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Life. He was born on 28 May 1735 the son of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland and his wife Lady Elizabeth Wemyss. [citation needed] In 1759 as a captain in the 56th Regiment of Foot he raised a regiment, the original Sutherland Fencibles, from his own Clan Sutherland, to resist the threatened invasion from France. [1]
Sutherland was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of George Sutherland, a woodcarver, and his wife Jane, née Smith. William had siblings Alexander Sutherland, George Sutherland and Jane Sutherland. The family emigrated to Australia in 1864, staying in Sydney for six years and then moving to Melbourne in 1870.
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William Sutherland (1859-1911), by Jane Sutherland, c1911. William Sutherland (1859-1911), theoretical physicist and physical chemist, was born on 24 August 1859 at Glasgow, Scotland, son of George Sutherland, woodcarver, and his wife Jane, née Smith. The family, which migrated to Sydney in 1864 and settled in Melbourne in 1870, was close-knit ...
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Oct 16, 2023 · Life. He was born on 28 May 1735 the son of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland and his wife Lady Elizabeth Wemyss. In 1759 as a captain in the 56th Regiment of Foot he raised a regiment, the original Sutherland Fencibles, from his own Clan Sutherland, to resist the threatened invasion from France. In the summer of 1761 at the house of ...
Present peer. Alistair Charles St Clair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland (born 7 January 1947) is the son of Charles Noel Janson and Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland. At birth, he was given the names Alistair Charles St. Clair Janson; in 1963 he became Lord Strathnaver, when he also changed his surname to Sutherland.
- Alistair, 25th Earl of Sutherland
- William de Moravia
- Lord Strathnaver
- Peerage of Scotland
Apr 30, 2022 · WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, 18th Earl of Sutherland; born 28 May 1735; educated Winchester, Harrow, Enfield and U of Göttingen; Lt Roy Scots Regt, Capt 58th/56th Foot 1775, Lt-Col 1759, Lt-Col cmdg a Highland Bn 1759–63, ADC to GEORGE III with Col's rank 1763–66, rep S peer 1763–66; married 14 April 1761 Mary (married 1 June 1766), daughter and coheir of William Maxwell of Preston ...
Sutherland was born as William Gordon, the eldest surviving son of William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver and his wife Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, MP, of Preston-grange, Haddington. His father died in 1720 and he succeeded his elder brother on 12 December 1720.
