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Biography of Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie 1859-1946

On 6th August 1857 [her father] James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet (age 27) and [her mother] Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe (age 41).

On 11th February 1859 Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie was born to [her father] James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet (age 28) and [her mother] Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr (age 21).

On 10th April 1878 John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 29) and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 19) were married. He the son of John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair (age 59).

On 30th October 1878 [her father] James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet (age 48) died.

On 1st February 1879 [her son] John James Dalrymple 12th Earl of Stair was born to [her husband] John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 30) and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 19).

On 3rd December 1903 [her father-in-law] John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair (age 84) died. His son [her husband] John (age 55) succeeded 11th Earl of Stair.

In 1905 John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 56) and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 45) were divorced.

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On 15th July 1905 Neil James Menzies 8th Baronet (age 50) and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 46) were married.

On 1st June 1908 [her son-in-law] Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton (age 27) and [her daughter] Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 59) and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 49). He the son of George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton (age 60).

On 16th October 1909 [her mother] Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr (age 71) died. Her funeral was held on 21st October 1909 at Prestonpans Parish Church. All Prestonpans shops and businesses were closed from midday as a mark of respect, with residents of the town lining the streets as her funeral cortege passed by. Her body was then conveyed on a special train service to Dunbar [Map] where she was buried. The pallbearers at Dunbar included her sons-in-law, Sir [her husband] Neil Menzies (age 54), Bart-the second husband of her daughter Susan (age 50) and George Smith, her grandson [her son] Viscount Dalrymple (age 30), her nephew the Duke of Roxburghe (age 33), plus Lord [her uncle] Charles Innes Ker (age 66), Mr [her uncle] Robert Grant Suttie (age 67), Lord Montgomerie and Mr John Russel carried her coffin from the station to the churchyard. In 1911 a plaque to her memory was unveiled at Prestonpans Parish Church.

On 21st December 1910 [her husband] Neil James Menzies 8th Baronet (age 55) died.

On 2nd December 1914 [her former husband] John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair (age 66) died. His son [her son] John (age 35) succeeded 12th Earl of Stair.

In 1922 [her son-in-law] Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton (age 41) and [her daughter] Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton were divorced.

On 9th February 1946 Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (age 86) died.

[her daughter] Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton was born to John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie. She married (1) 1st June 1908 Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton, son of George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie 1859-1946

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie 1859-1946

GrandFather: George Grant-Suttie 5th Baronet

Father: James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Wemyss 5th Earl of Wemyss 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Charteris de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Charteris

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Wemyss Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Gordon Countess Wemyss 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Harriet Charteris 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Harry Innes 4th Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Innes 5th Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Innes-Kerr 5th Duke Roxburghe

GrandFather: James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe

Mother: Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr