Earl of Sutherland

Coat of arms of the Earl of Sutherland

Dunrobin Castle, seat of the Earls of Sutherland

Earl of Sutherland is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

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It was created around 1235 for William de Moravia , known as William Sutherland. In the absence of male descendants, the title can also be inherited in the female line.

Since the late 16th century, the earl's eldest son has held the courtesy title of Lord Strathnaver as his heir apparent . It is questionable whether the 1st Earl was given a corresponding Lordship of Parliament as a subordinate title around 1235 .

The 19th Countess's husband, George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford , was awarded the title Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1833 . Her son combined both titles after her death. On the death of the childless 5th Duke of Sutherland in 1963, the earldom fell to his niece Elizabeth Sutherland as the 24th Countess, while the title Duke of Sutherland was passed on to a distant relative, the 5th Earl of Ellsmere . Today's title holder has been their son, Alistair Sutherland as the 25th Earl , since 2019 .

The earl is the hereditary clan chief of the Sutherland clan .

The family seat is Dunrobin Castle near Golspie in County Sutherland, Scotland .

Earls of Sutherland (around 1235)

• William de Moravia, 1st Earl of Sutherland (around 1210-1248)
• William Sutherland, 2nd Earl of Sutherland (around 1235–1307)
• William Sutherland, 3rd Earl of Sutherland († 1330)
• Kenneth Sutherland, 4th Earl of Sutherland (around 1270-1333)
• William Sutherland, 5th Earl of Sutherland (around 1312-1370)
• Robert Sutherland, 6th Earl of Sutherland (around 1350-1427)
• John Sutherland, 7th Earl of Sutherland (around 1390-1460)
• John Sutherland, 8th Earl of Sutherland (1435–1508)
• John Sutherland, 9th Earl of Sutherland († 1514)
• Elizabeth Sutherland, 10th Countess of Sutherland (1470–1535)
• John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland (around 1526–1567)
• Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland (around 1552–1594)
• John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland (1576-1615)
• John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (1609–1679)
• George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703)
• John Sutherland, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733)
• William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland (1708–1750)
• William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland (1735–1766)
• Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland , 19th Countess of Sutherland (1765–1839)
• George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland , 20th Earl of Sutherland (1786–1861)
• George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland , 21st Earl of Sutherland (1828-1892)
• Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland , 22nd Earl of Sutherland (1851-1913)
• George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland , 23rd Earl of Sutherland (1888–1963)
• Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland (1921-2019)
• Alistair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland (born 1947)

Heir apparent is the only son of the current Earl, Alexander Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver (* 1981).

literature

• John Anderson: Sutherland, Earl of Sutherland . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 8 : Somerville-Winton . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1911, p. 318–365 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Sutherland, Earl of (S, 1235) at Cracroft's Peerage