Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower,2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the Dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the United Kingdom. The title remained in the Leveson-Gower family until the death of the 5th Duke of Sutherland in 1963,when it passed to the 5th Earl of Ellesmere from the Egerton family.
George Howard,6th Earl of Carlisle of Castle Howard,,styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825,was a British statesman. He served as Lord Privy Seal between 1827 and 1828 and in 1834 and was a member of Lord Grey's Whig government as Minister without Portfolio between 1830 and 1834.
General Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset was a British soldier who fought during the Peninsular War and the War of the Seventh Coalition.
Henry Charles Howard,13th Duke of Norfolk,,styled Earl of Surrey between 1815 and 1842,was a British Whig politician and peer.
Granville Leveson-Gower,1st Marquess of Stafford,KG PC,known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786,was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
Lord Charles Henry Somerset PC,born in Badminton,England,was a British soldier,politician and colonial administrator. He was governor of the Cape Colony,South Africa,from 1814 to 1826.
Henry Charles Somerset,6th Duke of Beaufort,KG,styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803,was a British politician.
Major Henry Somerset,7th Duke of Beaufort,KG,styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1803 and Marquess of Worcester between 1803 and 1835,was a British peer,soldier,and politician.
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,2nd Duke of Sutherland,KG,styled Viscount Trentham until 1803,Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833,was a British Whig MP and peer from the Leveson-Gower family.
Hugh Fortescue,3rd Earl Fortescue DL,known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861,was a British peer and occasional Liberal Party politician.
Robert Grosvenor,1st Baron Ebury PC,styled Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857,was a British courtier and Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household between 1830 and 1834 and as Treasurer of the Household between 1846 and 1847. In 1857 he was ennobled as Baron Ebury.
Frederick William Hervey,2nd Marquess of Bristol PC,FSA,styled Lord Hervey from 1803 to 1826 and Earl Jermyn from 1826 to 1859,was a British Tory politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Sir Robert Peel between 1841 and 1846.
John Stewart,7th Earl of Galloway,was a British peer,styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773,who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and who served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.
The Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder JP,was a British Tory politician.
Alexander Milne was a British civil servant who worked as a Commissioner of Woods and Forests for many years.
Admiral Leveson Eliot Henry Somerset was a British Royal Navy officer who served as second-in-command of the Channel Squadron 1880-1881.
Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart,9th Earl of Galloway was the Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 1828 to 1845;and of Wigton from 1828 to 1851. He was styled Viscount Garlies from 1806 to 1834.
Charlotte Sophia Somerset,Duchess of Beaufort,formerly Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower,was the wife of Henry Somerset,6th Duke of Beaufort.
Harriet Stewart,Countess of Galloway,formerly Lady Harriet Blanche Somerset,was the wife of Randolph Stewart,9th Earl of Galloway.
