
The title Lord Duffus was created by
Charles II in the
Peerage of Scotland
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on 8 December 1650 for Alexander Sutherland. He was a descendant of the
4th Earl of Sutherland, who fell in battle in 1333. The title is now extinct, although there may be male-line Sutherlands descended from earlier lairds of Duffus.
In 1734, the 3rd Lord was
attainted
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and the lordship was forfeited. His son Eric tried but failed to get a reverse of the attainder. His son James Sutherland of Duffus got the attainder reversed, and was restored to the lordship as 4th (
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5th) Lord Duffus on 25 May 1826. The last two Lords Duffus were also
baronets, of Hempriggs in the County of Caithness (3rd and 4th). The lordship became extinct on the death of the 6th (titular 7th) Lord Duffus on 28 August 1875.
Lairds of Duffus
The Sutherland family of Duffus descended from Nicholas Sutherland, only brother of
William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1370), and younger son of
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland. The village of
Duffus
Duffus () is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland.
The local shop and Post Office and Duffus Village Hall provide a focal point for the community. Nearby are the remains of Duffus CastleSt. Peters' Kirk and Spynie Palace.
Name
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is outside of the county of
Sutherland
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, but the Sutherlands of Duffus also held lands within Sutherland, most notably
Skelbo. Some of the Sutherland of Duffus family may have assumed the surname Duffus, which was the family title instead of the surname Sutherland.
[Sutherland of Duffus Family Tree](_blank)
duffus.com Retrieved on 28 December 2012.
List of Lairds of Duffus
These are the early ancestors of the Lords Duffus.
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Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus (younger son of
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland (Kenneth Sutherland).
*John Sutherland, 2nd of Duffus.
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Alexander Sutherland, 3rd of Duffus and Torboll (d. c.1484) (son of Henry Sutherland of Torboll, younger son of Nicholas, 1st of Duffus)
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William Sutherland of Quarrywood, later 4th of Duffus (d. c.1513) (son of William Sutherland of Berriedale, son of Alexander, 3rd of Duffus)
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William Sutherland, 5th of Duffus (d. c.1529)
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William Sutherland, 6th of Duffus (d. c.1530)
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William Sutherland, 7th of Duffus (d. 1543)
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Alexander Sutherland, 8th of Duffus (1534 - 1579)
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William Sutherland, 9th of Duffus (d. 1616)
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William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus (d. 1626)
Lords Duffus (1650–1875)
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Alexander Sutherland, 1st Lord Duffus (d. 1674) (son of William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus)
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James Sutherland, 2nd Lord Duffus (d. 1705) who had issue four sons including Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus,
Sir James Dunbar, 1st Baronet of Hempriggs (who changed his surname from Sutherland to Dunbar), two others, and one daughter.
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Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus (d. 1734). His estates were forfeited for taking part in the
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ;
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.
He fled to Sweden, where he married a Swedish lady, Christina Sjöblad, by whom he had:
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Eric Sutherland, 4th Lord Duffus'' (1710-1768) (not restored, but counted), he married his first cousin Elizabeth, third daughter of
Sir James Dunbar, 1st Baronet of Hempriggs who was originally James Sutherland the second son of James Sutherland, 2nd Lord Duffus.
*James Sutherland, 5th Lord Duffus (1747-1827). His title was restored by an act of Parliament, the (
7 Geo. 4. c. ''51'' ). He was succeeded by his 2nd cousin in the male line:
*Benjamin Sutherland Dunbar, 6th Lord Duffus, 3rd
Baronet of Hempriggs (1761-1843), the surname Sutherland having previously been changed to Dunbar.
*George Sutherland Dunbar, 7th Lord Duffus (1799-1875) (extinct 1875) used the title of 7th Lord Duffus, but was also known as Sir George Dunbar of Hempriggs, 4th Baronet. One source, "Lost Lordship of Duffus", claims that due to the Rudd challenge, the 7th Lord never used the title, and chose to be known as a baronet.
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See also
* Earl of Sutherland
Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia, 1st Earl of Sutherland, William de Moravia and is the premier earldom in the Peerage of Scotland. The earl or countess of Sutherland is al ...
* Dunbar baronets
There have been five Dunbar baronetcies; the first four, which are extant, are in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, and the last in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of ...
Notes
Information on the Lords Duffus was obtained in part from the Sutherland history (below), and fro
''Elinor Glyn''
(1955), a memoir by her grandson Anthony Glyn. Glyn and her sister Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (née Sutherland; 13 June 1863 – 20 April 1935) was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked under the professional name Lucile.
The first British-based desig ...
were born Sutherlands, descended from David Sutherland, Laird of Cambusavie, allegedly a son of Alexander Sutherland, a younger brother of the Jacobite 3rd Lord Duffus, who is described in ''The Scots Peerage
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'' as having died without issue. The fact that the 6th Lord Duffus inherited in 1827 over the now Canadian Sutherlands, who sold their estates in the 1770s to the Earl of Sutherland
Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia, 1st Earl of Sutherland, William de Moravia and is the premier earldom in the Peerage of Scotland. The earl or countess of Sutherland is al ...
, probably means that the relationship was more distant, or if the same, that the Laird of Cambusavie was illegitimate.
References
''The Scots Peerage''
(archived version).
*Daniel J.J. Sutherland
Retrieved 15 March 2009.
External links
www.duffus.com
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Extinct lordships of Parliament
Noble titles created in 1650