Susan Georgiana (Ramsay) Broun (abt. 1836 - 1898)

Born about 1836 in Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Bourke Jr. PC — married 21 Nov 1863 in The Chapel, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, England

Died 22 Jan 1898 at about age 62 in Coulston, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Susan was born about 1836. She was the daughter of James Ramsay and Susan Hay.

She was baptised on 7 March 1836 at Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland^[1].

She married Robert Bourke (the son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn) on 21 November 1863 at The Chapel, Lambeth Palace, Surrey, England, by Special Licence^[2]. He was a Barrister of Inner Temple.

They had no children.

She was awarded the Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1878.

In the UK Census of 1881 Susan (44) and her husband Robert (aged 53) were recorded living at Montagu Street, St Marylebone, London, iddlesex, England. Also in the household were six servants.

Her husband was a Member of Parliament and a Privy Counsellor. They were divorced in 1890.

Susan married, secondly, Surgn.-Lt.-Col. William Hamilton Briggs (who later took the surname Broun) on 10 October 1894.

She passed away in 1898.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 24 January 1898, Page 2:

DEATH OF LADY SUSAN BROUN.

The death took place at Colstoun on Saturday of Lady Susan Broun, the representative of an East Lothian family dating their connection with the county for the last six centuries or more. The last male inheritor of the name was Charles Broun, whose daughter Christian, his only child and heiress, was married in 1805 to George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie. By this alliance the estates of Coulston passed, through his wife, into the possession of Lord Dalhousie. Earl George was succeeded by his son, the late Marquis of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India. At his demise the Marquis left the old family possessions of the Brouns to his daughter, Lady Susan Broun Ramsay, whose death is now recorded. Deceased was married to the Right Hon. R. Bourke, M.P., afterwards Lord Connemara, whom she ultimately divorced. She afterwards married Dr Briggs, of the Indian Medical Corps, who took the name of Broun. Lady Susan, as the heiress of her father, came into possession of most, if not all, of the magnificent Indian furniture, military equipment, and articles of native manufacture collected by him when Governor-General of India. The mansion also contains the famous Colstoun pear. Deceased had no children.- Scotsman.^[3]

Her will was proved on 12 September 1898 at London to William Hamilton Broun. Effects: £25679 14s. 8d.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBPZ-L5T : 12 February 2020), Susan Georgiana Ramsay, 1837.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVQG-7SY : 13 March 2020), Robert Bourke, 1863.
3. ↑ Dundee Evening Telegraph 24 January 1898, Page 2, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).

• The Peerage - Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-V94R : 10 December 2017), Susan G B Bourke in household of Robert Bourke, St Marylebone, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 12, Piece/Folio 146/82, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,345.