the last name sutherland comes from scotland.
the last name sutherland comes from scotland.
where does the last name sutherland come from?
scotland
the chief of clan sutherland was the earl of sutherland. when william sutherland, 18th earl of sutherland died in 1766 he left an only daughter, elizabeth. this led to a legal battle over the succession to the title. elizabeth's right to succeed as a woman was challenged firstly by george sutherland of forse, who was a direct male descendant of the original de moravia/sutherland earls of sutherland and secondly by sir robert gordon of gordonstoun who was a direct male descendant of the later gordon earls of sutherland. the case was heard by the house of lords on 21 march 1771 and it decided in favour of elizabeth. she married george leveson-gower, marquess of stafford who later became the first duke of sutherland in 1833. the duke set up businesses on the coast and ruthlessly cleared his tenants off the land, abandoning the customary obligations of a scottish clan chief. however, two tacksmen of the clan, the brothers alexander and john sutherland of sciberscross, were opposed to the clearance of tenants in sutherland. alexander sutherland of sciberscross, an army officer, fiercely opposed the clearances and was the source of much of the london press's critical coverage of the clearance events in sutherland. his brother, john sutherland of sciberscross, gave "covert aid" in 1813 to the kildonan rebels opposing the clearances in sutherland.
clan sutherland
palm harbor was originally called sutherland, a shortening of southern land and development company, the group that originally platted the community as sutherland, hillsborough county, in 1888. the name was changed to palm harbor in 1925. palm harbor was originally settled by area pioneers including the thompsons ca 1865, the whitehursts, the hollands, the tinneys, the suttons, the rivieres, the bensons, the roberts, the billgores, the severs, the allens, the aldermans and the wilsons. j.c. craver was the first northerner to permanently settle in this portion of hillsborough county. according to craver's diary, still in the family, he came here in the winter of 1877 upon the advice of his physician. a post office commission under the name of bay st. joseph was granted in 1878, this being the earliest written record of the community. the name bay st. joseph was used only a short time before yellow bluff replaced it. but that name proved relatively short-lived, as a few years later its negative connotation with the yellow fever epidemic gave way to its present name. palm harbor was originally called sutherland after a post office was granted in 1888, the same year the railroad came through. sutherland boasted two beautiful hotels, the larger one becoming southern college in 1902. it sat high on the bluff overlooking sutherland bayou and the gulf of mexico. sutherland was thought to be named after the duke of sutherland, who visited these parts after landing at tarpon springs in 1887. local pioneers dismiss this coincidence, pointing out that the name sutherland is a shortening of southern land and development company, the group which originally platted the community in 1888.
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