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William (Sutherland) Sutherland Dunbar of Hempriggs 2nd Bt is a member of Clan Sutherland.
Served heir to his brother, James 22 Apr 1760. He married, first, 6 Jan 1729, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Alexander Dunbar of Westfield, who died 3 Jun 1746. They had issue: Kenneth, born 14 Oct 1729; James, born 12 Nov 1730, who died young; and Janet[1] who married Thomas Dunbar and had issue.
He married, second, 21 Mar 1747, daughter of David Sinclair of Southdun, who died 9 Aug 1749. They had no children.
He married, third, 21 Oct 1749, Henrietta, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock,[2] who died Sep 1795. They had issue: Benjamin, born 28 Apr 1761, died May 1843; and Robert Sutherland Dunbar.
Sources
- ↑ John Henderson, Caithness Family History, published Edinburgh 1884 by David Douglas. Page 224.
- ↑ The Spalding Club, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock, Edinburgh: T. Constable (1848). Page 406.
- 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]
- Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1935 edition
- The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke
- Private papers referring to various cadet branches of the Sutherland family in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
- 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.
- 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
- Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
- Gillian Tovey
- Thepeerage.com
- The Heraldry of the Murrays, G. Harvey Johnston FSA Scot, W&A.K. Johnston, Ltd., Edinburgh and London, MCMX, p. 9