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{{Short description|Scottish noble}}
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[[File:Duffuscastle2.jpg|thumb|Ruins of [[Duffus Castle]], seat of William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus]]
'''William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus''' (died 1626) was a member of the Scottish [[nobility]] and a [[cadet branch|cadet]] of the [[Clan Sutherland]].
==Early life==
He was the son of [[William Sutherland, 9th of Duffus]] who had married firstly, Margaret, daughter of [[George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness]]. It is not known when she died, but he married secondly, Margaret, daughter of [[William Mackintosh, 15th of Mackintosh]].<ref name="Heraldry">{{cite book |last=Johnston |first=G. Harvey |year=1910 |url=https://archive.org/details/heraldryofmurray00john/page/n9/mode/2up |title=The Heraldry of the Murrays: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[W. & A.K. Johnston]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/heraldryofmurray00john/page/n29/mode/2up 9]-10 |access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref>
==Laird of Duffus==
William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus was served heir to his father, the deceased William Sutherland, 9th of Duffus, in the lands and [[Feudal barony|barony]] of [[Skelbo Castle|Skelbo]], within the [[Earl of Sutherland|earldom of Sutherland]] which was then accounted within the [[Sheriff of Inverness|sheriffdom of Inverness]], on 30 April 1616. From that date onward he was embroiled with his neighbors, beginning with differences with [[Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet]] who was then the [[Tutor]] of the Earl of Sutherland. He also took up an aggressive position in regard to the [[tithe]]s of the lands of [[Proncy Castle|Proncy]], not only by legal means to stop them going to the young Earl of Sutherland, but also by carrying off the [[Teind]]-[[Sheaf (agriculture)|Sheaves]] to his own barns. However, he was compelled by the [[Sheriff of Sutherland]] to give these up. The matter was brought before the [[Court of Session]] which decided against him on the issue of the tithes, but he submitted other questions in dispute to [[arbitration]] which was arranged to take place at [[Elgin, Moray]] in October 1617.<ref name="Peerage">{{cite book |last=Paul |first=James Balfour |author-link=James Balfour Paul |year=1906 |title=The 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 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03paul/page/204/mode/2up |volume=III |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[David Douglas (publisher)|David Douglas]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03paul/page/200/mode/2up 204]-207 |access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref>
In 1621, he became involved in another serious dispute, this time with John Gordon, younger of [[Embo (village)|Embo]]. The Sutherland Laird of Duffus was the first to use violence, assaulting Gordon and slightly wounding him. This led to a feud between the two families which peaked in 1625. Both sides appeared in the law-courts but refused all attempts at reconciliation. Then the Sutherland Laird of Duffus died suddenly in October 1626, and the two families were re-concealed.<ref name="Peerage"/>
==Family==
He married Jean, daughter of [[John Grant of Freuchie (d. 1622)|John Grant of Freuchie]] by contract on 19 September 1612.<ref name="Peerage"/> She survived him and married secondly, [[Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscarden]].<ref>{{cite book |last=MacPhail |first=Rev. S. R |year=1881 |title=History of The Religious House of Pluscardyn |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofreligi00macp/page/n7/mode/2up |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofreligi00macp/page/140/mode/2up 141] |access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref> William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus and Jean Grant's children were:<ref name="Peerage"/>
#[[Alexander Sutherland, 1st Lord Duffus]], heir and successor.
#William Sutherland, named in the testament of his brother the Lord Duffus in 1674. He left a son, James Sutherland, who left a son, another James Sutherland, whose son was Lieutenant Hugh Sutherland.
#John Sutherland, named on the Commission of Supply for the county of Elgin in 1649 as brother of the Laird of Duffus. He married Isabella, eldest daughter of [[Chiefs of Clan Ross|David Ross of Balnagowan]], but died without issue. His brother William was named as his heir in his lands of [[Kinminity|Kinminitie]] and others.
#Anna Sutherland, married Patrick Grant, brother of James Grant of Freuchie.
==See also==
*[[Lord Duffus]]
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