Alexander (Sutherland) Sutherland IIIrd of Duffus (abt. 1400 - abt. 1484)

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Biography

Alexander (Sutherland) Sutherland IIIrd of Duffus is a member of Clan Sutherland.

Alexander Sutherland was born c 1400. He was the son of Henry Sutherland, Laird of Torboll & Duffus and his wife Margaret de Moravia.

He married Muriel Chisholm, daughter of John Chisholm and Catherine Bisset, between 19 March 1433 and 1434.

They had 5 known children

• Dorothea Sutherland
• Muriel Sutherland
• Isabella de Sutherland. a 1502
• William Sutherland c May 1474
• Angus Sutherland

Alexander Sutherland is believed to have died before 1484.

Sources

• The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)
• The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun
• The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]
• A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm
• A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.
• Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904-1914); in 9 Volumes; Earl of Sutherland - Volume 8
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke
• Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland
• Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p124.htm#i3731
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p39209.htm#i392085

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Charles Walter for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Charles and others.

• Sir William Arbuthnot, Saturday, April 4, 2015.