The daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon; in 1793 she married William Montagu, fifth duke of Manchester; they separated in 1813 after she reportedly eloped with a footman.

REFERENCES TO Susan Montagu, duchess of Manchester [née Gordon]:

Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)