Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland | |
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![]() Portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland, 1904, by John Singer Sargent. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid).[1] | |
Born | Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine 20 October 1867 |
Died | 20 August 1955 Orriule, France | (aged 87)
Spouse(s) |
George Hawes
(m. 1919; div. 1925) |
Children | 4, including George and Rosemary |
Father | Robert St Clair-Erskine |
Relatives | Sybil Fane (sister) Angela Forbes (sister) Daisy Greville (half-sister) |
Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland RRC (née Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine, 20 October 1867 – 20 August 1955) was a Scottish society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower. Her first husband was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland. By her two later marriages, she was known as Lady Millicent Fitzgerald and Lady Millicent Hawes, the latter of which was the name she used at the time of her death.