Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
Sex: M
Birth: 2 Oct 1708 ^b
Death: 7 Dec 1750 in Motauban, France ^d
Burial: Montauban, France ^u

Parents:

Father:
William GORDON-SUTHERLAND Birth: Abt 19 Dec 1683 Death: 19 Jul 1720

Mother:

Katharine MORISON Birth: 1 Death: 21 Mar 1765 in Edinburgh

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth WEMYSS on Abt 17 Apr 1734 .^m1
Elizabeth WEMYSS Death: 20 Feb 1746/7 in Dunrobin

Children:

William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland Birth: 28 May 1735 Death: 16 Jun 1766 in Bath
Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland Birth: 24 May 1765 in Levan Lodge, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh Death: 29 Jan 1839 in Hamilton Place, Hyde Park

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
Paul, Sir James Balfour, 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. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p561, SP VIII p357],
parents:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p561, SP VIII p356]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p358],
place:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p358]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p562]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth WEMYSS

date:: cont 17 Apr 1734 [Ref: CP XII/1 p562, SP VIII p358],
child:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p562, CP XII/1 p563, SP VIII p358]

Research Notes:
17th Earl of Sutherland, of Earldom cr 1235 [Ref: CP XII/1 p561]
16th Earl of Sutherland [Ref: SP VIII p356]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p561]
heir of his grandfather [Ref: CP XII/1 p561]

1720: succeeded his father and elder brother as Lord Strathnaver [Ref: SP VIII p357]

Pedigree of William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                                /-----Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland
                                                       /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                      |         \-----Janet STEWART
                                              /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                             |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                                             |         \-----Helen STEWART
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                                     /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                                    |        |                  /-----John GORDON, Master Of Huntly
                                    |        |         /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Scotland
                                    |         \-----Jean GORDON
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                                    |                           \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                            /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                           |        |                           /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                           |        |                  /-----Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                           |        |                 |         \-----Katherine ERSKINE
                           |        |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret DRUMMOND
                           |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Scotland
                           |         \-----Agnes ELPHINSTONE
                           |                 |                  /-----Alexander LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                           |                 |         /-----William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
                           |                 |        |         \-----Agnes DOUGLAS
                           |                  \-----Jean LIVINGSTON
                           |                          |         /-----Malcolm FLEMING, Lord Fleming
                           |                           \-----Agnes FLEMING
                           |                                    \-----Janet STEWART
                   /-----George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |        |                                    /-----Walter DRUMMOND
                  |        |                           /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
                  |        |                  /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
                  |        |                 |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
                  |        |         /-----James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
                  |        |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                  |        |        |                           \-----Muriel CALDER
                  |         \-----Jean DRUMMOND
                  |                 |                           /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
                  |                 |                  /-----George SETON, Lord Seton
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
                  |                 |         /-----Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAMILTON
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel HAMILTON
                  |                  \-----Isabel SETON
                  |                          |                  /-----Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun
                  |                          |         /-----Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun
                  |                          |        |         \-----Mariot SETON
                  |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                  |                                    \-----Agnes DRUMMOND
                  |                                             \-----Margaret Of Scotland
          /-----John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |        |                  /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART
         |        |                 |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
         |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |        |         /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marion OGILVY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |        |        |         \-----Jean GRAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----James V King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Euphemia ELPHINSTONE
         |        |        |                  \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |        |        |                           \-----Jean KENNEDY
         |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |         \-----Jean WEMYSS
         |                 |         /-----Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
         |                  \-----Anna BALFOUR
         |                          |                  /-----Sir James BALFOUR
         |                          |         /-----Michael BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Michael BALFOUR
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BALFOUR
         |                           \-----Margaret BALFOUR
         |                                   |         /-----William LUNDIN
         |                                    \-----Margaret LUNDIN
/-----William GORDON-SUTHERLAND
|        |                           /-----Alexander BLAIR-COCHRANE
|        |                  /-----William COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald
|        |                 |        |         /-----William COCHRANE
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth COCHRANE
|        |         /-----William COCHRANE
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SCOTT
|        |        |         \-----Eupheme SCOTT
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SKENE
|        |        |                  \-----Jean SKENE
|         \-----Helen COCHRANE
|                 |                                             /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                 |                                    /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                 |                                   |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                 |                           /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Alexander KENNEDY
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
|                 |                  /-----Hew KENNEDY
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret LYON
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
|                 |                 |                  \-----Janet KEITH
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |         /-----John KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                 |        |        |         /-----Uchtred MACDOWALL
|                 |        |         \-----Katherine MACDOWALL
|                 |        |                  \-----Euphemia DUNBAR
|                  \-----Catherine KENNEDY
|                          |                  /-----Thomas HAMILTON
|                          |         /-----Thomas HAMILTON, Earl of Haddington
|                          |        |        |         /-----James HERIOT
|                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERIOT
|                           \-----Jean HAMILTON
|                                   |         /-----James FOULIS
|                                    \-----Margaret FOULIS
|                                            |         /-----Robert HERIOT
|                                             \-----Anne HERIOT
William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|         /-----William MORISON
\-----Katharine MORISON
         |         /-----John ROCHEID
          \-----Janet ROCHEID

Descendants of William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland

1. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Elizabeth WEMYSS

m. Elizabeth WEMYSS father: David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Elizabeth St CLAIR

2 William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m. Mary MAXWELL

3+ Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

2nd generation

3. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland father: Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Marquess Of Stafford mother: Louisa EGERTON

4+ George Granville SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe m. Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD

5+ Charlotte Sophia SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER m. Henry Charles FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk

3rd generation

4. George Granville SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe m. Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD

m. Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD father: George HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Georgiana Dorothy CAVENDISH

6+ Elizabeth Georgiana SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER m. George Douglas CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll

7+ George Granville William SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe m1. Anne HAY-MACKENZIE m2. Mary Caroline MITCHELL

5. Charlotte Sophia SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER m. Henry Charles FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk

m. Henry Charles FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Bernard Edward HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk mother: Elizabeth BELASYSE

8+ Henry Granville FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk m. Augusta Mary Minna Catherine LYONS

9+ Edward George FITZALAN-HOWARD, Baron Howard Of Glossop m. Augusta TALBOT

4th generation

6. Elizabeth Georgiana SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER m. George Douglas CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll

m. George Douglas CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll father: John Douglas Edward Henry CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll mother: Joan GLASSELL

10+ Walter CAMPBELL m. Olivia Rowlandson MILNS

7. George Granville William SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe m1. Anne HAY-MACKENZIE m2. Mary Caroline MITCHELL

m. Anne HAY-MACKENZIE father: John HAY-MACKENZIE mother: Anne GIBSON-CRAIG

11+ Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland m. Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE

m. Mary Caroline MITCHELL father: Richard MITCHELL

8. Henry Granville FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk m. Augusta Mary Minna Catherine LYONS

m. Augusta Mary Minna Catherine LYONS father: Edmund LYONS, Lord Lyons of Christchurch mother: Louisa ROGERS

12+ Victoria Alexandrina FITZALAN-HOWARD m. James Robert HOPE-SCOTT

9. Edward George FITZALAN-HOWARD, Baron Howard Of Glossop m. Augusta TALBOT

m. Augusta TALBOT father: George Henry TALBOT mother: Augusta

13+ Angela Mary Charlotte FITZALAN-HOWARD m. Marmaduke Francis CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr

5th generation

10. Walter CAMPBELL m. Olivia Rowlandson MILNS

m. Olivia Rowlandson MILNS

14+ Douglas Walter CAMPBELL m. Aimee Marie Suzanne LAWRENCE

11. Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland m. Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE

m. Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE father: Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn mother: Blanche Adeliza FITZROY

15+ Rosemary Millicent LEVESON-GOWER m. William Humble Eric WARD, Earl Of Dudley

12. Victoria Alexandrina FITZALAN-HOWARD m. James Robert HOPE-SCOTT

m. James Robert HOPE-SCOTT

16+ Josephine Mary HOPE m. Wilfrid Philip WARD

13. Angela Mary Charlotte FITZALAN-HOWARD m. Marmaduke Francis CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr

m. Marmaduke Francis CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr father: William CONSTABLE-MAXWELL, Lord Herries of Terr mother: Marcia VAVASOUR

17+ Angela Mary CONSTABLE-MAXWELL m. James Eric DRUMMOND, Viscount Strathallan