498 DUFFUS IV. 1768.1 4- James Sutherland, ist and only surv. s. of Eric S. ' — ^ ' and Elizabeth, his wife abovenamed, being grandson and IV. 1826 h. of Kenneth, the iJ//a/'«W Lord DuFFus [S.]. He was to b. 8 June 1747, at Skibo, co. Sutherland; was an officer 1827. in the Army, being in 1771 a Capt. in the 26th Foot. By Act of Pari., 25 May 1826, he was as " James Suther- land, Esq.," restored " to the honours, dignities and titles of LORD DUFFUS" [S.], as were all "other persons who would be entitled to succeed after him."(^) He d. unm., in Harley Str., 30 Jan. and was bur. 7 Feb. 1827, in Marylebone, aged 80. Will pr. Feb. 1827. [On his death the question arose as to whether the limitation of the dignity was to heirs generaljC") heirs male of the body, or if it had any other destination. On the most probable supposition that it was to the second it was assumed as under.] V. 1827. 5. Benjamin Dunbar, styling himself Lord DuFFUS [S.], cousin and h. male, being yst. and only surv. s. of Sir William Dunbar, 2nd Bart., of Hempriggs, by his 3rd wife, Henrietta {d. Sep. 1795), da. of Hugh Rose, of Kilravock, which W^illiam was only surv. s. and h. of the Hon. Sir James Dunbar, formerly Sutherland, ist Bart. [S. 1706], 2nd s. of James, 2nd Lord Duffus abovenamed. He was b. 28 Apr. 1761; sue. his father in the estate of Hempriggs Castle, co. Caithness, and as 3rd Bart. 12 June 1793. On the death of his cousin in 1827, he assumed the title of Lord Duffus, and claimed to vote as such, at the election of Scottish Peers in 1830, as h. male of the body of the grantee. In June 1838 both he and the h. general petitioned (directly) the House of Lords as to their respective right to this Peerage, but no further proceedings were taken. He ;«., 10 Dec. 1784, at Bighouse, Janet, ist da. of George Mackay, of Bighouse afsd. He d. i-j Jan. 1843, at his seat, Hempriggs Castle, co. Caithness, aged 81. His widow d. there 15 Mar. 1857, aged 89. VI. 1843 6. Sir George Sutherland Dunbar, 4th Bart. to [S. 1706], 2nd (") but 1st surv. s. and h., /^. 6 Jan. 1799. 1875. H^ never assumed the title of Lord Duffus [S.], though in June i 838 he petitioned for that dignity. He d. unm., 28 Aug. 1875, at his seat, Ackergill Tower, near Wick, co. Caith- (^) See vol. i, Appendix E, for a list of such restorations during the last 200 years, returned to the House of Lords, 15 June 1885. (*>) The dignity was in fact claimed as heir of line by the Rev. Eric Rudd, of Thorne, near Doncaster, s. and h. of the Rev. James Rudd, Rector of Newton Kyme, co. York, by Elizabeth, eldest sister of James, the restored Lord Duffus. ('^) His elder br., William, d. young. V.G.
