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Adele Capell, Countess of Essex (née Adele Grant) was a US-born socialite who married into the British nobility. ==Early life== She was born in New York, the daughter of David Beach Grant of the Grant Locomotive Works.〔thePeerage.com 〕 Adele was the heiress to her uncle R.Suydam Grant, who gave her away at her wedding.〔NY Times archive http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20914FB3C5A1A738DDDAC0994DA415B8385F0D3〕 A society beauty, she was one of the so-called 'Lovely Five' along with the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Westmorland, the Countess of Lytton, and the Countess of Warwick.〔Women in Great Social Positions http://chestofbooks.com/food/household/Woman-Encyclopaedia-3/Women-In-Great-Social-Positions-Britain-s-American-Peeressf-Continued.html#ixzz1nzm3jZHL〕 She was the model for Hubert von Herkomer's portrait, 'Lady in White' 〔The Earl's Girl: Miss Adele Grant http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_30.html〕 and an 1892 portrait by Edward Hughes.〔Eaton Square: Lady in White http://eatonsquareblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/lady-in-white.html〕 Adele was engaged to Lord Cairns, but broke off the engagement on the eve of their wedding. She then became the second wife of the 7th Earl of Essex. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adele Capell, Countess of Essex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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