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Sutherland, George Henry, 1866-1937
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1866-1937
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SUTHERLAND, SIR GEORGE HENRY, eldest son of Henry Holmes Sutherland, Wetherby Gardens, South Kensington, East India merchant, member Legislative Council to Viceroy of India, and Anne Sinclair, dau. of George Dunnet, Thurso, Caithness-shire; b. 23 Jan 1866; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left Dec 1883; partner, Begg Dunlop & Co., East India merchants, Calcutta 1886-1910, subsequently partner in their London office; member, Bengal Legislative Council Apr 1900 – Mar 1902, 1907-8; President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce 1900-1; Sheriff of Calcutta 1901, 1907-8; knighted 26 Jun 1908; of North Slipperfield and Medwynhead, Peebles-shire; DL JP Peebles-shire; Busby Trustee 20 May 1920; bequeathed £1000 to the School for the benefit of cricket, football and rowing; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1890 Nellie Georgiana, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir John Plumptre Carr Glyn KCB, Wimborne, Dorset; m. 2nd, 16 Feb 1904 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir James Wolfe Murray KCB, Cringletie, Peebles-shire; d. 5 May 1937.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.