Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland

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Elizabeth Gordon Leveson-Gower (Gordon), Duchess of Sutherland

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Birthplace: Leven Lodge, near Edinburgh, Scotland
Death: January 29, 1839 (73)
Hamilton Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, England
Place of Burial: Scotland
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Daughter of William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland and Mary Sutherland, Countess of Sutherland
Wife of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
Mother of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland; Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower; Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor, Marchioness of Westminster and Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

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About Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland

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Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Gordon, 24 May 1765–29 January 1839), also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish peeress, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances.

Elizabeth, born at Leven Lodge near Edinburgh, was the only surviving child of the William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland and his wife, Mary Maxwell. She succeeded to her father's titles in 1766, a few weeks after her first birthday, becoming Countess of Sutherland

Burke's Peerage extract

ELIZABETH Sutherland, Countess of Sutherland in her own right, as which recognised by Crown 21 March 1771, notwithstanding counterclaims to the title by two cousins; born 24 May 1765; married 4 Sept 1785 George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, 1st DUKE OF SUTHERLAND (qv), and died 29 Jan 1839 http://thepeerage.com/p928.htm#i9276

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Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland's Timeline

1765
May 24, 1765
Leven Lodge, near Edinburgh, Scotland
1786
August 8, 1786
Portland Place, London, Middlesex, England
1788
June 8, 1788
Duchess St., London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain
1797
November 8, 1797
Dunrobin Castle,​ Sutherland,​ Scotland
1800
January 1, 1800
St Georges, Hanover Square, London
1839
January 29, 1839
Age 73
Hamilton Place, Hyde Park, Middlesex, England
February 20, 1839
Age 73
Dornach, Scotland