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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.
As the lady of Stafford House in London, located opposite Buckingham Palace, and of Dunrobin Castle in Scotland, the duchess became one of the leading hostesses of the period and one of the most brilliant women in London society of the day.
Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Duchess of Sutherland, with wounded soldiers, patients at No.9 Red Cross Hospital (Millicent Sutherland Ambulance) at Calais, July 1917.
Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, when Marchioness of Stafford (1867-1955) signed and dated Description Photograph of Millicent, Marchioness of Stafford, aged 20: full length portrait, seated on a balcony, turned to her left, looking to left, holding a strand of ivy.
With the outbreak of war, the Duchess took a Red Cross ambulance unit to France where she set up the No. 9 Red Cross Hospital. In August 1914 she was captured by the Germans but managed to escape. She served with the Red Cross in France for the remainder of the war.
Millicent became the Duchess of Sutherland in 1892. Known to her many friends and correspondents as Millie, Duchess Millicent was a very successful London hostess who had literary aspirations, writing both fiction and drama.
2 de ago. de 2017 · Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland Date: 1904 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: height: 254 cm (100 in) ; width: 146 cm (57.4 in)
