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Sir James Sutherland was born circa 1683 the younger son of Sir James Sutherland, the 2nd Lord Duffus. He died I n 1724. [1]
Through his wife, James inherited her father's estate of Hempriggs in Caithness. His father-in-law's baronetcy was inherited by his wife's uncle and because he owned Northfield in Moray, that family became known as the Dunbar of Northfield Baronets. On James being created a Knight Baronet in his own right, he and his successors became known as the Dunbar Baronets of Hempriggs. His family eventually inherited the peerage held by his elder brother Admiral Kenneth Sutherland when his brother's grandson Captain James Sutherland 5th Lord Duffus eventually died with a large number of offspring, all illegitimate.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Friday, January 24, 2014.
- 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.
- 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)
- John Henderson, Caithness Family History, published Edinburgh 1884 by David Douglas. Page 223.
- The Heraldry of the Murrays, G. Harvey Johnston FSA Scot, W&A.K. Johnston, Ltd., Edinburgh and London, MCMX, p. 10
- https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/dunbar-hon-sir-james-1676-1724
Notes
Explanation of the confusion of Baronets of Hempriggs. the Peerage.com was right and anonymous was right as well. According to the Complete Baronetage, by Cokayne, Vol 4, p 390 William Dunbar, of Hempriggs, co. Caithness was created 1st Baronet Dunbar of Hempriggs on 10 April 1700, but when he died he left the estate of Hempriggs to his daughter Elizabeth. His brother who succeeded him in the Baronetcy became 2nd Baronet Dunbar, (but) of Northfield (which was the estate he owned).
Meanwhile (page 442) Elizabeth married as her second husband, Hon. James Sutherland, who changed his name to Dunbar and he was separately created 1st Baronet Dunbar on 10 December 1706 and because they inherited the estate of Hempriggs that line became known as Baronet Dunbar, of Hempriggs.
The book can be found online at Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524408 answered Nov 6 by John Atkinson G2G6 Mach 1 (13,030 points) selected Nov 7 by Sir William Arbuthnot