Her Grace The Duchess of Sutherland
Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland believed to be Lady
Millicent Fanny St. Clair- Erskine was born 20th October
1867 in Dysart House in Fife. She organized an ambulance unit that
saw active service in the siege of Namur, Belgium during World War
I. Trapped behind enemy lines in Belgium, Millicent escaped to
England where she wrote Six Weeks at the War. For her war service,
she was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, the Belgium Royal Red
Cross and the British Red Cross medal. She is known as a British
society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and
playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower.
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