Educated at Eton and Cambridge, this British born investment banker exploited the “special relationship” between America and Britain when he founded his Atlanticist dining society. With his stunning wife, the designer Lucy Sykes, he’s amongst New York’s most invited and he’s said to care very much about elegance. Always impeccably dressed, here’s a gent who is a big fan of the tailor Tom Brown.

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Grant Harrold
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Grant Harrold

A former under butler to Prince Charles, Lanarkshire born Harrold has morphed into “a Jeeves for hire”. He agreed an out of court settlement after being likened to the killer Raoul Moat and now charges £80 an hour for etiquette tips. He “adores” the Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day and claims to […]

Denise Eisenberg Rich
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Denise Eisenberg Rich

Rich by name, rich by nature. This US-born Grammy nominated singer-songwriter’s billionaire ex-husband, Marc Rich, received a pardon on President Clinton’s last day in office after she’d given more than a million dollars to the Democratic Party and the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park. She renounced her US citizenship and became and Austrian […]