Susannah (Wilson) Holford (1864-1943)

She was described in an article for the Society Pictoral in 1904: "Mrs 'Jack' Menzies, as she is popularly called by her intimate friends, is one of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson's daughters (a sister to Miss Muriel Wilson, who was one of the guests at Chatsworth on the occasion of Their Majesties' visit). Mrs 'Jack' Menzies' style of beauty is the opposite of that of her much admired unmarried sister. She is a tiny woman, fair as a lily, with blue eyes and pale golden hair. Mrs Menzies may not be so brilliantly clever as Miss Muriel Wilson, but her charm is none the less strong. She is gay and extremely good natured, sings well, and is a fine amateur actress. She and her husband reside chiefly in the country, in an old world residence near York, where they entertain on an extensive and elaborate scale. The King, when Prince of Wales, visited them at Treasurer's House, and during his stay a mirror fell down and was smashed to atoms. Superstitious folk complete the story by saying that the news of the late Duke of Saxe-Coborg's unexpected death was received after this unlucky accident." She had three sons by her first marriage.

She and Jack Menzies were married in Hull in 1887. They lived first at Treasurer's House in York before renting Escrick Park in Yorkshire, and also kept a townhouse in London at 46 Upper Grosvenor Street. After they separated in 1906 she took her three sons and moved in with her parents at Tranby Croft. Jack died in 1911 and in the following year she married the steadier Sir George Lindsay Holford and lived with him between Westonbirt in Gloucestershire and Dorchester House in London. When he died in 1926, both properties, his fortune, and the famous Holford Collection was left to his nephew, the 4th Earl of Morley, who sold the lot in 1928. Tottie was left with an annuity of £10,000 and thereafter lived between 28 Upper Brook Street in London and a modest country house called "Dassett" on Berry Lane near Woking, Surrey, where she died.