John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland

The Earl of Sutherland
The Earl of Sutherland
Predecessor	George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland
Successor	William Sutherland
Other names	John Sutherland
Born	1661
Died	27 June 1733; Chelsea
Wars and battles	Jacobite rebellion 1715
Spouse(s)	Helen Cochrane; Katherine Tollemache; Frances Hodgson
Parents	George Gordon and Jean

John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland KT PC (1661–1733) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer.

He was the only son of George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703), and his wife, Jean Wemmyss.^[2]

Upon his father's death in 1703 he succeeded as earl of Sutherland. He supported the revolution of 1688 and was a commissioner for the union of England and Scotland. He was a Scottish representative peer in four parliaments, president of the Board of Trade and manufactures, and lord-lieutenant of the eight northern counties of Scotland.^[3] In 1703 he was appointed a privy councillor by Queen Anne.^[2]

He aided in putting down the Jacobite rising of 1715.^[3] When the rebellion had been quashed, Gordon was invested by George I with the Order of the Thistle and was granted an annual pension of £1200 in recognition of his services. In 1719 he led his regiment in the Battle of Glen Shiel, which brought to an end the third Jacobite rising.^[2]

He resumed the name of Sutherland, instead of Gordon.^[1] In 1719 by decree of Lyon Court, he was thereafter recognised Chief of the Clan Sutherland.

^ ^a ^b Greenway, D.E; Pryde, E.B; Roy, S. Porter, eds. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 521.
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^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sutherland, Earls and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 168–169.

[Greenway-1] Greenway, D.E; Pryde, E.B; Roy, S. Porter, eds. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 521.

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[EB1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sutherland, Earls and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 168–169.

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