The 2016 duchesses and their escorts were announced at a party at the Belo Mansion on Dec. 17.
| Miss Layne Forbes Anderson | Mr. William Ryan Norton Baker |
| Miss Kathryn Grace Bancroft | Mr. Robert Michael Bass |
| Miss Zöe Anne Besser | Mr. Austin Locke Braly |
| Miss Lancaster Anne Blake | Mr. Tyler Hunter Brock |
| Miss Avery Elizabeth Campbell | Mr. Stephen Campbell Brooks |
| Miss Allie Elizabeth Cowan | Mr. John Richard Bunten III |
| Miss Carolena Gabrielle Crank | Mr. William Cale Cherry |
| Miss Elizabeth Page Davis | Mr. Brandon Robert Copeland |
| Miss Lauren Nicole Echols | Mr. Stuart Thomas Forrester |
| Miss Elizabeth Gardner Farrow | Mr. Andrew Scott Frost |
| Miss Margaret Wiley Fersing | Mr. Austin Lambert Harrison |
| Miss Charlotte Leigh Fitzpatrick | Mr. David Alden Iola |
| Miss Rachel Suzanne Gill | Mr. Van Mark Jolas, Jr. |
| Miss Courtney Anne Horn | Mr. Mitchell Conrad Kaufman |
| Miss Laura Anne Hughes | Mr. Mason Buie Kelly |
| Miss Hailey Hayes Humann | Mr. Robert Rees LeMay |
| Miss Madison Henley James | Mr. Lee Reynolds Armistead Longino |
| Miss Kathleen Elizabeth Kilpatrick | Mr. Layne Christian Looney |
| Miss Elizabeth Alison Kraft | Mr. Douglas Weller Maclay III |
| Miss Catherine Winifred Kumpf | Mr. Nicholas Carter McDade |
| Miss Caroline Angel Magee | Mr. Elton Edward McIntosh |
| Miss Ann Christine Martin | Mr. Adam Campbell Nunez |
| Miss Kathleen Elizabeth Massa | Mr. Matthew Wilder Nunez |
| Miss Megan Marie Nash | Mr. Cole Robert Ogden |
| Miss Nancy Seay Neuhoff | Mr. John Blass O’Neill |
| Miss Jillian Grace Owens | Mr. John Patrick Perreault |
| Miss Justine Jo Patterson | Mr. Benjamin Scott Petty |
| Miss Margaret Carter Pittman | Mr. Payton Mayfield Phillips |
| Miss Emma Jean Ruk | Mr. James Brett Robertson, Jr. |
| Miss Cambria Katherine Sayre | Mr. Bennett Hoglund Robinson |
| Miss Elizabeth Everman Seay | Mr. William Deming Rogers |
| Miss Sydney Elisabeth Smith | Mr. John Scott Rohrman |
| Miss Elizabeth Reed Sockwell | Mr. Robert Lannan Ropp |
| Miss Julianna Catherine Szuwalski | Mr. William Zachary Salter |
| Miss Margaret Ann Taylor | Mr. Adam McClary Shiffer |
| Miss Meredith Kay Thomas | Mr. Austin James Shirley |
| Miss Catherine Margaret Thompson | Mr. Jack Clinton Thomas |
| Miss Lauren Michelle Titus | Mr. William John Walter |
| Miss Savannah Louise Willis | Mr. Sam Knight Welfelt |
| Miss Judith Lynn Wismer | Mr. William Paul Willis III |
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