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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. Her first husband was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower ...
Millicent Saint Clair Erskine (1867‒1955) was the eldest daughter of the fourth Earl of Rosslin and Blanche Fitzroy. At the age of seventeen she had married Cromartie Sutherland Leveson-Gower, who inherited the title of Duke of Sutherland in 1892.
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. Contributed by: Catherine91214
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.
Millicent Fanny. St Clair-Erskine. Sutherland-Leveson-Gower. Duchess of Sutherland. Society hostess and social reformer, was born at Dysart House, Fife, the eldest child of Robert St Clair-Erskine, fourth earl of Rosslyn (1833-1900), and his wife, Blanche (d. 1933), daughter of Henry Fitzroy and widow of the Hon. Charles Maynard. ∼After the ...
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland Millicent Fanny St-Clair Erskine was born in Fife on 20th October 1867, the eldest child of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn and Blanche Fitzroy. The Earl encouraged education and opinion in his children. Millicent developed as a reader and writer and learned to read and speak fluent French and German.
The Duchess of Sutherland was considered one of the great English beauties and a successful society hostess but she was also an advocate for social reform and an author. 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.
