William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland photograph

William Sutherland, 17th Earl Of Sutherland

William Sutherland, 17th Earl Of Sutherland Life story


William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, previously named William Gordon, 17th Earl of Sutherland, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Sutherland. He was chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.

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