Susan Caroline Eliot (1801 - 1835)

Susan was the third child and second daughter of William Eliot and Georgiana Leveson-Gower, known to family and friends as "Susey."

("Exeter Flying Post" 17 Jun 1824, page 3):
It is said among the haut ton that the Hon. Colonel Henry Lygon will very shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the amiable Lady Susan Eliot, second daughter of the Earl and Countess St. Germains.

("Worcester Journal" 01 May 1828, page 3):
Among the presentations to his Majesty at the Drawing Room, on Wednesday, was Lady Susan Lygon, by the Dowager Countess Beauchamp.

("Worcester Journal" 13 Nov 1828, page 3):
Infant School. – On Friday last a meeting took place at the Guildhall, in this city, for the purpose of establishing an Infant School. The meeting was most respectably attended . . . All the resolutions were carried unanimously; the office of Patron was accepted by the Bishop of Rochester, as that of Patroness has been by Lady Susan Lygon.

("Worcester Herald" 23 Jan 1830, page 3):
Lady Susan Lygon visited the Worcester Infant School on Tuesday, and was much gratified by the intelligent answers given by the children to a variety of questions, their cleanly and healthy appearance, and the cheerfulness and vivacity which they exhibited.

("Worcester Journal" 03 Nov 1831, page 3):
The Hon. Col. H.B. Lygon and Lady Susan Lygon had the honour of dining with their Majesties at Windsor, on Tuesday.

("Morning Post" 12 Dec 1832, page 3):
The Hon. Col. Henry Beauchamp and Lady Susan Lygon are on a visit to the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, at Madresfield Court, in Worcestershire, where they intend to remain until the election for the county is over. The Gallant Colonel, in his address to the freeholders, avows his intention, if returned to the new Parliament, to maintain the same principles which his family have always supported.

("Morning Post" 26 Feb 1833, page 3):
Ladies' Dresses [at the Drawing Room]
Lady Susan Lygon
A rich white satin dress, embroidered in gold; manteau of purple and gold brocade, with a stomacher beautifully ornamented with diamonds and gold; blond mantilla. Head-dress, ostrich feathers, diamonds, and gold.

("The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 157, 1835, page 218):
Jan. 16. At Port Eliot, aged 33, Lady Susan-Caroline, wife of Col. the Hon. H.B. Lygon, M.P. for West Worcestershire; second daughter of the Earl of St. Germans. She was married July 8, 1824, and has left five surviving children.

("Morning Advertiser" 22 Jan 1835, page 4):
Madresfield Court.– A breakfast, in a style of munificent hospitality seldom witnessed in the present day, was given by the Earl of Beauchamp, at Madresfield Court, on Tuesday last, to his Lordship's friends and tenantry. Large parties are staying in the house, and a succession of dinners have been given to the neighbouring nobility and gentry. We regret to state that these festivities were suddenly checked on Saturday by the alarming intelligence of the increased illness of Lady Susan Lygon, which obliged the Hon. Colonel to set out for Cornwall before the final close of the poll in his favour.

("The Court Journal: Court Circular & Fashionable Gazette" Vol. 7, 1835, page 54):
We regret to announce the decease of the Lady Susan Lygon, which took place on Friday last, at Port Elliot, in Cornwall. Her Ladyship had long been in a declining state of health, but no serious apprehension of danger was entertained till a very short time previous to her dissolution; indeed the first intelligence that reached Colonel Lygon of the dangerous state of his Lady, was on the day of her decease, while he was attending his election duties, at Worcester. The gallant Colonel instantly ordered post-horses, and proceeded to Port Elliot, but, unfortunately, not in sufficient time to find her Ladyship alive. The demise of Lady Susan Lygon has put several Noble families into mourning, including those of Earl Beauchamp, Earl of St. Germans, Earl of Longford, &c. Her Ladyship was only in her 36th year, and has left a numerous family to deplore her loss.

("Worcester Herald" 28 Mar 1835, page 2):
The Committee of the Infant School met on Monday last, when it was announced that the office of Patroness of the School had become vacant by the lamented decease of Lady Susan Lygon, and it was resolved that a request should be made to Lady Susan Murray to become her successor.

("Genealogical Memoranda of Eliot and Craggs Families", St Germans Burial Record Extracts, Page 10):
1835. Lady Susan Lygon, Port Eliot, January 22. 33 [years old] Memorandum underneath this entry: "The Remains of Lady Susan Lygon were removed from the Port Eliot Vault in St. Germans Churchyard on the 3rd day of October 1867 (by Faculty from the Bishop of Exeter) to the Church yard of Madresfield in the County and Diocese of Worcester. Tobias Furneaux Incumbent of St. Germans"

A number of portraits (both large and miniature) of Lady Susan Lygon survive, though it's interesting to note that they are all variations on one original painting. Just which was the original portrait is unknown. One large portrait by an unknown artist is still at Port Eliot. Another even larger portrait is part of a private family collection and is listed as being painted by "Henry de Daubrama (after Mrs. Mee)". Multiple miniatures also survive in private collections.