Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

Millicent Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, CBE ( born October 20, 1867 in Dysart, Fife as Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair- Erskine, † August 20, 1955 ibid ) was a British socialite and social reformer.

Life

Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair- Erskine was the eldest daughter of the wealthy landowner and politician Robert Francis St. Clair- Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn ( 1833-1890 ) and his wife Lady Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy ( 1839-1933 ), a daughter Henry Fitzroy and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk.

On October 20, 1884 Lady Millicent married in Knightsbridge, London, the Scottish aristocrat Cromartie Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, Earl of Sutherland, the oldest son of George Granville Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland and Anne Hay- Mackenzie, Countess of Cromartie ( Peeress in her own right). The couple lived at Dunrobin Castle, where her husband died in 1913 after a long illness. From the marriage, which by all accounts was happy, went four children:

  • Victoria Elizabeth (1885-1888)
  • George Granville (1888-1963), 5th Duke of Sutherland
  • Alastair (1890-1921) ∞ 1918 Elizabeth Hélène Gardner Demarest ( 1892-1931 )
  • Rosemary Millicent (1893-1930 in a car accident ) ∞ 1919 William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley ( 1894-1969 )

During her marriage to Lady Millicent involved in several charitable organizations, including Highland Home Industries ( Harris Tweed ) - a big concern lay in the education and health sector. In addition to the medical care they also took care of the social need of people. They campaigned for the abolition of leaded and thus toxic paints ( glazes ) in ceramics production. These activities earned her the nickname " Meddlesome Millie " (about: intrusive Millie ) a.

During the First World War, founded and directed Lady Millicent, as sister Millicent, first in Wimereux Calais and later in a military hospital for wounded soldiers. Here she met the doctor Louisa Anderson know.

Name in different stages of life

Awards

Worth mentioning

  • Her half sister, Lady Frances Evelyn Maynard (1861-1938), later Countess of Warwick, was the mistress of King Edward VII of Great Britain.
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