George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland

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George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland
Coat of arms of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland as a Knight of the Order of the Garter, it shows the coats of arms of the families Gower (field 1 and 4), Leveson (field 2) and Sutherland (field 4) squared .

George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland ( December 19, 1828 , † September 22, 1892 ) was one of the leading aristocrats of the United Kingdom in the Victorian era .

family

He was the eldest son and fifth child from the marriage of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861) and his wife Elizabeth Gordon, 19th Countess of Sutherland (1765–1839). George Granville attended Eton College and King's College London .

In his first marriage he married Anne Hay-Mackenzie (1829-1888) in 1849, who was given the title Countess of Cromartie in 1861 in his own right . They had five children:

After the death of his first wife, he married - scandalously because only four months had passed after the death of his first wife and she had previously lived with the Duke in Tampa , Florida for two months - Mary Caroline Blair, née Mitchell, widow of the captain Arthur Kindersley Blair, 71st Highland Light Infantry Regiment, daughter of Rev Richard Mitchell. Her first husband, dependent on the Duke, is said to have died - according to newspaper reports - as a result of a hunting accident caused by the Duke.

When the duke died, the "Duchess Blair" allegedly withheld documents in order to influence the inheritance in their favor, which earned them six weeks in prison. With the family of the Dukes it finally came to a settlement which enabled her, Carbisdale Castle to build and an annual income of 100,000 pounds sterling to relate.

Public work

George Granville was an MP for the Sutherland constituency of the House of Commons from 1852 to 1861 . When he inherited his seat in the House of Lords after his father's death in 1861 , he had to give up his mandate in the House of Commons.

The Duke was an avid hobby railroader who - he was one of the richest men in Great Britain of his time - not only financed the Duke of Sutherland's Railway , now part of the Far North Line , and also made significant investments in other railway companies, but also made a private contribution a locomotive, the Dunrobin , added and drove it himself, as well as a saloon car to take his guests for walks. This also included Queen Victoria . For the opening of his own railway, the Duke of Sutherland's Railway , the then Prince of Wales Prince Edward and his wife Alexandra had been invited and come.

literature

  • James Balfour Paul: The Scots Peerage. Volume 3, David Douglas, Edinburgh 911, p. 362 ff. ( Archive.org )
  • David McConell: Rails to Wick & Thurso . Dornoch Press, Dornoch, undated [before 1990], ISBN 0-9513358-7-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz .
  2. ^ Scots Peerage , p. 364.
  3. ↑ The successor to this saloon car, bought by his son and successor Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, is shown today in the collection of the National Railway Museum in York .
predecessor Office successor
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Duke of Sutherland
1861-1892 		Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
personal data
SURNAME Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, George, 3rd Duke of Sutherland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sutherland, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 3rd Duke of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1828
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1892