YOUR HOST



      John Hazard Forbes is the creator of OLD MONEY AMERICA. He is a Mayflower descendant, and an Ivy League graduate. The Hazards were the richest family in colonial Newport. The Forbes are listed in Burke's Peerage. His wife is from a particularly fine Savannah clan.

      Outside his immediate circle, a thirty-five year career as an art expert and appraiser gave him unusual entrèe into the houses and lives of the old rich. Art experts must be observant; even the smallest detail cannot be overlooked. So along with their art collections, John Hazard Forbes has closely examined the customs, manners and viewpoints of America's upper crust.

      This Web site offers an insider's perspective. Everything here is based on your host's interactions with these remarkable -- and often peculiar -- people. Having known elites in New York, Pennsylvania, the Mid-west, New England and the South, John Hazard Forbes is in a unique position to observe and report on Old Money America.