Son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland
,
KG
(20 July 1851? 27 June 1913),
[1]
styled
Lord Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
until 1858,
Earl Gower
between 1858 and 1861 and
Marquess of Stafford
between 1861 and 1892, was a British peer and politician from the
Leveson-Gower family
.
Early life
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Sutherland was the eldest son of
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland
. He was born in London and educated at
Eton College
.
[2]
Career
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As Marquess of Stafford, Sutherland entered the
2nd Life Guards
as a
cornet
. He retired from regular army service as a lieutenant in 1875,
[2]
but was commissioned Captain in the
Staffordshire Yeomanry
in 1876 and commanded that regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel from 1891 to 1898, after which he became its honorary colonel.
[3]
He was also Lieutenant-Colonel of the Sutherland Rifles, a volunteer regiment of his ducal county in Scotland, from 1882 to 1891.
[2]
From 1911 until his death he was honorary colonel of the 5th
Territorial Force
battalion of the
Seaforth Highlanders
.
[4]
Under the name of Marquess of Stafford, Sutherland served as member of parliament for
Sutherland
from the
election of 1874
, when he was unopposed, standing as a
Liberal
, and held the seat as a Liberal until he stood down at the
1886 election
. On succeeding to his father's peerages in 1892, he became a member of the
House of Lords
. By then his political allegiance had shifted, and he sat on the
Conservative
benches. He also served as Mayor of
Longton
, near
Stoke-on-Trent
, Staffordshire, in 1895?96,
[5]
and was an alderman of the borough from 1898.
[4]
For some years he was
Master of Foxhounds
of the North Staffordshire Hunt.
[6]
The Duke was President of the Staffordshire Territorial Forces Association from the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908.
[4]
Despite being very rich, Sutherland became concerned that his landed estates were no longer viable. Towards the end of his life, he sold properties in Great Britain, such as
Trentham Hall
and
Stafford House
,
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citation needed
]
and began moving his wealth to
Canada
.
[7]
Honours
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The Duke was appointed a Knight Companion of the
Order of the Garter
(KG) in the
1902 Coronation Honours
list published on 26 June 1902,
[8]
and was invested by
Edward VII
at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902.
[9]
Marriage and children
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He married
Lady Millicent St Clair-Erskine
, daughter of
Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn
, on 20 October 1884. They had four children:
In 1900 the Duke of Sutherland owned about 1,358,000 acres (550,000 hectares) and the steam yacht
Catania
, which was chartered by some of the super-rich of that era.
The Duke died at
Dunrobin Castle
, Sutherland, on 27 June 1913, aged 61, and was buried at Dunrobin.
[6]
References
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- ^
Who's Who 1914
, p. xxiv, has 26 June as the date of death
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a
b
c
The Complete Peerage, Volume XII
. St Catherine's Press. 1953. p. 567.
- ^
Kelly's Handbook of the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1900
. Kelly's. p. 1301.
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a
b
c
Kelly's Handbook of the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1913
. Kelly's. p. 1648.
- ^
"Exhibition Details - Sutherland Index"
.
www.search.sutherlandcollection.org.uk
. Retrieved
30 December
2023
.
- ^
a
b
The Complete Peerage, Volume XII
. p. 568.
- ^
Duke of Sutherland dead
,
New York Times
- ^
"The Coronation Honours".
The Times
. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^
"Court Circular".
The Times
. No. 36842. London. 9 August 1902. p. 6.
- ^
Rachel Trethewey (The History Press, 2018) Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s other women
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