The grave of George, 15th Earl of Sutherland, Holyrood Abbey

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 John Gordon (1609–1679) was the 14th Earl of Sutherland. He was the son of John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland and Agnes Elphinstone (d. 1617), a daughter of the Lord Treasurer, Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone. Civil War A stro ...

, and his first wife Lady Jean Drummond, daughter of James Drummond, the 1st Earl of Perth. On 11 Aug 1659 he married Lady Jean Wemyss, daughter of

David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 September 1610July 1679) was an army officer. He was the only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray. As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he com ...

, and his first wife

Anna Balfour Anna Balfour (died 1649) was a Scottish aristocrat who compiled a recipe book and, with her daughters, a manuscript of lute songs. Family She was a daughter of Robert Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (born Robert Arnot), and his wife Margaret, ...

. His only son was

John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer. He was the only son of George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703), and his wife, Jean Wemmyss.

. He also had one daughter Anna who married Robert 2nd

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.Cokayne, George E., and Vicary Gibbs, ''Complete Peerage'' (Gloucester: Sutton, 1984). He is buried in Holyrood Abbey. His ornate monument by James Smith stands on the north wall.

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1633 births 1703 deaths Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689 Burials at Holyrood Abbey {{Scotland-earl-stub