Sutherland, John (London)
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1707-33 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Army officer and politician | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Helen Cochrane (d.c.1690); Katherine Tollemache (d.c.1705); Frances Travell | ||
| Issue | 4 children | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), viii, 353-5 |
Surname formerly Gordon. Sixteenth Earl of Sutherland. Supported union between England and Scotland. Was representative peer in Parliament 1707-8 and again fro 1715 until death in 1733. Was in Scotland for Jacobite rising of 1715. Created a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (1716). Died in Chelsea, 1733 and buried at Dornoch in Sutherland.
