Mary (Parsons) Higgins (b.1857)

Mrs Marie Louise (Parsons) Breese, Higgins

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Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
By virtue of her second marriage to Henry Vincent Higgins she became, "one of the best known matrons in the American set in London". She was the sister of Amelia, Princess zu Lynar of Prussia, and they were first cousins of the socialite Sarah Swan Whiting whose disastrous marriage is related in the history of Belcourt. 

Parents

George McClellan Parsons

Hon. George McClellan Parsons, of Columbus, Ohio

1818-1895

Jane (Swan) Parsons

Mrs Jane (Swan) Parsons

1823-1900

Spouses

William Lawrence Breese

William Lawrence Breese, Stockbroker, of Breese & Smith, New York

1856-1888

Henry Vincent Higgins

"Harry" V. Higgins, C.V.O., Director of the Covent Garden Opera House, London

1855-1928

Children

William Lawrence Breese

Lt. William Lawrence Breese, of the Royal Horse Guards, killed in action

1883-1915

Associated Houses

Parsons Place

Columbus, Ohio

Categories

Gilded Age