Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester
The Duchess of Manchester | |
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| Born | Lady Susan Gordon 2 February 1774 |
| Died | 26 August 1828 (aged 54) Middlesex, England |
| Burial place | Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire |
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| Parent(s) | Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon Jane Maxwell |
Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (2 February 1774 – 26 August 1828), formerly Lady Susan Gordon, was the wife of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester.
Early life[edit]
Lady Susan was born at Gordon Castle,[1] the third daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and his first wife, the former Jane Maxwell; Jane was noted for having succeeded in making advantageous marriages for all her children.[2] It was said that she went to view the Duke of Manchester's house before meeting him.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Susan married the Duke of Manchester in Edinburgh on 7 October 1793. They had eight children:[4]
- Lady Jane Montagu (1794–1815), who died unmarried.[5]
- George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester (1799–1855).
- Lord William Francis Montagu (1800–1842), who married Emily, third daughter of James Du Pre, and had children.
- Lady Georgiana Frederica Montagu (1803–1892), who married Evan Baillie of Dochfour and had children.
- Lady Elizabeth Montagu, who married Thomas Steele and had children, including Thomas Montagu Steele.
- Lady Susan Montagu (c. 1801–1870), who married George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, and had children.
- Lady Caroline Catherine Montagu (c.1804–1892), who married John Hales Calcraft, MP and had children.
- Lady Emily Montagu (1806–1827), who died unmarried.[5]
Estrangement[edit]
The couple were estranged by 1808, when the duke became governor of Jamaica, and his wife remained in Britain.[6] The duke was notoriously unfaithful,[7] but it was the duchess who became the subject of a scandal when she left him for a footman. They separated and she was given a settlement.[8] An exile from polite society, the duchess died at Bedfont Lodge in Middlesex, in August 1828, at the age of 54. She was buried at Kimbolton.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2012.
- ^ "Gordon, Jane, Duchess of Gordon (1746 — 1812)". The Burns Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Maxwell house". The Scotsman. 29 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ John Debrett (1836). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. [Another]. p. 22. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2585.
- ^ "William Montagu (1771–1843), by Sir William Beechey, 1790". The Duchess of Manchester. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Chris Bryant (7 September 2017). Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy. Transworld. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-1-4735-2551-1.
- ^ Hannah Greig (26 September 2013). The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London. OUP Oxford. pp. 316–. ISBN 978-0-19-965900-5.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine: 1828. E. Cave. 1828. pp. 476–.