Susan Pellew

Susan, Viscountess Pellew ( Frowde; 1756–1837) was the wife of Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. Susan Frowde was born in East Knoyle in Wiltshire, the daughter of James Frowde Esq. She met Edward Pellew in 1782. They married on 28 May 1783 when she was reportedly aged eighteen and he was twenty-six. The couple lived in Truro, Cornwall, for a short period after their marriage before moving to New Road in Flushing, close to Falmouth where Susan's brother-in-law, Samuel Pellew, was Collector of Customs. The Pellews had six children: Emma Mary Pellew (18 January 1785 – March 1835) Pownoll Bastard Pellew, later 2nd Viscount Exmouth (1 July 1786 – 2 December 1833) Julia Pellew (28 November 1787 – 26 December 1831) Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, later an admiral and knight (13 December 1789 – 28 July 1861) George Pellew, Dean of Norwich (3 April 1793 – 13 October 1866) Edward William Pellew, later a minister (3 November 1799 – 29 August 1869) After Pellew was knighted for defeating the French frigate Cléopâtre in the action of 18 June 1793, King George III awarded Susan a £150 annuity from the Privy Purse to cover additional household expenses associated with her husband's new title. She later became Lady Exmouth, when Pellew was made Baron Exmouth of Canonteign in 1814.