Josephina "Duchess" Cochran & Marcus Wyndham
They are first cousins. She was a bastard who's father had a long and loving affair with her mom upon her stepmother's death. The Earl married her mother and legitimized her. Upon his death the Earldom went to his nephew - Marcus - only if he married Duchess otherwise he was left penniless. Duchess tricked him into marrying her and consummating their marriage. American Wyndhams thought they inherited so they came and cousin Trevor wants to be the Earl.