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	Earls and dukes of Sutherland - LoveToKnow 1911
		This earl's daughter Elizabeth (1765-1839) claimed the peerage, and although her title thereto was contested by Sir Robert Gordon, Bart., a descendant of the first Gordon earl, it was confirmed by the House of Lords in 1771.
		Established in the possession of the title and the vast estates of the earldom, the countess of Sutherland was married in 1785 to George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), who succeeded his father as second marquess of Stafford in 1803.
		The 2nd duke's wife, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (1806-1868), a daughter of George Howard, 6th earl of Carlisle, was one of Queen Victoria's most intimate friends.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Earls_and_dukes_of_Sutherland (736 words)

	Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland - Biocrawler
		Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 18 February 1940) is an English peer.
		In 2000, he succeeded a distant cousin as 7th Duke of Sutherland.
		Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Francis_Ronald_Egerton%2C_7th_Duke_of_Sutherland (92 words)

	History of the Sutherland Clan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sutherland was the ‘Sudrland’, or ‘Southland’, of the Norsemen who had by the tenth century conquered all of the islands of Scotland and much of the mainland as far south as Inverness.
		Her right as a woman to succeed was challenged by the nearest male heirs, George Sutherland of Forse and Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, a descendant of the second marriage of the twelfth Earl.
		On the death of the fifth Duke, the chiefship of the clan and the earldom of Sutherland devolved upon his niece, Elizabeth, the pres-ent Countess of Sutherland.
	www.sutherlandclan.org.uk /sutherland_clan.htm (845 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Duke of Sutherland
		Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, these passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third son Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who assumed by Royal license the surname of Egerton in lieu of his patronymic.
		In 1914, one year after the fifth Duke succeeded to the seat at the age of 25, he decided on the outbreak of the First World War that it was unwise to have so much of his riches tied up in land and property.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland (849 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, these passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third son Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who assumed by Royal license the surname of Egerton in lieu of his patronymic.
		In 1914, one year after the fifth Duke succeeded to the seat at the age of 25, he decided on the outbreak of the First World War that it was unwise to have so much of his riches tied up in land and property.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Duke_of_Sutherland (815 words)

	History of the Sutherland Family
		As the power of the Vikings waned the family acquired land further north in Sutherland and by 1235 the first Earl of Sutherland was appointed by King Alexander II.
		The Duke and Duchess were responsible for the "improvements" to the estates which resulted in the notorious Clearances and depopulation.The 2nd Duke of Sutherland transformed the original Scottish-styled Dunrobin Castle into a French chateau.
		The Clearances and depopulation in Sutherland resulted in many with that name being dispersed but the name is still the 7th most common in the northern Highlands and 54th in the whole of Scotland.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclansutherland.htm (336 words)

	Sir John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell,
		Sir John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, K.G., G.C.M.G., Marquis of Lorne, ex-Governor-General of Canada, was born at Stafford House, St. James Park, London, England, on the 6th of August, 1845.
		He is the eldest son of the eighth Duke of Argyle and Lady Elizabeth Georgina Sutherland Levison-Gower, eldest daughter of the second Duke of Sutherland.
		Speaking of her reception at Inverary Castle, the seat of the Duke of Argyle, in Argyleshire, Scotland, she says:- "It was in the true Highland fashion.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/canada/lorne_marquis.htm (774 words)

	Clan Sutherland
		The Sutherlands were staunch patriots and doughty fighters, but the original family and the earldom fell into the hands of the Gordons when in 1514, on the death of the 9th Earl, his sister succeeded to the title and married Adam Gordon, second son of the 2nd Earl of Huntly.
		John Gordon (1525-67), 11th Earl of Sutherland, and his wife were poisoned at supper by a female cousin in the course of a family feud, though he was able to warn his heir, who had arrived late from hunting, that there was something wrong with the meal.
		On the death of the 5th Duke in 1962, the earldom and the chiefship of the Clan were vested in the daughter of the second son of the 4th Duke, who as Countess of Sutherland is the 22nd to hold the title.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/sutherland.html (314 words)

	Fox 24 Sutherland
		PeeressesCromartie Sutherland Duchess of Sutherland Duchess of Sutherland
		Sutherland, Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland
		Sutherland (''Cataibh'' in Gaelic), or ''Sutherlandshire'', is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/33/fox-24-sutherland.html (1178 words)

	Statue of the Duke of Sutherland
		In 1994, Sandy Lindsay of Inverness proposed that the Statue of the Duke of Sutherland be removed from its lofty perch on Ben Bhraggie, in Golspie, Sutherland.
		A harsh land, a harsh sea, and a harsh climate were hard enough burdens to be borne by the people, but harsh overlords backed by unfair laws, and servants of these laws, were the final tribulations, which brought a way of life to an end for many for the benefit of a privileged few.
		The massive statue, and the opulent castle of Dunrobin have to be vital parts of case against the Dukes of Sutherland.
	www.highlandclearances.info /clearances/postclearances_thedukesstatue.htm (535 words)

	GENUKI: Trentham
		Trentham Hall is the principal residence of the Most Noble George Granville Leveson Gower, Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford, Earl Gower, Viscount Trentham, and Hereditary Sheriff of Sutherland.
		The perpetual curacy is in the patronage of the Duke of Sutherland, and incumbency of the Rev. EJ Edwards, MA.
		The perpetual curacy is in the patronage of the Duke of Sutherland, and incumbency of the Rev William PH Hutchinson."
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/STS/Trentham/index.html (843 words)

	The Duke of Sutherland - Telegraph
		THE 6th Duke of Sutherland, who has died aged 85, was a most conscientious landlord of his estates at Mertoun, in the Borders, and at Stetchworth, near Newmarket; he was also a first-class shot, an excellent horseman, a well-known racehorse owner and breeder and for a time Master of the Buccleuch Hounds.
		John Sutherland succeeded his father in the Earldom of Ellesmere in 1944 and his kinsman in the Dukedom of Sutherland in 1963; but owing to a natural reticence he neither took his seat in the House of Lords nor entered into the national public life.
		When on the death of the 5th Duke (and 23rd Earl) of Sutherland in 1963, there was no male heir in the elder line, the Dukedom passed to the Ellesmeres, while the Earldom of Sutherland and the huge Highland estates went to the 5th Duke's niece, the present Countess of Sutherland.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2000/09/22/db02.xml (1406 words)

	Caithness CWS - A - Z Caithness - Sutherland - Index
		Altnaharra Primary School, in Sutherland opened for the new school session with three pupils in the primary school - Tiegan Johnstone (4 years) – Primary 1; Chloe Murphy (7) – P3; and Etienne Murphy (10) – P 6; as well as two pupils in the nursery class – Christina Bakker (3) and Ryan Johnstone (3).
		The package will be launched at the Open Evening event being held by the North Areas Board of SNH at the Sutherland Arms Hotel in Golspie, which begins at 7.30 p.m, with a short talk on the landscapes of Sutherland.
		Geopark status has been awarded to the area which encompasses parts of Wester Ross and the whole of North West Sutherland on the basis of its outstanding geology and landscape, the strength of its partnership approach to sustainable economic development and its existing geological interpretation facilities.
	www.caithness.org /atoz/sutherland/index.htm (1296 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Sutherland : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sutherland was the ‘Sudrland’, or ‘Southland’, of the Norsemen who had by the tenth century conquered all of the islands of Scotland and much of the mainland as far south as Inverness.
		Her right as a woman to succeed was challenged by the nearest male heirs, George Sutherland of Forse and Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, a descendant of the second marriage of the twelfth Earl.
		On the death of the fifth Duke, the chiefship of the clan and the earldom of Sutherland devolved upon his niece, Elizabeth, the pres-ent Countess of Sutherland.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Sutherland_132/default.php (891 words)

	Duke of Sutherland Information
		Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		His eldest son, the third Duke, married Anne Hay-Mackenzie, who in 1864 was created Countess of Cromarty, with remainder to their younger sons.
		In 1914, one year after the fifth Duke succeeded to the seat at the age of 25, he decided on the outbreak of the First World War that it was unwise to have so much of his riches tied up in land and property.
	www.bookrags.com /Duke_of_Sutherland (804 words)

	The History of Sutherland
		Duke Lennon Armond requires Baron Black J to name a Court Necromancer to the court.
		Sutherland is able to hold off the goblin armies but not able to reclaim any lost land.
		Black J is exiled by the Duke of Sutherland.
	www.nerolarp.com /Plot/PlotIntlSutherlandTimeLine594ER.htm (3701 words)

	Duke of Sutherland
		The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Sutherland are: Marquess of Stafford (created 1786), Earl Gower (1746), Earl of Ellesmere (1846), Viscount Trentham, of Trentham in the County of Stafford (1746), Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton (1846), and Baron Gower, of Sittenham in the County of York (1703).
		The title united with the ancient title of Earl of Sutherland after the first Duke and his wife, the holder of the Earldom, died, and the titles were inherited by the second Duke.
		The titles separated at the death of the fifth Duke; the Earldom could be inherited by his granddaughter, but the Dukedom could only pass to males.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/d/du/duke_of_sutherland.html (285 words)

	Sutherland
		Cathedral later rebuilt in honour of the 1st Duke of Sutherland whose monument is seen as a conspicuous object from the adjoining counties and the opposite shores of the Moray Firth) Memorials to the first Duke and his wife, said to have been poisoned, are in Dornoch Cathedral but they were actually buried in Edinburgh
		The monument to The First Duke of Sutherland, and two other monuments in England, was erected on the top of Beinn a' Bhragaid in 1834 by public subscription of "the grateful and mourning tenantry", to remind us of the Highland Clearances when Cheviot sheep became more profitable than men, between 1782-1820.
		Memorial to a family of people (Sutherland's), not known to be related to the Duke and his Wife, who suffered hardship in the last century, before going off to New Zealand to live in 1911.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /jimmy_edderton/sutherla.htm (407 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Post-Reformation Catholic Dukes of Norfolk
		Eldest son of Thomas Howard, the second duke, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir F. Tilney of Ashwellthorpe Hall, Norfolk.
		In 1524 he became duke, and was appointed commissioner to treat for peace with France.
		Eldest son of Henry Charles Howard and Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, was educated privately, and at
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11101b.htm (1726 words)

	Eastern Irrigation District Archives (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This bungalow was built in 1910 for the 4th Duke of Sutherland and his family north of Brooks on the Sutherland Colony farm.
		The Duke arranged with the CPR to oversee the preparation of several farms after the design of the company's ready-mades.
		The Fourth Duke of Sutherland was a farsighted man so that into the extensive plan of the Estate he pumped thousands of dollars and thus helped the early Brooks economy.
	www.archivesalberta.org /walls/eid.htm (260 words)

	Frontline Figures - 93rd (Highland) Regiment
		The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are perhaps one of the best known Highland regiments and the one with the most romantic associations.
		The regimental badge is a circle inscribed Argyll and Sutherland surrounded by a wreath of thistles.
		The association with Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria dates from 1870, when she became engaged to be married to the Marquis of Lorne, the eldest son of the Duke of Argyll, whose ancestor had raised the 91st Highlanders in 1794.
	www.frontline-figures.com /history/93high.html (782 words)

	Photographs of Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, England, UK
		The Sutherland family is of interest as it was one of the wealthiest in England.
		She was the countess in her own right because of the way this peerage had been set up in the first place although this had to be established in a court case.
		In addition to possessing his huge estate in Sutherland through his wife, he inherited the Bridgwater estates from his uncle, the last Duke of Bridgwater, and by the death of his father, the estates of Stittenham (Yorkshire), Trentham (Staffordshire), Wolverhampton and Lilleshall (Shropshire).
	www.thornber.net /staffs/html/trentham.html (2183 words)

	Sutherland Shield at St Columba Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Earldom of Sutherland is claimed to be the oldest in Britain.
		The Sutherland clan derive their name from the territory known as Sudrland by the Norsemen who had conquered much of the Scottish mainland north of Inverness.
		With their neighbours, the Mackays, the clan Sutherland were often at feud, and in all their contests with them they generally came off victorious.Robert, sixth Earl, was present at the surprise of Berwick by the Scots in 1384.
	www.highlandcathedral.org /scottish_clan.php?clan=Sutherland (478 words)

	Page 39 Sutherland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Duke of Sutherland and some other Scottish landlowners decided to change from cattle, to sheep farming in the interest of making more profit from their large tracts of land.
		It was from that group of people that a Sutherland family emerged and moved into the Deskford area and in which we have a particular interest.
		It has been claimed by former Sutherland family members that there was a John Sutherland who was lost at sea while fishing while attempting to supplement the families meager living from their small rocky croft..
	users.accesscomm.ca /mcwillie/index_039.htm (523 words)

	Lets Go North - Caithness and Sutherland - Map 33
		The Duke of Montrose, fighting to restore King Charles 11 was defeated by government troops, caught and executed.
		When her husband, the Duke of Sutherland died, the Sutherland family hotly disputed the terms of his will.
		The one facing north into Sutherland was left blank as she refused to give her relatives even the 'time of day'.
	www.letsgonorth.com /33.shtml (293 words)

	Scotland Hotel Scottish Bed and Breakfast Scots Corporate Facilities
		to the Sutherland Arms Hotel, a family run traditional Highland Coaching Inn where the emphasis is on a warm welcome and a friendly and relaxing atmosphere..
		Golspie is the East Sutherland village of 1650 people, located so picturesquely on the shores of the Moray Firth under the shadow of Ben Braggie.
		Whether you are a sightseeing, bird-watching, walking, cycling, golfing or simply enjoying the scenery, the Sutherland Arms Hotel provides the perfect base for your holiday.
	www.sutherlandarmshotel.com /introduction.html (378 words)

	Sutherland Clan
		This magnificent Sutherland Clan Wall Crest, made by hand in solid cold cast bronze, is available for you and your family to enjoy today.
		Dunrobin was the seat of the Clan Sutherland, and set the scene for many of the conflicts that the Clan became involved in.
		The Clan Sutherland endured much hardship at the beginning of the 19th Century when the chiefship passed to the female line, and Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, married the Marquess of Stafford.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /sutherland_clan/scottish_clans_history.html (661 words)

	Sutherland, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sutherland, population about 14,180 in 2006, is the most north-westerly mainland county in both Scotland and the United Kingdom and 1.297846 million acres, or 5252 km (about 2,400 square miles) in size (compared to Caithness, with 700 square miles).
		All areas of Sutherland are in Highland Council jurisdiction and in the Highland parliamentary and voting constituency of Caithness Sutherland and East Ross.
		It is legal in Sutherland to drive at no speed limit on one lane each way or with passing places on narrow country and rural roads, but with speed limits applying on larger roads in built-up areas.
	www.treasuresofbritain.org /Sutherland.htm (4613 words)

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