From Uptown Girls To Downton Abbey

This hybrid program will be offered virtually and in-person (Presenter will be virtual).

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From Uptown Girls to Downtown Abbey: How American Gilded-Age Heiresses Invaded the British Aristocracy

Long before the British Invasion, the cash-strapped lords, viscounts, and dukes of Great Britain shifted their focus from hunting foxes and pheasants to more lucrative targets: cash-flush Gilded Age American socialites who were willing to trade their family’s money for an ancient title and often a chilly reception in the British aristocracy. Join Anglophile and former U.K. resident Claire Evans as she recounts the tales of some of the famously loaded young Americans who infused bank accounts of many stately homes, including close relatives of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana.  She’ll also give travel tips if you’d like to create a Gilded Age tour for yourself.