baltimore. Her mother was a first cousin of "Aunt Bessie Merryman," Wallis Simpson's favorite aunt. On the occasion of he first marriage in 1909, her father gave her $500,000 as a wedding present.

Parents (2)

Alexander Brown

"Allie" Brown, of Brown & Sons, Bankers, of Baltimore, Maryland

1858-1949

Bessie (Montague) Brown

Mrs Bessie (Montague) Brown

1859-1930

Spouses (2)

Thomas Suffern Tailer

T. Suffern Tailer, of Honeysuckle Lodge, Newport, Rhode Island

1866-1928

Clinton Ledyard Blair

C. Ledyard Blair, of Blair & Co., Governor of the New York Stock Exchange etc.

1867-1949

Children (2)

Betty Brown (Tailer) Dyer

Mrs Betty Brown (Tailer) Dyer

1910-1978

Thomas Suffern Tailer

"Tommy" T. Suffern Tailer Jr.

1912-1984

Associated Houses (4)

Blairsden

Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey

Blair Eyrie

Bar Harbor, Maine

Honeysuckle Lodge

Newport, Rhode Island

Mondawmin

Baltimore, Maryland

Categories

Gilded Age Heiresses

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