Harriet (Brown) Blair (1884-1953)

Mrs Harriet Stewart (Brown) Tailer, Blair

Associated Houses

Blairsden

Peapack-Gladstone

Blair Eyrie

Bar Harbor

Honeysuckle Lodge

Newport

Mondawmin

Baltimore

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.

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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 16/04/2020 and last updated on 12/10/2021.
Image from Harper's Weekly, 1909. Copyright Expired; Alexander Brown & His Descendants (1917) by Mary Elizabeth Brown