Sallie was the second daughter of St. Louis mayor James Britton. She married James Mackin in 1878, Treasurer of the State of New York. After his death in 1887 she spent much of her time abroad. In 1896 she published her memoirs under the title "A Society Woman of Two Continents." In it she tells of the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis to St. Louis. She said that the first person invited to dance by the Grand Duke was her sister Fanny, "then the prettiest girl in St. Louis." The Duke then danced with Sallie. Upon the return of the imperial party from a buffalo hunt, the Home Circle invited his Imperial Highness to their guest at a ball. His answer was that his acceptance depended upon the assurance of her presence at the ball and leading the grand march with him, as well as being his partner at the supper following. Sallie was one of the few American women elected to the Papal peerage. Because of her liberality to the Catholic Church, after having become a convert, Pope Leo XIII made her a Countess of the Papal nobility; later she was elevated to the rank of princess by Pope Pius X. About the time she was made Countess, she began calling herself Sallie Spottiswood-Mackin.
Sallie was the second daughter of St. Louis mayor James Britton. She married James Mackin in 1878, Treasurer of the State of New York. After his death in 1887 she spent much of her time abroad. In 1896 she published her memoirs under the title "A Society Woman of Two Continents." In it she tells of the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis to St. Louis. She said that the first person invited to dance by the Grand Duke was her sister Fanny, "then the prettiest girl in St. Louis." The Duke then danced with Sallie. Upon the return of the imperial party from a buffalo hunt, the Home Circle invited his Imperial Highness to their guest at a ball. His answer was that his acceptance depended upon the assurance of her presence at the ball and leading the grand march with him, as well as being his partner at the supper following. Sallie was one of the few American women elected to the Papal peerage. Because of her liberality to the Catholic Church, after having become a convert, Pope Leo XIII made her a Countess of the Papal nobility; later she was elevated to the rank of princess by Pope Pius X. About the time she was made Countess, she began calling herself Sallie Spottiswood-Mackin.
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