Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 18 February 1940), known as Francis Ronald Egerton until 2000, is a British
peer from the
Egerton family.
Family
Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of
Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. His mother was Mary, daughter of
Sir Ronald Campbell. Sutherland was educated at
Eton and
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (Gloucestershire).
Career
On 21 July 2000, Sutherland succeeded his
first cousin once-removed as 7th
Duke of Sutherland and 6th
Earl of Ellesmere
Earl of Ellesmere ( ), of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1846 for the Conservative politician Lord Francis Egerton. He was granted the subsidiary title of Viscount B ...
. Most of Sutherland's wealth is in the form of the
art collection put together by the first Duke's uncle,
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, which had been inherited by the Ellesmere line of the family. In 2008 he sold
Titian
Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno.
Ti ...
's ''
Diana and Actaeon'' to the
National Gallery of Scotland
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and
National Gallery in London for £50 million.
He ranked 107th in the
''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2009, with an estimated wealth of £480m in art and land, including
Mertoun House and
Stetchworth House. In the 2020 edition of the list, his net worth was estimated to be £585 million.
Marriage and issue
Sutherland married Victoria Mary Williams, born in
Newbury on 21 June 1946, daughter of
Major-General Alexander Williams and wife Sybilla Margaret Archdale, in
Winterborne Monkton,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
, on 11 May 1974. They have two sons:
* James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford
* Lord Henry Alexander Egerton
Arms
References
* "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"
* "Who's Who in Austria 1961"
* "Fluchtpunkt England", Reinhard Müller, 1996
* http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/u/Harry-M-Stuart/PDFGENEO5.pdf
External links
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Francis
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Francis
Francis may refer to:
People and characters
*Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
* Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2 ...
British billionaires