Sutherland, William (London)

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Dates 1700s
Location London; Winchester
Vocation Aristocrat
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Mary Maxwell
Issue Catherine
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), viii, 358-9

Seventeenth Earl of Sutherland. Began education in Edinburgh, then sent to school at Winchester before moving to Harrow. In 1750 Sutherland was sent to private school at Enfield. Given commission in Royal Scots. Was present at the coronation of George III (1761). Travelled with wife to Bath in 1766 where he was taken ill and died. Sutherland was buried in Scotland.