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Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (3 November 1891 – 24 August 1943), born Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler and styled Marchioness of Stafford from 1912 to 1913, was a British courtier.
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The Duchess of Sutherland is the wife of the Duke of...
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Elizabeth was born at Leven Lodge near Edinburgh, to William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland and his wife Mary (c. 1740–1766), the daughter and co-heir of William Maxwell, who owned slave plantations in the colony of Jamaica. Her parents died of "putrid fever" (typhus) in Bath in 1766, a few weeks after her first birthday. As the only surviving...
Lady Elizabeth Sutherland spent most of her childhood living in Edinburgh and London, where she was educated between 1779 and 1782. On 4 September 1785, at the age of 20, she married George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, at St Marylebone Parish Church, London. He was known as Earl Gower from 1786 until, in 1803, he succeeded to his fat...
Under the terms of the marriage contract, control but not ownership of the Sutherland estate passed from Elizabeth to her husband for life.[a] The couple also purchased additional land in Sutherland between 1812 and 1816, bringing the proportion of the County of Sutherland owned by them to around 63% (as measured by rental value).: xiii At the time...
The Highland Clearances were part of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution. The old run-rig arable areas were replaced with more modern farming methods, new crops and land drainage systems were introduced and, controversially, the mixed farming tenants in the inland straths and glens were evicted and their former tenancies were used for, most common...
Lady Sutherland twice raised a volunteer regiment, the "Sutherlandshire Fencibles", in 1779 and 1793, which was later deployed in suppressing the Irish rebellion of 1798. In 1790 her husband was appointed Ambassador to France and she accompanied him to Paris. She was able to witness the revolutionary events first-hand and wrote descriptions of the ...
On 4 September 1785, Lady Sutherland married Lord George Leveson-Gowerand they had four surviving children: 1. George Granville Leveson-Gower, later Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, styled Earl Gower, later styled Marquess of Stafford, later 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861) 2. The Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (c. 1788–1870), married Henry Fitzala...
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sutherland, Earls and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 169.Lundy, Darryl (10 May 2003), William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland, The Peerage, p. 995, § 9943Richards, Eric (2004). "Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (1765–1839)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/42000. (Subscription or UK public l...White, G. H., ed. (1953) [1949], The Complete Peerage, vol. XI, St Catherine's Press, p. 563Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (nascida Eileen Gwladys Butler; Chelsea, 3 de novembro de 1891 — 24 de agosto de 1943) [1] foi uma nobre inglesa. Ela foi marquesa de Stafford e duquesa de Sutherland pelo seu casamento com George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5.° Duque de Sutherland .
Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (nascida Eileen Gwladys Butler; Chelsea, 3 de novembro de 1891 — 24 de agosto de 1943) [1] foi uma nobre inglesa. Ela foi marquesa de Stafford e duquesa de Sutherland pelo seu casamento com George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5.° Duque de Sutherland.
Rosemary Millicent Ward, Viscountess Ednam ARRC (née Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 9 August 1893 – 21 July 1930) was a British socialite who served as a nurse in France during the First World War.
Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland RRC (née Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine, 20 October 1867 – 20 August 1955) was a British society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower.
