Editing Susan Barrantes (section)

==Early life and first marriage==
Barrantes was born in [[Bramcote]], Nottinghamshire, the daughter of FitzHerbert Wright and [[The Honourable|the Hon.]] Doreen Wingfield, sister of [[Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt]]. She was the youngest of four children, with two sisters, Brigid and Davinia, and a brother, Bryan. Susan's maternal grandfather was [[Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt]].  Her father was a director of the coal and iron-producing [[Butterley Company]] in Ripley, Derbyshire, and was the great-grandson of industrialist and philanthropist [[Francis Wright (industrialist)|Francis Wright]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Regan |first=Mary |date=14 October 2006 |title='Duchess of Cork' embraces Irish roots |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20015772.html |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>Butterley Brick: 200 years in the making - Roy Christian 1990</ref>

Susan Wright completed school and for a short time attended secretarial college. During the [[debutante]] season of 1954, she was presented at the court of Queen [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2nKOyjVaz0C&dq=susan+wright+presented+to+the+queen+1954&pg=PT394 |title=Elizabeth the Queen: The real story behind The Crown |date=2 February 2012 |publisher=Penguin - 2012 |isbn=9780141973333 |quote=Susan Wright and been presented at court during the 1954 debutante season... |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

On 17 January 1956, Susan married Lieutenant [[Ronald Ferguson (polo)|Ronald Ferguson]] (1931–2003) at [[St Margaret's, Westminster]]. He rose to the rank of [[Major (rank)|Major]], played polo with the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]], and became the polo manager for [[Charles III|Charles, the Prince of Wales]]. Ronald and Susan had two daughters: Jane Louisa, born on 26 August 1957, and [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Margaret]], later known as the [[Duchess of York]], born on 15 October 1959.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 September 1998 |title=Duchess's mother dies in car crash |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/duchess-s-mother-dies-in-car-crash-1.195428 |access-date=7 December 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 September 1998 |title=Duchess of York's Mother Dies in a Car Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/21/world/duchess-of-york-s-mother-dies-in-a-car-crash.html |access-date=7 December 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>