Lady Susan Hicks Beach

Lady Susan Hicks Beach
Lady Susan on a voyage to Africa
Born1878
Died1965
Occupation(s)politician, magistrate, artists' model, diarist, lady's companion
Parent(s)Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
Lady Lucy Fortescue

Lady Susan Hicks Beach JP (1878 – 1965) was an English noblewoman who served as a model for the figure of Britannia on English coinage from 1895 to 1910. She was the travelling companion of the deposed Princess Hélène of Orléans on her journeys to Africa. From World War I onwards she ran the family estate with her sister Victoria and held several voluntary and public service roles, including serving as a justice of the peace, sitting on the district councils of Northleach and Pewsey, and sitting on the parish council of Coln St Aldwyns.


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