Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland


Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, born Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler and styled Marchioness of Stafford from 1912 to 1913, was a British courtier.

Biography

She was born on 3 November 1891 to the 7th Earl of Lanesborough. 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. She left no children.