The Duchess of Sutherland presenting trophies and awards to the 72nd Seaforth Cadets at Hopkins Landing, BC, August 1939. on rear: "Duchess of Sutherland / six Brigadiers / 1 Major General / Hopkins Landing / 1938 / Clapshew" Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, The Duchess of Sutherland (née Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine, 20 October 1867 – 20 August 1955) was a British society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower. Her first husband was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland. By her two later marriages, she was known as Lady Millicent Fitzgerald and Lady Millicent Hawes, the latter of which was the name she used at the time of her death.