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Lady Susannah Sarah Louisa Fox-Strangways is born into aristocracy to father Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester.
Lady Susannah Sarah Louisa Fox-Strangways | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Lady Susan Fox-Strangways (1742-1827) | |
| Born | February 1, 1742[1] |
| Died | 1827 |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | William O'Brien |
| Parent(s) | Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, Elizabeth Fox, Countess of Ilchester |
| Relatives | Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Fox-Strangways Lady Juliana Judith Fox-Strangways Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester Lady Lucy Fox-Strangways Lady Christian Henrietta Carolina Fox-Strangways Lt.-Col. Stephen Strangways Digby Fox-Strangways Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways |
Personal Life
editIn her teenage years, Susan Fox-Strangways was a popular socialite in London.
Fox-Strangways met Irish actor William O'Brien in late 1760 to early 1761. They exchanged poems as tokens of affection from late 1762, in which Susan later admitted she initiated the letter correspondance with William.
Her family was outraged after they found out about her love affair with William, because the social standing of an actor was far below the standing of the family, and was considered "social suicide" for a lady to enter into a relationship with an actor at the time. It was considered a disgrace to the family, as the relationship would not only damage her own marriage prospects but also that of her sisters. Though her family tried to stop the relationship, they were unsucessful as on April 7, 1764, Fox-Strangways and O'Brien eloped and married at St Pauls, Covent Garden. When her family and relations found out about the secret marriage, her father was determined to cut all communications her mother unhappily forgave her, and her sisters continued to stay in contact. [2]
As O'Brien refused to give up his acting career as it was his only source of income, Fox-Strangways and O'Brien agreed to escape to America, where they settled in New York for 6 years. However, the two struggled to find a source of income to sustain their standard of living in America even with Lord Holland's allowance of £400 a year, as O'Brien was said to have "expensive taste". In 1770, they returned home to England against the wishes of Fox-Strangways'family. The two lived in various homes in grace of her family. [3]
She worked on the design and words of her husband's memorial after his death in 1815. [4] She was buried with her husband when she died in 1827 at the church of St. Michael's at Stinsford.
References
edit- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 3 February 1742.
- ^ Martin, Joanna (2004-07-16). Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House. Continnuum-3PL. p. 39-41. ISBN 1852852712.
- ^ Rands, Susan (03/01/2014). "Publicity perpetuates the mortification':the marriage of William O'Brien andLady Susan Fox-Strangways". Studies in Theatre and Performance (1): 52-55.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Rands, Susan (03/01/2014). "Publicity perpetuates the mortification':the marriage of William O'Brien andLady Susan Fox-Strangways". Studies in Theatre and Performance (1): 52-55.
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