Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland

The Right Honourable The Countess of Sutherland
Arms of the Countess of Sutherland
Born	30 March 1921
Title	Countess of Sutherland
Tenure	1 February 1963 – present
Other titles	Lady Strathnaver
Residence	Dunrobin Castle
Predecessor	The 5th Duke of Sutherland
Heir apparent	Alastair Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver
Spouse(s)	Charles Jansen
Parents	Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower and Elizabeth Demarest

Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland (born 30 March 1921) is a Scottish noblewoman.^[1]

Early life

She was born Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the only child of Major Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1890–1921), a son of Cromartie, Duke of Sutherland, and his wife Elizabeth Demarest (1892–1931), the former wife of John G. A. Leishman, Jr. and a daughter of Warren Gardner Demarest of New York City.

Her father died while taking part in a big game expedition in Rhodesia, contracting malaria and dying there on 28 April 1921, aged 31. Her mother then married, in 1931, Baron George Osten Driesen, but died three months later. Elizabeth then became a ward of her uncle George, Duke of Sutherland. Upon his death, she succeeded in her own right as the twenty-fourth Countess of Sutherland and Lady Strathnaver,^[2] whilst the Dukedom and the other titles that could pass in the male line only were inherited by the Earl of Ellesmere. She also inherited most of her uncle's large land-holdings, including Dunrobin Castle. She subsequently dropped the double-barrels in her family name, in order to be recognised as Chief of Clan Sutherland.

Marriage

The Countess married Charles Noel Janson (1917 - 2006) on 5 January 1946 and had four children:^[3]

• Alistair Charles St Clair Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver (born 7 January 1947)
• The Hon. Martin Dearman Sutherland (born 7 January 1947)
• Lady Annabel Elizabeth Helene Sutherland (born 16 May 1952)
• The Hon. Matthew Peter Demarest Sutherland (8 April 1955 – 5 December 1969)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland

16. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland               8. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland                       17. Lady Harriet Howard               4. Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland                             18. John Hay-Mackenzie               9. Anne Hay-Mackenzie, 1st Countess of Cromartie                       19. Anne Gibson-Craig               2. Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower                                   20. James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn               10. Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn                       21. Frances Wemyss               5. Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine                             22. Henry FitzRoy               11. Blanche FitzRoy                       23. Jane Beauclerk               1. Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland                                         24. John Demarest               12. Aaron Demarest                       25. Elizabeth Eckerson               6. Warren Demarest                             13. Charlotte Gardner                       3. Elizabeth Demarest                                   14. Lewis Applegate                       7. Elizabeth Applegate                             15. Matilda Ross

Arms

Arms of Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant rampant proper Escutcheon Gules three Mullets Or (as the ancient arms of Sutherland of that Ilk) on a Bordure of the second a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first (as an Honourable Augmentation) Supporters On the dexter side a Savage Man wreathed about the head and loins with Laurel proper, holding in his exterior hand a Club Gules resting upon his shoulder, and on the sinister side another like Savage sustaining in his sinister hand and against his shoulder, upon a Staff ensigned by the Coronet of an Earl a Bannerette Gules, charged of three Mullets Or Motto Sans Peur (Without fear)

References

1. "Conqueror23". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. http://www.clansutherland.org/FrChief.htm
3. Theroff, Paul. "sutherland". www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/ (Paul Theroff’s Royal Genealogy Site).

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Countess of Sutherland
• Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland