Picture No | 11801126 |
Date | 1909 |
Description | The Duchess of Sutherland |
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Her Grace The Duchess of Sutherland. Described as 'one of the most beautiful members of the aristocracy, and the wife of one of the greatest landowners in England. Born Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler to the 7th Earl of Lanesborough on 3 November 1891, she was married on 11 April 1912 to George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, who succeeded his father as 5th Duke of Sutherland in 1913, whereupon Eileen became Duchess of Sutherland. In World War I, she was a Red Cross nurse. She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary from 1916 to 1921. She died in 1943, aged 51.
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Source | Tatler 27th October 1909 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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