Gwladys Sutherst Townshend

The Most Honourable
The Marchioness Townshend
The Most Honourable The Marchioness Townshend
	Gwladys, Marchioness of Townshend, from a 1908 publication.
Born	Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eugénie Sutherst; 1884
Died	1959 (aged 74–75)
Occupation	Writer
Spouses	; John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (m. 1905; died 1921) Bernard le Strange;
Parent	Thomas Sutherst
Relatives	Charles Townshend, 8th Marquess Townshend (grandson); Cenzo Townshend (great-grandson);

Gwladys Ethel Gwendolen Eugénie Sutherst (1884 – 1959), after 1905 Gwladys, Marchioness Townshend, was a British writer. In addition to writing novels, poems, and plays, she was probably "the first peeress to write for the cinema."^[1] She also served a term as Mayor of King's Lynn. The details of her marriage and finances were often aired in the courtroom and in newspapers.^[2]

^ Mirte Terpstra, "Gwladys, Marchioness of Townshend" Women Film Pioneers Project (September 27, 2013).
^ "Remarkable Case of the Marquis of Townshend" New York Times (March 18, 1906): SM7.

[Pioneers-1] Mirte Terpstra, "Gwladys, Marchioness of Townshend" Women Film Pioneers Project (September 27, 2013).

[2] "Remarkable Case of the Marquis of Townshend" New York Times (March 18, 1906): SM7.

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