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Almost totally destroyed, except for the chancel and transept walls, the Cathedral was partially restored in 1616 by Sir Robert Gordon. Between 1835 and 1837, through the generosity of Elizabeth, Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, the restoration was completed and the Sutherland burial vault, which is now sealed off, was built under the chancel floor.
Elizabeth Georgiana, daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, presented at the court of George IV in 1823 when she was seventeen, shortly thereafter married George Granville Leveson-Gower who succeeded his father as Duke of Sutherland in 1833. Over the years the Duke and Duchess had a family of eleven children, one of their sons dying at Sebastopol ...
35 Sketchbook, undated, of Elizabeth Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, with a metal stand containing sketches of Dunrobin Castle 36-43 Views on the Northern and Western Coasts of Sutherland by Elizabeth, Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, undated. 8 copies. Consisting of a title page, map of Sutherland and 22 sketches
In January 1833, just six months before he died, George was created 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth became universally known as the "Duchess-Countess of Sutherland" because she was Duchess of Sutherland by marriage and Countess of Sutherland in her own right. At Dunrobin Castle almost all the portraits of Elizabeth have labels which describe her as the "Duchess-Countess".
Elizabeth Duchess-Countess of Sutherland Leveson-Gower (Sutherland) (24 May 1765 - 29 Jan 1839)
Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland RRC (née Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine, 20 October 1867 – 20 August 1955) was a British society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower.
Elizabeth, Duchess of Sutherland, 1765 - 1839. Wife of the 1st Duke of Sutherland date created: Published 1835 after: Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845 ...
