Man approaching middle age, with curly hair or wig, in a red split jerkin over a white shirt and a largely brown belted plaid of complex pattern; he also wears shoes and diced short hose, and is petting a hound, with a musket nearby.
Kenneth Lord Duffus, in Highland dress c. 1712; portrait by Richard Waitt

Kenneth Sutherland (died 1733–34) was the 3rd Lord Duffus, member of the Scottish nobility and a cadet of the Clan Sutherland.

Early life

He was the eldest son of James Sutherland, 2nd Lord Duffus and Margaret, eldest daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth.[1][2][3]

Lord Duffus

He succeeded upon his father's death in 1705, but at the time was on service in the West Indies for the Crown during Queen Anne's War where he served as a captain in her Royal Navy. On 29 June 1711, with his own ship alone, which was a frigate with forty-six guns, he engaged eight French privateers, but after a desperate resistance he was taken prisoner having received five bullet wounds.[2][3]

Although he had voted for the Acts of Union 1707, he still supported the Jacobites during the Jacobite rising of 1715.[1][2] During the rising, he marched at the head of 500 men from the Clan Mackenzie, Clan Chisholm and Clan MacDonald to Tain where he proclaimed James VIII. He also attempted to make the Lairds of Culloden and Kilravock surrender their houses and arms, but without success. His estates were then forfeited and he fled abroad, apparently via Caithness and then onto Sweden. While he was there he learned that he was being searched for and prepared to surrender, declaring this intention to the British minister at Stockholm, who in turn notified the English Secretary of State. However, when he was on his way to England he was seized by order of the British resident at Hamburg and confined until the time for surrender had passed. He was then conveyed as a prisoner from Hamburg to the Tower of London but was freed without trial in 1717.[2][3]

He later entered into service with the Russian Navy. He died before 18 March 1733–34.[2]

Family

He married, by contract dated 30 March 1708, Charlotta Christina, daughter of Eric Sioblade, governor of Gothenburg.[1] Their children were:[2][3]

  1. Eric Sutherland, 4th Lord Duffus, heir and successor.
  2. Charlotte Sutherland, named as one her mother's executors in 1778.
  3. Anna Sutherland, who married to Baron and Count Marshal Gustaff Adolph Palbitzki of Sweden. She was also named as one of her mother's executors in 1778.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnston, G. Harvey (George Harvey), 1860-1921 (1910). The Heraldry of the Murrays : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston. p. 9-11. Retrieved 30 August 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul, James Balfour (1906). The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 211-213. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fraser, William (1892). The Sutherland Book. Vol. I. Edinburgh. p. 515. Retrieved 30 August 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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