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34G .SUTHERLAND. of the Board of Trade, 1715 ; L. Lieut, of the 8 northern counties of Scotland ; took active measures to suppress the [Using of 171"', ami retook, 12 Nov. 1715, jointly with Lord Lovat, the town of Inverness. K.T., June 1710. being granted also an annual pension of £1,200. He i« firstly, before 21 June 1081, Heleu, 2d (la. of William CochiiaNE, ttyici LORD I'uCHRAXK (s. anil h. ap. of the 1st Kami. OK Dcndonald [S.]), by Katharine, da. of John (Kennedy), Earl of Cassillis [S.] He in. secondly, Catharine, widow of James Stuart, styled Loud DoUN* (who </. v. p. 10S5 , yst. da. of Sir Lionel Tollkm.U'HE. Dart., by Elizabeth, sun jure Cointess OK DVBABI [3 ]. being step-da. of the well known Duke of Lauderdale [S.] By her, who d. before Keb. 170S, he had no issue. He »i. thirdly, 12 Aug. 1 727, at St. Martin's in the tiehls, Frances.^') widow of Sir Thomas Traveix. of Milborne Weeke, co. Som- erset, da. of ( — ). of Iiaruby Hun and Brainwith, co. York. She </. s.p. in his house iu New Bond street, IS Dec. 1732 Witt, directing her burial to be at llarnby Dun, by her father, dat. 10 July 17.11. to 29 Nov. t/32, pr. Dec. 1732. He d. in Loudon, 27 Juue 1733,( u j aged about 73. Aduiuu. 3 Oct. 1733. [William Gordon, <i('/' , nc<inl!< Sutherland, M utter r»f Kutlievlaml, sli/lcd Lout) Stuathna VKH,! e J only s. and h. ap., by fjrgt wife : chosen M.I', tot Dornoch, 1 705, but the election was declared Void, on the ground of his being the eldest son of a Scotch Peer. He was iu command, under his father, against the Jacobites iu 1715, and distinguished himself iu the battle of (lleushiel, against the Spaniards, 1719. He hi. (contract 9 Oct 1705) Catharine/' 1 ) da. of William Morrison, of I'restongrange, co. Haddington. He i/.v.p. 19 July 1720. Hi- w idow d. at Edinburgh. 23 March 17R4, or 1705, and was fun-, at Oreyfriars there in the burying place of the I'restongrange family. Funeral entry £ 1 701 J at Lyou office.] [John Sutherland, ntijled. [-Inly to I tec. 1720] Loud Strathnaver,() graudson and h. ap., being 2d but 1st surv. s. and h.^ of the above William GORDON, afterwards So theri.and, lifted Lord Strathnwkh, whom he survived but a few months. He d. unm. aud was bur. at Kensington, 12 Dec. 1 720. J XVII. 1733. 17. William (Sutherland), Karl at Sutherlvsd [8,1 grandson and h., being .'id but 1st surv. s. of William GOHUON, afterward* Sutherland, ttgled Loud Strathnaykh( c ) abovenamed ; A. about 1 70S ; stated Lord Stiathnaver,; c ) 'l 720-33 ; M.P. for Sutherland 1727-33 ; F.U.S. 1732; inc. to tiie jiceraye [S ] as above, 27 June 17-H. Uec I'bkh [S.] iu two parls, 1734-47 ; first Lord of Polio- 1744 ; took an active part against the Rising of 1745. Hem. 2 April 1734, Elizabeth, 1st da. of David (Wemtss), 3d Earl of Wemyss [S.J, by Elizabeth., da. of Heury (Sinclair), Loud Sinclair [S. | She d. at Dunrobin, 20 Feb. 1747. He d. at Moutaubau iu Kovergue, France, 7 Dec. 1750, aged about 42. Admon. 26 Oct. 1751. XVIII. 1750. 18. William (Sutherland), Earl ok Sutherland [St.], only s. and h. ; h. 29 May 1735; styled Lord Strath na'Er( c ) till 1750 ; ed. at Winchester, 1744-40; entered the nrmy (iu his 11th year) 1745, becoming, 1759, Lieut.- Col. of infantry, aud being aide-de-camp to the King, with rank of Colouel, 1703. He sue. to the pccraije [S.] as afsd. 7 Dec. 1750, aud was RBF ( a ) " An English lady of fortune" [Wood's "Douglas"] at that time resident in St. George's, Han. square. ( b ) Macky ["Characters"] speaks of him when 45 years old [1705 ?] and a fat fair-coinplexioned man " as " a very honest man, a great assertor of the liberties of the people ; has a good rough sense ; is open and free ; a great lover of his bottle and his friend ; brave in his person, which he has shewn in several duels ; too familiar for his quality, aud often keeps company below it," to which sketch of him Dean Swift adds "a blundering, rattle-pated, drunken sot." ( c ) See p. 344, note " b," and see also p. 345, note " f." ( d ) She was sister of Helen, Countess of Glasgow [S.], and of Jean, Viscountess Arbuthnot [S.] (°) George, the 1st son d. young and v.p. (0 He had, in 1747, .£1,000 assigned him for the hereditary Shrievalty of Sunder- land, under the act abolishing such jurisdictions.