George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (2 November 1633 – 4 March 1703) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest surviving son of John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland, and his first wife Lady Jean Drummond, daughter of James Drummond, the 1st

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. On 11 Aug 1659 he married Lady Jean Wemyss, daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss, and his first wife Anna Balfour. His only son was John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland. He also had one daughter Anna who married Robert Arbuthnott, 3rd

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.Cokayne, George E., and Vicary Gibbs, ''Complete Peerage'' (Gloucester: Sutton, 1984). He is buried in

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. His ornate monument by James Smith stands on the north wall.

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1633 births 1703 deaths Nobility from Highland (council area) 15 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689 Burials at Holyrood Abbey {{Scotland-earl-stub