Susan Pellew

Susan, Viscountess Pellew
Born	1756 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England
Died	29 October 1837
Title	Viscountess Pellew
Spouse(s)	Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Children	Emma Mary Pellew, Pownoll Bastard Pellew, Julia Pellew, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, George Pellew, Edward William Pellew

Susan Pellew (née Frowde, Lady Exmouth; 1756–1837) was the wife of Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth.

Susan Frowde was born in East Knoyle in Wiltshire in 1756, the daughter of James Frowde Esq., a local gentleman. She met Pellew in 1782 and they married on 28 May 1793 when she was aged eighteen and he 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. Susan and her husband had six children:

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. Susan later became Lady Exmouth, when Pellew was made Baron Exmouth of Canonteign in 1814.

In 1797, as her husband's fame increased following the Action of 13 January 1797, when Pellew's frigate HMS Indefatigable and her consort HMS Amazon defeated the French 74-gun ship Droits de l'Homme, Susan and the family moved from their terraced house in Flushing to the rented Trefusis Manor.

Susan was a devoted wife who supported her husband's naval career, managed their estate and raised their family during his absences at sea; however, she vehemently opposed his political ambitions and when he was appointed MP for Barnstaple in 1802 she refused to accompany him to London.

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