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OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008

 

 

 

 
  Mrs. Colin Powys Campbell
née Nancy Lathrop Carver Leiter

1872 – 1930

Nancy and her sister, Mary, were daughters of Levi Leiter, a businessman who made his fortune in dry goods and real estate. Mary married British aristocrat, Lord George Curzon, who later became Viceroy of India. While the sisters were traveling in Delhi in 1902, Nancy met Lieutenant Colonel Colin Powys Campbell of the British Army, who later became her husband. Many garments worn by Mrs. Nancy Campbell survive in the costume collection of the Chicago History Museum.
 
   
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