Fortune For American-Born Duchess
CCo'MtTt!? FORTUNE of about £ 600,000 is inherited by the Duchess of Rox- ' burghe under the will of her nrnther, Mrs. Mary vM. rNajFtMbJ Rita Goelet, of Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., and formerly of Wimborne House, London. Mrs. Goelet died on February 23 last and left estate considerably in excess’ of £1,000,000, but of which that for the English grant is valued at £4,279. Mrs. Goelet, who was at one time a leading London hostess, was the widow *of Mr. Ogden Goelet and daughter of Mr. Richard Thornton Wilder, banker. Of the residue of her property, after family bequests, two-fifths is to go to Robert, and three-fifths to the Duchess of Roxburghe, or her issue.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 20
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118Fortune For American-Born Duchess Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 20
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